Season's Greetings!

Merry Christmas everyone! Let me take this opportunity to thank you for your support for the past years. You give us a reason to continue what we are doing.  Again, a big THANK YOU!

Our last pop-up market for 2013 will be this weekend, Dec 28-29, at the National Library of Singapore. It is organized by the Public Garden team. If you are in Singapore and around that area, do drop by. We  will be selling our handmade 2014 planner.  There are limited stocks so be sure to come early :)  Details are in the poster below.

Singapore Arts Festival 2012

Hi there!

This weekend, May 25 - May 27, we will be participating at Public Garden.  The event is in conjunction with the Singapore Arts Festival.  The exact location is under the Esplanade Bridge, you may check the poster for the complete details.  Hope to see you there :)

Sisley

Do you know that there is an artist called Sisley? Alfred Sisley. Me, I didn't until last week! All I know is that Sisley is a brand of bag which is always beside Benetton in most shops. Now, I need to search if Benetton is also a person (anyone here knows?)... whoa, too much for educating my daughter, 'think I also need it... darn!

This is Alfred Sisley's work titled "Spring, Aspens and Acacias".

This is part of the Dreams and Realities exhibition from Musee D'Orsay Paris collection. It's happening now at the National Museum of Singapore. Other than Mr. Sisley's work, there are also works from Renoir, Monet and Vincent van Gogh among others. The highlight is the Starry Night of van Gogh. Another new thing I learned is that "Starry Night" is different from "Starry, starry night" (my eldest daughter told me this info >.<).... too much information for one day... no wonder my (youngest) daughter opted to wait for us in a corner...

this is her (at the left) busying herself while we are inside the museum. the boy on her right might've been thinking the same thing.

Remember the laptop boxes that we got a few weeks ago? we acquired some more (happiness :)) here is the finished product...

I call this my dumpster collection :)

Come and see the new collection on Feb 4-5, 2012 at Vivocity. We will be joining Pop and Talent Hub (PaTH) on that weekend. Details here:

11am to 10pm
VivoCity Shopping Centre, Level 1, West Court & Southwest Boulevard

Hope to see you there!

the art of dumpster diving

Hi there! Another week has zoomed and I was only able to make one journal, hay :( anyway, tomorrow's a new week :) looking forward to the long weekend ahead.

We've got new trash! It's becoming a habit now but what can we do? It's just there, waiting for the recycling truck. It's still new... so to make the long story short, we took it. And it's safe in the trash err craft room waiting to be transformed. Watch out for it!

Have a great week ahead!

2012

Happy new year!!! My first post for the year, yey :) Hope everyone is fine and feeling great. In 2 weeks' time, we will usher in the year of the dragon. World population will greatly rise this year due to this :)

First things first, I will skip MAAD this Friday (13th Jan). I am low on stocks and new designs. But definitely will be back on February. Like me on facebook will you? So you'll be updated. It's easy to put updates in FB than in blogger.

I'll leave you with this photo taken just this evening. It serves as an inspiration to me... hoping I can think of another way to use these... got these from the recycling bin ;)

10

Last Sunday, I walked/ran 10k. That was the first time in my life that I've walked that far. And boy, it was really a long walk! The run will start at 07:15am. We were there at around 6:45am and there were others who are earlier than us. We were far from the start line, see the photo below. Btw, I don't know that tall guy. He keeps on moving, this is the only time that he is not blocking my view of START :)

After this, I was busy running/walking... well, walking for the most part. Too bad I didn't have time to take photos of the surroundings.

This shot is taken on the last kilometer, almost there...

last 150m

finally, 10km run is finish!

It was truly a new experience for me... it's fun and I want to do it again... hopefully, next time I'll be able to run for the most part of the race... will keep you posted.

And now, on to my next marathon... rushing to make as many stocks as I can before Friday. I'll be going back to MAAD this coming Friday, 9th December, 5pm to 12mn.

do come by for your christmas shopping. we do customizations, just ask us :) hope to see you this Friday ;)

w i p

hi there!

how have you been? as for me, i've been busy... busy building up our stocks... see the photo on your right, these are the journals... it's still work in progress. hopefully, i can make enough before friday, 11-nov.

this coming friday, we'll be back at maad. since it is 11.11.11 (11 nov 2011), it's a special day. don't ask me why, i just read that from maad's page :) there'll be special promotions and discounts because it's a 'special' day.

do come down and have fun with the whole gang! i'll be inside the museum again, ok?

UNO!

