DIY a dream catcher

Hey there!

I just finished my first piece of a dream catcher.
I always want a dream catcher for a very long time ago.
I even tried to purchase a ready made dream catcher before this but they're super expensive for a dream catcher so I just forget it.

I choose to DIY my own, the only, and the specially custom-made (of course)  DREAM CATCHER! Yeay!

Below is the tutorial on how I make my own custom-made dream catcher.

Materials:

• Hoop. I used the embroidery hoop that I got from DAISO. 15 cm in diameter
• A Doily. You can just buy a ready made doily or knit it yourself. I knit it myself :) it was about 5 '' size.
• Strings spool / yarn, yarn and yarn haha
• Paper rope/ ribbons
• Lace material, lace materials and lace materials or you can just use any fabris that you want
• Feathers
• Beads and small colourful bells
• Handicraft glue or to be easier a strong glue

Instructions:

1. Wrap around the entire hoop with a fabrics/ rope. I use  pink paper rope for mine.
2. Finish wrapping the hoop by securing the fabrics with a glue and trim the remaining fabrics/ rope.
3. Then, I use the doily that I knit before hand and using the yarn I weave the doily inside the hoop and add beads to it as I go on. Sorry I forgot to take picture for this. For the pattern of the doily I got it from Crafttown.com using pattern Snowflakes doily.

   

   This is how the snowflakes doily suppose to look like before I weave it

4. After that, using the string spool, ribbons, lace materials, the excess paper rope that I have, I hang it down from the bottom of the dream catcher. You just fold the fabrics/ string in half and then create a simple loop and pull the fabric through. Do as many as you want and pick your combination of string, lace, ribbons that YOUR HEART DESIRE!
5. To add on the embellishment, I take the beads and the small colourful bells and sew the thread in and secure with knots.
6. It's time to hang the feathers. For the feathers, begin to wrap the long length of thread around the feathers and tie it securely. You can add on embellishment on the feather by adding beads etc.

DONE!

This is how my dream catcher looks like. It was super easy and took a short time to be done.

Hang it above the bed headboard!

So what do you think?

Comment below :)

Goodbye!

My hostel room transformation

I've been living in hostel room like, roughly, 6 years. The first time that I live far from my family was when I was sixteen, I was sent to a boarding school for the first time in my life. Of course, it was hard at the first time but you just kinda get used to it and live on, though if you ask me I would say I love my home better. Home sweet home, right?

Okay, cut it short.
I actually wanted to share to you guys the transformation that I've done to my current hostel room in Lot 77, Kolej Kasturi. I always did a small transformation before this to my past room but so far this transformation was the biggest and the one that used up my money T.T

But it's okay.
In the end I like the transformation so so much. I feel like home here now.

Here's the before and after transformation.

Okay first we take a look at my study table.

This is my roommate's study table before. I forgot to take picture of mine. It's almost the same basic table so, I'll just use hers. Haha.

For the study table, what I do was just purchasing a :

•  60 meters length of 'very elegant' wallpaper from Kaison, 
• 3 cork board ( 2 of large size and 1 small size) for MR.DIY,
• Cute pink wooden letter from MR. DIY
• A lot of wooden label from MR.DIY
• Japanese lace from DAISO
• Heart shaped push pin from DAISO
• Cute note holder 'tree shaped' from MR.DIY
• An electrical aromatherapy light from LOVELY LACE

So, all I did was make use of the wallpaper and wrap the 'basic' study table that I've. The reason I use wallpaper rather than usual wrapper is that it water resistant so you don't have to buy plastic wrapper to double wrap it again. Then I use the extra wallpaper to make my notice board. The outline of the notice board I stick the Japanese lace that I got from DAISO and add on some motivational lettering on the notice board. I use two large cork boards for notes and reminder. As you can see below the cork boards I wrote the 'deadline' for reminder of any assignment deadline etc. I also had reminders for the upcoming exams. I use the smaller cork board as a timetable. 

After transformation. 

This is the zoom out of it.

Now, the bed. As you can see the bed and the wall above the head board was so so so plain.

Bed before.

So,  I bought a new comforter set from Parkson, use the extra wall paper that I had to make a picture gallery above the head board. 

