So Cute It Hurts

Ta da!

The photo below is definitely not the usual way one would show off a completed sewing project. But today is my day to wear this whimsical party headpiece and eat cake. Remember the felted pastries and sweets i mentioned during the New Year Holiday post? Well, it is finally complete. I whipped up a little party headpiece gift for me. I love this little party headpiece so much. Good times in the sewing room

Today is also an appreciation day for all that you (papa and mama) did to get me into the world on this day so long ago. It's hard to believe, ive been chuggin' along for all these years now. It has been a beautiful adventure. I've had the privilege of traveling to faraway places, eating great food, laughing a lot, getting a wonderful education and finding the sweetest man. Thanks for everything, Papa and Mama.

Having a birthday land on a Friday is perfect because it easily becomes a Birthday Weekend. It's fantastic so far. I see all kinds of good things in my immediate future.

Thanks for reading, friends!
Happy Janunary 8th to you! I have always loved Janunary 8th.
Love to you and yours.

 

 

The little Missy Monster series part 3 and 4.

It took some time, but i'm finally getting around to showing off my little Missy Monster again.  I will do a part 3 and 4 together. 

This is my newest Blythe carry case that i fondly named Little Missy Monster. I created her just for fun and mainly because i was going through a serious softie admiration phase and wanted to try creating a creature of my own. I created the pattern through much trial and error, so there was (as there always is) a bit of fudging involved. Lucky for me it fits really well. The best part for me was gathering all the fabrics and accessories from my creative corner and sitting down to decide what i wanted to use. In the end everything came together just fine.

Little Missy Monster is cute and soft and full of personality. Lucky for me, Ryan was willing to model this little Missy Monster Blythe carry case for you to see. I love this little Blythe case so much. It's such fun to whip up. I plan to make a few more in different colors perhaps to send out into the world.

I have to show some close up of her little details mainly because i love how beautiful she turned out. Here are the details: 

i added 2 security belts inside to keep my girl in position, 
gave her a changeable hearts blouse, 
a removable leather handle (in case you wanna just hug her),
and finished her with a painted white Blythe pull charm for flair (and to match her fur).

I wanted to thank each of you for all the sweetness about my little Missy Monster series. It was such a fun series for me. I know i've mentioned it here loads of times, but i really do have the most wonderful friends. It makes me a little misty just thinking about it.

I am down with a nasty sore throat. I'm keeping my finger crossed that my self-prescribed combination of ginger lemon tea, movies and many long naps will contribute to a speedy recovery.

I'll say hello again soon.
Happy merry Sunday.
Love to you and yours.

The little Missy Monster series part 1.

The spurts of creativity have been ebbing and flowing around here, but I'm still feeling mostly good about things. The photo below is definitely not the usual way one would show off a completed sewing project. But... i wanted to give a little sneak peak of what i've been working on for my little shop. This project has been in my head for months and i'm thrilled to slowly introduce a new line of Blythe item in the coming weeks.

It took me a while to make this one as i wanted to do it ALL by hand. I had quite a bit of fun with it, though i do find sewing by hand can be somewhat stress relieving ~ very tedious, yet very relaxing. Missy Monster is her name. She is really cute and soft and full of personality. I mean, what little Blythe girls couldn't use a soft and cuddly carrier.

I have big plans to get this and a couple of other ones put in my shop sometime hopefully soon, but first i need to order a couple more supplies. In the meantime and for the coming weeks. i will share with you little tinny sneak peak details of this project. Just for the fun of it, let's call it the little Missy Monster series.

Hope you're having a lovely weekend.
Happy July to you.
Love to you and yours.

For the love of craftiness.

Remember the dolly project i mentioned a while back? Well, i'm slowly making progress and i'm having quite a bit of fun with it. Sewing brings me such comfort measures (very much needed). It is laying on my craft table right now, and every time i catch a glimpse, i am filled with total giddiness and pride.

Thanks so much for all the wonderful offerings of love and healing on my last post. You guys are the best. And I am so grateful to be able to send such bummer news like this out into the world and feel such kindness and support from people i have met and never even met. Kind of blows my mind, actually.

Peace and love to you and yours.

my corner

I don't remember having such a productive weekend in a long time. There was productivity to top all productivity in my little studio. I suppose the productivity part had very much to do with being motivated and revisiting my creativity, but productivity. A fun weekend of serious packing, clearing and organizing in my little creative corner ~ pretty much bliss for me.  I'm the type of person who can't start a new batch of projects without first getting everything clean and in order.

Here's a little glimpse of my new punkaholic girl helping me out in the studio space. She seems to love lounging on my project table. And oh my, it's really nice to finally see my cutting boards and table cloth ~ it was covered with piles of books, papers, fabrics, and not to mention dust!

I wanted to say thank you for all the super kind and supportive comments sent my way. I'm truly grateful. Once again, i'm in awe of how amazing this community is ~ it really astounds me, but most of all it reaffirms for me that people are mostly good and kind and supportive of one another. That's really important to me. Thank you so much for that.

Be well out there.
More soon, friends.
Love to you.

in the holiday spirit

I wanted to say thank you for all the super kind and supportive comments sent my way about my pass week sadness. I am truly grateful. I'm in awe of how amazing the blog community is ~ a reaffirms for me that people are mostly good and kind and supportive of one another. That's really important to me. Thank you so much for that.

