Whimsical Jar swap

Whimsical Jar by Shanda Panda

This is my first time hosting a swap through my blog (all because I see how much fun Agnes had with her previous blog swap). I would like to bring to you, Whimsical Jar swap. I've seen those swap being going around for some time but the postage is a killer for oversea swap. Hope Malaysian are interested in doing this swap. :)

What is Whimsical Jar?
Find a jar (glass or plastic, preferably recycle jar but please wash properly), fill up the jar with lots of goodies, fill up until it's all full and nicely pack inside the jar. Then decorate the jar.

What to put in the Whimsical Jar?
All pretty things!! Craft handmade by you, craft supplies, ribbons, buttons, beads, lace, yarn, ribbons, fabric pieces, sweets, rubber stamps, magnets, brooch, accessories, jewelries, cute stationeries, miniatures, charms, anything!! That's the fun of whimsical jar, imagine pouring out all the little trinkets and look at them one by one, and not forgeting, taking photos of them. :P
More ideas here.

Dos and Don'ts
Do put in lovely and pretty things that your partner would love.
Do clean your used jar properly, no smell or dirty jem sticking inside please. >_<
Don't put crap.
Don't put things you don't like or you don't want.
Be nice, play nice. :D

Terms and Condition
1. Jar must be larger than 400g/400ml. Must be transparent. Will look nice when you stuff everything inside.
2. You must be a crafter and also a blogger.
3. Max ppl is 10. This will be a one to one swap. Post your email here.
4. Shipping via Post Laju or Registered Post. Make you have tracking number, very important.
5. When you receive the jar from your partner, remember to take picture and blog about the Whimsical Jar. Oo...and also don't show your jar before your partner receive, let it be a surprise. :D

Number of people in swap:	max 10
Location:	Within Malaysia Only
Shipment: Last day to signup/drop:	Pos Laju/ Register Pos July 31, 2009
Date items must be sent:	before Auguest 31, 2009
Number of swap partners:	1

Participants:
1. Kelly (that's me :p)
2. Shera

Look what I got from Mr. Postman

It always cheers me up when Mr. Postman drop something for me. That's why I always love snail mail swapping and buying stuff online.

A very beautiful bracelet from BeadPot. Check out Frances's blogshop, her works are amazing and at very very reasonable price. And she is such a sweet person. Love love love this pearl bracelet soooo much. (I'm going go back to her shop again to buy for my friend's birthday present..shhh) Support handmade!!

Ain't it beautiful?

And the largest package I'd ever receive from the mail. 15kg fabric from Tisha, Taiwan. woohoo....

Nici says hi.

Look at those fabric. Whole boxes of them. I will have a busy time taking photo and listing them on Etsy.

White Slim Angel

Here's my baby, white slim angel from superheadz. Bought it from The Click Shop. Will go to buy some films tomorrow and start shooting during the long break next week. Can't wait to play with it.



You will be amazed how this all made from plastic toy camera can do. I can't wait...^__^

and it doesn't even neet battery!! oo, and forgot to add that it's so light and fragile. I have to be really careful with this angel.

and when I couldn't afford the rich man's hobby of photography, there's always an alternative.

Here's some sample pictures from this camera :D
http://www.gizmoshop.jp/item_vuws_sample.php

Kiirey at Pipit Wonderful Market #2

My website www.kiirey.com officially launched on 3rd of July and in conjunction with that, we were at Pipit Market at Berjaya Times Square. This time with Deb and Pek Mun. My new partner in crime. keke.

www.kiirey.com

Thanks Ivery for the pictures. :)

More picture here and here. Thanks to the Pipit organizer(Mike and Ivery), all my friends and colleagues who came to support. Thank you sooo sooo much. <3 <3 <3

And there are the stuff I bought back from the wonderful handmade market. All handmade, beautiful, creative and cute. (some are for sale at www.kiirey.com)

Mini teru-teru and the red devil.

LOMO camera necklaces from

Evangelione's Handmade

And a gift from Tako (Evangelione's Handmade). Thank you sooooooo sooo much.
I promised to give her some scrap fabric and I forgot :( felt so bad....

