We were being featured...

There has been quite a few people like to blog about Missy Minzy. And Kellie from Kellie Christie is one of them. Kellie has a huge passion on making button jewellery has asked me to write something about me for her blog recently.

Missy Minzy being featured here

In my opinion, creative people who are good when comes to hands on work are usually not so fond talking about themself. And I happened to be one of them. I started blogging to record my day-to-day inspiration and my challenge. And I tried to blog as much as I can now that Peanut is with us. Just so you know am good on mixing my grammars given I speak 5 languages ;) I have noticed the older I get, the difficult I found writing about myself. I am better when comes to illustrations than words as mentioned in this blog's about..from the beginning. ;)

Anyways, I will leave you reading the little something about me via Kellie's blog. Do check out Kellie's button jewellery's range when you are on her site. Her works have developed so much comparing to her early collection.

Click here to read more about me, the little lady behind Missy Minzy :)

We were being mentioned again + New Works

I am very slow when comes to self discovery.

Please Don't Eat Me (8 x 10 inches) was being mentioned on Madeit on Thursday.

They got the link to another work of mine (Mushy Gathering) but still a good thing. :)

Click here to see it in real :)

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Some of the works will be ready for purchasing at Fairy Floss Markets.

I won't be able to list any new works (taking picture and listing items are time consuming)

for sales as am quite occupied with my workload and the preparation prior to my first market.

Please leave a comment or 2 if you see anything you like and would like to purchase from here. :)

In The Wood Series No.1 (8 x 10 inches)

Frame not included.

Click Madeit if interested.

In The Wood Series No.2 (8 x 10 inches)

Frame not included.

In The Wood Series No.3 (8 x 10 inches)

Frame not included.

In The Wood Series No.4 (8 x 10 inches)

Frame not included.

Love Balloons (8 x 10 inches)

Frame not included.

We were being featured..for the first time!

I had a good start on Monday morning. Cuz my Swedish Hasbeens' shoesSssss just arrived this morning! Then followed by the lovely art materials...as am getting ready for full speed prior to the Fairy Floss Markets in October!

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Today must be my happiest Monday for a very long time. I have received an email from Bondville's Stephanie in regards this special present Monday morning. Felt so honoured and I really had goose bump when I first looked at it! :D

Get the details ---> here! :D

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Next surprise :: Missy Minzy was featured on Madeit's Monday New Finds!

A very lovely surprised! Still in shocked and thrilled about this!

To buy, click below

It Must Be A Very Tiny Bird Archival Art Print

Still chuckling like a girl over these surprise news! :)

Some Changes + Need more likers

There are now available in ACEO size!

You ever feel SO excited that you really want to share the good news but you had to hold back your horses and wait for the right time to unveil what the good news are?? I am ALL that at the moment!

There have been quite a few things happening at Missy Minzy. That had given me the force to expand my existing range. Because of that, I had to change my previous Facebook's fan page to suit my biz's name. It's a pity that I will loose all of my wall history and etc. I supposed it is worth doing it now that it's less than 50 people. So, be prepare to see some changes here and my Fan Page. Whatever the changes are, let's hope for the best! :)

I have missed out my 1st anniversary celebrating my journey of blogging away when Peanuts was born. I reckon I might throw some giveaway very soon. Or should I wait for MORE Facebook's followers say up to 100, or more? What you reckon? Am consider a newbie doing all this. Any tips on how to attract more likers liking my page? Thanks in advance for any suggestion! X

Busy Busy

It has been very full on at Missy Minzy's corner since the last post.

So many things to do, so little time to spare!

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It must be your lucky day today (:P) as I am showcasing my newest range to my blog's followers. ;)

An overview of my newest range ACEO Limited Edition Print at my shop

(still listing most of them...I cannot believe it takes up so much time!)

I've decided to tag along with Lauren Alexander's fun this month:

August is ACEO month!

So what is ACEO? ACEO stands for Art Card Editions & Originals. ACEOs are miniature original art at affordable price. It is only 2.5" x 3.5" in size. They are highly collectible. They are also good for framing, displaying, scrapbooking, giving as gifts and much more!

D for Duck is now available to be purchased.