The christmas gift countdown is in full-swing. I worked this weekend on several gifts ~ they are coming along REALLY slowly but surely. *deep breath* I have yet to get my holiday cards printed. So much to do and so little time ~ i guess it is OK to be a little late sending out Christmas packages? Perhaps Christmas in Jaunuary?

I finally got around to the little Walnut ornaments project i'd been planning for a while. I'm all about using and bringing magic of the nature and loveliness into my hands, so i thought i would spruce these handmade walnut Christmas Ornaments up and pass them along to someone special. They turned out very nice and i am pleased as punch. Did i ever mention how much I love walnuts?

I hope to finish all of my holiday projects and send all of them out before Christmas.
Happy sweet Tuesday.
Love to you.

Gathering inspiration

I wanted to pass along a very simple trick i discovered while flipping through the Ikea catalog.

I have been searching for a while for a simple and pretty glass/plastic house to display some of my dolls and miniatures i had purchased,  all i was finding were a little too fancy and a little too small. I want a little something to show case my dolls and miniatures and a little something that could prevent them from collecting dusk and yellowing.

After a long hunt, i found the perfect little house. I decided to convert this green house into a little show room. It worked like a charm and it wasn't expensive.

This took about five minutes to put together and it's sitting right on my craft table. I have some future plans for it ~  a wooden floor. I also plan to create a Christmas scene as soon as my order arrives.

Have a lovely Thursday.
Love to you.

Little travelers...

Happy Sunday, friends

I apologize for the lack of posts lately. Actually, i've been reading plenty of your blogs just not feeling the need to write. I'll be back soon enough. The photos below are a few shots of a sewing project. I completed yesterday.

This project started out with an announcement from Lati doll company hosting a Photo Contest for their 8th anniversary celebration with the theme : Trip. It has been on my to-do list for a week or two now and yesterday morning i finally managed to check it off.

The idea was to create a scene outside the house with lots of beautiful colors, traveling items and flowers. The story kept changing but my girls and i finally settled for this :

Lami and Ruki wanted to play a little trick on their little sister, Pettibon...just because. For the pass few days, they made little Pettibon believed that they are leaving for their very first weekend trip out of the city.  I helped the girls to whip up a scene outside the house with suitcases, cameras and a little taxi. The act was put into action and the whole scene was setup. Poor little Pettibon thought her two sisters were really leaving for a trip and broke up in tears. teeheee

This was such a fun project ~ going through my fabric and craft books stirred up the crafty energy (I knew it was still there) and reminded me that i really love to sew and always get a great deal of pleasure out of the entire process. I whipped up some shabby chic suitcases and a felted taxi.  I am quite proud of how it turned out.

Hope you have a great weekend.
I'm going to sew and drink tea.
At least those are a few things I hope to do.
More to come, people. More. To. Come.

Heat waves here is driving me nuts. praying for some rain and cooling weather soon.
Love to you.

sewing for the little vemp girl

I have made a pompom flower dress 1 for Lami a couple of weeks ago (she adores it and wants to wear it pretty much daily). My little vampire girl arrived just this week and she needed one (okay, i needed her to have one) so i whipped this little pompom flower dress 2 with a different pompom style sleeves over the week. I created the pattern through much trial and error, so there was (as there always is) a bit of fudging involved. Lucky for me it fits really well and she loves it...totally suits her style.

Her name is Haru. She is such a sweet little adorable vempire baby. But she was a little upset her sister, Miel, tried on her fluffy wig. However, this new dress cheered her up and eventually there were equal amounts of sweet snuggles shared amoung the sisters. Good grief, i feel lucky.

Hope you have a great weekend.
I'm looking forward to shopping and dinning with my family and friends, a little sewing time, and of course, a bit of lounging.

Be well.
More sewing adventures to show you soon.
Love to you.

dreamy wednesday

Hello and happy mid-week.

If you notice, YES, i have a new banner! This banner is definitely a masterpiece ~ it reflects and brings out the pure essence of me, who i am and my love for handmade items and dollies. I am very thrilled and a little mind-blowing.

 

 

It has exactly the look and feel of my dream craft room, it has beautiful cupboards and shelves dedicated to fabrics, craft papers, ribbon and trims, and storage for my craft supplies. Of course i love each and every little details from my beautiful little dollies, lovely purses and tote bags i made along my creative journey to little miniatures dresses i made. The is pretty much my idea of a perfect craft room. Very pretty.

 

 

A month ago, i found Noemo. When i first saw their work for Applemama's Cafe, i knew they were the one to transform my dream craft/sewing room into a beautiful illustration! I knew that i would be in good hands, and they would be able to present my style effortlessly. And sure they did!

 

 

Working with Noemo was such a breeze and they were amazing! All i did was provide them a story of my dream craft room with some specify requests and a few pictures for reference and they came back with this result...which makes me very happy. I'm pleased as punch about finding them.

Noemo helped me put together a dream for myself in a form of illustration. Thanks for your overwhelming effort, Noemo. I love each and every little bits of this banner you made specially for me.

For now, i'll continue to enjoy the details of this beautiful banner.
This is my dream craft room.
Have yourself a good day.
Love to you.