“I have a lot of s!” dreaming up new lunche amigurumi is that you can turn them into almost anything you want. At the bento bar, I also offered options for turning the food pieces into magnets, pins, hair clips, or ornaments on the spot. My favourite moment was when someone asked me to turn a crocheted French fry into a pin, and she immediately pinned the happy little fry onto her cardigan. It was the cutest! A seemingly ‘useless’ item can be creatively turned into many useful items. TOP TIPS FOR TIME-POOR HOOKSTERS I continue to have a lot of fun dreaming up new lunches. It’s a bit of a self-indulgent project for me, rather than a businessminded one, but it feels good to take a breather and design projects that I just love. If you’re also feeling pressed for crochet time: 1) try to keep your goals or projects small, don’t put too much pressure on
yourself; 2) leave the house and go to a friend’s or to a coffee shop, as sometimes it’s helpful to force yourself away from the to-do list at home; 3) create a crocheting schedule, even if it’s for just once a week. I see my crochet time as ‘me time’ and my self-care, so it’s important to allow myself time for it, and I hope that you can, too! Make up one of Twinkie’s bento boxes for yourself by ordering the plastic box and her crocheted bento buddies from her Etsy shop, www.twinkiechan.etsy.com. You can keep up with Twinkie via her blog, www.twinkiechan.com
A look at my month I’ve had so much fun coming up with diffe ent idea fo my bento buddie ! Don’t they look cute ne tling in the boxe ? Some of my fave include my octopu hot dog, broccoli flo et , sh imp tempu a, and boiled egg chick and hen. You can find the patte n at www.twinkiechan.et y.com if you want to make up you own bento box!