Art Prints

Ever since buying my first print from Asuka Sakumo (Okay, so it's not a purchase, but rather as a free gift for buying her book), I've bought 2 more (in korea, hahaha~), and now I've found a giveaway on prints~!

Art Giveaway: Two 8x10 Prints by The Wish Forest

I super super love this art style~!!! Anyway, do give support and visit Amalia K.~!

Back from Korea, and Goodies arrived!

Hi~! Haha~ As the title says, I'm back!

And while abroad, these goodies arrived~!!!


















WHOOOOOO~! Time to play~!!!

Updates, and Giveaways won! =D

Oh my god! AHHHHHHH! I swear, I've been super lucky last two weeks~!!!  So sorry for the long hiatus in posting, so here's a super long one to make it up to anyone who's reading~ =)

Two giveaways won! WHOOOOT~!!!!!    \ o /

First, there's Wendy Coffman's giveaway that I've blogged before~!

It'll be my first ever stamp set that can go onto acrylic block~ My own sets are all traditional wooden pieces with the stamp permanently attached~ Whoooo~!!!! Haha~ Waiting eagerly for it to arrive~!!!! Whoooo~!!!!!!!!!!

Next is this~! Amanda's monthly giveaway~!! Like, OH MY GOD! 

I still can't believe I manage to win these supplies~ I've also never tried using a hot glue gun, in fact, I'm going to buy my first ever hot glue gun when these arrive~~~ I'm just so super excited~~~~~~!

Also, another event that happened last week is my mum and sister's birthday~ This year my sister didn't want a cake, so my youngest sister and I were having some problems thinking of how we were going to celebrate it... In the end, this is what we substituted for the cake:

I went and bought 4 waffles, and then put in different flavored jams~! So, it's a blueberry, cream cheese and strawberry waffle cake~! I think it's a great substitute to cake for us, because we don't really like the cream on cakes... Also, waffles aren't that sweet. Haha~

Right, back to miniatures~

I've visited the Singapore Toy Games and Comics Convention on Saturday~! Basically, I wanted to go because of an expert miniturist~! Asuka Sakumo was launching her book at the event~! And.... Tadah!!!

I was one of the first 10 to pick up the book, so I received a complimentary poster and 2 postcards~! I love purple, and the poster is so super pretty~! I love that illustration style, and the postcard on the right? It was drawn onto a dictionary page. I love that the witch was drawn with her head right next to the word Witch. Super cute~!!! Also, I discovered another free gift in my bag~! It was inside the plastic bag, and she gave it to me without mentioning it~! A set of 3 christmassy minis~! Thank you so much~!

The book (I've read it on the train home :x Couldn't wait till I reach home.) is awesome. I love how easy it was to understand, and how clear she made each step was with her pictures, and still leave room for us to experiment~~~

Right, so updates are done~! I'll be vacationing in Korea for the next two weeks, and I hear there's a miniature museum in Insadong (which I'll be visiting) so, the next post would probably be on that~~~ And for a small update on what I made, here are some pictures~

Book making~!

안녕하세요!
저는 배댈입니다~
저는 스무두살입니다~
만나서반가습니다~

Right, hahaha~ Was practicing my Korean... Anyway, back to crafts~ I found yet another pin on pinterest that I'd wanted to try, and had it bookmarked, and I tried it over the weekend...

This time, the source is here!

On to the pictures~!

 I made 2 books, the black one has a felt cover, and is my first trial... I think because of the felt, the cover feels stiffer, and more "hardcover-like"... The pink one was made for my cousin because she saw the black one and made a fuss about wanting one... This was cotton fabric over the same type of cardboard backing, but it feels kinda flimsy and thin... Anyway, she likes that it's not hard, so lucky for me~ Haha~

 

Stamping~

I've been collecting stamps for a while, and since finding out about Taobao, my collection had increased tri-fold... And through Pinterest, I've discovered that there's such a thing as Alcohol Markers! I think that it sounds a bit like Copic markers, but not sure if they are the same... And.... Here's another great site that is hosting a giveaway.

Stamping Rules is a great site, and I've found it through a pin. Also, like the name states, it's all about stamps! But it's full of awesome terms that I don't fully understand, lol~ Oh well~!

