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SEWING CUDDLY TOY ANIMALS WITH SEW-INTO-IT

July 22, 2015 by Little Miss Honey 1,906 Comments

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 A few months ago, my colleague friend Jas, asked me if I am interesting in signing for a class. It is a class to sew your own stuffed animals. But you must know, I  am not the most crafty person. I often have my nanny or cousin to do my Home Economics projects for me (there I said, Home Economic teacher, if you are reading this, I am sorry I disappointed you) and the one time I sewn a jumpsuit for my Home Economics class, I ended looking like a constipated prostitute (True Story). But I don’t want to pass out the chance to make a stuffed toy for Naj so I went ahead and signed up.

Jas and I found each other on the same bus going to the class. The class was going to be in the teacher’s home. We were greeted by Amy into her lovely home. Amy is part of the duo that started, Sew-Into-It. Sew-Into-It is a love project of Amy and Karen which stems from their affair with sewing since 2009. They have been conducting sewing workshops here in Singapore. I love the name “Sew-Into-It”. I love how playful it is. So into it, sew into it. Get it? Hehe….

Amy gave  us some refreshments before we start and she showed us the “machine” that we will conquer for the evening. I have to be honest, I was a bit scared of it. Sensing my apprehension, Amy told us that this sewing machine is much user-friendly than the ones used in the earlier days because this one is electric. Jas and I both got our own sewing machine for the evening. By the way, if you need a sewing machine check out reviews from top brands at bestsewingmachinereviewspot.com

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Amy asked me and Jas if we have any background in sewing. Both of us gave her a sheepish look and revealed our lack of skills in sewing. I hope we haven’t challenged Amy’s patience in teaching us that night. She showed us the ropes before we proceed. We did a few practices stitches in some fabrics first.

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I will be making a sleepy pigeon stuffed toy pillow while Jas wanted to make a giraffe. Here is my cut-off fabrics that I will work on which Amy had already prepared.

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Jas was concentrating on her sewing here.

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Amy is a very patient teacher to us and is very attentive to what we are doing. She taught us how to adjust the machine, the different stitching and how to make a straight stitch.

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I sewn the cut-out fabric together. It looks easy but I was sweating especially in the beak part.

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I  am now ready to stuff this sleepy pigeon and make it soft and cuddly.

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Jas was very happy with her giraffe which she will give to her fiancé. Great job, Jas!
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Here is my sleepy pigeon. I  am so proud of my little creation here. And I am happy to say Naj likes the pigeon stuffed pillow too.

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Thank you Amy for teaching us the art of sewing. I must say, sewing can be addicting and therapeutic activity. I had such a great night!

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For more of Sew-Into-It Workshops, check it out here

Sew-Into- Website: http://www.sewintoit.com.sg
Tel. no. 65 87779924

Filed Under: Inspirations Tagged With: Craft, CraftSg, DIY, Sew Into It, Singapore

EXPAT DIARIES: AMAIA – SPANISH BELLE IN SINGAPORE

May 29, 2015 by Little Miss Honey 930 Comments

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“(Wikipedia) ‘An Expatriate (often shortened to Expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship. The word comes from the Latin terms ex (“out of”) and patria (“country, fatherland”).

This blog aims to discover people who are adventurers like me, venturing out in a new place to call home and creating memories. I have previously lived with my parents and siblings in the Saudi Arabia when I was in high school. I have enjoyed and cherished my memories in the beautiful Sandbox I once called my home. Now, I am in a new adventure with my husband and son here in Singapore.

I am featuring Expats in different countries every two weeks to share their experiences and adventures with you and me.

Today, let us meet the beautiful Amaia.”

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1. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and where you are originally from?

I am Spanish and I left my country in 1998 to do a 1 year exchange with the French university. I always wanted to discover other countries and cultures. Well, I never really came back to live in Spain. My whole family still lives there so I go to visit them as often as I can, but since 98 I have lived in different countries.

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I studied Sociology and Advertising & Communication has always been my passion, so I was lucky enough to work in the best advertising agencies around the world for 10 years.

But someday, my creative side was not being totally fulfilled and I decided to quit advertising to launch an accessorize brand for which I designed the bags and worked on all the different communication and marketing aspects; specially with the arrival of Social Media, blogging, internet, etc I learnt a lot about this new ways of communication and discovered myself a passion for them, in addition to all things creative and manual.

When I arrived to Singapore I started working in Online and Social Media strategies for small businesses. One of them provides sewing trainings and workshops and I thought, why not join my two passions and in addition to do their online strategy I also get the training and be able to give sewing lessons (and sew for myself on my spare time of course!). That is what I do since and my blog allows me to share my different sewing projects, and some of my life in Singapore.

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I also launched The Singapore Diaries, an online magazine that sends one weekly article with a fun thing to do, discover, test, etc in Singapore.

  1. What made you decided to move to Singapore? How long have you been here?

Before coming to Singapore we were lived in Paris for over 8 years and I wanted to move to a different country, specially in Asia. My husband had an opportunity to come to Singapore and here we are almost 2 years later!

  1. What do you miss about your home country?

My family and friends, our Spanish lifestyle, so easy-going and full of joy. The food (although I love all the choices we have here), going out to have some tapas…

  1. What are the wonderful discoveries and things you like about in Singapore?

The mix of cultures and how well they blend together. Such a huge food choice. The peace of mind when you live here with children…

  1. What are the 3 advice or tips you can give to fellow expats in Singapore or those you planning to move here? Try to dig in and to blend with Singaporeans and other cultures, everybody is very welcoming here and the cultures are so rich, we can learn many things from different cultures in just one country.

