I'm mulling. You know how I get into that mode, the one in which I go round and round just...brooding. A little while ago, K went through an intense period of wanting to know what her singular talent is. "What am I really good at??" she kept asking me. I finally deduced that this newfound interest was because she'd been binge-watching My Little Pony and became fascinated with the idea of a cutie mark. "Mama," she told me, "your cutie mark would be a sewing machine and a paintbrush. And your ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Fanfare Jammies
Good morning! How was your weekend? Were you sewing frenetically for KCW? Me, not so much. I had all my sewing books out, I referenced what I said I was planning on making, and then I suddenly heard the background noise that I had been ignoring. It said, "Mama, mama, I want more jammies. No, underwear. Wait no, jammies!!" So I made jammies. And that pose up there is so, "yo, homies --what up?". That's it: one pair of pajamas for all of KCW week if you don't count last Monday's outfits. ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! I've been a busy bee. Once I declare something publicly, due to my powerfully guilty conscience I have a hard time not following through. This means I've been steadily working on my tolerations. Eliminating them, that is. I started out with 108 items (!) after going through each room in the house and other miscellaneous fodder. Currently, I'm down to 93, and rather than doing a blow-by-blow review of everything I accomplished which would surely send you and me both running for the ... Read more
Sewing for Me: Yellow Silk Tunic
Being of Asian descent, I've always taken it as gospel that I can't wear the color yellow because the natural undertones of my skin would shine like a beacon and make me look jaundiced. I'm sure it was from some random Seventeen magazine or some such I read when I was about 10. I can count on one hand the number of times I've worn this sunny hue near my face (t-shirts for school events come to mind). So I was hesitant to sew with this SILK (need to capitalize that - if you've been around ... Read more
Valentine’s Bookmarks Download
Still not indestructible in spite of the wonderful soup. However, I'm feeling more human and I've been procrastinating using some paints and doodling with Valentine's Day on my mind. And what do I like to do when I have a bunch of sketches? Make bookmarks, of course. How are these different from the tags I've made before, you may ask? They're not, but I thought they would sound fancier as bookmarks. They're multi-purpose (case in point: K insisted on wearing one as a necklace)! Plus, maybe ... Read more