My little vacation :)

A Little spring break at our studio, where we ventured out to see cherry blossom and enjoy the cool weather. I gave myself a little treat this April for a short getaway from hot Singapore. A very raw treat as this is not a holiday season here, left the kids in good hands and enjoy a bit of my time, aah bliss….I should do this more often ^-^

Miniature Handmade Roses

Some recent creations (^-^)

Little Farmers and Robots Makers

It has been a long time since we’ve update our blog, June was a busy month for us as we had approx 20 over kids holiday workshops, a 9 days fair and the move of our studio(which we will come into details later). Finally we have some time to sort out some of the photos we have taken during the classes. These are some of the cutest photos that I’ve come across through the stack of hundreds of them taken during the workshops. Hope you’ll like them. Each and every children is unique in his or her own way, thus you’ll see each and every piece of artwork special in its own way. They might not be finger print free or in perfect shape but we hope to achieve in bringing out the creativity in the children and open them up to different kind of medium.

Now for the move…for those of you who have been to our studio, will realise that its really small, (we can sit about 4 persons comfortably), as time goes by, we needed more space as our products range expand, the space become almost impossible for us to move around easily..we needed a bigger space, thus we are so glad that the new studio space that we occupy now can sit 8- 10 persons comfortably and with all our products display out in full view so that shopping is made much more easily than before. We are still going into the finer details (like hanging certain hooks, art pieces, arranging the books). Once we are ready, we will be having a little tea party for the new studio and will be inviting all to join us, but before that we will be out of town for a few days this week for our buying trip. (from 7 July-11 July) If you happen to place an order or drop us an email during this period, we will only be able to reply when we are back.

Till then, take care!

Sabrina- Saby Art!

Aspiring  polymer clay artist and also my young customer ^-^ ,  Sabina does wonderful creations with polymer clay. Please do support her by patronising her store . She is raising fund for Japanese Earth Quake and Tsunami victims. From now until end of May 2011, all the money collected from the sale of her works will be donated to the Singapore Red Cross for the Japanese Quake and Tsunami victims. She hopes to raise $1103 for this effort as a way to remember the victims when the earthquake struck on the unfortunate day of 11th March 2011

Below are some of my favourites from her store.

加油 Sabrina !

Fairy Making...

By Donna who came all the way from Philippines :)))

The Chingay 2011

It was a very last min decision to set up a booth promoting clay art in the Chingay parade on 11 and 12th Feb, In fact I was totally amazed that PA had managed to set up the tall lightbox (complete with write up) and the signage with lights within 24 hours! Thank you contractors for such efficiency ^-^ . The previous day we were at the site and was still thinking on how to decorate the booth since that it had nothing (no light box, no signs) as compared to other booths and we were pleasantly surprised that we were not only given both and also an additional table to display our creations on arrival. I am very glad for the warm responses to the sign up for this interest group, keep the enquires coming.. ^-^!! We also managed to grasp some moments to snap some photos of the parade too.! Enjoy!

Happy Lunar New Year!

May everyone be blessed with abundance of happiness and wealth this 2011! 

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Beyond Social Services- A little effort in giving back to the society. (Polymer Clay Course)

Looking back at 2010, a year which keep me on my heels most of the time as my family took a priority. My girl went through the first major exam of her life, and we as parent gave her all the support that she needed, guiding her all the way, giving her an opportunity to understand that along the way, we would meet with obstacles of different levels and difficulties throughout her life. I'm glad that she made it through and not bad at all I would say. :))) 2010 was also a year where I contributed a little effort in giving back to the society. We had worked with a few social welfare organizations in conducting clay workshops for the youth and the young. One of them is Beyond Social Services. I'm so glad that I can pass the skills that I have accumulated through the years to these youth who would in terms put them into a good use. 

The objective " To learn the skills of clay making and contribute back to the community in a positive way so that the community will subsequently use the skill to generate some form of revenue for themselves. Allows the youth to pick up a skill which is otherwise expensive to learn."

Thank you Beyond for such an enriching experience that I had with the kids, I'm greatly touched for the sweet gesture and the appreciation shown. ^-^

A new tradition created...for myself.

