My Lil Toy Haven

Minions

2010-09-18T09:16:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Despicable Me!!!!

I have determined to create those little cute ones, thanks Auntie PS for your support :)
My little minions which have been adopted. Aren't they adorable :)

I'm back

2010-08-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

Have not been posting any since June 2009. It's been a while, after moving to Singapore. Now I'm so motivated to make amigurumi again. Thanks to the cute lil minions from Despicable Me.

Yippie! Watch out for my next post on the cute minions.

Gaspard et Lisa

2009-06-21T08:52:00.002-07:00

My latest addition to my amigurumi diary: Gaspard and Lisa. A lovely couple (not sure it's dog or rabbit) and friends that love to travel. The pattern was originally found in a lovely japanese blogger who share the pattern.

I used felt to replace crochet nose and the long scarf. Hope the scarf could keep them warm and comfy.

Crobots

2009-05-27T20:28:00.000-07:00

Crochet + Robot = Crobots

I am so excited and I want to share this wonderful book for those who are little bit geeky or just love adorable robots!!!

This book has 20 crobots for you to make and play with. The pattern is easy to make and they are all too adorable. All the crobots pattern contains difficulty level and also abbreviation used in the pattern.

Here's my first crobots, Ms. Mechanobot. Lady version of Mechanobot from the book.

Private swap - Baker dotee

2009-05-24T09:09:00.000-07:00

Recently I did a private swap with Debra from USA, I am sending her dotee doll and she will be sending me some scrapbook supplies. As Debra love dotee doll and baking, I make her a baker theme doll.

This lady doll is a blondie with checker's apron and a wooden spatula (made from felt). I have fun making dotee doll for Debra and hope she will enjoy & love the baker dotee doll.

Earth Day at Ikano

2009-05-12T17:54:00.000-07:00

I happened to drop by at Ikano Power Centre during the Earth Day celebration. While hunting for the organic cotton supplier for my aunt, I was amazed with the creation with all the household trash that is polluting our mother earth.

I guess that reuse and upcycling is the way to go. I am trying to cut down on buying fabrics and use up the old t's lying around and the scrap fabric i got from the streamstress. Though it's a big challenge as the fabrics are not so ideal for my work, I hope to resolve this problem by crafting based on the material and the fabric print.

Let's have a look at the exhibition in Ikano.................

I just love this bag, I guess the message the designer try to convey is to "Think before you throw away things" . If you don't like upcycling, then just recycle.

There's actually 3 upcycle items in this photo. From left: A chair made from wood pellet; a round table with Singer sewing maching pedler; and the last one I can't recall but i guess it's a resting station

Plastic Bag made from plastic bags!!! And a holder made from Milo foil.

And lastly an interesting tent by indie artist.

Bunny

2009-04-15T18:17:00.000-07:00

My boyfriend always has a thing for rabbits and has been requesting bunny handmade from me. Hehe, finally I am ready to make some bunnies.

This is blu bunny derived from modified cup pattern of Ana Paula's (Refer to my Inchworm post). It's a cafe latte with a little red heart embellished on the drink.

(Ana Paula's Cafe by me)

Now the little blu bunny cuppa is placed in the car, accompany my bf to work.

There's actually another bunny, a non-crocheted work and handsewn BitBit was born on my crafting table.

BitBit with almond kiss

BitBit being stalked by unfinished sackboy (modified pattern of Moon's Creation)

Unfinished sackboy lurking in my room. Beware little bunnies!

Inchworm aka Caterpillar

2009-04-01T21:10:00.000-07:00

What is an inchworm?

According to FreeDictionary.com definition:

"small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae"

Here in my little toy haven, I present you with my first inchworm amigurumi! Custom made for Eliza's little nephew.

Inchworm

Please forgive me of my messy table, i hardly can keep it tidy.

Little pointy tail of inchworm

If anyone of you interested in Caterpillar art for kids, check out Danielle's Place.

and

Here's a preview of my lil cup made with Ana Paula's Little Cafe con leche cup pattern.

Hegdehog fun!!!

2009-03-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

After my fun with owlies, hedgehog fever is on!!!

Seeing LollyChop create a pretty hedgehog name Hammie makes me itch to make one too! But to avoid the choosing n cutting of fabric and the whole sewing process, I try out a crochet pattern found online. Not too worry, I will try out Hammie too! (It's so irresistable, as I just love LollyChop's hegdehog)

The pattern I referred to was Sammy the Hegdehog by Shirley Chen which actually comes in a shroom. For the fuzzy hair/spikes, I use Nicole's Feisty Fiber (Lot 2336348) and change to acrylic yarn of light brown color for the face.

But due to the gauge of the two yarns, I end up modifying the face instructions to suit the feisty yarn!

Well, here comes my little hedgie or "Edgie".

Not forgetting this blue crochet hook given by my swap partner from Swap-bot, Sonia (Habubabu). Thanks a lot for the hooks.

Swapping goodies - Received

2009-03-17T19:52:00.001-07:00

Just want to post some of the goodies I received from my swapping partner from Swap-bot. I love swapping!!!

"D" dotee Swap

Extra buttons

Ogling Owlie II swap

Pictures by Olympus

2009-03-17T19:25:00.000-07:00

Just got my first camera, is a Olympus m795. It may not be the best and user friendly camera but the supermacro mode are equipped with light to take a better picture. The water resistant up to 10meter and very durable would be a best suit for me as I am very clumsy and careless person.

