Cath Kidston book

Hello!

How are your holidays so far?

I received a really cool book for Christmas this year - Cath Kidston "sew!" featuring over 40 projects.

Here, take a look.

Templates and patterns are provided! It's so easy to just start on any project :) There's even a needle set. (Honestly, I would have much much preferred Cath Kidston's fabrics instead of needles... I mean, have you seen the lovely floral prints?!)

One of the projects I would like to try out first :)

Ok! Back to doing what I love, sewing!

love, n

Chiffon Flower HairClips

Hope to experiment with more colours soon!

love, n

DIY Sugar Scrub

Just before I dive into telling you how I made some Homemade Sugar Scrub... I want to share this beautiful bow with you! It's actually really easy to make!

1. PVC ribbon gift bow (ready made from craft shops)

2. Matching ornaments

3. Hot glue gun

And use all of them together!

This is a GREAT Christmas gift idea - Homemade Sugar Scrub. It's easy to make, and you can personalize each jar whichever way you like, and most importantly for unemployed (not for long) people like me, cost-efficient!

• I bought the glass jars from Daiso - quite a good selection of them!
• Get sugar from supermarket - I got those normal fine grain white cane sugar. Caster would be too fine, so just use normal fine grain.
• Olive oil - not just for cooking! Olive oil is used is hair and body products, so don't worry about using it for this. It has no smell too, so it's perfect for the project.
• Essential oils - Got these from Daiso too! (seriously, they should pay ME for advertising) Lavender, Floral, Peppermint, etc.

Tools: Mixing bowl + Spoon + Love

• Sugar - 3 cups
• Olive Oil - 1 cup + 2 tbsp
• Essential Oil - 10 drops (this is really up to your preference.)

Mix them up well!

TA DA!!! Easy or what?

love, n

Namecards are ready!

Hot off the printer! *Excited*

My brother, Ian, designed it for me. He's into this colour right now - happily, I love it too! The colour is called Magic Mint :)

I love the font, I love the funny weird tree. I made that coaster some time back!

(and yes I can customize that coaster if you'd like!)

love, n

December is a busy month!

Hello!

How's your Christmas preparations coming along? Orders are coming in increasingly and I've been working as hard as I can.

But I've been sewing non-stop for the entire day, and when a friend sent me a link on making pretty felt flowers, I decided to give it a try! You know, take a break from all that pouch-making :)

and this is how mine looks! Honestly, it looks a little funny, but all my first trys turn out like that.

A huge supporter ordered some Makeup Pouches from me with nametags. I decided to stitch some of the names on the felt hearts instead of the normal canvas strip.

Remember my felt flowers? Did a chiffon silk version last night and I love it!

Fighting Fighting! (I haven't watched Korean dramas in a looooong while...)

love, n

Sewing is scary business

Know why? Because once you get a little too arrogant, needles break! And when needles break suddenly, it's very loud and scary. I jumped when I broke this one just a few minutes ago.

When I realized that the needle point was broken, I almost tore my entire machine apart to search for it, until I made a lucky guess that it may be stuck in the fabric... and I was right!

*phew*

My machine is fine :)

Sew On!

love, n

Monogrammed Round Coasters

Made this as a gift!

I think I add round coasters into my collection :)

love, n