Can you see, the large clock above the head board and my picture gallery board? I purchase it from MR.DIY. It is very light weight. It is actually a sticker clock. Yes. The clock was functioning. Don't worry.

I want to change the curtain but it will be too much for me. LOL

The carpet was from my old room. I've purchase it long time ago.

Yes marroon, pink is my ultimate theme

Bed after transformation

Okay, considering the costs, I just use the old book shelves that I had since I was in Year 1 of medical school. I just stick a wallpaper above the selves to give it a new look.

Then I just put my knitting stuff and flowers, also my aromatherapy candle on it and done!

And I also add some motivational lettering above it. Stay bubbly!

Above side table.

That's it.

What do you guys think?

Radiology posting, knitting and my bucket list!

Hey there!

After sudden end in last post, I come back.

I already finished one week of radiology posting and tomorrow gonna be a second week.

In radiology posting, we had only 2 week. Yes. 2 week to learn radiology through thick and thin.

We had to learn the modalities in radiology like; x-rays, ultrasound, CT scan, angiogram, fluoroscopy, angiography and MRI in this 2 week. But it is a 'chill' posting and the doctors teaching us was very fun *forgive me for my lack of vocabulary to explain how excellent they are. 

But I truly enjoy the learning.. Yeah at least I can grab what are they saying without the hassle to re-read back every time after class. I hasn't started my revision yet though exam is next week. But I believe I can to well(read: hope so!)

But, now I was not that into studying thus, the post. I spent this week doing something that I enjoy, that is, knitting...! yeah knit few things in this week. I knit a butterfly, a snowflakes, a 4 leaf- clover for my friends and a coaster. I also knit something that I want to put to the center of my soon to be made 'dream catchers' but because I don't have the things needed right now I'll have to postpone my project. Oh! I can't wait for my bulk of yarns arriving from guangzhou. I want to knit a blanket. Actually I want to knit a chunky blanket but don't know where to find a supreme, large, chunky yarns that they used and of course they are super expensive so, considering I'm so broke right now maybe I just knit a simple blanket. I hope that 20 skeins of yarns that I ordered would be enough for the project.

4 leaves clover. They believes that it brings luck and based on what I read each leaf mean; love, luck, faith and hope. I give to Joyah and Ravi. Actually I knit extra for someone that I like but I don't know how to give him.

This is my first snowflakes. I knit it because the aunties in the knitting group was so excited knitting this for upcoming Christmas. I just join them because I find it cute.

The butterfly! One skein of 20 g yarn was used for this. Actually I wanted to dye it to gives beautiful real shades to the flower but I don't know where to find fabric dyes, and of course I don't have time to look for it. So it opt out to knit it using a pink gradient cotton lace yarn to knit the flowers. But it turn out beautiful too right. Just say so.

This is a coaster I knit but I think I want to put it to the center of my dream catchers. Below I give you the pattern. I read the pattern wrongly at the end of the round so it's a bit different

They called this doily. I knit this also for the purpose of the dream catchers. It is quite big, about 14 cm diameter. Below is the pattern

This is the dream catcher that I plan on making. I want to do a Boho style dream catcher.

I think instagram, facebook and twitter platform was ruining my blog post. I mean I always update things there so when I want to update here. I lost the ideas.

Hmm..

Oh yeah currently I'm working on my bucket lists. I don't know if I can do all the things that I listed but I'll try my best. I want to start my bucket list as early as possibly but money, time and priorities.

I mean I need to focus my studies. I absolutely lacking in finance right now. It's sad. I'll have to wait when me. myself making money, only then I can do the high cost stuff that I dream off and of course I had time constraints right now. But I'll have to figure out it later. 

The important thing in my bucket list right now was to find a 'partner in crime' that would be pleased to join me in my adventure and all. Of course , doing all these things would be better if we had someone else joining us right. Some more, if I was going to travel, I don't think my parents would allow me to go alone and they would never want to join me also. I had so much to consider right now for my bucket list. Wish me for the the luck!

P/S: I know I promised many times already. But I'll update the CMPH posting. I will. I will. I will. Then I'll post some picture of my hostel room transformation okay! :) 

I hang them above my bed headboard along with my mum, dad and little sister photos

Goodbye!

I think I should learn how to give a good title to my post haha