Here are some pictures taken with the camera:

Rose

Spider Lily

Cactus

Spotted : Fabric stash giveaway

2009-03-03T18:03:00.000-08:00

I've just spotted a fabric stash giveaway at The Benner Daily run by Shealynn.

Those wonderful fabric would be great any crafty project. The fabric is also available at Lanie Jane's Esty shop. She has great collection of fabrics, I do love the Paula Prass, Flights of Fancy Eiffel Tower design.

So headover to Shealynn's blog to enter, the giveaway ends this Saturday 7th March.

Some new found fun !

2009-03-02T22:26:00.000-08:00

I gotta say my love is still with felt. It is actually very easy to manipulate but it does have it's down side. But, I guess no harm in trying new things and materials.

New found love : Perler Beads

Bought these babies in Ikea kids section. All you need is the drawing, an iron, wax paper, beads and the board, you got yourself a lots of fun! I've made a Union Jack flag for my swap partner and a felt skull for her daughther in "We Luv Surprise" swap in Swap-bot. And some others like one-up mushroom, love shapies and etc.

Union Jack for Diana

Before ironing:

After ironing:

1-up Mushroom

Weirdo

Love shapies

This is my first one, and the heat was too much and uneven, i melted most part of the heart.

Perler beads are somewhat versatile, you can make them into coaster, frigde magnet, pendant or even earrings. Some even make into a card holder, spotted at Geek Crafts.

Random photos

2009-02-23T19:41:00.001-08:00

Here are some random photos taken with my camera phone/phone with camera.

Spotted a poor Garfield hanged on a big truck looking so bashed up. Can someone please report it to the SPCA, the cat was last seen on Glenmarie, Shah Alam.

Well, to think that our life is so messed up and then looking at this cat, i think we should be thankful we are not him/her.

Spotted outside of SS15, MacDonald: A rabbit grazing on the small patches of grass. Is this cute rabbit a runaway or he lives in the neighbourhood. Let's hope it didn't turn up on someone's dinner plate.

Owlies fever

2009-02-23T06:14:00.000-08:00

Introducing my owlies, three different version of owls

1) Crocheted Geeky looking owl (pattern from a crochet doll book)

2) Fabric (my design after being inspired by tonnes of owl plushies available online)

3) Sock owlie (an experimental owl which originated from a sock cat design originated from a sock plushie book)

and I am still undecided to send which owl for my swap partner, Claire. Well, I guess I will just make more owlies!!!

Owlies Hours

2009-02-22T22:07:00.000-08:00

I've been missing in blogging for quite sometime. I've been crafting and collecting stash of fabrics from Ikea and Daisho for the past few days. But the most fun I had was searching for ideas for my Ogling Owlies II swap partner and making some prototaips. I am undecided which one to give to her. Maybe I should make a few more and keep them for a giveaway or sell them at craft show.

But anyways, there's alot of craftiness on owlies. Check them out at :

You gotta love Kwoozy's Owl Project, even it's has ended ages ago.

Manic Muffin Tote 's adorable design at Etsy

Some owl designs by wonderful Sakura Snow,

Or this cute owlie selling at Pottery Barn Kids,

Happy owling and stay tune for my handmade owlies.

hAPPY vALENTINE'S

2009-02-12T01:53:00.000-08:00

I've just came across a great love candy, pointed by Pokety Patch. It's generating lots of fun and sweet candy. You can put any message that u like.

So head on to ACME heart maker.

Last Christmas

2009-02-11T07:03:00.000-08:00

I've been wondering when can I post my lovely handmade for Christmas. As the holidays passes by and slowly I became a lazy bump but I would love to share them, so I finally manage to find the memory card and the card reader to extract my pictures.

Well, before I sent my Kodama to my swap partner in the States, it was happily taking photos with some of the Xmas dolls that I've made. An experimental Santa and a few snowmans make a jolly Xmas. If anyone interested in adopting the crochet santa, i will be happy to give away.

Santa wouldn't be happy without Rudolph and Christmas tree! So I added 2 rudolph instead of just a plain o' one.

There's a lot of ideas of Xmas handmade posted by those wonderful crafty people has led me to my new christmas tree creation. In this felt tree, I finally started using ribbons and buttons, which usually quite hesitant to add them as it could be disaster if it doesn't match the handmade.

I added a snowflake embroidery with gold thread and a greeting " Merry Christmas" at the back of the tree.

But my favourite Christmas theme handmade would be the customized crochet snowman and gingerbread man for my friends. The requirement for the gingerbread man as follow: "custom made gingerbread man with half of his head eaten and also his leg" by Karu!

Let's have a look at the baking of gingerbread man:

With a bit of twisted mind, I almost added another droplet of blood at the broken leg.

Finally, it's well baked and ready to go! A special custom made gingerbread man.

And lastly, my first attempt on crocheting a snowman and it's a much larger size amigurumi I've ever made. As usual, my favourite tophat was added to spice up the gentleman look of the snowman and a blue polkadot felt scarf.

Mr & Mrs Hippo

2009-01-20T04:22:00.000-08:00

My first hippopotamus plushies!!!

