22 Dec 09
First up, photos of the picnic are up on Sarah’s! I am gonna finish up my roll of film and share those later. Love the mix of people who joined us, Sandy, Yvonne, Arlia & her 15 year old sister, Nadia, Nurul and Dybs – You girls were champs despite the rain! And I have to thank my awesome friends for being so awesome and entertaining – Nabs, Sherms, Caili, Farah – you guys, love you guys because you’re worth it! Our worlds got smaller that day, Sarah & her friend, Charlotte, went to school with Nabs and Sherms and you’re confused, I’m confused but everyone’s happy!
So abruptly moving on, I’ve been eating and making and here are photos.
Stitching together little pockets for my origami
My gift wrapping improved ten-folds this year! Last year it was shiny paper and lots of mistakes. Btw, you have to check out Essimar’s gift wrapping ideas, I wouldn’t mind an empty box from her, just to get some gift wrapping goodness!
Finished product. One’s going to Belgium and the rest will be put up in my etsy store! Which is totally dusty and needs a revival.
| Tags: ori packs
16 Dec 09
I was tagged by Weareyouneak to show 7 things that are bling-bling! Sadly I didn’t make 7 and they don’t really count as bling, ha! I am so un-bling.
Sequins on my 1920s flapper dress / Indie’s collar / metallic silver nails / disco balls on my tree / stickers for mails going out
I’m tagging Y, Sel, Sarah, Diane, Young and Rae! Show me what you got ladies.
Well urm, these two photos stand alone, I know. I made new origami and went to the park to pick twigs for a project I want to try out. I’ll post more when and if it doesn’t fail.
P.S. I’m drawing the winner of frankie’s the photo album at midnight, so last chance honey!
| Tags: origami
14 Dec 09
A boxful of comforting goodness was sent my way from mimipong. Nothing beats opening my letterbox and see it stuffed to the brim.
There’s Weep, the tear doll / A guide to coping with sorrow / A handbook featuring collaborations with 25 artists in Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau / A set of vivid and saturated photos-turned-postcards of Weep hanging around Singapore
I heart the idea of the note pad sewn onto Weep, where you can pen down what is making you sad and give it a hug or squeeze for some lovin’. It’s a role reversal to me, no one really addresses sorrow openly. I’m actually beginning to feel Weep is more than just a blue plushie…
Weep comes in two sizes, one big enough to hug and one small enough to hold. There’s also limited edition artist dolls like this one, and it comes with a hankie pouch.
One for the photo album, Ada’s glad as hell she has a new company. What were the odds, blue and red? I took Ada along for a sleepover on Friday and she got called a ghost/Chucky the entire night!
Mimipong stocks at Strangelets, Rockstar and Cat Socrates.
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I want to advocate buying handmade this Christmas but I’m having difficulty with it myself, I’ll admit. So if you have friends who are open to handmade (which can be rare outside this blogging community), buy handmade!
| Tags: ada, experimental travel, mimipong, the saddest place on earth
19 Sep 09
I hope i don’t piss the birthday girl off by posting this, see i’m running out of material to share lately… I’ve been learning my CSS, sneezing and following NYFW. That’s all i’ve been doing. How earth-shattering! I know.
So anyway i made this card for my friend, Loi. And i drew these little things on it which i hope made sense to her!! The biggest fear for me, when i design or make anything is that the person seeing it doesn’t notice the little bits. I tend to focus more on the littlest things rather than larger picture… Hmm after typing that, it’s not such a good thing now is it?
{If you’re extra curious, the tiny alphabets spell Nick Carter – the Backstreet Boys are coming to town and there’s been a lot of talk about who were our faves when we were younger. AND i like to make fun of girls who like Nick just because, muahahaha. It says Captain on her arm band. We had a floorball game on her birthday and she was captain of the team for that match.}
| Tags: happy birthday loi
