Personal Stuff: On her way to Korea ... 안녕~

*Sigh, the more I think about it, the more I will miss my friend as she is leaving for her 6 month trip to Korea in about 18 hours (from the time I finish writing this). I'm super happy that she's going to get a chance to have such an exciting experience, but at the same time I wish that I could go with her. It was really nice seeing her today, and I was super happy to be able to make something really special for her to take along with her on her trip (I wonder if she will bring the little mushroom bear with her? since I completely forgot to say TAKE HIM WITH YOU! lol, but it would be cool if she did). Ah I've known her for so long, since middle school, and it's the first time that I've seen her cry (or come close to crying), and it hit me that it's really real, and that she's really leaving very soon, and that made me cry (well almost cry, I did try hard to hold back some tears to be honest). But ahh! I really wish that I could go with her! :( It's making me sad now, just thinking about it. I also wish that I could come to the airport and see her off and wish her a safe flight to Korea (but I know that if I am there I will definitely cry~ there's no doubt in my mind about that).

I really did want to write a lot more in the photo book that we all participated in making for her. It would have been really cool if I was able to do so :) But we ran out of so much time, so my message was super rushed :( And I think I wrote what most people wrote as well :( But I am happy that I wrote her a little letter that I packed up with her present, so at least she'll get to read that... maybe she can tape it inside her photo book as well~ lol.

I really hope that in December I'll have enough money to come and visit. I told my dad today that I wanted to go to Korea in December to visit my friend, and he told me to go get a job first so that I'll have enough money to go lol. (I have no idea if he'll actually let me go, but if I say that I wouldn't be going alone and that my other friend will be there too, him and my mom might say 'okay' lol.... we'll see). I really hope that I can go, as it is one of the places that I've wanted to travel to for so long.

I'm not really sure why I didn't apply for the educational program myself. I would have loved to try to be a 'teacher' and teach young students English. But I think my fear of leaving behind stuff got the better of me. I didn't think it was the right time for me to go (as there is a lot of stuff at home that I don't want to leave behind... my family...my boyfriend...my friends...especially my little hamster... and there are so many things that I need to work out before I would have the peace of mind to go for a full 6 months. I also feared rejection, and not getting into the program. But I think I have been using my 'fears' as an excuse for me to stay here in Toronto. As much as I want to go travel around to different parts of the world, I feel like leaving home for 6 months would be too long for me to be away from home, since home is all that I know. So maybe 2 weeks during the holiday season would suit me better? A mini vacation... a small break away from home, and away from the country that I grew up in. And once those two weeks are over I will be back in Toronto, and back to my regular life.

I'm not sure. I don't really know how I'd really feel if I was away for the full 6 months. Maybe when I am there it will not seem like 6 months, and those months will fly by super fast, just like how university flew by so fast. But then again, maybe those 6 months will feel super long to me, so maybe the 2 week thing wont be so bad. All I know is that I want to be there, but be here at the same time. Oh how I wish I was able to teleport! hahaha.

Ahhh, Janet you are leaving! And it makes me so sad :( I'm like happy and sad at the same time and full of a bunch of different emotions. I really hope that you will have a super fun, and safe trip. Take it all one day at a time. Absorb and embrace the entire experience... and when you have done that... go to your house in Korea, sign online, and tell me all about it! lol. I should go and download Skype so that I can send you a message if I see you online :) Don't forget to send me your address so that I can mail you letters! Sending letters are always fun... a lot more fun than sending an email message, as it's physical, something you can touch, and something you can keep somewhere safe~ If you read my blog before your flight, I hope you'll bring your little mushroom bear with you ^^ Then it'll kind of be like I went to Korea with you ^^ lol Or if you are scared that you'll loose him there, leave him at home so that when you get back he'll be there waiting for you, but it will be super cool if you brought him :) I do hope you really liked it though and I'm happy that I was able to finish it on time for you :) There were so so many times when I wanted to Twitter about it or write about it here on my blog, but then I remember that you read all of those things lol, so it was so very hard not to mention it :) Have a safe trip Janet~ I really wish I could see you at the airport, even if I'll be a crybaby haha :(

So to my friend...

내 친구, 안녕... :( 난 너를 정말 보고싶어*.
(Goodbye my friend... I will really miss you)

*I know I wrote it in the present tense (and I am not sure if it is even correct), but I forgot how to write it in the future tense lol since you have my book LOLOL~

Super cute and fun.

Today I got this really cute cute cute package in the mail from the very sweet and lovely Wynn of Zakkaart. I had stumbled upon her shop a while back, and had ordered a MiniDuo all-in-one Zip Pouch - Hoot Hoot Owl (Pink) to hold my tissues and other tiny items in. Since then, Wynn and I have become really great friends ^^ I love to read her blog and occasionally we have messaged each other to see how we are doing :) So I was super excited to order a onigiri box from her main shop Zakkaart.com.

