Happy Lunar New Year

It is the year of Dragon in a day. I wish that it will be a better year for everyone in the world.

Beading in Sarawak

When I was in Kuching during December, we went to the Sarawak Cultural Village, a living museum that showcases the cultural heritages of Sarawak, with longhouses of different tribes. Villagers are there to show how their days are like in the longhouse and the things they do.

This lady was in Orang Ulu Longhouse beading away and also selling them. She told me that she made all these and to support handmade I decided to get this crocodile for my bag. :D  It is very soft and moves kinda funnily. Hehe

If you are planning to buy a lot of souvenirs and you have a tight budget, you can get the exact design from Jalan Main Bazaar for 2/3 of the price I paid at the SCV. Reason why I bought from SCV instead was that I read online that the money goes straight to the maker but I am not sure how true is that, I just want to support handmade. XD It is not super expensive but if you are getting a lot for your family and friends that might hurt the wallet a little. LoL

Back to beading, Kuching's beading craft is beautiful. I was too busy shopping for souvenirs I didn't have time to take photos of the craft works. OxO; So here are a few examples from my Google search to showcase how beautiful their beading works are. The way they used the colors and the patterns were amazing.

• Example 1  
• Example 2
• Example 3

Here is one of the souvenirs we bought for ourselves from the Jalan Main Bazaar. : ) <3

A walk with Lumix GX1 and 25mm F1.4

GX1 and 25mm F1.4 lens are new additions to our camera family and I really like the combination. Took a walk with it in Chinatown one afternoon and try to get use to it.

Spring is here! <3

Stall owner of the Lunar New Year decorations.

With F1.4 there is a lot to practice for me when it comes to the DoF. I have get the focusing right every time, but I am not complaining because I am in love with the bokeh. <3

Here is a photo of Fretty the always worried bear, an amigurumi bear I made recently. It is worried that it will fall into the water. XD I look forward to getting better at shooting with the setup so that I can share them here. <3

Welcome to my blog

Hello everyone, I am E and here is another attempt to start blogging again. I hope that I can hang on to blogging again like I used to and record my crafting journey. I might also add in some photos of places I go with my better half and friends. : ) Bear with my writing though, not much of a writer. Hehe.

Lunar New Year is just a few days away and spring cleaning is one of the things to do during this period of time and today I decide to clean up my wardrobe. I came cross a few crafts that were made by recycling old t-shirts into yarn and making them into something. It's pretty cool so I decided to recycle my old t-shirt. :D

I saw this tutorial by Bailey K on making t-shirt yarn and it's really easy. I am planning to make a seat cushion cover out of this but turns out the ball of yarn wasn't enough. Haha I might need 1 or 2 more t-shirts to make a complete seat cushion cover.