Hello everyone!
Yesterday I finally started writing on my blog about Japan, so if you would like to read it, here is the link!
http://www.emmainghibliland.nl
Hope you enjoy reading about my trip to Japan and enjoy looking at the pictures I made.
Love,
Emma
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Manga Drawing
Can't remember when I drew this, but I found this again when I was cleaning out my room. Now I'm in the mood for drawing!
What's in My Bag for Japanese Class?
Okay, this post has absolutely nothing to do with stitching, but I thought it would be fun to do a 'what's in my bag' post. My sister has been watching loads of 'what's in my bag' youtube videos, that's how I got the idea, but I prefer taking pictures instead of filming myself, rambling on about stupid things I stuffed in my bag.
So okay, here it goes. The bag I'm using is a Longchamp Le Pliage - in dark purple or plum or whatever you call it-, because it's very light weight - no matter how much stuff you put in there -, carries a lot of stuff and is water resistant. (From left to right and from up to down).
1: A Game of Thrones - I absolutely LOVE this book, I take it with me everywhere and I just can't stop thinking about it. As soon as I have a little bit of time - like when I'm waiting for the bus - I get my book out.
2: Genki I - this is the book I got at school in Japan, and since I'm going to Japanese class again, I have to take it with me. The people who teach me here in Holland bought this book as well - it's really good! And I love this book as well.
3: Kanji workbook - this little book is actually for elementary school kids who need to learn their kanji (Chinese characters used in Japanese), but we use it because it's easy...cough...(it's still very difficult)! My Japanese teacher here in Holland got this for me last summer.
4: Moomin diary - I absolutely love this and always take it with me. I bought it in the Moomin Café and Bakery in Fukuoka. It's very very slim and light - and cute!
5: Small tube of Nivea creme - I get very dry hands, especially in autumn and winter and I like this one very much. I bought it in Japan last autumn.
6: Scented tissues - in Japan they like handing out tissues, although I'm not sure why, since it's frowned upon to blow your nose in public. Anyway, they smell nice!
7: Rilakkuma bandaids - you never know when you might need one! (Yes, bought these in Japan as well).
8: Wallet - never leave the house without it. It's got a mini screwdriver dangling from it - don't ask me why.
9: Free Hugs card pouch - I thought it was cute and it holds all sorts of cards, mainly cards of places I'd like to go to again some time.
10: Gameboy Micro - I rarely ever leave this at home, it's got the Japanese version of Pokémon Sapphire in it at the moment. (You can't really see what it looks like, because it's in a black sort of sock with strings).
11: Very small box with a sticker on it - it holds a DS game my sister gave me for my birthday. (Pokémon Black 2).
12: Tamagotchi - I love Tamagotchis and I just found this one in a box again and it still worked! So I decided to reset it and start taking care of a weird little animal again.
13: Lipbalm - it says lipstick on it, but it's just lipbalm. I bought this in the 100 Yen store in Fukuoka, because it's peach flavour and I love peach!
14: Pencil - always useful, especially if you need to practice kanji.
15: Erasable pen - also, very useful, never leave the house without one. Lovely lovely lovely Japanese invention.
16: Rilakkuma eraser - you need an eraser if you write with pencil. Didn't buy this one in Japan.
17: Eye pencil - bronze. Usually don't wear it, but if I look tired...I need it... -_-
18: Phone - my super old and super hideous phone that still works perfectly and I'm kind of attached to it.
Please post a picture of the contents of your bag in the comments below - I'm very curious as to what you fellow stitchers carry around in your bags!
So okay, here it goes. The bag I'm using is a Longchamp Le Pliage - in dark purple or plum or whatever you call it-, because it's very light weight - no matter how much stuff you put in there -, carries a lot of stuff and is water resistant. (From left to right and from up to down).
1: A Game of Thrones - I absolutely LOVE this book, I take it with me everywhere and I just can't stop thinking about it. As soon as I have a little bit of time - like when I'm waiting for the bus - I get my book out.
2: Genki I - this is the book I got at school in Japan, and since I'm going to Japanese class again, I have to take it with me. The people who teach me here in Holland bought this book as well - it's really good! And I love this book as well.
3: Kanji workbook - this little book is actually for elementary school kids who need to learn their kanji (Chinese characters used in Japanese), but we use it because it's easy...cough...(it's still very difficult)! My Japanese teacher here in Holland got this for me last summer.
4: Moomin diary - I absolutely love this and always take it with me. I bought it in the Moomin Café and Bakery in Fukuoka. It's very very slim and light - and cute!
5: Small tube of Nivea creme - I get very dry hands, especially in autumn and winter and I like this one very much. I bought it in Japan last autumn.
6: Scented tissues - in Japan they like handing out tissues, although I'm not sure why, since it's frowned upon to blow your nose in public. Anyway, they smell nice!
7: Rilakkuma bandaids - you never know when you might need one! (Yes, bought these in Japan as well).
8: Wallet - never leave the house without it. It's got a mini screwdriver dangling from it - don't ask me why.
9: Free Hugs card pouch - I thought it was cute and it holds all sorts of cards, mainly cards of places I'd like to go to again some time.
10: Gameboy Micro - I rarely ever leave this at home, it's got the Japanese version of Pokémon Sapphire in it at the moment. (You can't really see what it looks like, because it's in a black sort of sock with strings).
11: Very small box with a sticker on it - it holds a DS game my sister gave me for my birthday. (Pokémon Black 2).
12: Tamagotchi - I love Tamagotchis and I just found this one in a box again and it still worked! So I decided to reset it and start taking care of a weird little animal again.
