The ABCs of K-Pop Playlist ♥ 2013-2014

I'm back with another The ABC's of K-pop playlist! This time I am sharing my favorite songs and artists from the years 2013-2014. Like in my previous ABC playlist, this playlist is in an ABC format so for each alphabet letter you will either have an artist or song title that starts with said letter.

It was really difficult to choose certain artists for certain letter because I'm indecisive there were tons of amazing songs in 2013-2014! I also didn't want to pick different songs from the same artists or group, year after year so I tried my best to choose different ones (but I did pick some of the same artists for certain letters) but I tried my best to pick songs that I absolutely love and would recommend to someone who may not be a fan of K-pop or might be new.

I'm really happy with the result of the playlist not only because I think I choose amazing songs but also because it shows how diverse Korean music can be. The reason why I'm so passionate about Korean music is because of the variety in genres, it's not just K-pop there's so much more! Yes, there's pop but also hip hop, dance, rap, rock, indie, metal, house, traditional, I even included a trot song in this playlist! So, if you are someone who is quick to judge K-pop because you may think it's for "fangirls" or "teens" I invite you to listen to this playlist with an open mind and hopefully you can appreciate the music even if you don't understand the language, I'll rant about that in the next post. lol

Songs I couldn't find on Spotify

Lim Kim - Voice (Feat. Swings)

Miss A - Hush

Vixx - Hyde

What were some of your favorite songs during these years?

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Currently ♥ No. 17

Reading: My Kawaii Apartment Tour
11 Rules of Self Care
How To Master The Flatlay
Life With Anxiety – Locking the Door

Watching: GOT7 Tourgraph World Tour videos

Drinking: Water, tea, and orange juice, aka the sickness trio. lol

Loving: Cobalt blue nail polish

Feeling: Sick!

Listening: Animal Crossing music (I especially love the rainy day and nighttime music)

Excited for: Avengers: Endgame! Ahhh!

Practicing: My flexibility

Working on: Making changes to my Patreon. I will be posting an update post soon.

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Currently ♥ No. 16

Playing: Overwatch Storm Rising

Watching: Guava Island

Eating: Belvita soft baked biscuits

Loving: The new Bonne Chance Collection dresses. I especially want this dress!

Feeling: Blah

Listening: I updated my blog playlist so go check it out if you want to listen to some new tunes. It's on the bottom right side of my blog.

Celebrating: Easter (but I'm not religious so I'm not really going to celebrate it. lol)

Excited for: Rilakkuma and Kaoru on Netflix!

Practicing: A recently started a new hobby but for now, I'll keep it secret *wink*

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Korilakkuma AirPod Cozy ♥ Crochet Pattern

This Friday Netflix will be releasing "Rilakkuma and Kaoru". In honor of the release, I'm sharing this Korilakkuma cozy that I made for my AirPods. I decided to make Korilakkuma because I love Korilakkum! You can always make Rilakkuma if you have a brown yarn (like this one) or make a couple item by making both!

This pattern first appeared on my Patreon. If you would like to see more crochet patterns before anyone else pledge to my Patreon.

Supplies

- H/5.0 mm crochet hook

- Cream worsted weight yarn

- White felt

- Light pink felt

- Black felt

- Red felt

- Slanted tapestry needle

- Scissors

- Fabric glue

Aberrations

ch(s) - chain stitch

st(s) - stitch(es)

slst - slip stitch

sc - single crochet stitch

() - work instructions within brackets as many times as directed

[] - work instructions within brackets as many times as directed

Crochet Level

Beginner

If you have any problems with this pattern feel free to contact me so that I can make corrections to the pattern.

