My trip to Bangkok - TOP & TAP Wedding...

I was in Bangkok to attend my friend's wedding. My last trip to Bangkok was 5 years ago with my hubby, then boyfriend... I was travelling alone this time and looking forward to my trip...

It was my first time attending a Thai's wedding ceremony... Kinda excited... Well, Kamolwan (A.K.A Top) is my friend who was getting married on that day. Like most of the wedding ceremony, she woke up very early that day for make-up (think the make up artist came at 3:30am). I stayed with her the night before at the hotel....

Then her sisters came to help... I was wearing their Thai traditional gown on that day too... Very simple, just a linen white blouse and 'sarong'...

The Chinese customary in Thai is a bit different from the one in S'pore... In Thai, number 9 is an auspicious number... So, the groom came at 9 sharp with 4 brothers. In Singapore, we usually make things very difficult for the groom and his brothers to get the bride... In Thai, well, things are too easy for the groom... They don't have to sing, or eat those gross stuffs.... All they need to is to enter 'gate' that is formed by gold chain string that is held by two sisters and they have to give ang pao to enter ... There were three 'gates' on that morning.... I was holding one... When they reached my 'gate', I've tried to make thing difficult for him, HEHEHEHE.... I asked him to say I LOVE YOU loudly so that Top could hear from the room... Well, IT'S TOO EASY RITE?... Then I asked for more ang paos.... THAT'S ALL!!!

Then, their customary wedding ceremony was blessed by 9 monks... Then photo taking session and tea-ceremony....

Before the wedding cocktail at night, the sisters were helping to decorate the place...

Then, the sisters had spend almost 3 hours to dress up for the cocktail. They purposely tailored a gown for that night and all the 7 of them look stunningly beautiful :) It's not like our Chinese banquet, where everyone sits on the round table... It's more like finger food buffet and mingling around with other guests.... Quite unique...

It was a great experience and thanks to TOP & TAP for inviting me to their wedding...

MOMO....

My latest creation....

Inspired by the latest movie, CJ7... I've created MOMO... :) I always thought that it was impossible to crochet fuzzy yarn. Stiches are hardly can be seen!!! After a few trials, I managed to find my own trick to crochet fuzzy yarn....

MOMO is hairy and has a huge pair of EYES! But he has a kind heart..

I've created Pink MOMO and white MOMO....

You can find them @ Mille Fleur Bazaar on 16th &17th of May. The bazaar starts from 4pm to Mid-night... Adopt the if you can....

Molly & Wolly, the lambs...

They shall be added into my collection of animal kingdom...

Molly and Wolly are names given by my friend Huiz... She's my crochet kaki and great helper when I need help in crafting...

These two dolls are inspired by my brother, Jin. He illustrated them on a piece of paper and wanted me to make them... Kinda like them very much...

This is my first version of Molly... Without any fur... Looks a bit empty.... Then, my brilliant brother came with this idea of coiling fur!!! Well, took me a while to make and sew but it's all worth it! =D

My next amimal will be..... <TO BE CONTINUED> Come back often to check it out... HEHEHEHE =D

依婷

My Chinese name, Yiting (依婷)

A very unique necklace that is customized by Doris from DorisWorks. It's an old dictonary necklace.

Simon the Lion

I'll be starting my first series of Kid's Plushie... After exploring ideas with my fellow friends and my dear brother, Jin, I've decided to make some toy for kids...

Started with this cute Lion.. I called him Simon.. =D

Simon, the Lion is inspired from a Japanese Amigurumi and also Knotty Biscies's elephant...

Time time round, I'm using cotton yarns (baby yarns) to make it...

Please give me feedbacks of what you think of this little cutey... Will be go on sales in my next MAAD outing...

Seraphina Collections @ MAAD

My first attempt... :)

I met a nice friend called Betsy. She's a full time crafter selling booties & bangle bags.. I met her in Singapore Etsy team. Before I met her, I've seen her booties selling in one of the shops at Raffles Place... My first impression toward her booties was, WOW! Such a creative IDEA! Have you ever since a SANDAL Booties before? She has an online shop... Feel free to browse @ Knotty Bicsie

I always wanted to try selling my craft in public. So, MAAD April she invited me to join her. :) The crowd was not so great but manage to sell some dolls.. Dolls that I'm selling mostly made from patterns by Saplanet...

Guardian Angels for that special someone...

My friend, Mona, bought 6 pair of Crystal Angels from me. She wanted to give to her special friends in KL

The blue one is a special gift for her sister, Phiona.

Pin Cushion Swap

Pin cushion swop is organized by Glamorous Pin Cushion Swap @ Flickr. This is my 2nd time joining the swap. Swap theme is Spring...

Do you think this pin cushion reminds you of Springtime??

