From the monthly archives: March 2009

angels

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I spent some time over the weekend working on these lil angels. Some friends know I was in quite a foul mood but thankfully, that has since passed. Making these lil angels has been somewhat therapeutic. Repeating the motions and watching them slowly take shape. Plus their sparkle! Pretty!

Makes me wonder how the real angels up in heaven are like.

These are on request only. I don’t think I’d be listing them in the shop anytime soon. Stay tuned for a few mini-series… and remember, last day to get 20% off your $70 purchases! Don’t say I didn’t warn you… but a couple of items have sold out over (just!) yesterday so if you have your eye on something, my advice is to grab it. After all, with a sale on, it sure will be worth it!

Shop … now.

i *dream*

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Just stumbled upon an English Dept and fell in love with the airy-fairy kind of feel. I hate having bare shoulders so the elegant (a tad small) range of shrugs and boleros caught my eye. It sure beats my run of the mill black piece that I’m kind of using to death right now.

Go on, take a quick browse. And whilst you are at it, tell me, ain’t this dress lovely!

back to nature

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Brand new week, brand new month coming up. New goodies in store for April. Hang in there. An assortment of themes, there will be a couple of mini collections. And if you are vigilant enough, you just might spot them being released in store early. Might.

Meantime, the countdown continues. Tomorrow’s the last day for our ‘It’s A Girl!‘ sale. Hurry and take advantage of it. Such deals don’t come round very often!

treasury love

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Ok. I admit. Life happened this week and I didn’t quite manage to browse the frontpage often enough. I only registered this one and partly due to the cute lil sleeping child up there in the grid of photos.

Sorry. I promise to do better next week. But for now… my apologies.

stay clear of Kitchen Mogu Mogu

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There are very few things that get my goat that badly that I have to blog about it, write in to them and / or the press. I’ve already sent an email to this eatery in question and still feel that I need to blog it out. If you have been following the blog, I seldom do ‘bad’ reviews of anything but this really took the cake.

Kitchen MoguMogu
14 Scotts Road, #01-07,
Singapore 228213

First up, I am more the sort who eats to live. If it is ‘edible’, I’d usually just survive with it. But yesterday’s experience at Kitchen Mogu Mogu was so bad, it is impossible to keep quiet. We should have taken the visual cue of the near empty eatery (what at FEP during lunch hour crowd?!) to have taken our business elsewhere.

We ordered two meals, and ‘upsized’ one of them. When it came… the disaster started.

  1. the iced green tea is completely tasteless. It is quite simply, coloured green water. That is cold.
  2. the vegetables on our set was ‘leftover’ from the day before. The carrots and corn left a foul sour aftertaste and the cauliflower that was served in a big clump, was undercooked. Tasting very raw.
  3. the miso soup was overtly salty, more so than even Yoshinoya.
  4. the chawanmushi was laced with so much pepper you could not taste the egg at all.

And this consisted at least half the meal. Spoilt the appetite and the portions were quite pathetic. Until and unless they buck up, please take your business elsewhere.

SERIOUS. The concept of Japanese fast food is good. But not with the standard they offer. In these times of recession, money can be MUCH better spent elsewhere.

Ok, rant over. Feeling much better.

DIY Weekends :: Handmade Soap

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I’m in need of some serious relaxing right now and the thought of handmade lavender oatmeal soap is perking me up. Hmm. Oxymoron. But I’m sure you get what I mean.

I found this DIY tutorial on making soaps as gifts for your bridesmaids but really, you can make them for anybody and for just about any occasion. And even if you aren’t remotely interested in making the soap, hop on over for some pretty nicely styled pictures.

Some people have all the talent!

And oh, if you are from Singapore, substitute Spotlight or Artfriend for Michaels to get your soap bases and molds.

busy busy busy

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I’ve got a few new items on the cards but will only have time to load them over the weekend. Some personal jaunt about town today and the time just flies away into oblivion.

I’ve managed to finish most of the outstanding customisations on hand and am midway through a few email discussions on a fresh batch as I speak. So do bear with me.

Here’s a peek at what I have been working on!

matching earrings for Grey Bubbly :: Custom Order, not for sale

And Winter Came (to be launched this weekend!)

Autumn Berries (also to be launched over the weekend)

Do hang in there! I’d be back soon. Feel free to shop :D By the way, Lovers, You and Me is selling out fast. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

i *love*

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Was ‘window’ shopping and I fell in love with this. It is a series of photographs packed into a small metal tin and bundled with stamps and stickers. Visual candy in a box.

Yes, the pretty packaging helps too. Available from Nothing Elegant. I love it. Maybe it’d be my ‘treat’ for the month?

lovers, you and me

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As promised, the shoppe has had a mini-reload. We’ve added a smattering of new Swarovski dazzlers and another two erhmm, assortments. Like the ring above. Do grab it fast. It is vintage and limited edition.

We’d be spending the rest of the day working on clearing our custom orders, packing paid orders, answering emails… generally administrative issues that need to get done pronto. Thanks for your patience.

There are just a couple more days to the end of the sale. So do hurry and get your orders in! Feel free to email us for any further information.