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Travel: Ben Thanh Market Ho Chi Minh City
Ben Thanh Market This is the busiest market in the capital of Vietnam! Also, it’s centrally located in district 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, which is where we were staying at the Hello House. Okay, let’s get shopping at the Ben Thanh Market! So many items, from knockoff designer bags to items that are actually made in Southeast Asian factories and sold at deep discounts in these markets. I don’t know if workers steal the items or if they are flawed in some way…
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Travel: Hello House Ho Chi Minh City
Hello House The Hello House Ho Chi Minh City is a delightful little place in the central backpacker district. Also, it’s quite inexpensive. This room cost us 87$ for 3 nights – that’s 27$ a night?! Plus, it comes with quality wifi, air conditioning and breakfast. Total score. This little welcome sign is there to greet you when you arrive. Oh, and there’s a locker (you get a key) for you to lock up your shoes. This adorable little bed – and you can see…
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Travel: 3 Days in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam is a place full of history, heartache, and honour. I visited in late April, early May of 2016 and it was such an experience. From taxi scams to celebrating my 34th birthday, it was a destination to remember! Check out how we spent our three days. Getting to Vietnam First – we got to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam by bus – the Giant Ibis from Phnom Penh Cambodia. The most intense part of the trip was crossing customs into…
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Project: Holiday Home Tour
The holidays aren’t over – it’s still boxing day. I wanted to share all the projects I worked on this holiday season in once place and I thought, what a better way to do it than a holiday home tour! For this little project I let you into my home and show you how all the sewing tutorials and projects are on display in real life – not just staged. Want to know which projects are hand made? Check it out the list below! Tutorials…
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Sewing: Week Fifty Two: Christmas Stockings and Pillows
Christmas stockings and pillows. It’s time to get sewing. Christmas is tomorrow! Tomorrow?! That’s flat out exciting. Today I’m going to share my last sewing post of the series 52 Weeks of Sewing. Yes, I’ve done a sewing project a week for the last year and it’s coming to a close. This week I’m combining two tutorials. I’ve already done versions of these, yet I’ve got a bit of an update for this year. These Christmas stockings and pillows are coordinated and festive. Let’s get…
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Project: DIY Fabric Bows
DIY fabric bows – it took me so long to find a decent tutorial and the ‘how to make a perfect bow‘ from Sutton Place is just the one I was looking for! Check out her tutorial – I followed it almost to a tee. A few tips along the way, things that I did differently, and a few things I learned. What You Need Fabric – about 1/2 a yard serger machine matching thread pins iron ironing board floral wire – optional glue gun…
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Sewing: Week Fifty One: Fabric Christmas Ornaments
Fabric Christmas ornaments are here – they are so cute and easy to make, you should try them out. Did you see the bunched fabric balls from earlier this week? Well, I needed something to make with all of those white squares, so I made these ornaments. Let’s get started! What You Need 1/2 a yard of fabric scraps of fabric 10-20 feet of ribbon serger machine scissors matching thread iron ironing board buttons First, gather all of your fabric. I made two shapes. Squares,…
