Gillian Annabelle Garyati - 1 month old

Cannot believe that it's been one whole month since baby Gillian Annabelle is brought into this world by my very good friend, Sandra. And she and her husband have been kind enough to let me do baby Gill's 1 month old photo session. Results are below! Hope you enjoy!

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rebellious bridesmaid

Was part of a bridesmaid photo shoot today as part of my bestie's engagement shoot. Also had an opportunity to take some pictures and I wanted to share my most favorite pose and actually, my only good picture, of the day of one of the other bridesmaids. Rebellious Bridesmaid, love it!

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Peanut Butter & Jelly Photography - DEBUT

Hi readers, hang on to your seats. Oh boy, have we got a show for you! 

Tonight, we'd like to introduce you to a new division of One Queen's Lane.  We have been thinking about starting a photography line for a long time and finally, we have got the chance to do one. Meet "Peanut Butter & Jelly Photography". We are specializing in family and kids photography. Just as the name has suggested, we offers our clients an all-round first class treatment in an exhilarating photo taking experience!  It's okay, I myself also don't get what I've just said. 

Lemme break it down to you. When I said first class treatment, I mean we will make you and your family feel comfortable; so comfortable in fact that you won't even feel you are being photographed. We're nice peeps and kids LOVE us. I quote, "I've never seen her adapt to people so easily" -- says a mother whose baby is  bonding too quickly with the cute photographers. 

Basically, an interested family can contact One Queen's Lane anytime they need PbJ's service. PbJ will receive the ideas that the family has in mind. One Queen's Lane will then take the idea up a notch. We will prepare the inspiration board and a fee proposal. Once agreed, the rest is history.

Please find a few samples of the photos that we just took last week. Enjoy!

 

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Delivery!!

My friends had a house warming last Saturday and at first I wanted to go to the mall that morning to buy them something. Unfortunately, it was raining quite heavily and I was too lazy to get out of bed! I thought right there and then that I needed a second plan :) I called up my usual florist at Rawa Belong; apparently Bu Hikmah could DELIVER her flowers! GREAT!

I ordered a bucket of local pink long-stemmed roses with a little bit of baby breaths and leaf fillings. All of these for IDR 150,000. Well, a bit pricey on rainy season because it usually costs around IDR 80,000 for that amount of flowers. Using a vase that I found on my storage, I made 1 sweet arrangement for the couple.





Pink Roses



Aristate Leaf





Baby Breath





Ta-Da!



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What Could Have Been~

I stumbled upon this youtube video through one of my favorite blog (Cup of Jo). It reminds me of me & my bf because we used to chat in msn during our initial stage. I know this will put a smile on your face especially if you are currently flirting with someone. Now rather than regretting later, go grab that bbm and say what you really really want to say!

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My attempt to be The Sartorialist

Who doesn't love The Sartorialist? Scott Schuman is a highly respectable fashion photographer. His eye for fashionable things and people as well as his creative take on every single frame is stunning. I love how every subject is just effortlessly stylish, as if they just rolled out of bed and already have the outfit on.

Recently, I traveled to Shanghai, China (more about that later), and tried to capture some people with my camera as an attempt to be like The Sartorialist....... what do you think? :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got a glimpse of what The Sartorialist does for a living and wishing that I could do the same.

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Why don't you - pick unusual wedding bouquet?

Don't get me wrong. I am so in love with rose bouquet and I am set with my bridesmaids using their DIY baby's breath bouquet. However, while in the course of preparing the decor, I am curious as to types of flowers and their meaning...

White rose: Heavenly, Reverence, Humility, Youthfulness and Innocence

Amaryllis: Pastoral Poetry, Pride

Chrysanthemum: Slighted Love

Hydrangea: Vanity. A regard for understanding

Peony: Healing Life. Happy Marriage.

Baby's Breath: Happiness

Parrot Tulip (Tulip): Symbol of Perfect Lover

Anemone: Forsaken.

Ranunculus: Dazzled by charm.






So which one would you pick? Mine is peonies!!

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Inspiration Board - Antique Gold

As I am going through my wedding preparation, I can't help but to notice my interest on certain color schemes or places that inspires me. I am always drawn to muted colors. Pewter, grey, taupe, velvet brick brown, and vintage diamonds are my most favorite colors of all time!

