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!

small town, big smiles!

... just want to share some pics from my bellingham weekend trip with jeremiah! unfortunately, we did not make it to orcas island as planned due to transportation and weather circumstances! but we were happy we stayed in bellingham and explore the small town! the locals are extremely nice and went above and beyond with their hospitality! we love the unique and historical character of the town! will definitely come back there whenever a break from monotonous city life is needed!

exit mix

last week i received my exitmix cds from the mail! another curated playlist with handmade cd case by my friend joseph (positive negativity)! these are also available for download here for free!

like omg! we are twinsies!

here is to my fellow june gemini babies! happy birth month twinsies!!! cheers!

the rain is back!

seattle got its fair share of sunshine recently! dont be fool, it is still freezing to me! and today is a tuesday yay! my rain dear is back!!! no rain haters here please! ;)

hum bao memories

i finally get to post this humbao face girl brooch i made a month ago! and yes... one of my 'most' favorite food is hum bao (or siopao in tagalog)! one of my greatest memory as a kid is when my parents take me to the city on rare occasions and treat ourselves with hot and yummy siopao from the old dagupan public market! but due to a huge earthquake that happened in 1990, the market collapsed :(...bad memory.

 more great hum bao memories from last year's trip to japan :) yummm!!!

one sunny spring day

just reminiscing that one fun sunny april weekend! now... back to normal... rain!

me and my bff stinka rode our bikes to gasworks park and had a picnic to fatten our belly up! :D