Cross Stitch Mural

I came across a lovely blog called Craftberry Bush last year and admire her creative and talented works as well as her photography skill that I just love. I think it was in January that I happened to pop by her blog again and saw her creation of cross stitch mural and heart pillow she made that blew me away, I wish I can draw like her but I can't but anyway I read her blog post on the cross stitch mural she made that led me to the original creator of the mural itself, a very talented and creative lady by the name of Eline Pellinkhof, she created a beautiful cross stitch mural that i can't help but try and make myself!

Eline Pellinkhof is a designer,an illustrator and an author of home decoration books, i'm in love with her creations but sadly all of her books are in dutch language and although my sister who lives in the netherlands offered me to buy her books over there for me, I hate to say that I need to be able to understand what she wrote and would rather wait until she published her books in english :)

I tried and made my version of cross stitch mural by using the leftover canvas I had and printed out a simple small rose image on my photo editor that i changed it into pixels, there are online converters out there to help you transform any image/photo into pixel/cross stitch pattern, i want it to be simple and easy to follow then I just used my laura ashley's paints and a small brush and just painted lots of cross-es where the pixel indicated by little squares on the image :)

the problem is you cant really see the shape of the rose if you see it close but you can see the shape of it when you stand further away :) but i'm happy although i still dont dare do it on the wall :P

I'm not surprised when i saw her featured in February Mollie Makes magazine (issue 11) with her beautiful cross stitch mural! I just love her and cant wait to get her book!

I also love the free gift from mollie makes, a free kit to make a cute babushka doll keyring :)

Back for Awhile

Hello Everyone! sorry for a long absence due to No Laptop condition, hubby couldn't fix it fast enough as he and his colleague who said that he could try and help fix the laptop were also busy at work and when they did, it's not totally fixed. The good news is the laptop is up and running again, the bad news is they said the monitor is failing so if I use it longer than an hour, the screen started to go weird and there are lines came up filling up the screen and that's the sign i have to switch it off to cool it off :(

But anyways, we know it's an old laptop and we need to buy a new one sooner or later but not at the moment as money is tight and i have other probs that are more important to think about but I hope everyone is doing fine and gosh! I miss blogging and most of all, reading all of you lovely ladies' blog posts! I know i got a lot to catch up but bear with me with this ol' broken laptop of mine, i'll visit your blogs as best as i can.

If there's any consolation, i'm grateful to my android phone, i can still twittering, facebooking and chat on the phone though it's limited of course. I guess it's a training for me who used to cant live without internet! and my going back for a holiday to my country Indonesia is drawing near too, if everything goes smoothly i'll be flying there on end of june and will be spending my time with my family for about two months! I do hope i can stay away from the computer that long coz i dont think i'll have the chance to go online once i'm there but i hope i could! (already envision myself fighting over one computer with 4 nieces and nephews) :)

I need to go off now but I'll be back blog hopping tomorrow morning as it's abit late now, i will also try to blog about things i made on my absence in the blog world. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

NO LAPTOP :(

I'm writing this using my friend's computer, just to let you all know (incase you're wondering) that abt a week ago..my laptop crashed and cant be switched ON again, hubby tried to bring it to work to see if anyone could help repair it as we can't afford to buy a new one, so...i'm still waiting and gosh! i'm so miserable without it! just a short update to let you guys know...i hope someone could repair it though and will get online as soon as i'm able.

Hope everyone's doing well! xx

March Photo-a-day Challenge

I'm joining March Photo-a-day Challenge over at Fat Mum Slim's Blog

My Entries for Day 12 to 22;

Day 12: Fork

Day 13: A Sign

Cafe sign, a gift from the lovely Bee Happy.

Day 14: Clouds

a cloud brooch that I made from felt

Day 15: Car

hubby's childhood toy

Day 16: Sunglasses

Spring is Here and what a glorious day outside!

Day 17: Green

My sainsburys shopping bag

Day 18: A corner of your home

my shed located right at the corner :P

Day 19: Funny

taken from my "Everything Alice" book, it's kinda funny i think :)

Day 20: Before/After

Finished making babushka doll from a free kit in mollie makes magazine,she's cute!

Day 21: Delicious

I went out with a friend to Haskins Garden Centre yesterday to drop in my job application form and she wanted to have a cup of coffee and a cake but gosh those cakes are so expensive though they look delicious, in the end we just had mocha with scones :)

Day 22: Kitchen Sink

Just another housechore, washing the dishes :p

...and i also would like to thank Alice for sending me a cute postcard from Paris! I'm so touched and Happy for her Big news! x

I've entered a lovely giveaway over at Bee Happy, Click the photo to go to her blog and enter the giveaway for a chance to win!

My 1st Crocheted Cushion Cover

I've been trying to make crocheted granny squares since about 2 weeks ago for the purpose of making a cushion cover out of them, i'm glad it's finished though it's not perfect as i still need to learn on my tension so the square is tight and not loose, but i'm happy with the result :P

I made about 50 little granny squares and it turned out not enough and so I improvised by doing treble crochet at the back to join the piece and added buttons, I use envelope style cushion coz it's easier to put the cushion inside the cover :)

I always have problem joining the squares and need to learn more on how to do it correctly but i still love the result :)

I must say I deserve a cup of tea :P

I entered a giveaway over A Thrifty Mrs to win Lomography Diana F+ Camera, want a chance to win it? go over and enter by clicking the link

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