A tin of strawberries

My Iranian friend Zohre  has invited me over for coffee and since I'm up and early tomorrow I thought I would make her a little gift. So I found this smallish cookie tin and transformed it.

With paper and imagination something beautiful emerged.

Top View

I made use of the paper tole technique for the little girl. 

Finally I decided to fill it with fresh strawberries from my garden

Graduation Fun

My son Samuel graduated recently and I decided to make this fun layout for him. I think he must have been inspired by Patch Adams to do something hilarious on this occasion. Well, kudos to his creative spirit. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Miniature wall photo frame and money jar

Miniature wall photo frame

I just adore framing memories and there's nothing like remembering grown up children in their childhood days.

Money Jar

There's always loose change about the house so I created this money jar out of an empty peanut butter jar. I like to experiment with colours and decided to put blue and brown together and love the effect! The money that builds up will go towards more crafting stash. 

Tri shutter card and Wish Pastel card

                                                                      Tri Shutter Card

I love playing with new methods and bold colours. So here is a tri shutter card which can be folded in a variety of ways. I have left the middle portion blank to write some good wishes on. You can see how a tri-shutter card is made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjio4gsZ-4

And this is what the inside of the card looks like'

WISH Pastel Card

Did masking with a paper doily and tricolour stamping pad (blue/pink/violet). Then embellish it with lots of ribbons, pearls and bright roses for contrast.

Framed Memories

I have been so busy entertaining guests on their first visit to Ireland.. Now that they have crossed over the Irish sea to visit London, I have some time on my hands again for crafts again!

I put together some old photos and then dug out both new and old embellishments from my stash to give it a vintage look. Memories are arrested in time..so I thought that the wooden clock would be most apt. In the 70s - 90s, letters were handwritten or typed and the wooden typewriter came in handy. We also had scrabble tiles and board games were simply so engaging...

Gave this chipboard frame a makeover. Decoupaged and embellished it with things from my kitchen (chillies, star anise...) from the garden (leaf, fern) and from the beach (sea shells)

Paper Crafting Workshop at Anna Patchwork House

I conducted a paper crafting class at Anna Patchwork House, Oasis Ara Damansara, Malaysia today. It was wonderful to see mothers and daughters come and create stuff together. Both mothers and daughters were very artistic with a good eye for colour coordination. Anna, the owner of the business was very encouraging and friendly.

We did 2 things today: a layout and a trinket box.

A photo can be transformed into a beautiful memory box when you mount it on a layout and embellish it with flowers and jewels.

A trinket box can be used  to keep your precious bling bling or any other small momentos. Or you can fill it with sweets, chocolates or miniature pieces of soap and give it away as a present.

Samples of my work

Products of the workshop by the participants

You can find instructions to make these boxes on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYqDiACEXg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNABRvb_c0

Create T-shirt prints

Just learnt how to transfer cute pictures onto T-shirts and bags. These pictures are actually cut from serviettes. Just peel off the topmost layer and brush it onto the t-shirt with deoupage fabric glue. Handwash only