magnificent embroidered drawings

i am inspired and amazed with these beautiful works of izziyana suhaimi! her works are interesting and unique mix of embroidery, drawing and modern art! the drawings alone are great but the embroidery takes them to another level! it takes some serious creativity to come up with this!  here are my favorites (via http://my-bones.tumblr.com/)

special stuff from friends

here are some favorite stuff i have gotten from friends! late birthday presents, freebies, etc.!  thanks everyone! love them all!!!

cross-stitched earrings from jesse! 

vintage cup/creamer  from alon! and also she got me wool rovings for my needle felting from diva yarn in port townsend!

sock monkey needle felting kit from erin!

and very cute card from amber!

more... awesome finds at daiso

i know it has been a habit for me to go to daiso and buy stuff i dont really need! but how could you not, almost everything there is a dollar and fifty! so this time i made sure i buy stuff that would be very useful!

...like these adorable slippers! i love wearing slippers at home, i cant live without them! it is the first thing i would look for when i get home! im not used to wearing shoes inside a house!

disposable piping bags for my cake decorating needs at home! using ziploc bags as a piping bag can be a little bit annoying! ;)

and my favorite... kitty animal hand duster! just to make cleaning more fun! lol!

rrraccoon

i been starting to find raccoons cute lately eventhough they can still be very mean! the first time i saw  raccoons ( about 5 years ago) when i house sat alon's house, they came in the house to steal kitty food! got scared, they dont look very nice! i just saw an old miyazaki movie, pom poko, a tale about raccoons trying to save the forest for survival! 

i also went to see wes anderson's new movie, moonrise kingdom! check out the raccoon patches! so cute!

these inspire me to make a big one for myself! haha!