Spell with Flickr

Thanks for the link provided by Life Made Creations.

Now I enjoy playing with the 'Spell with Flickr'.

The MeetUp for May

(photo credit ~ Art by Christi)

If one normal day equal to

8 hours in sleep,

8 hours in work,

8 hours for own time

My day equation would be look like

6-7 hours in sleep

13-14 hours in work (including travel time, excluding OT)

3-4 hours for family, blog, art

May is a busier month, I anticipate. But I wish to squeeze sometime for achieving the goal.
The MeetUp , would be a ideal for me not to procrastinate the plan and push me forward.

Goal for May

1) Complete those was not done in April
2) Design the card
3) Attend to KL Design Week (1-9/5/10) & Pipit Market (15/5/10)
4) Reschedule the time for blogging, arting and working on etsy.
5) Read an articles a week.
6) Complete the Teesha-Inspired Fabric Journal Cover

Goal for April
1) Create the blog banner / header (done)
2) Learn & Create blog widget (plan to do more)
3) Brainstorm some ideas for etsy store (to write put in words)
4) Editing pictures (half done)
5) Sidebar labels and links
6) Blog at rate 1 post per day (keeping at the rate)
7) Make & bind 3 mini books (for swap) (done)

Tags: MeetUp May goal

KL Design Week 2010

KL Design Week ~ Not too missed event happening in Kuala Lumpur.

Date : 1st May - 9th May 2010
Venue: CapSquare Kuala Lumpur
Operating Hours: 10am - 10pm (Monday - Sunday)

Participating Designers:
1. Sean Lee
2. Oh & Ah
3. Roomism by Nana Pong
4. Urban-cr3atures by Chun Woei
5. Laconics
6. "Bead It!" by Gigi Gee
7. Little Syam
8. CUTOUT Magazine
9. Little Leslie
10. Karipup by Rashidin
11. Lucas Blim
12. Click Clark Club (MIA)
13. Wall Tailor
14. Klicker
15. Pixel Playground
16. Bateek
17. Foldees by Chak
18. Playback by PerezOldSkool

Explore to more possibilities ...
New concept develop ...
Clear & fresh direction can go about ....
More and more inspiring shots...

Kindly allow sometime for me to upload them.

The Secret

Never thought to get this page together,
coincidentally find the word 'secret' from a promotional leaflet and the 'Secret' quote from my desk (which surfed from web sometimes ago).

All good things are coming to me today
I see beauty all around me
I am grateful to be alive
I live with passion and purpose
I take time to laugh and play together
I am awake, energized & alive
I focus on all good things in life
And give thanks for them
I am at peace and one within everything
I feel the love, the joy, the abundance
I am free to be myself
I am perfection in my life
I am grateful to be ME

Today is the best day of my (and your) life.

Tags: The Secret | Art Journaling

Peek to studio corner

I still find time to refine my studio ... small steps, little touch up every weekend.

brother gave me the red packaging boxes ... so 'oriental'

and the handmade birdy, I bought it from local home deco store.

Month May is the busiest month ever.
Full of events that I intend to go
all written on the white magnetic board

the spooky tooth cover bought from a secondhand book store

When everything was in mess !!!

Please don't look closer at it.

Love these Studio

(pictures : Box Wood Cottage)

Such organised drawer !! (picture : Camilla Engman)


(Picture : Jenny Ryan)


Chrysti's Studio



(picture : Dottie Angel)


(picture : Saucy Dragonfly)

Shanghai Expo 2010 世博

(photo source here)

From 1 May to 31 October 2010, the mega-city on the banks of the Yangtse River will play host to the next World Fair. So much to excite and overwhelm with the soon opening ceremony of Shanghai Expo 中国2010年上海世界博览会 (live in TV).

More than 190 countries and more than 50 international organizations have registered to participate in the Shanghai World Expo, the largest ever. Whoa ..seems like you are visiting the world in here.

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About the Malaysia Pavilion

Malaysia with the theme “One Malaysia — City Harmonious Living” which is in line with the World Expo 2010's theme "Better City, Better Life". Malaysia has 47 ethnic groups, who live comfortably together in urban and rural areas. The Malaysia Pavilion highlights the different facets of Malaysia.

M0re amazing pavilion here.

Shall I go or shall I not ...

April Inspiration Board

Inspiration Board / Dream Boards

"Nothing happens unless first a dream. "
~ Carl Sandburg

Those unsought are the most valuable

The Art Journaling lead me to .....

" Write the thought of your moment.
Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
~ Francis Bacon "

Teesha-Inspired Fabric Journal Cover

Inspired by awesome video on Fabric Cover by artist Teesha Moore.
She so kind to share her technique in sewing the pillow-patches-journal cover on her blog.

Let's get start with fabric, needle and threads.......

There is no specified size for my fabric cut (I dun like to measure).

Look at the modern-batik-liked fabric I had in my collections.



I take my own sweet time to enjoy the sewing while watching movie series.

(Have to negotiate/bargain with my children every night , as they want to watch their Barney series as well. LOL)

The pillow-patches which was yet to sew them together.

What is inside the mysterious packet ??!

In the ceramic section, we was given a mysterious packet.


OMG !! We been given a task .... TO RESTORE IT ~!!!



What I got was the most difficult one in the class...because of the so many little broken pieces and also the plain colour (without any pattern) .



First, we used the tape to join the broken piece ...
Actually, the process was fun ... sort like figure out the puzzle


Then, we used UHU.



After that, apply the filler ~ modelling paste to the hairline crack.



Yay !! Mission Complete !!

Tags: ceramic restoration

How to do a simple Book Binding

I make some notes from the book binding section.

(Punch Hole)

Apply glue. Layer with a piece of Silicon paper (transparent-liked paper which is non-stick).

Books are staging with weight

Trim the edges.


Our facilitator, En Razali (blue shirt) who has 40 years experience in book binding.
He is the Deputy Head in IAMM Conservation Centre.

Tags: Book binding | IAMM |