Recap of 2012

2012 is almost ending in a few days.

Doomsday is a joke, it never did happen on the 

21st December 2012.

Thanks God, I'm still breathing at this moment,

living in this beautiful earth doing what I love doing.

2012 has been a very meaningful year to me.

Some dreams were achieved while some wishlists were fullfilled.

*yay*

 In March, I went on a vacation to Lang Tengah Island, Malaysia.

It was my first time doing snorkelling and it was really fun :D

In September, I went to Korea for a vacation.

I really love the food there. Cosmetic there are so cheap

that you can't resist to not buy them.

I attended Wonderful Pipit Market 8 on May as a vendor.

And these are the items I managed to make in a short period of 

time. I did these during my university studies.

Finally, I've graduated from my 5 years of studies in Accounting and 

attended my convocation in October.

I started working not long after convocation on October.

And they are my colleagues from the company I worked with.

Yes, we have a very small company where there're only 4 of us :)

And so, I attended another bazaar with my friend, Ching Yee

at Markets @ Jaya One during December.

My Baby Duffy is already 1 year and 4 months old by now.

Here's our little

x'mas party with my Uni mates :)

Next year, 

2013 

will be another year that I'll be

very much looking forward to.

There will be new challenges, adventures, places,

and many more awaiting ahead of me.

May everyone have a blessed and fantastic New Year 2013! :D

12 Twelve 12

This is my creation, IG Monster.

12 Twelve 12 

is so yesterday now.

What did you do on this special day? :D

A Wonderful Pipit Experience ♡

I stumbled upon Pipit Store Online one day calling for local crafters to be

Wonderful Pipit Market 8's (WPM8) vendors. The next thing I did was email-ed them

my details and UNEXPECTEDLY, I was selected. 

I was reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally excited as this is going to be my first time ever,

participating in a local handmade event! I felt honorable. :D

And yeeeeeeeeeeessss, WPM8 was like a dream come true to me.

And let me present to you my lovely little stall :)

I was the only one making these items and

the preparation time frame was like just 3 months. 

And that was the max I can produce since I'm a full time student.

And nevertheless I'm happy how my little stall looks like :)

I actually did studied on how to set up a booth before I went to that

event. I've learnt that layering your booth will make your products

look more attractive. I hope this little tips will help anyone of you 

who are going to these kind of events in future :)

I felt so blessed, my cousin bro came all the way to meet & support me!

Many friends (photo not published) have turned up at my stall on that

 day too. And I have met a few of my Instagram followers as well :D

I'm so grateful for such a wonderful experience even though

by the end of the day, not all my products were sold off.

It's the memories that will carry with me till the end of my life 

that's worth reminiscing. 

Last but not least, 

I'm thankful to my boyfie who have helped me carried all my stuffs 

including the heavy table and chair and accompanied me the whole day. ♡

1♥cottage::. Appreciations ♥

Photo credited to Ling from Malaysia.

Photo credited to Eva from U.S.

Grouped some of the photos from my customers.

As a crafter & seller, the most satisfying part of the business process

is not on the amount of bucks that counts. It is the making and

the feedback from the customers that counts.

Mustaches thank you tags where I carved them with rubber stamp! :D

It makes me feel that all the efforts that I've put into my craft business 

all these while has been paid off when happy customers left me feedback.

Free wrapping service from me as requested by one of my

customer from U.S. She wish to have separate boxes for 2 of 

the amigurumi dolls that she've ordered from me.

Thus, I made an effort to wrap them up nicely.

They are due for Christmas! :D

I hope these efforts will put a smile on her face :)

Duffy has grown heavier each time I went to visit him.

He's so active!!! Plus he smiles for the camera now! Awww ♥

Got this green tea frap for free upon Starbucks card registration! :D

I've been studying and revising this weekend for my mid-terms.

  Just taking some short breaks from crocheting. 

what have you guys been doing? 

