Cleaning

Some of my plans actually got changed. I'm pretty much babysitting my 2 year old brother (he is two tomorrow) everyday, so I won't be able to start that facebook shop. So hopefully i'll be more focused on crafting. Currently, I can't actually make anything, because I'm cleaning out my room. Since I have to move in September, I thought I should start now. My room is overcrowded with stuff, unfortunately I can't even take 10% of be belonging to rez. The dorm room are so small, and I can't bring any furnitures. So, I'm thinking of using this time to clean out my room completely get rid of all the stuff I don't need.

Anyway, I started on a Phoebe Bag. I already cut out most of the pieces, but I've yet to sew them together. I didn't want to add my sewing machine and stuff to the huge mess I already created.

I'm thinking about starting a cross stitch soon too. So, I better start cleaning, that way, I can work on my craft work!

Going away present...

Heyy... so I've been a bit busy, haven't really made much. And I have yet to start on my plan. I found out polymer clay was a bit more expensive than I had expected and I'm currently broke. So I'm unsure of whether I should start a facebook shop or not.

I've been meaning to start on that bag before I forget how to make it, but my brother is keeping me pretty busy.

Anyway, one of my best friends told me some very depressing news a couple days ago. I decided to make her something before she leave.

Since it was last minute, the only thing I thought of was to make a plushie heart. The front side said "Good Luck" while the back side says "Luv Michelle". I hope she likes it and carry it with her ^^. It's very small, so it should be pretty portable.

Miss you sweetie, can't wait to hear your good news ♥♥♥

I'm backkk ^^

I can't believe it, high school is finally over. I finished my last exam today and I feel so relieved. Anyway, since summer is starting, I'll be able to focus more on my crafting. I have tons of ideas. Yay^^ So, I'll be able to blog again.

Okay, so during march, I went to Ardene. I go there all the time, and I just love that store. Coincidently, I was in the purses section. I saw this really pretty handbag, and I was debating about whether I should buy it or not. I didn't buy it then, but I went to look at it all the time.. LOL, I know, I'm such a loser sometimes.. Anyway, finally one day when I went to Ardene, the handbag was gone. I felt really bad, because I really liked that handbag. Anyway, the reason why I didn't buy it was because I didn't actually like the colour of it. They had black and white strips, red and white strips, and yellow and white strips. I was thinking that after I buy it, I'll probably try to remake it in a colour I like. But I didn't really want to end up with two or three purses that differ in colour but were the same style. Since I already have a lot of bags I didn't use, I didn't want to add to the pile. Anyways, even after so many months, I'm still thinking about it. So since it's the start of the summer I'm planning to make one from scratch. I just have to figure out the dimensions first.

I also have some other ideas that i really want to try too. So this summer I'll probably make some bags.

I'm thinking of opening a facebook shop. I know those things are so common now a days. Lots of people sell clothes and circle lenses from Japan and Korea, but I've yet to see a store that sells things that are made to order. It's my last summer to be able to do this, I'm sure when university starts I'll be so busy and my summer will probably be super busy too.

I also wanted to make cellphone charms out of polymer clay too, but the polymer clay is kind of pricy especially when I'm so close to being broke. >.< xP

Anyway, so my exam finished today. Right before my exams, well more like right after prom, I started obsessing over nails. So obsessive to the point that I didn't even do much studying. Well it's alright, as long as I pass, I'll be okay ^^ Anyways, I'm thinking about buying Konad, I fell in love with them last summer, but I didn't know if I should buy it or not. From my experience with the handbag, if I'm thinking about it for such a long time, I might as well buy it, or else I'm sure I'll regret it.

I think my little nail obsession deserve it's own blog, since this blog is all about crafting. Hopefully, I'll be able to come up with a name for it soon ^^

Talk to you soon ^^

Happy Mother's Day!

To all mothers in the world, Happy Mother's Day. Today is your special day, and you deserve something special. To all children in the world, award your mom with something special. Moms' has been working long and hard throughout the year and they deserve a little present that comes from the hearts. =]

Of course, my mom deserve nothing less than the best gift I can think of. This year my idea came a bit late, so I didn't have time to buy supplies.

I made her a pot of origami flowers. It was fun to make but it was also very time consuming.

I'll probably go out to by her something else later today.

Hope you all enjoy today, and celebrate with your family. ^^

Charming New Update

Can you believe it? Time goes by so fast. Today is already Christmas Day. It felt like not long ago that I made my last project. Since it's the holidays, I made a few small charms for my friends.

