new year new projects !!!!

Well, Facebook has been blocked by the government (?!). I lost a place to share my mind with friends, so I return to this blog and try to build it although I don't have any friend here. So sad huh?

Well, here is the last project of the old year 2010.

I made it for my boss' birthday. It should be a pouch but I think it's better to be a picture. She likes it too much.


After finished this project, I have a motivation to do more projects. This is a couples of pillows. I make them for myself.

some pouches

Cross-stitch

Here are my recent cross-stitch products. Although I love this kind of embroidering but it takes much time to finish one. So... I'm afraid...

This one is a gift I did for my lovey sister. She owns lots of cross-stitch pictures although she never does. Some of them that she bought from shops. The rest is friends made for her.

I love this "two Japanese gheisas" so much. I finished it 1 year ago but I also presented it to sister of my bf. She likes it so much.
Well, this one is the biggest pictures I've made in my leisure art. The size is 38Wx62H(cm). It took 2 years to finish because I had to do others. :D Now it's ready to be sent to my uncle in USA.

what I made last weekend

Well, these are what I made these day.

I'm learning how to applique. This is Sue with a balloon.





A tree in autumn

Cat pouch. I saw this lovely pouch at Mairuru's blog and tried to do. This is the third one I made but I think the first one is perfect in size. I will give this one to my friend, then he will give it to her gf. :D Hope she likes it.

A wallet for my cousin's birthday. Well, it's a little bigger than a normal wallet. But he loves the colors and fabrics so much.

learning how to use Canon 7D

Well, I want to take photos of handmade stuffs sparkling like other blogs, so I borrowed Canon 7D but I don't know how to use it.

It took 1 hour to get familiar with it. Now I think I can take a basic photo with blur background by using Auto feature, haha... However, the outcomes are good to me.

I want to post some pics I've taken but there's no cable to take them out. Oh my.

happy weekend

I had a happy weekend with my dear and friends. On Saturday, I woke up early and practiced piano for a while. After that, I went to Giac Uyen pagoda to pray for my grandpa. It took about 30 minutes. Then I went to a market near by to buy something for my craft work. I bought some tiny embroider frames, some colorful buttons, 2 pair of metal button... I realized that the material for crafting is very expensive and it takes time to do. That's why the price is higher than industrial stuffs.

I'm not dare to buy fabric from the shop in market, because it's very expensive and I don't know how to bargain. I often buy fabric from a shop which sells fabric in kilogram. The inconvenience is they don't have beautiful fabric like floral cotton...

After buying something, I went home and took a long nap. When I woke up, I decided to make a cat pouch like Mairuru's because it's very cute and I also wanted to know how to do it. The outcome made me satisfy. Sorry I didn't take any pic of it.

I had a small party at a pub in district 7 where is our favorite place for drinking ( I don't drink, just eat :D). An, one of my friends, was drunk and did some funny action :)).

I waited for Sunday so much because we had lots of fun at the first time. Men played card while women, sis Trang and I cooked spaghetti with beef. It's very delicious and was not enough for 9 people. I should cook more next time.

Ah, Him ordered me a pink cat pouch for his girl friend. Well, I did it last night but it was very ugly, huhu, I cannot give him this one.

I received some gifts from my mom and my aunt Thảo. My mom saw me 3 tops. They are very graceful because they were made by muslin fabric. Thank mom. And a leather clutch, Thailand gift, from aunt Thảo. hehe. I love it so much. I hang it today to work.

Today should have been my first day in piano class but the teacher is busy. Well, I will study next Wednesday.

two birthday parties

I've had two birthday parties. One is Him's happened last night, one is ms Thao's happened this lunch. Well, so much fun.

It's raining heavily again. With a previous experience, I won't go home right now. Although my stomach is boiling, it's better than stuck in a terrible traffic jam...