Introducing Mr & Mrs Hippo, a pair of newly wed hippos for my friend's wedding gift to her newly wed friends. The bride loves hippo and purple, initially I want to make a Moomin plushie for her but the time is too short for me to figure out a pattern for it. Instead, I have referred to Tamiesnow's cute hippo for inspiration and guidance.

It was kinda difficult to write a pattern then trying out, as I couldn't achieve the effect i want with my pattern. So I decided to crochet and write the pattern along the way. It's a fun and exciting journey in making this pair of wedding dolls.

The dolls are made with acrylic yarn with some beads for the eyes and button for the nostrils. I added felt bow and top hat for the groom. As for the lovely bride, I made a pearly necklace and a simple veil with white flowers and a small rose corsage that made from an adjustable ring.

My favourite would be the top hat, as I always love to make top hat. Even for my snowman, I always put a top hat to keep them warm and looking sharp!!!

This is my first order for wedding dolls, hopefully more orders will come in. If you are interested, do drop me an email at yi3hui@gmail.com

佐賀的超級阿嬤

2009-01-10T01:22:00.000-08:00

用了 3天把“ 佐賀的超級阿嬤” 这本很棒的书给看完了。

第一次在星洲日报看到 “佐賀的超級阿嬤 ” 里的文章，觉得很有意思，常常得空看报纸就翻看副刊。可是近这几个月，家里的阿嬤视力不好，家里也就没买报纸了，就此把“佐賀的超級阿嬤 ”给忘了。

前几天，无聊中看到了 “ 佐賀的超級阿嬤”这本书，打算拿来打发时间，可是就从此迷上了这本书。这本感人又有启发性的书是由岛田洋七著作，讲述他跟外婆相依为命的佐賀童年。在城市长大的我，慢羡慕昭廣的童年，以大自然为乐园，每天都会有不一样的惊喜和玩意。爬树这门危险玩意是 on my mom's banned list，所以好羡慕乡下小孩的童年。

看了“ 佐賀的超級阿嬤” ，让我觉得生活再艰难，只要懂得动一动脑筋，思想开放一点 and just learn to appreciate what you have now and life isn't so bad after all !!

Lastly, 在这本书里头最欣赏的一句话： “窮有兩種，窮得消沉和窮得開朗” 。

Welcome Year 2009!!!

2009-01-06T22:07:00.000-08:00

Have not been updating my blog, as too much holidays in December, and I went on holiday in Singapore. I did some handmade for christmas, will be posting the pictures soon, as they sitting in the camera, waiting to come out!!

I have many plans for year 2009: more swapping action in swap-bot, (i've completed 7 swaps, one more coming); taking diving lessons; start selling handmade online and many many more.

Here's 2 swaps I've just sent out to my partners both in the US.

My first dotee doll, it a heart theme dotee, which means i need to include heart somewhere on the doll.

I hope Sara loves my kinda weird heart dotee doll, as it didn't really turn out the way i wanted but it's adorable. My very first dotee, hope to make more of it, as it is simple and easy to make and the best is you get to be creative with it.

And this my "Absolutly Cool Handmade Magnet" swap for Milly. Milly is a cat lover, so I've made a kitty magnet for her from felt. I have also made marble magnet , with a mushroom face and a "Hi" stained glass effect marble magnet. The last magnet is a magazine cut out magnet glued onto a piece of wood that I bought in Multifilia and gloss it with Modge Podge (from Art Friends).

Buttons

2008-12-09T22:25:00.001-08:00

In the midst of looking for button handmade ideas, I 've come across some pretty interesting button art and photos.

Here's a hug teddy stitched with buttons from Art of Housewives :

Some great ideas from Meringue Diary using buttons as art and photography :

Great button artwork by Lisa Kokin,

Passage
Buttons and mixed media, imitation sinew, waxed linen, chicken wire
41 X 29-1/2, 2004

Most Likely to Recede
Buttons and mixed media, imitation sinew, 31 x 31, 2004

There's more of button ideas such as rings, bracelet, necklace, embroidered onto bags and lots more. Creativity rules!!!! Anything from LED lights to steampunk accessories could be a piece of great artwork. Love to see more creativity peeps.

Kodama swap

2008-12-08T05:31:00.000-08:00

This my second swap, a kodama (handmade swap of Miyazaki style from the film Princess Mononoke.). A kodama (木霊, 木魂, or 木魅) is a spirit from Japanese folklore, which is believed to live in certain trees (similar to the Dryad of Greek myth). Cutting down a tree which houses a kodama is thought to bring misfortune, and such trees are often marked with shimenawa rope.I have received mine from Jennifer from USA, totally love it. It is so adorable and so soft. Thank you Jennifer for this wonderful Kodama stuffie.

My Kodama stuffie from Jennifer

I have also made one from crochet for my partner Elaine from the states. Hope she like it as much as I love it.

My version of Kodama for Elaine

If you are interested in Swapping, drop by Swap-bot.com. It's so much fun, I have done 4 swapping up to Dec 08. My third swap was "I Love Your Blog Swap".The blog swapping is so much fun where you get to visit fun blogs and get comments on your own blog too!!

Happy swapping peeps.

Swap O Swap

2008-12-08T05:05:00.000-08:00

New found hobby : Swapping!!!!

I found Swap-bot.com an interesting swapping place through introduction by a forum friend. Now, I am really hooked.

