Happy Saturday! Today I want to share my up-cycle idea. It takes less than 30minutes to make this whimsical can flower vase and you will love it forever! 🙂 How to make: 1.Clean and dry an empty can. (I recommend fruit cans) 2.Save the paper menu from your local restaurantContinue Reading

This morning I wanted to try some different ways of sewing illustration, commonly called “free hand motion embroidery”. I was surfing the web and found out that  many amazing ladies(mostly in the U.K.) uses “darning foot” on their wonderful machine drawings. This picture is the result of all my effortContinue Reading

  Today I want to show you my scrunchies that I made  a long time ago. My three girls and I have long hair, so we are always looking for hair ties.   This jelly roll pack I found at JoAnn store, I couldn’t help grab them and add themContinue Reading

After spending several hours to make a card, I wasn’t happy with the result. Then I went outside for a cup of coffee. When I came back to my desk, I started to  work on a new project. which was this card. It took about 20minutes! Today’s lesson was that  sittingContinue Reading

I have a fake antique radio. It works O.K. but I am used to playing music on my  iphone rather than listening to the radio. The other day I was looking at my radio and all of sudden I got a card idea. I roughly sketched the radio on theContinue Reading

On this Father’s Day, for my  hard working hubby.   What you need: Hero Art clear stamp set. Fabric scrap, Quilt bedding, Black card stock, Gold embossing powder, Heat tool   Stamp on fabric and then trace the image with your sewing machine.       A brush and aContinue Reading

                I remember the day my three girls were so excited of getting new pairs of shoes. Their shoes are not bright and shiny any more now but by the time the shoes are old my girls have grown so much. I’d alwaysContinue Reading

  It was one rainy Saturday morning. Chloe opened the front door and found lovely 3 mug rugs wrapped in a plastic bag. It was the first time someone handmade me something and left them on my front porch. That afternoon  I spent the rest of the day making thisContinue Reading

    I use to believe that the hair should be plain brown, gray or black. Then one day, I played with my red flower patterns and realized how they go along well with hair! Now I aggressively use almost any color  for hair. (Although I don’t have the courageContinue Reading

  I love old jeans especially my girls’ old jeans. It has all the stories that any imitations hardly look alike. The imitations I mean all the fake antiques made in China. They may look good in a distance but you immediately realize how cheap it is. Long story short,Continue Reading

            Last night I stayed up late to finish this card. I have been sewing on paper many times before but I particularly like this version. Practice is always the answer. 🙂           Step1. Play with your watercolor and make yourContinue Reading

As Father’s Day is coming, I want to share my gift idea with you.     This is the original picture when my Chloe was 5 years old. Lucky I saved her journal and sew with my sewing machine. This picture saved me on 2013 Valentine’s Day. 🙂    Continue Reading