Travel around Singapore, there are so many beautiful places to visit.

And get a hair treatment that will take out all that frizziness from your non-Asian hair! 😉

  1. The LITTLE MISS HONEY community gets inspired through travel, food and books. Can you tell us your current FAVORITE TRAVEL SPOT, current FAVORITE FOOD/RESTAURANT DISCOVERIES & current FAVORITE BOOK?We went to Cambodia last summer and I just felt in love with the country, the people and their food. They are so humble and nice, so joyful…My favorite restaurant would be a food court with all the different choices! Like Lau Pa Sat!I am reading the saga of ‘The Red Thread’ and I love it because you can guess how Singapore was 100 years back with a love story behind that…
  2. Where do you get your inspirations? Who or what inspires you?                                                                             Anything that I see and feel it is different or it is worth to be shared. For The Singapore Diaries I try to explore Singapore and its singularities; anything local or with a good Singaporean taste will be source of inspiration. For You Made My Day Blog it is more the projects that I do and that I think other people would beneficiate from reading them, whether it is sewing, blogging or lifestyle in the city of the lion.
  1. Tell us more about your two blogs.

The Singapore Diaries tries to bring an inside view of the city, going deeper into the roots of the city or the things and places we normally wouldn’t visit by being a foreigner. I feel that Singapore has plenty of little gems that can be hidden for those who come here for a few years; it is a matter of digging and exploring, getting to know some people and you discover extraordinary things that you might not see in other countries.

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You Made My Day – the blog  is more about giving tips and telling my readers “hey, I was able to make it, so you can too”. I try to give tips to improve my readers blogging, or to show them that sewing and DIY can be done with a little of patience. And other funny things I get to do in this country.

  1. What made you interested in sewing & DIY and what is your latest project?

I love all things manual since I was little. Playing to me is building something from scratch. I always keep plenty of things that might seem non-sense and one creative day, I get them out and build or repair something with them. I started with knitting and crochet, since you don’t need that much of investment, but I got almost nowhere with those (they are in my to-learn-list) and a few years ago, I decided to buy a sewing machine and start sewing. I followed tutorials from the internet etc, but my techniques weren’t good. That is when I met Couture Nomad’s founder and she trained me with all the necessary skills to not only sew my clothes, but also start giving sewing lessons to others. And nowadays, that takes half of my week, and I really love it.

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  1. Lastly, can you share with what is your inspirational mantra in life?

Only those who try, fail.

Or, if you never try something that you want you’ll never know whether it was for you. If you don’t dare trying you’ll always have the doubt, and if you try and fail, you’ll get the experience and something different to tell your friends!

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“Thank you Amaia for granting us this interview and sharing with us your sewing projects & your inspirations.

Head to Amaia’s blogs: The Singapore Diaries and You Made My Day

If you are an expat or know any expats who are interested to be featured, drop me a line at littlemisshoneyblog@gmail.com.”

Filed Under: Inspirations Tagged With: Apprentice Asia, crafts, DIY, lifestyle blogger, sewing, Singapore

THINGS THAT INSPIRED ME THIS WEEK

May 24, 2015 by Little Miss Honey 1,200 Comments

This week was me and my husband’s 2nd year anniversary. Into our 2nd year of marriage, now we have our happy adorable 10months old Naj and we could be any happier. It can be challenging at time to juggle marriage, parenthood, work and living in foreign country but we managed.

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On the day of our anniversary, my hubby got work so we have to move our dinner date on another. And on that day, we literally had a feast. I will be blogging about it really soon.

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Also this week, my friend & colleague, Jas, enrolled in this three-hour workshop to make softie toys hosted by Sew Into It. Jasmine & I have no background in sewing and we were used to have our more “creative” family members do our Home Economics projects for us (Sorry, Teachers!). It tested our ‘skills” or better the lack of it, hehe. But in spite of that, we managed to make a decent softie toy and the great thing is we get to bring it home. Jasmine made a giraffe while I made a sleepy pigeon. Read about Jasmine’s blog about the workshop here: SEW INTO IT.

Here is my masterpiece, hahaha… Naj love it!

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I will be blogging about this very soon. For more about Sew Into It and their classes, go to their website:  www.sewintoit.com.sg

Here are a round-up of links I found online that inspired me this week:

I tried this app to help me be more happy. yes, there is an app for that. quite fun. Try it!

Signs that you should leave your job

Taylor Swift’s new music video is so AWESOME! Plus it helps if you have a lot of cool friends

There is a difference between soulmates and life partners

Great “no-bread” sandwich ideas. Perfect for gluten-sensitive folks like me.

Some suggestions of beautiful free stocks photo sites

Habits of flawless skin people

Ikea and a pop-up breakfast in bed? why not?

Stop searching for the ” Perfect Guy”

Wow! Next week is a the last week of the month. Time flies, doesn’t it?

Filed Under: Inspirations Tagged With: anniversary, crafts, DIY, HydeParkBlues, inspired, King Louis, marriage, Sew Into It, Softie toys, workshops

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Hi I'm Honey! I am a Filipina who has studied & lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years, worked in Singapore and is currently based in Oman with my husband & our three little boys. I am a medical doctor, a lifestyle blogger, travel junkie, a foodie and a bookworm. I hope I can drizzle a bit of sunshine and inspirations whenever you drop by my blog. Thanks for dropping by! See ya soon.. :)
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