.: it's time to be creative again..

Or is one of my best best friends who i can talk about anything. she wouldn't judge. she just listens. we've been close since the third year in prince of songkla university. i don't remember how but we talked a lot. we've stayed in touch via postcards and occasional phone calls. the previous few years, we keep sending postcards more; some we bought, some we made.

all year long, she likes to send me gift-sets from oriental princess for various occasions. she is a health and beauty guru. she said when using the scented products she feels good and wants me to feel the same. so she keeps sending me lotion, shower cream, shampoo from oriental princess.. some years, i don't need to buy a lotion. when one bottle was finished, there was a new one coming for a new occasion..

when meeting her in bkk during october, she gave me a brown paper bag from oriental princess containing one bottle of lotion and one bottle of shower cream with apple fragrance. it was a new scent and i have never used it before. honestly, i have almost tried all fragrances they have now.. and she told me do not buy any lotion bc she would send me a giftset for the new year..

what is my kind of gift to give to her? mostly they are books, movies and gifts i made, or some beauty products that are not from oriental princess. last year, i gave her a diary i made. i sent her the flowery one first. the fabric was from my old tanktop i liked to wear when going to the beach.. after receiving it, she told me she loved it so much but her niece loved it even more and wanted. her niece was about 12-13 years old and loves journalling. i told her to give it to her and then i sent her another one; the black one. she loves it too but told me she still prefered the colorful, flowery one... she told me she brought it with her everywhere as it was small and easy to carry.. and she writes on it whenever she has a chance... i like to make things for people and am happy knowing they use them..

this year, i was at my wit's end and didn't want to make a diary again. seeing that i had plenty of handkerchieves which i use as a scraf when travelling, i picked out 2 and started my pillow project..

while making the pillow last night, i watched this movie 'before sunset'. i've watched it way too many times and only god how often i watched it.. but i love this movie. it's a 'feel good' movie which i will watch again in the future.. there is nothing much in the movie, but the conversation they made when seeing one another again after 8-9 years from their first meeting. they have changed as they grew up and so were their attitudes.. there are things to think along in their converstations.. and the movie was shot in paris, the city i like to get lost taking photos.. naturally, i like meeting old friends, looking for a place to sit and talking to them, exchanging ideas.. that's why i love this movie loads..

..i started by hand-sewing the handkerchieves together.. yes, i have a sewing maching but too lazy to use it.. i like hand-sewing if it's not a big pattern..

then, took out the polyester from my sis's neck pillow. she has plenty of this kidney-shaped pillows piling up around the house and seems not to use all of them. they are from her company to give to customers but they were too many. i want to get rid of them by transforming them into something more useful.. then, i stuffed the polyester into my pillow. i just needed 3 of them.. and then sewed to seal the last part of it..

ta da!!! the yellow side..

and the white side..

and both sides!!

the project took me one movie from the start until i finished it.. umm.. not bad at all!!

this morning, i packed it into a box and am going out soon to post it to her. i won't say a word about this pillow when she calls me again.. i want to surprise her and make her day..

and yes, this is my bed where i sit to create things and watch movies.. i love it!!