Toy Making - Felt Toys

Hi everyone.. How are you today? Sorry for not post anything for so long. Just finish marking my Mac exam paper. Thanks for still reading my blog.. For today's post I want to share Toy making - how to make cute felt doll tutorial. But all the tutorial all from youtube, so it might take some of your data... So, if this is what you looking for, happy watching..

1)  Disney Frozen Anna Plushie Needle felt Tutorial DIY 

2) Baby Alpaca Needle Felt Tutorial 

3) Needlefelt Penguin & Hamster 

4) Cute Koala with Necklace

5) Making Baby Seals with Needle Felt

6) DIY Disney Tsum Tsum Plushies - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy & Pluto

 7) Needle Felt Daruma and Inu Hariko
 

Felt Making: How To Make Felt Flowers?

Hi again! How is your day? I hope everything is fine.. Me? For the time being, I still making headbands for local orders and finishing my own tutorial. And at the same time, still busy with the school work but I have free time today! So, for today's blog post I want to share some tutorials that I gathered from the internet. You can use the flower as a brooch, headbands, hair-clip, bouquet and many more. So, keep reading...

1) DIY Felt Flower Accents

 

2) Felt Dahlia Flowers

 3) Sunflower Felt

4) Ruffled Rose Headband Tutorial

 5) Felt Roses

6) Wool Felt Loopy Flower Brooch and Headband tutorial

 7) Felt Flowers

8) Grey Yellow Felt Flower

9) Colorful Felt Flower

10) Rosettes Felt

Hope these helps ya!;-) Have a great day! Got test for my students after this. See ya!;-)

How To Get Organized?

Hi everyone! Happy New Year 2015! I hope it’s not too late to say it. We still in January anyway. Hehe... January is the first month of the year. Top on everyone's list in the new year: Get organized. It’s almost a month I haven’t post anything in this blog. Since the school holiday is over, It’s time for me to get back to work. You know as a teacher, everything is keep changing especially the school timetable. So getting organized in the first month is quite difficult (For me ;-p) 

 

That’s the reason why I stop blogging for a while. So for today’s blog post, I want to share about how to getting organized. From Mr. Google, I found some tips from pros who know how to make organization easy and beautiful without spending a fortune. I hope this help you and me to organized our daily lives.;-)

1. Organize for 15 minutes each day.
This could mean anything from sorting mail to throwing out mystery foods in the refrigerator. Just 15 minutes a day can make a huge difference over time. Make to do list for every urgent and not urgent work. Buy a small notebook and carry it everywhere you go or use your smartphone by setting an alarm to remind you any urgent things to do.

2. Download money management program or apps

Money Management Apps will make your financial life a million times easier to manage. There are free apps and paid apps. You can have a look here http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-finance-money-management-apps/

3. Printable Calenders

For calenders, you can have FREE printable calender planners here: http://www.kiddiefoodies.com/collections/get-organized-10-free-printable-calendars-planners-2015

4) Make a simple sorting system for your papers. 

Filing system is a great way to keep your papers. Don't forget to label them so it's easy to it later.

5) Your closet

Be honest with yourself about whether things fit, or you like them or you'll ever wear them again. If you have a friend you trust, try things on and get an honest opinion.

Get those big green garbage bags  and fill them up with your gently used clothing and shoes, handbags and accessories, ties, suits whatever you've got. Take them to a local charity. Toss out torn, stained or ripped items. Now you will have a much more manageable closet, and people in need will have clothes to wear. Also, do yourself a favor and buy some Ultra-Thin Hangers - you'll be amazed at the additional room you have. 

 

6) Check the expiration dates in your medicine cabinet and in your kitchen.
You'll be surprised how many things are not only out of date, but basically useless, too. Spices lose their flavors, pain relievers lose their efficacy. Get rid of any prescription drugs that you no longer need by taking them to a drop off location for proper disposal. Check canned goods, dry goods, cereals and frozen foods for expired items.

7) Craft Supplies

How about your craft supplies? Keeping those craft supplies organized can be difficult, particularly when you are dealing with very small items. The solution? You just need to pick up a few small plastic containers with lids and have a picture frame handy (one of those thicker ones). You can label the boxes and then use the frame to keep them all together, neat and organized. For more tips about crafts you can refer some tips from etsy here:

 https://blog.etsy.com/en/2015/editors-picks-getting-organized-for-the-new-year/

 

 

Getting organized takes patience, time and the ability to throw things away. Once you get started, you'll feel so much better! Have a great day!

How To Make Hair Bows?

Hi again. It's a rainy day here in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. How about your place? Rainy days make me feel sleepy ;-) but I got something to share with you today. Hair bows is really cute for a baby or girl headbands or even a hair-clip. So, how to make hair bows? Well, I'm not an expert in making hair bows, so I share some hair bows tutorial from the internet so we can learn it together. Just click the link or the picture below to learn the tutorial. Best of luck!

1) Free Hair Bow Instruction

 

 2) Ribbon Hair bow

3) Reversible Hair Bows

4) Surrounding Loops Hair Bow

5) Flower Loop Hair Bow

6) Felt Hair Bow

7) Crocheted Hairbow

 8) Curly Ribbon Hair bow

How To Make Rose Flower- A Tutorial

Hi everyone! How's your day? I'm just fine here. Still counting days, I have about 2 more weeks to go to work. Yeah. Time flies so fast. Today's post I want to share one more tutorial with you. A rose felt flower tutorial.

