Since we moved in to our current apartment last February, I've been slowly filling our walls with photographs and art. Most of the artwork I put up Kayo and I made ourselves and a number are prints and postcards we've collected through the years. There are one or two wall spaces I'm still trying to decorate but my recent progress involved a wall in our living room area where there's a gigantic fuse box of an eye sore! Actually, when we have guests, that's one of the first things they see and they almost always wonder out loud saying, "What the heck is that?!" I guess when the building was Read More
DIY: Handsewn and Stenciled Flat Pouch
I used to avoid having to sew. It was just something I knew I wasn't good at and I never really felt like working on it so I could be better. I used to just ask my mom to sew things for me and that didn't even happen very often. But now that I have children and my own home to run, I find myself having to deal with ripped clothes, loose buttons and all sorts of fabric items coming apart at the seams in a more regular basis. I didn't want to have to pay for someone to do it for me, so yes, I voluntarily sewed every time I had to. But the last few months, as I repaired and sewed clothes and other Read More