Resin Jewellery: Holiday

You would have knew am a handbag, brooch & jewellery person

if you have been following my blog for awhile.

Made by your truly and it's my favourite

My first mission for the year - learning how to make resin jewellery. Ticked.

I have booked myself into learning how to make resin jewellery when I was pregnant with baby B (bub #2). So you can imagine it has been a long wait to get my head around learning how to make it to this workshop.

so these are a few things I made during the class

Just realized these 3 bangles look like traffic lights when you wearing them together.

How funny is that!?

Unfortunately the class did not teach you how to make the mould. So that will be my next task. I have been lurking online and clicking away those DIY tutorial video clip. It seems manageable. Only thing is to wish for more hours in a day :)

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Hanging out with baby B at the beach during our recent holiday.

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Diary form: Post Working Experience with Ink & Spindle

This is a post working experience which had happened early February/March this year.

So I was mucking around with hand screen printing after my short course with CAE sometime in Year 2009. It all went well when I was in the class. But it went all wrong when I was trying to do mine few weeks after the short course. I couldn't figure out what went wrong.

Read my old blog posts here

Few months later, I visited this fabulous local hand screen textile printing company - Ink & Spindle in Kensington. I chat about my experience with my own project and wanting to learn more. I was being offered a working experience opportunity with Ink & Spindle when I was pregnant with Peanut (way back in Y2009). But I had to turn the offer down due to the belly was growing bigger and the massive road trip traveling from VIC to WA and oversea.

I caught up with Teeg (one of the founder of Ink & Spindle) asking for another opportunity 3 years later (almost). She was lovely and offered me to come into their studio. To learn how to work on fabrics, printing etc. Due to the changes of current life arrangement (Mr Minzy has gone FT on studying in uni and PT working). We were very blessed to have one of our family gf whom we knew from church looking after Peanut while both of us busy achieving our dreams. I thought, Oh-Great!

The 1st Monday

There were butterflies in the tummy the night before I went in on 27th February. It was Mr Minzy's first day to uni. 1st day for Peanut staying at our family gf's place. I tell you, it wasn't easy to being apart from your child when you have been the key person looking after her! Weather was gloomy on that day. Heaps of rain and all that jazz. There was an intern at the studio working away when I arrived. Great! I wasn't alone! :) Brought in a homemade yogurt peach almond cake for the girls. That Monday was about to get to know each other better, familiarize everything as much as possible, planning some project, concepts.... Enjoying my lunch quietly. Having decent companion with proper adult conversations. Well needed as you can tell ;) I went home with head up high that evening. It was great to be out and about. Peanut ran towards me and gave me a big hug when I arrived home. Looks like she misses me too ;) That night 3 of us celebrated my 36th years old birthday. It was very meaningful. It feels great and a complete birthday :)

The 2nd Monday

Back to basic. Heaps of tracing and tracing.

I have been drawing heaps illustration of feather for my Happiness range. This is just one of them. It would only make sense for me to tie in these happy feathers as part of the project while I'm fulfilling this awesome working experience with I&S.

Met a new intern from France - Justine. A very lovely lady. We somehow click pretty much straightaway. It was small world. You know, she lived just up the road where I am living. Aha!

  

Justine (far left) and Lara are concentrating on their own projects at the Ink & Spindle's studio.

The 3rd Monday

Took me ages to cut all of those feathers. Finger tips are sore and not to forget, my neck! Ouch ;|

The 4th Monday

 Stencil is all carved and cut perfectly. Ready to go on the screen.

 Tada! First run hand pulled screen printing on the fabric!

More Happiness Feather's screen printing!

Hello Lara! Visit her personal blog here if desired.

The 4th & 5th Monday

Me holding my very first DIY cushion using my own hand screen printed fabric!

Sewing is not my skill but I've managed to pull it off with the girls' helps
for my first DIY cushion and the very first DIY tote bag! :) How cool is that? :)

My very first DIY tote bag using my own hand screen printed fabric of course! 

I have learn so much from both Teegs and Lara. They were great mentors and willing to help and teach.

Definitely looking forward to combine my refresh hand screen printing skill with my current work. So watch out guys! ;)

Update & Recent Works

Hello, I haven't forgotten about this space.

I have been back here on and off wanting to write a post

but couldn't find the time finishing it off.

Hence, more posts have been parking in the draft box.

Anyways, I have intention to show you more of my recent work.

My style and direction has somehow changed.

