every day life

Happy Easter!

April 5, 2010 By Chie

This weekend had an amazing weather in Philly! It was warm, reached to 80s F during the day. I started the Sunday by going to a sunrise morning service. The church I used to go to in Philly has a 7:30 service on Easter Sunday at a park. It was really nice. Then my friend and I went for a run around a Schuylkill river..it was a perfect running day too, not too much wind. After that, we had a lunch at our friend’s house. Here are some delicious photos…

Also had a BBQ party on Saturday with some friends. My friend made a amazing chicken marinated with vinegar, lime, garlic and soy sauce.

When I was in NY, my friend and I went to Max Brenner for dinner. That place is what all girls want – all different kinds of chocolates. wonderful.

Custom Orders

March 30, 2010 By Chie

March was unbelievably and unexpectedly good month for my little etsy shop. Last week, I had to finish 8 custom order dresses in 5 days, while I still worked my full time job! It was crazy.
The floral cut out dress became a best selling item in my shop, and I love making that dress:)

Besides sewing, my husband, friends and I went to Hanami (Cherry blossom viewing) at Ueno park the other day, and it was a lot of fun! It was packed with people, different vendors etc, and I love the fact that we can have drinks at public places! In Pennsylvania, they had a strict alcohol rules, and it was not allowed to drink alcohol in public, or buy it at a convenient store. I love the freedom of that in Japan.
Now I’m in NY, and heading to Philly tomorrow!

Baby shower and handmade baby clothes

March 15, 2010 By Chie

We had a wonderful weather this weekend! I planned a baby shower for my best friend, and this was the first time I thew a baby shower. So I was so glad we were blessed with the amazing sunny weather.
So I decorated the garden with colorful balloons, baked cookies, and my friends brought over other foods to share.

My close friends from high school and their significant other got together…

Played some games.

As for the gift, I made some baby clothes, using polka dot double gaze fabric in different colors. I bought the fabric at Yuzawaya.
The pattern I used was from a website, called handmadenokokoro. The website is in Japanese. Pattern can be downloaded from here. Just like BurdaStyle patterns, this pattern can be printed out in A4 copy papers and glue them together.
The pattern has only one part, and is extremely easy! You only need some bias strips other than the body part.
Since I’m used to making adult’s clothes, the baby clothes seemed super small! so tiny and cute.