Head

With cream yarn and H hook

Round 1: ch 9, sc 9 sts. Total = 9 sts

Round 2: turn left (the other side that you sc on), sc 9 sts. Total = 18 sts

Rounds 3-7: sc 18 sts. Total = 18 sts

cut off and leave long tail for sewing

Body

With cream yarn and H hook

Round 1: ch 9, sc 9 sts. Total = 9 sts

Round 2: turn left (the other side that you sc on), sc 9 sts. Total = 18 sts

Rounds 3-10: sc 18 sts. Total = 18 sts

cut off and weave tails

Ears (make two)

With cream yarn and H hook

Round 1: magic circle, 7 sts. Total = 7 sts

Rounds 2-4: sc 7 sts. Total 7 = sts

cut off and leave long tail for sewing

Assembly

Sew the ears to the corners of the cozy. Attach the top of the cozy to the bottom part of the cozy by sewing 9-10 sts of one side.

With felt, cut out a big white circle oval piece for the stomach, one small red circle, two pink circles for the ears, two smaller black circles for the eyes, one small white circle for the mouth and black nose for Korilakkuma's mouth. Glue everything down in the correct placement and press to secure, let dry.

Optional: Replace the red felt circle with a small red button and with same cream yarn attach a circle to the center of the top cozy. This way you can securely close the cozy.

Do you prefer Rilakkuma or Korilakkuma?

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7 Things ♥ On My Desk

7 is my favorite number. I was born on the 7th month and if you multiply the 7 by 2 you get 14 which was the day I was born. That's why I wanted to start a new series which I share 7 things. Today I'm starting with one of my favorite places in my room, my desk. I've posted several posts featuring my desk before but I'm always refreshing things up on my desk. By the way, as I was linking past posts to this post I noticed that my desk is extremely messy. Sorry!

1. Unused pens and colored pencils

You will notice that I keep a lot of writing pens and pencils on my desk so of course, I don't have enough time to use all of them. All of the pens and pencils in the pink cup (which I decorated with washi tape) ran out of ink or I don't use anymore. I like to keep "pretty pens" as decorations for stationery posts. The colored pencils I do use but not as often as other pens.

2. My Melody

This is a crocheted My Melody face that was meant to be a garland but I gave up. The pattern was made by Twinkie Chan in collaboration with Sanrio (pattern here). I couldn't understand the pattern so I just made everything I could and cut out a face with felt and glued it on. I like my camera on top of this because I don't have anywhere else to place my camera. lol

3. Starbucks coffee cup

This is a Starbucks coffee cup ornament that I bought for my mini Christmas tree a few years ago. I loved it so much that it now sits on my desk.

4. Unicorn

Like every creative person, I love unicorns! I bought this for $3 at Target. It's super cute and usually has a washi tape hanging from its horn.

5. Colorful pens

Since I shared my unused pens I had to share what I use instead. In the cup on the left, I store all of my Tombow dual brush pens and Zebra Midliner pens. In the pouch on the right, I keep my Pilot Juice pens, stamp pens, and pencils (want to see what's in my pen pouch?). Just looking at all the colors make my heart happy.

6. Hobonichi SetUp

I took this when I was planning in my Hobonichi. The sakura stickers are from Amazon, that MONSTA X dashboard is from HelloPaperCat, and that planner pouch is from Unicorn Planner, I like to store my die cuts in there.

7. Nylon Korea magazine

One thing you should know about me is that I love magazines! I have so many issues of magazines in my room. Even though Nylon here in the States isn't in print anymore I still like getting Nylon Korea and Japan magazines, especially since they usually featuring idols. In front of the magazine are some Pachimari plushies (crochet pattern available here).

What do you keep around your desk?

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This week's mantra card. I shuffled and parted the deck and this was the card I drew out. You can use this card as an affirmation or mantra for the week ahead. If you have a journal you can write this on a page, think about this when you're meditating, or look back whenever you need a bit of wisdom.

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Currently ♥ No. 15

Reading: Gone Girl by Gillan Flynn (still)
Planning: Spending time to catch up on my Hobonichi.
Watching: If you haven't watched Unicorn Store yet, go watch it! It's amazing!

Eating: Fruit

Drinking: Water

Loving: The new Starbucks Japan collection! So cute!

Feeling: Stressed

Listening: Oohyo - Far from the Madding City

Excited For: BTS on SNL!

Practicing: Patience

Working on: Editing blog posts because my memory card decided to randomly delete a bunch of photos which is why I didn't post anything this week. Sorry!

