Cool new yarn

I recently some of this super awesome yarn by Bernat; It's a twist of off-white and periwinkle/greyish blue. Do you sometimes feel so inspired by yarn that you HAVE to make something out of it? This yarn did that to me! I love Bernat too, this one is a softee chunky style so it crocheted very quickly. In Hawai`i, it's a bit hard to find really nice yarn for very cheap; I know that Joann's is having a huge sale right now and it was all I could do to stop my self from adding all their yarn into my online cart. For this little guy I used an off-white yarn for arms, legs and ears, and I opted for a felt snout (now I wish I had used off-white instead of white) instead of a crocheted one... I have trouble getting the mouths embroidered right when I try to embroider on yarn, so I mostly use felt for snouts). I also used a size E Clover Bamboo crochet needle, which worked really nicely ( I plan on doing a small write up on needle guage/ type soon). I'll probably make more of these when I have time; don't you think he'd look cute with a yellow beret and a red backpack?

THE OFFICE!

The Office premiere is tonight! Gaaaah, I'm so excited! My sister's birthday is on Monday, and it is probably the most excited I've ever been for anyone's birthday besides my own, because I know she is getting The Office seasons 2 and 3 as a present! We've been really naughty too, like saying, "Man, I wish we could watch The Office right now" around her. Hee hee, she has no clue!

bento supplies

So you guys may remember, but since I work at school and I try to watch my spending (there's nothing like blowing your paycheck BEFORE you're paid!) I bring home lunch nearly everyday... the exception is on Wednesdays when my girlfriends and I go to the cafe on campus for yummy junk food and vegetarian options (what a combo!). But as I've blogged before, home lunch can get pretty boring, especially when you eat leftovers for dinner too! So one way to make this fun is to make bentos... I recently scored big time when went to Marukai99 (although now it should be renamed to Marukai$1.49... stupid inflation)

Check out these cute bento making supplies I got at Marukai... perfect for making lunch fun! My favorites have to be the strawberry box and the shape silicone cups... pigs, penguins and butterflies, how much better can you get!

MAUstudio givaway!

Yay, I've been given an award! Thanks so much Rima, check out her blog and award too at willynillywaterlily... so much blythe/hawai`i fun!



How do you guys like the new layout? Spiffy, huh? The only problem is all my blog links disappeared so I'll have to put them up again.



I just wanted to give you guys a head's up (especially for those of you who didn't win my giveaway); I'm participating in another giveaway, this time by fellow etsian/flickr/kawaii buddy MAUstudio... you may have seen her adorable stickers and keychains. Anyway, there are five items you can win spread throughout the month of October... as you can see there's a pumpkin, an apple, a stripey chick, a wee octopus and a turnip. I actually have an apple in stock and ready to go in berrysprite, but I haven't photographed him as of yet. As for the pumpkin, let's just say one will be in my shop very soon (along with acorns and a turkey... being fall/Halloween and all!)

spoonflower

Yay, I'm so excited! After months of dabbling, I've finally perfected my fabric designs for Spoonflower! You may have seen them on my flickr. I'll be putting in my order any minute now, and I can't wait >__<. All of the designs are pretty small so that they look cute made into pouches and small bags. I did the designs using my bamboo tablet and a free program called inkscape (its really the bees knees!). Then I exported my drawings to Photoshop so that I could save them in a .tiff format to be uploaded to the Spoonflower website. I'll show you guys when I get them!

fruity fabric

lovebird fabric; inspired by my three chickies

kawaii berrysprite animals (I tried to use a lot of animals I've already made or want to make into amigurumi)

cloud fabric

and mushroom fabric!

Passing time

It has been so hot! I saw on the news the other day that it hit 90 degrees (farenheit) and that it has hit 90 more times this year than any other year since 1995. It's the kind of hot where you can see the air sizzling in front of you at 8:30 in the morning. It's the kind of hot where lying completely still gets you as sweaty as it would if you were running around outside in the winter. It's the kind of hot where you can only wear your hair in two french braids (to keep all the fuzzies out of your face), not a ponytail, and not a bun (because your head is already sore from you wearing your hair in a bun all the time anyway) and definitely not down! Ladies with a lot of hair, you get where I'm coming from! Mine is thick thick thick and wavy; one of my braids is probably as much hair as a normal person has on their entire head, and if I were to cut it really short it would become a little Polynesian afro (haha!)

What to do when it is so hot? Well I'm too busy to go to the beach so I've been stuck in my room with the fan on doing this:

Homework: read this book and write a critical analysis;

Procrastinating on writing by watching this: (I realize I miss Owen Wilson);

PS >__< check out my new panda at the bottom of my blog; if you expand your page and then click on the more button, you can feed him some bamboo... you have my permission to feed him all you want, hee hee!