Fail

Putri's
Above: Before
Below: Before being washed off

Unsatisfied with the painting,
I discontinue and wash the paint off.

Now the yellow mouse is back
trying to sip a drink
from the can.

Vietnam Pop-up Cards and Quills

I took these photos
at the night market and souvenir shop
in Hanoi.

I hope they
will inspire you
to try something new today!

Happy Crafting!

Stamped Stuffs

Fridge magnet.

Made of shell and some buttons from last year's Christmas gift from my brother. The letters are made using this alphabet stamp set.

Bought it at RM12 something at Popular bookstore.

My mini stamp artwork! Made into a small plaque. The rooster stamp is one of my mom's favourite.

It suppose to be a keychain, but I never use it as keychain. I used it once as pincushion.


This is my current notebook where I jot down my to-do-list. I stamped my husband's name on it(hm...perhaps should add R and S behind the M, so it would become Mrs. Khairuldin kan? Hihi). He suggest that I color the background of a mounting, so I experiment using a stamp I made for him recently.

Handmade Paper Box

Apart from carving the tricolor stamp yesterday, I manage to mount a couple of my recent works. Actually I got my wood supply on Friday and went back to my hometown on Saturday. The cutting job was done on the deck by the river. So what I did yesterday was just glueing the stamps to their mountings.

The stamps are now ready, but I have always thought that my stamps should meet their owners in a nice, pleasant packaging. Before this I wrap, or make paper packet to put them in and sometimes I just don't have enough time to wrap them nicely (hehe, sorry to those who received their stamps in "nasi lemak" kinda wrapping before). I think the best is to put them in boxes, that fit each of them nicely. Problem is, sometimes my schedule is so packed, I don't have excess time to make boxes.

Anyway, I made a box this morning, to figure out how much time needed to make a custom one for a stamp.

It takes about 45mins-1hour. Argh.. got to find a more productive solutions.

Do You Know Her?

Perhaps you are wondering, who is the girl on top of Mangosteenkin's page? If you still don't know, she lives in a mangosteen fruit. No, not any ordinary mangosteen! Only the one that you find in this blog.

If you've been reading my blog since last year, maybe you know her.

Mangosteen Fairy is now 3D!

She is only at the size of a thumb, just as how I imagined her should be!

Her little wings are at rest!

She likes to hang out on top of the shelf in the living room, watching us watching TV, crafting and playing with the cat!

My First Fabric Keychain

This prototype (haha!) is hand-stitched and I really love the plushiness of it. I use fabric ink so it is safe to be washed everytime it got dirty. I will keep working on improvisation and I hope one day I can sell this stuff too!

While I'm Gone...(comment lah! hehe)

I know. It's not unusual if I don't update this blog or me gone MIA for a week or longer. But me and hubby are going to KL for a week starting tomorrow, and while preparing stuffs, I also want to leave a new post for guys to read while I'm gone.

I bought two small liquid dispensers and fill it up with shampoo and shower gel from our bathroom. At the beginning, I just want to write "shower gel" and "shampoo", but then I got carried away with some doodlings (not that carried away actually, just enough to decorate the plain bottle). But hey! plus some pretty ribbons and nice boxes, this can be a good idea for Valentine or bithdays! And I bought these dispensers at only Rm1.00 each! I hope my hubby will think of me, even in the bathroom! Haha!

Meanwhile, I also working on customized rubber stamp set, and this time it's for Snazzy & Such. I don't design the logo, Tinn Tinn emailed it to me but I have to make some adjustment to the font size to make it hand-carvable. The oval logo is the biggest stamp I ever did so far, because it's not easy to find large erasers. I want to look for linolium blocks, but I don't know where to find them. They don't sell linolium block in stationary shops here. Anyone knows?

Snazzy & Such logo stamp - 4.3 (h) x 6 cm (w)

Ita from Gula dan Mentega requested me to make a duplicate of her stamp. The upper proof is from the first stamp and middle is from the unmounted stamp that I did last night which is available in the picture below.

Ok guys, I better continue packing now. Have a great week!

Leaf-cutting Ants, Bird and Rooster Keychains

I am on another day off. I was caught by flu and occasional headache since last week but the pain got more intense and frequent since the pass few days. So after seeing the doctor yesterday, I decided to give myself a rest at home today, or maybe until I get better.

So having the chance to stay at home, I take this chance to snap pictures of some handmade keychain that I made few months back. If you notice, I already listed them up in my etsy store.

I am also working on some custom rubberstamps, stickers and business card. Hopefully I will get better soon so I will be able to finish them before our 10days holiday next week.

Fridge Magnet

Fridge magnet made of light paper clay. I used my handcarved rubber stamp to create the motifs. I wonder if paper clay can be glazed, coz they are a bit spongy when hardened.

I will try to improvise this product coz I hope I can list them up in my etsy store soon!

Give Second Life

Sometimes, I don't feel like throwing away the empty bottles and boxes. I often feel like..."oh they're cute...macam x sampai hati mau buang". Look at these---they suppose to be dispossed long time ago but now they all safe and sound on the shelf. A bit innovation and creativity---u'll feel like giving a second life to things often seen as wastes.

Now..who wants to call them rubbish?

My dad's herbal remedy box . The wrapping paper used to wrap a present for hubby. After he unwrapped the gift, I rescue the wrapper. Can be used to keep small things like paperclips, safety pins, hair clips, toothpick pun boleh.

Thousand's Island bottle. Last time they were glass.Nowadays, plastic. Can be use as decoration or dust trap. Hehe.

HP sauce bottle. Never finished this one. Too lazy to continue. :-P