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‘A day in a life’
Monday is my Sunday.
09:45am
TGIM! A day off from Forest Bake. I got up pretty late specially during this rainy season, no surprise my body clock would automatically slow down to meet the Monday pace. It’s best to just stay cosy in bed, listening to the rain, what a beautiful moment of the day.
10:45am
What should I wear..?
Every time when it comes to a decision making of ‘what to wear’. I’d often go by the weather, or places I plan to visit. Since Monday is an easy for me, I’d rather go for something comfy with a style. So I picked out my Matter Prints dress.
11:45am
Late brunch at “Meena Rice Based Cuisine”. Finally I got myself there after hearing from friends and seen so many delicious posts on Instagram.
The restaurant located on an outer ring road of Chiang Mai, though not so far from the main city but peaceful enough for you to enjoy a good meal. The place was built from an old Northern Thai style houses, surrounded by trees beside a small pond. Everything was decorated in Thai hand-dyed fabrics, wood and ceramics. What a coincidence I happened to wear an artisanal hand printed shirt dress myself!
As new comers, we had no idea of what to order so they recommended us to try some signature Lanna (Northern Thai) dishes. The highlight was the coloured steamed rice cooked in different kind of herbs and flowers to get their wonderful natural dyes. Mind you all of the dishes were sprinkled with edible flower petals, beautiful!
3:30pm
Back home for an afternoon retreat in the garden. After rained walk is always the best. Loving how everything switched from lemony green to foresty green, the scent and the freshness in the air are just marvelous. In fact, I’m often here for a purpose, either to do some foraging or to get some inspirations, but for Mondays, I shall enjoy myself for nothing.
Our Carunda trees are bearing their fruits. These are edible, you can have them fresh like having strawberries or even bake them in one of your recipes, you choose :)
4:45pm
Looked like it’s about to rain for the third round, meaning, it’s time for me to stop wandering. I shall get back in and waiting patiently for mum’s best dinner..
The day was short but I did accomplish my slow-life kind of day with well received energy from nature.
Hope you guys had a great Monday.
Goodnight.
Nalinna*
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‘Boho never says no to leather’
Theres never a day without leather as a part of my personal way of life. I love leather, the look, smell, touch and feel whether it’s a part of furniture, home decoration, accessory, bag or shoes. Basically leather is an essence of my aka Forest Wanderer’s lifestyle which regularly leads me to leather goods hunt both online and at stores.
A year ago I came across Atitlan Leather from Guatemala on Etsy and was so attracted to their products. Since then my adoration towards handmade leather grew even stronger. Though I wasn’t able to touch and smell them physically but their quality through photos spoke all the hard work done.
‘Atitlan Leather’, artisanal leather goods from Guatemala around the ‘Lake Atitlan’ founded since 2013. Their products are specially produced to accommodate those unique travelers out there, offering durability, practical, and affordable quality to fit perfectly into their lifestyles. Money belts, boots, bags to backpacks you named it!
The strong bond between leather and I has influenced and inspired me to create a one day lifestyle styling with Atitlan Leather products. So, there I went on a road trip to the Northern part of Thailand with a bag full of their leather goodies! Woo!
Arrived at Thongma Studio, our coffee break stop along the way.
Camera is a part of my life, to have a good strap for your camera is like dressing up with a good taste.
Belts!!
Knock knock! Never ever leave home without a bag or two, well that’s my personal logic anyway :P
It was so good to be outdoor around the suburban district of Chiang Mai. What a perfect weather and lighting for shooting!
This is one of my favourite bags from Atitlan Leather. It matches really well with denim. You try.
A day passed by so quickly, full of fun and enjoyment having to style up with leather products. Honestly it was pretty easy for me to mix and match them. If you think you have no style or no clues on how to dress up with leathers just put on your simplest outfit, add a bit of leather on, you can definitely pull it off in some ways. Trust me ;)
Don’t hesitate, do drop by www.atitlanleather.com for more goodies. Some of there signature items like money belts and wallets do sell pretty fast, so hurry! They are there for you to complete your style!
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Location: Thongma Studio, Maerim, Chiang Mai
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