Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Sunset, camera




A beautiful sunset, but due to my camera limitation, i seems like a light from far.

Anyone have suggestion on camera. I need a camera mainly on capture detail picture such as accesories, bags, clothers, earring, crafts. Plus it can be use in normal people photo taking and travel use.

A promoter recomand me Canon power shor A720IS - a semi auto camera. But it looks not that nice compare to those compact cameras such as Canon Ixus 80IS / 860IS or olympus mju 830 camera. These are the camera model that the promoter recommended, but one booth is saying another booth their bad things and don't really know who to believe. Anyone have any suggestion??

Kawaii lovers

I just love kawaii stuff. And I think I'm kinda a bit too old for that.

An little girl online ask me to buy some Japanese brand kawaii stuff for her. Ended up I buy more for myself.


1.Kawaii mini gift box in cookies and sweet
2.Candy, sweet, cakes, ice-cream loose sheet stickers
3.Colorful elephants stickers. Every elephant is with different color and different pattern. I love this so much
4.Mini Memo pads in food character

I'm telling myself to stop buying or swaping kawaii stuff. But I just couldn't stop.

Different try on Clay

Was influence by some online crafters on clay and started my journey on clay. Some friends would ask on what clay I'm using and how does it feel. Well this post I will be writing on CLAYS.

Resin clay 树脂粘土

The texture of resin clay is more elastic. The resin clay I use is air dry. No need to bake. It takes almost 1 day to be harden. Very strong after it is harden.
It won't chip or crack after it is dry. Even not crack if it is drop. I brought from Meiwei the resin clay 500g for RM35. It is white in color. If you want to mix color, buy acrylic colors to mix on. I brought a 18 colors tiny bottles of acrylic color for basic colors, but these colors takes longer time to get the final result. If you need a color more, try to buy those tube arcylic colors. Western brand arcylic colors are more good. Need only several mix on colors to get the end result. Resin clay tend to be abit sticky after mixing colors. So remember to apply hand lotion/body lotion to your hand to prevent the resin clay to stick on your hand.

Light weighted Clay 超轻粘土

Jumping clay / Iclay
Usually it is pre-pack with ready mix colors. Colors are bright and colorful. Basic color including white, black, yellow, red and blue. With these basic colors, we can mix into other colors that we want. I love this clay because you no need to spend time on mixing the colors as all colors are ready mix. It is also air dry. Suitable for children, but it is very suitable for beginners on clay. I brought another brand - Jumpling clay from ART FRIEND - THE GARDENS as it have a nicer smell then Iclay. You can get Iclay at Midvalley at the Lower Ground Floor.

Japanese brand light weighted clay.
This was my 1st clay that I brought. It is consider light weigted clay or Moouse Clay. Air dry clay. I use it to make my ice-cream accessories. You can get this at Kinokuniya or Isetan STationary. A problem that I face using this clay is when I mix arcylic colors to this clay, when I roll the clay, it tends to crack and crack even more when it is dry. MAybe this brand need to buy those pre-mix color clay and not to add colors to mix the clay. Maybe I will get another pack of color clay later. The colors of this brand clay are more lighter.

Hope this help on beginners on clay making.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Donate to China earthquake victims!

TS told me that an earthquake have happen at China. I don't read newspaper and I couldn't feel how he felt after reading thru the newspaper. Some parents risk their life just to save their child. I was in tears when I heard him describe. He wanted to do some donation for this incident. But just don't know where to donate. I think alot people want to donate, but don't know where to donate.

I search online and found that several society and organisation like world vision, sinchew can walk in for donation. But we could not find a fax machine to fax it thru there. Today I saw at PC Fair at KLCC convension center we can walk in and donate. So any one work near by can drop in and donate. PC ends tomorow.

For those that couldn't make it, can go to this link: 爱心行动 刻不容缓 to see any place near by you to donate. MSN is just a good way to spread news. By adding a rainbow (R) in front of your msn name, they will donate $0.20 RMB to the victims. Just so easy. Anyone that have an MSN should do that.

Will go tomorow to help TS to donate.

click image to donate

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Happy Wesak Day



A view at Tian Hou Gong. There have celebration on the wesak day. Just that we are clever enough to go there 1-2 days before. Else if go there on that day, sure very jam.

They didn't allow us to take any picture inside the hall. Inside the hall, there is a stage decorated with wesak day theme. There is a place for us to give flower, a place to help the god to bath, a tree to hang up your written wishes, a place that sell accesories, books, CD on god, a place written on stories about wesak day...

For those that miss this year may try your luck next year

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Sold cream-cream

I was so glad that my cream-cream hair pin and handphone charm sold out 4 units. I was just glad that some one will recognise my work. Seems like alot people find it special and interesting. But that place still got 1 problem because they tend to ask for discount even the price is so low. I insist no discount. Unless they buy bulk orders from me.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Ice-cream, Lollipops, Cream

Finally manage to finish everything for the shop.

Here are some necklance. Blue lollipop necklance is my favorite. I just love the color combinations. This is made from resin clay, abit heavy, maybe next time can try using light weigth clay.


Cream with strawberry necklance, added a ribbon on top to make it more pinky.


Handmade mango flavor ice-cream with whip cream and a chocolate chip on top


Here are all handphone charms of single scoop of ice-cream. You can attach on your not only your handphone but also bags, keychain... anything. Comes with different flavour, from chocolate, mango, orange and corn.



Here is a detail picture of the ice-cream, some I added whip cream and some I stick with shinning beads.


Handphone accesseries of cream-cream.


Handmade hair pins of cream, each cream is added with either ribbons, strawberry or even dark heart shape chocolate chips. The orange one is an ice-cream with a ribbon behind. Below you can see more detail picture.




Handmade stuff I put a lot of efford on it, hope it sells well on the shop in Johor. Any one wants, just drop me an email. I do ship for international buyers too.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Coconut buttons

Coconut is something comman in Malaysia. From our studies in school last time, we know that there is multiple usage on the coconut, from the fruit to the leafs...

Last weekend I was at Penang, saw this cute coconut buttons from Queensbay mall. It was a small art and craft fair. There are several stores there, eg: clay crafts, patching crafts, felt, tradisional crafts, miniture ... I just manage to buy the Garden Buttons and the Flower Buttons that I love so much.





There is also I stall selling patch bags. And I chat with the lady, and guess what, it was the lady that meiwei mention that she is going to open a craft material - mainly imported fabric from Japan and USA at Queensbay Mall, Penang. But the price of the cloth are abit pricely, starting from RM40-RM80. It is so costly to craft.

Friday, May 09, 2008

Ice-cream with cream

Finaly manage to do something to sell at TS sister shop.

I was doing the small small parts, such as strawberry, chocolate heart shape chips... Mixing the color itself already taken such a long time.

A little bit thing that I done yesterday, not the end product yet. Just waiting for it to dry off. Different flavour of ice-cream - chocolate madness, corn, orange,mint, strawberry... Tasty right? Some have whip cream on top and which dark chocolate chip.


These are handphone accesories.
First of all, this is called mint with whip cream and cookies. The dark brown is chocolate cookie and there is whipped cream in the middle between the cookie and the ice-cream. Mint ice-cream is my favourite. I have added some shinning beads on top of the ice-cream so it won't look that dull. Hand sew green ribbon on top of the ice-cream.


2nd will be the strawberry cookie with whipped cream. The ribbon is to make it not that plain look.


More to be assemble today and hopefull can finish by tonight