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Done!

December 17, 2009 By Chie

I’m done! I’m all done with making clothes for Tokyo Made Market. yay!
Sorry for the not-so-exciting background of the photos… I wanted to get a photographer and shoot mood shots of the collection with my sister as a model, but I just ran out of time. Besides, my sister was being a bit uncooperative, so I just had to do it myself. So today I had to run around the house and the back yard trying to get these photos taken before sunset. I feel like the sun goes down so quickly, and by little after 4pm, it already looks like midnight.

Do you see that I cheated a bit though? I did not make all 9, I only made 8.. the bubble sleeve cardigan was borrowed from my etsy shop.. but I just thought it goes well with the rest of the clothes, color wise.

My favorite is the top right corner, two-tone dress with criss cross detail in the front. I would have worn it to work everyday if I still work at the office! My second favorite is the middle in the second row, high waisted skirt. It is quite comfortable and warm, since this thick fabric has some stretch.

These will be available at Tokyo Made Market, and they are all one of a kind!

Happy anniversary and diy t-shirt

December 16, 2009 By Chie

Andy and I celebrated our 3rd year anniversary on December 12th! Our actual weddings were not on the 12th, since we had two weddings one in the states on Dec 2nd, and the other in Japan on Dec 23rd, we decided to celebrate our wedding anniversary on the 12th. It’s easier to remember, 12/12.

Anyway, we do small gift exchange every year with a limit of 20 dollars. We do this since we’d rather spend money on traveling than physical gift itself, and with 20 dollar limit, it forces ourselves to be creative and fun!

This year, I wanted to get him something related to Manny Pacquiao, a Filippino boxer, since he loves him. I check Manny t-shirts online, but it far exceeded 20 dollar limit with shipping and all. So I got a blank white t-shirt (about 5 bucks) at a super market, and got an iron print paper for another 6 bucks. You basically print out whatever picture you want on the iron print paper, and iron the picture on the t-shirt.

I stole this Manny picture somewhere online (I simply googled imaged him), and brought it to my photoshop. Then I added “Manny Pacquiao” letter on the top.

For the iron print, you have to make sure that the letters are mirrored.

Tada! Custom made t-shirt for him! He loved it:)

I also got him this hat that he kept telling me he wanted. I dislike this hat, but hey, it was our anniversary, I decided to be generous. I thrifted it for 3 bucks. Then we went to a French restaurant for lunch – I love eating out in Japan, because I don’t have to chip the waitress here, and ends up so much cheaper to eat out than in the States!

winter shorts!

December 14, 2009 By Chie

Wearing: ruffle camisole I got in Japan, vivat veritas shorts, payless booties and random white cardigan.

I made these shorts a while ago (2,3 weeks ago) but finally got around to make a post about it today. I’m almost done with the Tokyo Made Market prep, which makes me relieved.

About this black camisole, I’ve had this forever, at least 5 years, but I rarely wear it since Andy hates it so much. Andy hates anything ruffly. I do like a little bit of ruffle, as long as it’s not too much like this.

The shorts are made based on the Jane pattern, I added pockets and waist band for added height in waist. Also added a zipper on the side and a button for closure.

Jane is such a versatile pattern, in the past I made harem pants and rompers based on this pattern. You can lengthen the hem or crunch the hem to make so many different variations.