WHIMSY LOFT | a lil' cuteness… lots of love

February 7, 2011
by Whimsy Loft
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Happy Bunny Year !!!!

Happy Chinese New Year !!!

This year is the year of the Rabbit. What cute little creatures.

The Lunar new year is a 15 day celebration and today is the 5th day.

The first 2 days was really busy for me, juggling between my day job and the festivity of the new year. Yes, I had to work during the holidays because of some urgent project. Oh well… it was ok because I worked from home, and I had a chance to recuperate during the weekends.

Psstt… if you’re looking for my OWOH Giveaway, CLICK HERE. It ends at February 17th, on Cap Goh Meh which is the 15 & last day of Chinese New Year.

I created these coasters, placemats, and bowl covers just before Chinese New Year… obviously I’m inspired by the cute little bunnies.

Finally use the Lite Steam-A-Seam I bought months back. They are very easy to use and made the applique stick nicely. I love it… but it’s rather costly for me, as I needed to get them from ebay.

Other than the above, not much sewing… just spending my free time watching dvds with my Parents and playing with my dog… sempena cuti tahun baru cina (inconjunction with celebrating chinese new year).

Some totally random stuff :

Scout got a new pillow (and he lovessss it!!!). The sky blue fabric is fleece. It is very soft and nice, indeed a fabulous fabric to use for babies.

And I got myself a new netbook !! Really cool, now that I can blog & surf from MY OWN netbook and not the company provided laptop

I hope you are all having a fabulous time. I somewhat am. Don’t forget to join my OWOH Giveaway here.

January 30, 2011
by Whimsy Loft
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OWOH 2011

This will be my 2nd time participating in OWOH.

Welcome & Thank U all for visiting my blog.
It is nice to meet you.
I hope you will stay a little longer to explore my blog & my shops.
Please come back again often.

For 2011 OWOH, I will be giving away one of my very cute Hanagami Pouch to one lucky winner !!!!

The winner can choose the fabric he/she wants the pouch to be made from here.

Examples of the pouch :

How to join?
-Please leave a comment in this post.
-Make sure there is an email which I can contact you.
-This is open to everyone who visits my blog.
-I post internationally.
-This giveaway opens from 30 January to 17 February 2011.
-I will use the random generator to generate the winner on 17 February.
-Just one comment per person please.

Thank youvery much for joining. See you again soon

Link to other participants of OWOH 2011 here.

January 22, 2011
by Whimsy Loft
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Handphone sleeves

Tick ? !!!
One custom order completed. Thank U very much!

Handphone sleeves for HTC Desire.

Saturdays are always the bestest day of the week… and tonight I have it all to myself… more sewing and some time for reading. Yippie !

January 21, 2011
by Whimsy Loft
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Oh what cuties!

Yesterday was public holiday for Malaysia… so I stayed home for half the day finishing up some custom orders…

We visited Digital Mall to grab some of those special papers which I make my labels with (the last of the last batch says the salesgirl! glad i got them… hehehe) and saw some lovely netbook on display… so I’ve been thinking about it since last night, and decided that I will get one for myself when I get my bonus this year *smile*…

Last weekend, I’ve also managed to tidy up my fabric closet. Well, if you think this is not tidy enough… you haven’t seen the “before” photo! Haha…

I’m having a great week this week. Happy Friday!

January 18, 2011
by Whimsy Loft
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A lacy type of pouch

Made this pouch as a Christmas gift for a friend, using 2 things I love – lace and my favourite cotton with yellow roses.

It’s a pretty spacious pouch, with 7″ zipper and a slightly puffy bottom. Can be used as a pencil case, or for organising your cosmetics.

January 16, 2011
by Whimsy Loft
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HAPPY NEW YEAR :-)

Wow! The last time I blogged here was in November 2010, and now it is already middle of January in the New Year.

Well, not too late to wish you my dear Readers A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! May this year be filled with love, peace, joy and lots of craftiness !!!

How did your start your new year?

Mine started a little slow, initially it didn’t feel like a new year to me… but eventually after 16 days into the new year, things are starting to look brighter and I’m starting to feel that YES! this is indeed a New Year with new hopes and new dreams and looking forward for the many blessings 2011 will bring

I made this in December all through New Year.

This is the famous what most people will call “the lunch bag” type of bag. To me it is a variation (different size) bag to my earlier version of lunch bag.

This one here measures 7? (l) x 7? (w) x 5? (h).

More photos here.

I will be busy {again} for a while, but I’ve got quite a lot of items I sewed up these past months and will post them on intervals when I can. Have a great week ahead !

November 30, 2010
by Whimsy Loft
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and i’m back…

… just for a short post… to say HI {i’m still alive }

Christmas is around the corner… I should be jolly & happy, making nice plans for the year end… but to be honest, I don’t feel the holiday season yet. Maybe it’s the day job that has been taking the toll out of me. Work has been stressful and it’s appraisal time… stress level is at a high!

I’ve been busy as a bee sewing a little of this and that… for presents so I cannot show them here yet.

This is something I can show though…
How do you like my new Coasters?

I’m having fun working with some kind of velvety iron-ons I found in my local craft shop. It’s fun {and easy} to use and it somehow gives a ”chic” effect to the project…. Love them !

And here’s THE sun hat that I made for myself… Should I bring this to Langkawi this weekend? Hmmm…

I hope we all will have a fun time preparing for Christmas, amidst the hustles and bustles {and crappy stress} ! Happy holidays dear friends

October 18, 2010
by Whimsy Loft
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miss smockie

I’ve been working on my smocking skills using my sewing machine. Created a simple clutch or wristlet using basic smocking.

Here’s some custom clutch I made for a friend.
Named this clutch design Miss Smockie

They measure 7″ x 4.5″
Inside is just a simple 1 pocket, fully interfaced for durability. I tried using heavier cotton or linen as the lining fabric, since the outside I use lightweight cotton.

When I have time, I’m going to make some for the shop

I’ll be going for my annual holiday to Chengdu next week, so this could be my last post until I get home in November !

October 15, 2010
by Whimsy Loft
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ROSES ARE BLUE ~ etsy treasury

I simply love blue roses..it gives me the vintage + modern feel {if u know what i mean…}, especially when the creator combine modern elements with the blue roses.

Here are some of my favourite picks from etsy. Such a sweet combination on elements with blue roses.

Roses are Blue

4. KaoriKaori

6. erintrees

8. bobann23

9. SeaGoddessTreasures

10. KIMMSMITH

11. dorahdesigns

12. vintagetouch

13. MissGlory

14. grigiodesign

15. waytobead

16. prettypeonies

October 5, 2010
by Whimsy Loft
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new Evy purse

It is a simple purse that will fit loose change, driver’s licence and even a small mobile phone.

“evy” stands for “everyday” … because when I made them, I was thinking of using it for my everyday shop & run (maybe i forgot to buy bread, or there’ no more butter in the fridge!) activities… just tuck in some cash, car keys and driver’s licence when I need to take a quick run to the shop!

For more photos : Whimsy Loft flickr

Shop here : Whimsy Loft ETSY

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