Pipit Wonderful Market #2

I had a wonderful weekend. :P I went to nose about at Pipit's Wonderful Market at Times Square. There were LOTS of things to see. If there's one thing to improve on, it's probably the location and publicity for the event. Because I walked all the way up to the 7th floor and couldn't see a sign of an event going on. I actually had to go down again to the information counter to ask if there's 'this craft/art/design thingy' going on at the mall? Publicity was good, with news about the event circulating social networking sites like Facebook and blogs. In fact, I saw a column in Saturday's STAR announcing it. :P Great job guys!

{ The venue }

Let's move one to look at the booths. :)

{ Absolutely yummy plate of desserts! All made by this sweet girl. }

{ More yummy goodies! The clear heart-shaped container held resin necklaces with real sprinkles in them! I just couldn't resist - I bought one. :P }

{ Pink and polka dots really go well for a sweeeeet look. :P }

{ Hand-sewn pouches made from Japanese cotton fabric. }

I took a LOT of photos of the first booth and chatted a little with Cherry. :P I just adore her creations. They're demure and sweet, just like the creator herself. :P

After that, I was too busy looking at stuff to take a lot of photos. ^-^"

{ Beautiful pieces created by Agnes. I bought a sparkly crystal bracelet from her and have been wearing it continuously for 4 days since. It's such a pretty thing. }

{ As usual, the goddess of handmades, Evangelione had LOADS of goodies on display. I couldn't get near enough to take a good photo because people were hogging the space to get a good look at her awesome stuff! }

{ Cute creations by Miss Irene! I love the vintage, shabby chic feel of her jewelry and handmade stuff. }

{ I love this booth a lot. The plushies are so cute and well-made. But I kind of forgot to ask for a namecard in my excitement of paying for my purchase there.... -__-" }

{ Original plushie creations by Panda Eyes. Cool set-up! }

{ More goodies by Panda Eyes. Wish I could cart the whole suitcase home. :P }

{ Littlehouse28 's got pretty handmade jewelry. }

{ Yet another booth selling freakin cute plushies. I want them all!!! }

{ Fellow Etsy-ian Kiiss. Love her necklaces! Absolutely beautiful! }

{ Attractive set-up by Ruknoe Bazaar. That's a polka dotted chicken. }

{ Loot for the day. I love everything to bits. }

Don't you wish you were there? :P If you're in Malaysia sometime in September, the Market is going to be held for the 3rd time then. Drop by and have a look. Your eyes will never get tired. :P

More Decoden Deco Sweets - Kawaii Yummy Bling Style Cases

Final year of uni had just started today. With a super boring lecture on counseling services provided by the uni and stress management. I was thinking, are they subtly (or very obviously) trying to prepare us students for what is coming? Semester 7 is all about research. Some get to do lab research (like pharmaceuticals / pharmacology) and others get to do surveys.

I chose to do something not entirely unrelated to pharmacy, but may only be of little help to the profession I'm bound to practise once I graduate. I chose to do a survey on weight loss methods practised by Malaysian adults aged 18 to 65 years. My partner and I will have to interview 340+ volunteers with a questionnaire. And measure each participant's weight, height and body fat (there's a device for that).

Doing it is not what I'm worried about. I'm more anxious about how we're going to get 340+ people to co-operate and willingly participate. It's common knowledge that a major portion of the public just ignores people who look like they're going to ask you for your time to complete some survey. But hopefully, while carrying it out under the uni's name, people may be beckoned to do it.

*Sigh~* Let's not ponder over this stupid research thingy.

Ironically, I find myself with more free time now than when I was back home in Sarawak. Probably because of the moving.

Last night, I took out my crafting supplies and set to assemble this :

{ Yet another decorated case. This time it's a plastic one, which once held cookies. }

Every last piece of candy up there was handmade from FIMO polymer clay. It took me about 2 to 3 days during hols to complete them. Yesterday, I went to this craft supplies store at The Gardens Mid Valley. Bought 2 bags of acrylic rhinestones and a bag of pastel pompoms with shiny stick-outs. Perfect for the project.

{ Yumminess ♥ }

{ Shrink plastic sign reads 'Kawaii~neh!'. Just look at that scoop of ice cream. Mm-mm. }

{ I used various stamps to make engravings on the clay. Spot 'Happy Valentine's Day' sign on the salmon pink heart and rose with the same colour on a chocolate bar. I also used a few pieces of tinted glass pebbles to cover up blank spots around the sides. }

{ Sequinned plush mushroom dangly with a clasp. It's actually a cellphone strap. I took off the cellphone hanger and clasped it to one of the clay charms which has a metal loo. }

{ The sides are lined with white lace. Added a few ribbons here and there. The trick to prevent satin ribbons from fraying is to gently dab some glue to the cut edges. Use glues that harden once dried. Here I used Bostik Super Glue. In fact, any super glue will do. The downside to it is that stains from the glue may be visible. }

Somewhat exhilirated by the accomplishment with this case, I set to make yet another one this morning :

{ Slightly opaque jelly drops in red, yellow and green. These are also made from a silicone mix. }

I kind of feel unsatisfied with how it turned out. The colours and arrangement both seem wrong to me. I probably shouldn't have stuck in all those polymer clay sweets. Initially, I thought of making a jelly land or something, but ended up piling more and more polymer clay charms. -__-"

{ Freestyle rhinestone arragement. So untidy. -__-" }

{ Lacey sides ♥ }

So did you enjoy the eye candy? :D As with the previous box, I'm keeping these two for myself too. :D Though God knows what I'm going to do with them except let them sit in the drawer. -__-"

Urbanscapes Loot + JSR #33 - Kanebo Poppin'Cookin' Neri-Can Land Grape & Soda

This time around, I didn't spend as much as I did last year at Urbanscapes. Probably because yokie was with me. I notice that I tend to splurge more when I shop alone. -__-"

I bought from Dooodolls and a stall selling handmade leather goods.

{ Baby Cupido and 3 sticker packs from Dooodolls + leather cuff }

Before leaving KLCC yesterday, I stopped by Isetan to see if there were any new snacks in stock. Found something interesting yet not unexpected. :D Should have seen it coming.

{ Box of edible soft candy clay for shaping - RM13.90 }

Did you guess right when you see the photo? :D You must think I'm crazy to have bought this thing. It's just candy, for heaven's sake. -___-" I don't even eat candy -seriously- though I make your dreams come true with diabetic creations of polymer clay. Guess I was tempted to play with it.

{ Pieces of dough - white, yellow, pink and blue + packet of sprinkles + sandy soda crumbs in the foil packet + wooden stick }

Looks fun right?

WRONG.

If there's anything that can't be used as a modeling medium, it's glucose+starch+thickening agent. It's sticky. It smells too sweet. It might attract ants in about 5 seconds into kneading. Not forgetting - sticky. The wooden stick is no use - I can't roll out the dough 'cause it sticks like hell to the stick. -___-" I had to wash my hands after every few minutes. Can't stand the stickiness. *ew* Luckily I used a plastic board as a base for making these. Otherwise, I might have to put up with a sickly sweet scent wafting from the table top for days.

After about an hour of playing with it, here's what resulted :

{ Bunch of weird looking candy *except the lolli* }

{ Made this according to the example on the box }

I suppose this edible clay kit is meant as a plaything for little girls. I'm sure they'll love it - that is if they love having their hands sticky-fied.

Sometime ago, I stumbled across a recipe for peanut butter play dough. Now that's yummy!