Just playing around..

I know there is no time to play around because I still have bunch of stuff I have to do, but it's nice to just play around in my spare time (although I dont have any official spare time, I dont have any working time either).

I made my cat's outfit.
After I bought a cheap pet clothes on sale at local drug store, all my mind went to making pet clothes. ( yes, my heart goes everywhere, in every week. lol)
I downloaded a free pattern on the internet and made him a hoodie.

It turned out very cute but he didn't like the hood. He didn't mind wearing clothes though.
Mission accomplished!


My playtime is not finished.
Since I ordered some silk from India, I couldn't wait to make something!
I am going to make some headbands with the silk I bought, so I was playing around with some of my scrap fabrics I already have.
Made some rosette out of Thai silk scrap that my mother in law gave me long time ago adding a vintage button, vintage lace, Japanese chirimen leaves, silky ribbon.

Took me long time but I had fun. I really like the color scheme, pretty and gorgeous!
Now I don't know what I am gonna make with this piece.
Maybe a brooch?

Photo shoot of SaSa products

I have been having hard time taking good pictures of my products.
Although I tried bunch of times taking the same thing again and again in a different places, I only get ok pictures one out of 50 pictures....

I am so happy to be friends with Bonnie Herschmiller who is a professional photographer in Leduc, Alberta.
She is a really sweet person and she takes exact photos I wanted my products to appear in pictures.
I also have cute girl and boy models!
By the way, she is originally a wedding and baby photographer and she takes fabulous photos! I just love every effects and colors!
Here is the link to her webpage.
http://www.bonnieherschmillerphotography.com/
And here is her blog.
http://bonniemarieh.blogspot.com/

I always look at the photos she took and wish I would have known her when I got married and when I had babies. I always jealous of her customers. LOL

Anyways, here are SaSa's promotional photos.
Jinbei, Monkey pants, animal hats, a hair clip : everything is made by me.

Also, you can see some of the products I made for her baby sessions on her webpage and her blog.
She introduced SaSa on her blog the other day.   HERE
A big thank you to Bonnie :)
She is now offering Holiday Mini Sessions!
Prices are very affordable too :)

 

Fall Winter Collection

Hi there, I didn't notice how time flied quickly.. it's been long time since I last blogged here.
I have been very very busy making stuff for fall and winter and you know school started and everything.

At last Handmade Mafia, which was on last Saturday, I had so much fun.
Monkey pants seems like it's catching customer's hearts and the animal hat were also top selling items.

On the other hand, clay rose jewelries are also becoming popular items in my shop.
I fell in love with semi precious gem stones and combined them with my clay roses.
Aren't they look gorgeous?

I still like shabby and natural looking for my creations so those gem stone chips suit really nice to my style.

I also made some Halloween inspired earrings.

This orange stones are Carnelian.

This earrings are made with purple chalcedony and garnet chips.

And this one is made with red corals and garnet chips.

I will be at Little Monster's Swap Meet on this coming Saturday selling children's clothes.

I gotta make more animal hats for sure and some neck warmers and Monkey pants.

Little Monster's Swap Meet on Sep.18

TransAlta Tri Leisure Centre, 221 Campsite Road, Spruce Grove AB

11:00-15:00

Admission:
Early Bird (Come first and get all the big ticket items!) $5. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Regular $2. 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Free!!! 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Newbies and Okonomiyaki party

First, I forgot to take pictures of Okonomiyaki party :( Booooooo.
But the party went fantastic! We all had fun eating my home-made Okonomiyaki and Maccha ice cream with Shiratama Dango (Rice cakes).
What is Okonomiyaki?? It is a Japanese style cabbage pancake.
It's not sweet.
You put mayo, sauce, and bonito flakes on top of it.
"Okonomi" means "as you like", and "yaki" means "fry", so literally you can put anything you like in it :)
My suggestions are cabbage, pork belly, squid, cheese, Kimchi, mochi, green onion, bean sprout.
This time, I only put cabbage and pork belly and cheese.

Here is my recipe.

