Heavy heart

We are leaving for the airport soon. I will have internet access but will not have time to blog myself. News arrived this morning that she has lost consciousness. I realize I cry mostly because of how this news affected my mother. To see her with such raw emotion breaks my heart. I also cry because it may be too late for her to see us. I wonder, even in such a state, could we comfort ourselves into thinking that she can hear us? or is that just something we think for our own good?
Keep us in your prayers.

The Admiral on Leave- Limited Edition

Muntedkowhai has been evolving so much that I had to sit down and decide how to better organize my pieces. I have decided to look back on all my creations and pool my favourites into the Limited Edition category while still making the majority of my pieces One of a kind. So here is the introduction of my first pieces I'm including in my Limited Edition:

The Admiral on Leave

now available at Muntedkowhai


More Limited Edition pieces will be introduced. Stay tuned.....

Things that make me happy:

My Mr indulging in his favourite fat free treat

Being goofy with my dad. We're both wearing wigs.

And my super silly family in HK




I've missed HK and it'll always be home. I'm going home!

Lemon Drops on Etsy

I have made these for a while and when I say made, I mean assembled. The work is already done, the vintage bead itself is gorgeous. Here are some Lemon Drops that won't give you a hangover or regret last night:

Etsy talents

I can't believe Nitca sells her hand knit light weight scarves for $35. I mean, look how lovely they are! I'm overdosing on the lovely shades of grey and soft textures. Ah bliss.

Apprehensive

I have 2 more days before I head back to Hong Kong to see my aunt. I'm quite apprehensive about it. She has had 2 brain surgeries this year, one with brain mets and just recently water on the brain. She has not eaten normally in a few weeks, I can only imagine her outward image. Her downsized weight, the shunt in her skull transversing subcutaneously into her peritoneal cavity, tubes in and out, in and out, drips. That is fine, I can deal with that. The damage to her spirit is what I fear the most. Her slow and slurred speech from total brain irradiation with just a dampened reaction in general is not the aunt I have alive in my memory. Replacing the fiesty memory of her with something far less, is what scares me.

She swore like a sailor, loved her food, her bargaining and her bright colours.
That is how she is in my head.

Clothes for your camera

I first saw a cute came case when my friend Keenan took his camera out of one. I was in love. No more boring Logic cases for cameras! Cutecamecases have a variety of cases for different brands and models and they fit like a glove! They come in an assortment of colours and are all leather. The best thing? It's not insanely expensive, I got mine for 25 dollars and that came with a free battery for my powershot. If you don't have nice clothes for your camera and want some colour injections, you should definitely check Cutecamecase out!

Love

Coolest video ever:

more 3 day weekends please

I had a very relaxing 3 day weekend, full of sunshine, eating and Muntedkowhai. Oh and oodles of napping. Napping is great. Here is my weekend recap in photos:

Even peonies are pretty when they're dried up!

Berries from Sauvie Island, turned into sauce for crepes!

Kruger farm guard dog. It's so cute. It has a bell!

I love these shoes.

Best part of great meals @ Veritable Quandry.


I even had time to make a few old Muntedkowhai designs to put into my lookbook:

It's Monday and I'm back to work but only for a few more days because I'm taking an emergency leave to Hong Kong on Friday for a week and a bit. My aunt (who has stage 4 breast cancer spread to the brain and lungs) is not doing very well at all. She has water on the brain due to her brain surgery a few months earlier and now she can't walk nor eat. I want to go and see her, to support my mother and visit my dad. I'm actually a bit scared to see my aunt and what state she'll be in. The last stages of cancer is not a pretty sight.

Sun in Portland

It is super hot out. I have the day off work. I'm in my favourite summer dress.

(roxy dress. straw hat from old high school uniform)

Pottery skirts

Madewithlovebyhannah skirts are so adorable and reminds me of cross stitch and pottery patterns, that I'm enamored with them! If I had one, it would be hard for me not to skip in them! (or wear pigtail braids with them)

Patriotic POP Quiz Question: Where is Francis Scott Key buried?
(I lived there for a year!)

Muntedkowhai Lookbook

I'm in the process of setting up my website and lookbook. It is proving to be more time consuming than I thought! I want it perfect though. I want to step Muntedkowhai up from crafty creations to design creations. Here is an example of a rough draft:


The photo has been downsized due to its original monstrous size. I can't wait to get an entire weekend of photo snapping and editing and putting a look book together!!!

One more working day!!