What's Your Fortune?

Fortune cookies! What do you love about fortune cookies? Do you believe the fortune inside? For me, it's not much about what the fortune means or how delicious the cookie is. I just enjoy the fun of cracking a fortune cookie open to see the mystery inside. I do know some people like that, buying fortune cookies just to crack it open. There goes RM1. Anyways, I thought fortune cookies are a very adorable idea! And so, I decided to make them. Not the ones for eating, but ones with polymer clay!

 These fortune cookies have a little pink heart on it's side. The paper you see there, could be removed, be written on and put back, or to be replaced by another piece of paper! It's possible for it to fall out, but it doesn't fall out as easy if you cut the paper the right size. These are going for sale at RM7 each, RM11 if the string for pendant is needed. Once it's varnished and ready, it'll be put up on Facebook till I have the time to head over Yii-Tou and place it there.

 Close up of the unvarnished fortune cookie!

 These are plain fortune cookies. I'm planning to actually dip part of them in 'chocolate' and add a tiny flower or diamond deco on the side. Will see how it works.

 Mini fortune cookies to be made into earrings!

 These pink flowers were made with a carnation flower mold. I just used the mold to cut out the petals and used a toothpick to prick the end for a nicer look. I was thinking to make it into a pendant, with leaves or a smaller sized flower as the earrings. Would try that when I have time. These are all I can make for now.

Hope you enjoyed this post! Thanks for dropping by! Love ya!

BoxOfHobbies at Sunway Giza!

Hey people! As many of you know, I'm selling my crafts and others as BoxOfHobbies. I've actually created a Facebook page for it [which I didn't find myself updating often enough] , and also had it selling at Readz Bookstore in City Harvest Church. It was my first time doing these kind of things, and I found it very messy to deal with products, codes and prices. It's doing much better now though. The first month selling in Readz went well, I've earned about RM60 after the cost were deducted. The 2nd and 3rd month though, did not even covered the cost of it. So I withdraw my items from Readz. I also stopped updating it on Facebook for a moment and plan to make an E-bay account and an Etsy account soon - most likely next year for E-bay. As for now, BoxOfHobbies has been placed at a new place! If you'd like to shop for items from BoxOfHobbies, you can now find it at Yii-Tou located in Sunway Giza!

It's a brand new shop facing the main road. It has unique objects, clothes (ready or custom-made), beautiful fabrics, creative gifts, interesting housewares and many life inspired creations! So be sure to check it out if you ever drop by! Thank you!

 These are a few of my products. The pink bird up there is made into a brooch/pin badge. On the left of the pictures are buttons made into stud earrings. The bottom has a set of pumpkin-like earrings and pendant which has been bought by my school teacher - Teacher Bernie. And on the right are a set of 4 paper clips and an adorable clip.

 Everything is set up nicely on the stand, ready to be moved to Yii-Tou.

I may be printing some business cards soon! I'm very very excited for it. The picture above is the front and back of the card. I wanted to have something else for the front, but my friend said what I wanted would be too complicated and that this is simple and nice. I'm not sure whether or not I should change it. I kinda prefer the other. Anyways, I will think about that later. I really really loved the back of the card, it has a sunflower stamp and resembles a postcard! It's like a postcard-name-card! My friend said that it doesn't seem very professional and thought it would be better in another way. But I simple love this design and thought that BoxOfHobbies are about Hobbies! It need not be too professional looking where it seems a bit common and boring. I just want it to be something fun and creative like BoxOfHobbies should be! Well, that is all for the update on BoxOfHobbies.

Since yesterday, my eyes have been glued on Oddee. They have quite a number of interesting things. Funny, fascination, cool and other stuff. Here's a few things from their page.

 These heels are awesome. Free tips!

That's all! If you want more, check out their webpage! Bye!

I Love Mum

Moms are amazing. Don't you think so? They carried us for 9 months in their stomach and had to be careful the whole time. They can't take certain food at that time too. Gosh. I really love jumping and running around, and eating all sorts of food. How would I survive then? Anyways, here's a little something my sister and I decided to do for mom. The idea was in our minds for a really long time, but we didn't come out and do it. Finally, it's done! My dad's car has one too - done on Father's day.

 The end result! That is all.

Hey people! I think I'm becoming more girl than I ever was before. What I meant was, how I dress up and stuff. Today, this was what I wore to church.

In so many years, this is my FIRST time wearing a hairband and a waist belt. Plus, I seldom ever wear earrings, make up [eyeliner], and a dress. How it happened? I love long skirts, really really love them - they can be both skirts or dresses. So today, I tried it on as a skirt, and in the end decide to wear it as a dress! It looks a little fat, so that's where the waist belt came in. As for the hairband and make up, my sis was showing me some kpop videos. She randomly say "I feel like putting on make up for you!" and her smile grew from one end to the other. It wasn't much, just simple stuff, but still. She put on the hairband to keep my hair away, then put a bit of foundation and drew eyeliner. The hairband seems to fit, so it stayed there. And that's how this picture came about.

 When I smile, I always have one eye bigger than the other. And yesterday, my sister and I finally found our similarities!

Although biological sisters, we don't look much alike. One born with hair straighter than usual, and the other curlier than usual. One born with teeth that falls off itself, and the other has to visit the dentist all the time. One was chubbier, and the other slimmer. One has big ears and the other had small ones. Even what we can do or what we preferred are different! She sings well and could hear if a tune was sang correctly, but I can't - I'd sing out of tune sometimes, especially when the verse changes. I can draw better, and she draws adorable kid-like drawings. She attack sweet foods first, while I prefer savory. Not many knew we were sisters when they first met us. Some even had to see both our IC to believe. This time, we found something similar! When we smile, one of our eyes are larger than the other. And when eyeliners are drawn, one side's could be seen very nicely, and the other would be half covered and half seen. The picture above doesn't show much, but it's true! Oh well, that is all for today. Hope you enjoyed the post!