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Currently ♥ No. 14

Reading: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Watching: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. I'm so excited to binge the new season this weekend!

Eating: Ice cream sandwiches

Drinking: Iced caramel soy macchiatos

Loving: Cow of the Day

Feeling: Carpal Tunnel

Listening: BOL4 - Puberty Book - EP

Celebrating: The fact that I was able to snag some MONSTA X tickets! It's only been a week and I still can't believe that I'm going to my first K-pop concert! The concert isn't until the end of July but I've been over the moon since I purchased the tickets!

Practicing: That it's alright to not constantly be doing something

Working on: Making plushies

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Currently ♥ No. 13

BLACKPINK Fan Stick Plush Giveaway! (CLOSED)

BLACKPINK in your area! In honor of BlackPink's comeback, I am throwing a BlackPink fan stick plush! If you haven't watched their newest music video click here, it's amazing! Remember if you don't win you can always make you own BlackPink fan stick (crochet pattern here). Make sure you read and follow all the rules. Good luck!

Prize

The winner gets their own mini crocheted BlackPink fan stick made by me. You can even choose to turn the plush into a keychain if you like. I will also toss in some extra BlackPink goodies!

Rules

Follow the mandatory entries, if you don't have an Instagram or Twitter account let me know in your comment. Make sure you use an email that you check regularly. You must stay followed to my accounts until the end of the giveaway to be qualified to win. If not, you will be disqualified and I will choose someone else.

Giveaway is international and will be open for one month. After the giveaway is over I will be randomly picking a winner using a random generator and will contact the winner soon after. The winner has one week to respond, if they don't I will pick another winner. Good luck!

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BLACKPINK Fan Stick ♥ Crochet Pattern

BLACKPINK IN YOUR AREA! Or at least they will be because BlackPink is finally making a long-awaited comeback this week after a much long hiatus. Ever since I posted my first fan stick I've been asked many times to make to BlackPink's lightstick so I'm very excited to share this pattern with you all!

BlackPink's fans are called Blinks and though they haven't confirmed it I'm pretty sure their fan colors are black and pink but that could just be a lucky guess. When I searched online I couldn't find a name for the lightstick so if anybody knows let me know.

The lightstick was designed by the members, it has a black handle and pink hearts on each end to resemble the shape of a hammer. I like how they got creative with their lightstick because I love crocheting unconventional light/fan sticks.

The pink part with the hearts was difficult to crochet because I couldn't get the heart shapes quite right and I didn't want to use anybody else's heart crochet pattern so I tried and gave up many times but finally, one night while I was crocheting I created a heart that I was satisfied with. I almost published another version with a different heart part but I'm happy that I didn't because I prefer this one.

Supplies
- G/4.25 mm crochet hook
- Black worsted weight yarn
- Pink worsted weight yarn
- Pink felt
- Slanted tapestry needle
- Scissors
- Polyfil stuffing
- Fabric glue
- Sewing pins

Aberrations
ch(s) - chain stitch
st(s) - stitch(es)
slst - slip stitch
sc - single crochet stitch
hdc - half double crochet stitch
dc - double crochet stitch
tr - (treble or triple) crochet stitch
dec - decrease stitch
cc - color change
() - work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
[] - work instructions within brackets as many times as directed

Crochet Level
Intermediate

If you have any problems with this pattern feel free to contact me so that I can make corrections to the pattern.

Handle
With G hook and black yarn
Round 1: magic circle 8 sts. Total = 8 sts
Round 2: 2sc in each st (x8). Total = 16 sts
Round 3: sc 16 sts. Total = 16 sts
Round 4: dec 8 sts. Total = 8 sts
Round 5-9: sc 8 sts. Total = 8 sts
*stuff lighly*
Round 10: [2sc, sc 3 sts](x2). Total = 10 sts
Round 11-12: sc 10 sts. Total = 10 sts
Round 13: [2sc, sc 4 sts](x2). Total = 12 sts
Round 14-15: sc 12 sts. Total 12 sts
Round 16: [2sc, sc 2 sts](x4). Total = 16 sts
Round 17-19: sc 16 sts. Total = 16 sts
*stuff lighly*
Round 20: [dec, sc 2 sts](x4). Total = 12 sts
Round 21: dec 6 sts. Total = 6 sts
keep dec until you read 2-4 sts, finish stuffing, and sew shut.
Cut off and weave in tail