However, considering that my family has a Chinese backbone (a really strong one), I have to incorporate some burst of gold/ red in my wedding theme. I really want to avoid the usual Chinese receptions wedding; i.e. with gold/red-maroon combinations like Versailles gone to Shanghai (so lame!). Instead, I want to create an old glamour look. A romantic but yet sturdy with extra attention to detail of casualness (sounds so random but that's just the way I imagine it would be).

This is just a draft though...so anticipate lots and lots and lots of revision going towards September 2011! Enjoy!

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Do the Cha Cha Cha...

You might remember Iyut from our previous blog months ago. Yes, her Pre Pre-wedding pictures that we took. Here's the thing, she's getting married next July and need to finalize everything A.S.A.P.

One of them is being able to find the perfect shoes for the D-day! So, the husband-to-be is , I quote, 17 cm taller than Iyut. So she insisted on having a 9 cm heels. Weeeww. Seriously, you would hurt yourself! Lemme tell you something about Chinese Indonesian wedding, well at least Iyut's wedding. You are required to 1.) wake up at 2am for a makeup session, 2.) Be officially "picked-up" by the family of the husband-to-be at 7am, 3.) Be ready for the holy matrimony at 9am, 4.) Be ready for the tea ceremony at 1pm, 5.) Take pictures with family and wedding pictures with the bridal party at 4pm, 6.) Be ready for the reception and stand to shake the hands of thousand of people at 7pm, and last but not least, 7.) Be ready for the after party at 10pm.

Girl, you need extra comfortable heels to endure that! My sister in law suggested us to look for dancing shoes instead the usual coveted Louboutins or Stuart Weitzmans. The soles of dancing shoes are very soft and are designed to conform to the size of your feet. So last weekend, we went to Gajah Mada Plaza in the hope of finding the perfect pair. On the 2nd floor, there was this custom-made dancing shoes maker (message us for more details). Daang readers! They are soo soooo comfortable, it's like walking on the clouds. And the most important thing, it's affordable. So Iyut ordered a very simple pair of silver peep toe shoes with cute little diamond details. Can't wait to see them in 2 weeks time! We'll post a picture of the finished product then!

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Why don't you - Let yourself fall in love a lil' bit everyday

If you are an avid reader of this blog, you would very much aware of our fascination in fashion and style. One man that can capture fashion and style with originality and raw emotions is the one and only Scott Schuman aka The Sartorialist.

I came across this short film of The Sartorialist, essentially telling stories of what does it take to be Scott Schuman, how to have the essence of a beautiful image, and how can you be in-the-moment by relating to what you see everyday in your life.

I do not know alot about photography (unlike the other partners of 1QL), but I know I love candid pictures; no set up, just as is. Viewing this video makes me love fashion over and over again, and I am seriously missing New York!

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Best Wedding Photos of 2010 - according to Junebug Weddings

I'm so excited I'm so excited, Junebug Weddings has published their Best of the Best wedding photos of 2010! I checked it out and every single image on there just blew me away. I mean, these are some the BEST wedding photos of 2010. Out of millions, worldwide, Junebug Weddings has handpicked just a few. Two of the pictures chosen by Junebug Weddings have been featured here at 1QL in Wedding Shot Wednesdays (links here and here).
I wanna share with you some of the ones that particularly captured my eyes. Prepare to be blown away!

Phenomenal! Hard to believe these are not editorial fashion pictures. I can't share all but click here to see more of where that came from.

{all images taken via Junebug Weddings}

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Do you love your wife this much?

My sister's friend is named Larami Culbertson, who is a family photographer based in Houston, TX (check out her awesome work here). Larami has a husband, whose name is Stevie Serrano, a full time teacher and a freelance writer for Houston Press. They have identical twin boys and the four of them make for the cutest family in the whole wide world!
I check Larami's blog once in a while, and stumbled upon this article written by her husband about how much he loves her. Larami's one lucky lady!

Read it and you'll find yourself saying "Aawww" by the end of the article.
Gentleman - let this be an inspiration for you
Ladies - tell your boyfriend/dad/brother/son/grandpa/nephew to read this!

