Updated Etsy listings:
Happy Sunday !
More coasters
So I just cannot have enough of the leafy felty non-slipy coasters!
Hahahaha!
Actually I just wanted to show you these 1st batch on non-slip leaf coasters.
They kinda became my favourite because of the printed felt, plus the non-slip is attached on with mod podge !
Yeap. Took 6 hours to dry plus lots of sticky fingers after that.
I love them.
Get them here.
chandeliers sling pouch
MINE ! Yes this is for ME me me meeeeeee….. wheeeeeeeee…….
I’ve been saving this fabric. Bought just half a yard from a Japanese supplier. Very expensive! But I love the prints. CHANDELIERS. So elegant, so cool!
2 pockets inside:
I always like lace with natural linen.
Happy to take custom orders.
You can select your fabric HERE. (i’ll be adding more fabric soon!). This is for the chandelier part of the pouch.
Then I will match the lining, and the rest of the pouch will be natural linen with lace and sling chain. Lace may not be exactly the same as the photo because that depends on the supplier’s stock (but I’ll let ya know in advance what I have).
Floral pouches + FREE tissue case
Because my sewing mojo is back. Because I started listing in etsy again after a long long time…
my customers will get a matching Tissue Case for FREE when they purchase the floral pouch.
I have 4 colours – black, blue, pink and green. Each of them comes with a free matching tissue holder === a PAIR OF BEAUTY === 
The pouches measures approximately 6″ x 4.5″.
Pink:
Green:
Black:
Blue:
And it fits a Samsung Note android PERFECTLY !
Coasters coasters
As promised, I said I will re-open my Etsy shop in May.
It’s now May the 3rd. I’ve started listing stuff in my shop. That also indirectly means… drum roll pleaseeeeeee…. I’ve started sewing again *wink wink*.
Fingers cross, I will have time to continue the sewing.
Frankly, I prefer taking custom orders. That way, I sew only when there is an order, and I can make it 100% to the liking of my customer a.k.a. CUSTOM MADE… hehehe…
However, listing in Etsy is good too, as it helps me get some publicity. As you know, I do not promote. Well hardly. Not even by words of mouth i.e. I don’t go around telling people I sew and I sell. If it’s mentioned then it’s mentioned. If not then it’s not said. I guess I need to improve on my networkings.
This COASTERS are made of felt.
I really love how it turned out, and so proud *shoulder pat* of myself for thinking about this.
The “coaster” idea was inspired by the need for me to use a coaster all the time as it is very humid and hot in Malaysia! My ice cold drink leaves water stain on my table all.the.time and worst it sometimes gets to my stuff on the table. Not good. So coasters come in very very handy.
The idea to use FELT came while I was cleaning my fabric cupboard. I realised I had a whole stack of felt (about a foot tall) and I do not know what to use them for! No point keeping, I need the space. So it’s more like destashing + creating.
The coasters below has a layer of non-slip material. The idea of the non-slip was also due to my spring cleaning efforts.
I found a whole 2 metres roll of non-slip, which was stashed somewhere along with other stuff which I bought for just-in-case-i-need-them-one-day. Believe me when I say it’s not easy to sew the non-slip on. I had to use tracing paper as a “go-between” my sewing maching and the felt. Not to mention, my first try was to glue (mod podge) the non-slip to the felt. It worked out well, but started out rather messy and of course I did not have the patience to wait for them to dry!
But everything worked out fine in the end. I’m Happy.
Come support me in my Etsy shop. The COASTERS are already listed, together with some cute floral pouches.
Welcoming Saturday with cupcakes
The pink polka dots cups are the cutest! Topped with one of the most fabulous cakes I’ve ever eaten in my life (i’m not kidding)… oohh laa laaa!!!!
This is Hokkaido Cake. It’s soft, spongy, taste of vanilla with white fluffy cream inside.
I couldn’t resist!
I want more!!!!!
Even my dog cannot resist.
Looky looky he is begging… 
YUM!!!
Happy Saturday!
This Saturday, today, it is hot day. Traffic jam. Road blocks. It’s because the Bersih 3.0 Rally is happening in the city. I shall not speak about it. Politics. Not my interest. There’s enough people talking about it already anyways. So, I’m going into a “Sewing Retreat” by myself in my lovely home. Enjoying the bliss of staying home.
Happy weekend! Yay!
coconut oh coconut
Today, I did some baking using coconut. It started out with me wanting to eat something sweet with the grated coconut texture. Don’t ask me why? I can’t explain it.
Then I remembered I scribbled this recipe I found online a few weeks ago. So… checked my pantry. Had all the ingredients except for the coconut milk and the grated coconut. Out came my iphone, and I WhatsApp my sister, asked her to buy the coconuts for me on her way home from work. Just 1 grated coconut (half if it is a huge coconut) and 100ml of coconut milk.