I felt different when I was creating them.

I also feel that I am drifting away from the old self,

as in how I was being inspired when I was pregnant with Peanut.

Yes, I drew a lot of quirky mushrooms and Minzy Girl's little adventure.

Right now, it seems to be more light, liveful, still colourful..

I have realized I am spending more time wanting to do more decorating Peanut's room again.

So you are most likely to see more nursery theme related (maybe not??) coming through.

These are some of my recent works which I have been created since the last post in blogging land.

Alphabet Range - Whale

Playing with texture (unfortunately you can't see the detail from here).

The colour of this print is rather more aqua blue-greenish.

The whole approach of this illustration is light and pastel..soothing to look at.
Still working on a few more alphabet as we speak..

 Everything Is Floating

At last, a new mushroom print to be included in Y2012.

I like how the school of fish are swimming at the bottom of this illustration.

It's kind of make it looks alive and bubbly I thought. :)

 

Close up of "Everything Is Floating"

Swing To My Lou

New Minzy Girl's print to be added for the Y2012.

My black and white of this illustration was just Minzy Girl sitting on the swing.

Took me quite a fair bit of time producing this illustration for some reason.

While I'm on here...just to let you know I have now downgrade my Platinum plan

I was with BigCartel to the basic 5 products.

So if you like to see more of my work and like to purchase some of them.

Feel free to visit my Madeit and Etsy's store.

Adios for now!

My Creative Space - sneak peek

Thank God for we women are made to be able multi-tasking!

The time well spent watching my 10.5 months old daughter growing up,

did actually gave me the opportunity to reflect (brainstorming!)

what I should do with Missy Minzy (now & future etc) and myself.

conceptual drawing (doodle really ;) ) like this

my inspirations come and go

catch and jot it when you can

Sold out my Minzy Girl series

and now..working on some mystery print(s)

The frequent of having markets

help to understand your products.

Which products are your best selling.

How to have the perfect market displays.

Try to have as minimum conversation

with the customer because they tend to walk away

when you greet them and do the talking ;)

So I tend to look down and pretend flipping those magazine? lol

 Looks like April is a month

which will be filled with creation.

I have been having breakthrough for days.

working on my 5th illustration for the 2nd night last night.

Was thinking to share the finished ones with you.

But I guess you might have to wait until I have a title for each of them.

Interested to have a good browse on

what other talented women are up to at their studio?

Please head over to Kirsty's My Creative Space 

with your cuppa ready. Enjoy your Thursday!

December Challenge : Day 2 (My Creative Space)

Hello! It's the 2nd day of December Challenge.

Here's Christmas Spirit from Missy Minzy!

As mentioned on previous post in regards December Challenge here is that I will post a design of my hand illustrated of Missy Minzy. Click here to have a look at previous challenge posts. Or bookmark and follow my blog if you like to see what am up to with the Christmas theme here the whole month.

The Outstanding One

Will be listing them online..soon

Just want to have a bit of fun and hoping to find the creative mojo back. Will hope to have explore more of whimsical illustration in Missy Minzy world.

An overview of my mini calendar.

Sold most of them and left 10 in stock. Grab one before they are all sold out :)

Madeit Click

Missy Minzy's Badges..online soon!

Anyone fancy collecting some of my whimsical illustration in badges style?

Which is your favourite? :)

You have no idea how excited I am being able to post this post on Kootoyoo's My Creative Space as I have been missing in action for way too long and I can tell there are many newbies are popping up. So there you go! Just a little wee updates from my creative space while juggling with my 6 months old. One last market to go with Fairy Floss Markets (next Saturday) before the end of the year arrives. It has been a full on months (now that Peanut is teething!)....just trying to take it easy and not so stressful while being able to enjoy this journey I have, with Missy Minzy and my baby girl. :D

Head over to the motherland of My Creative Space as this will be the last MCS for year 2010. Heaps of talented crafter and inspiring stories to be discovered. Enjoy your Thursday everyone! x

My Creative Space - To Market, To Market

It has been a full on weeks at my creative space over here. I have been preparing my stock for my first market -Fairy Floss Markets. I think I went overboard with the desire to extend a lot of goodies to be sold in the market. Quite often I thought I was a superwoman, but I am not! :D

Fairy Floss Markets at Manningham Function Centre (Right next to Westfield Shoppingtown, Doncaster) from 9am ~ 2pm this Sunday. Fairy Floss Markets is the newest handmade for babies and kids boutique market in town. Do pop over, visit and say "Hi!" especially if you are living close by! :)

