These Wristlets screams F-U-N

My first collection of fabrics were from one of my favorite artist, Laurel Burch. My love for bright and vivid colours naturally attracted me to her works of art that I started to collect her fabrics. 


It took a lot of courage to cut these out of print fabrics. So I only made one of each kind.

There are only 5 of these fun wristlets which measures approximately 9 3/4" x 5 3/4" (14.5 cms x 22 cms). These wristlets will be available at the Handmade Canberra Upmarket on June 11 at the National Convention Centre in Canberra and at Creative Lane Art ad Craft Festival on June 18 at Marrickville Town Hall.

Don't Throw It

My sister, Joan from Heyboom, just recently moved to a new place and while packing up, she decided to get rid of some swatch fabrics that she doesn't need any longer. Instead of throwing them in the bin, she threw it out all the way to Australia. 

These beautiful designer guild fabrics were just too beautiful to throw away.

Here's a zippered wristlet I made out of one of the fabrics. 

Birthday Card

Do you like this rustic birthday card? 
I made this cute card for my daughter's birthday today. 

I was thinking, instead of buying her a card from the newsagent, why not make a handmade birthday card. After all, I have so much scrap fabrics which I "hoard" in a big plastic container found under my sewing table. 

This fabric card is made of a combination of felt and fabric. I liked how it turned out to be so rustic-looking and so imperfect. The card is closed with a purse foot. 

I'm glad the birthday girl loved her handmade birthday card especially that there was a $urpri$e for her in that dotted pocket!

My Blackberry Case

I finally had the chance to make myself a phone case for my blackberry. It is snug fit and has fleece lining so there's some protection for my phone. The best part I like about it is the the cute lime swarovski star hanging from the flap. 

Off to See the World

Here's my first ever attempt of creating an Etsy Treasury. I didn't realized it will take up so much of my time but I had fun. Please enjoy!

'Off to See the World' by mytinda

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.~ St. Augustine

This treasury is a collection of beautiful things that relate to travel and the things that you find from places that I want to visit one day! Enjoy!

MEXICO TRAVEL POSTE... karenlaneart $12.99	Personalised luggag... CestSuperbeLab... $33.95	Travelgirl (doodlem... artsyville $5.00	Ethnic Tribal Silve... EastEmpire $45.00
SLR/DSLR Camera Len... TracyJoy $16.00	bucket list journal... BlueToad $	Postcard, Camera an... thevelvetheart $23.00	Special Edition Lea... julieboyles $54.00
FREE SHIPPING - Mor... countingstitch... $24.00	Iconic Red Camera C... mediumcontrol $46.00	PERU - Leather Trav... leathermaps $29.90	Travel Guide kimhambricart $40.00

Generated using Treasury HTML code generator by Whale Shark Websites.

It's good to be back

Why is it that when you go on holidays, the days go so quickly? It's been a hectic 2 1/2 weeks but I had so much fun from shopping to sightseeing and lazing around. But of course, I took the time to look for eye-catching fabrics. 

It's been a week since I came back and I'm still settling in. As usual, there's so much to do, so little time. At the moment, I am organizing my holiday photos because if I don't do it now, I will never be done. So here's a few pictures from my trip. Please enjoy while I go ahead and get into 'kikay' mode!

What is your cartoon character personality?

Everyone has a personality of a cartoon character.

Have you ever asked yourself what cartoon character do you most resemble?

A group of investigators got together and analyzed the personalities of well known and modern cartoon characters. The information that was gathered was made into this test.

Want to find out your cartoon character personality?

Answer all 10 questions with what describes you best, add up all your Points (which are next to the answer that you choose) at the end. Results can be found at the end of the post. Don't spoil the fun by looking at the answers at the end.

1. Which one of the following describes the perfect date?

a) Candlelight dinner (4 pts.)

b) Fun/Theme Park (2 pts.)

c) Painting in the park (5 pts)

d) Rock concert (1 pt.)e) Going to the movies (3 pts.)

2. What is your favorite type of music?

a) Rock and Roll (2 pts.)

b) Alternative (1 pt.)

c) Soft Rock (4 pts.)

d) Country (5 pts )e) Pop (3 pts...)

3. What type of movies do you prefer?

a) Comedy (2 pts.)

b) Horror (1 pt.)

c) Musical (3 pts.)

d) Romance (4 pts.)d

e) Documentary (5 pts.)

4. Which one of these occupations would you choose if you only could choose one of these?

a) Waiter (4 pts.)

b) Professional Sports Player (5 pts.)

c) Teacher (3 pts.)d) Police (2 pts.)

e) Cashier (1 pt)

5 What do you do with your spare time?

a) Exercise (5 pts.)

b) Read (4 pts.)

c) Watch television (2 pts.)

d) Listen to music (1 pt.)

e) Sleep (3 pts.)

6. Which one of the following colors do you like best?

a) Yellow (1 pt.)

b) White (5 pts.)

c) Sky Blue (3 pts)

d) Dark Blue(2 pts.)

e) Red (4 pts.)

7. What do you prefer to eat?

a) Snow (3 pts.)

b) Pizza (2 pts.)

c) Sushi (1 pt.)

d) Pasta (4 pts.)

e) Salad (5 pts.)

8. What is your favorite holiday ?

a) Halloween(1 pt.)

b) Christmas(3 pts.)

c) New Year (2 pts.)

d) Valentine's Day(4 pts.)

e) Thanksgiving(5 p ts.)

9. If you could go to one of these places which one would it be?

a) Paris (4 pts)

b) Spain (5 pts)

c) Las Vegas (1 pt)

d) Hawaii (4 pts)

e) Hollywood (3 pts)

10. With which of the following would you prefer to spend time with?

a) Someone Smart (5 pts.)

b) Someone attractive (2 pts.)

c) Someone who likes to Party (1 pt.)

d) Someone who always has fun (3 pts.)

e) Someone very sentimental (4 pts.)

Now add up your points and find out the answer here.

Word Clouds

Do you like this Kikay word clouds? Wondering how you can make one?

Let me show you how. You can create word clouds from http://wordle.net/. But before you click on the mouse and leave my blog, read my tips below. Trust me it will save you time and frustration.

Here are my notes:

(1) After typing a bunch of text, copy the words. It's because when you go back to this box to create again, your text will not be there anymore. Instead of typing the bunch of text again, you can just re-paste it.

(2) If you want a certain text to be more prominent, type it more fequently. For example, if you want your name to appear larger than your surname, type your name 3 times and your surname once.

(3) If you want to keep words together, use the tilde character which is this:~. For example, if you want to keep "i love you", type "i~love~you".

(4) Play around with the fonts, layout and color but don't make the mistake of clicking on the back button or 'create' especially if you already like what you see. It will disappear once you go back to create.

(5) If you want to save the word clouds, check that the screen is showing you the word clouds in full. Whatever is on the screen at the time of taking the screenshot is what will be copied so make sure the word clouds is in the middle of your screen. To save, press 'PrtScn (for print screen). This button is normally found on the top right hand corner of your keyboard.

(6) If you are using a PC, open the application 'Paint'. Click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint. For Mac users, you should have an equivalent of this.

(7) Go to Edit then Paste. Save your file as JPG or BMP.

(8) Now go to your photo editing application to crop the picture (cut out the picture to leave just the word clouds).

Voila! you now have word clouds you can put in your cards, blog, website, etc.

Have fun and Enjoy!