One day, she had told me that when she was out shopping for fabric, she saw some really cute prints, one of which had panda bears (and she knows how much I like pandas), and so she told me that she was going to make something for me (she's so nice isn't she?). I had no idea what it was that she was going to make, but I was really excited to find out (knowing that she was going to ship it out with the onigiri box).

Well today it finally arrived and I have to say I'm in love with it! I love the draw string pouch she made for me. She made it with the idea that I would be storing my knitting and crocheting essentials within it, and that's exactly what I decided I'd use it for when I first saw it ^^. She even threw in one of my favourite "Hello Panda" cookies! I haven't eaten these in a few years but when I saw them packaged up it totally put a smile on my face~ I was definitely not expecting to see such cute little cookies! It definitely brought back some memories of when I hung out with one of my friends :) HAha. Anywhoo, enough of my rambling, time to post some photos! :D yayyyyy~






^ This is the 'inner' side of the draw string pouch, as it is reversible ^^



Wynn has been such a great person, and majorly supportive as well. In fact, she was one of the people who encouraged me to open up my shop in the first place ^^ I'm so happy to have 'met' such a wonderful person ^^ I wish her all the best with her future teaching career, and hope that she has a wonderful and healthy second child ^______^ how exciting!! Thanks so much Wynn for all your help and your support and of course, your cute cute pouches!

If you haven't checked out Zakkaart.etsy.com please do! It's filled with wonderful bags, cute little pouches, and much much more :)

Featured: Treasury

Yay! I'm happy to say that my shop has been featured again! Thanks to the lovely Steph from owlonthesill. She featured my adorable marching polar bear in her Crimson and Cream Treasury. Have a look here.




Speaking of polar bears, here is one that I have finished making the other day for my friend's friend :)





I also received a super lovely package from Wynn of ZakkaArt. I will post some photos a bit later :)

Featured: Treasury

Recently I've noticed that people have been featuring me in their treasuries! It's always super exciting when they let me know that they have featured one of my little characters in their treasury. I meant to take screen caps of each one that I was featured in as it happened, but I haven't always remembered to. But I plan on doing so from now on and providing a link to that person's shop here at my blog as a thank you (although I do normally send them a thank you message through etsy ^^). So here is the latest treasury that featured something from my shop (my adorable owls!)



^ click on the above image to see a bigger version :)


A big thank you goes out to HeartshapedCreations for featuring me in her treasury :) Click here to check out her super cute treasury!

My owls were also featured in LittleWhiteDresser's treasury on July 25, 2009. A big thank you goes out to her as well :)




Another treasury that I was featured in a while back was created by Owlonthesill. I hadn't taken a screen cap of it, but I'm so happy that she did! So here it is.


^ She featured my cute little lamb named Molly


Jennyndesign had also featured my pandas in her treasury, but unfortunately, I forgot to take a screen cap :( but definitely stop by her shop :) She makes amazing handbags :)

CarrotBunny in Singapore.

So, you may remember that a while ago I had a request for a custom order to make a carrotbun bunny brooch for Mui Ee, who lives all the way in sunny Singapore. Well, she was kind enough to take a photo of her new bunny brooch sitting on top of her lovely brown bag, and I have to say, I love how it looks, and I'm super super happy that she took a photo for me to see~~ Makes me feel happy knowing that she loves it so very much ^^ hEhe. And with her permission, I'm posting the photo on my blog for everyone to see :) Horray!


Oh I just love turning my little cartoony drawings into actual objects :) fun fun fun!

^ This is a photo of it before I had shipped it out :)

If you are interested in a carrotbun bunny brooch, please either comment on this post to let me know, or send me a convo on my etsy page, and I'll be happy to make one for you~

Other than that I've been up all night long (last night, and for part of today) working on a polar bear for my friend's friend. And it is finally complete! I will have to take a photo of it and post it in my blog as well, but I will do that some time tomorrow, as it is very late. I've also started working on another mushroom bear! But this one seems a tad smaller than my first. I could have sworn I used my D hook to create the first one, but after comparing the two (thus far, as the second one is not finished yet), I think I might have actually used my size G crochet hook. I really need to start recording down which hook I used to crochet my characters, as I seem to be getting confused (and I don't have or use many crochet hooks either!). Hmm.

Also some more exciting news! Some of my toys may be heading to AUSTRALIA! Horray! It's super exciting, although it's only a few, but I can't wait to get started! They're going to be SUPER ORGANIC! and by that, I mean that they will be made with 100% organic cotton yarns and filled with 100% organic wool stuffing. How fun! Once I get started on those, I will definitely be posting up photos :) So, look forward to that. And oh yes, my stationary! I haven't quite finished it yet, as I have been really busy with other things (that are due this week), but I really hope to have it up soon. I know I keep saying that I will post it up soon, but I really mean it this time (although, my intentions were to have them up last time too lol). But hopefully I really will have them up for everyone to see :)