what i got today

from forever 21! 

wine red color tights: $5.80

flower earrings: $2.80

frog boat neck top

for my friend, naoko, i made this top. she wanted something very simple, and fitted to her, so i made as she said. she does a lot for me. she is making me a website for my clothing line, and takes me to fabric shop.. etc. you can check out her claymation from here.

black friday

while i was cooking turkey yesterday, i made this top. very easy...takes me an hour! 

size medium, and it will be on my esty shop soon. i will have a sale tomorrow till next saturday, and everything will go 15% to 30% off! 

tagged

i was tagged by karen a while ago. i was meaning to do it, but im so bad at making a list about my self, so i kept delaying it... but tonight, im writing 7 things about myself. 

here are 7 things that i love...

1) im addicted to peanut butter. anything with peanut butter in it, i can eat endlessly. 

my favorits are nips peanut butter and reeses butter cups! 

aw, when i googled "nips" to get an image, i happened to get pictures of many naked women.. oops. 

2) kettlebell training:

its an exercise using the type of waight, called kettlebell. kettlebell looks like a kettle with handle, and you swing it, with both hands or one hand, do snaches...etc. 

since i started going to the kettlebell class at gym, i think my body has changed a lot. 

i started because my husband did it first. he was inspired by Gerald Butler in the movie, 300, who trained using kettlebell for the movie! 

3) running

i used to HATE running, because its so hard. but for some reasons, im into it now. im training for broadstreet run in next may. its a 10 mile run. 

4) im already running out of stuff to say... so i list my favorite blogs and website:

chelsea she posts her handmade clothes in her blog.. i love her style

静香のメイク日記 this is in japanese..she updates her make up, hairstyle and fashion stuff and ive been reading this for a while

Polyvore i can play with this site for hours! 

5) im cooking turkey tomorrow! 

6) i love hookah. i have one. its like a middle eastern version of tabacco. its nothing shady or scary, it's a type of tabacco with less nicotine in it, so not addictive. my favorite flavors are pineapple and kiwi! 

7) last one! 

my dream is to one day open up a small coffee shop/boutique. 

a coffee shop that has had made section in the back, maybe? i love coffee! 

Ruche

i just found out about this shop, called Ruche today through this blog, omiru.

i fell in love with the store!

my favorites are....

this bag

this earrings for $9.99

floral dress for $29.99 on sale... love the flower details!

roses and red dress for $36.99. only size L is available:(

all images are downloaded from rache.

i love how reasonable their stuffs are! they looks so fashionable i dont know how they keep their prices so reasonable. they have sale on black friday, and everything will go 20% off. im very excited for that.

it seems like they have an online store only, no physical stores.

city paper trunk show

ill be at city paper's trunk show on black friday! its at TLA (3rd and south sts) from 10 to 4:) i'll be bringing many dresses and tops from my etsy shop.

green dress

i made this dress recently. i modified Malissa pattern from BurdaStyle.

i just cut the front panel in three: top, waist band and skirt. top and skirt are gathered with elastics, and added keyhole detail in front. thats it! pretty simple:)

absolute boyfriend

im so into this japanese drama, called "absolute boyfriend". in japanese, its called "zettai kareshi". its about a girl who buys a robot that's supposed to be a perfect boyfriend. 

i know. im so dorkey.. but i just can't stop watching it! 

im watching it from here

handmade underwear

thanks to verypurpleperson's this blog post, i figured out the way to use my fabric scraps. as you might know, i love using jersey fabrics... anything with stretch. so i can avoid zippers, and not have to worry about fitting so much. 

as a starter, i made a boyfriend shorts using left over from this purple maxi dress. its cotton with stretch. 

i got a pattern from my victoria secret underwear...using wrapping paper

cut out a fabric, two each.

and voila! 

thank you verypurpleperson for inspiration! 

Today's outfit

forgive me for the confused look on me... i was trying to figure out the bast way to take photos!

its been so cold here in philly. it snowed a bit already this week. so i try to stay warm.
top: The Limited
skirt: French Connection
(i love this! its like sweater wrap, keeps me so warm!)
boots: thrifted for $4

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started thinking about christmas gifts

today it my mother in law's birthday. i sent her this pair of japanese room wear, called zouri to her. she liked them very much, and wanted more for the rest of the family. i got them from this shop.
the shop owner and i are friends, and we also live a block away from each other. she has zouri in many different colors, and you can request the color you want also.



i like this shop, washable art also. i think these cute soaps will make a great gift for my coworkers.
SweetBody and Naiad are nice shops too. their soaps are much more reasonable than lush.

i will be shopping a lot from beautymarkbeads as well! i love her jewelries. there will be a sale at her shop around thanksgiving, which im looking forward to.

my weekend

weekends pass by so fast every weekend. i always wish it's longer than it is!
my friend Kaitlyn came over from NY on Friday. Andy, Kaitlyn and I all went to see the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace and i loved it! it didn't get a good review, so i wasn't sure what's going to look like, but i thought it was great. loved it.

then i finished making this dress for my sister's friend. she wanted it for a christmas party. i hope she'll like it. it's made out of little shinny satin, and lined.





then i went to the local thrift store and found these. $3 each!



i got a pair of black leather (i think it's real leather... but i might be wrong) for $4. i've already started wearing them. can't believe i got them so cheap! i havent taken a pic of them, but i will soon.

then andy and i took a long walk. we stop at this tea shop.
we had caramel chocolate tea and it was sooo good!

Sunday: ran 6 miles. im training for Broadstreet run.
then off to church:)

inspiration from japanese fashion

i love japanese fashions! whenever i get a chance, i buy japanese magazines like Sweet, Vivi, or CanCan. i found following dress and coats in one of the japanese websites... they all all so cute!

my malissa variation

Burdastyle had a Malissa variation contest about a month ago. i printed out the pattern, bought the fabric and i was going to enter the contest, but couldnt make the deadline. here i am, a month later, just finished malissa!





i cut out the front pattern in half. upper half is for the front panel, and down half is for the skirt. then i added wide waist band. i used the same for back, for back, i omitted a little keyhole detail. its so easy! i only needed 3 pattern pieces for this.

fabric is blue spandex mix stretch knit.

retro secretary skirt

I finally finished the Kasia skirt from Burdastyle! I think it came out really well. the pattern was almost like a puzzle, and i got confused since there were so many pieces. but i made it!
i cut the fabrics almost like a month or two ago, but couldn't finished it for a while since i had many other projects that i was working on.

i can think of so many different variation of this skirt that i want to try in the future.
the first one that i want to try is made out of black cotton lycra mix, and take out the button detail and front panel, but instead, attach a sash. so you can tie it in the front or side. i think that would go so well with shirt when you go to work.