I have included some of my latest illustration into the ACEO range in line to kick off the whole new range. As it is a new range and am only producing 10 pieces for each ACEO illustration print. So all of my ACEO prints are limited edition only! I am offering FREE SHIPPING for every ACEO Limited Edition Print purchase this month. And you are invited to wander at Missy Minzy's store for more details. :)

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Bright Forest will be available for purchasing v soon

I am currently working on MORE new works to be included into my Giclee Fine Art Print collection. It's about time to expand my work and hopefully they will go places! Looks like I might have to cut down time spent on Facebook and spend more quality time in order to produce MORE quality works to be sold.

MushRoom Lamp

You would know how much I love about toadstool (aka mushroom) if you are one of my follower. I stumbled into KuteKiwi's blog when I was doing my regular Thursday visit at Kirsty's My Creative Space yesterday.

And this is what she found (Thanks Kim for sharing it once again!)...

♥ ♥ ♥ Mushroom Lamp. OMG!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Before

After

So Pretty! :D~

before the light is on

and so HE said..let there be light!

:))

Gotta Love Japanese Packaging!

Aren't they amazing? :)

Am So Happy Today! :)

This, is what am having for lunch right now.

Leftover Lasagna

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I am feeling very happy today.

So happy that I baked 2 of my signature cakes for celebrating my happy mood... lol

Might surprise someone with one of them.. ;)

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How come am so happy?

I hardly win anything (tough luck).

So leave alone participating any giveaway or competition whatsoever.

I bumped into this Giveaway via BabySpace few weeks ago.

I thought they were cute and I really want to win one of them for my girl. So I joined the fun.

...and I actually won this lovely Eee Ore from Children Lighting today! ;)

Okie Dokie, am off doing some creating since Peanut is taking her nap again. Wee! :D~

LEGO Tattoo Pilot Pen Ads

Original Resource: LEGO tattoo ad campaign

Do you know that I have a degree in Advertising? Looking back at my professional working experience. I think I did not make the most of my degree. The blood for advertising (and of course, design) will always in me. It's like you are on creative block at times and you are eager to strike that huge breakthrough. Hence, being able to be inspired in order to trigger the creative juices flowing is very familiar in every creative in any field.

I have always a subscriber of DesignBoom. I found this in my daily newsletter today. A creative ad campaign like this excites me!

Random Found in the wee hours

Couldn't sleep (or was it don't want to sleep?? or was it over strengthing the brain cells??) after Peanut's midnight feed. I know, it's insane! But I can't help it! I guess I will just have to take the subconsequenbe feeling tired the next morning....

A big fan of playing with colors on top of the simplicity. This pad is in white...well use of colors to make the whole place look interesting and impact!

Apartment Therapy

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It is always interesting to know what other talents are up to. They have really inspired me a lot. It also gave great perspective how and what others are showcasing their works.

I stumbled into this fantastic talent - Intres via Etsy.

Her works put a big smile on my face. It's funny and cute. :)

Brooch Yellow House by Intres

love this brooch! :)

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Another great talent. Tina Tarnoff

tinatarnoff's pendant

Do you know this is a paper cut art? :) For more infor via here.

New Found Talent: Catalina Estrada

Some of you may now know that am big in pattern and texture. I have been doodling and collecting all sort of interesting shapes offline. It has inspired me in a lot of ways.

Today, I came across this interesting illustration by this fantastic virtual artist - Catalina Estrada thru LMNOP.

One of her work for PlayTimeParis

It's colorful. Vibrant. Alive. Fun. Playful. One of her work's style reminded me one of my old masterpiece, which I created for one of the major retailer in US. My former superior thought it wasn't really answer the brief but look at how Catalina transformed it! I felt somehow relief and content when knowing my style is actually still marketable and out there..if you know what I meant. Spend some time and look at her work. It is a lot of hard work creating all those lovely illustration alright! :D

Challenge Day 95 & 96 - Props n PhotoShoot Days

No more summer's sunshine in Melbourne but only winter's gloomy in Melbourne! So the only spot which I can catch a lot of sun is actually in my studio (a tiny little space).

