new banner!

my friend, naoko made me a new banner! i love it:)

cutest aprons

i like aprons - i always look for cute vintage ones whenever i go to flea markets. i never actually wear them because i always forget, but i still like them! 

today i found this shop called, SpiceRak Designs that has the cutest aprons ever!!  i think this will make a great shower gift!! 

treasuries

check out these new treasuries on etsy! 

Black White

goes down easy...

Yumi vest

when i went back to japan in january, my sister, yumi, told me how much she loved vest. she had three vests and she pulled them off very well. one of them was a plaid flannel vest, and she would wear it with white long sleeve shirt, jeans and anckled boots. she looked adorable!

so here are my new creations, vests:) inspired by my little sister.

some new creations..

extra long strip scarf

cherry red bow dress

sakura kimono top - i love this print! 

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so Wednesday this week, i took a day off from work, and my husband took me to a mall. ive worked so hard the past couple of months - both at my regular law firm job and also for my clothing line. i sew almost every night after andy goes to bed, sew for a couple of hours to keep up my shop. 

and here is the treat i got for my self! ＦＵＲＬＡ　ＢＡＧ:)

i love it! its white color leather bag, and perfect for going to work, or pair with suit.

i like furla because they have nice solid color leather bag that i can use for a long time.

after the shopping, i felt so guilty for spending big money (at least for me) for just a bag. but andy said that its okay because we can't do this all the time once we start a family. he is such a good husband! 

then he took me to the cheese cake factory and i had peanut butter chocolate cookie doe cheese cake... it was delicious! i've always wanted to go to the cheese cake factory, since we dont have that in the city. but the one in the mall is always crowded on weekend, so it was so nice to go during the week when no one was there. 

my Yukina dress made a front page of etsy today - thank you fiveforty for including me in your treasury! 

lime green top

my lime green kimono top made the front page of etsy today! yay! i totally missed it, but Chen kindly send me a screen shot of it:) Thank u Chen! 

im surprised that i made the front page though, because the pic is so blurry.

purple rose scarf

i love this fabric - i got this just last saturday when i went to fabric shopping with naoko and yuko. i made it into a scarf for spring.. goes well with trench coat! 

harem pants

i just read a blog post about harem pants by painfullyhip. 

i've been seeing harem pants here and there, and also in my favorite japanese magazines. i think harem pants can be very chic if you wear it in a right way, but can look extremely lame if you miss it. i asked my husband andy what he thought about the pants. he said "those are for middle eastern, not for us. of course they don't look right!" ......

i might not be able to pull off harem pants that drapes till knees, but maybe this harem jumper might look right on me.. it looks really cute on the model. 

image downloaded from missmars

flower print dress - new this week

i couldnt wait to use this flower print that i got last saturday. so on saturday afternoon, i made this new dress for my shop.

i made a mistake one the way, by cutting front and back piece too small. they were supposed to be bigger, and i was going to add elastic all around neck line to gather the tunic. i totally forgot that this fabric didnt have any stretch, since i always work with stretchy fabric.

so i cut out the front, and added corset detail so it i can wear it without using a zipper. i actually really liked how it turned out! check out more photos here.

i love spring

Thank you MSO Joies

for including my dress into your I love spring treasury!

my favorite is this seller who sells wall art.

flower prints and gingham

i went to fabric shopping and thrifting with my friends, naoko and yuko today. here are what i got...

flower prints for spring dresses! those black and pepper mint flower prints are so lovely. cant wait to use them. picking fabric for my next creation is one of the most exciting moments in making clothes.

i didnt get to spend too much time at the thrift store, i only got two belts. on in black and one in blue. they were only $1 each. naoko got this cutest vintage green dress that's made in france. it was so cute. 

* i started drinking 3-4 litters (little less than a gallon) of water every day. i used to have dried lips during the winter, but they got healed! and my skin feels nice. i have to go to bathroom every 5 mins though.

* im still mad at USPS! i hate them with passion. i never got my lost mails back and they did not make an effort to find it for me. 

