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.

weekend at Public Garden

It's a good weekend to spend it at Public Garden.  This time, it will be at the MICA Building, the building with colorful windows at Hill Street.  Details are here:

You may find the directions at their website here.

We have lots of new trash err notebooks for you :) See you!

SGSS 2012

Thank you for visiting our booth at the Singapore Gifts and Stationery Show at the Marina Bay Sands Expo.  You must be here (at this site) to know more about us and what we do.  You can check out our "About Us " link.

Here is a summary:
1372 designs' main aim is to make use of existing items (recycle). Transform (redesign) it into a new functional item so it can be reused.

Apologies for not having any handouts/brochures.  There are a lot of unwanted handouts going around and we don't want to add to that.  We all know where it will go, right?  Just send us a mail if you need a brochure and we will gladly send it to you.

Here is the brochure from PaTH's FB page.

See you :)

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 :)

Public Garden

Hiyee!

On 18th of February (Sat), we will be joining Public Garden at the Goodman Arts Centre. It will be in conjunction with an event by the National Arts Council and Noise Singapore.

Here are the details:

Sat, 18 Feb 2012

1pm - 8pm

Goodman Arts Centre Block B

Level 1 and Level 3

Nearest MRT: Mountbatten MRT (Circle Line)

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 ;)

12.11.11 - the day after

hi there again!

yesterday (11.11.11), we were at maad. the crowd was great! have met a lot people as well. thanks for chatting with me (and buying).. it sure made my day :)

here is a photo of my suitcase. i have new shelves that i made on the spot... i feel that my old shelf is too big for the suitcase so i thought of using these shoeboxes (which I also use to store my stocks).

this is the sideview of the shelves. you can still see the labels of the shoeboxes. thanks to barefoot/terra plana for the shoe boxes :)

i'm so over happy with the shelves so here is the close-up view :)

enough of the shelves. see you on December (if I get in). happy sunday everyone and have a great week ahead.

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.

We're going MAAD this August

Hi peeps,

We're going back to MAAD this August. It'll be on 12 August (Fri) from 5pm to 12am. Nice hours right? Before going home on Friday, drop by the Red Dot Museum and take a peek. It'll be a different experience for everyone. I'm also excited ^-^

It'll be like 3 months since my last craft fair. And now I'm cramming... cramming to make more items before Friday (good luck to me hehehe) Anyways, hope you can make it this Friday. Will be there until midnight ;)

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 ^-^

new stocks at barefoot

Hi!

We've placed new designs at the barefoot store at ion orchard. There are four (4) new designs for the small journal. We've also included the woven journal. Each piece is handmade.

Barefoot is located the ION Orchard. Barefoot promotes eco-friendly products and supports sustainability. For more information, you may check out their website at www.barefootstore.net.

Here are some photos of the store.

Earth Day 2011

Come join us this Friday, 22nd of April, to celebrate Earth Day. It's an Earth Day celebration organized by Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) and will be held at the Bottle Tree Park, Yishun, Singapore.

This event aims to promote the following:

• Educate the public on environmental initiatives and lifestyles.
• Inspire the public to make behaviour changes and play a part in sustainable living.
• Build social capital towards a more gracious and cohesive society.

You may check their website here.

If you're in Singapore, come celebrate with us. Here is the complete address:

Sustainable Living (SL) Kampung

Bottle Tree Park (Yishun)

81 Lorong Chencharu

Singapore 769198

Nearest MRT station is Khatib (red line). Hope to see you there :)

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)

March 2011 events

Hello everyone!

First of all, thanks to everyone who dropped by MAAD last weekend. We will be taking a short rest from MAAD so you won't be seeing us there next month. For the meantime, if you need something, you may send me an email at karitonko@yahoo.com.

This weekend, 12-13 March 2011, we will be back at Iluma Arts Market. Do drop by and support us in this event. It will be from 12 noon to 9 pm.