I often hear UNO! being shouted at the office during break times. This is the favorite pasttime at my workplace, I guess this is better than chit-chatting ;) One night, after several rounds of the game, they decided to throw away some of the worn-out UNO cards. There were a lot and my heart is aching to see it go to the waste bin. To make the long story short, I mustered my courage and asked my colleagues that I want it. At first, they were shocked. Probably they're thinking that maybe I cannot afford to buy one for myself hehehe But then, I explained that I want to make something new out of it. I think they bought that explanation...

This is how it looked like.

And this is the new UNO notepad...

If you want to own one, do come down to MAAD at the Red Dot Design Museum tonight (7th Oct). We'll be there from 5pm to 12mn. This time, I will be inside the musuem. Hope to see there ;)

Visit www.facebook.com/goMAAD for more information.

Free Admission

7 October 2011

5 pm - 12 midnight

red dot design museum

28 maxwell road

singapore 069120

(alight at tanjong pagar mrt)

it's MAAD time!

It's that time of the month again. We've had a grand time last month at the inaugural MAAD pyjamas and this month, we'll be coming back :) Hope to see you guys again. Please note that we will be outside, along Maxwell Road, infront of the Red Dot Traffic building. Hopefully, it won't rain...

MAAD is at

Red Dot Design Musuem

28 Maxwell Road

(near Tanjong Pagar MRT station)

Singapore

Night Festival 2011

We will be participating at the Voyage Night Festival 2011. Here are the details:

Event DetailsName: Flea-tique! Late Night Edition at 8Q, SAM

Date: 2nd & 3rd September 2011

Time: 7pm to 2am

Nearest MRT: 1-minute walk from Bras Basah MRT station or 10-minute walk from Dhoby Ghaut or City Hall MRT stations

Venue: 8Q, SAM - 8 Queen Street Singapore 188535Admission is free

*Rain or Shine event

Free admission.

the after MAAD effect

It was more than a week since we participated MAAD pyjamas but I still feel the effect. I got so inspired by the people I've met, both the customers and my co-vendors. It was a totally different experience than the previous MAAD events. The crowd was awesome and the organizers did a great job. Appreciate it very much.

To start with, I didn't participate for 4 months (the last being on March). It's just that I was too busy at my day job or I lack the initiative to continue what I am doing. But everything changed after MAAD pyjamas. I got my mojo again ;)

I signed-up for the September MAAD, hopefully I get selected... and hopefully I'll be inside the museum (cross-fingers).

Also, rediscover SG covered the event. And we got tiny bit of airtime in their video hehehe click here. Our suitcase is the second to the last. Thanks rediscoverSG team.

July 2011

It's July... this month is a bit long as there are 5 weekends this year... it's nothing, I just don't know what to write today ;)

I've posted some items at Etsy. You can find the link at the lower right portion of this blog. I'll be posting some more, hopefully before July ends :)

I've been busy lately, with my day job. I really don't want to write about it 'cause it makes me unhappy :(

Anyway, we will be going back to MAAD this August. Stay tuned for the details. It will be a new experience for everybody. So excited ^-^

friendship

Hello everyone!

How did you celebrate the Earth Hour yesterday? For us, we went out to watch the stars. It really helped that there were a lot of people who turned off their lights 'cause we were able to really see the stars ;) Hope everyone will really go beyond the hour...

I've been busy making friendship bracelets lately. I'm hoping I can sell all these and donate all the proceeds to the Singapore Red Cross for their relief effort on the Japan Disaster.

Here are some of it. It's red and white, to match Japan's flag.


If you're interested to purchase, please email me at karitonko@yahoo.com. I don't have any craft market scheduled this March and April so all purchases will be online.

Have a great week ahead!

Ruby

Iluma Arts Market

Hello everyone!

We'll be back at the Iluma Arts Market this weekend, 19th & 20th March. We do hope to see you again :) We'll not be joining MAAD at the red dot museum on April, so if you need anything from us, head on to Iluma this weekend. If you can't go, you can still contact us via this email: karitonko@yahoo.com.

Iluma is at:
201 Victoria Street
Singapore 188067
Nearest MRT: Bugis (green line)

We're going MAAD!!!

Yeah, I know it's late. I won't be giving excuses for the late posting 'cause I have a lot :( But still you can still catch us at the red dot museum tomorrow, Feb 13 (Sun). We'll be there from 11am to 6pm. Still have time to shop for Valentine's Day.

For those we met last Feb 4 at SAM @ 8Q, thanks for the dropping by. Nice chatting with you :) Hope you can visit us again.

This is all for now. Until my next post....