I FELT for the love of sweets ~ 朝著手作達人之路邁進

I love Japanese craft books – the cutesy styling, the clear step by step photo instruction, unique projects, the pattern booklet that comes with the book (not always), and the beautiful photos - no wonder these books are so celebrated!

Lately, I am have been bitten by the craft bug and am obsess with making pastries with felt fabric! Though it is tedious work but the end result is so rewarding! It is just the cutest plus it makes great present too! Now, I can ship my “pastries” worldwide =)

不得不說我非常喜歡日本的手作雜貨書。除了照片漂亮﹐作品出色可愛い外﹐做法清楚易明﹐又附有剪裁圖樣﹐難怪它們那麼受手作達人的歡迎﹗看到她及她的手作﹐忍不住也要湊熱鬧變身手作達人。最近除了刺繡就最哈不織布藝。在Michael’s買的不織布方塊色彩鮮艷﹐價錢便宜﹐又用途廣泛﹐非常好用喔。而用不織布製作出的各種蛋糕點心更是有趣又漂亮。雖然縫製的過程花時間，但看到美美的成品時，就會有一股滿足的開心。最重要的是現在我可以將蛋糕寄給遠方的朋友﹐他們總是抱怨說不知何時才能品嘗到我的甜點。雖然蛋糕不能吃﹐可是所費的時間及心血是同等的 =) 你看﹐是不是很精緻呀?









Have you ever wonder what you can do with scrapes of fabrics? I like to use them to make pincushions! As for materials for pincushion, possibilities are endless! I made them out of mini jam jar, bottle cap, cork, small glass and etc. Aren’t these lovely?

我有收集縫製衣服剩下的碎布的習慣。這些碎布的用途很多﹐只需利用基本的縫法、繡法，又或配不同的布料，就可製作出很多獨特的生活小物。我最喜歡利用這些布料做針包﹐而做針包的素材可多囉 - 迷你果醬罐﹐瓶蓋﹐杯子﹐總之差不多中空的容器都行。這些有夠可愛是不?





Beside bitten by the craft bug, I also caught the vintage fever. I have been roaming Antique stores and found many great things. Other than picking up bakewares and silvers, I can’t help myself from purchasing vintage wooden spools, laces, linen, buttons, and the list goes on. I have been eyeing this cute Victorian era sewing machine and am just looking for reasons to justify the splurge ^^

我有說過我很愛往古董店挖寶嗎? 挖到很多好東西說。最得意是找到很多古董烤模﹐蕾絲﹐食用銀器﹐及造型獨特的茶杯等。除了這些﹐我還忍不住狂買古董木制的線軸﹐喜歡充滿懷舊風的小東西﹐覺得很有味道。而最近看上了一台出自維多利亞年代的縫紉機﹐現在很努力的在說服自己敗下去。。。真的好想要。。。

Rally up, Winners!

Finally, the results are in for the dessert contest that took place in July in honor of L' Atelier Vi's 1st birthday! Foremost, thank you to all you lovely people who have participated! Some of you even submitted 2 entries (you know who you are), it was a great honor for me to see you take the time to do this =) Common, give yourself a big round of applause!

Though all of the submissions were a treat to my eyes, there are a few that made me wanted to grab my fork and dig in! So are you ready for some food porn?! Let them unfold!!!!

還記得我在七月舉辦的有獎甜點比賽嗎?! 終於有賽果囉=)首先要謝謝你們這些參賽者花的時間與心血﹗大家都好棒哦﹗快給自己拍手﹐你們真的好厲害﹗雖然每個作品都是那麼的賞心悅目﹐可有三個讓我心跳加速﹐恨不得狠狠咬上一口﹗到底是什麼樣的美食讓阿Vi口水流了滿地呢?! 看下去就知道啦=) Oh﹐等一下!Tissue拿了沒?﹗沒有?﹗快拿﹗不要怪我沒提醒你們=D

還有就是得獎者記得發email留下你的地址給我喔^^

The winner of this room spray from Lothantique is Martini!




Martini over at Martini A&B 人生體驗室adopted the matcha panna cotta. She said she can't make desserts, I think she is being modest! Her creation looks so decadently creamy and perfect! The panna cotta was paired with fresh cream and sweetened azuki beans, a winning combo! That drop of cream is so tantalizing!



Winner of this retro & chic apron from Jessie Steele is Katy!


Katy’s creation was lovely! She adopted the Tofu Cheesecake and presented it very creatively incorporating the Japanese elements into her creation. I would not have thought of presenting it the ways she did! I just adore them!



The winner of The Seven Sins of Chocolate, an artsy, eye-popping book is 寧~Ning!


Ning over at 寧．甜點的童話 did a fabulous job adopting the luxurious brownies recipe! She had cut the brownies into bite sizes, wrapped it in parchment paper, which then tied together with a piece of ribbon, and given away as a treat to friends! It looked moist and glorious! Also, I though it was very nicely presented! Bravo!



Ladies, please email me your home address so that I can send you the prize! Again, thank you all for your participation!

XOXO,

Vi