I have a habit of writing birthdays, anniversaries, events, workshops and children's schedules in my planner...I like those simple ones which you can glance through a whole month in 2 pages and with lots of empty pages at the back for me to write what's not and etc.. I happened to really like those simple ones that you can find in your local bookstore, but they looked really plain and somewhat ugly to me. Plain and boring PVC cover just isn't the style that I liked.. 

So it started last year where my husband passed me one that was a gift from his company..so you guessed right...it was black and boring, so I hand stitched a cover for myself from felt material. This year I decided to create a tradition for myself, I will "sew" a new planner for myself every year. 

The fabric was bought when we were still staying in Taiwan. I've sewn the "Play" ribbon tag and the "Create" charm, so that I can remind myself  that its just not only duties and responsibilities that I'll need to jot down in my planner, its a reminder that I need to "create" and "enjoy" myself too. 

So have you ever create/start a tradition for yourself? 

Happy New Year!

Love 

Charlene

Staedtler Teachers Workshop

I was very honored to be invited  to attend the Teacher's Workshop held by Staedtler on 2 Dec. It was conducted by American Artist Kelly Reedy who introduced us to the various drawing and painting techniques using different medium. She is a wonderful teacher who can patiently explain and point out to each individual, about our artworks. She has a studio in Wessex Estate, a place where nature and it's beauty blends perfectly in the comospolian feel of the nearby Fusionopolis. If you are interested, you can learn from her, her website is www.kellyreedy.com Thank you Staedtler for the wonderful experience and the generous amount of art supplies to work on.

Every school teacher in the workshop is an artist by nature, I had a sneak peek at some of their art pieces while they are having a tea break. I have to confess that I am definitely not a painter at all,  have to brush up on my drawing and painting skill hehehe.. Below are some of the art pieces that I did during class but well at least my daughters can tell what I'm drawing. ^-^. 

Hope that you've enjoyed a wonderful weekend so far...

Happy Sweet 9th Birthday Emily!

 Before I get myself busy with the packing for the whole family and the packages to be sent off to the post office. I just got to share with you these cuties made by a bunch of 6-9 years old.

 Happy sweet 9th birthday Emily!

 I hoped you and your little friends enjoyed making them because I did!

Ja's visit to my walk-in wardrobe.

So Ja was excited that he could finally visit my new walk in wardrobe :)), but he wasn't too happy that he wouldn't fit into the bathrobe and the Barbie's shoes that I placed on the shoes shelf  lol. Well he knew that it wasn't meant for him anyway. This set has finally been completed and was sent off to my customer, I'm glad that they are happy with everything here. For those who is not too sure about what is happening here, you can visit my previous post here.
On the side, finally I'm able to have sometime for myself now that both my girls' exam are finally over, I wanted to start creating, so look out for this space to see some new inspirations emerging soon.

We are going to make cupcakes today!

We are going to make mini rainbow cupcakes with 120 children today! A very easy and enjoyable to do project for children as young as 4 years old, and oh they are going to make rainbow door hangers too! Will upload more photos once we have complete the workshop.

^ -^

Teacher's day gifts

Blueberry and Chocolate Fudge cupcakes were what we baked for our girl's teachers, together with small little handmade thank you cards. Little efforts to show our appreciations to all their dedicated and wonderful teachers.

A Belated Happy Teacher's Day to all!

Life's Simple Pleasures

A small little indulgence in my daily life ^-^

Little Chefs with their bread creations!

A close up sample of the creations that we did during the Holiday program

Thank you to all the children and their parents for the support and good responses to this June holiday program, we have another season of happy faces with their proud creations.

Do join us again for this Dec holiday program soon.

^-^

Have a good week!

Daiso Adventure - Mircowave cake ^-^

I've finally finished all the holiday workshops for this term break. 5 children workshops, 1 corporate workshop and some randoms single sessions have been keeping my hands full. On days which I am not having classes or preparing for them, I love to play with my girls, we love to cook, bake and shop...and one of our fav haunt is Diaso.

For you who are not staying in Singapore, Diaso is a wonderful place for Japan products lovers, and best of all...everything is at $2.00. We found a kawaii product at the food section. The microwave cake..its so easy to make, even my 8 years old can make it .

Now let my 8 years old show you how to do it ^-^

This is the Caramel favour that we tried, doesn't look as good as it taste, but our favorite is the Vanilla favour (as shown below)

Enjoy your Diaso Adventure when you are here ^-^