Minnie Mouse Flower Bouquet

It's my friend, Karis, birthday today. So I have decided to hand-make a present for her.

She is born in the year of Rat, according to Chinese zodiac.

So, here's what I made:

Ok...let's play a game...let's see how many items you can find...:)

There are:

1) 1 Dark Purple Rose

2) 1 Light Purple Rose

3) 1 Light Yellow Rose

4) 1 Orange Wild Flower

5) 1 Red Wild Flower

6) 1 Pink Wild Flower

7) 1 Minnie Icon

8) 1 Pink Boutique Bow

9) 1 Pink Polkadot Skirt

10) 1 Dark Yellow Butterfly

11) 1 Turqouise Butterfly

12) 1 Dark Green alphabet 'K'

If you can see all 12 items...good job! :D

Oh, why I made a Minnie Mouse, you ask? I told you, my dear friend is born in the year of rat/mouse...:)

Happy b'day Karis! have a Blast!!! Hope you like the present...

Pink Teddy & Her little Sleeping Bag

Little Pink Teddy is not feeling well due to the ever changing weather, but she had to go work. 

So, she decided to bring her sleeping bag along...

Half way working, she felt dizzy & has to take a rest. So, she snuggled into her sleeping bag...

Hm...not so comfy, she thinks...

So, she tosses & she turns...

Finally, she found comfort sleeping out of the sleeping bag! I think she felt hot inside the sleeping bag...

Hope she feels better soon!

Happy Sweet 21st Bday, dear cousin...

It's my cousin, Daphne's 21st birthday last 2 Saturday ago, I handmade a special present for her. 

I knew she'd loves it...:D after all...she is a HUGE fan!

Presenting...my 1st ever Rilakkuma!

How it fits in my hand...

From different angle...

And, since it is her 21st bday...(FYI, 21st bday is a very big thing for us as it is when we are no longer teen...) I made it something special...

Yes, it is a bag charm/Keychain...BUT...it is wearing a key necklace...plus, it has my cousin's initial 'D' on the key chain...

Up-close pictures...

I hope you love it, Daphne! This is a one-of-its-kind, money-can't-buy, limited-edition, one-in-the-world kinda present! Happy sweet 21st B'day! :D

The Cute Key-chain/Bag Charm story continues...

Today when I picked up Christopher from school, he mentioned *excitedly* that it was his friend, Alya's birthday today & they had a party in the school...then came the golden request...can you prepare a present for me to give her? Hm...I guess I should expect it already...LOL...

As I mentioned in my previous blog, after several 'surprised' & last minute requests from both of my sons asking for presents, I got smart & prepared some goodies & keep so that as & when there is a last minute request like this, I can just pick & choose. All I need to do is assemble it & viola! It is ready to go...

Guess who came to the rescue this time...

It's Ms Mini Teddy Monroe! I made her last month...If you notice, I usually will make bears as I find it is cuter to give bears instead of other characters...

Now let the assembling begins! I crocheted the alphabet A just now.

Then, I prepared the card & the gift bag...

The key-chain/bag charm is done! It only took me about half an hour to crochet the alphabet & assemble everything together!

Now Ms Mini Teddy Monroe is ready to meet her new owner, Alya. happy birthday to you Alya...hope you like the present! :D

Sesame Street Challenge? Bring It On!

2 weeks ago, a friend of mine challenged me to make Elmo. She said if I can make it, she wants to buy for her colleague, who is leaving the company soon...so, I said OK...let's give it a try...and since I'm making Elmo, she said if possible, make Cookie Monster as well as her colleague is a huge Elmo & Cookie Monster fan...

So, I started to experiment Cookie Monster...it took me about 2 hours to complete it...I used my son's plush Cookie as model...

This is the completed Cookie Monster...front & rear view...

I added a tiny lil' cookie for him...

Then I proceed to make Elmo, based on my son's plush Elmo...

Of course, since I'm into making cute keychain/charm, I make these 2 cuties into what I love...& tadaa...

Notice the alphabet D on Cookie Monster? That's the new owner's initial...I added a flower to the alphabet to make it cuter...and for Elmo, I added a yellow star...so we call him Lucky Elmo...

Lucky Elmo & Baby Cookie are about 4.5in tall & they sit on my palm just nice...

I packed Lucky Elmo & Baby Cookie in a see thru pouch...

Ok, now everybody says 'cheese'...

So how? Not too bad huh? My friends love it so much...LOL...wonder if she is going to give it to her colleague or she will keep it for herself!

Birthday Present for Emerlyn

Constantine got a birthday invitation from his girl friend from Year 2...

So, I have to think of what to prepare for his friend's present...it took me half a day to finally decide to ask Constantine what he'd like to give Emerlyn. After all, it is his present to her...

He said a bunny & a teddy, just like what you did...I was like...WHAT? I was thinking of a new plush since I have enough time to trial & error...I have made way too many teddys already....but since it is his wish, it shall be fulfilled! I prepared 2 items...

1) Bunny Rabbit keychain/charm

Bunny is done! Gee...from this angle, it looks more like Stitch than a bunny...LOL

Lucky star is done...

And the finished product...ta-daaa...a lucky star bunny rabbit with the alphabet E for Emerlyn...it is small enough to sit on half of my palm...

2) Teddy Monroe

Since I have to make another teddy, I've decided to make it slightly different from what I usually make...so, I added a skirt to the bear...hm...it reminds me of Marilyn Monroe, only thing is that her signature dress is white & this is dark Maroon...so, let's call her Teddy Monroe...lol

Alright, it's ready to go! Hope her new owner will love it as much as I do!