Friday, July 10, 2009

An odd piece

This is an odd piece of fabric which I recently purchased. There's nothing resemble my usual polka dot or stripes or floral. But there's just something about it (I can't describe). Maybe I'll be able to make something nice from it. I guess I'll go explore it now.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Puchi and the little Maltese

We took Puchi to the vet for her follow-up visit and it's all good news. She is doing really well and finally can take the cone of shame off. She is super excited for that and starts exploring the world again. For days, she tried to hide her belly (where the wound is) but now she starts rolling around and sleeps on her back again! The only problem now is that she can't take a bath yet. And she stinks! We can't blame her and I'm sure she hates it too. Hopefully, we'll treat her to the pet spa next week when her wound get better. Plus, I think she needs a haircut. =)By the way, we saw this cute little Maltese in the pet shop. She is so tiny and remind us when Puchi was small so much. She is kind of look like a Chinese doll in person. And I love her 80's punk hair. Hmm... maybe this will be Puchi's new cut.
Happy Thursday!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Chocolate Confession

My chocolate craving is back in the past weeks. It finally reached the point that I crave more than just a chocolate bar. It leaded me to one of my favourite desserts, the molten chocolate cake. I'd like to share this easy to make recipe by Chef Ramsay so you can make your own to impress yourself and your love ones. =)

two 3 1/2" ramekins or four 2 1/2" ramekins
2 oz 70% cocoa bittersweet chocolate
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
4 tbsp unsalted butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
unsweetened cocoa powderPreheat oven to 350oF or 170oC. Grease ramekins and dust all sides with cocoa powder. Set stove on medium low heat, put a small bowl over hot water, slowly melt chocolate and butter together, stir occasionally until smooth. Then, put the chocolate mixture aside for 10 minutes. Put egg, egg yolk and sugar in a large bowl and whisk until thick and pale. Stir in chocolate mixture. Sift in flour in small batches and gently fold in the mixture. Pour mixture in ramekins evenly.
For small ramekins, bake for 8-10 minutes. For large ramekins, bake for 15 - 18 minutes. The longer in the oven, the less molten chocolate in the centre.
The great thing about this is that it can be prepared earlier. Just cover the filled ramekins and keep refrigerated and set them out 20 minutes before baking. I've used Ghirardelli baking chocolate and it worked pretty good. To make it more impressive and extra sweet, try à la mode (with vanilla gelato)!
Happy Baking!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

New drawing

The Ladybug KidHappy Tuesday!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Honored to be there

We decided to drive out to Staples Center today to pay our respect and sign the memorial board. There were many media people taking pictures and video. Everyone had three minutes in the area and people were very courteous. The line wasn't too bad. We waited for around forty minute. The staff was very nice. She stood there the whole time under the blazing sun in her suit to let people in, lend out sharpies and help people taking pictures.There were various souvenir items like signature soda, dvd and newspaper clipping for sale.
I felt we were lucky and honored to be there.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Ruby's

We saw The Proposal Finally despite all the not-so-good reviews. It was okay, a simple classic love comedy. It's one of those movies makes you smile and full of hope in love. We then headed over to Ruby's for an early dinner. They have good burgers and usually great service there. Their burger is pretty juicy and salad is fresh. I like their salad dressing which is very light. My favourite is their Parmesan bleu fries. It's basically french fries sprinkled with Parmesan cheese all over. Umm... delish!!The only downside is their coke, which is almost bubbleless every time. Maybe I'm too used to those super bubblely coke from Mcdonalds.
Came across this interesting book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, by Jennifer 8. Lee. Haven't finished it yet and enjoying it so far.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend! =)

Thursday, July 2, 2009

New painting

Here's my most recent work.
Lost In Rain
Have a wonderful July 4th weekend!! =)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Vintage look

Vintage! Vintage! Vintage!
The coming up new items are all finished with a vintage touch. I love vintage! They looks so great on the girls, maybe because they are from the 70's.
Happy Tuesday!

Road to Recovery

It has been few days since Puchi's surgery. She has been pretty much staying in her house the whole time. Sometimes she moves her little nose (like sniffing) and makes some hissing sound, like she is weeping quietly. It's heart breaking to see. Occasionally, she would come out to check what we're doing and take a short walk in the living room. It would only be a few minutes then she will go back to her house. She has been walking on three legs a lot because she needs to spare one of her little back legs for scratching the wound. It must be very itchy there... She has been eating but not as usual. She refuses to eat her regular dry food. We try to soak the pebbles in water and mix it with supplement gel(which the vet called it the 'puppy's candy'). And of course, with the "cone of shame"(from movie "Up"), we need to spoon feed her every meal. It seems to work for her.
Happy Tuesday!