* baking brownies tomorrow morning! i love how the room smells when im baking....:) 

summer hot

i with! in philly. its cold again tonight. i was wearing puffy jacket to go out to dinner. 

check out this treasury for nice summer stuff, and also my flower dress is in it too! 

my favorite from this treasury is these sandals from Divine Feet. they are so cute! i would love to pair them with maxi dress in the summer. 

i had to work late tonight

i had to work late tonight, late meaning, 6:30pm, instead of 5pm, not too too bad, but i was exhausted and tired and so cranky. i took a nap, and just got up. 

then i figured that i made on front page again! happy! 

find my clothes in Florida!

these will be available at Siren boutique in Florida. anyone who lives near there...check them out:) they are available in small, medium and large.

 1402 Highland Ave

Melbourne, FL 32935

my downfall, my love treasury

my laura dress in treasury today - finchbird kindly included me in that:) she makes very nice jewelry, check out her shop too!

What I bought recently

here are some stuff that i bought in the past couple of weeks.. i wanted to make a blog post of it before it spring comes! 

ankle boots from payless: i kept seeing this boots at my favorite blog, What I Wore.

the blogger pairs these boots with color tights and skirts, and she looked so cute. so i went to payless a couple of weeks ago to pick them up myself. they were only $15 on sale! 

the only problem with these shoes is that the heals are so high (3 inches) and skinny, they hurt my feet so bad. i only wear them 1 or 2 days a week at work where it's carpeted. 

H&M earrings for $3.90. i love big earrings and pair them with simple dress.

purple bag from ALDO. this winter, i was so into purple stuff, i even bought purple bag. it goes well with most of my stuff, and colors, such as gray, black, and white... it doesnt go well with red or green, but oh well. 

philly sucks.

i had 3 mails lost in philly unit in the past month. one of the mails was the dress that i custom made. i documented the lost mail, philly postal service called me and told me they don't know anything about it since the guy who was supposed to deliver had left for the day. they closed the case without telling me, and without even attempting to find the mail. philly sucks! this place really does. sometimes i feel like im living in some kind of ghetto 3rd world. this sucks.

blacklight

Chen kindly included my simple little black dress into her treasury!

here is her super cute shop:)

stitchface

i just found this super cute shop on etsy...

she makes cute stuffed animals - they are just tooo cute!

especially this purple kitten... 

new this week - pink grapefruit and flowers

i made this one of a kind dress yesterday - so springy! i love this orange pink color. 

the flower fabric came from thrift shop - it was a bed sheet or something. i remade it into this dress and couple others in the past. 

crape party and movie night

it was sooo warm today!! it was in 70s. i was happy! 

i was invited to a crape party and it was great - i had a looot to eat..and then andy and i had people over for TIF movie night. we had 15 people over. it was fun!! 

im on the front page of etsy! yay!

my flower mini dress is on the front page of etsy now:)

madebyhank

madebyhank is a featured seller on etsy right now! she is from philly, and makes really cute pouches and bags. she is a self-taught sewer, and says "not comforatable calling my self an artist". i totally agree! i hate when people call me an "artist". im not an artist. im just a girl who love making dresses... 

anyhow, read her interview here.

my friend's shop

my friend, yuko has just opened up her etsy shop! she has many cute japanese stuff, like crane earrings and pouches and stuff. she is doing this to help educate girls in cambodia..

here is a bit about her organization:

Team Boravuth was founded on February 11, 2009 for the purpose of promoting the education and well-being of young girls in Southeast Asia through the arts. The project is named in memoriam to Boravuth Sorn whose passion for helping young girls in Cambodia inspired the creation of this project.

Various artists contribute their products for sale to help finance Team Boravuth. When you purchase any of the items displayed in the website, fifty percent (50%) of the proceeds will be directly applied to the “Girls be Ambitious” scholarship program managed by American Assistance for Cambodia/Japan Relief for Cambodia (AAfC) . Girls be Ambitious program is to prevent the trafficking of Cambodian girls and women for sexual and labor exploitation through an incentive program for girls from poverty-stricken homes to stay in school and receive additional vocational training that will provide employment alternatives, income generation and social and political empowerment. Other will be applied to such as expenses of art supplies, advertisements and travel fees.

new this week ... for upcoming wedding season!

i just posted these two dresses on my shop.

these dresses were going to be at burdastyle's fashion show in january in munich, germany, but the show got cancelled... so unfortunate. anyways, i think these dresses were perfect for weddings! i have 2 bridal showers and 1 baby shower coming up in april.