Weddingbee Ornament Swap 2013

Belated, for sure, but here is the lovely sewing machine ornament I recieved from D'orsay this year:

 It's acrylic! Pretty cool!

I had Mrs. Camel's name, so I made a felty:

And a camel card!

I love this tradition. Maybe someday I'll be able to fill a whole tree with sewing machines. Ha!

And for funsies, here's Sak and Sak-bro in an ornament too:

626 Night Market

(Rewind, Labor Day Weekend '13)

While visiting LA, my aunt mentioned that we should check out the 626 Night Market, a giant asian foodie gathering.  With Sis, Friend E, M and Cousin T in tow, we headed to the giant stadium parking lot in Arcadia.

There were a TON of food booths.  It's nearly impossible to decide what to eat :/

Lobster balls?

Nah, Lobster roll!

I did get to try the milk tea + custard/flan combo I'd heard about.  The texture was great, but it was sooooooo sweet. :P

Giant boba drink!

Dunno about my weird squat pose.  It was also 100 million degrees outside. So we're a bit shiny.

We stayed until it got dark, and it got more and more crowded!

Curry nachos.

HK macaron - too cute to eat!

Squid stick! and lamb kebobs.

Potato skewer!

Potato stick fencing @_@

It was a lot of fun! And tasty!  I wish they had this up North, but it'd probably be too cold to have the same fun night vibe. :P  If we go back to LA this summer I'd like to go again!

DIY Espurr Felty

Since Pokemon X&Y have come out, I've logged 216 hours, and gained many pounds. I stopped crafting and blogging. It's not pretty, people.

In an attempt to find balance again, I spent all day today playing blog post catch up.  So there will be a sudden influx of outdated posts, ha. Sorry in advance.  I also put myself on a mild diet to hopefully fit into my pants again, and I tried doing a small craft to get back into the swing of things.  Pokemon related, naturally.

Espurr, psychic pokemon - cute but with creepy, vacant eyes - is one of my new favorites.

(source)

Actually I have to credit Penga-Sis for pushing the felty idea.  She wanted to make half a Marco (AoT reference), and once the felt box was out I couldn't resist.

2 grey body pieces

Sew on details of the top piece.

And then blanket stitch the two body pieces together.

I'll probably make him into a hairclip or something.  I know the eyes aren't quite the right color but I improvised with the felt I had on hand.

I'm not going to stop playing completely - I've got a pokedex to finish and I find IV/EV training and trading pokemon much too enjoyable.  But maybe I can slow it down a bit and try to alternate gaming and crafts? Here's hoping!