a blog by selina zawacki
I’m almost done making all the granny squares for a cardigan, and realized I would need a way of blocking them soon. I didn’t feel like buying a blocking pad or board so I decided to make my own after work today, using all scrap materials (laser cutting and assembly process photos below) . 🌼…
Today is what would have been my 爺爺’s 100th birthday. 張天威 was a great man and great artist. He passed away when I was 3 so I didn’t get the chance to spend too long with him, but I’m lucky that I’ve gotten to know him more since, and lucky that I still continue to…
This weekend I inadvertently ended up making what could probably count as a pretty traditional american, easter dessert. 😂🍓 It definitely reminds me of desserts I’ve eaten with both my dad’s side of the family (jello cake comes to mind) and Mike’s family (his mom makes a really delicious jello dish that includes sour cream…
It finally happened – Mike dressed up for the ren faire. 🧙 For many years now, we’ve joked with our friends that he would dress up for the faire if I made him a Merlin costume. It had to be classic Merlin, but a little gritty, and the biggest sticking point was the hat –…
I used my Eowyn cosplay as an excuse to finally invest in a pair of nice, leather costume boots. I wanted a pair that was generic enough to work for multiple cosplays (Tauriel from the Hobbit was top of mind), as well as any costume I might want to wear to the renaissance faire. At…
Here’s the shortest description possible for this project: I went through a lot of effort to mod my keyboard so that I wouldn’t have to see red switches showing through my resin keycaps. 🥴 And my takeaway is that, although I really enjoy the end result, I don’t think I’m going to make a hobby…
Tang yuan! Even though I generally eat this dessert warm, it still feels oddly refreshing. The texture is so perfect – like a softer, lighter, chewier (bigger) version of boba? And then the lightly sweet ginger broth rounds everything out and makes a bowl of tang yuan feel so wholesome and satisfying. ♡ I make…
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been trying to be more selective about the new projects I start. I have a lot of reasons for this – lack of space to store supplies for new hobbies/an insane wish to be slightly more minimal (I know that’s not really possible at this point haha), not enough time…
I took the day off work on wednesday as a mental health day, and gave myself the rule that I couldn’t work on any projects that are on my to-do list. I ended up making this colorful necklace because I keep seeing really cute ones all over instagram. ♡ I managed to only use supplies…
Sharing something a bit different~ I’ve been wanting to experiment more with photographing people, and a few weeks ago had a lot of fun shooting with Susan, who wore the qipao she designed (made by Qipaoya and inspired by the Mintlodica Witch Girl aesthetic). 🌿 I think the first four photos in this post have a bit of the ethereal…