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It is more user friendly and for some reason I have problems commenting on blogger.
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The weekend is almost over

Feeding my flower obsession

Pez in a row

Places I wish my home will look like

Unnecessary temptations

 

Stuff that looks handmade and DIY-able

Novelty item

Switches

Items from Books Actually and Strangelets

Don't you 'heart' weekends

Dior Cherie flower

I made this flower a while back. It has since been sold but I really loved it. It is even prettier worn when the sides are bent in. I didn't think too much about it while sewing. After, it reminded me of Miss Dior Cherie.

Hope whoever has it now feels like a million bucks when they wear it.

Applied for MAAD Oct 2011

At the last MAAD, I met some students from NTU. I started talking to them after they took photos of my flowers with their huge DSLR's. They are studying art in NTU and their final year project includes making 3 things to sell in MAAD Oct. Most are photography art students and so had a hard time thinking of what to make as the item is required to be 3D. I suggested pop-up cards as I remembered one using photos of tomatoes. When opened it seems the tomatoes jumped right out at you. The one below looks do-able too.

Vintage 3D pop Up card

Applications for Oct MAAD started today and I applied again. Glad I have more time to prepare this time. Beside making more flowers, also on my list are more professional namecards. Last MAAD, I printed my logo on photo paper and hand-cut them into oval shapes the night before. I used a DIY letter printing set to stamp my email and name behind. It was quite a last minute effort but they did screamed hand-made which I thought was quite endearing. But would like more professional cards this time.

Wish me luck as I'd be travelling from Monday till the end of the month.

Photo by the official MAAD photographer.

from here
I concur :D

Ways to wear it.

I try to wear a flower when I dress up.
It brightens my day when I do.
Here are ways i wear my flowers.
My favorite and the easiest way

Pin on dress strap.

I try to avoid poking holes in my clothes.

So I do have to choose dresses and tops for their straps.

On vintage bags, got this from Dustbunny Vintage

On Ribbons for clothes that doesn't have straps. 

As a hairpiece

This is a bit large for this method.

I usually wear tulle flowers in my hair, it softens the look.

On Hats, I do love hats.

I'm actually not much a fan of real flowers, unless they are daffodils in spring.

Too ephemeral for me.

Mad about MAAD

Sold my hand-made flowers at MAAD(Market for Artist And Designers) @ Red Dot Museum on September 9th. I had less than 24 hours to prepare my shop concept as I submitted my application the evening before thinking it was for the Oct fair. When I received a call telling me I can join the fair the next day, I told them I can't as I had not started preparing anything, namecards, signs, tags so on. The organizer encouraged me to try it out and said it was very informal. I am so glad I did.

I met alot of creative and friendly people and gain some knowledge on how artists sell their product IRL. It isn't easy but very fulfilling. I had experience in retail as I had worked in a bakery. Hearing first-hand what people say about bread flavors you dreamt up is one of the best parts of the job for me. Similarly, despite the long hours, I really enjoyed interacting with customers. Seeing the joy on their faces when they purchase a product that I hand-sewn with love was the highlight of my time there.

 I really have to thank the bf for coming down right after work to keep me company till 12am. He had to reschedule appointments so he could come down to support me, get me dinner and man my stall while i walked around checking the other shops out. I am so grateful to have him with me.

After the event, the friendly organizer came to chat and told me I did pretty well despite my initial reservations. It's wonderful that we have something like MAAD in Singapore to support local artists. The crowd was wonderful and it was serendipity for me, hope to attend the next one as well.