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 :)

Next Saturday, I will be at Leduc's Main Street Festival !

Hi, the last Handmade Mafia was very nice.
I was vending by myself (usually I share my table with my friend) as my friend could not make it.
Lots of people came by and I sold a lot of monkey pants! Oh, I was so happy.
Also my clay accessories are becoming popular.

So this week, I have been working on making new stock.
Monkey pants, of course, clay roses, Jinbei, and I am going to make more kids' bags.
I started new things too. Wire crocheting. I am so in love with semi precious gems (especially Chalcedony! They are so pretty) even though I haven't bought any of those :((
But I will for sure get some gems and nice wires and tools after the next event ( depends on how well I do).

I made 8 pairs of Monkey Pants this week so far as my big batch of Japanese fabrics were arrived.
Getting new fabrics are always exciting!
I will post the pictures by this Friday (if I have time..), so watch out for that :)

Here are some of my new accessories!
Enjoy!
If you would like to order or reserve or request, please email me from the mail form on the right side of this article.

Oh I almost forgot to tell you about next event!

Leduc's main Street Festival

date: July 17th, saturday
time: 11am-3pm
place: along 50th ave. Leduc, AB

Handmade Mafia July is coming up this Saturday

Hi, it's been kind of long time since I updated this blog.
The last event, The Works festival was fun except we ended up sitting in our tent for 2 hours in the awful thunder storm.
But other than that, I and my friend had a wonderful time.
There weren't very many people like I expected, but I got to meet lots of great customers.
Thank you so much for coming to see my store.


On the other hand, the next event is coming up.
Here is the info.

Handmade Mafia July


Date :   July 10th, 2010
Time :  10am-4pm
Place:   Orange Hall ( just behind the Old Strathcona Farmers market)


Free admission.


The weather is supposed to be really good so it's going to be nice to wonder around :)

Here are the pictures of my recent work.
I will be waiting for you with lots of new stuff.