Zakka Style Owl Pennant

Moonstitches shows you how to make the cutest zakka style owl pennant with their pattern and tutorial. A perfect decor for the holidays.

Learn to make one :
http://moonstitches.typepad.com/moonstitches/2007/11/zakka-style-owl.html

Origami Star Vase

I discovered this unique home deco from CRAFTZINE, I definately will do this for my new home soon.

Phillip Chapman-Bell of The Fitful Flog brings his amazing origami skills as a new contributor to CRAFT Pattern Podcast. This is a new craft added to the mix, Origami! Phillip's Star Vase is a beautiful piece of Origami and the pattern includes a sequenced crease pattern as well as a photo diagram.

Download CRAFT pattern PDF:

http://cachefly.oreilly.com/make/craft/CRAFT_Magazine_pattern23.pdf

Softies

I saw this craft book at Borders, Queensbay Mall, this craftbook is cool and I found many creative softies ideas.

The Softies book features 25 patterns by famous crafters we've come to know and love such as Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane, Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls, Cassi Griffith of Bella Dia, and lots more! Besides with all the toy recall madness going on, it's it time to start making your own fun, safe toys? For more softies inspiration and projects, pick up the Softies book and visit Therese on the Softies Central blog.

Download this week's CRAFT pattern PDF: http://cachefly.oreilly.com/make/craft/CRAFT_Magazine_pattern53.pdf

Fun of Tag

I have been tag by Jullie Teo, a lady from Singapore who loves crafting. Here's the rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 3 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

Julie's Blog: http://www.jullieteo.blogspot.com/

The 7 facts about myself:

1. Female, 26 years old, Scorpio
2. Hobby: Travelling, Yoga, Crafting, Blogging
3. Getting married soon (www.mywedding.com/ksslwedding)
4. Always dream to be entrepreneur (since 2004)
5. Wang Lee Hom's fans (how nice if my hubby looks like him, haha :P thinking too much)
6. Believe in Jesus (HE comfort me, give me energy & motivation in life)
7. Favorite Dramas: FRIENDS, SEX & CITY, UGLY BETTY, HEROES (nice & freedom country influenced me to migrate to oversea)

I'll be tagging the following people:

1. Ciyou - http://www.ciyoucolorscity.blogspot.com/
2. Jessprkle - http://www.jessprkle.blogspot.com/
3. Gigi - http://caligirlconfections.blogspot.com/

Pledge to buy handmade

I pledge to buy handmoade on 24 Oct, 2007.

I 100 % support this campaign, hope that every handmade fans also support it.

Link: http://www.buyhandmade.org/

Why buy handmade?

Buying handmade is better for people, better for the environment, and better for giving truly special and well-crafted gifts. The ascendancy of chain store culture and global manufacturing has left us all dressing, furnishing, and decorating alike. The connection between producer and consumer has been lost. Buying handmade helps them reconnect.

We encourage all consumers to be aware of the social and environmental implications of their purchases.

Below is a list of resources that can get you started in the right direction:

http://www.coopamerica.org/: Co-op America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. Their mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

http://www.sweatfree.org/: A Network For Local action against Sweatshops

http://ilsr.org/: The Institute For Local Self-Reliance. The Institute’s mission is to provide the conceptual framework, strategies and information to aid the creation of ecologically sound and economically equitable communities.

http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Wal-Mart/ : See what Walmart is up to in your community

Sewing Machine Cozy

Keeping this first, will made one for my future sewing machine :P

Shawnee of Life with Monkey has sewn up a cute sewing machine cozy and embellished it with flowers made from felt.

Link: http://lifewithmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/sewing-machine-cozy/

Make a Camera Cozy

We bought this camara last year, but without casing, I always complaint that. Today, I am glad that I found something to keep & protect our camera. Thanks to CRAFT ZINE for recommending Evil Mad Scientist's project to me.

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories show you how to make a neat camera cozy! - This camera cozy protects your LCD and keeps your lens cap on when you toss your camera in your bag or are just carrying it around. It also provides storage for a spare set of batteries as well as a location for the dead ones you're taking out. It was designed for the Canon S2IS and S3IS, but the pattern can be adapted for other similarly shaped cameras. Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories.

Link: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/camerabag

Knit Tissue Cozy Pattern

Another craft from CRAFT Newsletter.

Zakka life has a knit pattern to make this precious knit tissue cozy, perfectly adorned with a vintage button and ribbon.

Link: http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2007/09/zakka-tissue-cozy.html

Tissue Box Cover Tutorial

I read this from CRAFT Newsletter. Thinking to make one when I am free then. Sharing with you:

Lara of Kirin Notebook has a tutorial to make this sleek tissue box cover -- perfectly crafty and stylish at the same time.

Link: http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2007/09/kirin-tutorial-factory-tissue-box-cover.html