As you look in the picture above, we will learn how to make 3 types of rose felt flower by using just one A4 size of felt. You can use any type of felt, wool, acyclic or polyester. And the color, it's up to you. I use red felt, so I will have red felt rose at the end of this tutorial. The size of the flower is about 2.5-3 inch. You can make a rose bouquet, a brooch, a headband or hair-clip with this flower.  So how to make rose felt flower? Just click here Rose Felt Tutorial.

Book Review - Adornments: Sew & Create Accessories with Fabric, Lace & Beads By Myra Callan

Hi everyone.. How are you? I'm doing fine here. Hopefully you have a great day too. Today's  post I want to make some review about the book I bought from Amazon. This book is write by Myra Callan with the title Adornments: Sew & Create Accessories with Fabric, Lace & Beads

                                                                     Book Front Cover   

                              
                                                                        Back Cover

Who Is Myra Callan? 

Myra Callan is the creator of Twigs and Honey. She has created pieces for thousand of brides around the world. The beautiful and delicate projects in Adornments are the perfect finishing touches for creating a purely romantic look. Make floral-inspired necklaces, in-full-bloom fascinators, and earrings with wispy feathers and sparkling beads. At parties, galas, special events, or even on your wedding day, the accessories in Adornments are artful creations that are sure to turn heads and inspire romance.

What's In The Book?

This book almost get 5 stars rating from the readers in Amazon. There are 143 pages and when you flip through the pages, you'll find...

• 20 accessory projects, from floral fascinators,  hair pieces to necklaces, earrings and belts
• A techniques section that shows you how to use a millinery iron, cut lace appliques and work with wire and beads to create stunning pieces that would rival the wares of any high-end boutique
• Materials you'll love to work with: silk, linen and cotton fabrics, antique lace, delicate crystal beads and playful feathers

Using simple hand-sewing, jewelry and millinery techniques, these accessories are easy to make and even easier to wear. In fact, you may not be able to take them off!
 

Benefits of Adornments: Sew & Create Accessories with Fabric, Lace & Beads   

1. Easy To Understand  - The book is written in simple English word. . The steps for each project are easy to understand even for beginners and the picture inside the book is very clear so you can make your project fast.

2. No Sewing Machine Needed- The project in this book are small item like a hair-clip, a headbands, an earrings, necklaces and belts. So even though you don't have a sewing machine, you can sew with your hand and make the projects look awesome.

3. Great for Any Occasions -  The projects inside the book looks beautiful. It's suitable for everyday wear and also for brides who want to make their own accessories for their wedding day.

Weaknesses of Adornments: Sew & Create Accessories with Fabric, Lace & Beads  

1. Millinery iron - Yes, to make flowers that look like a real flowers we need a millinery iron. At my place it's not easy to find this tool. But you can have it from any online shop or you can have it from Amazon.

The price for this tool is quite expensive ( for me.;-) , So from YouTube I search for any substitute method to make the flowers. Instead of using millinery iron, you can use the kitchen tools! Yeah, sounds funny, but it works you know. You can have a look from the video below.

Source from Youtube

2.  Patience - You need patience to complete each project especially to make the flowers. The millinery iron need lots of  practices to make a perfect look flowers. You know like the English idioms said, Practises Make Perfect! If you want your project to look pretty and smooth finish, do not rush to prepare the project.

Millinery Iron

Conclusion

As a buyer, I give this book 4 stars. If you like flowers, soft colors and romantic style. This book is for you. But if you prefer bold colors and high fashion type, you need to find other type of accessories. If you interested to purchase this book, you can have this book from Amazon Adornments: Sew & Create Accessories with Fabric, Lace & Beads . xoxo

My Handmade Flower Headband

Hi again! It's school holiday time! So, what's your plan for the school holiday? Going somewhere or just stay at home. Me? it's quite difficult to go somewhere else with two children and furthermore my husband is working, so I went back to Kota Kinabalu and stay with my family. I'll be back to Labuan on January 2015. 

Have you tried my flower tutorial? If yes thanks for trying, I will post more tutorials after this, so don't forget to bookmark this page so you did not miss any tutorial okay. All my headbands I left it in Labuan, so for those of you who want to buy my handmade headband. Sorry because I just can't deliver it out for the time being. But I made lots of headbands before I go back to Kota Kinabalu. If you want to make a booking, just email me and let me know which headband you want. Some of the headband are not available but I can make a new one for you if you like the same design. Just click my headband page to have a look at all the headbands.

It's 2nd December today. It's almost the end of 2014. For those of you who celebrating your birthday in December, happy birthday! And also I know a lot of couples want to get married since it's a school holiday.

Furthermore, Christmas day is around the corner. I'm not celebrating Christmas, but I have a lot of friends who celebrate Christmas. It's fun when I saw them busy to find cards and gifts for their loved ones. I am also helping them in finding the gifts and cards. I also find some pretty gifts and cards from Zazzle.com. (I' am an affiliate of Zazzle, if you decide to buy using the link here, I get a little bit of the profits as a thank you for promoting it, If that's not cool with you, just search for it in Google, no hard feelings ;-) So if you want to take a look at it, just click the picture below.