One Pretty Thing feature & roasted balsamic tomatoes

This happened last Saturday. My 'Ciao' coin purse was featured on last week's Flickr Friends Roundup on One Pretty Thing. I was over the moon. I always love One Pretty Thing, a really clever website that gathers inspirations and tutorials from other crafty blogs without having us to do the hard work! I'm very grateful that I found this website. I also found out that it was featured on Le Blog Friendstitch under the tutorial section, although I have only shown some photos of work on progress of that purse. I did think about doing a tutorial of this and maybe I will. On other note, Miky, my boy friend told me that his mother loves the coin purse that I've made for her. Again, I felt happy and content!

My (slightly burnt) Roasted Balsamic Tomatoes

This was my lunch today. I got the recipes from Essential magazine (UK June 09 issue). I've never felt that tomatoes can taste this good on their own.

Recipes (my own version):
8 salad tomatoes
balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt to taste
I also add some soy sauce after getting them out of the oven.

They are supposed to be slow-roast for 1 to 2 hours in the oven on gas mark 2 but I thought I didn't have the patient to wait that long so I put them on gas mark 8 instead and forgot to take them out of the oven after almost an hour hence with a few of them slightly burnt...

One Pretty Thing feature & roasted balsamic tomatoes

Current Project: Coin purse / pouch & a kawaii Scheduler

Work In Progress...

Here's a sneak peak of what I've been up to lately... a pouch / coin purse for my aunt. I have had a lot of ideas on how to design it and hence I still haven't finish crafting it even though I've started weeks ago. I want it to be a multi-purpose pouch with a little sarubobo plush (filled with dried lavender) hugging the pouch, a detachable felt rose brooch and a ribbon as a handle. Perhaps I'm too ambitious or just lazy to try out new things: sewing the sarubobo plush & felt rose.

Front cover of scheduler

I bought this really cute scheduler from Artbox at Topshop in London when I went down there for the Australia Needs Skills Expo weeks ago. It costed £10 which is quite expensive for me but I just wanted to get my hands on it! It's made in Korea and contains lots of cute pages as you can see below:






This will be my third diary/scheduler for this year... I always have a weakness in diaries but I never get to fill in every page of them. I hope this scheduler will inspire me to do my travel journal.

Current Project: Coin purse / pouch & a kawaii Scheduler

paris coin purse, magazines ( Katherine Heigl ), pig in kimono, pink bow

Goods from Accessorize

I went to watch Ice Age 3 with Miky on Wednesday and went shopping yesterday. Accessorize is having a sale and I couldn't help myself buying something. I bought the hair elastic band with a pink bow, a piggy in kimono key chain and a Paris coin purse, all at half price. I had my eyes on the elastic band for a while and even imagined wearing it when I start my new job. I like the Paris coin purse best, with an Eiffel tower chain. I keep their tags on as I'm still not sure whether I will return this impulse purchase.

Front view of Paris coin purse

Back view of Paris coin purse, with lovely heart prints

Piggy in Kimono key chain

I think I might return this sweet piggy...I wouldn't be so interested in buying it if it's other animal. She's really cute!

Boots' Health & Beauty magazine & Marie Claire Magazine

Another of my impulse purchase yesterday, with my Boots advantage card points. I thought I'll be able to get the free Aveda shampoo for buying the Marie Claire magazine but they are all gone when I try to redeem it from Harvey Nichols, Leeds. I prefer reading other magazines such as Prima, Essentials and Red, but Marie Claire always include the best free gift with their magazine.

paris coin purse, magazines ( Katherine Heigl ), pig in kimono, pink bow