craft business

Inside a craft store- Living Cabin

Craft Stores

Living Cabin sells a lot of decorative items, ranging from photo frames, stationery, cups, cards, beads, stickers, teddy bears, photo frames, ribbons, hanging decorations, plastic flowers, etc.  When the outlet first opened in Malaysia, the items were quite expensive but  a lot of youngsters love buying little cute items. Most of their items are made in China- but generally [...]

Dough Figurines in Sunway Pyramid

Figurines

Recently I visited Sunway Pyramid in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. In conjuction with its Chinese New Year celebration, a stall selling dough figurines were set up: This stall is located at the central court and will be there will 22 February 2010. You can see the figurines- from deities and Chinese gods to modern figure like [...]

Crafts sold at a 100 year old market in Thailand

Craft Stores, Woodwork

Here are some crafts sold at a 100 year old market in Suphan Buri, Thailand: Yes, most of these items are probably mass produced in Thailand. See the price tag on the picture above? Each item only cost 10 baht (RM1 or less than USD0.30).  These items made inexpensive souveniors to buy to take back [...]

Why I let go my dream of becoming a crafter

Hair Assessories

I’ve fell in love with crafts for a long time. When I was studying for a very important exam, we were all so stressed. My Pure Mathematics teacher used to waltz into class wearing hair decorations from Evita Peroni.  That time, ribbon roses hair clips were very fashionable and the hair clips were very expensive. [...]