Hearts (make 4)
With G hook and pink yarn
Round 1: magic circle 6 sts. Total = 6 sts
Round 2: 2sc in each st (x6). Total = 12 sts
Round 3: [2sc, sc 2 st](x4). Total = 16 sts
Round 4: slst, 2dc, 3tr, 2dc, hdc, sc 3 sts, 2hdc, sc 3 sts, hdc, 2dc, 3tr, 2dc, slst to the center of the heart.

Cut off and leave long tail for sewing

Hearts (make 2)
With G hook and pink yarn
Round 1: magic circle 6 sts. Total = 6 sts
Round 2: 2sc in each st (x6). Total = 12 sts
Round 3: [2sc, sc 2 st](x4). Total = 16 sts
Round 4: slst, 2dc, 3tr, 2dc, hdc, sc 3 sts, 2hdc, sc 3 sts,
hdc, 2dc, 3tr, 2dc, slst to the center of the heart.

Round 5: sc on the back part of the heart (behind the sts). Total = 24 sts.

Round 6: dec 12 sts. Total = 12 sts
Round 7: dec 6 sts. Total = 6 sts
Cut off and leave long tail for sewing

Assembly

Layer the hearts on each other and sew together minus the heart that you stuff. Next, sew the heart pieces on each end of the black handle, use sewing pins to keep everything aligned. Weave in loose ends.

With pink felt, cut out the details on the handle. You can make a pattern on a piece of paper to help guide you if you like, I did this for the pink rim part. I normally don't make buttons for fan sticks but the stick looked empty so I added the button. Glue everything down with some glue and press lightly to secure.

I didn't add the BLACKPINK logo on the handle (or hearts) because you couldn't really tell when the black felt was on the black yarn. I mean can you even tell that I put the logo on the MONSTA X fan stick? But you can choose to add the logos if you want.

Are you a fan of BlackPink?

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31 Lovely Things ♥ March 2019

1 Drinking coffee and listening to podcasts aka the perfect way to start off (or end) a day.

2 Mediated

3 Watched The Umbrella Acamdey and loved it! Can't wait for season 2!

4 Packed an Etsy order.

5 Started my fourth book of the year.

6 Reading some of my favorite blogs.
7 Sometimes all you need is a cup of coffee to make you happy.
8 Bought a new nail varnish.
 9 Decorated in my Hobonichi and listened to some tunes.

10 Received some sakura stickers.

11 Listened to Epik High's new album!
12 Started practicing my splits again.
13 Shared a post on my favorite new skincare brand!
14 When people sure their versions of your crochet patterns :)
15 Binged watch Romance is a Bonus Book. Love this drama!
16 Received my Patreon happy mail from Vicki.
17 BOBA TIME!
18 Went to sleep before 3 am!
19 Posted this post which was fun to answer.
20 Got hooked on the Ologies podcast.
21 Played some Nintendo Switch game demos. I need to buy more games!
22 Lucy's first time climbing the stairs on her own! Ever since getting wooden floors she's been avoiding the stairs because she slips on the wood floor so I've been slowing teaching her.
23 Started my 3rd book of March! Would you like to see a post on what I've read so far?
24 Shared some pages from my crochet notebook on my Patreon.
25 Refreshed my bulletin board just in time for Spring!
26 Taught Lucy how to climb the stairs! She now can exciting run up and down the stairs on her own! #proudmom
27 Posted the pattern to the Red Velvet fan stick. Click here to see the pattern (PATREON ONLY).
28 Learning that saying 'I Love Myself' is enough.
29 I SCORED MONSTA X TICKETS! Ahhhhhhh!
30 Went to Mod Pizza for this first time and really enjoyed it.
31 Completed a week of morning workouts! Well, 5 days to be exact but you get what I mean.

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