Qwaychou's Flights of Fancy

New Flight of Fancy! and a description

qwaychou — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:14:54 +0000

Hi there!
My husband, Joe, coined the term “Flights of Fancy” for the things that temporarily catch me in thier grip and don’t let go for several weeks, to the exclusion of just about everything else. It’s been crochet, origami, sewing, felt crafts, bentos, beading, scary movies, face painting, and designing on Second Life.
Here are some pics of my newest Flight, japanese felt mascots. I don’t have any patterns, only inspiration from the internet.
This was my first one, and there are a lot of mistakes, I made it for my daughter, so she’s gotten a bit dirty. Plus, I can’t take pictures to save my life. This is a pale pink kitten with a stitched nose and eyes:

Next is a robot for my husband:

A tiny chickie for my mom:

This is a fox for my best friend:

This one is a penguin for another close friend:

and a pony for my daughter’s best friend:

Bento 40, 41 and 42- school lunches

qwaychou — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:30:59 +0000

Bento 40! woo! Anyway,
noodle nest with quail egg, fish stick, corn cob,broccoli, cukes, tomato, cheese, gummy, side cars of fruit and snack mix.

McB has been coming home from school iwth lots of lunch left over, so I decided to use my smaller boxes and cut down on what I pack her. It was a good choice, she finishes everything.
Bento 41:
turkey and cheese sandwich, strawberry cookies, oranges and sugar snaps

bento 42:
turkey sandwich, roasted potatoes, broccoli, yellow watermelon, chocolates, and hello kitty cookies for her snack.

Bento 37, 38, and 39- playing catch up

qwaychou — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:27:22 +0000

School lunches:
Bento 37:
Pasta, beef and grn beans, carrots, cukes, olives, tomatoes, and fish paste.

Bento 38:
Two turkey and cheese buns, cuke, tomatoes, broccoli, daifuku, and a little case of salt.

Bento 39:
PB and J on a hot dog bun, banana chips,cukes, tomatoes, sugar snaps, cheese wedge, a couple of chocolates in the lid

Highlighting a fellow Bento Blogger

qwaychou — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:11:45 +0000

I get asked all the time about my bentos, the why’s and how’s, and I simply cannot express the beauty, simplicity, and very green nature of bentos. I found on Basic Obento a post I simply must share with all. It has clear cut argument for using bentos, not just for cute food, but for healthy, nutitious foods, plus little to no waste. Please, take a moment to read her post, it won’t even take you five minutes, but it might change how you see all things bento.

http://www.basicobento.com/new-american-obento/

Bentos 35 and 36

qwaychou — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:52:19 +0000

Yay me! I got the lunches packed before bed!

daughter has blueberry pancakes in bear shapes(I thought the berries made them look like gory zombies, she laughed her butt off) bacon, tomato, banana, and syrup in the teddy

I really had a hard time filling this one up. There’s sushi and onigiri, mac n cheese, shrimps, tomatoes, chocolates, and broccoli

Bentos 33 and 34- DD’s first day of school!

qwaychou — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:30:11 +0000

My baby is in first grade this year, first time staying all day, first time eating lunch at school. She requested sushi! That’s my girl!

Sushi with fake crab, broccoli, tomatoes, cukes, pyster sauce chicken and two gummies. Sliced peaches not pictured.

Hubbys lunch, sushi, deviled chicken, cilatro shrimps, broccoli, cukes and tomatoes. Banana and snack mix not pictured.

Bentos 28-32 pre-made lunches for tomorrow

qwaychou — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:26:29 +0000

I am too tired to document what’s in this… been working my butt off…

Bento 27- another lunch for hubby

qwaychou — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:42:41 +0000

Pretty soon I’ll be adding pics of the kidlet’s lunches, she starts school next week. I’m more excited than she is.

So, here we have some tomatoe curly noodles, topped with chicken, cukes, tomatoes, dressing in the teddy, microwaved egg, a mini chocolate and ball of furikake.

Bento 26- pizza for the hubbs

qwaychou — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:38:02 +0000

So, yeah whenever I make frozen pizzas, I have to ‘doctor’ it up with herbs and stuff. This one has fresh tomatoes, garlic, colby cheese, and basil. The top teir has two mini onigiri, broccolli with wasabi mayo, a tomato wedge, a wedge of marinated tofu, and bbq’d chicken peices.

Bento 25- chicken wraps for hubs

qwaychou — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:32:35 +0000

Ok yeah, so the pic is humiliatingly boring to look atthere are two yummy chicken wraps with takuan and radish pickles, lettuce and japanese mayo.

there’s also grapes with a daifuku underneath, raw carrots and broccoli with dip and a spoonful of tabboullhe(sp?)