Small Good Things

Have you prepared something special for Mother’s Day yet? I already ordered nice flowers to be sent at both my mum’s and my mother-in-law’s in Japan. But being a crafter, I also wanted to make something – the problem was that my mum-in-law was gazillion times better at most crafts than me… Oh, the pressure!

So, after a long thought I decided to make something useful, and something she wouldn’t think of making herself (or so I’m hoping!). Sachets with cute peyote bezels, here they come! Read More

Are you a fan of snood? And are you a fan of pom poms? If your answers were two yeses, then today’s project is perfect for you :) I found a gorgeous scarf, called ‘Bring it Pom Scarf’ (I know, don’t you love it already?) via Pinterest the other day. They no longer sell the scarf, but I couldn’t give up; I, as a lover of all things round and colourful (ie, felt balls and pom poms), HAD to own it! Read More

I just bought a pair of gloves yesterday; they each have three little leather bows, and that’s it. Very simple (well, for my wardrobe, anyway). I love the shape, colour and the tiny bows, but I wanted to add some personal touches and… well, some bling! Read More

I always think ‘Damn, I really need a jewellery roll!’ while travelling. I always promise myself to make one when I get back home, and I never even remember the promise – well, when a holiday ends, it’s pretty difficult to think ahead about next holiday, right? So, after almost a decade later from the first ‘promise’, I finally made a travel jewellery case (hooray!). Read More

I always wanted to have a pincushion that I could wear on my wrist. You can call me lazy, but some of you may agree that when pinning up something or using a sewing machine, reaching across a table constantly for a pincushion is so frustrating. So, for today’s tutorial, I’m introducing this handy bow-shaped pincushion (yes, I’m obsessed with bows!) that requires so little time to make. Read More

I fell in love with this tote bag that I found on Pinterest the other day. And after getting lovely fabrics from Fabric Rehab, I tried and made my own tote bag with a bow. I think I over-complicated some of the process, and it didn’t come out as cute as the original one (sigh); the cuteness of the fabric saved my day, I must admit! Read More

OK, I finally finished sewing together all the yoyos I made (55mini-size yoyos and 66 big yoyos). However, HOWEVER, it came out WAY smaller than I imaged it would be. I know, I know, I should have planned how many yoyos I needed at the beginning. Obviously. My ‘go with the flo’ style of crafting was never going to work for a project like quilting! Read More

I’m not a tidy freak, but one thing I cannot stand is tangled cables running around the house. I really wanted to tackle this problem with cheapest option possible, and came up with this simple idea of fabric cable tidy. It takes less than 10 minutes to make one, and if you use fabric scraps it won’t cost you a thing! Read More

I’ve started to sew together the yoyos I made in this post. Yes, it’s been almost three weeks since I started this project (here on this post), and I still have 55 mini-size yoyos to sew together (big sigh). Read More

I received my first ever order (so excited!) for hair scrunchies from my friend, who saw my hair scrunchie with bow tutorial (on this post). She ordered two scrunchies for herself, and one for her soon-to-be four years old niece. She left it to me to decide what kind of scrunchies I’d make, so I picked colour and materials I think (I hope) she’d like. Read More