tutorial/pattern
{tutorial} How to Block Crochet Garment
Blocking in crochet is important, especially when you need to bring out the real shape/design. I never thought of blocking until I learnt how to make items with shapes. Well before, when I was still at the very beginning of learning crochet, all I did was crocheting hats, which obviously there was no need to…
Read More{tutorial} Simple Joining Square Technique
Tutorial Simple Joining Square Technique – it’s very easy and fun 😀 I love to make blankets, especially those with motifs and shapes. The only thing that I hate is to join them >.< I know…it won’t be a blanket if I don’t join all the squares or other shapes. I checked so many times,…
Read More{free pattern} Ribbed & Love Neckwarmer
Do you see the Love??? or do you see this symbol (<) more than the Love? 😀 This will be my first time writing down a crochet pattern! Usually I just “let it go”, I made one and I won’t make again, because I want to keep it personalized. But since this particular neckwarmer is…
Read More{diy} Cork Cardholders
This morning I woke up quite late, couldn’t sleep well last night as I have this annoying prickly heat, then had my first cup of coffee, walking around the garden, checking the plants and watering the new seeding pots. Finally, I went up to my desk just to check some emails. I received an ETSY…
Read More{diy} Upcycle Soda Cans
It’s cold out there and I don’t feel to go out from the office room, so warm 😀 It gave me mood to write tutorials, it’s been ages since the last time I did it. So, why not?Â
Read More{diy} Xmas Tree
Happy New Year 2013! I know it’s passed the time already, but I could not make any {diy} before because of ligament injury on my left thumb. I still feel it now, still have the wrapping bandage to keep the thumb from moving freely, but I can’t stand of doing nothing, it’s been 10 days.…
Read More{diy} Plastic Egg Tray
Plastic egg tray is widely use to pack eggs, especially in the supermarket, easy to hold and hassle-free, even though we need to pay extra fee for the plastic tray itself. Also, it has selections of sizes, 6pcs, 12pcs, and so on.
Read More{diy} Stamp
Phew! hot hot hot! What about you? 🙂 So, this is my news, I went to a small bazaraki last Saturday, and since I was selling my handmade stuffs, I also did labeling for them, a very easy and personalized labeling – handwritten and stamped! 😀
Read More{diy} Recycle Lantern
Summer’s is almost here, and I’m trying to clean up our mini balcony so that we can sit outside to enjoy the day. I cleaned up some of my garden lanterns which I bought from Jumbo store which cost me €0.90 each. I was thinking to make my own garden lanterns, so I browsed Pinterest…
Read More{diy} Recycling Tuna Can
Having 3 cats at home means a lot of empty tuna cans! 4x a week, 16-20 cans a month..which means a lot of ideas how to reuse them. One of them is reusing it for a candle holder or pot holder, which I saw it in Pinterest, here is the link http://pinterest.com/pin/107171666102526851/
Read More{diy} Ambient Light
When I moved to my husband’s house for the first time, I was stunned by the fact that he had a lot of drinking glasses *ups*! And I was wondering what can I do with it. I was using it to store my sewing thread, buttons and using it as flower vase as well and…
Read More{diy} Handmade Rug
Everybody said that 2012 is the end of the world as Mayan people predicted, for me, 2012 is the time to change – to a better of everything, so I started to think about recycling, reusing, re-purposing more, rather than buying new stuffs.
Read More{diy} Newspaper Pot
Want to learn how to make cheap and environmental friendly newspaper pot? Let’s start! You will need: newspaper empty can/jar/plastic jar tape – optional marker stick and paper – optional How to do it? very easy!! 1. prepare the materials, I’m using advertisement page and empty plastic jar from tea 2. fold newspaper in two…
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