My first swap is a Profile Surprise which requires me to send 3 items to my partner, Destiny in the States. Instead of sending only 3 surprise I sent her 5 surprises. I really hope Destiny would like it!

Here's the goodies I sent last month, hopefully the parcel reach you soon.

A red crochet mushroom with pearly bead and crochet bracelet specially made for Destiny

A cupcake made with felt and with a face for Destiny's shop mascot

And this is the surprises (+ miniature cupcake where the pictures are not taken) that I have sent for the profile surprise swap.

I can't wait to receive my profile surprise from my other swap partner as Swap-bot swapping lands you with different swapping partner that you send to and receive from.

Snowman is in town

2008-11-23T17:50:00.000-08:00

Ho, Ho, Ho..... Christmas and Snowman is coming to town!!!!

This is my first snowman for the year 2008. This snowman pattern was originally posted by Roxycraft. But instead of making the snowman head till 36 st, i reduce it to 30st. And i changed the traditional top hat to a party hat with a touch of green lining. As for the nose, i used a orange chenille stick and twisted and stuff into the amigurumi ball. As for the eyes, plain o button works just fine. I'm thinking of changing the light grey button back to dark grey as the right eye, as it looks a bit odd.It's simple and fun to make and hope you like my snowman too.

And this my Christmas greeting to all of you from Me, Snowman and Gabu (pattern by Roxycraft)

Do stay tune for more of my handmade snowman and christmas tree in the upcoming posts.

Enchanted Doll

2008-11-06T01:37:00.000-08:00

Craftzine has pointed me a very talented doll artist that I fell in love with her work instantly. She is Marina Bychkova, the maker of Enchanted Doll. She makes her doll with porcelain, and her dolls facial expression just amazed me and she hand carved her dolls accessories. It looks so real, at first I thought it is artist impression of a girl but those pouty lips and big round eyes would melt anyone. She is the first doll maker that makes me feel that dolls actually has souls in them. I have posted some of my favourite dolls from her website:

Agnetha - The Other Woman

2007

Porcelain, Ball-Jointed. One of a kind Costumed. China-painted features and body blush. 13.5” tall. Completed in 210 hours. Removable costume.
Materials: Crown-Sterling Silver, 24k gold plate, 6 Ruby, 9 Garnet, 4 Sapphire and 5 Moonstone Cabochons. Gown- 1,158.00 Fresh Water Pearls, 698 Austrian crystals, 105 Garnets, 53 Amethysts, 6 Rubies, 4 Sapphires, 5 Moonstones, Indian Silk, Indian wire embroidery, Silk hair.

Agnetha is based on a fictional character of the Princess, from Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid.
In the story she is referred to only as the “Princess” and that she was beautiful and resembled the Little Mermaid. She is perceived as the antagonist of the story, because of her indirect involvement in Little Mermaid’s sad fate. As a child I had always sympathized with her involuntary situation and wandered about what that princess looked like and why the Prince choose her over the Mermaid. I wanted to name that nameless Other Woman and give her a face.

And here she is-Agnetha, the daughter of a neighboring king, a wife of political alliance and genuine affection.

In giving up a fundamental part of her personality- her ability to speak, the Little Mermaid had made the mistake of so many infatuated, teenage girls and put all her bets on her physical appearance to win the Prince’s heart. Although her surreal beauty enchanted the Prince, he could never take her seriously and commit to her as an equal partner. She was a beautiful but a hollow vessel to him without her ability for meaningful, verbal communication and her referred to her as his “Dumb foundling”. (Andersen) So he married a woman who had more to offer than just looks.

The moral here I believe, is that like Beauty, Discourse is Power. Power, over people’s minds, hearts and lives.

The Vessel

2008
13.5” tall

Work in progress

Materials: Porcelain, Ball-jointed.13.5” tall. China-paint and body blush. Natural Mohair/Silk. Steel springs. Leather joint lining. The porcelain is engraved with a needle while still raw, fired and then china paint is rubbed into the grooves. Accents are added in additional layers.

And my all time favourite is the Frankenstein Bride, she is a beau with those deep blue eyes that sucks my soul and her gown is so amazing, with so much details. My solute to Marina Bychkova, you are the greatest.

Bride of Frankenstein

2008
13.5” tall

Work in Progress

I like to challenge conventional imagery of known literary characters, and provide an alternative view of how they might have looked. The reason my Bride is blonde, is to contrast the iconic image of the movie's version, and also to play on the idea of the body's low Melanin levels. I imagine that when she was alive she was bright and vibrant with dark eyes and raven hair, but the postmortem trauma to her body and the mechanical process of reanimating her corpse had changed its molecular composition. I think that being blasted with several thousand volts of electricity would contribute to that also. The metal helmet is her life support and what keeps her dead brain artificially alive by pumping oxygen into it and zapping it with small amounts of electricity to maintain its basic functions. It acts like a pump and a defibrillator.

This project was inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, while the helmet in particular was inspired the Steampunk culture, as well as Camelia D'Errico's and James Christensen's work. The bridal gown is rendered in the style of Erte.

Last weekend

2008-10-30T02:22:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was a long weekend with Deepavali celebration. We were thinking of where to go and end up deciding to go to One Utama, the mall that you need pure stroke of luck to find a parking spot. Anyways, One Utama is having a Halloween theme concourse area. There are giant spider web, a scarecrow, lots and lots of jack-o-lantern, cute owl and many more.......I love their decoration idea, not too creepy but fun.