My sister bought 2 grated coconuts (and it was really a HUGE coconut), plus about 300ml of coconut milk. She said, at first she bought 2 grated coconuts so that I can juice half of that to get the milk. Then she ASSUMED (idiot!) I didn’t know how to juice the coconut, so she bought the ready made coconut milk for me. Now I have so much coconuts!
Anyhoo… I made 2 cakes!
One with the recipe I found online (sorry I forgot from where), and another one is just normal butter cake with lots of coconut inside!.
This is the normal butter cake with coconut inside. I haven’t tried it, still in the baking pan. But I’m assuming it is nice. *fingers cross*
This one,
the recipe from “online” is actually a 3 layer cake. Bottom is a biscuit like crust, followed by grated coconut with brown sugar mixture, and topped with coconut + eggs (like custard, but not really).
Yum! Nice. What is your sweet tooth for the day?
simple way to pad up your ironing board
This is just a fast project. I’m not even sure I should call this a “project”.
Anyway, I bought this ironing board from Ikea a year ago. It is convenient, small (but big enough for me), and easily stored away when I don’t need it.
The problem was that it was very very thinly padded !!!
What do you all think of Ikea products? To me, beautiful designs, good to save spaces, and frankly unique, and it has it’s “class” of it’s own.
Here’s the big BUT.
BUT it is expensive (at least to me it is).
BUT its quality (wear and tear) is not that good for the price we pay. Most of the cupboards are made of chipboard , poor lamination, or pine wood that breaks easily. Well, I can go on and on, but I won’t.
Back to my ironing board.
That’s the board I’m talking about, standing behind my Bible.
Here’s how it looks after being strip off. The metal thing, ok, sturdy enough.
The polyester batting that I iron on. NOT ok. Very thin and of poor quality. I can feel the metal when ironing. I dislike that.
Made of polyester!?? Well, forgive my ignorance, but can polyester stand heat? I really don’t know if this is THE ideal material to use on ironing board.. hmmm.. ??
Anyway, I wanted it more padded. So, out came the sponges (not ideal material for ironing board too I suppose, sponges melt when under direct heat from iron!). I figured, the 100% cotton fabric will protect from direct heat, and as long as I don’t leave the hot iron on the surface to too long… it’s gonna be OK!
Just cut cut cut into the same size as the original polyester.
I cut 2 pieces of the sponge. I want them really padded.
Put them all together (no glue, no strings..) on top of each other, and then cover back with the original fabric. One day, I will change the fabric to something cuter ). But this satisfy me for the time being.
looky looky i sewed !!!
In my desperation to protect my Bible and at the same time to add some cuteness, I managed to steal an hour of my busy afternoon to make this.
I actually had a nice fabric cover for this Bible, but that was made (by me) years ago and it was slightly worn out.
The reason for this?
Well, 2 weeks ago, I joined THE GREAT ADVENTURE. It’s a short 8-week course called “A Quick Journey Through The Bible”, by Jeff Cavins and Sarah Christmyer.
In our 1st session, Jeff Cavins mentioned in his speech that we would probably go buy ourselves a new Bibles at the begining of a new bible course or when we decided to start reading the bible, in the hope of motivating ourselves to complete (and enjoy) reading the Bible. It was a joke he made, but a rather truthful insight of human nature.
Anyway, I’m not intending to buy a new Bible. I love my Bible, and I have journeyed with this particular Bible for many years already. It’s a nice and easy bible to read, albeit slightly huge in size. So, this new cover, is my way of communicating to my brains that I do indeed HAVE a NEW BIBLE ! ^^
The cover is made of one of my favourite fabric of nesting dolls in blue. Loving the prints!
And because I need to carry to class every week, and it’s quick a heavy book, I made it with handles… for easy carrying…
See the ironing board behind the Bible? Well, I was prepping for a DIY project. I’ll talk about it in my next post. Meanwhile, wishing all of us a wonderful day ahead!
chocolates!
I simply love them.
Ritter Sport is one of my favourite chocolate brands. I bought these when I was visiting Germany last year end. Kept them like treasure in my fridge Finally, I had to eat them before they get expire.
They are so affordable overseas… barely MYR5. In Malaysia, we get them in duty free in the airport for MYR9, or MYR7 in duty free states like Langkawi. Not many places sells them. In Village Grocer (aka the expatriate grocery shops.. expensive! MYR 13) on occasions we can find them. That being said, it is also hard to find a variety of flavours. These winter range cannot be found in Malaysia.
Ok. The reason for this random post is because I tried editing this photo in pixlr express. As we all know picnik is closing very very soon… like this Thursday *sad*… so this pixlr express is the most recommended replacement. Frankly, I don’t know why they have to shut down picnik. I don’t know what I will do if flickr decides to close too
Anyway, I hope you all are have the bestest of the weekend!
Cheers!