amended note

NOW, i remembered i'd forgot to attach a personal note in all the packages :/

so, lucy, trashy & alice please come back here and read this note below :) {also sorry for the ikea pencil, couldn't find a more suitable in size}

and not forget all the others who also read my blog : A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL TOO!! :)

:)

i'd finished my 2ndYBSS. after some trial errors and a revised pattern. they're ready to be send out . soon :)

good day!

working slowly

still building little cottages and started

working on my 2ndYBSS.. slowly.

design + construction + sewing + matching + supplies + time = 3 specky-surprises in the process! :)

good day to you!!

thanks!

thanks trashy, lucy and alice for playing in my 2ndYBSS!! a little something will be on your way soon!! :) i'm sorry for any passerby or any regular if you drop by today and saw i'd closed the specky-surprise so soon. but i think i can just manage to whip up something for 3 lucky persons this year.

i'd read a very aspiration word long time ago that if you've nothing to do (besides all your regular chores and nothing that fun, of course) but you really wanted to do something and you've time limitations, just quit! lol. a very wise saying from a quilter you can guess! :) well, why not?! i certainly fit into that description. and i had that specific mission put in my sidebar for SO long already! my mission-to-completion of a quit la-la!~~ lol. :) so, i've started on it and i've been hand piecing in every spare minute i got. i was initially dislike doing the piecing by hand. it took so long to see the end result compared by using the machine. but there were differences in the quality .. the stiffness .. the alignment between two method. and hand piecing yielded a better result. and i gradually like the time when i hand pieced every part.. the quietness and the patience of doing it was quite relaxing indeed! :)

so far i've finished 29 and i need 'around' 60! i have yet decide on the size of the quit.

(blog) is 2-years old!

hi~

i'm still enjoying my blog break but i definitely couldn't miss my blog 2nd anniversary! :) this is so big for me to have this little space and find myself still babbling after 2 years. lol . but life has taken a little more time from me nowadays and i see myself a lot less in here :/ but i couldn't let it stop me from enjoying my most passionate secret moment : craft and sew with all my pretty fabrics! lol. speaking about fabrics... it's quite sometime i didn't spot any cute fabric that make me drool :}` have you?

and i've finally make a good use of these :) will share them soon on next post.

so, shall we celebrate today with a Specky-Surprise? this would be my 2nd-year-bloggysary' Specky-Surprise! comment away with anything. how about your current sewing/craft project? thanks for the fun! :)

edited : 2nd-year-bloggysary Specky-Surprise is now closed. thanks pals!

1YB-Specky-Surprise(s) revealed #

{those who still haven't receive , can skip this post}

i don't want to bored you all with my sneaky surprises anymore! lol . it isn't that sneaky enough since i knew 7 of you already got it and reading your thank-you post about them really makes me teary eyes and i'm melting :) . thank you for making a post about them! i feel so honored. let's begin with a little intro about the whole process shall we :>*oh gosh* this is boring as well! lol. please bear with me .
hmm.. i really don't have any idea of what to make at first but it's been a long time i didn't play with embroidery and hand-stitch.. so this come in very handy to mass producing in a short time! lol. i'd choosed 6 from the book and the other 3 were my own drawings that i'd tried to make them similar.

the fun begun when i started to drew

and

painted them with felt and beads

and

canvas them up in little scenes

the first one to land was 'bonjour' at lesley's

{adorable & so chic :) }

second, to lucy
{love the sequins, colors & the little classiness :) }

third landed at tricia
{one of my own drawing, plain-less beauty! & sparkled (the world sure appeal to be a little magical when it has more love and gratitude) , wanted to have the message standout :) }

fourth to received was alice
{this is so beloved! my own drawing too. simple yet so meaningful.. amitié the friendship balloon~ .. it speak all doesn't it :) }

fifth went to andrea -no blog
{this one sure full of kawaiiness! the bubbling teapot :) }

sixth went to sam
{all the colors are so pleased! they coordinates so well and i love it :) }

seventh landed at raesha
{down to earth-homey-lovely, happy crafting life :) }

edited: ninth goes to jess
{my own drawing too. life's beautiful when you stop and treasured :) }