One of my favourite purchase. The Birdcage key-holder/protector (from Lazybone Handmade) and also the LOMO camera (from Evangelione's Handmade). Camera will be for sale at Kiirey soon. ^__^

Such fun event, meet so many nice and friend vendors and customers. Can't wait for the next event (might be in Sept).

Eternity

It has been sometimes ago since I create serious artwork. Have not been holding a brush for years. The feeling is still so good. :)

Mix media, ink, acrylic

More Teru Teru Bozu

A whole new family of teru-terus and now they are happily living with Sharon.

nya nya nya

We will be giving you so many sunny days~~~

Ok, Malaysia is already a very sunny country and we don't need anymore teru teru? Wrong la. Teru teru will be there to bring you a brighter, happier, luckier day. ^___^

How well do you know me?

I'm surprise so few ppl know about me. And my questions are fairly easy and giveaway questions. And no trick questions, Yokie! And some choose very disappointing answer....@_@ Even my ex-bf only got 1 answer correct (ok, now you know why he is my ex). But it's fun and addictive nonetheless.

1)	Would I go bungee jumping?
a)	Yes,it's in my to-do list before I die.
b)	I will if my all my buddies go along.
c)	Yes, if someone double dare me.
d)	Maybe yes, maybe not, erm..dunno la.
e)	Definitely not!!

Definitely not!!! I'm afraid of height. This is a spot on if you're a close friend that know me well enough.

2)	What am I scared of?
a)	Horror movie
b)	Roller coaster ride
c)	Haunted house
d)	Being lonely
e)	Being in the dark

I am a brave person but I'm afraid of dying. Among all those, roller coaster has the highest risk of accidents causing death. And again, I am afraid of height. I might consider going on a roller coaster ride but never ever bungee jumping.

3)	What is my dream car?
a)	BMW
b)	Ferrari
c)	I don't drive
d)	Porche
e)	car that no need petrol

Yes, that's my answer whenever any MLM ppl ask me what is my dream car.

4)	How many long term boy/girlfiends have I had? (Including the current one)
a)	3
b)	2
c)	4
d)	1
e)	5

Would be 4 if include non-long term r/ship (that lasted for a month). haha.

5)	Sports that I am good at
a)	Swimming
b)	Badminton
c)	Ping Pong
d)	Squash
e)	None

I know a bit in each of those sports but not good at any of them. Yokie, it's not a trick question la, I'm better in swimming (compare to you all) but I'm not good at it AT ALL. hahahaha

6)	How many times have I traveled out of the country?
a)	Less than 5 times
b)	More than 5 times but not more than 10 times
c)	I never travel out from Malaysia :(
d)	Lost count la, I always fly here and there.

Ok, the trickiest must have been this one. Actually was exactly 5 times but not less than 5 times, so the closest should be B. :P
But hey, I have one friend that chose 'C'. @_@ I've been out from Malaysia, please la.

7)	What is my favorite type of music?
a)	Rock and Jazz
b)	Sappy love songs
c)	R&B and Hip Hop
d)	Sappy love songs and contemporary pop
e)	Hard metal

Not many ppl know this, so even my closest friend will get this wrong. I'm not really a big fans of Jazz but recently I had a thing for Michael Buble and keep listening to this Ray Charles CD. Yea, a little influenced by my bf into feeling jazzy but hey, I also influenced him into memorizing/singing Jay Chow's song. XD
And most of the ppl chose D. I don't like sappy love songs ok. I am a rock girl. I dig My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Lighthouse, Oasis (in the 90s), Coldplay, Greenday and Creed!!!

May Giveaways - Cherry Pendants

Ok, ppl loves to give giveaways in their blog, so I might as well try this, once or twice every month.

Here's a little treat for you crafty people. 20 pieces of cherry acrylic pendants!
This month I'm giving away some of my supplies, I'll give them away to 2 lucky readers. Maybe next month I will give away my handmade items. :)


All you need to do is do either two of the following:

• Comment here (with your name/your blog/your shop/your contact/email/etc and how you find my blog)
• Link my blog to yours
• Follow my blog
• Blog about this giveaway post
• Check out my Etsy shop (http://www.kiiss.etsy.com/) and let me know which is your favourite item

Closing date : 30th/May (end of this month)

Pipit Wonderful Market

The second craft fair that I went, was really really reallllllly fun!!!! I didn't really prepare much for this events, just made some extra plushies (shy bunny and onigiri) and I didn't even print out any name cards (I handmade them instead of sending to printing shop). I went with one intention, not really to sell stuff but to have fun and meet all the great artist/crafters. Looking at the number of vendors at this event, I know this would be a fun-filled event.

