One big happy family

When Molly got her sister-Samantha, then Butterfly fairy arrived later, lucky pals family has become a big happy family!

So I gather them together for a picture day, everybody cheers and smiles! I am a proud mom!

I adore the dolls from twistyfishies shop very much , they are delicate and amazingly sweet ! Maybe because their creator is such a sweet and talented lady!

My lucky pals want to give Molly, Samantha, jelly fish, robot and beautiful fairy a big big hug! Welcome!

I just realize no matter of our age, old or young, we all love dolls.

As long as we feel and find the connection, the dolls we love seem able to return the same love to us!

A new adventure for Pinky Dots

Several days ago, Lucky Cat-Pinky Dots got adopted by a lovely family.

You will see her in the following link!

http://joiedetea.blogspot.com/2009/08/meet-your-new-tea-correspondent.html

Drinking tea is part of my daily life. Tea has been in my family for generations, that is why I drink tea more than juice, soft drink, or even plain water.

Chinese tea history can be traced back far long ago, and the taste, the ways to make tea all very different from other parts of world.

My parent has been my tea provider, they will visit the tea farm on the mountain in Taiwan, choose the best tea they think for me, a love from them. But I have so little knowledge about tea, just understand some terms because the tea talking from my parents!

After Pinky Dots got adopted, I had a opportunity to learn tea from her new owner-a young, talented, lovely lady who is a tea master.

Here is her brief bio:

I am Australian, nearly 30 years old, and grew up in Melbourne drinking quite a lot of tea for breakfast with my family - just regular old black tea! About 10 years ago I started to get interested in herbal teas and to learn more about them I studied Herbal Medicine. Since then I have always loved all the different herbal teas and really wanted to try to create some blends of my own. Over the last couple of years I have been discovering more about the different types of black, green and white teas and trying as many different ones as I can! So I am very excited to have my little shop on Etsy. In a couple of months I will be having my first baby, which is also really exciting, and I hope that after that I will be able to work on my dream of having a little tea shop in the real world as well as online!

If you are interested to learn more about her and her tea, you can follow her blog or visit her shop:

www.joiedetea.etsy.com

Good luck to Pinky Dots and her new adventures!

My collections of “Quotes about Luck"

Where there is great love there are always miracles.               by Willa Cather

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.     

 by Coach Darrel Royal

                                                                                                                                 

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.                                                                                     by Og Mandino

Each of my days are miracles. I won't waste my day; I won't throw away miracle.                                                                                     by Kelley Vicstrom

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?                                                 by Jean Cocteau

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.                                                                                      by  Ralph Waldo Emerson                       

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.                                                                       by Thomas Jefferson

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.  

                                                             by Barbara Sher

Men of action are favored by Goddess of luck.              

                                        by George S. Clason

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.  

                                                             by M. Angelou

Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words. This is good luck.                                                                               Buddha quote

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night.                                         (Irish blessing)

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.        by L. Coleman

The inspiration! Maneki Neko

The inspiration!  Maneki Neko

Maneki Neko, have you heard of it? A cat with legend!

There are lots of stories about Maneki Neko, I like a site that is very interesting for people to explore more about this cat:

Lucky Cat Museum

Link:http://donaldmoon.tripod.com/neko/clubmenu.html

I am not Japanese, but a Chinese.

However, for some reasons, Maneki Neko, lucky cat seems has been everywhere since I can remember. What can you say, Asia is global too!

When I began to create sock animals for my kids several years ago, I made 2 huge dogs! My boys were amazed by I could turn regular socks into stuff animals! Then, I stopped! Those 2 dogs were all the sock dolls I had ever made!

Someday, I was washing dishes, and saw the Maneki Neko  (a gift from my family years ago ) sitting on the counter....., I started thinking.....

My interest of making sock animals is coming back strongly, and this time, 

Maneki Neko is my inspiration!

There are several symbolic meaning of Maneki Neko, Beckoning Cat, Welcoming Cat, Lucky Cat, Fortune Cat, or Money cat. Maybe it is why this cat is so popular! It represents a very positive energy! 

And that is exactly I want to recreate- A positive creation with a cute way, in my own sock dolls! My lucky pals were born!

Not only lucky cats, lucky dogs, lucky pigs, lucky ducks..have joined the lucky pals family through my hands!

I want people feel relaxed, to smile, at ease, have a break when they look at my pals! Just not be too serious, lovely feeling is good for health!

Again, think about how amazing that a cute little pal can do for your life? Luck is every where as long as we believe it is there.

Prosperity will be around if we hold our lives up positively!

You can meet my lucky pals @ www.myluckypal.etsy.com

Say Hi to them!