Christmas Felties

Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle Bells chimes in Jingle Bell time

Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square

In the frosty air...

It's about end of the Christmas in the East, and begins in the West!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all friends a Merry Christmas!!

May the beauty of the season fill your heart with joy!

東方的聖誕節即將結束，而西方卻剛開始！

乘此時祝福每位到來的朋友們 - 聖誕快樂！！

祝福大家一個歡愉的聖誕假期！

This Christmas, no cards but 2 felties were made - Rudolph and Christmas Tree. 

今年沒有做聖誕卡，不過做了兩個不織布小物 - 聖誕麋鹿以及聖誕樹。

The Rudolph was made in early December and it was hand drew by myself according to a pattern I saw from esty.com.

月初瀏覽esty.com網站是看到了這可愛的麋鹿便依樣畫葫蘆的畫樣板並完成了第一個小物 ～ 麋鹿

For the tree, I adapted the template from Squawkfox and made my own design. It was completed on the day before Christmas Eve. It takes quite some time for me to finish just a single line of knotted pearl stitch as this is my first attempt, but I'm totally enjoy the process. I used machine to sew the sides and add red & golden glass beads alternately. Then stuff the polyester to fill the tree and applied blanket stitch to close the circle base. Lastly, glue a star shaped bead over the tip of the tree. Besides, I stitched "2012" on the circle base as a mark.

然而聖誕樹我採用了Squawkfox的樣板并在平安夜前一天完成。第一次嘗試珍珠結繡，非常享受整個過程。邊緣則用縫衣機縫上並以紅色和金色小珠。之後再填入填充棉以及縫合圓形底座。最後在樹的頂端黏貼上一顆星型珠子。還有，我在那圓形底座縫上2012作為一個標誌。

Miss you, my friend

Hi all, follow up to my previous post, this round about ATC from all participants.
延續之前的博文，這次分享我收到的ATC。

Oh well, I love all their creative ATCs, they all did a great job! Let's see the group photo of all ATCs.
我太鍾意她們創意的作品，真的非常棒！來看看我們ATC的團體照吧。

Herewith, the individual portrait of each ATC. :)
接下來再欣賞我朋友們的ATC個體照。

Sequence from top left to bottom right: Geam, Cleo, Pinecone, Tha, mosaic, NightRose, Ying

順序從左上到右下：純淳、Cleo、松子、Tha、mosaic、夜玫瑰、Ying

Quilled ATC

Hi, it has been over 2 months for my last update. Chinese Cari Forum's thread has been abandoned since last ATC swap in 2008. After a short chat in FB lately, we decided to come back for the swap.

The swap kicks-start someday in April, theme set as "Miss you, my friend" and deadline on June 15. During the period, I visited a lots of blog to seek for inspiration, besides, tight workflow also a cause. I was so panic whilst seeing some of the paticipants have completed their ATC.

As time draw near, I decided to use quilling for this project. Search and trial on several tutorials and then I opted for Malaysian Flower. Then began colour matching, paper trimming and layout arrangement; at last, after a few stay up late, 8 pieces ATC are completed!

Sincerely hope my partner will like the ATC I did!

兩個月的時間沒有更新了。自2008年兩回的ATC交換後，佳裡中文論壇的帖子有點荒廢了。近期在FB聊了起來，大家就卯起勁決定再來交換一次。

就這樣在四月的某天啟動了這項活動，ATC主題亦很快的定為“Miss you, my friend”，6月15日為截止日期。在寬容的時間裡，不斷地在瀏覽他人的部落格尋求靈感還是抓不到如何做這樣的主題，外加工作緊湊；接著又看到我的拍檔們逐漸完成了他們的ATC，我真的急壞了。

隨著時間的逼近，決定以捲紙來完成我的ATC。上網搜了各種捲紙花的教程並著手試玩了幾次就鎖定以捲Malaysian Flower為主。開始了選色、切紙和排列的安排；熬了幾夜總於完成了8張ATC，耶！

衷心希望我的ATC主人們會喜歡這匆忙中完成的Artist Trading Card！

Quilled Easter Egg

Hi, good evening all!
大家晚上好！

Easter Monday almost gone and this quilled Easter Egg just freshly done few minutes ago! It was started on Good Friday (of course, google for tutorial beforehand) and finally, completed in today! phew~
新鮮的復活節彩蛋恰好在復活節隔日快結束前完成了！在受難節開始（當然，是先搜了教程），呼～總算在今天做好了。


First attempt to do quilling in 3D. It's a little tough at the beginning and I was no idea for the layout. Thus, I follow my inclinations as the paper stripes quilled.
第一次嘗試作3D的捲紙。剛開始有點小困難並不清楚該怎麼設計安排。因此，我隨心所欲貼上捲好的紙條來完成。

All right, wishing you have a Happy Easter holiday and good night!
最後，祝大家有個愉快的復活節假期。晚安噜！

Some Birdy Love You

Well, love never ends although Valentine's day is over.

