Spring has arrived

Love Sakura (cherry blossom), just love its gentle and suttle pink colour. So beautiful. When the weather is good, I just go outside and close my eyes...and feel the warm spring wind and listen to the birds. So peaceful and so special moment.

Hand embroidery

I hand embroidered and appliqued for my second son the other day! I just did a rough sketch and to see the balance of the picture. And after that it is mainly free-hand emboridery. I used adhesive interfacing to attach the sail and boat parts, then applied the zig-zag stitch using a sewing machine around the edges. Once you complete it, I placed it onto a cardboard, but not too thick, then put it into a picture frame. Here you go, you got the original art in the room!

Geometric 3D paper work

My older son has been showing a great interest in geometric shapes and I wanted to make something for him, with paper! I just simply love origami and found it origami is very therapeutic. I used cardstock papers which I bought from a local craft shop. This paper is much more harder to fold than origami paper, so I found it easier to use a ruler to fold along dotted lines. Also, I used my son's glue stick and it took a while to dry out...it did the job though! You can get templates from minieco.co.uk and more interesting geometric 3D from How About Orange. And if you would like to make slightly challenging 3D units using origami papers, you can find them from origami-club. Happy folding!

Spring Break and Easter Holiday (春休みとイースターホリデー）

For the past 4-5 weeks, I have been busy spending time with my kids! Lots of play with marbles and blocks, visited Science World in Vancouver and playing in parks. Hope everyone had a great Easter Holiday too!

この4－5週間は、春休みとイースターホリデーがあったので、子供たちと思いっきり遊びました！ビー玉と積み木で遊んだり、バンクーバーのサイエンスワールドに行ったり、公園で思いっきり走り回りました。