And there is this cute owl sitting on the tree

Giant spider web without Spiderman, what a waste.

Lots of pumpkin lantern

"You will be cursed if you choose to sit here". What a great way to deter people sitting on your beautiful Styrofoam display.

And lastly, I would say my favourite is the black cat.

Secretly working on Halloween goodies

2008-10-15T00:04:00.000-07:00

I have been a naughty girl, working away on my not so secretive Halloween themed goodies. I am just dying to show it off, but gotta wait for my turn to use to the camera. Finally I have some shots on my goodies, all crocheted !!!

Let's start with Pumpkins .........................

The pattern is adapted from Plant June, she make lovely and easy to make amigurumi patterns especially this one.

I have modified the original pattern to make a huge pumpkin, Mr Big. It is very heavy, though I don't think it can break any pumpkin record, but it would serves as a paper weight and scare of some nasty insects.

I've just realize my pumpkins are happy pumpkins as their eyes show their happiness. I love Halloween!!!

My favorite amongst all my Halloween stash would be Dracula bird, made out of crochet, felt and some gold thread for the cloak. Or is it a Vampire bat, ask by my monster friend, well if you like it as a bat, why not! But it is a bird crochet pattern by Lion Brand.

The love bloodshot eyes cupcake is my first crochet creation. A Halloween would not be complete without some elements of horror in it. I have seen a lot of cupcakes with scary elements in it, so I guess I could make one too (actually two, as the big one is the improved version).

And Halloween's best candy is in town. Introducing Mr frog with sweet Candy Corn..........

Mr Frog is a witch in hiding, with a witch hat on his crown, he become Witchie Frog, a very charming frog.

That all for now folks, I have more ideas for my Halloween stash, so do stay tune for more of Halloweeen....... Muahahahahaha..................

p/s: If you interested in buying them, please drop me a message. Thanks!

New found interest

2008-10-14T20:47:00.000-07:00

I have a new found interest : hand embroidery, thanks to the influence of Pimp Stitch, Annie Oakleaves, Flikr, and other embroidery books. Here is some of my work, some stitches are bit loose, but I have fun making them. Hope you like them too.

This design is taken from a Japanese Embroidery book.

It is called Cacat bear as the nose is suppose to be round one, and due to my bad sewing skills, it became oblong. But it is my signature, as I was screw up on the nose. :P

This cute kiddie in bear suit are inspired by the cute dolls on the net.

This is my strawberry jam made to store coins or memory sticks.

I will stitch and practice more of embroidery as I have collected a lot of nice patterns. Hope to post more here. Cheers!!!

E.V.E weekly winner of Dadcando.com

2008-10-12T23:11:00.000-07:00

I have received an email from Chris (Dadcando.com) congratulating me on winning the weekly challenge of my E.V.E. key chain on 21st September. I was thrilled, as I never won anything online, besides the fake messages spamming my mailbox.

After a few days wait, my prize arrived from UK : Plop Trumps Playcard

Playcard box front view

Playcard box back view

Brief introduction of the Plop cards quoted from the Dadcando website:

"Beautifully photographed, elegantly designed and wittily written, each Plop Trumps deck contains 40 fabulous cards, packed with fascinating pootastic trivia and the most compelling images. After all, who doesn't want to know what a cricket poo looks like? Or just how big and smelly a tiger poo really is? Or exactly how much atmosphere-busting-methane a cow actually produces each day? Well now these questions, and hundreds of others just like them, need never go unanswered again. "

Well, I must agree that it is a job well done. I would never dream of having play cards that is so informative on the " poo poo " of animals. If any of you interested in having a look at it, please feel free to let me know. Will try to take photo of the animal's poo that u want to see!

More of my handmade dolls : E.V.E

2008-09-19T01:35:00.000-07:00

I constantly looking out for DIY crafts to play with and one day I was directed to Dadcando.com. It is a great website where parents especially "Dad" can spend time with their children on craft projects, from making dolls to recycling. On this website I found the E.V.E. doll project.

I was tempted to make the doll as I love the Wall E movie (Actually i love Wall E character more than E.V.E., but it is much more harder to make). Anyways, instead of making a big E.V.E. , I made a small E.V.E. key chain (about 10cm tall) and modified the plant detector to a LOVE detector. By the way, it is made by felt and hand sewn.

Hope the E.V.E. lovers out there enjoy my piece of art. *.*

Wedding Bells Yet Again

2008-09-12T00:43:00.000-07:00

Wedding Bells Yet Again

My dearest friend BeeYun aka Girl is getting married on Sunday 14th September 2008; an auspicious day of the chinese lunar calendar: Mid Autumn Festival.

I would want to wish Girl and her husband a wonderful and blissful marriage and Congratulation my dearest friend and sister.

Here I give you my best wishes with this pair of manatees for your wedding present.
Hope you love it.

The story behind this cute and lovely manatee couple starts from the pattern that I found in Craftster by T4124. I was dying to try out the pattern but never had a chance. Since I always give away a handmade present for my married friends, so i thought i would try out the manatee pattern. And I really love the pattern, it is very easy to make.