嗯...雖然情人節已經過了，可是愛永不滅。

It's never too late to express your feeling, any days can be somebody's Valentine's day. And then - speak it out - I LOVE YOU!

表達自己的感覺永不太晚，每一天都可以是任何人的情人節。所以呢，大聲釋懷地說出 ─ 我 愛 你！

Be Mine

Happy New Year, all! Wishing all of you a Peaceful, Healthy and Happiness Year 2012!

Today is last day of Chinese New Year celebration, also considered as Chinese Valentine's day! I would like to wish all Chinese reader a Prosperous Year of Dragon! Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

And now, to show my first card for 2012 - a Valentine's card~BE MINE! 

嗨大家，新年快樂！

今天是元宵節亦是中國情人節 ！我借2010年的第一張卡 — 愛心情人節卡向大家送上我的祝福 ！恭喜發財以及元宵快樂！

祝賀各位在新的一年裡「平安」、「健康」、「幸福」！！

Little Snowflakes

Hi all, this would be my last post for 2011.

Same material for the tiny snowflakes but reduce to smaller size and it was done right after the previous one. Final touch up was two days before Christmas. It was done hurry-skurry in the early morning (can even see the white glue still damping in the photo obviously) before I rush to workplace and no time for the envelope, too. It's tiny yet lovely, I like it so much!

Last but not least, wishing everyone of you have a health, happiness, and prosperous year 2012!

這將會是2011年的最後發的帖。

雪花體積縮小不過依舊採用紅色珠光紙來製作。卡片是在聖誕節兩天前匆匆忙忙的清晨完成(照片裡還可以看到未乾的白膠)，甚至在沒有信封的情況下帶著去上班并送了出去。我個人非常喜歡這兩張可愛的小卡片！

最後，祝大家在2012裡健康、幸福、富足！

Merry Christmas

Today, sharing another snowflake Christmas card.

今天分享的依舊是雪花聖誕卡。

Honestly, it's fun to play with quilling and I am in love with it! Red pearlescent paper (photo doesn't show the effect) used for this card and a diffirent design of snowflake apart from previous post. Hope everyone like it.

說是話，我開始迷戀上捲紙這門玩意兒！這次用紅色珠光紙來作有別於之前圖樣的雪花。希望大家會喜歡。

Christmas is just around the corner, wishing all of you a Merry Christmas in advance!

聖誕節已經一步步接近了，借此機會預先祝福大家聖誕快樂！

Little Chickadees Christmas

Morning all...

早安…

A quick share today, my latest two simple cards - little chickadees from the Inkadinkado-Cool Christmas clear stamp.

今天簡捷分享我最新兩張簡易的卡片，三只可愛的小山雀是Inkadinkado-Cool Christmas的透明印章。

Have a sweet weekend!

祝你有個愉快的週末！

Snowflake Christmas Card

A very good afternoon all! Today's weather is so sunny...hmm...

下午好！嗯～今天的天氣真是陽光明媚。

Still, quilling snowflake card. I used gold paper to quill the snowflakes this round,  added with striped background paper and clear embossing for the sentiment which is from Papercraft Inspirations Issue 91 free stamp.

今天，仍舊是捲紙雪花卡。這次運用了金色紙來捲，添加影印的條紋紙為背景；以透明燙凸粉蓋上Papercraft Inspiration第91期送的聖誕賀詞。

The other simple card, I used snowflake & scallop punch for another card. Same striped background paper and sentiment as above card. Added a little pearl in the middle of the snowflake and completed.

而另一張卡則極為簡單的一張卡片，以雪花和扇貝圓形打洞器來設計並在雪花中間加上了一小顆珍珠。背景用紙沒有改變，跟上述的卡是一樣。

Last but not least, Happy Thanksgiving and wish you all sweet blessings for a wonderful holiday.

最後，感恩節快樂！祝福你有個美好甜蜜的假日。

Merry & Bright

Here come another Christmas card.

It's simple and fun to make the snowflakes by quilling technique and hand written sentiment. I really like the result and the little sparkle of the center white snowflake.

再來一張聖誕卡。

這次採用了簡單有趣的捲紙做法來做三個雪花以及手寫聖誕祝語。非常喜歡做出來的結果與中間那個閃閃發光的白色雪花。

Felt Booties

Oh no, this little booties turned out to be so cute!

