This past week has really, truly felt like studio all over again!

A couple weeks ago, I was watching a video by Draw with Jazza on Youtube and I got inspired to create a quick Flash animation that introduces myself. I wanted it to be simple, cute, and characteristic of my personality.

So I have a confession to make: I have really, really terrible body image - probably the aftermath of a combination of living in China, where since a young age I was turned away at small boutiques because I was too "big" and couldn't fit in the one-size-fits-all clothes, and being around people who made fun of me for not being a typically-tiny Asian girl.

I've always really wanted a jewelry tree, but I always thought they were ridiculously overpriced (20 dollars+? Really?). I decided that since it was the summer, it was the perfect opportunity to make my own tree!

Two of my favorite clothing pieces are my convertible dresses that I bought off of Ideeli, despite the fact that neither of those pieces are currently in the same country as me (I travel and leave things when they don't fit in my suitcase, and unfortunately those get left behind at my parents' house). I think that the dress is ingenious - one clothing piece, infinite ways of wearing? Sign me up!

The weekend began well - On Saturday I didn't wake up until noon and after I finally dragged myself out of bed I went over to EC to ship Julie's books for her and to play Assassin's Creed on her Xbox 360. Came home, hung out with Max and Libi for a while, went to bed....

Originally my first whim of the week was going to be about a romper that I made, but over the weekend my wallet got stolen (read about it in the next Coffee Buzz!) so I decided to write about a quick pouch/wallet hybrid that I whipped up to put my replacement cards and cash in. I needed it because I didn't have time to go shopping for a new wallet, and because I didn't want to fork over the money for a new one (I usually buy my replacement wallets in little flea markets in Shanghai when I go home, where each wallet is usually less than $10).