Secret Garden Adult Coloring Book by Johanna Basford (Korean Version)

The book that started the adult colouring book craze - Secret Garden by Johanna Basford, containing a mix of designs and scenes.

Click here for another adult colouring book - Princesses and Faeries by Tomoko Tashiro.

Princesses & Faeries Adult Coloring Book by Tomoko Tashiro (お姫さまと妖精のぬり絵ブック by 田代知子)

So there's this adult colouring book craze that has come about as a result of our increasingly stressful society. It started out with Secret Garden by Johanna Basford, and then everyone else climbed onto the bandwagon.

I did not give this craze any attention, until I saw the Japanese version of the Princesses & Faeries Adult Coloring Book by Tomoko Tashiro. I bought it for one reason only - the short stories in Japanese at the end of the book that will help me in my Japanese language studies. However, one cannot deny that the pictures are beautifully nostalgic.

Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.

The princess & the Pea. Oh how I can relate!

The fairy tales in Japanese which made me decide to buy this book.

Sew! by Cath Kidston

I finally got down to sewing a shoulder bag during the two weeks my internet connection was down. The free time was greatly appreciated too, since my current bag was already splitting at the seams. 

My thoughts on Sew! by Cath Kidston:

It contains quite a number of interesting projects, both simple and moderately tedious, especially if like me, you have to sew by hand instead of using a sewing machine. Hence, this project took me much longer than it should have.

Although it states on the cover that this book includes everything needed to make the bag, thread and needle isn't provided. Neither are scissors. So do remember to get these beforehand.

The pieces of fabric are already cut to size, so the pattern sheet is redundant for this project, unless you plan on making more of the same with cloth you purchase or make some other variation of this bag.

What disappointed me a little, is that the bag isn't as bag as I had imagined it to be. The base is only 9cm wide, and the bag approximately 20cm by 20cm. More than enough space for a long wallet, handphone, keys, tissues and perhaps a small cosmetic pouch, but definitely none left for a book.

Hello Kitty English-Japanese Dictionary

Cute pink Hello Kitty Pocket Progressive English Dictionary that I saw at Kinokuniya. A very basic word dictionary. Probably good for travelling and that's about it.