Naruto Akatsuki and others…..

Yup , I am officially a Naruto Fan. I can’t believe I am saying this or typing this….hahah. What’s wrong with me?!?!! Nevermind..

Here are more pegdolls from naruto anime.

 

Gara

Kakashi

Iruka

Yamato also known as Tenzo 

Kisame

Deidara

I think they look cute , but I wish I could make it even cuter by adding hair and stuff.

My terrarium is in progress, 

and I have added a polymer clay mushroom to my terrarium, I hope to add a gnome house to it if I can make one.

Next I am on Facebook

yeah, so that’s it for this week, I had horrible time with my pegdolls photo shoot, so I am tired after numerous trials. My picture still looks pathetic but that’s all I can manage with this weird hot weather.

The rain has come…

for an hour and here to celebrate the rain after weeks of infernal weather, are photos of rain drops , there were no dew drops since the heat evaporates any bit of moisture in the air.

On papaya leaf…

… and banana leaf.

I have been away for the longest time, but I have been crafting a bit whenever I make time.

I have been working with polymer clay and I am out of ideas at the moment. But I have been working with something new – peg dolls.

Here are some pics of the peg dolls I made … ( Hidan, Zetsu, Naruto,Tobi and Miroku)

Process, draw them out on paper and when satisfied with the look and draw it on the peg dolls like these guys, Genma and Roy Mustang.

This is Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist,

and here is Genma from Naruto.

Well the main reason I’ve been away from the blog and shop….too much Japanese Anime and Korean,Taiwanese and Japanese F4. I got hooked watching the Korean version and decided to check out the Japanese anime Hana Yori Dango. Once I finished watching the anime , I could not get enough F4, so I checked out the Taiwanese Meteor Garden 1 & 2 , while still waiting for the korean version to finish. I also watched the Japanese series and the movie as well. Finally its all over with the Korean series up for another season, I have started watching Naruto, Naruto Shippuden and Full Metal Alchemist and what not. They have become my inspiration to create my own toys using the peg dolls. I have done a few characters already , with most of the dolls coming from Naruto and one from Inuyasha and another from Full Metal Alchemist.

Maybe one day I will have a peg doll army ….haha.

Anyone interested in getting your favorite anime into a peg doll, feel free to contact me and I am up for challenges!

Hermit Crab in a bottle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arty stuff that I have been involved with: Eric Carle’s House for Hermit Crab was the inspiration. They were made from polymer clay. I call it ‘Story in a Bottle’.

 

It was my sister’s 26th birthday on the 1st of January.

We had a mini BBQ in honour of her

Now more baking. I made some Magnolia Vanilla Cupcakes. They were very simple to make and delicious to eat.

Yes, just one green tomato amongst the red.

Very nice amber coloured tea.

Daiso tea light holder… Super shiny!

Ajisen Ramen meal combo: the silver fish tempura. It was A++++.

Super kawaii Japanese candy!!!! Look at that cute tangerine.

At Harbour Front – a cruise liner ready to sail.

More baking again: this time, caramel cream sponge cake. The cream was a success though I can’t say the same for the sponge cake.

Here is Nandhini in a her new robe. She looks posh, eh?

A new year

Not a fantastic picture, but we were not allowed to take pictures at the Esplanade theatre. This was The Nutcracker.

 

The holiday theme for last month was “Buildings and Construction”. We had a few exciting projects lined up for the kids. Firstly, we had to make a town entirely out of boxes and tissue rolls, which was fun but a bit tedious. Secondly, we made a gingerbread house – well I did the putting it together business while the kids watched. We also baked gingerbread men. It was comforting to know that I had at least a little bit of baking skills left in me.

 

 

 

I have to say my first attempt at baking gingerbread men was not so bad.

 

I love this gingerbread girl.

Just before the year was to end, my family made a trip to this interesting place  of worship at Loyang. Three different religious buildings were all located next to each other: Chinese, Muslim and Hindu side by side. If people of all religions could exist in such a state, the world would be a much better and safer place to be.

I was most impressed by  the ceiling of the Chinese temple with its incredible attention to detail. It was simply awe-inspiring. The pillars of the temple itself were impressive; the stone carvings were fantastic. Mad skills!

Another shot of the temple, this time it’s the inner part. Incredibly impressive.

There is also the famous 4D stone, known for revealing winning combinations of lottery numbers to people. I did try staring at it for a bit to see if I could get it to reveal some numbers to me but that sort of thing doesn’t happen to a normal person like me does it?

With no luck at numbers, we headed to another temple near Changi and did some praying for a good year ahead and headed off to Changi beach.

It was good to see the sun,

the sand

 and the sea.

I have no idea when was the last time I went to the beach. I just stood there at the shore, getting my sandals wet – which was no matter since they are of PVC material. Many people have remarked how watching the waves is soothing to the mind and I definitely  have to agree. I was not pleased with my dad for cutting the trip short and heading back home.

Got some souvenirs from the sea… Seaweed!

26 December was my mom’s birthday and I decided to bake her a cake.

That was my first attempt at baking after 10 years. I had been in doubt about my failed baking adventure at 19 but the successful venture was a definite ego boost. Heh.

I have to say, 2008 was not a bad year at all for me. As for my new year resolutions, I didn’t get to complete them at all. So do I have any for 2009? I think I do.

