So Cute It Hurts

Contentment

This Sunday is all about the calm and quiet ~ a time to reflect on my actions and reactions. There is a limit to how much i can deal with negative people. When it reaches the limit, i tend to shut down and stay as far away as i possibly can. Perhaps i am just taking the easy way out. Thinking deeper, we always have a reason why we are being upset, or why we do things and say things that hurt each other. But isn't there something in life more important than just carrying around the pain and hurt we feel? After all, everyone makes mistakes and honestly, we all do stupid things to hurt one another.

Overcoming my pride and learning to forgive is one approach i can practice when it comes to dealing with negative people. "Whatever you have done by body, speech or mind, which irritates me or really hurts me deeply, i forgive you." Being content is another approach. Sometimes i wonder if i expect from life far too much ~ having all these plans and demands from myself and life. It's nice to remind myself to tone it down and have less expectation or no expectation in life. It's also nice to remind myself that whatever happens to me in life, always see it as something wonderful and to see the positive side of it Contentment is about being content and knowing what the possibilities are and working with these possibilities. If it is something i can do, give it everything i have got. If there is nothing i can do, let it go.

There, i said it.
And i'm going to keep admitting it.
Here's to a little calm and quiet coming your way this Sunday.
Hope you have a good one.
Love to you

 

 

My little mindfulness journey

Remember i mentioned a few weeks ago, my goals for this year?

I want to work on to be kinder, be more genuine and be as open as possible to what comes. And tell people how much they mean to me.

My little journey starts by learning to overcome my fear and worries. I am that person that thinks way too much ~ so much so that these thoughts creates fear and worries. They always get the best of me and make things not happening. I want to learn to slow my mind down and focus on one's awareness on the present moment.

So here is my plan:

1. Just be kind
2. Do the best i possibility can
3. Always have that positive attitude to the future
4. Change my thoughts to : What would happen if...follow by something positive
   “Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?'
   'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought.
   Piglet was comforted by this.” ― A.A. Milne
5. Have fun
6. And season everything with love

It will take time for me to practice ~ and practice i will!
Hope you are enjoying your Sunday too.
Love to you.

Nice to meet you

Finally...after six and a half months, one airplane ride, and a boatload of excitement, my twin girls and i met. Seeing the two babies together was sweeter than the candied yams i had!

My twins, Charlotte and Nichole, got a huge kick out of dressing up this morning in their Hello Kitty outfits. Every little girl needs a Hello Kitty dress and shoes, right?

I've also recently scored some new shoes while hanging out on Facebook. These adorable animal shoes have been on my mind and now i have some on my girls' feet. Exactly how many pairs of shoes is too many? I'm not sure, but as far as i can tell i haven't gotten there yet.

Hope you and yours have fun wherever you are.
Weekends are for supreme laziness.
Sending some love out to you and yours.
More soon.

I am here because of you

Hope your Thanksgiving was full to the brim. I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my sister and brother this year. I cooked, we ate and more eating the next days.

In honor of thanksgiving, i want to take this opportunity to say Thank You. Thanks for making my creative journey a great one, and more importantly thanks for all your love, support and your generosity in sharing with me. I am here because of YOU.

I want to start my holiday season off on the right foot; in gratitude, mindfulness, joy and of course, love! I hope to be able to slow down and savor on the simplicities life this season. I still have a few large projects to wrap up before December but for now let the holiday cheers begin!

More to come, friends. More. to. come.
Have a beautiful merry happy week.
Keep warm
Love to you and yours.

uncovering the reason

Although the blog silence probably seems as though i've fallen down the rabbit hole, i promise i haven't ~ i have spent the last week and weekend completely absorbed in sewing and scheming. You know, the ones that take up the most room.

I've been thinking a lot about inspiration. Where inspires me, what little things i keep close by for daily inspiration, things that have come to me in many different ways which i've decided to hang on to ~ special things. I think it has a great deal to do with color. I am drawn to certain colors on certain days and some colors are constant, like pink, white, and that green you see here on my bubble space.

Lately, i'm noticing lots of purple popping up around the corners of my studio and house ~ not sure what that's about but they really cheer me up. That beautiful purple flowers {above} were made by my dear mama, a woman that's quiet and gentle and as good as they come. What a lovely bouquet, but maybe i'm a little biased.

Before i start my week, i've been meaning to say thanks so much for all the sweet words about our little summer house at Hamburg, Germany. Your kindness and congratulations means the world to us. Sometimes the smallest thing can really perk us up!

I'll pop in sometimes soon to say hello and hopefully share a few photos ~ i'm really dying to show you some of my work in progress cuteness. Have a lovely merry happy week and love to you and yours!

the things we do

It has been what i would call a very good week so far. I have the free time that exists during my little break from day job. I mostly just stayed in and worked on sewing projects.

Lately, Kim and i have been doing this cooking game plan for fast and easy meals on weekdays where one of us is completely responsible for preparing dinner. It was the mister's idea to cook up a fast and simple delicious meal with a creative twist on weekdays from the help of "Personal trainer: Cooking" game in our Nintendo DS console. A game that brings gourmet cooking with 245 plus recipes from more than 30 countries worldwide. I was into the idea and the rest is history. For the last two weeks, each of us accepted the "challenge". It's been quite a treat.