The manatee bride is totally adorable with pearly tiara veil and rose corsage.

The corsage idea came to me when I don't want to dress up the manatee bride and think it would be fun to dress up the flipper instead of the body. The corsage is made up of rose felt and some lace.

As for the tiara veil: it is made from wire, plastic pearl and ribbons. This is my first veil, I wish I can add more volume and frill to it, but for now a simple veil would suit my bride well.

And lastly, my handsome manatee groom. Hehe the flippers is not at the same position but it looks like a swimming manatee on my cutting board.

For the gentleman's hat, it is made from felt and i embroidered it a bit to look retro and added a ribbon corsage instead of a tuxedo for the groom.

Convo August 2008

2008-09-08T21:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my convocation photos from August 2008.

This is my 2nd Convocation in the 21st Century for my Master's graduation.

This is me in the crowd with my scroll.

Me with my proud parents in front on the great hall of UM.

Me n my fren : Ken.

and lastly,

Happy family with my professor: Prof. Dr. Rofina Yasmin

NPL Ep 3

2008-08-25T23:28:00.000-07:00

Let's continue with more action from the NPL, Malacca.

Just for reminder and information, we are sitting right next to the event organizers and other seller from MMU. Let's check out what the organizer have in their tent:

one mini bunker

few gals helping out with registration, pellets and players

this is the tag producing machine, which allows easy access to the player tent, battlefield and other yummy privilege.

and last but not least amos .....

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Let see some paintball actions:

Full suit and with their own e-marker, dun play play

Paint check by marcshall

Newbies at play

NPL Malacca Ep 2

2008-08-19T02:54:00.000-07:00

NPL Malacca Ep 2 begins :

Let's skip the boring traveling part and straight to the battle field at Dataran Pahlawan. Just to let you guys know that we are representing Werdna Hol Sportz all the way from Subang Square to Malacca city centre selling paintball merchandise.

Galz and Boyz, let's get to work........

Hey wait a minute, where is Karu??? All of us is working so hard and where is he??? (actually he is the cameraman, so please forgive him not joining us in action)

Ian: Yo Yo .. Yo Yo Yo....I am the scary ghost. Let's jam this party.

Nesa: Stop pretending to the scary ghost!!! Get back to work.

Some of the display merchandise from Werdna Hol Sportz. Shirts, Mask, Tank cover, Harness, Pods and many more....................

And lastly, this is our magnificent Karu taking care of the stall. We are actually sitting next to the organizers. And a lot of pellets action in here.

To be continued..................

NPL Malacca Ep 1

2008-08-17T06:19:00.000-07:00

Title: NPL Malacca
Script writer & Director : Karu Khoo
Actor/Actress (by alphabetical order) :
1) Carrie as Carrie
2) Ian as Ian & Nai
3) Karu as Karu & Designated driver
4) Nesa as Nesa

The story starts on 2nd Aug early morning, Ian walking towards the pickup wearing his red shirt and shorts to match his red car. (I am not sure is he a big fan of Redz???)

As everyone is ready, we went for yummy mamak style breakfast

This is roti telur with dhal and curry and tosai as shown as below.

After the breakfast, we start our journey from Subang Jaya to the NPL in Dataran Pahlawan, Malacca. Malacca here we come..................................

A little preview of next episode:

To be continued..................

So, please stay tune to more actions from NPL Malacca.

You and Me

2008-08-14T01:26:00.000-07:00

A very touching opening song for the Beijing Olympic 2008.

主题歌《我和你》:

　　主题歌作曲：陈其钢，中文词：陈其钢，

　　英文词译配：陈其钢、马文、常石磊，

　　配器：陈其钢、常石磊、王之一。

演唱者：刘欢，莎拉布莱曼 (Sarah Brightman)

　　我和你，心连心，同住地球村，

　　为梦想，千里行，相会在北京。

　　来吧！朋友，伸出你的手，

　　我和你，心连心，永远一家人。

　　You and Me

　　You and me

　　From one world

　　We are family

　　Travel dream

　　A thousand milesＭeeting in Beijing

　　Come together

　　Share the joy of life

　　Come on, friend

　　Together hand in hand

　　Come on, love

　　Together hand in hand

　　You and me

　　From one world

　　Forever we are one family

fresh start

2008-08-11T18:34:00.000-07:00

I have not been blogging for the past month. Being busy with some extra curricular activities such as paintball events, attending my own convocation and some small craft projects here and there.

Some pictures of the paintball action on 10th August organized by Paintball 101 at TT Sports.

Let's get it done, I want to pick my brave warriors

This is how you should hold your marker. Target ur enemy not your own teammates.

Me walking out of the field.

Watch out for the guy at ur 12 o'clock!!!

What are you looking at? I am trying to concentrate here.

Taking time out to scout around the field, and I am not sure what am I pointing at.

Will try to post my convocation pictures sometime this week. Stay stune............

Congratulation Connie

2008-07-23T02:10:00.000-07:00

My colleague is getting married and have requested a pair of wedding dolls to put up in her bedroom. It took me 2 nights to finish it just in time to give it to her. Hehe, she requested 2 weeks ago, but I only gave her today as I was embarking on another project which is at still at 70% upon completion. When I finish making the dolls, suddenly it struck me that my dolls reminded me of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as the bride is so much taller.

