Yay! Palm-Size Stuffies!

I ordered the elusive Palm-Size Stuffies book on eBay a couple of weeks ago and was expecting it to take around 6-10 weeks to arrive as warned by the seller. It came all the way from Japan, which means none of it is in English. I thought at the time I bought it, it would be pretty self explanatory as many non-Japanese-speaking crafters have bought this book and sung it's praises for being so... self explanatory. I've already had a flick through it and got a bit scared because it looks a little confusing.

But I will press ahead with it, eventually. I need to stop adding new things to my list of projects to complete. I have crochet patterns, knitting projects, jewellery supplies untouched, recipes piling up in my bookmarks folder, shrink plastic projects, clay sitting in a box waiting to be used, the list is endless. It's OK though, with this book I don't want to rush into anything too fast. I want to buy really nice fabrics and materials to work with. I realised a little while back that the reason why some people make everything look flawless and easy is that they are good at hiding the fact that they try, try and then try again to perfect their work, never giving up until they have the perfect result. So that is what I'm going to try with this book. I'm going to practise first until I'm ready to use the good stuff. This will undoubtedly frustrate me because I'm used to churning things out first time, probably because jewellery making is such an easy hobby.

I laughed when I first saw the package, because of the deco tape that the seller had used to secure the envelope. I've had the nickname Bunny since university, even if it is only used by one person. This book had my name on it :D