Thank you kindly to each of you for all the kindness about the mister's new indoor flip flop. Your words mean a lot to me. I'm going to drink tea and enjoy the last bits of my break. Have a colorful merry happy Wednesday! Love to you and yours.

Tea brings feeling to life

So happy weekend has come. Kim and i are getting back into the swing of things here at home. I'm starting to notice our usual daily routines re-emerge after spending so much of the Chinese New year time away.

One of my daily routine is my morning tea. I'm a big tea drinker. Have been for years ~ i'm a creature of habit and tend to find something i like and stick with it, like the tea leafs from Purple cane.

The inspiration in making these cute heart-shaped tea time treat boxes came from this habit. I don't know about you but i feel that tea has this magical touch of keeping feelings and relationship warm in a form of art.

The handmade treat boxes are designed by sweet Kim. I handmade the heart-shaped tea bags and filled them with my favorite tea leafs {hygiene-ly handle with care} from Purple Cane ~ Jasmine Green Tea, Green Tea and Tie Guan Yin. Each lovely treat boxes consist of one cute Robert Gorden Australia teaspoon and 6 heart-shaped tea bags {2 bags of each different flavors}.

I am so very happy that these delightful treats were a valentine's day hit. So happy that i am extra, extra glad, and smitten, i've added them to the shop for some splash of fun.

I'm going to sew and drink tea and make a big salad with toast on the side. At least those are a few things i hope to do. 

My morning tea calls....till then i hope you have yourself a lovely weekend {perhaps with a cup of tea}. Love to you and yours!

on the mend...finally...I think

Sorry for checking out for a bit there, i just spent my last week and weekend sick in bed with one of the nastiest colds/flu viruses in recent memory. It was the pits, completed with body aches, fever and one of the worst sore throats ever.

I was having a hard time and found myself feeling a little bit of sadness mixed with a tinge of depression. The sad part, simply put, has something to do with the recognition that i only learn to listen when my body tells me "enough". Sometimes it slips my mind that nothing really works without our health. The depression [that goes hand in hand with sadness}, has something to do with how i feel about my day-job as a programmer ~ unproductive and uninspired. That longing feeling for more time and more space to spend on my creative dream continues to yearn on ~ calling me. Maybe it was all these feelings that finally boiled down to this nastiest colds/flu. Either way, i didn't get much in the way of crafting done. It was good to have to stay away from the sewing machine for a while because it reminded me of how much i really enjoy sewing and seaming away. This slowing down, also reminded me of the comfort joy in "appreciating the tiny little things and the people around" ~ sometimes it just slip pass my fingers.

Sitting here in this slightly chill morning sunshine quietly sharing space with you here on my little bubble space was also one of the things that i needed most. Being here with you and connecting myself in this creative world keeps me calm, gives me a little more faith and believes in myself and allows me to carry on.

I also wanted to say thank YOU to each of you who commented so kindly about my wedding ring pillow. It feels good to have made a big check beside that item on my list. I'll be back soon with more crafty news.

Have a lovely merry happy week and love to you and yours ~ always!

Seems like little Chloe is in the Halloween spirit

 
.... teehee

I wish Halloween is a huge event here in this city of brotherly love but unfortunately it's not. If it is, i would be looking forward to pumpkin carving and tricker-treaters ~ it's fun to see what comes a'knockin'!

Once again i took the liberty to seek the help of the ye olde wizened ~ Random Number Generator! Emails will be sending out soon to the chosen ones ~ Koralee, Gina Kim, Dana, Kate and Emily. Girls watch your mailbox for a package from little me... i hope these little teaspoons treat you well.

 
There was such a variety of thoughtful comments and recommendations! I feel really lucky to have such a well-rounded generous friends. I like black tea and green tea, but i'm definitely open-minded to all other varieties. Thank you so much for playing along!

Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you and yours! Be safe friends!

Bones has a new friend name hannah

 
Hiee and happy friday to you!

Today the internet hasn't been acting up and it's only the early afternoon. I'm not a big fan of days like today ~ lots to do but can't accomplished much when the net is as slow as a little snail. Not a very nice way to end the week if you ask me. But lucky the weekend is just around the corner. I could almost smell it. :)

Thanks for all the sweetness about my new found camera and Erin's broccoli-cheddar soup post the other day. I really love finding super yummy recipes and treating myself to something i've been wanting for a long while. It's very satisfying. I'm not skilled with my D90 and i will attempt with very simple photography mode in order to refrain from getting frustrated. I mean, i wouldn't want to take the fun out of it now would i?

 
  
 

 
Something else that's satisfying is making another Bones bookmark for a lovely customer. I simply adore hannah, the little girl, embracing the back of Bones. I've also finished Sandy's wedding ring pillow, i'm looking forward to snap some photos to show you soon!

Hope you have a great weekend. I'm going to relax, snap photos, drink tea or coffee, and big plans to tackle the next project on my list ~ my friend the zipper! At least those are a few things i hope to do.

Be well! Love to you and yours.