Hmong/Miao Punk

I love Pucca. One of my favorite characters is Ching. I drew a fan art pix of Ching wearing a Hmong Chinese outfit. She usually has a cute chicken on top of her head. In my picture she is wearing Miao Silver horns. Isn't she so cute?

I've been to too many Anime Conventions where people cosplay from their favorite Anime character to even cosplaying as a bowl of Ramen Noodle. One of my favorite looks is Visual Kei. Visual Kei is a style influenced by Japanese Rock/Punk bands. I wanted to take a picture that had a Hmong Punk look. I painted one of my old Miao hats and necklaces a bright pink. My older sister ripped up an old dress... we had Jessica and Angel model for us. They are wearing my reaver claws. My sister snapped a few shots and this is the outcome.



I plan on making my own Miao silver hat in the future. I have so many ideas on how I want it to look. It will definately be steam punk infulenced. It will be quite a project but I can't to see the outcome.


I usually dress up in a Miao outfit when selling the things I make at the Anime Conventions. It attracts people to the table. I am planning to wear the pink hat and necklace at the next one!

Apple Crepes!

When I was around 10 my older brother was a teenager and was taking Home Ec classes. He would always be coming home making all these recipes that my family had never eaten before. One day he made crepes. He said they were french and I thought he was so worldly. I still remember his crepes to this day.

I made some yummy apple crepes this morning and they turned out wonderful! These are very easy to make with simple ingrediants.

Ingrediants

For the crepes:
1 Cup Flour
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tbsp vanilla (optional)
2 tbsp oil

For the apple filling:
2 apples
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon


First I took the two apples and cored & peeled them. I then sliced them up thinly.


I love my handy red apple corer! It makes things so much easier.

Melt the 3 tbsp of butter in a sauce pan. Add the sugar and cinnamon. Toss
in the sliced apples and saute them until they are soft. Take off from heat and set aside.


Beat the eggs with the water, milk, flour & melted butter. Add the vanilla if you want. Beat
out the lumps.

Heat a 6 inch pan a little above medium. Add a little oil and ladle the crepe mixture in just enough to cover the bottom of the pan. Let it brown a little and flip over.

Put crepe on a plate and add the apple filling on one half of the crepe.

Fold over the other half and you have a completed apple crepe!

For my crepes I doubled the crepe and apple recipe. I had some crepes left over and I spread nuttella on them and rolled them up! You can see the rolled up ones in the picture...



Eat them right away or save them for later heated in the microwave. Perfect for breakfast or dessert.

Welcome!

I've always loved doing artwork and crafts and so wanted to have a craft blog showing the stuff I make! I also have been cooking a lot lately too. I have never been the best of cooks but now that I am married I've been trying to make dishes that my husband will like. Hopefully I can post up tutorials of my crafts and cooking in the future.

I love making jewelry. Especially with beads. I love creating pretty things. One of the favorite parts for me about making jewelry is seeing other people wearing what I have created.


A couple of gothic beaded chokers.

And people wearing them!

I was obsessed with making mini tiaras for awhile and here is a bunch that I made out of beads and wire. Below were my first tries so they were a little lopsided and messy looking!

I did get a little better. Here is a picture of someone wearing one.

More to come!