So my this week's My Creative Space is filled with finished works more than working in progress works. There were heaps of hick up throughout the preparation. First supplier stuffed up my order..and it would be very rush for me to pack everything. And then the bags..! Haha... I hope am not the only one having drama prior to the market day? ;) I have come to realise that of course I want to sell heaps of goodies at my stall especially it's my first market! But the reality is very tough especially when you have to take care of my 4~5 months old girl (lost count after awhile but who's counting? lol)

Mini Calendar for Year 2011

Will be available at the Fairy Floss Market this Sunday! :)

All 12 different mini hand drawn whimsical illustrations packed into this case.

An affordable way of collecting all of my whimsical illustrations giclee prints...in style! :)

I have to say I have been blessed with people (the Fairy Flossier) willing to share their contacts and their experience. That including making time to comment or 2 on my page..making all those lovely shout outs, those encouragement notes. It's really lovely to know that you are not isolated at your own space. I really enjoy myself. It's amazing to get to know that there is a lot of talented WAHM doing what they love doing.

One of my sign at the Fairy Floss Markets

One of my newer print.

It's ashame that you cannot see the details from here really. It looks good in real life. I thought the colourful bubbles floating in the air brings some happiness. Kinda made your day happy looking at them.

Let's Be Together (8 x 10 inches)

This title came to my mind..and it's stuck there.

I am having my 1st Giveaway this week. The one who can give my new 3 weird characters a cool and creative funky name will win yourself a 5 x 7 " giclee print of your choice. Giveaway will open till 6th October 2010. Click here for more detail on how to enter the giveaway. All the best! xo

Pop over to Kirsty's My Creative Space. A lot of talented women behind the scene with inspiring stories and craft works to be shared. Enjoy your Thursday! xo

My Creative Space - My First Market + Recent Works

Today is the day announcing the good news which I have kept quiet for few weeks.

I have big ambition for Missy Minzy before the Year 2011 arrives. I want it to grow, so that I can continue to be WAHM (working at home mum)...like for good! So I have actually submitted an application hoping to have my first market selling my products range early this month. You got it right. I'd scored my first market at Fairy Floss Markets and it's going to be held in October 3rd, this year! :)

The newest Boutique Handmade Babies and Children's Market

...will be launching in Melbourne on 3rd October 2010!

It has actually making me v busy as am expanding my products range. Imagine you have heaps of concept works laying around and all you need is to find the time to make it happen while juggling taking care of Peanuts? Not an easy task. But I know I can make it. :)

Alternatively, click here to look at my recent work above..

it is my newest favorite piece :)

Oh yeah, did you notice I have renewed my blog's mask head recently? Minzy girl, the girl who living in Missy Minzy's world. Hope to share more of her with you in the near future! :)

Sneak Peek shot of another new piece work of mine. :)

Hrm, I reckon I will be quite occupied expanding my products range for the Fairy Floss Markets (3rd October 2010!). Stay tuned to witness more of Missy Minzy's products to be launched prior to the market date! If you are living in Melbourne, do pop by and say good day on the October 3rd! :) hey, head over to Kirsty's My Creative Space for other talented lovely ladies! :)

My Creative Space

My Creative Space this week has quite a few copy writing in my plate which I need to catch up.

But all I want to do now is...

put my legs up while sipping my warm chocolate drink with a few cookies...and read my magazine! ;)

Am enjoying my ME TIME while Peanut is well asleep. Bliss! :D~

Stems of Mushy Love Art Prints (8 x 10 inches)

Oh, this is the sneak peek illustration which I shared with you last week. It is now completed with a whimsical names (well in my opinion;). It is now available to be purchased..and I hope to upload the Peacock's illustration really soon.

Pop over here for more talented stories and delicious crafty works to be seen. Have fun! X

My Creative Space: Peacock

So this is one of my concept sketching which I had done during my challenge days. Hoping to finish this before end of the week. Lots to do when you have to juggle with a 10 weeks old baby. You sometime just have to find time to be able to sit down and do all the things which you used to enjoy doing it. To be honest, I reckon am finding it a bit difficult to juggle doing all that this week. Maybe I just have too much going on in my plate at the moment.

Yes, it is a Peacock!

Will hope to unveil the end result of this masterpiece very soon. :)

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Oh, another sneak peek on what I have done of late.