Ingredients (for 5 adults)

Eggs   7
Flour  500ml
Baking powder  1tbs
Bonito powder (Tuna broth called "Dashi" in Japanese)  1tbs   (you can go without this, but tastes much better with it)
cabbage  3/4
water 500ml approx.
pork belly (sliced)
shredded cheese (I recommend cheddar cheese )


1. Mix eggs, flour, BP, Bonito powder in a bowl.

2. Add water. ( don't add the whole water! Just add half and mix, then add little by little until the mixture gets pancake thickness)

3. cut cabbage in little pices (approx 1in square, doesn't have to be square though) and add them in the bowl and mix.

4. Heat the pan in medium heat and put pork belly first (lots of oil come out from pork belly so you don't need oil), then put mixture on top and fry with a lid on.

5. Fry until it's get nice brown color. Then just before you flip it, I put shredded cheese on top.

6. Fry the other side (with lid on for a while and off for a last minute so the surface gets crispy) and you are done!

7. Put Mayo, Japanese Tonkatsu or Okomomi or Bulldog(it's just a product name, it doesn't contain dogs..lol) sauce, and Bonito flakes (Katsuo-bushi is what it's called).

Yum!
Email me for any questions!


And at the party, I also showed everybody my newbies.
Here are some new stuff I made for fall and winter.
These are neck warmers for kids and adults.
It stretches a little bit so it fits everybody.

I like neck warmers because they are compact and don't flopping around like scarves do.
Mine are made out of 2 layers of fleece so it's warm and soft.
I used fluffy fleece for the inside layer for extra warmth and cuteness :)
Most of the time I spent to make these pieces went to do this cute applique, but they are necessary!!!
A mushroom, an anchor, a leaf, a car and a heart :)
Applique make good focal points.

I am also working on new fleece hats for both kids and adults (I will make 2 sizes).
Hopefully I can bring them to the next Handmade Mafia.
It's getting cold real quick here!
So much pleasure to work on warm fabrics!

New accessories update

It's been quite a while since I blogged last time.
My family and I had great summer trip to B.C.
It was a long car ride and we got totally exhausted but we had so much fun there.
We enjoyed swimming, attended to my husband's cousin's wedding, sitting beside the pool and drinking beer.
And also, we've got to meet most of my husband's relatives.

Now we came back and kind of busy preparing for my kids' school.
I went to the fabric store and got some fabrics for this fall and winter, so I am so excited just to think about what to make next. I have too many ideas and no time for myself so I can't wait to my kids to go back to school :P
I still have to take care of my baby but shouldn't be bad..much better than 3!

Anyway, I am in rush of making accessories because I am having Japanese food party and my friends want to look at my crafts too.
My clay roses are getting popular these days and I am still obsessed with miniature sweets (food), so I made more of those kinds.
And maybe I should start making stuff only for my Etsy shop too, so that I don't have to take time to delete stuff that sold here (not through the internet).
Hmm...

By the way, here are some pictures of my recent work.
I will report how the Okonomiyaki party went on my next blog :)
See you soon my friends!

If you are interested to see more pictures, please visit my Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Leduc-AB/S-a-S-a/181327264401
Thank you :)

SaSa at Leduc's Main Street Festival

Last Saturday, I was vending at Leduc's Main Street Festival.
Thank you for all the people who came and take a look at my store.

Luckily, it was sunny and warm enough to vend outside.
The wind got really strong so I had to rearrange my store to put everything low.

Too bad I forgot to take a picture of myself as I was wearing Yukata ( Japanese Kimono style summer clothes).
Oh well, here are some pictures of new stuff I made.
It's got an alligator clip and a safety pin on the back so you can put it anywhere you like.
I used Japanese fabric puffy balls as buds of the black fabric rose.
You should see this in real life, they are really pretty :)

Monkey Pants and Kids' bags

Hi, I am just in time :)
I added new items for tomorrow's festival.
Today is kind of stormy outside so pictures are not as good but here are the new monkey pants and kids' bags.

As for the kids' bags, I think adults can use them like hang from your neck and put your cell or camera.
These are good size for that:)
I almost kept the pink zebra one for myself. :P

Aaand, monkey pants, I made a little bit wider version this time as some customers wanted wider pants for bigger babies.
Wider version monkeys have slightly different shaped bum patches and are little bit wider than my ordinal monkeys and they are boots cut (not the half pants).
I really like both shapes. One is boots cut and wider, and another one is slim fit like leggings.

See you tomorrow at the Leduc's main street festival!

You can also order, request, hold (depends) my products and I will bring them to events I participate.Please email me from the form right side of this article :)