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Online shopping can be difficult. It's like gambling really because sometimes you really don't know what you're going to end up receiving in the mail. I've been planning a wedding and buying items online. Dresses are an example. Well... there was this ONE dress that I've been ogling for the longest time. I pinned it a few years back. I love the color and the look. I found it online and took the great leap of purchasing it. What I received in the mail was a total knock off. I didn't want to send it back, it would cost me a lot of money to do so. So wanted a partial refund for the poor quality dress I did receive in the mail. The seller refused. I kept complaining but the seller kept saying the dress looks exactly as it does in their product photos. My photos of the actual dress I received however obviously did not. Here are some of my dispute photos. Right and left. Boyfriend said to let it go, it was online $100 ~ which to me is a lot...

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#takethatboyfriend #lucky #gfbfdog View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) via Instagram http://ift.tt/1ybhQyJ I really can't believe that this happened to me. I always had the tendency to find balls with koji. Today I hit a mother load! Koji seemed so not amused in the photo. 

easy, fun.. And super cute #addictedtomaking #weddingplanning #diy View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) via Instagram http://ift.tt/1xRgh8L

View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Bx0ySD He seemed to have had a long day today. As he curls up in his avocado box. He's perfectly happy just sleeping in a box. He has a grape box he loves at mama's. 

View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) via Instagram http://ift.tt/14XDoq9 Ok, this photo was taken at 6:40am  in the morning. I was sitting at McDonald's with the boyfriend because the fire alarm in our building went off. We were awoken by blaring alarm. The boyfriend quickly checks the condo and grabs the step ladder to see if he can turn it of. (Jeebus, it was adorable) Because when he sat the step ladder down, I asked him what he was doing. He said he wanted to turn it off, I said he couldn't do that. It's the building alarm that was going off. I knew this because I'd been the one whose been home for all the fire alarm testings. I said the building is on fire, not the suit. So, apparently when my house is on fire, all I would do is put on a jacket / sweater and grab is my purse. I didn't even put on glasses. At McDonald's I was sad, because I was blind. I couldn't see anything very clearly at all...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) Sometimes life just takes you on an adventure, even though it's on a way to a client meeting. On this day I took the skytrain, when I got to the designated station, I got off and walked down the street to where it said I could enter and cut through the park. I saw no way past a fence. Little did I know was that there was an opening where you can go through as the side of the chained off gate. I didn't notice the side until I spotted a pair of cyclists that had just went through the park. I journeyed past the gates and down a gravel path that lead to a bridge with a creek. As shown in the first photo ( although it was taken from the other side of the bridge, looking down the path from the other side). I got over the bridge and it lead up a path out of the park and onto a street side. I would past a small community center of some sort and to a street crossing that would leave me mor...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) via Instagram http://ift.tt/1AZV5Dv Making the flower girls dresses for my wedding. Hand sewn, because my sewing machine is broken at the moment. 2 tutu skirts = 6$ Lace edging around = 4$ The lace on the body of dress was left over from my veil making. Silk Ribbon for back of dress was left over from pack of ribbon I bought for $3 to make my garter. Pink backing behind the lace was from a pink scarf I got for $2. Inside underlining was scraps salvaged from a dress I'm fixing. All in all I think the dresses I'm making will have cost me 20$ or less. Where purchasing them would have cost me $20 per dress. Time to make it, may a day or so plus, but I have lots of time to spar these days. One dress down, another one to go. 

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) via Instagram http://ift.tt/1B9mP7C This was another photography booth gig we did. It may be the last of our Christmas / New Years Season... and the first of 2015. For sure I'm noting some things are still needed to refine our setup. Photo-taking ease, a faster printer? More clips for the back drop so the wrinkles don't annoy me as much. I don't mind doing this gig, because it doesn't feel like work to me. Just having some fun with a friend. Nothing gives me more pleasure than watching others enjoy for a moment of being a kid again, getting to play dress up, even if it's for a few seconds. I've noticed a few things I'm constantly seeing be a photographer. There are many people who want to take photos but seem to be afraid of the camera. Don't! We are going to try our best, to help you get a great and memorable photo you'll love! Don't worry about ...