Back to wordpress !

Yay I am back at wordpress!

After a brief period at blogspot, I am glad to be back. I kept getting shut down whenever I tried to log into wordpress. Miraculously it stopped shutting me down , so I can blog at wordpress hurrah!

Lots and lots of things have happened and i m just gonna surmarise  what has happened, the year is close to an end. I will say one thing though, 2008 has been good for me , I hope to say the same for next year.

August – National Day  (Red and White)

Singapore Inspired  food stuffs made by the kids, unfortunately, I didn’t get to take picture of tomato sushi (red and white)

I do have these  : 

Strawberry Jelly with Nata de Coco

 

 

Egg Cakes with Whipped cream and Strawberry jam

 

 

September – Outings ( Rainbow fish and Science Center )

and at the Science Center

 

 

 

Yikes watch out you guys….its after you!

 

October – Deepavali

At  Serangoon 

 

Just before Deepavali, we had lilies 

 

and a little deco for the room

 

 

November – School Concert

Paper accessories done by me for the girls, they loved it, kept telling me how special they felt.

Appreciations gift for the parents by graduating kids

 

 

My attempt at polymer bird….very bad really

and Christmas deco is up at Vivo city

 

December – Buildings and Construction

Mighty Machine (miniature version)

 

more to come….

Take care and a great week!

A trip to the zoo and update on the shop

I brought my student to the zoo, it has been sometime since I last made a visit to the zoo. Here are some pics that I took that have been waiting to be uploaded for sometime, I m still trying to adjust to blogger.com , I still prefer wordpress, but I just have no idea what went wrong with my puter that keeps shutting wordpress down …sigh .

This was found at the entrance of the zoo, it reminds me of the animation Ice Age when the mammoth goes through the cave to find some drawings and he find mommy elephant and daddy elephant being together.

I have never seen such a big croc or alligator in my life , it was huge..

I have to say I was just a teeny bit scared of falling down into the area and come face to face with it…

We saw the usual giraffes, zebras and lions

We saw the most popular attraction …the white tigers, my student was so excited, her favourite animal after watching Kung Fu Panda, Master Tigeress.

The zoo seem to have all these statues and I really like them all…

It was fun going to the zoo after all these years !

Next up , my shop has been updated after the longest time…

 

 

Find them on www.chirchi965.etsy.com

Have a great weekend everyone

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A sunflower , would make a great looking shower head thingy.

Imagine if you please, having a shower with an accessory such as this, I think it heaven if such a device be made to look like a sunflower, especially for those who are crazy about sunflowers as I am. I have to say that the layout has to be thought out properly, nothing too gaudy, somewhat simple and perfect.

On thursday we had a field trip to Changi Airport Terminal 3, newly built, I took very few pictures as my class was fairly in need of control. I have 3 pictures to offer, nothing of consequence mind you.

Why oh why do we need number 3! -_-

A plane landing or taking off….

My dear little Li Xuan, with her new “woof,woof”

Some new purchases…

Mobile charms

New cushion covers

These remind me of Ikea…

This particular cover is super uber kawaii….

Lastly, some stuff that I made, which are in need of a proper photo shoot before they can be put up for sale on Etsy.

The bird series continues, and I am hoping on transforming the fishies and octopus to some sea life mobile.

Anyways, that’s all for now, hope you have a fantastic weekend.

Time to get things moving…..finally!

Firstly, I quit my job and got a new job! Yay to me , hopefully I can stay longer in this new work place.

Secondly a few new additions and loss to the family.

We have a new bird (again) This is Nandhan!

Also Mata putih (although Mom calls her Martha, after Martha Stewart) passed away, I’m afraid it may have been due to the strong wind that has been around here, poor birdie must have been cold

We also got some fishies, but I don’t think I will post their pics yet.

I have not been able to craft much for some time, but I forcing myself to get inspired and after looking at some online tutorials, I managed to make these…

I don’t think I will be making anything out of them to sell though…unless I get some brilliant inspiration.

We went to Ikea and got this
frame, which was black in colour, but now its gold.

The original colour

The new colour

I was quite tempted to leave it like this

but decided against it .

Mom who was watching the whole process told me to make changes to the terracotta horses we bought from india.

I’m not very sure what to think of it really, but blah. I got some stickers from mini toon for my laptop keyboard

….a closer look…

are they cute or what!!

I also got this lovely jewellery holder.

I better get back to my crafting. Have a great weekend!!!

Friday is finally here!

Today I had taken a day off from work to celebrate Vara Lakshmi Pooja at home. She is a goddess who gives wealth and also happiness in life. For those who wish to improve their marriage lives or anyone really, today is the day to celebrate and pray to her.

: : Vara Lakshmi temporary residence on top of a coconut, coconut has a religious significance in my culture/religion : :

To welcome her into our residence and humble home, we decorate our doorway with kolam.
Kolam is drawn using rice flour mixed in water.

: : Its my very own design!! : :

She is also encouraged to stay and keep giving us happiness through out the year, so to entice her even more we light ghee lamps ( also has some religious values to it ) .

and more lime lamps ( yes they are made of lime )

: : Isn’t it a pretty sight : :

: : Hopefully she feels the same way too : :

: : Happy Vara Lakshmi Day to you as well !!! : :