Another Sun

Zee is way too nice as a person, she gave me an award! :D Thank you so much, it' really is an honor accepting an award from you!

The rules: place the award at your blog and link back to the generous giver. Give the award to as many bloggers you like, put their links in your blogpost and let them know you have awarded them.

Here's my pick, new friends, old friends, I love them no matter what; veren, rheea (here's my birthday present!), lia, priscilla, jacqui.

Happy weekend, everyone! Ta-ta!

Melon for Summer!

The sun, the air, the breeze, the crickets' chirping, the ice creams.. Summer is approaching, as anyone can tell. Sure that it made no different for me, living by the equator, I get the whole sun to myself, but I can always relate to the 4 seasons in the world. Let's say, I love to celebrate, and this is one of my excuse.

The other reason that I love to celebrate different season is .. fashion! If you think dressing up for four different season is exhausting, try living in only muumuus for the rest of your life! Fret not, this is the right season to let your muumuus out.


Considering getting your pint sized half a new summer dress? Say hello to melimelon. She sews the prettiest summer dress for little girls I have ever seen.
A mother of two beautiful girls (5 and 9, nice pair!) herself, she decided to open an Etsy shop dedicating for girls' dress. She's a proud stay at home mama from Barcelona (hey, it rhymes!) and also a freelance graphic designer. She was too kind when she answered my questions ..

Who teaches you to make your own clothes/ what makes you start to sew?
When I was a child, my mother always made the clothes for me and my sisters, so I spend a lot of hours looking at her while working and learning how to sew and make patterns. When she left us a few years ago I became the new owner of her sewing machine and a lot of vintage and never used fabrics. My oldest daughter is so thin and tall, that conventional sizes in the shops never fit her well, so I started to sew new dresses for her and that's how everything began.

Let's say you're a piece of fabric, what would you be an why?
Think I would be a traditional fabric like silk, with a spring and colourful pattern (like butterflies and a lot of flowers). I’m always a very optimist and happy woman, so I don’t identify myself with solid fabrics nor dark colours.

What's the greatest reward in this business?
Always when a customer, after receiving my clothes, tells me how happy is a girl wearing one of my designs. After all, my final customers are the kids, not their parents...
On the contrary, what's the most sacrificing thing you have ever done in favor of the business?
I’ve recently took part of my first craft show and it was really a sacrifice for me: I had to wake up very early on a cold and snowy sunday and stare there freezing for hours. I’m pretty shy, so it was very hard for me to talk to customers face to face for the first time too, but it was worthy, as I had several high priced dresses sold.

Which celebrity kids you're dying to make a dress for?
In Spain we don’t have any celebrity kids, here it’s not allowed to publish their faces. Otherwise, I don’t have TV connection at home, so I don’t know much about the celebrities world... but yes, I would be glad if any of them was wearing one of my dresses.


Yes or no : Matching dress with your toddler? (..and why?)
Maybe I would wear the same fabric, but not the same style/design. I’ve never made matching outfits for me and my daughters, probably because we have very different styles. Yes, I think that every little girl has her own style!
Finally, what piece of clothing you'd never ever make?
I don’t like “sexy” clothes for little girls, think they’ll have a lot of time to wear those when they have grown. I always try to make my designs playful and comfortable, just as toddlers are.


Wow, don't we think alike? I hate sexy clothes on little girls too. So, if you're still reading up to this point, you're in luck, melimelon offers a free shipping promo anywhere in the world for babalisme's reader. Just mention "babalisme" upon your checkout at Etsy and enjoy your summer.

Art Swap

I'm joining a swap. Again. This time it was initiated by Spoonfulzine. I was invited by Evita and was really surprised on how many people have joined. I knew about that because I'm having a hard time building my 6 invitations, as all creative people have joined in the swap! Anyhoo, these what my swap package will consist..


..mmm.. and one original hand drawn illustration. It's a surprise. ;)

So if you're interested in joining in but haven't, please leave your email address (use {at} and {dot} please for safety) in this post's comments.

Blythe Girl

Seriously, I have a thing for beautiful things.. including the beautiful girls, it makes my husband doubt my sexual orientation at some point. Currently, accordingly to the spring mood, I have fallen in love with the girl in Lyell's Spring collection. She looks like Blythe the doll. I want to own her and dress her up.

Felt in Love

I just discovered felt. Pretty late. Amazing material, isn't it? And the perfect texture to practice my so called sewing skills, hello, please, learn to sew a button first, deario. Felt is not easy to get wrinkly, or stretch up, or fray, it's jut perfect, though some lower quality felt tend to be furry.

