2017 desk calendar

I can't believe that I haven't posted anything for a year! It's been difficult for me to juggle both family and work. But I found to finish my 2017 calendar using my son's nap time and on weekends (my husband takes him out). yay!! It was so much fun to paint and design again. I'm very excited to announce that it is ready for sale in my easy shop:)

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2016 desk calendar

I just finished making my Wild Apple 2016 desk calendar. The artwork is inspired by many happy memories this year. Please check out the new calendar at my Easy shop!

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Drooling

Oh NOOOOOO!!!! STOP!!!! WATCH OUTTTTTT!!!!!
etc... There are no days that I don't say these words to my son. He is very "curious" to everything. Everyday is crazy for me :) He is not a baby anymore... but OMG he still drools A LOT like a baby even if he is already 19 months old. He started drooling when he was 2 months old (way before teething). I still have to change his bibs more than 10 times everyday. Anyway, his bibs are handmade of course. I like bandana style bibs recently because they look more boyish. I wonder when he will grow out of his drooling stage so we can go out without any bibs. He is still a 10 months old baby in the bottom photo:)

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Hometown2

I was in Japan with my son for one month again. We were there from summer to early fall, so we were able to experience 2 seasons. The sudden environmental change made my son overwhelmed for a while but then he learned, felt and grew A LOT through all the new experience being there. We had such a great time. The greatest thing there was that I was able to witness my parents and my son bonding.

Because my parents house is a lot bigger than where we live now, he was able to run around, climb up and down stairs and do mischievous things like putting holes in all the shoji screens which made him take longer naps even if we didn't go out ;) Now, I'm back in San Francisco, and I don't know how to make him tired without any help :P

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boy or girl

My latest DIY project for my son is a hat again. After he out grew the first hat I made for him, he was using a really cute hand me down hat for a while. But I lost it when we took a family vacation!! I was so shocked because I really liked it! Living in California without a hat is tough. I tried to find a new hat for him as soon as possible, but couldn't find a right one. So I decided to make it instead of wasting my time searching all over.  I reconstructed the pattern that I used before and created a cap type. Blue cotton /linen fabric should be a good choice since a lot of people think my son is a girl for some reason lol  He should definitely look like a boy now:)

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4lb Mochi

One more event for my son's birthday.

It's a Japanese tradition to have the baby walk with 4lbs of mochi on their back for their one year celebration. By doing this, the baby will have a healthy life. I did it when I turned one. I could not even stand up according to my mom. My son was able to walk a little until he started crying crazy. He got so frustrated with the heavy mochi (about 4lb) and he tried to take it out from his back. It seemed like it was a horrible experience for him but he made everybody laugh:)

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Happy 1st birthday!

It's been a while already... but my son turned ONE! He's been doing really well with full of energy. I made a birthday cake out of his solid food which he destroyed in minutes. I also made his birthday crown. I had a hard time taking a photo of him wearing it because he kept taking it off :( Anyway, Happy Birthday my love♡

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Merkado

I'm happy to announce that Merkado in Oakland is carrying my items now:) If you are near, please stop by and check out the shop! The products they carry are all locally made.

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2015 wild apple desk calendar

Wild Apple 2015 calendar is available in my online store. I used water color again but I took a different approach this time. I played around more with the colors and painting techniques. My favorite one I did was using salt to create beautiful textures on the paint. I enjoyed creating the calendars A LOT!!  Please check it out my etsy shop:)

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AE86

I made a drift car which is from Japanese anime Initial D for my son out of a pampers box. I'm not so into this kind of car but my husband is. He seems to enjoy driving around the house with it. My husband made a short video. Excuse our messy house lol

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Hachi Roku from iPhilms on Vimeo.

Baby quilt

Finally the baby quilt that I was working on is done. It took a while for the hand quilting part because I was stitching during my son's nap time. After all this hard work, I realized how small it was.... Well, my son seems to like it anyway.  I really respect people who make those huge quilt blankets!!

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Hometown

I'm back in San Francisco! I was in Iwate, Japan for one month to spend time with my family. It has been 3years since I was last there and I had an amazing time:) Now, I'm fighting with heavy jet lag while taking care of my son :(

The photos below were taken in my hometown.  Beautiful rice field sceneries. It was such an ordinary scenery to me when I was a kid but now I appreciate the beauty of it.

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DIY projects

I was planning to do a bunch of DIY projects before my son was born. but I wasn't able to do much. The excuse is that I was busy doing other things or I wasn't feeling so great with my big tummy. Then my son was born. Of course I didn't have time, even less than before!  But I barely made a topponcino with my textile: make a wish/ lavender before he was born. I loved it but I was using it almost everyday which made it so flat and not puffy anymore. It's almost out of his size already:( Another DIY project I did  for him was his tiny reversible hat. My family got invited to our friend's daughter's birthday party which was at a park so we definitely needed his hat. We couldn’t find any hats at stores because his head was too small.  So I decided to shrink a baby hat pattern to 70% and sewed it real fast while my husband was taking care of him. The hat was still too loose at the party which fits perfectly now. I want to find some more time for my DIY projects! I wish I had one more set of hand lol

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It's a boy!

We had a baby shower 3 weeks before the delivery. We had such a happy time celebrating with all my friends, their babies and dogs :) Thank you♥︎ The baby was kicking inside my stomach the entire time at the party. I guess he was feeling my happiness.

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Welcome!

We became a family of four this March. After the New Year, I was enjoying the rest of my maternity life and also did some sewing projects for my unborn baby. Then my son was born :) It had been crazy everyday till my body healed. But now, I enjoy every single moment taking care of my son. I can't wait to use some of the store items for him!

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Getting our X'mas Tree

We finally got our Christmas Tree at a Tree Lot in the Embarcadero area last week. It was a freezing cold night which reminded me of the winter season in my hometown. But the scenery of colorful lights from the tree lot and the bay lights glowing together made it well worth it.

Hawaii

Right before the Black Friday event, My husband and I went to Hawaii for our 5th wedding anniversary. We spent 9 days there and had such a great time. Getting closer to the end of the trip, I started to get "withdrawal symptoms" of Haru(our dog) lol. We talked about him all the time since we missed him so much and also I brought the Dachshund tote bag which reminded me of Haru constantly :)

Black Friday Event

This past Black Friday, we were invited to be a vendor at Beats Eats and Fashion at Sole Space in Oakland. We had only 5 days to prepare, we made it on time:) There were a bunch of awesome vendors there like Chunky Pig, Tart Bakery, Plumeria Flours and Pleats & Wax. My husband and Haru  helped me a lot and were both wearing our new item "bow-tie". They looked very cute "Father and Son":) We had SO MUCH fun there and it was definitely a great experience for us since this was our first time to sell our items at an event. It was nice talking everybody who stopped by our booth. Thanks to all who supports us and a special thanks to Uptown Juice Company and Nancy Liu Chin Designs.