這雙小靴子真的太可愛了！

Google for baby shoes recently, and found this adorable bitty booties template from Heather Bailey blog. The template came with detailed instruction which very useful.

最近，正在搜尋嬰兒鞋；結果找到了這個可愛的小靴的圖紙以及詳細的指示。

This is a trials pair, I thought the booties will be too thick and uncomfortable for baby to wear in the beginning. But it wasn't, the texture of finished booties is soft and comfy! More to come in next post.

試作了一雙，起初以為做好的鞋給寶寶穿會太硬而不舒服。可是結果並非如此，成品的質地非常柔軟和舒適喔！接下來將會多做幾雙唷。

Christmas Cards

Notice a facebook event page created from a group of local handmade crafters regarding handmade card for Haiti's children. It's a meaningful and I decided to join this activity.

Initially, I was stuck in the time of process and deadline for sending is getting near. At last, I managed to finish 10 cards and sent them out early this month. There were 11 cards in this picture, the Christmas tree cupcake is dedicated to the volunteers - Dr. Winson Seow and his team for their great efforts in Haiti. All materials used for these cards are downloaded from internet and some sentiments are from alphabet stamps.

看到facebook手作族有關【情牽海地】為海地小朋友做卡片的活動號召，覺得非常有意義，心理就暗自決定要做十張聖誕卡。期間除了有點偷懶也因為太久沒有動手而卡著，當收卡截止日期一天天貼近時，就一頭栽下去猛做。終於我算盤的十張卡片在月初寄了出去。圖片裡有十一張卡，杯子蛋糕的那張卡是給偉大的蕭源盛醫生和他的工作團隊為海地兒童付出的貢獻。至於這些卡片所用的襯紙與圖案都來自於網路上免費下載以及聖誕賀詞則使用字母印章蓋的。

Little Fabric Owl

Hey...hey...I was silent for quite some time and now, back again!

來嚕～來嚕～我來嚕～沈寂一段時間的我又出現了！呵呵……

It has been long time without handiwork since my last update, and sometimes, having strong feeling to create some pieces when seeing some others blogs. However, have no motive force to do so. Ideas or concepts are always fleeting from mind.
好久好久沒有動手了，有時候看看其他人的blog會有衝動想做點手工。可是就提不起那個勁。唉…再不然就是腦裡的概念總是一閃而過，真有點女人心海底針的感覺。

Let's share what I have done. Again, it's a tiny handiwork as mentioned in the subject - Little Fabric Owl. Honestly, I love miniature decos, I loved this little owl when I saw its tutorial at the first sight. A trip to Taiwan last year, I bought one from a granny (her hand works) at a tourist spot.
不說了，來分享我做的東西吧。這次還是個小作品，如題 ─ 小貓頭鷹。說真的，我非常喜歡小小的擺飾，初此看到這貓頭鷹的教程就讓我愛上它了，只不過沒有去動手做。之後到台灣旅遊時，看到一位婆婆做的更讓我情不自經擁有了一只最小了(有點小貴，所以買最小的，哈！)。

Few weeks ago, I went to a local draper and found this printed little mushroom Japanese cotton. And today, I had my own creation - Little Fabric Owl! But my methods are slightly different from the linked tutorial.
今天，我終於動手做了。幾個星期前到布店買布，看到了這款印有小蘑菇的日本棉布(注意...又是小的)，就買了做枕頭套(不是我做喔)。不斷的交代要把剩布留給我，目的就是要做我愛的　小　貓　頭　鷹！做法和連接裡的教程有些許不一樣。
Isn't it adorable? I like it so much and would like to do more~
很可愛吧？我很喜歡喔…我還要繼續做～啦啦啦啦

Sleepy Doll

This is my latest handmade after the valentine card.
這是在情人節卡片後的一個小作品。

It was not designed as sleeping doll initially. But her head slanted to the right after I finished my stitch. The back simply plain but I believe it looks better if I added a little ribbon on her scarf. Well, pardon me for laziness.
它在構圖的時並不是個睡娃娃。不過，在縫製後它的小臉蛋竟然傾向右邊，將錯就錯把它當成睡娃娃嚕。娃娃的背面沒有特別的設計，如果加上一個小裝帶應該會更棒吧？

