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Hello~

Monique, the creative genius behind Voleur de Bijoux is hosting a giveaway from moi (andwabisabi) on her blog ! Go to her blog and enter for a chance to win any 7 cross-stitch designs from my animals and insects sections The giveaway is going on until May 8, 2010.

Please leave comments on her blog (not mine) for a chance to win these fresh, simple, and cute designs! And while you're at it browse through her breathtaking jewelry shop!

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. Sending you lots of Gracie love! <3>

Hehe! Now time for some shameless advertising!

Here's what I've been working on these days~ Enjoy!


Something sweet for mommy! <3

The following are a part of my NEW Cross Stitched Stud Earring Jewelry Displays.
Fresh and fun, this would make a great gift for your loved one and/or yourself! What a darling way to display your stud earrings when they aren't worn by you!




These patterns are Original Andwabisabi! © Grace Kim 2010. Do not copy.

These items are also in my shop

Have a lovely weekend! Happy creating!

Kimchi, and a bit of stitching!

Hello! Good morning!
It's fairly sunny outside today. It looks like a great day to make kimchi! hahaha, yes. I am making kimchi today!! These days we've run out of homemade kimchi so we've been eating storebought kimchi purely out of convenience, but of course homemade kimchi is the best. Weee! I'm so excited! As you know I'm like a kimchi killer and I cannot eat bab without kimchi! hahaha But it's not an ordinary task so I might be knocked out afterwards.

I hope the sunlight lasts so I can take a couple photos here and there.
Our next door neighbors have these really TALL trees that block a lot of sunlight that could have entered our house. Sometimes when the wind blows really hard, I get paranoid that the trees will bend over and topple over our roof and destroy. And I kid you not. One of the trees started tilting a bit and it already pushed the brick wall (that separates the two houses) and it's currently sloping at an angle.

I've also been stitching away with my andwabisabi characters! Here are some pictures:


Unibrow Body Builder Cross Stitch


Happy Milk Carton Cross Stitch


Cute Giraffe Cross Stitch

Patterns by Andwabisabi!

Wonderful weekend~

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

I had a wonderful one myself! On Friday I had a movie night with Elizabeth. We watched a Korean movie, 과속스캔들 (Speed Scandal) while eating rotisserie chicken, frozen yogurt and chomping on kettle popcorn. An interesting combination I know. My friends and I have this thing where we must eat salty/savory after something sweet and vice versa.
Speed Scandal was a really cute comedic movie especially with Wang Seok Hyun. He's such an adorable baby actor!

After the movie we were just talking. It was dark when we started and by the end of the conversation the sun was up and shining. My head was pounding/ringing from not getting any sleep, but it was so much fun! I think it was the first time we actually talked through the night.

Saturday was spent re-cooperating from the previous night of no sleep. I finally managed to get up during the early evening and decided cut my hair. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, but I really needed a haircut! Now it's shoulder length, layered with bangs! It's definitely something different but I have mixed feelings about the haircut. I hope it'll grow on me soon.

Today I played with Elizabeth again. We made Pad-see-ew (Thai food) and it was pretty good. Since we're always cooking together, we're gonna start compiling our recipes and make a cook book and eventually a cooking blog. Tomorrow we're gonna make lemon madeleines with our friend Shanna. :)

And I managed to get a little further on Helen Bells Multiplication Table. I've been working on it a little by little every night.

Aug 10

After returning home from school, I took one of those useless kind of naps for a couple hours. I couldn't really sleep, and yet I wasn't able to function, so I was sprawled out on the sofa zoning in and out. I think my body just decided to let out because I had been so tense the past couple of days.

Anyways, its been so long since my last cross-stitching update. When September comes, I'm gonna stop cross-stitching cold-turkey style. Reason being I'm going back to school. Fortunately, I draw with a lot of embroidery, so I won't be totally deprived.
This is the lastest of the projects:

Helen Bell's Multiplication Table

The instant I saw this, I just knew I had to get it. So I got it and I started! I made some adjustments to the placement of the numbers and I also made a couple mistakes on the grid so I need to rip that out.

I'm feeling 홍경민 (Hong Kyung Min) Tonight. hahahahahahha! Everyone starts cracking up when I rock out with this song. I wonder why :P

"아름다운 그녀가 어어어 어어어~
나에게로 다가와
흔들리는 머릿결 어어어 어어어
나의 숨이 멋는다"
(from 홍경민의 Tonight)

I know, you know, God knows

Whilst on the phone with my bff, I came up with this quote, "I know, you know, God knows", and I thought "hey, I should make a pattern out of it" because a lot of people can probably relate to it. The quote came about because we kept getting involved in sticky situations. But really, what matters is that I know, you know, and God knows {the truth}

Pattern can be found in my etsy shop.
It was stitched over two on 28ct evenweave linen (hand-dyed) with dmc floss.

