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I joined another Let’s Get Crafty Swap on the Lush forums. We were to make a bamboo tile pendant for each participant. The organizer paired us off and kindly send each of us two bamboo tiles from placemats: one to send, one to keep!
Here’s the one I made for xa109a7:

I messaged xa109a7 to [...]

I made these cupcakes for the fiesta lunch I had at work on Saturday!
They’re the Brooklyn vs. Boston Cream Cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. They are delicious! According to my aunt, they taste like the donut. My co-workers loved how they taste as did Nectar’s adorable kid Andrew. :D [...]

I had today off, so I spent it cooking!
A few things I learned about myself in regards to cooking:

I tend to cook when I’m hungry. This doesn’t work when I want to eat now, and the recipes I have take at least 30 minutes to prepare…
I absolutely loathe going to the grocery store to [...]

Luma! :D
Here’s a wonderful tutorial on DeviantArt by ~clearkid that shows you how to sew your own plushie Luma! ~clearkid has also provided a free pattern, so all you have to do is cut, pin, and sew.
I made mine out of a cream-colored fleece that actually wasn’t very stretchy. And I stuffed its [...]

This post I previously made gave a little preview of the fabrics I bought. Here’s the rest of it! :D

I’ll take closeups of the fabric later. These are all cottons, yay!
Aside from the multitude of colors used to print the fabric, The quality is astounding. I would say that all the fabrics [...]

Chinese people are adept at making mock meat products on a frighteningly realistic level. I went out to dinner with my grandpa and family a few times, and this one restaurant knocked out vegan dishes one after another, all flavors harmonious. (My aunt Cynthia took pictures of this meal, so hopefully I can [...]

Awhile ago, I had someone ask me what recipe I used to make my vegan buttercream frosting.
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World (the best cupcake cookbook I’ve ever come across) is pretty much my Bible, so I typically follow Isa and Terry’s recipes. They, however, use waaaaaaaaaaay too much frosting, so here’s what I do [...]

Michelle seriously rocks. I wrote her shortly after my grandmother passed away, and she wrote back with some very helpful information on sewing the cut-out handles on the Charm School Bag that brought on sheer frustration.
Sorry you are frustrated with the handles! I think two things are happening here:
1. It sounds like some of [...]

Thank you to everyone for all of your kind words, and I really do mean it. I haven’t had a lot of time to myself to sit down and properly write here.
I felt like I had more to say, but I guess I didn’t.
When I’m back home, I’m sure that I will be able [...]

My aunt and uncle took me to one of Taipei’s fabric districts.
Oh. My. God.
I went into one store and was in heaven. They specialized in Japanese and made in Taiwan cotton textiles.* In addition to glorious, high-quality fabrics from the bolt, they had the most amazing scrap bin ever. Let me tell [...]