Will do a better one another fine day, I promise! :)
看官們將就一點，往後有時間我再弄一個吧。

Surprise

...from a friend...
朋友俏來的...一份驚喜！According to her, this isn't a surprise to me as she confirms my mailing address before she sent the parcel. It reaches me a day before my birthday, this really amaze me!
她說...她把原來的驚喜扭轉了，原因是 ─ 在郵寄前向我確認了我的地址。我還是非常雀躍，當這份禮物呈現在我眼前，而且郵差叔叔還非常用心的在我生日前一天送到我家！

Ta-dah!! goodies behind the package - a handmade card and handmade fabric box. :)
郵寄包裝背後的驚喜 ─ 手作生日卡和時下盛行的手作布盒。Close up for the card design...
卡片及布盒近拍……Further, let's see what have been filled in the fabric box - four pieces patterned linen!
接著，看看布盒里藏了些什麼 ─ 四塊漂亮的亞麻布！This fabric box is perfect! Spongy top covered with linen fabric throughout the box and embellished with pretty lace at the edge; inner was covered with polka dot fabric.
這個布盒真的很棒喔！全盒用了單色亞麻布并在頂部埔棉，邊緣以純白的蕾絲裝飾；盒的內部以白色圓點布覆蓋，手工真的很好喔。

My honour to own these pressie and thank you so much to you - Samantha!
擁有這份真摯的生日禮物和祝福是我的榮幸，謝謝妳Samantha！

Happy Chinese New Year!

Gong Xi Gong Xi!! "Gong Xi" is the congratulatory message widely use in the 1st day of Chinese New Year. Most of the Chinese will also use Gong Xi Fa Cai, which wishing everyone a prosperous year.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my blog visitors who are celebrating Chinese New Year. Wishing you in this Year of Rabbit prosperous, abundant health and wealth!

恭喜恭喜！今天是大年初一，我藉此機會祝福大家在這辛卯年：兔躍吉祥、身體健康、氣行大運～所以幸福快樂一把抓唷！

Valentine Card

Happy new year! Oh boy, this is a super belated new year greet!! XD

And, Chinese New Year is just around the corner! Two more days to Chinese New Year - Year of Rabbit. Suppose everyone has done the spring cleaning, putting on all CNY decos, cakes & cookies making and now is busying with the reunion dinner preparation!

I had a new year resolution this year, which is at least to produce one craft item in any kind. It could be felt sewing, cross stitching, card making, paper quilling or maybe something new and so forth. Hence, I came out with this very first item for this month (and this year!!) - a Valentine card. Pair of quilled hearts with stamped sentiment, inner page stamped with XOXO, simple and easy!

新年快樂！呵呵～這是個遲來得新年祝福。

再過兩天就是農曆新年了！相信大家已經把房子打掃乾淨并裝飾了富有年味的裝飾品以及製作蛋糕餅乾了，目前應該為準備除夕年夜飯忙著吧。

我在今年暗自許下願望，希望每個月至少有一樣作品完成。無論是不織布、十字繡、卡片製作、衍紙或其他手工製作等等。所以，在一月的最後天交上了今年的第一張卡片 - 情人節卡。一對衍紙愛心蓋上簡單的寄語，內頁蓋上了XOXO就完成了，極為簡單。

Merry Christmas!

Hi friends
A warmest Christmas wishes to you and your family.
May all your days be merry and bright and may your Christmas be white!
Feliz Navidad!
親愛的朋友們
借此佳節遙寄我的聖誕祝福給你和你的家人
願每個人的有個快樂和平安的聖誕！
聖誕快樂！

There is no Christmas tree set up in my house, hence I made these two tiny Christmas trees for this Christmas. And my little dolly says "hi" to everyone here and may all of you have a joyous Christmas and a Bountiful Year 2011!
XOXO

家裡沒有聖誕樹，所以以捲紙作了兩顆迷你聖誕樹。我的小娃也在這裡給大家打招呼并祝願所有的人有個歡悅的聖誕節和豐盛的2011年！

Princess Whale

Hi folks, my blog being abandoned for ages!

There is no crafting during this long period but still updating myself for all crafting blogs. And now, I am back to update my latest craft item.

All my needles were rusted, I'm using my cross stitch needle to finish this felt whale and my thumb & index finger were painful by pushing the needle in sewing. Ahh...I need a thimble to protect them indeed.

My sewing skill is out of practice as a result of long break, let the picture tells about my poor skill. sigh...

好長一段時間沒有更新了，終於，我又回來了……

在這段長長的時間裡，完全沒有作品，也不知道自己做了些什麼。不過，期間還是會逛逛有關手作的部落格。

繡針因長時間的休息而生鏽，技術也因此生疏。因此我用了十字繡針來縫製這只小鯨魚，拇指和食指也因為推不夠尖的繡針而非常疼痛，看來得買一個頂針了。