December 25, 2021

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope everyone is having safe and exciting holiday!

There was my friend's Christmas party that they planned to have ornament exchange so I decided to do handmade ornament to participate. Sadly the party got cancelled cuz of the announcement of province's indoor capacity restriction.

Sooo to make good use of it, I've decided to add this ornament to my tree instead.
 
Christmas Ornament

Christmas Ornament


I made this Murakami Flower Christmas Ornament, made for the party host. Hope they like it!

Murakami Flower Christmas Ornament

Murakami Flower Christmas Ornament

December 16, 2021

Summer Bag

It's winter now and I didn't post this early enough before the summer ends....
Just while ago, Michael Kor had nice summer raffia bag, it looked really cute with that white stitch on the strap so I gave a try to make my own version.

Leather straps are from unwanted leather jackets from friends and I repurposed them for this project. 

Summer Bag



I got these Raffia yarns from Wool And The Gang. This yarn is made from paper so I thought it would tear easier but it has a same strength as regular yarn. So one strand of yarn can tear with a pull but once you crochet, it becomes tough material. This goes with paper raffia yarn. Haven't tested if this is actually waterproof but I'll let it happen when it rains on it.

Summer Bag

Summer Bag

Summer Bag



Quick and easy way to make waxed thread(for the strap) is grab crochet yarn and rub the thread against the bee wax.

I keep all my bee wax candles, like the leftover bottom when you finish using candles. There's always a way to re-purpose these.

Summer Bag



So this waxed thread is hand stitched across the leather strap.

Summer Bag

Summer Bag



The metal buckles are from dog collars that I got from Target's liquidation sale where they were $1 for a collar.

Summer Bag

Summer Bag

Summer Bag

Summer Bag