Tatters 1st Gathering

Few weeks back, I met up with Sheila, from England and Aileen, a local young lady for lunch at Crystal Jade. Sheila is a tatting 'guru' (teacher) and she's 75 years old this year. She was visiting her friends and students in Singapore. Aileen was one of her tatting students. I've known both of them from on-line tatting group called Shuttle & Needle.

Sheila showed her works and pattern books written by her friend, Pam. All of sudden, I wanna get my hands on the shuttle again... After lunch, we went to Spotlight to meet up with Jessica, who taught tatting in Spotlight. Jessica was Sheila's student and so coincedently, she is my friend, Huiz, tatting teacher. Huiz was the one who introduced me to this craft and taught me how to tat... Cool le...

Sheila taught in Spotlight before she went back to England few years back... However, she still teaches whenever she came to S'pore. Heard that, she's a very strict teacher and she would make sure that her students know how to tat..

Sheila and I

According to Sheila, in England, there are days of the year dedicated to craft.. E.g. Tatting day, craft weeks. During these days, crafters from all over England will gather together. They will exhibit their works, share about their crafts & even sell their masterpieces... :) How exciting... So, Sheila, encouraged us to do so too...

So, we had our first gathering at Ellen's mother's place the following Friday, organized by Aileen. Sheila was not able to join because she was invited to Taiwan to teach (AT the age of 75!!!)... Though, just the three of us, Aileen, Ellen and me, it's a good start... About Ellen, she was Sheila first batch of students (think more than 9 years ago)... Ellen is also one of the members from Shuttle & Needle group. So happen that Ellen is my cousin's neighbour... What a small world...

We had home-cooked food, cooked by Ellen's mother and I must say, she cooks very well... :) I like her simple dishes and remided me of my mom's cooking.

Sharing time: Ellen showed us her tatting works that kept neatly in two huge clear folder files. They were beautiful! Stunning! Then, she took out one container filled with shuttles that she's collected over the 9 years... Drooling... From big to small, some made of woods, some made of steels, some with beautiful engraving and some with striking paitings, some with two bobbins... Both Aileen and I were admiring her collections with our mouth wide open...

Aileen also showed her tatting works... She started tatting a year back during her Uni time. She tats fairly well... The most intersting thing that she did was this tiny pair of angel wings that I couldn't see the stiches at all... She told me she tats without looking... Take a look at this photo...

From left (1st row) Me, Kristine, Ellen & Joey

Back Row: Aileen

Me?? Well, I didn't have anything to show... I've not been tatting for quite sometimes. However, after these gatherings, I started to tat again... Currently, making a square bag... Took me awhile to understand the pattern. Thanks to Ellen & Aileen, I finally figured out how to do it...

This pattern requires two shuttles to complete

The outcome

Little Green Seraphina

Little Green Seraphina is specially made for my cousin Megan who turns 4 this month. She LOVES green very very much...

My aunt has wanted her to sleep on her own but she was afraid of the dark and 'ga-ga' (night creature). My aunt told her not to be afraid because God protects her and taught her how to pray... Now, she is sleeping on her own. She doens't need my aunt to be around...

Little Green Seraphina will be her guardian angel....

Note: Doll inspired and made from saplanet pattern

Secret Valentine Swop

Early January, I've organized a swop session for Shuttle & Needle group... I called it Secret Valentine Swop. More than 10 people took part, they came from various countries like Malaysia, Singapore, India & Italy. For this swop, we were not supposed to reveal our partner. Then, we 'hand - made' a valentine card with motifs related to Valentine... Besides that, we included a supply that our partner will like to have. However, we were not able to ask them directly as it was supposed to be a 'secret'. So, Faizon built a database to collect information such as, our favorite colors, supply that we like to have... Thanks to her... =D Everyone was very cooperative. They provided information & delivered their items on time. It was a success.

My secret partner is Sue... Coincedently, Sue is my very good friend's (Mona) housemate in KL... Mona came to Singapore during this swop period, instead of mailing to Sue, I've asked Mona to pass to her... Surprise! Surprise!

Due to lack of time, I've made a veru simple card with three crochetted hearts... She wanted some plastic eyes for her dolls.. So, I've included 15 pairs of eyes... =D Glad she likes them very much...

Then, I'm Irma's secret valentlne... I received a lot of lovely stuffs from her... She tatted a pair of earings & a necklace for me... Lovely Lovely.. Then she tatted 5 hearts, 2 butterflies & made a cross-stitch string pouch with my name JULLIE sewn on it... Since I'm making dolls too, she included a bag full of wobbling doll's eyes...

Appearing On Yahoo!Singapore front page

WooHoo!!! My little valentine dolls appeared on Yahoo!Singapore front page... I was so excited...

Last nite, I spotted my two little cuties on the page under this column Yahoo! Pulse, Love is in the Air by Suzz.com. Thank God I've captured the image before it was being replaced today.

Thanks to Suzz for inviting me to add my valentine dolls to her group in Flickr called Love Struck....