Just need a name to go with it before listing it on Etsy's store.

Don't forget to pop over to My Creative Space to discover what others are up to at their creative space. X

New Print - Please Don't Eat Me

Making the come back bit by bit...hence keeping it simple and sweet!

This is one of the collection of Minzy's Mushy World Series. It's colourful and vibrant! Be assure there will be more of this whimsical + insanity colorful mushrooms on your way...So, stay tuned! X

Please Don't Eat Me

is now available to be purchased on my Etsy's store. :)

Head over to My Creative Space to find out more inspiring stories and inventions! Enjoy your day! X

My Creative Space: Tippy Toe Bird + thoughts

First up, please ignore the sub-header for time being as am still mucking around doing some rearrangement in my blog.

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Anyways, it's My Creative Space once again!

Still remember I have set myself a daily challenge early this year. That was to create an art a day, multiply my day. Hmm, there should be about 128 days. So, you can imagine I have more than 100 pieces of masterpieces and they are waiting for me to execute them, to share it with you. Well, hopefully they are ready to be purchased very soon. Hopefully it can landed in some lovely buyers' house too! :D

I have shared a colorful sneak peek shot via here yesterday. I thought why not, share it all.

So this is the concept drawing I had done...

and again...this shot...;)

Please meet Tippy Toe Bird..

It is now available to be purchased on my Etsy's store :)

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I have been sneaking in and out from the studio doing some creative works while juggling taking care of my 7 wks old girl (I relate her as Peanut in my blog).

An interesting question to ask:

Do you still/keep having dreams (and make it happen) even after having your own family?

I know I still do and I want to achieve what I have set for my dreams/goals ...even after giving birth. So yeah.. imagine multi-tasking one handed...typing away while having her sleeping on the shoulder or maybe nursing her while sitting in front of the computer or make a few clicks on the mouse while she is asleep like now or maybe either one of us having dinner while the other one taking care of the unsettle bub..... So, yeah....I may not be having as much freedom as I would like to have. To me, when there is a will there is a way. Everything is possible. I know am not alone cuz I know I can make it. It's just the matter of time, like how soon.

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Head over to the mother of My Creative Space to find out more inspiring stories, more creative inventions which I believed would truly inspired you to be one of them too. Enjoy your Thursday! :)

My Creative Space: Am Back this week!

My precious girl..feeling tense in the little bath tub.. ;)

She is the reason why I have been absent from participating My Creative Space for weeks since Peanut was born. I thought why not, put some extra effort to post something up and being involved this week. :)

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This is my first art been sold.

I like the whole execution of it. I have started to develop the similar execution to other animals..I hope to bring you other kinds in this particular series.

For now, I can only share some sneak peek of the latest masterpiece with you but I cannot unveil too much how it looks like at this stage :D~ The main reason is, the new masterpiece will be part of the relaunching of my e-store and etc very soon. So, stay tune. :)

Head over to the mother of My Creative Space for more talents. Have fun! :)

Peanut: Cut lunch: Missing U: Thank You card

So it's about a month since Peanut was born. I was practicing culture confinement and that was the main reason my mum flew in o/s to stay with us for approx. 1 month. Basically helping out with cooking and cleaning..of course, her main task was to take care of me. I get to eat lotsa nutrition foods.

Now that am back to old self, this is what I have (my baby step. at least I had some time to make lunch;)...taking care of myself while juggling with taking care of Peanut and Mr Minzy. Oh well....;)

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I was living with my parents before the big move to Melbourne for good. I realized how little I know about my mum when she was staying with us. Now that she is gone back to her home...I miss my mum so much. I missed having someone like her to talk to. I missed having someone to ask if I want to eat something just so she can make something for me. I miss my parents so much, especially my mum.

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I get the chance to have some time for MYSELF (how I miss that!!) today. I managed to get Peanut settle and I also bath her too :D It wasn't easy to bath her by myself since my mum was doing all that during her stay. Spoil Me! :D

We were blessed to have friends who helped us during this period of time. They are like angels who lift you up when you needed them the most. Here are some of the greeting cards ready to be sent..... Hopefully uphold his/her day when they receive my little token of love. :)

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It has been a full on 5 weeks or so since Peanut arrived...I have started to get the hang of being a mum (finger crossed no drama tonight). I am counting the day returning to my creative space. I believe it's going to happen soon. Anyhoo, I hope you get the chance to make fully use of your day in and out. Enjoy your Monday! =)