edited: eighth went to kuky
{this is so cute and funny! wanted to make an unbrella that flung out from the scene! attach at the frame maybe. lol :) }

most of the pieces above were photographed using a same frame . they later put in individual frame . all brand new!! it is so coincidental that i have 3 bulks of ikea frames. each have 3. i bought them last year and didn't have plan to use them until now :) just-stock-when-spot. now i ran out of them, it make me a little bit jittering. lol . weird but do you feel the same when after you had used one button , you feel you need to stock back a dozen?! lol crazy :}

i wanted to line the back using another piece of fabric but it will add to the thickness when i already back them up with a thin batting. and this piece of paper that comes with every frame just do the trick nicely ;}

that's all!! see you in next year!! ~

NO! see you in next post! lol :)

sent and i'm 1/2 done!

all packed and sealed and off they went to the post office! wait.. the fun part haven't end yet. i'm waiting to see which one landed in whos house. a-ha! you see, i was going berserk deciding which one for who. so, i just packed them all up the same... jumbled them up... then simply pick and put inside the envelope. settled~ :) *husband was quite taken by the postage of all this packages!(me too) lol until i told him these are orders.. he looked at me & said "good"* ;} LOL

now, i can just sit back, take a little break and follow the adventure of this crazy lovely woman finish her 20 mini quilts!! LOL but it would be so fun to have participate her mini-quilt-swap . something i hope to try for a long time. in fact, i have plan to conquer a quilt. yes, one day when i gather enough stamina and time :)

the other 1/2 would be use to prepare another long-overdue package to felicia :>

good day everyone!!

my lucky 9

hi all! updates on my 1stYBSS , i've made a very wise decision today that whoever had commented on my bloggiversary will be included to receive a specky-surprise from me!! yay! blogging for a year sure made me a little wiser huh?! lol :)

so, here is the weeny lucky list of 9 :

lesley

lucy

andrea (i couldn't view your profile)

raesha

alice

samantha

jess

trashalou

korallin

*isn't it great when you don't have much people interested in your blog... and you don't have much comments to handle... and you definitely couldn't bother with big celebrations? am i lucky or what!!* LOL

no-no. i'm not complaining! :) lol i'm SO contented and happy!!!

so, my 9 pals above please email me your mailling address and a little surprise will be on the way! not so soon i'm afraid.. coz they're still in the middle of construction :) i'd finished 6 so far.. i didn't plan how many actually but i initially thought that would be enough... haven't thought i am so popular!!! LOL

you all are so wonderful..

and making me feel so ♥ed :) all the sugary comments are SO decaying! lol and i was so buzzy making a big mess on my desk since last saturday to show my appreciation in my 1st-year- bloggysary' Specky-Surprise. i am having lots of fun!!

and looky here, one of the feedback i got recently... ooww... isn't it great to know your stuff can sprinkle a little dash of happiness to others? :) these certainly a big motivation.

(blog) is 1-year old!

{HI! I'm year old!}

this is so thrilling! to be able to reach this far. was something unexpected and i was nearly missed it myself. lol i knew it was somewhere in april but not so sure about the date until i checked my first post just now.

i wanted to give 1000 thanks to you all for sticking with me till now and another 100 *smooches* for being so lenient with my poor & bad grammar here and also all the comments!! lol. shall we celebrate by having a little Specky-Surprise? :) of all the lousy-list-making habit of me, i haven't think a single thing for this big day. so, just drop me a line in the comment or throw me a reason why i should continue/stop bloggin?!lol well, just anything :) will pick out name(s) in my next post!!

the surprise~

remember this? well, erica finally received it and i'm so happy i can show this to you now. i've promised to send her a small surprise for all the goodies she'd sent to me in our swap! and here it is, a little picture embroidery for her! she likes cat, but i don't think the little pet looks like cat :/ ... ashley said it's a lion!! oh my.. i personally think it looks more like a pup because of the rounded ears instead of pointed. and i'd framed it!!! i'd got the frame from ikea.

wow.... i don't ever think i can make something like that! (edited: i've sounded like it's a super duper piece of art! nope, just something that came out exactly what i've wanted) i love it! and so happy that erica like it too! :)

specky-surprise

' the more you give away, the more (fun) you have yourself '