Made this flower brooch/hairpin/whatever, I haven't put anything in the back according to this tutorial by A Hoot and Holler, amazing tut. Instead of rounded petals I shaped it more and used 3 sized petals to made 3 flowers and tiered them, I ran out of pompoms too, so I just lazily rolled a leftover felt around to its center. Sssssh, novice. Go learn sew a button!

I'm (still) Alive

I have a computer breakdown since..when was my last post? March?

Yes.

And being a high tech digital (exaggerating it a bit...) blogger mom, I thought a part of me had died, buried in the repair shop.

I deeply, truthfully apologized especially to my clients and friends needing my presence in the virtual world. I am really really sorry, and of course to you my readers. So, what happened, Cyber Mom (this exaggerating thing is beginning to sound lame)? Have you ever watched an old Warner Brothers' cartoon that features Michigan J. Frog? Well if you're unfamiliar with Michigan, I'll tell you. He's a singing frog. Quite a dime, eh? And he is found by a construction worker, who of course, has an idea publishing him as a big mega star and earned big bucks from the frog. The problem is, Michigan only sings when nobody but his master is watching. Yes, I felt like the frog's owner for the past three weeks.

"The computer didn't start.."

"It's fine here, Ma'am...look..."

(me taking it home, the comp didn't work, me taking it to the shop)

"It won't start at my place.."

"I'll try changing the -fill with hard to remember CPU part name- ..if it won't start again, you can bring it back here"

And so the conversation went on with me taking the huge CPU to the shop and back several times. So, I had an Easter project dying to be shared, a printable, and a lot of ideas, but no blog. First thing first, please welcome me back from the typewriter era with a really late pleasant news. These babies here are a gift from my friend Little Z all the way from Netherlands. Thank you, Zee! She has a really handsome shop and I almost cried when I had these wooden magnets, they won't leave my fridge door! Never!

Here are the rest of Zee's loot bag. Get jealous, people. :)

Missing you all!

Spring Shopping..

These are things I bought over the weekend. As usual I peed my pants for a couple of pens, warmer bottle, some deco tapes, stamps,
and DIY tag sets.


I apologize for my random appearance in the blogosphere.. I really miss blog hoping and visiting all of your lovely blogs, but recently, Baby G and work stuffs require more of my time than ever. Sorry!

I'm off to warm my belly now with the new bottle. *sigh*

Pom Pom Delight

Lovely pompoms from Oncewed...(view the tutorial too)..Spring is coming and pom poms are the only things I had in mind...


I'm thinking of getting a plain ballerina flat and decorate them like these babies. Attachable pompoms! How adorable and practical too!

How to make your own pom pom, the easiest step by step guide from Oncewed.

ps. I was lamenting of how the new post editor was killing me and everyone keep assuring me that I only need to get used to it. It turns out that the new editor somehow doesn't work properly in my computer, though I have been using the newest version of Firefox. For me, it was just a messy box with no toolbar icon or whatsoever, when it appears nice looking and user friendly to the rest of the world... so...I'm using the good old editor now...

Giveaway Presents..

After the giveaway winning streak last week, here comes the collecting times..

First it was the Shopbop US$100 GC I won down at hotchocolatemint. It was the biggest package and you know who would be delighted unwrapping it. I took Charlotte Ronson Gray Suede Ankle Boots, So Low liquid leggings, and Free People Cropped Tee, all for a nice round of 100.

 ..and see who is coming home...

Next is a vintage bag from RevolvingStyles I won at MuchLove...

..and pretty little package from TeaandCeremony, a prize from SweetTidings giveaway.. 

 

 

What's more ironic? My mom who is a big fan superstitious thingy , checked my 2010 luck yesterday and it turned out real bad I should have been hiding under my bed by now. Anyhoo..ready to test your luck own luck? How about winning this gorgeous necklace down at Grosgrain?

Help!

Why didn't I see all the formatting button when I post?

How do I put links and pictures?

Store I love...

If I ever visit Malaysia one day (ow, come on, it's only 2 hours from your place, get going now!) this store is on top of my visit list. Take a peek..



The measuring tape skirt is officially driving me crazy! Visit the online blog here!
on the lighter note, if you're in the mood for something free heads up to hartje&bloem for a lovely bag she has sewn.

Happy (Belated) Birthday!

I owe you guys Baby G's birthday photos, so here they are..





Kiss-y bye, everyone.

All photographs and editing courtesy of Glam Photoloft.