Friday, June 26, 2009

Puchi's home

We've taken Puchi to the vet early this morning for her operation. As common as such a routine procedure, I would be lying if I wasn't worry waiting for the news at home. We finally got a call from the nurse around two and were told that the surgery went well.
She's home now and pretty much sleeping the whole time. We just need to make sure she doesn't scratch the wound as she is VERY flexible when she scratches herself. Hopefully she'll be better in few days and recover in two weeks.
Poor Puchi!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Coping with many

It was such a shocking moment to hear the sad news of Michael Jackson. It is simply speechless. The news report from every single channel is so overwhelming. So many are devastated in every corner of the world. And most of us still, can't believe it is real... One of the greatest singer and artist of all time, a legend who will be remembered and missed dearly in our hearts.

New shirts

These cute little pin dot shirts are my latest creation.
I'm in the progress of making some vintage look flare pants to match with them. Here's a sneak peek. =)

A Portrait of Childhood

A recent drawing. It resembles the precious childhood moments of many with their favourite toy.

Girl and Doll
Happy Thursday!

First Photo Shoot

Here comes Puchi's first photo shoot! I know we do take photos of her all the time but this is the first time that we set up a nice plot. It sounds like a proud mom, again I need to give her a lot of credit for staying still instead of exploring around. It was her first time to be around all these plushies.my favourite oneAnd here're some snapshots of her sit on greeting training. She's better now but she still can't resist on jumping on people, kids especially. Tomorrow is our big day. Puchi is going to her spay operation. We had struggled the whole time whether to do it or not. We decided to take the advice that if we are not intend to find her a mate, it should be better for her to do it. I hope we are making a good decision for her...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Bratz and Barbie

I was surprised to find this beautiful porcelain Bratz at Toysrus. It was released back in 2008 but I never knew about it. I usually don't like Bratz but she is gorgeous, especially in person. The face is very well painted and her hair is nice and long. Too bad that she had an open mouth, or else I would have got it already. And I always love retro, who doesn't? These new Pop Life Collector Barbie are so cool. From the hairdo to outfit to accessories, also that so "plasticgy" chair comes with the doll... They should make a whole set of those furniture and sell separately!
Happy Tuesday!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Swap meet

It was a perfect day to go to swap meet yesterday, sunny with mild breeze. It was our first time to visit this one at Long Beach. We were delighted to find it much less commercialize than some other ones we went to. There were more small vendors which leads to more rare treasures and reasonable price. This one stall selling old games and storybooks had caught our attention. I have to admit that I did not give up my hope for a miracle that I'll find a Blythe doll at a swap meet someday. Preferably not in these shape though.I was so glad to find a button couple selling these fine antique and vintage buttons. There was one more card I wanted to acquire but it was gone when I made my second visit. But I'm settled with these for now. =)
Happy Monday!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Puchi again!

I know I've been talking about Puchi a lot since we have been hanging out quite a bit recently. We were trying to take her out more, in the neighborhood, to the mall, trying to get her used to people and other doggies. She's getting much better now after a few times. It was entertaining to watch her when we were sitting down. She would try to sit with her head following people walked by, hoping that people would pet her. When people walked away, she would find another target.
We've graduated from puppy class, yay!! I have to give her a lot of credit on winning the "stay" competition, she made it to over 90 seconds. I felt bad to keep her sit still for so long but at least she recieved a big treat from our trainer for her prize. Not bad I guess. The little grey one on the right is her best friend, Channel.We've got her this tunnel from Ikea which I had my eye on it for a long time. She loves it so much that amazingly she was down and let me took this cute little snapshot of her. I guess you can tell she's a happy dog. =)Happy Tuesday!

Love this skirt

Not just that I love this new skirt, I just love this black and white stripe floral fabric. It really has been my recent favourite. =) It's classy yet stylish. I'm so glad that I got it (I wasn't too sure about the thick and thin stripes). And it ended up look so fabulous in every piece I made, including the testing ones. So back to this skirt, it has an elastic waist which was designed and carefully pressed to open up like blossom on the top. It looks especially good with black shirt. =)Available at Etsy now!

Happy Tuesday!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Time to fly

A little girl with a little yellow balloon. It's time to fly.Happy Monday!

Monday, June 8, 2009

the small things

Can you guess what it is? It's something we all have, or had. It just happen that this one is as tiny as a sesame.They can be found in any corner recently. It's Puchi's baby tooth! Yes, her adult teeth are growing out now. Luckily, she doesn't seem to be in any sore and be active as usual. We've got her this cute little pink heart tag at Muttropolis. And a little bell to let people hear that she's around. Hope it will help reduce the "accidental stepping" to minimum which happens from time to time at home.A picture of her bedhead, so funny.
Happy Monday!