Well, this is my very first wedding dolls and it is my design too. Connie, congratulation on your wedding and hope you like the wedding dolls.

Connie with the wedding dolls.

More crochet work

2008-07-08T23:10:00.000-07:00

Have not update my blog for quite sometime, as I am busy with more crochet work. But now have to pause for a short while as I just got my first sewing machine. Now I am embarking on a breastfeeding doll project for my aunt.

Here is some of my crochet works from last week.

A bizarre looking russian doll with few strands of hair and a mole. The mole inspiration was from Robert de Niro, he is a great actor. But the doll is far alike

The "tomato man" as branded by my colleague, HuiBing with a basket as his house.

Sakura or not ?

2008-06-25T19:05:00.000-07:00

I have not seen a real Sakura tree before, but last week there is a lot of trees near my workplace have blooming white, pinkish and purplish flowers. The flowers remind me of the sakura flowers from afar and it is a wonderful sighting.

More of Amigurumi

2008-06-23T22:34:00.000-07:00

More of my Amigurumi crocheting spree:

1) Brown bear with a hat. It is Cambodia now accompanying the childrens of my friend, Phua.

2) Lil cupcake that I tried out. I got a thingy for cupcakes.

3) Mr Lion that I've made earlier of the month, would love to get him a Mrs Lion. Any candidate around?

4) Ms Russian doll with a heart for greening the earth. Now she is living with my "Nanny" back in Penang with lots and lots of friends.

4) One of my odd and scarry doll. It is a huge bear head with lovey eyes.

5) And lastly, Whitey as the finale for my current spree.

Do look forward to more Amigurumi works soon. If you interested in my work, please leave me a message. Thanks !!!

Preview of Amigurumi

2008-06-16T20:57:00.000-07:00

最近爱上了あみぐるみ @ 钩物玩偶。
每晚都握着钩针和绒线，钩呀钩呀钩。
拇指开始麻痹了，好像有点痛，可是每当看到可爱的玩物诞生，就忘了辛苦。
不多说啦，来，先让大家看一看我的あみぐるみ。

端午节快乐

2008-06-07T19:55:00.000-07:00

五月初五，端午节。
是纪念屈原为国捐躯。
如今，吃粽子是为了品尝美食。
所以献上了两颗粽子，祝大家端午节快乐。

Some of my Handmade Soggie Doll

2008-06-04T02:28:00.000-07:00

Just came across some of my archive pictures and found my Soggie Dolls. They are made with new socks, stuffed with polyester fiber and decorated with beads and buttons. Hope you like them.

The Happy 3 Soggies

1st Soggie: Mr Snowman with pointed nose. He is kept warmth with my handmade scarf.

2nd Soggie: Mr Dog with a yummy cake with lots of fruits.

3rd Soggie: Ms Pretty Rabbit hanging out with Mr Dog

Kawaii USB gadget

2008-05-22T23:50:00.000-07:00

There is so much cool, cute and innovative idea on USB related products. Here is some of them who catches my attention while I was searching for something else :P.

A mini USB operated fridge to cool your soda.

A USB exercise mouse measuring your speed while you type.

Test your pregnacy with a Digital USB Gadget. Here

USB operated vacuum cleaner

A yummy looking USB Christmas Cake drive. Here

A USB mirrored compact card reader for HER. Here

This is a cute mushroom USB Micro Reader. Here

Wedding Gift

2008-05-22T18:44:00.000-07:00

This is my best friend's wedding gift that is made by yours truly, me. It is a jewelry box with roses and love in it.

There is really love in it, a red crochet love for the beloved couple.

Congratulation to Chen, my dearest friend on your wedding. And I hope you love the gift i made specially for you.

Donuts

2008-05-14T01:05:00.000-07:00

There is a sudden craze for donuts in the Klang Valley for the past few months. So I have decided to post some yummy pictures of donuts and it's side products. But the best donut I ever tasted was Mister Donut in Taiwan, where u can actually choose the donuts according to the sweetness you prefer.

Visit Instructables for the tutorial how to make this wonderful donut trophy. Here you go

Some crafty impression on the donuts with crochet,knitting, etc.

Donut Pendant
Donut earrings

Keychain

Even a USB memory stick

Donut OUtdoor Bean Bag

Recycle your old cassette

2008-04-24T02:53:00.000-07:00

Cassette holder made by Wendy Russell.

Creative idea by Chezlin using a cassette tape to make a wallet for the sister's birthday. With some design on the cover + zipper + and so cloth. There you have the nice and one of the kind wallet.

Even the tape can also can be crochetted into bags!!!

Interesting Card Holders

2008-04-18T04:12:00.000-07:00

Made from cork material

Wow, cassette casing as a display/holder. A smart innovative idea.

More Unique Card Holders

New Felt FOod menu

2008-04-18T00:34:00.001-07:00

Some food made from felt that I found on the internet. So here comes the Menu:

Dim Sum

Steamed Pau with cut vegetables

Freshly steamed Gyoza for you

Soba or Noodle

Yummy soba with mushroom, carrot, egg with squid rings n vegetables

Yummy Fresh Prawn from the sea

Dessert

Yummy Desert for the sweet tooth

Amazing Japanese

2008-04-10T07:41:00.000-07:00

Do you spot anything special in this pic?

Look closely, and you will see something weird n very outstanding.

