Etsyfinds: Coasters

I have been making lots of origami coasters for an order... so there's this slight coaster craze going on in my head. These are some of my Etsyfinds that I think are great!

 Etsy: decoylab

 Etsy: MaxplanationPhotos

Etsy: Dimlim

Etsy: JennyBartoy

I have a few more orders to work on!

love, n

My very first favorite craft blog

is whipup.net
The writer, Kathleen, whom started a serious crafting passion in me, probably inspired so many others to go forward with their handmade stuff, has passed away in May. I found out about this last month - yes, I was abit slow... When I tried again this morning for their website, it's no longer there, but the Facebook page still is, although it's no longer being updated.
I remember whipup.net was always the first blog I would go to whenever I switch on the computer, and I learned quite a bit of crafting tricks from the tutorials.

I hope her children are coping fine.
I hope the people inspired by her will continue to work hard in what they love, and succeed in life, like she had.

love, n

Collaboration with Le Petit Rêve by jingyi

I'm a huge supporter of handmade brands (go figure) - I'm joining forces with a dear friend, Jingyi, to push out a mini promotion for some of my biggest supporters over the past 2 years that I have been doing my craft. These people... very important people who have ordered from me, given me kind words of encouragement, mean alot to me. Without them, I may have given up on this some time ago. It is not easy to handle a full-time job that requires me (sometimes) to work OT, and to do this little business on my own.

So anyway, Jingyi's drawing/painting is fantastic. She's great at making cards (she sews too!!!) and I ordered some postcards from her to go out with the coasters I made to these very important people :)

I hope this puts a smile on the people who receive them :)

Anyhooo... I'm accepting pre-orders for Christmas!

Next up, trying out some kitchen accessories... think Oven Gloves, Half-Aprons... yeah?

love, n

This is handmade. Imperfect but unique.

See the irregularities? This is handmade :) good thing I'm not a perfectionist. Which also means that there may be people out there who may not like it. But it's Ok :)