Pause for thought

Absolute Linen in Scoopneck A-Line Dress

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I made another Scoopneck A-line Dress, both are sisters. The neck, vintage Japanese linen, pattern are totally my thing, resembles me of this moment. Can't wait, almost wanted to wear it now. Hope you will like it, as much as I do.
 

Cookie jar refilled

I thought I had taken a few pictures from my kitchen, but only these few that able to show people, sigh, bad photography skill. One of my good friend ML came visiting with her baby son and brought over branded gift which I quite couldn't afford. No matter how much I would love to have those renowned brand thing, but I still feel that the buyer that should have it and enjoy it, not me. Maybe I've been used to give instead of receive and it's very inferior to being a receiver, silly me. So now, one of the ori cookies has been eaten up and I'm going to refill the cookie jar with me-made cheesy crunch \('o')/

Chinese Calligraphy writing

My Chinese calligraphy writing after having non-practice for more than twenty years (oh, my!) who once earned a prize in state-level competition ; ) and also the first ever representative from school. oh, those time. 
I've been wanted to write in other than the only black-chinese-ink for sometime, this morning finally get to do it with the use of poster color. I'm now picking up on teaching my children Mandarin, those words were just popping up in my mind. I don't intend to change anything traditional, but with more ink choice options, I could see the possibilities of those strokes may be seen everywhere which not just confined to papers ^_^
Happy writing!

Hello 2013

I was being very productive in the new year eve for sewing til midnight - welcoming 2013. Managed to get some of the stationery ready for the beginning of new schooling year which will start soon. Also made some extras for orders from teacher friends this new art brush case in denim jeans.
What have you made or planning to make?

End of 2012

Time flies and we're reaching the very last day of year 2012 to sit back and reflect. During the year I've created and made a few of handmade crafts which I think there's some improvement in terms of my handcraft skills, and hopefully will keep the passion grow in time to come. And I would like to thank you and the community of blogging with good and kind people for sharing their thoughts and the journey of making together in this space. May us all be blessed with good health physically and mentally, harmony and peace.  

A good outing

My son's art class conducted an outing yesterday which 'me too' participated. Thinking for not being the 'helicopter mom', it was only the 2nd half session that I went to peep at him. Man, that's a wonderful trip for both students and adults alike. They went to temple, Penang Heritage Chew Jetty, biggest Bomba in town, analyzing fire trucks and also not forget to draw and make art work at the station. In this remote country of ours, we rarely compliment over whatever deeds others have done be it for us or the rest of us. I told one of the teacher that having such an outing was such a wonderful experience for our kids. They learned whilst having some fun which not just confined to the four walls classroom learning. It's definitely a good outing.
ps: These are unrelated picture, the orchids in my house are blooming. I didn't bring my camera during the art outing. sigh!

Another Vintage Japanese robe for toddler

I keep my hands busy with a few sewing projects in my craft room, the above toddler's Japanese robe had just completed this afternoon and can't wait to show it to you here. This is one of my favourite picks from local fabric shop hubby Jim brought me over during the weekend. I like to incorporate colorful flower motif fabric into my sewing projects mainly because I hope it would cheer you up a little. sincerely. and most of the time I usually will wear this type of pleasant looking clothes. come on, we ought to influence people with positive and 'yang' energy than the opposite one, don't we?
I remembered that I told a Japanese ex-colleague of mine this: "In life there is up and down, when you fall just dusk off the dusk and pick yourself up. Tomorrow is a new day and you still will see the sun shine...".
Say this - EMiToFo

As a World-community

It has been more than two weeks I changed my laptop's homepage from Yahoo to Google, so as I won't be fed with many 7+1 news (Ba gua news) which will always lure me to browse them whenever I'm at it. Since then, I'm not up to date to what's going on in the world. I got to know of what happened in Connecticut through Ginny. As we all live in the world-community that internet and blogging have brought us together closer than before, even in this remote country of where I live in, I'm deeply saddened and tears flowing when I read the news articles on the elementary school. Each and everyone of us play a role in keeping our community harmony and in peace if we all have the heart to maintain it. It is not easy. watch our words and do more kind things with our pair of hands, I do this, and could see the difference.
Emitofo.

Welcoming December

Oh, December! Here you are, and I made this little buntings to welcome you and wish you would stay a little longer...