 Larami Serrano, wife, mother, avid skydiver

Larami and I have been properly married for a little over three years, but we’ve unofficially been married for about ten years now. I met her in college after Christmas break my freshman year.
A Quick Aside: Early on in her college career, Larami was very insular. She was on friendly terms with, maybe, six people on campus, one of which was Nigerian, another of which was promiscuous and another of which gave people henna tattoos for money. This made her seem very mysterious, which made her unintentionally sexy (the best kind of sexy). To this day she swears this wasn’t the case, and that even if she were sexy, it wasn’t her intention, a fact that should serve as proof that it was, in fact, the case.
Among those that know her, Larami is generally regarded as the best person on the planet. And I would have to say that I agree with that sentiment. She is the source of an endless amount of joy for me. I can not think of one thing that has happened to me since I’ve known her that didn’t make me think, “Oh, man. I can’t wait to see what Larami has to say about this.”
I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time wondering what Larami will say about things. I find myself wanting interesting things to happen simply so I can tell her about them. Sometimes I even make stories up to tell her, to which she’ll respond, “OH MY GOD! REALLY?!,” to which I respond, “No, not really,” to which she responds with an irksome frustration that manifests itself in a semi-flirtatious sigh. She’s a wonderful creature.
Larami has beautiful eyes. I’ve never seen eyes like hers on a woman before. They look at me with love and sincerity and warmth and trust. She knows that I will always protect her, and I know that she knows this, and it makes me feel manly. I’ve imagined in my head implausible situations where someone asks me to explain why I love Larami so much (for whatever reason, this typically happens when I’m about to take a shower). I’m not sure what my full answer to that would be, but I know somewhere in there would be talk of her eyes.
One time she rode in a blue plastic tote down a flight of stairs for a reason that I don’t remember. It was remarkable. I’m not certain why that memory sticks out in my brain, but it does. I’d probably talk about that too.
One time in the infancy of our relationship Larami pressured me into going to a restaurant that she liked that she wanted to take me to. It was a warm gesture, but I didn’t want to go because I was (am) a moron. But I went. It was a nice restaurant. I wore a muscle shirt and this curious old fur coat that she had. Another time she asked me to go run errands with her, one of them being a trip to Old Navy. Old Navy is the worst place in the world. I wore basketball shirts and calf-high black socks and dress shoes. I was very passive aggressive early in our relationship, apparently. She talks about those instances still. I’d probably talk about that too.
I’ve worked hard to make sure Larami understands how completely I love her and everything that she is. Even still, I’m positive that I’ve failed. I get paid by people to write about all sorts of things –mostly measuring absolutely subjective things with an objective lens. And I’m told that I’m very good at this. Yet I can’t figure out what to say or do to relay something as basic as the entirety of my love for her to her. This causes me no cognitive dissonance whatsoever.
I play this game in my brain when Larami and I go somewhere where I look around and see who the prettiest person in the room is. I’ve yet to find anybody more attractive than Larami. She hates this game.
This essay is far from linear; I understand that. But that’s the effect thinking about Larami tends to have.
I’m happy when she’s around, and I’m a train wreck when she’s not. Everything that she’s involved with is better and everything that she isn’t involved with sucks. When I look at her, I want to kiss her. I want to experience new things with her. I want to never have her not want me around. I want it to be her when the phone rings, even when it isn’t my phone. I want to jump out of planes with her and go to Europe with her and eat food I don’t like with her and watch Jersey Shore with her.
I’d probably talk about that too.
I love that woman.

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Wedding Shot Wednesdays

I had a pretty long day today and have had this headache all day long, literally. It's killing me. So glad to be home and getting ready to get a good night's sleep before resuming work tomorrow that's gonna be one long-ass day!!! So, as a breather, and to set off a good night's dream for me, I'm posting a fabulous and quite sexy wedding shot for you all to be inspired with.

HOTNESS!!!!! This is such a brilliant picture by Ben Chrisman found via Junebug Weddings.
Do I really need to say anything more?? Sweet dreams, lovely people - or should I say sexy dreams? ;)

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