Fuchia and Purple tsumami kanzashi

since it's a holiday today, i decided to finish up a WIP. my cousin's getting married this thursday and i wanted a new hairpiece to wear.






ok now i will have to get started on my presentation for tomorrow. haha.

my fingers are in pain

i sort of went all ambitious and decided to make a cluster of rape blossoms kanzashi, even though march jsut passed and it is now out of season. however, that cheery roll of yellow organza was just edging me on and on friday i ran across and bought a crescent shaped hair clip which was perfect for me idea.

lots of pieces n circles to cut.


and to pin into shape.


and bases to wire and wrap.


the squares are folded and sewed into a rough shape.

and finally the petals were glued onto the wire n felt bases. i got too carried away here so i didn't take any pictures :P

and the seperate flowers were wired onto the clip..

more pictures are on my shop.

on a different note, i bought these chio chio shoes at almost half price! ah ha ha ha!!

they were originally exorbitantly priced. goody goody gosh.

nice smell..

take a breather

uh huh. i need to take a break from my usual manic manufacturing mode. my shoulders and neck are killing me. but i'm pretty satisfied with my lastest collection of kanzashi flowers.

i bought me some satin ribbons and japanese chirimen fabric and had been in a whirlwind of making these cute flowers.

the blue hydrangeas headband is still a WIP. i'm waiting for my green ribbons to arrive.

the pink flowers may be turned into individual hair pins/a single large updo pin.

i can't think of what i want to do with the rest. dang! i wish my hair was the huge long curly mass i had before so that i can put my hair up and wear pins in the bun. aiyah!

speaking of green ribbons, i asked the DH to help me procure them as he was in Shanghai during the weekend and these were what he got.

how exciting! i'm glad he did the shopping cos he chose exciting colors. actually they were what was left over in the shop. these are 5 cm wide ribbons and pre-ordering was actually required. anyways i'm glad he bought them cos if it were up to me, i'd probably get only shades of pink.

i can't wait for him to come back and hand them over. he is still somewhere in china. :P it's hard to track his travel route. he keeps changing hotels. hahaha!

right now i'm craving some tea. teh O!