1♥cottage::.Joy of Crocheting

Blogging is actually time consuming,

considering the time needed for editing, inserting photos, re-editing again,

constructing sentences to make it interesting to readers and things like that.

However, it could make the author of the blog happy and satisfied

when readers leave feed backs/comments on the blog posts.

And it will become worthwhile to blog even the author is super busy. 

So, here's one of my current order I received from USA.

She's having this Bit Bit Bunny in lilac as her X'mas present.

I hope that the package will arrive just in time for Christmas :)

It is still available for remakes in all sorts of colours.

Please visit :

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83212065/crocheted-amigurumi-bit-bit-doll-made-to 

or email me at

onelovecottage [at!] gmail.com to purchase.

Here are some of the appreciation photos I got from my beloved customers! :D

Christin from USA.

Ann from Aussie.

Amelia from Malaysia.

I'm so grateful that my customers are happy with their purchases

and also spent time to send me their photos :)

I'm so thankful to my BFF who came over to my place and helped me

out by making some DIY boxes with recycling envelopes.

It's so hard to find / buy suitable boxes for my crafts as some

increases the shipping cost w/ the amount of weight  

while some appeared to be quite expensive.

Yup, here comes a set of Christmas Specials amigurumi! :D

What's more interesting is, it comes with a bead chain

where you can hang them on your bags, x'mas trees 

or give them out as an x'mas present this festive season!

Comes in 4 brilliant colours - 

Mint Green, Pale Pink, Ocean Blue, and Lilac.

*Mint Green has been sold out!*

Please visit :

http://www.etsy.com/listing/86523346/christmas-amigurumi-penguins-finished?ref=pr_shop

or email me at

onelovecottage [at!] gmail.com to purchase.

They are not remake-able due to Christmas special items.

Aha! Duffy has recovered from his skin problems 

and thus the removal of the satellite thingy! Hoorayy! :D

Well, the time of the semester has finally come and therefore,

I'll be getting busier and busier. :(

Mid terms coming up, wish me luck peeps!

1♥cottage::.Awesome Weekend Ever!

It was the most awesome weekend I've ever had. :D

First, I got myself a pup.

I have yearned to own a pup for my whole darn life.

And I'm super happy to adopt one now!!! :D

His name is Duffy.
I named him after a famous Disney Tokyo Sea character, Duffy.
We (my bf & I) think of all sort of names but we resolved in this name.

I think his fur looks like Duffy bear and this is also my fav bear. :)

Eventually, he'll be a big part of my life. ♥

Next, I went to Wonderful Pipit Market 7,

an art & crafts bazaar in Malaysia.

I was not chosen to go to Pipit 7 as one of the vendor there. :(

It was kinda disappointing for me, as it is my dream 

to participate in one of the local bazaars. 

However, I believe that if I work hard and have faith
in myself, my dream will come true one fine day.
I will try again in the near future :)

Besides, I met with my craft friend that I have not seen

in person. And she recognized me when I went to her stall.

I was so excited and I requested for a photo with her. :)

If you're reading this, I wanted to say I am so glad

that we met on that day! ^^

I got one of her polar bears.

They were tiny and cuteeee :)

Visit her blog at 

http://eechinghandmade.blogspot.com/

I loveee her hand-drawn business card.

Very cuteee and can be used as a bookmark.

Great idea! :))

And the happy thing is, I dated my friend out that day.

She accompanied me to Pipit 7. ♥

We had so much fun at Pipit 7 and also catching up.

We have not met for months since I went for my

industrial training early this year during March.

Weird but adorable dollies. ^^

Uber cuteee bears that I almost wanted to splurge on. :S

Besides the polar bear, I also bought

sticker sets from Minifanfan.

I loveeeeeeeeeee her illustrations.

They were uber cute. ♥

I selected 2 from 10 of the stickers and have them 

stick on my lappie. And I kept the other 8 until

I find places to stick them on. ^^

And that concludes my awesome weekend.

How about yours? :)

Coming up next,

Triplets Bit Bit Bunny ♥