Anyway~~~~~ There's a giveaway on the site, so do go take a look~!

Pinterest

Awesome Stuff Found!!!!

Hahaha~ Ok, I'm slow, but only now have I found the purpose of PINTEREST! Despite having to use it for work before, I didn't see the point of all those pins, and treat it just like a place to bookmark stuff with pictures, but now that I found the Categories... OMG!!!!

Right, so I found a couple of things that I'd like to try, and this is the first one!

Awesome fun with surprisingly little items required.

And... Here are my photos~~~!!

Another giveaway!

Right, I've been hopping around the world... Well, via blogs anyway~ I wish I could be like the Mini Jazzi and travel the world!

And...Back to topic. I found this blog that makes super duper awesome flower arrangements! Like, OMG! I saw so many purple flowers there that I've gone mad... Hahaha~ Also, guess what... There's a giveaway going on at that blog!!!

Awesome Flower Giveaway~

I do hope I win~ Fingers crossed~!

Bread!

Hey again~ Today is our National Day, so I had the day off! =)

So, being bored because my boyfriend is on guard duty, I started playing with clay again~ Those are the results! A French load, a melon-pan, a croissant, and a danish (I think)... This is the first time I'm using pastel on baked clay... Haha~ Glad it worked out... Now wondering if it's a must to glaze these... I still haven't buy any matte glaze, and I don't want shiny bread... Haha~~~ Oh well... I'll leave it first... =) 

First ever tutorial!

To kick things off~~~~!

My recent purchase from etsy! =)

Yeah, I'm a victim of overspending because of Etsy too... :3

This time, I've bought some molds from MiniatureSweet!

You can visit the store via MiniatureSweet.etsy.com

Anyway, back to the items! I've bought 2 cream and a cupcake base. I can actually make do without the base, but having a mold seriously shorten the time needed to shape the clay~ And, the shop owners have generously given me 2 cute canes for free!

So, anyway, here's a little tutorial that I've come up with, as inspired from Jelly Fish Charms~! (Link to her tut will be given at the end~) It's a simpler version, for the newbs like me out there~

Tutorial!

Alright, so here's Jelly Fish Charm's youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/jellyfishcharms

Images of my old creations

Trying to share some of my old creations... These are all made from air dry clay - namely Hearty Clay mixed with Grace, and then coloured using acrylic paints... 

A little bit of this and that!

There's this awesome giveaway going on at A Little Bit of This and That.

LOOK AT THOSE MOLDS! I really do hope I'd be able to win this set, and that'd be like super helpful for me to explore the uses of molds and how I can incorporate molds into my work without totally being a factory line...

Anyway, this giveaway will end on August 31 2012, which is my mum's and sister's birthday~ Hopefully there'd be some luck for me on that day too~! =)

Giveaway Won

About a month ago, I've won this super awesome set from Jazzi, over at Jazzi Mini's.

Yeap, awesome right!!! I especially love the sofa! And, I've yet to place it in my box room... Reason being: I still haven't got around to building mine >.<

I wanted to put it in my cafe, but the fire place couldn't fit in :x Hahaha~ But I've been having fun placing it on my Ikea box shelf, and using that shelf as a room...  I'll update the photo when I finally have my own box room, or better yet, when I have my own doll house! :)

So, here's a belated SUPER THANK YOU!!!! =)

Intro~~~

Right... I suppose any blogs should start with a self introduction of the blogger...

I'm 22 years old, female, and loves miniatures~

I started this blog super long ago, but after deliberating and delaying, finally just decided to go for it and start posting.

I've only really started playing with miniatures for a year and a half, so I'm really a newbie at this~ What I know, I've really read off the internet as well... I've attended 1 class before, and that's Snowfern's class! I've learned a lot from her, and that's when I decided to create this blog, but since then, I've been busy, and crafting became sort of like a on-again-off-again stress relief...

I made this blog to kinda mark my progress, and make tutorials for myself (I'm SUPER forgetful) so that I won't ever need to hunt high and low for a tutorial I've used before. I will post the credits if they were taken wholesale from another miniturist, and I will write down inspired from who if I made changes on those tutorials.

So, I guess that's that as a first post~! Here's hoping that I will be hardworking and continue this! =)