Gemma brought me out of hiding by tagging me with this meme called “Quirky but Boring Details about Yourself”.
• Link to the person who tagged you.
• Mention the rules.
• Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself.
• Tag six other bloggers by linking to them. (uh, I’ve been gone so long I’m not sure if my blogger friends recognize me anymore, boo-hoo.)
• Go to each person’s blog and leave a comment that lets them know they’ve been tagged. (again, boo-hoo.)
So, here’s what you may not know about me:
And there you go!
I’ve also just launched the fourth giveaway at Pikaland, and am just sitting down to see the loads of inspiration out on the web, where I cam across this tutorial for a rock baby by Resurrection Fern. Sure does make me want to whip out my crochet needle again!
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Mr T carved me a stamp last weekend — with an unpicker. I tried to do it once with woodcarving tools (the people at the store must have left out some crucial information!), and all I ended up was with a barely usable eraser with a bad motif on its side.
I drew the design, did the transfer, and off he went. He did come back with a sore neck and almost bloodshot eyes, but he was a trooper indeed.
And I spent the Sunday not doing work, for the first time in a very long time.
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I’ve been putting off going on swaps because well, I didn’t have the time and I always knew about it too late (mostly the latter). So it was by sheer luck that I went to Heather’s website and found out that Lesley was doing a Pay It Forward: Craft Edition.
So I signed up!
And in honour of the tradition, I am now offering 3 readers something handmade by me — which will be secretly mailed out to you within the year.
Here are the rules:
And in other news, I’ve something exciting coming up soon, and I hope to blog more about it next week. I feel terrible about not doing any new illustrations for a few weeks now, but I think it will be worth the wait. :)
Hang in there with me, will you?
——-UPDATE——
Thanks everyone for the great response! :) Now I’ll be emailing you individually to get your addresses!
Laura Jane still has 2 spots over at her blog if you’re interested. Hurry, hurry!
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After a few restful days, my urge to sew came about again. Since my tissue is almost always gone to shreds whenever I leave them in my bag for extended periods of time (no thanks to its flimsy plastic encasing), I thought it would be a good bet to make a tissue holder — a simple project that takes me around an hour to make.
I used the Green Ducks Linen and the Brown Lace from my shop, while the striped green fabric is from my fabric stash.
It’s rather simple to make. If anyone is interested, here’s a brief round-up:
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Lynda of littleoddforest sent some lovelies my way! :)
She made a wee bigger love-bird wristlet, an unreleased before brooch (I hope it’s okay if I posted it up…) and a crochet shroom (now you know why I can’t do that thing we wanted to do before babe, haha!), plus her lovely bag handles to boot!
I even have what looks like a vintage piece of pretty cloth too! My desk is going to be so crowded I’ll probably work on the floor now. *cough*
Everything came in a big box, and everyone crowded around it because they’ve never heard of people receiving stuff just for the heck of it— thanks so much for the lovely weekday picker-upper babe— I love everything! :D
Everything has been shipped, thanks to everyone for their patience!
I gocco’ed the tags— and it’s the first time I ever did it. It was surprisingly simple although the bulbs crackling was a little unnerving!
I couldn’t estimate the paint that went through, so sometimes patches of white shows through the tags — or even some mix of colours, but it’s still lovely (I think). What I did was to peel away the plastic and add more paint, and using a cotton pick, gently nudge away the mixed colours (after you peel the flap, things are bound to get mixed up a little) and then add in the original paint on it. I’m still learning though, so I expect to be better the next time round.
I’m definitely going to experiment more with it, and probably come out with prints of my yarntree illustration if anyone is interested. :)
On another note, the shop will be updated on Sunday 15 July, so hop on over then to see some lovely handmade beads and new fabrics!
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I’ve been meaning to put these babies up on my shop, but the light during the weekend was rather bad, even in the morning. I couldn’t take good enough shots for individual sets to list them up, so I’ll have to do it up again sometime later in the week.
They’re handmade one by one, and handpainted and fired batch by batch, bringing new meaning to handmade supplies! They are most lovely, and expect them to be listed soon!
And of other lovely news, re:makeables was featured on Creature Comforts, Bloesom, and on Lynda’s Little Odd Forest!
Thank you Ez, Irene and Lynda! :)
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My shop is live! :)
Built a new look to the blog as well to correspond with the shop, and now all is good. Have a look around, and I’ll leave you with my avatar from the Simpsons movie site. I love my hair!
Go to The Simpsons Movie site to get yours!
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I’m due to launch something very dear and important to me in July, so you can understand the very late nights and non-existent weekends I’ve been having. Of course, this is no reason to not write, so I’ll just tease away. But I’m always here, listening and reading, but bear with me. It will be worth the wait, I promise!
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It’s a day off for me after a flight home from China last night. I arrived at 1230am, and boy was I beat.
So here’s what I’ll be looking at this June for lots of expected late nights — thanks to everyone who visited, and sorry if I haven’t been replying sooner, but if you did email me or left a comment, I’ll be getting back to you soon!
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