Crafts & Arts

While my some of my work projects are lounging in "waiting for client feedback" purgatory, I decided to not let the creative momentum slip away and made some more stuff.


This Valentine's Day card came about because I did a bunch of sketches for my friend's wedding invitation. I had forgotten that she really hates birds. Needless to say, she didn't choose this design, but I liked it, even though I kind of think the whole bird trend thing is over. If you want to send a handwritten message to your lovebird, you can buy it on Etsy now. If you have more than one sweetie, you can buy the set of 4, I won't judge you.



I made the travel journal and the passport holder fresh after our trip to Bangkok, feeling inspired by the whole romantic notion of travel. The travel journal is available in my shop. I'm considering re-making the passport holder in vinyl or industrial grade felt (or leather, but leather's expensive and a b*tch to sew by hand) to make it more durable...

I haven't gone to any exhibitions lately, but it's so cold out that it's been much comfier to browse art online while sipping hot chocolate... Some artsy things I bookmarked this week:

art made out of crayons
via it's nice that

art made out of chalk dust
via notcot

sculpture made out of a book
via ffffound

camera (and photograph) made out of a room
via... a vague memory i had of an article in the nytimes years ago + google

Inside and Outside

This is Babbette. She's a result of various converging events :
1) my favorite Muji sweater getting shrunk in the dryer. Bummer.
2) getting a brand new sewing machine that I wanted to try out.
3) it's freezing cold outside and I do NOT want to go outdoors until April. Or May.
I'm trying to decide what to do with Babbette. Should I put her on sale in my Etsy shop? Should I give her away? Should I keep her and add her to my growing stable of stuffed rabbits with personality disorders? I'll dwell on it for a few days and decide.

There's just a ton of scrap felt lying around that I can't bring myself to throw in the trash. So while I was testing out all the sewing functions on the new machine, they somehow morphed into... holiday ornaments! Anyway, here they are. Since I've no idea what to do with them now (we don't have a tree), I put them on sale at Etsy. They're super cheap at $15 for the set, plus they come with a free silkscreened holiday card / envelope set.


Some pictures to prove that I have indeed been outdoors this week:

It's the official electioneering season -- the Korean Presidential election is on December 19 (yay, Gavin gets a day off even though we can't vote!) -- and all these posters are up in the neighborhood. Portraits of 12 beaming Korean men promising to be the best choice to lead the ROK. Do they inspire confidence?


Japa, a bar in Sincheon with marbles in their bar. Actually I'm not too crazy about the atmosphere at this place. But our friend Hyungjin had a bottle of whiskey reserved in his name here so we went.