The White's twin sisters are in the house!

September is a great month with lots of birthday parties.

My cousin brother's twin daughters were born in the month of September. So I made them something instead of buying.

What is more appropriate than making them the White twin sisters!

It is actually Hello Kitty & her twin sister, Mimmy.

While Kitty is widely known, Mimmy is not. 

Here's what I gotten from Wikipedia:

Kitty's full name is Kitty White. She is born in the suburbs of London, England on November 1, 40 years ago. She is portrayed as a bright & kind-hearted girl, very close to her twin sister Mimmy.

Mimmy White is described as shy & very girly.

Since they are twins, there is no way one can differentiate them, except from their outfit.

Kitty wears a Red bow on her left ear & Mimmy wears a Yellow bow on her right ear.

There you go! Now you know who is who...:D

And since Kitty wears Red bow & Mimmy wears Yellow bow, I made them a Monroe inspired dress in Red & Yellow too! So you got matching dress & bow...

My cousin's twin daughters loved them so much so that they were busy having fun experimenting different adventures with the White sisters! LOL

Happy Birthday to you both: Xin Jie & Xin Rae...

Daniel & Kitty went for a Walk

Daniel wanted to go for a walk...he waited for Kitty to get ready.

And waiting...

Still waiting...

Finally! Kitty is all ready in her Red dress!

She looks all glamourous & stunning!

Both of them took a we-fie before the walk...since both are dressed up! See how they look into each other's eyes...so sweet & loving...

After the photos, Daniel suggested to go left but Kitty wanted to go right...

Not wanting to start a fight, Daniel is ready to go right, while Kitty is ready to go left, where Daniel wanted to go initially...

As they can't decide where they want to go, they started to argue...and both got angry...

Then, they decided to go where they wanted to go...Daniel to the left & Kitty to the right...

After they part ways, they walk & walk & walk...finally they reached to their destination...

To their surprise...they arrived at the same place!

They reached DWP shop, wanting to get each other a gift!

How sweet...

Hello Kitty - Part 3

Recently, I've got an order for a Black Hello Kitty. This friend of mine says black is her lucky color & so, requested me to make a Black Hello Kitty for her...

This is what I made:

Somehow the eyes & nose are still not up to my expectation.

I always have this problem with Hello Kitty...from my last 2 experiments until now...

You may refer to my Hello Kitty blogs here:

http://www.designedwithpassion.blogspot.com/2012/02/hello-kitty-anyone.html

http://www.designedwithpassion.blogspot.com/2012/02/hello-kitty-part-2.html

Hm...could it be because I am still very stubborn & refuse to use felts for the eyes & nose?

Should I give in? But I have no confident with felts. I worry it will come off after awhile...

Hello Kitty - Part 2

As I wasn't too happy with the 1st Hello Kitty that I made last week, I make another 1! This time, I made it twice the size, it's about 7" tall...

As for the eyes & nose, instead of stitching directly on the head, I crocheted it & then sew it on...

Hmmm...the nose is not so proportion...need more practice...

Oh well...I'll keep for future orders or give aways...:P

Hello Kitty, anyone?

BB Constantine got a bday invitation from his classmate, Audrey last Friday...

I've decided to hand make the bday present instead of buying off the shelf, as I always like things personalised...so, it is back to the computer, browsing for ideas of what to do...

I saw Audrey almost everytime when I send Constantine to school, talked to her few times...I noticed she has alot of Hello Kittys with her...the food container, hairclips/hairbands & she loves things pink as her beg & water tumbler also is pink...so I thought she must love Hello Kitty...

So, I decided to make Hello Kitty, but what to make? I only have 4 days to prepare the present as the party is following Wednesday...

Finally, after about 3 hours of browsing through images from the website, I came across 2 pictures that i like...1 for crochet & 1 for cross stitch...

Then, it is back to my threads & needles...

To be honest, this is the 1st time I'm doing Amigurumi, so was worried it won't turn out as nice...

After 3 hours of crocheting, all parts are done! Now, the most difficult part, sewing all parts together! And...Ta-da...

It is a size of my palm, so it is kinda mini...
For her eyes & nose, I don't feel comfortable sticking felt with glue, so I stitched on it instead. But the eyes looked kinda oversize...lol

Next, is the cross stitch...I first need to draw the outline of the picture...then, I searched for cute alphabet of Audrey's name...as I said, I want the present to be personalised...

This is the final product of the alphabet after selecting the rainbow colors of threads...

Then, it is the stitching of the rest of the image...took me about 2.5 nights to finish it...then send it to the tailor to help make it into a pillowcase...

Next, is the washing, drying & preparation of the bday card...
I prepared the washing & care instruction, for future reference...

For the bday card, I used black & white image of Hello Kitty, downloaded from the website & added in some text...
This is the original image...

This is the image after I added in the text & some flowers...

And, this is the final artwork...after I colored it...

And, it's ready to go! Hope Audrey likes it! :)