Some things never change

This entry was inspired by my dear friend, Jael, whom I met up briefly yesterday. She said, everyone of us have our own talents, while hers is in writing and literature, my is indeed sewing, crochet, basically handicraft.

Lately, I had my childhood keepsake: handmade Barbie doll clothings, framed up. Kudos to my sister, Eliza, whom had hers framed up 1st. I guess this was part of us that we will never wana throw away, and perhaps this is the best way to preserve them and admire them as and when we can. Since young, both of us were always full of ideas in our heads. As mum had always been thrifty, having Barbie dolls was a luxury, let alone having a whole collection of haute couture for them. So..... we took scraps or bedsheets, pillow cases, and turned them into pretty dresses for them. We even went on to crochet after being abit more adventurous!

All of these, had been painsakingly hand sewn by us perhaps at the tender age of 5 as far as my memory can travel back in time. Those were the days, when computers and internet were akin to unicorns and dragons. I was often looking over my sister's shoulders as she worked, yes, she was the head seamstress, while the younger me, was her only loyal customer. hehe

WIP - Web In Progress

Its never been a more fulfilling Sunday. Finished the 2nd page of my website and being extremely satisfied with the results of my site design so far. This is the outcome of 2 weeks of reading and trial and error on my Photoshop and Dreamweaver. My Photoshop skill has finally went up 1 more notch, bringing me closer to the Pro level!! (maybe not)

I'm elated, restless, overwhelmed... that with this principle of mine, I can do wonders: "If anyone can do it, I can do it too. They are all humans too."

Homepage of my soon-to-come site

I am on Blogspot!

After months and months of procrastination, I've finally gotten my a** to start a new blog here. Not exactly migrating my old word press blog, coz the thought of logging in there and pulling out my pics and posting them here just irriatates me!!

Gotten hold of more vintage fabric lately, but time is just not on my side.... my sister's defunct bedroom has now turned into my store!! With tons of fabric but no output as yet... arugh

Caught on camera for the 1st time, is my recent hole in my pocket: my 2nd hand industrial sewing machine. To date, its my best kept secret from my boyfriend, whom has surprisingly not walked into this room for like 3 weeks? since i bought this hardy old lady back. It sews like a typhoon! (ok not very descriptive here).. but yes.. am so looking forward to getting the full potential out of her!

1st drawer of vintage fabric

2nd drawer of vintage fabric .....

3rd drawer of vintage fabric !

4th DRAWER OF VINTAGE FABRIC !!!!

Thereafter, I'm just too embarassed to upload my 5th and ... ok .... I am just hoarding things, am I??! Have just 'booked' my bf in for a DIY batik session with him tonight, he said, ok (for the 1st time he didnt label a 'yucks' to my hobbies) and followed by "can make my own design right? obracing logo!"............... (silence)