every day life

Look at this mess. This is my fabric stash in my closet. sigh…
I don’t know what happened. I thought I cleaned it up pretty nicely when I moved into my current place last August. I love fabric. As I wrote in the guest blog post over at the cupcake goddess, visiting fabric shops became a hobby in and of itself. I always buy way too much, but in my defense, the majority of left overs  come from pieces bought for custom orders.  The reason being that I don’t like to worry about not having enough fabric to fill the order, and so I often end up with much more than I need.

I am going to be on maternity leave soon. I’m excited and nervous at the same time about this. I’m excited for the obvious reasons – to have some vacation time and time to spend with the baby.  I’m nervous because I am a bit of workaholic. I get jittery if I’m not busy. So, as soon as I get out of the hospital and am able to get up and move again, I want to start a project called “Scrap Heap”.   For this project I will make something  from this fabric mess. I plan to make one item a day, Monday through Friday for a month. I think this will give me some schedule so I won’t be sitting in front of my TV wearing pajamas all day long. Have any of you done something like this?  Has anyone found a post pregnancy, maternity leave hobby?

During my leave sabattical, I also am thinking of learning how to create patterns on computer. Does anyone know any good software for that?

By the way, thank you so much for those who commented on my last post – I feel so relieved that I don’t have to pinch my own nipples! I will leave my nipples out for the time being:)

P.S. Check out my interview post over at Willow Would..thank you Amber! 

Hi lovely readers! Hope you had a nice weekend. Mine was rather quiet. I haven’t had such a relaxed weekend in a while. I guess this is the bright side of the earthquake, more time to relax…because I wouldn’t choose it on my own:)

1. My Bible study friends threw me a baby shower on Sunday:)
2. My father-in-law is already crazy in love with his grand daughter! I receive a package from him almost every week now
3. More lovely clothes for the baby and Weleda rose oil for stretch marks
4. Last but not least, I won a giveaway over at not enough time for everything! Yay! This handmade jewelry case and knotted bracelet arrived from Portland, Oregon. Thank you Haruna!

❤ This DIY floral crown from Bleubird Vintage blog is so cute! I think it’s great for weddings as well.  
❤ Casey has a great tutorial on how to make a fabric covered belt.
❤ Awesome tutorial on how to make detachable collar.
❤ Have you been following Grosgrain Bedroom Makeover Week series? In this post, Katherine shares how she saved on buying less designer fabric to make curtains for her bedroom.
❤ This DIY floral wall instillation is so pretty!

Hi! Just a quick update today.
Thank you for those who sent me a message and twitter..I really appreciate your concern! I’m okay, safe and at home now. I was out with my friend for lunch when the earthquake happened. We just got off the elevator to go outside, and I was so glad that we got off, because otherwise I would have stuck in elevator for hours…
It was really scary and so far the biggest earthquake I’ve ever experienced in my life.

All the trains and subways were (and still are) stopped, so I walked home. I stopped by at convenience store to use bathroom and noticed that some people stole stuff from the store. Bread, make up products etc were missing, and convenience stores here are never ill-stocked like that! People must have taken some stuff when the lights were out and security cameras were off. What a shame!