So here's our little booth (with no table...whyyy???)
I'm sharing with Huey from Nottypooch (she made really cool tees and recycled banner wallet)

The right crowd came (design students, designers, journalist, young people, art crafts lover, cool peoples)

Miss Ireen Handmade

Evangelione's Handmade

The Negative Effect promo video screening

Huey, Juliana and me (Thanks Juliana for coming to support!!)

Shera!! who made really beautiful cards

And Tako of Evangelione's handmade. I'm your fans!!
Finally, I bought Audrey, one for myself and the rest for www.kiirey.com

This event was really fun, especially I could meet with all the fantastic people who shares the same interest. And also online friends/blogger that finally meet in real person. If I'm not one of the vendor, I think I will snap more pictures and perhaps will shop a lot too.

And if Pipit Market held another event next month, I will be there again and this time I will drag Debbie along.

And finally, we have Krispy Kreme. How is Krispy Kreme different from Big Apple and once very long queued J&Co? Krispy Kreme serves each and every customer that was queuing for our turn to make our purchase one fresh out from the oven original glazed donut. Now that's different!
And ho boy....it was really crispy!!

Ok, don't ask me to compare Krispy Kreme, J&Co and Big Apple. They all look and taste the same to me.
I'm not a big fans of sweet things.
But I loved the free donut. XD So extra point for Krispy Kreme.

For the love of craft

Finally, we found Multifilla (after the second try). Balakong is not very near to PJ, even though the worker there insisted that it's very near. From the website, you can see that this warehouse is selling allllll sorts of craft material, machines, trinkets and such. I spent almost an hour exploring the whole warehouse and found a lot of stuff that I can not get in normal craft shop (and my bf sleeping at the counter -_-).

1. Polyester Resin (RM26)
2. Resin hardener catalyst (RM4)
3. Release agent (RM18)
4. Small eye screw, 20 pcs (Rm15)
5. Speedball cutter, for rubber carving (RM59)
6. Hand-drill (RM20)

Woo-hoo!!!!! Now I can start experimenting on resin accessories and rubber-stamp carving. The price is good (cheaper than craft shops) and I'm never ever going to visit craft shops again. XD

Next item on my list :
1. A cheap, less than RM100 oven (for curing polymer clay)
2. Sewing machine, around RM500

Thank you KLue

I never had this kind ff feeling before....nervous, happy, excited, proud, overwhelmed, excited, very happy, satisfaction, and excited again and very happy again. Sounds like going crazy, but that's the feeling when reading my own name, first time ever on a magazine.

A month ago, it was out of the blue when Maybritt, the editor contacted me through email and she conducted a brief interview through email and after a month of anticipation and wondering if it's for real. I have been hogging the newstand everywhere since last week...and finally this morning, I bought the magazine and so here it is...it's for REAL!!!

Oh, KLue, thank you oh so much. I'm sleeping with you tonight.

You can read it online too : KLue

I am soooo sleeping with you tonight. (I mean the magazine lah...)

Grab a KLue now, it's really a fun-filled magazine but mostly about KL life. It features a lot of indie business owner, like blogger shops, bazaar vendors, indie artist/crafters (like me) and a lot of happening events in KL.

Why....

Why is it so difficult to fry pancake?
And I thought it's the easiest meal to make? :/

I burnt the first piece.

Why my pancake looks weird? :/

Improvement....

Pancake stacks and honey....
(please ignore the burnt one)

Yummy

Things I really want to do now

1. Must complete kiirey.com ASAP. It's 70% done. Need to write description and fix pricing on each products...which is the most tedious part of the job. *sigh*
2. Read books...read plenty of books, read all the books available, read all the 1001 must read books. Hmm...maybe start with 100 first? Wait...I think better finish The Devil Wears Prada first.
   
3. A cup of frizzy cold drink, fruity flavour. Not Coke...prefer sparkling juice.
   
4. Sleep and then when I wake up tomorrow, is not a Monday