Must really salute the Japanese, thinking of a good idea escaping stalker or whoever....A Coke Vending Machine camouflage

See how it works

For more reading, go to
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=489110&in_page_id=1811

Diary of Mr Octopusz

2008-04-06T00:56:00.001-07:00

Mr Octopusz was born on the 1st of April 2008, April Fool's day. He is a lonely octopus waiting for his bride.

Lonely as he is, he went on the a hot air balloon ride.

Took pictures with Mr Rabbit, Baby and almost eat up Blue Duckie

Special made Hot Air Balloon that bring Mr O. around town !!!

Say "Octopus" and smile

Mr O. : Hi Baby, how are you doing today?
Baby : Hi Mr O., I am fine.

Oh no, please help superman help. Blue Duckie is stuck with Mr Octopusz

娃娃 & 食玩 aka doll & food play

2008-04-06T00:21:00.000-07:00

给男朋友作了个长江7号的 7仔

another doll requested: moyashimon's bacteria named : 【Aspergillus oryzae】 黄麹菌

只能看，不能吃的饺子和烧卖。

Japanese rice cracker

Japenese Mochi wrap with leaf

my lolipop

2008-04-03T07:32:00.000-07:00

My first FEW felt lolipops inspired by crafters out there. Thank you for your tutorials and inspiration. Hope it's yummy and sweet (^.^)

Melaka Trip Part 2

2008-04-03T06:08:00.000-07:00

Can you imagine this picture is taken in Malacca at Stadhuys Building. 记得夏日莫莫茶吗，这部戏就在这取景。

Orang asli style of xylophone, i think is made of bamboo...Cool stuff.
Views at Stadhuys Building (1)

Views at Stadhuys Building (2)

The trishaw uncle left his shoes unguarded and he is nowhere to be seen. Hehehe......

Melaka @ Malacca @ 马六甲之旅（P。1）

2008-03-30T08:59:00.000-07:00

Ruins of the era of golden hub of Malaya and the most visited n historical place in Malacca.

Fort A-Famosa
After the Portuguese captured Melaka, they built a fortress to defend themselves. The fortress, called A'Famosa suffered severe destruction during the Dutch invasion. What's left today is just the entrance walls, still well preserved till today

St. Paul's Church

On top of St. Paul's Hill is the St. Paul's Church, once the prayer house of the Portuguese Catholics, then turned into burial ground for their noble dead by the Dutch. The tombstones have Latin and Portuguese inscriptions on them. St. Francis Xavier was buried here in 1553 before his body was moved to Goa in India.

If you want to visit Melaka, you can refer to the below,

http://www.melaka.net/must_visit.htm

http://planet.time.net.my/CentralMarket/melaka101/melaka2.htm

Some new collections

2008-03-22T03:06:00.000-07:00

Office Decoration, no hassle, no watering cactus plant. And fur-less cat which dun purrrr.....

First blue duckie on my diary.
Easy to make, just attach the hands and legs to the body.
There u go, a blue duck

My first mouse - arm rest. I have a cute yellow cat guarding my dearie mouse.

Eggies

2008-03-22T02:38:00.001-07:00

Like ur sunny side-up with a love shaped, look no further:

Unbelievable egg stress toy.
From http://www.popgadget.net/2007/06/sunnyside_up_eg_1.php

Interesting post with egg emoticons

Biscuit Play

2008-03-13T19:19:00.001-07:00

I love cookies, yummy!!!
One is a mirror and another one is a biscuit toy.
The cookie was made to look like my favorite oreo, with white filling.

Kuching Trip

2008-03-02T05:50:00.001-08:00

Dragonfruit planting

Clear blue sky

My Lil Toy Haven

Minions

I'm back

Gaspard et Lisa

Crobots

Private swap - Baker dotee

Earth Day at Ikano

Bunny

Inchworm aka Caterpillar

Hegdehog fun!!!

Swapping goodies - Received

Pictures by Olympus

Spotted : Fabric stash giveaway

Some new found fun !

Random photos

Owlies fever

Owlies Hours

hAPPY vALENTINE'S

Last Christmas

Mr & Mrs Hippo

佐賀的超級阿嬤

Welcome Year 2009!!!

Buttons

Kodama swap

Swap O Swap

Snowman is in town

Enchanted Doll

Agnetha - The Other Woman

The Vessel

Bride of Frankenstein

Last weekend

Secretly working on Halloween goodies

New found interest

E.V.E weekly winner of Dadcando.com

More of my handmade dolls : E.V.E

Wedding Bells Yet Again

Convo August 2008

NPL Ep 3

NPL Malacca Ep 2

NPL Malacca Ep 1

You and Me

fresh start

Congratulation Connie

More crochet work

Sakura or not ?

More of Amigurumi

Preview of Amigurumi

端午节快乐

Some of my Handmade Soggie Doll

Kawaii USB gadget

Wedding Gift

Donuts

Recycle your old cassette

Interesting Card Holders

New Felt FOod menu

Amazing Japanese

Diary of Mr Octopusz

娃娃 & 食玩 aka doll & food play

my lolipop

Melaka Trip Part 2

Melaka @ Malacca @ 马六甲之旅 （P。1）

Some new collections

Eggies

Biscuit Play

Kuching Trip

Melaka @ Malacca @ 马六甲之旅（P。1）