I finally completed the order of 40pcs of elephants at 4.45am on 8 August. Phew! Lucky for me the baby shower was held  later that evening and not in the morning. And, out of excitement or tiredness, I completely forgot to take a picture of the finished product!

These instead were taken on Wednesday, 4 August @ 12am. 

There were only 15 then and boy was I panicking. There was only

one completed (the top yellow one with the black ears) and the

rest were ear-less and tail-less.

The fasting month started on 11 August. Things at work has been slow. Since I'm fasting, I get to go back at 5.30pm or maybe earlier. But coming to work in the morning is a killer. Weekend is the time for us to relax at home, since the weather has been unkind - it happens every Ramadan. I suppose its a test of patience.

Made a pillow for the Baby Foo on Saturday. Wanted to make a bolster but since I don't know how, made a long rectangular pillow for him instead. I named the pillow the 'Choot-Choot (pacifier) Pillow' as there is a pocket at the front for him to safely keep his pacifier in. I know I shouldn't be encouraging his pacifier habit. But you have not seen him losing his temper when he doesn't get his pacifier!

This is Baby Foo's elder brother's pillow. He got upset that I 

made one for Baby Foo but not him. So Sunday I had to make

one for him. No pictures of the original 'Choot-Choot Pillow'.

Since I don't have a sewing machine, it took me like 1 and 1/2 hours to hand sew everything together. I'm sure with a machine, it would have been much faster and I can make 3 within the same amount of time. Oh well...

Crafty Mary

The Purchases

Last week I bought and bought and bought craft supplies. Lucky for me I managed to find local online craft suppliers as I was contemplating to order from the international ones. Phew!

Here are some of the stuff bought *hearts*

Rainbow flannel from LivBeii, small elephant print FQ from

WhimsyLoft and button tool, also from WhimsyLoft

I was too lazy to take pictures of the other stuff bought from Yee Button House in SS2.

Crafty Mary

40 Elephants by Sunday!

A friend of mine threw me a challenge yesterday - to produce 40 elephants by Sunday! This is how it started:

Friend: "Mary, do you know where I can get those rings for key chains?"
Me: "Umm...from craft shop or stationery shops I suppose. I can check with the shops near my house."
Friend: "OK. I need 40 of those. And, do you think you can make 40 of your elephants?"
Me: "What? You know right, they don't pop out from the oven? It's not like baking 40 elephant cookies =_____="
Friend: "Yah."
Me: "OK lah. But they better be small ones."

So there, it is now 2.37pm and I am at my day job. I have Friday night to complete the job as Sunday is the event day actually. So the 40 babies need to be packed and delivered by Saturday in actual fact. In any case, Mary is up for it and will be burning the midnight oil.

Wish me luck!

Crafty Mary