March 27, 2012

Konnichiwa!

I always love Japanese crafts. Origami, kusudama. And currently I'm working on these.

This is called "kanzashi", a folded cloth flower. It's the Japanese traditional hair accessory. This one, made by me is undone kanzashi as I need to put something in the middle of the flower. I just learned how to make it. You can google for the tutorial.

And this is the nice one. These little human-like plush is called "sarubobo". "Saru" in Japanese means monkey [I still remember this word since I was taking Japanese Level 1 Course during my final year of university study] and "bobo" is baby in Takayama dialect. It's the baby monkey.

I found that it is very easy to make these plush, it doesn't need any difficult templates to be cut. It's just a simple rectangle and round cut clothes, and simple stitching. I'm going to make a mobile with these little monkeys for Aryaan to play with. He is now in the phase of learning to use his hands grabbing, pulling, touching anything near him. And I think this one with small, bright color plush mobile is good for him doing the exercise.

I realized that some Japanese people make this as an amulet for protection from bad things. Well, for me, I made this as a souvenir from Japan for myself and Aryaan! (^_^)

HAPPY!


March 22, 2012

Hello again, my dear pillow!

Salam and hello,

Just a quick update on a quick DIY.

Ini satu cara macamana nak tampal bantal bocor, especially bantal kekabu.

Apa yang saya buat, firstly jahit sembat pada bahagian yang bocor tu. Then, potong felt ikut bentuk yang disukai, jahit-tampal untuk menutup bahagian yang telah disembat tadi. {{This is why I love felt, it won't fray!}}

Lastly, I did some {{back}} stitch on the pillow. Dan, siap! Tak perlu sarung pun... Hahaha!

And you know what, Imran loved it and bantal ni dah kekal jadi bantal dia setiap malam. Hohoho!

Till then! Ta-ta!


March 15, 2012

:: Giveaway #1 ::

Salam and Hello peoples,

This is new from miss.leli.lott. Dainty Pink Daisy Headband, a new series of FOYH. This one will be given away to the 60th fan of miss.leli.lott on Facebook. Four more to go, we are waiting for the lucky one.


So, hurry up, click "Like" on our page. You may be the lucky one. Who knows!


And this Dainty Blue Daisy Headband has been put on sale at Handmade.my. Hurry!

March 12, 2012

Year One


Today, a year ago...






It's been a year.
We have walked along together on our wonderful first year.


Today
is our first anniversary.
<3