Cross Stitch Kits

by Yin on October 30, 2011

Cross stitch kits are now available at very reasonable price and sold in kits form- with the design and cross stitch materials supplied as one you can find in Living Cabin store:

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Designs such as for Chinese weddings, people in love and puppies.

Lot 4 Dreamer- a wooden frame store in Central Market

by Yin on October 6, 2011

Like the name of this store- Lot 4 Dreamer :)

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The stall sells handmade wooden frams among other decorative items. The owner was no where to be seen…and therefore I had the photo taken.

Ribbon roses hair combs

September 23, 2011

 Made quite a number of ribbon roses- stitched to hair combs as below. I bought the hair combs in bulk and I have lots of ribbon roses of different colours. So stitch them to the combs.   Another one is the hair pins as per below:

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Artist who listens to his heart when painting astract art

June 18, 2011

KL born artist Jake Goh paints visual art by listening to his heart.  He loves music and wanted to share his love with everyone but he is not a musican. The abstract works, which were inspired by musical instruments like the guitar, violin and piano were painted in such a way as if they were [...]

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Weekend Bazaar in The Curve

April 17, 2011

The weekly craft bazaar is being held at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara during Saturdays and Sundays. On weekdays the area is a walkway but on weekdays, it’s a craft bazaar. On the left and right side, the stores consists mostly of restaurants and bistro where patrons hang out for meal and at the same time [...]

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Sushi Theme Doughnuts

March 27, 2011

We have chocolate, blueberries, plain, peanuts, cream that are placed on top or inside the doughnuts. But have you heard about sushi based doughnuts: I saw this when I  walked past Big Apple Doughnuts and Coffee outlet yesterday. This really beats the imagination…. Few years ago, there was this doughnut craze and a few chain [...]

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Rojak seller making dough figurines in his spare time

March 19, 2011

No matter how busy you are, you can always find time to indulge in your hobby or pursue your interest as shown in the article below on a famous Rojak seller in Penang called Khor Ewe Hock who made dough figurines for 50 years n his free time: Khor operates his rojak store from noon [...]

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Creative Google Logos

March 5, 2011

I use Google each time I go online as it is a truly effective search engine. And certain days, one would be greeted by a plesant surprise by the cute designs made into the word of “Google”. Following are 2 that I managed to spot in February 2011: For full listing of Google Doodles, check out [...]

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Mass Produced Custom Jewelry and Accessories

February 24, 2011

Well, it’s a tough world for crafters out there… to compete with mass produced items: This problem began about 10 years ago or more. See the items above, below is the pricing that it is sold in a local night market.

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Hantaran Kahwin- Malay wedding gifts

February 16, 2011

  Here is a picture of crafted barang hantaran kahwin- base decorated using ribbons, polystrene, lace, beads- usually when used by both bride and bridegroom to put gifts sent to one another.     a

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