Sew-proud

Got us yet another new toy the other day! :D



Not only was it on sale at the amazing price of $199, but it came along with a choice of a free gift! Choose between a pair of fabric scissors, or a sewing kit. It was a hard decision to make, but I finally decided on the (last) pair of good shears :)

Had a bit of trouble with the machine itself (first machine we got busted, had to go back to the store on the next day to get it exchanged) + threading the machine & loading the bobbin. High school did give us a crash course on sewing back in the days of Home Economics, but I was 14 years old and too "cool" to care.

Yet all's good, all's good! Surprised even myself!


Sew project #1: tote bag!We did a test run by putting Lights in it and carried her around the house for a bit.Verdict: Sturdy - Survived Lights' 1000-leg-kungfu attack.

Moving on to screen-printing experiments-s-s!

Testament to how much the Japanese love their cats:

My mom works in a company, which deals with supplying/wholesaling of Japanese products. She often buys back cartons and cartons of food home.

We have used one of these cardboard boxes as Lights' nestling place, not knowing it concealed a clever design.



Perforated cat face to make a kitty house!



What a lovely surprise, is it not?

If you've been wondering, Lights is doing excellent! We may not have green fingers (Basil died), but we certainly have cat thumbs =^.^=V



Whenever I'm at my table working, she'll be in her little tupperware box beneath me.





Since I've quit my perm job, we've been playing boardgames of late.

She sitting cosy watching us play a game of Mastermind


Even taking a shot at Scrabble too!


Plus, we got her a bell!



Look how big she's gotten. She's doubled her size in just a few months!
Also, I have turned into one of those people, who can talk about nothing other than their feline friend. You can be sure too I'm gonna be one of those people who go: "OH! LOOK AT MY HUMAN BABY! AW ISN'T S/HE KEEEWWWWTTTTT?"
You've been warned.

More truths

Wisdom

Kitchen fun time

We baked, okay more like chilled, a cheesecake today!

It's my Auntie Chai's recipe. Digestive biscuits for the base, cream cheese + canned peaches (she used pineapple chunks, but we decided we like peaches better) for the bulk of it, fresh strawberries for the second tier, and lime green jello for the top!

It's definitely sugar galore, meaning my kiddie cousins will like it and hopefully devour it all! :D

Experimentation

Yesterday, we headed down to Art Friend and got ourselves some toys!

A sheet of linoleum

A set of cutters

A bench hook

A few paintbrushes

A bottle of black fabric paint; and

2 bottles of ceramic paints - grey + red

It was fun/stressful making stamps. This is after all, my very first attempt at cutting (or rather, carving with) lino. I am quite happy with the results. Surprised even! Plus I've only given myself one tiny gash - yes, I expected more.

Wrong ink used of course. Poster paint doesn't really quite do the job, but am quite excited of all the possibilities I can achieve now!

More experimentation-tion-tions! More, I say!

Wow

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