I made this one for the Secret Santa gift exchange.

I made this one as a Christmas gift add-on for a friend. It's composed of four ribbon flowers with a bell underneath.

Anyways, that's it from me now. Hope I get a chance to make me things this holiday.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

DIY Wallet

It's been a while since I've posted. For the past while, I didn't do much crafting.

Anyway, I did make one thing which I was rather pleased with. Although, it's not as great as I hoped. I spent a period of three days on it. Each day I worked on it a little bit. The first day I just cut the fabric pieces, which didn't take very long; but soon my brother woke up and I couldn't do much afterwards. The second day I cut out the interfacing and ironed them on, which took a long time. I had decided to cut interfacing for every piece because my fabric wasn't very strong. It did reinforce a little, but not alot. Ironing the interfacing took the longest. I tried to avoid my brother by ironing it downstairs, but he followed me downstairs and kept reaching for the scissors. The third day I stitch it all together and my end results were okay. All the interfacing caused the fabric pieces hard to match up. When I trimed my seams, I think I actually trimmed more than I was suppose to.

I couldn't wait to use it, so it already has a place in my purse and backpack.

Before I forget, I did use a tutorial for this. I really have to thank her, I've been staring at her tutorial for the past month and a half, just waiting to try it. Click here, if interested.

Here is my end result, Hope you like it.

I've been meaning to make more felt charms, but I haven't got insipired yet.

Failure....

It has been almost three weeks since my last update. Over the course of the three weeks, I hadn't really done much. Right after summer school finished, I've started watching my brother. With him around, I couldn't do anything.

Anyway, I did make a couple of items. For the first week, I didn't make anything, mostly because I was waiting for my mom to take me to the store to buy fabric, interfacing and felt. My mom never did take me, but I did get the chance to go with a couple of my friends. I bought a couple of fabric, but they were rather biased.

The couple of items I've made did not stick to my original plan at all, mostly because I was too cheap to buy zippers. So I failed at following my original plan. I've decided that I still want to make the box pouch, but I don't plan on making the pencil case.

First Item:

I made this right after I bought fabric. I used some interfacing for it so it would be stiff. I think this one actually turned out rather nice.

Second Item:

I guess my mom rather liked the second triangular change purse I made. She asked me if she could have one of the two I made, but I told her I've already gave it away. She wasn't very happy with my reply, so I decided to make her one. This one didn't turnout as nicely as I'd hoped. Near the closing part, it's has some bulge. I originally wanted to post a tutorial, but I can't post one, until I've figure it out. Btw, this is one of the new fabric I bought.

Third Item:

Another pencil case, the first one I made was intended for someone else, so I had to make myself one as well. This one is a bit shorter than the first one, this one actually looks a lot worse than the first one. I decided to change the dimension, because that one was too long for my pencils. Unfortunately, when I was cutting out the fabric, I didn't notice that I didn't cut the dimension I calculated, but the new and old dimensions combined. After that part got fixed, I somehow decided to cut the circle smaller. That didn't work out at all. So all in all, it was a big mess. Good thing I made this one for myself, so it doesn't really matter to me.

I'm not sure about anyone else, but I've had many pencil cases. In everyone of them, I always had to dig really deep to find a pencil, or my usb.

I actually prefer to have all my things resembles retractable pens. So all of my things, pencils, erasers, highlighters and pens all resembles retractable pens. With this new pencil case, it's much more easier to find things. The only problem I realized yesterday is, I forgot my wite-out. The only thing I don't like it to be a pen shape is my wite-out, mostly because the pen wite-out smells really bad. Oh well, I'll just have to find some where else to put it.

I'm planning to make a tutorial for this pencil case. So keep your eyes open!

Fourth Item:

A couple days ago, I got my mom to take me to the store, and I bought some felt. After I came out of the store, I told my mom my felt colours were really biased. I had bought them in blue, pink and grey. The three colours that occurs most often in my wardrobe. Anyway, I had bought the white felt when I went shopping with my friends. I originally used pink felt for the bow, but it didn't really work out. I made this last night, but this morning I realised that Kitty didn't have any whiskers. It's too late to add it now. Anyway, I made this for a friend I hope she'll like it as much as I do.

Here is my original drawing:

This is my finished product:

Anyway, that's all for now. Hopefully, you enjoyed looking at the pictures.