Bali trip

My husband and I went to a short 3 day trip to Bali, Indonesia. This was the first time we went to Bali, and we both loved it there!
Nice beach with great waves. We tried surfing for the first time. I got a lot of scratches and bruises on my legs, but I enjoyed it very much. I would definitely try again this summer.



Soto Ayam - My favorite Indonesian dish! I love any kind of noodles in soup. Went to Monkey Forest in Ubud and fed the cute monkeys. One of them actually attached me because he found that I was hiding more bananas in my pocket. I guess he smelt it..

Hotel pool

People were really nice and helpful there. I didn't have to argue with cab drivers to use meter, like I always had to do in Thailand.
People asked us if we were on Honeymoon. Although we've been married for 3 and a half years, it felt as though it was our second Honeymoon. I'm so sad that my vacation is over now:(

Bye Bali!

Lemon yellow bride's maid dresses

This was what I was working on last week. 5 bride's maid dresses! It feels like I've accomplished something, and I feel pretty good about it. Actually, it wasn't all that hard once I got on it, I made a mini production line - I cut all the fabric at the same time, iron at the same time and surged at the same time and finished them:)
I have made bride's maid dress before, but this was the first time I made five. I feel so honored to have asked to do such an important task as to make bridal parties dresses!

Sorry for my messy hair... I didn't realize it until I saw the photos on Photoshop. It was raining all day long here, plus, I had such a long day today running around to get my work done.

Some shop updates

Did a small update on a shop! Check it out:)
This week has been crazy busy with my real work, and I'm so glad it's Friday! Two more days of work next week, and I'm off to Bali. I've never been there, so I'm pretty excited!

Hydrangea Kimono Dress

Hydrangea Kimono Top

Black round collar doll dress

making, packing and mailing

I'm sure you are sick of seeing this cut out back dress by now. I don't even remember how many of them I made so far! I promise I will post something else soon, I have a lot of different ideas for new dress designs, and I am actually sketching the designs (which is pretty rare for me, lazy..), and I also want to do a post on a list of fabric shops in Philly.

But for now, I'm sewing, ironing, cutting our fabrics, ironing again, then packing and mailing! Packing the completed dresses is my favorite part of the whole thing. I love the sense of accomplishment.

Happy mother's day! and strawberry picking

Happy Mother's day! My mom, husband and I went to a strawberry picking on Saturday.
It was at a nearby farm, and we ate and ate and ate looooots of strawberries! I was so full by the end.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Becky's cut out dress

Becky posted about how she used some of my work for inspiration :) Needless to say I was flattered! Today I saw the pictures and was realy impressed. I think from now on I should use her stuff to inspire me!!!! The open back layout I have recently become a huge fan of and the hat is too adorable. I can't wait to see what she puts out next.

Check out her other creation here and her blog here.

May! Sunny days! and Flowers!

In Japan, we call a person who always get rain on dates, events or any important days "Ame Onna" - "Rain woman". It is as if the person brings the rain with her to wherever she goes.
Luckily, I think I'm the opposite.."Hare Onna" - sunny woman! As soon as I get back to Japan, we started to get sunny weather.. hehe:p Maybe it's just a coincidence, but still, sunny weather makes me happy. The past couple of days has been just beautiful!

Here is what I made and added to the shop recently. You can tell that I'm obsessed with open back?! I did something different for the dress on the top. I cut it differently and added a row of buttons for closure. I bought both fabrics in Philly.

Top: Back buttons dress
Bottom: Cut out dress

VV girls!

Here are some photos from happy customers:)

I posted about throwing a baby shower for my friend a while ago, and she had a baby at the end of March! And her baby girl is wearing the clothes I made for her. Makes me so happy to see she is actually wearing it!

Picture on the left is a custom order I did. The cut out dress in blue floral. I wish I had gotten more of those floral fabrics when I was in Thailand..I only got 4 meters of it, and it was gone so quick.

Back in Japan

I'm finally back in Japan after a month long stay in the U.S.! It's good to be back and reunited with my husband:)

I did a lot of traveling while I was in the U.S. - went to Boston, D.C., Upstate NY and NYC for 3 times while I was based in Philly, and working full time. I did a little bit of fabric shopping as well, and all the fabrics above are from my favorite fabric shop in Philly, called Gaffney. They have great stock of prints, and I am especially in love with the bicycle print above. Isn't it so cute?
I have a list of fabric shops that I went while I was in Philly, and am planning to post the list in my blog soon:)

Something I worked on last week..

This is something I worked on last week. I never went for yellow clothes, because of my skin color, but I really do like this yellow floral print I found here in Philadelphia. It's very Springy and I would actually wear yellow if it's something like this.

I'm counting down days till I get to go back home, and I can't wait to get there, since it's my birthday! What a treat to be picked up by my beloved husband on my birthday after a month of separation.