IF: Scatttered

Haven't done an IF in a while:

Quick little illo. An obvious play with the word scatterbrain.


Also, I'll be participating in 2012's The Sketchbook Project! My selected theme's Sandwich, which should be lots of fun! If anyone else feels persuaded to join, lemme know! I've got a promotional code for a discount! :D

Consumerism-ism

Some things I've purchased today

Thinking of getting more of those hair pins! I feel like a little pixie with them on!

A compass pointing

A re-attempt at re-fashioning my Moustache Dress. Did away with the elastic waist, and thought of including pockets as well, but got lazy at the thought of constructing it.. Pockets would definitely make the dress more awesome, but I think, this will be the make.

Tomorrow, I'll see a woman about a job. This job could be good for me. I'm uncertain as to where all this will/could lead. (But in the least,) I am hoping by this, I'll have the extra cash I need to get myself an overlock machine/serger!

Lights in a weeek

She has learnt to appreciate heights and is finally brave enough to jump down from height of roughly 3 metres.

Her favourite hang out spot now is on the kitchen sink, near an open window -

- where she can gaze intently at swooping/squawking birds outside

I really don't know what is it that makes me want to take so many photos of Lights. Truth be told, I really do follow Lights around the house with my phone wherever she goes (well, rationally, of course). I have over 3000 odd photos in my iPhone and content of it, let's just put it this way, is almost a hundred percent of her. 

It's debatable if I have an issue (and maybe being cooped up working at home might be something of relation to this), but ..

How can you not want to capture moments like this of this stunning creature??

 

It's crazy! I am a crazy cat lady!

Stylish Dress Book, Pattern E

Having recently bought Yoshiko Tsukiori's Stylish Dress Book, I couldn't wait to try this pattern out!

I just love the easiness of this dress. It's a simple enough pattern to follow, and I managed to even practice certain sewing techniques I have learnt from my aunt. 

Started off with cutting out the patterns, then hand-printed the fabric with little horsies stamps I crafted.

 

Quite certainly, out of the entire project, this printing on business (besides tracing the sewing pattern out from the book) was the most tedious. 

After a night of sewing, the dress is complete!

  

Now if you don't mind some photobooth snapshots, this is how the dress looks worn.

 

I am really diggin' the loose fit. (Mom says: "What, you prepping for pregnancy?")

A very girly, fun, casual dress, which I can totally imagine myself in for picnics.




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Plus, I love these Japanese patterns so much, I got more sewing books!

Yay!

Tick-Tock, Time goes by

Some happy purchases!

 

 Made some galloping horsies stamps

 

Some hand-printing today

 

& enjoying a cuppa

There's another japanese pattern book I'd like to get my hands on. Maybe, I'll try my luck again at Kinokuniya later. Plus, the weather's been terrific for stay-home projects lately :) 

  “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” - Steve Jobs

Tie-Dye 太太s!

I got the boys over for a tie-dye session Saturday. 

Made them a little brunch and Ty contributed a beautiful salad.

I'm quite surprised by how much the boys actually loved tie-dyeing. So much so, that we decided there is going to be a regular meet for craft + brunch for us, The Tie-Dye Tai Tais (what we have called ourselves, thanks to Parsadika the Tibetian Prince's ingenuity).

The shirts look bright and fine now - but, when it actually came down to making our tie-dyes a success, it all went down the drain. Literally.

Earlier on, while preparing the dye solution, I had forgotten the all important step of adding salt to the mix. All colour ran out after a machine wash :(

Why is salt so important? What does it do? How does it work?!

It was rather disappointing to say the least. I had never failed in my tie-dye efforts, but the day I invite my friends over for a party, I bungled. 

Taking it in comfort, it was for the better, as some attempts of being avant-garde (developing never been done before tie-dye techniques) really didn't turn out well. Think blood clots & tumours. 

However, in my never say die attitude, I redid a shirt with the last remaining bottle of tulip dye.

Very glad it turned out well, and I even tinkered with the scissors a little!

Plus a good one from the previous batch, before all things went pear-shaped.

 

Nevertheless, some awesome time spent with some awesome people.

Try again next time, Tie-Dye 太太s!