As you can see that I am having a new domain name. Missy Minzy will now be the new me. Hence the new blog's header. I have been very busy in the studio. Setting up the props, taking heaps of picture of my work, experimenting some of my artwork with some creative designs ;) ...of course, rebranding my blog..

In short, My Creative Space is very messy this week. You will know what I mean after looking at those pictures below....

On the right hand side of my working desk...

some experiment samples laying on the floor...next to where am sitting...

These are some of the props I was mucking around with during the photoshoot

Hey, I just realized I have a pincushion too! Hehe...

Something I learnt: I reckon I need to get some decent props to match with my masterpieces after mucking around with the props and photo shooting in my studio. :)

My digital camera couldn't capture the actual orange red color which I like to show you..

hence you are looking at 2 different red.

I made this awhile ago...and I have no idea what to do with them. Initially I thought of making them into tea towel or maybe frame it up on the stretched canvas frame. I do not know what to do with it because of the odd size they are in. Any suggestion?

Head over to Kirsty's place for more creative talents lovely people out there... Happy Thursday everyone! :)

Challenge Day 90 - Happy and Not So Happy

Happy: Am having a blast having creative strikes #2 in my creative space earlier of the day. I have also managed to rearrange certain things in this blog. So, it's all good! :)

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Not So Happy: Has anyone try to change their blog's domain name into a new name (while still keeping the followers)? Please let me know if you have done this in the past. Apparently I started this blog as a starting point where I can collect my day-to-day inspirations sometime mid last year. Little that I knew it is growing..and am wondering is it possible to change the domain name to a new name while still keeping it under blogspot.com.

Otherwise I might have to have a name for etsy store and having the existing domain name as my blog...if that makes any sense.. can anyone please help?

Challenge Day 82 Part III - Emily Wright of NancyBird

I have just received an email from Tess Creative Women's Circle.

If you fancy Nancybird's brand and range... then you so have to come and attend the talk! Just make sure you RSVP with Tess! :) I really hope I can make it this time and hopefully no hiccups happen on that day! :D (talk about hiccup, Peanut is having hiccup as am typing this..lol)

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Hello everyone,

I'm so pleased to invite you to the next Creative Women's Circle event! Please note the later starting time.

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Saturday 17 April
11am - 12 midday
Guildford Lane Gallery
20 Guildford Lane, Melbourne CBD
(off Queen St, between LaTrobe and Little Lonsdale streets. A short walk from Melbourne Central Station or Elizabeth St/Latrobe St trams. Parking lot nearby.)
Please RSVP by replying to this email.
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Our speaker will be Emily Wright, designer and businesswoman behind the Melbourne-based accessories label, Nancybird!

Emily launched Nancybird back in 2001, using textile prints created in her fine art course to make a small collection of purses and bags. From modest beginnings with a few local retailers, Nancybird is now stocked in over 100 stores around Australia and New Zealand.

Emily sources expert craftspeople and suppliers of leather and textiles locally and internationally to bring her creations to life, while constantly looking at ways to be more environmentally friendly in the production of the Nancybird range.

Emily will talk about her inspirations & how she develops her unique designs, how she started sourcing suppliers internationally, and much more.

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Please pass on this invitation to anyone you think might be interested in the CWC. Seating is limited so if you are planning to attend, please RSVP by return email as early as possible.

An invitation jpeg is attached should you wish to promote this event, or the CWC in general, on your blog. Feel free to link to the CWC blog at cwc-melbourne.blogspot.com.

The Creative Women's Circle is proudly supported by the Guildford Lane Gallery. Check out what is currently showing at the Guildford by visiting www.guildfordlanegallery.org

Challenge Day 80 - Umbrella

So I was drawing some umbrella of late. First was for one of the concept for the baby shower's invitation....then I started to draw many of them for some reason...[lame reason again].

Sexy color

hrmmm...polka dots!

I found this blog - Bellaumbrella by accident. Some of the vintage umbrellas are only for lease for occasion like wedding and events. Hrm, I like some of them but not sure will I bring them out.

Another site - Umbrella.net selling something similar from Bella Umbrella too. Anyways, have a browse..which type of umbrella do you fancy?