Roxy Turns 5

No, her big day is not today. It was on 30th October, but we only celebrated now.

 Roxy in her birthday hat!

 The plate was placed further away from her so I could still pick it up quickly IF she charges towards it. Which she didn't and I'm very proud of her - the peanut butter smell was so strong which makes it pretty hard to resist. I gave the cue to sit and stay, then placed the cake down and asked her to 'look at me' to get this picture.

 Finally, a slice of cake! (She ate a few slices)

 If you've watched Roxy do the many tricks that she knows, you should know that when I say ''come" in a normal tone, she'd rush over. But if I say "come" in a softer tone, she'll walk slowly. Here, I made her sit and wait a while. Then told her in a gentle soft voice "come, wait.. come, wait.." and finish off with a "down". That's how I got this picture. She was ready to charge at it.

"Eat" was the magic command that results in the picture above!

The cake is shared with Moo Moo, who basically just gobble the whole chunk up. She LOVES food. Really. Her talent is having the "Ninja Eating Skill". 

Both dogs ate up to half the cake. Of course, Moo Moo was ready to munch on everything left, but too much cake wouldn't be too good for them would it? I ain't so sure. And that's that. The End!

Carrot Honey Cake - Dog Friendly

Hey there - whoever reading this post! 

Today, you shall learn to make a very simple honey cake for your special pooch [If you have one]. I found this recipe online, and poof! A new cake.

 You will need :

1 cup corn flour
1 tsp baking soda 
1/4 cup peanut butter 
1/4 cup vegetable oil 
1 cup shredded carrots 
1 tsp vanilla 
1/3 cup honey 
1 egg

First, mix the flour and baking soda together. Then add the rest of the ingredients. You can reduce or add extra honey/peanut butter/carrots to your liking. For mine, I had a little more honey [because I read the recipe wrongly at first]. Anyways, just mix everything.

 I poured my mix into a heart shaped aluminum cake tray since I had 3 of it lying around in the kitchen. Pre-heat your oven and bake at 180 for 40minutes.

 I spread a thin layer of peanut butter on top and added carrot pieces to spell R for Roxy. And that's it! We haven't celebrated for Roxy yet though. Might celebrate only on Sat.

Love of Phoenix

I love phoenix a lot ! And those ice birds and stuff. Anyways, today in art class, we were to try this new RM3 per piece acid-free paper. Yes, RM3 per piece. I decided to try drawing a phoenix on it. I was a little scared, but went with it anyways. This is what I've got so far.

Don't you agree that it grew a little too .. FAT? My family gave me funny answers when I asked them what this is.Here's what they guessed.

Sister : Horse? Peacock?
Dad : Seahorse
Mum : Peacock
Brother : Phoenix [Finally!]

Gosh. I wonder how it looks like a horse or a seahorse. Peacock's pretty close I suppose [Mum doesn't know what a phoenix is, so she's excused.]
That is all! Thank you for stopping by! Bye loves!

Oh, and here are two disgustingly interesting links. Have a look at your own risk.
1. Glowing Hand Punch
2. Kitty Litter Cake
Enjoy!

Owl Slippers - Before And After

How do you find those slippers you get for free from hotels? Those you wear inside the rooms. Let me show you something I did with a spare I found. I adorablized it. The quality may not improve whatsoever, but at least your slippers will be cuter now! Want one? Here's what to do.

First, choose your fabric. I chose an owl print bought from Fabric Fanatics. 

I didn't use any measuring tool, but just tried to fold and trace the top layer of the original slippers [make sure it fits well on you. You can make it smaller if it's too big]. Pin it down on the folded fabric with the bottom layer right side down, and the top layer right side up.

 Cut it out. Arrange the fabric on top of the slipper and start fixing it up. You could do this by sewing or using glue. Sewing would be neater and more convenient if you have a sewing machine. Sadly, I don't. If using glue, make sure the cloth on top does not touch the base. The glue soaks through fabric and might be stuck to the base if done so. I used rounded paper to keep the fabric up. Here are the results :

[Click the picture to have a better view]

And these are my feet in the new homey owl slippers!

A Hat Fit For My Pooch

30th November 2006. A beautiful fluff ball was born. 

That is her in 2010. My little baby Roxy. This year, Roxy's turning 5 years old! Since she was 1 till now, she never had anything special on her birthday. Nothing much. So this time, I'm planning to make her a hat [Hopefully she doesn't tear it down before pictures are taken], and bake a dog-safe cake for her! The cake needs to be done tomorrow though, as some ingredients are missing from the magical kitchen.

Anyways, here's a few pictures showing how I made her birthday hat!

 I curled different strands of yarn strings around my thumb and index finger. When I'm satisfied with the thickness, I used a white yarn string to wrap the middle and tie it tight.

 The yarn strings are now tied up.

 I cut the ends of each loop, trimmed a bit and fluffed it up to make it look more like a ball. Finally, attach the ball to a paper cone.

 This is the end result. I cut out printed patterned paper and write some stuff on. Now, the hard task tomorrow - How to place it on Roxy's head. I'm pretty sure she'll try getting it off as soon as I put it on her. We'll see. Update you guys tomorrow!