Why is it so gloomy?

Why, oh why? I really can't stand gloomy weather! One day, or maybe even three days I can stand, but not a whole week! I can't help but feel grumpy/sad in this overcast state- weather can really make me or break me. I've made a mental note to self a long while back that I will have to live in a sunny place. Okay- my rant is over, now on with the real news! ^^;

I present to you "The Sampler Lady" framed with a mat. Excuse the weird angle- I was trying to escape the glare/reflections.



And here's where I'm at on State Fair


the progression

Excuse all the photos, they are a bit dull because of the overcast day

My grapes are steadily growing. They haven't sweetened yet cause the squirrels would've gotten to them. We're planning on covering them soon from their claws.

The seeds from last year sprouted this tomato plant.

Hydrangeas are blooming~

Last but never least, my babies, Mochi and Pudding

Thanks for viewing, and I hope you all a fantastic week!

LHN - The Sampler Lady

I started on Little House Needleworks "The Sampler Lady" a couple nights ago. I've been sitting in front of the tv, just stitching away on this one. It's really enjoyable and I'm loving the way it's turning out. It's being stitched over two on 28ct. Wichelt lambswool linen.

I also made lasagna today. Well... I guess you can't call it lasagna cause I had to use rigatoni instead of the lasagna sheets, but it was still de-lish either way.

Brightneedle - Dollhouse

I know I said I'd be finished with brightneedle's dollhouse a couple weeks ago, but that hasn't happened. I have completed a bit more than this photo shows- I think I'm about 3 hours from finish. I can't wait until it's completely finished, the only problem is... I don't feel like stitching it at the moment! I bought a board for the mat, which is a mauvish color, and I think it'll go well with the stitching along with a deep brown frame I picked out. I am partial to frames with molding- I really love the extra detail and character it brings to the piece.

In the meantime I got started on Little House Needleworks' "The Sampler Lady". I am enjoying working on it cause it's much smaller in scale compared to the dollhouse. And I can actually see a good amount of progression within 30 minutes. I shall post pictures of it soon~

Ciao! Have a wonderful evening!!

Larsen's Farm finished

Yesterday I put my last stitches in Larsen's Farm by Brightneedle. Now I just need to get a mat and a frame for it. I'm probably going to cut the mat myself, but I really do hate all the measuring. It brings back nightmares of the day and night I spent cutting and matting all my pieces for my illustrative storytelling final.
One of my classmates came into class with a bandaged finger which was later revealed to be an exacto knife accident. She was cutting down the mats when she accidently sliced her finger to her bone and had to make a trip to the emergency room. This is what happens to sleep deprived artcenter students. Fortunately for me, I just came out with a sore/tender hand.

Brightneedle - Larsen's Farm

I started stitching Brightneedle's Larsen's farm a couple nights ago. My stitching has been getting progressively slower this month, probably because I'm so physically and emotionally drained. I'm hoping to get re-energized this coming memorial day weekend.



I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

It was only to make our friendship stronger

I've been watching the hammies like a hawk and they seem to be getting along just fine. They have migrated to Mochi's toilet roll and now they are happily sleeping in it together.

Here is Mochi making a face at me. I'm not quite sure what she means, maybe she's saying "hey mom, you don't need to check on us every five minutes!"

And here is the progress I made on the dollhouse so far. I'm hoping to finish it by early May, but we'll see what happens. I really can't wait to get it completed and framed!

Lovely Spring

I've been cross stitching since senior year of highschool, but you'd be surprised to hear that I've only finished about four (big) projects, two of which I gave away as gifts to two very special people in my life.

I have a lot of projects that I've started without applying "the rules" and I can't seem to get back into those projects because they seem tainted. At the time I was more excited about getting started rather than getting it right and learning the foundation. Now I cringe when I see the knots I made in the back of my very first projects, or when see the horrendous back of a piece, and the projects where I've cross stiched one direction in one section and then started cross stitching a different direction in a different section.

Nevertheless, I managed to get back into my 'lovely spring' piece which comes from this Japanese book I found in Little Tokyo. The book is called Cross Stitch Embroidery with patterns from six different designers. My pattern was by Misako Murayama. I'm not completely finished, I just need to stitch in a couple leaves, finish the window and salad bowl.

Mes Recettes

This is from a while back and it was intended for the kitchen, but somehow ended up in the living room. :) My mom usually doesn't like the designs I choose to stitch, but she really liked this one.