13: Lipbalm - it says lipstick on it, but it's just lipbalm. I bought this in the 100 Yen store in Fukuoka, because it's peach flavour and I love peach!
14: Pencil - always useful, especially if you need to practice kanji.
15: Erasable pen - also, very useful, never leave the house without one. Lovely lovely lovely Japanese invention.
16: Rilakkuma eraser - you need an eraser if you write with pencil. Didn't buy this one in Japan.
17: Eye pencil - bronze. Usually don't wear it, but if I look tired...I need it... -_-
18: Phone - my super old and super hideous phone that still works perfectly and I'm kind of attached to it.
Please post a picture of the contents of your bag in the comments below - I'm very curious as to what you fellow stitchers carry around in your bags!
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Finished t-Shirt
This is what it looks like without the plastic on. It's ready to get shipped! Er...after wrapping it of course.
A Game of Thrones III
I finished the Stark t-shirt!
This is where I left of yesterday.
And this is what I did today. It took me 7 hours to finish this. I just got the plastic off, so it's still really wet, I'll post a picture of the t-shirt when it's dry soon.
This is where I left of yesterday.
And this is what I did today. It took me 7 hours to finish this. I just got the plastic off, so it's still really wet, I'll post a picture of the t-shirt when it's dry soon.
Friday, January 4, 2013
A Game of Thrones II
I did a bit of work on my Game of Thrones t-shirt again today and I'm really enjoying it. Don't know why, since it's quite boring if you think about it, only black thread going right and then left again. Like I said in my previous post, I was thinking of making myself a shirt with the Targaryen sigil on it...
Seeing this pattern kind of changed my mind - this will take me ages and I don't think it will fit on a t-shirt. I prefer the Stark sigil anyway, so I'll probably make myself a shirt with the Stark sigil on it. But first! Finish this one of course.
There is still a lot to be done, but I'm making some progress here.
My parents bought me and my sister some beautiful wool for knitting a scarf. I'm not very good at knitting, but I'm trying. I think the colours are beautiful! My sister has already finished knitting her scarf, I've only done this bit.
Seeing this pattern kind of changed my mind - this will take me ages and I don't think it will fit on a t-shirt. I prefer the Stark sigil anyway, so I'll probably make myself a shirt with the Stark sigil on it. But first! Finish this one of course.
There is still a lot to be done, but I'm making some progress here.
My parents bought me and my sister some beautiful wool for knitting a scarf. I'm not very good at knitting, but I'm trying. I think the colours are beautiful! My sister has already finished knitting her scarf, I've only done this bit.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
A Game of Thrones I
First of all; HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is my first post of the year 2013. And probably also my first project of 2013. How exciting!
I should be working on my grandmother's birthday present, but it is just too boring and I am very very very excited to be working on this Game of Thrones piece, that I can't get myself to work on the little birdy thing. Anyway, I bought lots of presents for my grandmother when I was in Japan, so she will get presents!
When I was in Japan I met an American guy who's really into a Game of Thrones. At the Japanese school people left books behind for other people to read and the first book of a Game of Thrones was left behind by someone. I started reading it and loved it immediately. That's why I have decided to cross stitch the Stark family sigil on a shirt for my fellow Game of Thrones fan, Daniel. (Yes, the same guy who loves Scott Pilgrim as much as I do, and again, he doesn't know I'm making him this). I started it today and I've been working on it for two and a half hours straight, so I'm taking a break now. My thumbs hurt. When I look at the picture of what I've done so far...it doesn't look like much...ah well.
We both took a 'to which house do you belong' test and Daniel belongs to the house of Stark and I belong to the house of Targaryen. Think I might make myself a shirt with the Targaryen sigil.
I went to my local craft shop (www.handmade-heaven.nl) with my sister today to buy some more of the solvable plastic - she is going to stitch some big Scott Pilgrim piece on a pillow case for her boyfriend for his birthday - but they had only one of those packets left...I let my sister buy it, so she could at least start on the pillow case. Worse news is; the woman is not going to be selling the DMC solvable plastic anymore! Where am I going to get it then? Might check out Amazon...
I should be working on my grandmother's birthday present, but it is just too boring and I am very very very excited to be working on this Game of Thrones piece, that I can't get myself to work on the little birdy thing. Anyway, I bought lots of presents for my grandmother when I was in Japan, so she will get presents!
When I was in Japan I met an American guy who's really into a Game of Thrones. At the Japanese school people left books behind for other people to read and the first book of a Game of Thrones was left behind by someone. I started reading it and loved it immediately. That's why I have decided to cross stitch the Stark family sigil on a shirt for my fellow Game of Thrones fan, Daniel. (Yes, the same guy who loves Scott Pilgrim as much as I do, and again, he doesn't know I'm making him this). I started it today and I've been working on it for two and a half hours straight, so I'm taking a break now. My thumbs hurt. When I look at the picture of what I've done so far...it doesn't look like much...ah well.
We both took a 'to which house do you belong' test and Daniel belongs to the house of Stark and I belong to the house of Targaryen. Think I might make myself a shirt with the Targaryen sigil.
I went to my local craft shop (www.handmade-heaven.nl) with my sister today to buy some more of the solvable plastic - she is going to stitch some big Scott Pilgrim piece on a pillow case for her boyfriend for his birthday - but they had only one of those packets left...I let my sister buy it, so she could at least start on the pillow case. Worse news is; the woman is not going to be selling the DMC solvable plastic anymore! Where am I going to get it then? Might check out Amazon...
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