I just heard the sound of someone on a motorbike, throwing something onto the ground a while ago (8.30pm). Mighty hardworking eh? He threw it on my porch and my neighbours’ too. When I went out to check, I saw a ‘present’ from the Swedish Furniture Giant
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The New 2012 Ikea Catalogue. Oh what a sweet treat! Now, please excuse me while I thumb through and drool
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We decided to make our way to the Crafty Art Market on Saturday when I realized that Ashley’s art class was off. I only remember this at the last minute. The Crafty Art Market starts at 11am till 6pm. We reached there at around 5pm. There weren’t many people during that time. The stalls were at the courtyard, right in front of Starbucks and some were situated at the back. There were stalls selling handmade soaps, sweet-smelling lotions, scrubs, kids’ dresses, office products, toys, accessories, bags, diy craft items and more. It was a pretty hot day and I was perspiring while checking out the stalls
I can’t believe it that there are so many talented designers and artists here. I love seeing all the gorgeous handmade crafts! Event such as this is super inspiring to me. One thing though, I feel kinda awkward taking my own sweet time checking out the items as the stall owners were looking at me Would be good if the atmosphere was like pasar malam and no one bothers when you are checking out the crafts.
Ashley posing at the banner
The stall with a pink table cloth sells handmade scrubs and lotion. The one next to it sell handmade accessories.
More stalls on the right selling cookies, handmade bags and accessories.
I bought a bag of shortbread which is part of the charity drive for Penang Animal Sanctuary Society
a cute felt flower brooch for Ashley
Check out Etsy Malaysia in Facebook if you want to find out when is the next Craft Market.
I love handmade products. I find it inspiring and wonderful that there are so many creative people out there. When we buy handmade, repurposed or recycled items, we are not only doing Mother Earth some good. We are actually helping to support the artisans We were on our way to the hotel carpark in Malacca recently when I something colourful caught my eyes. I saw a shop near Jonker Street displaying many colourful and cute t-shirts with batik skirts/pants. Right after lunch, we walked over to check it out.
This is Umyang, a custom-paint batik shop on Jalan Hang Kasturi.
This shop is run by a Korean woman and her Malaysian husband. Everything is hand-painted in this shop. Besides using the traditional art form of batik painting to hand-paint tops and bottoms, they also use other painting and dyeing techniques to create funky and delightful designs. When I told the lady that I am looking for a t-shirt for Ashley, she brought out this :-
The lady said when she saw Ashley, she immediately thought of this t-shirt design
This is the back.
I was planning on getting a more colourful design for her like one with elephants or giraffes but the missy said she likes this. It’s rm38. Handmade/hand-painted products are slightly more expensive than normal ones. I think I will get her a pair of batik shorts or a batik skirt from Umyang next time. When you are in Malacca, do drop by Umyang if you adore hand-painted clothing.
I was reading a magazine yesterday and the editors and staff of the magazines talked about their experiences with kind strangers. That brought back memories of what some strangers had done for me. Many years ago while I was in downtown KL, I dropped by purse while alighting from a cab. I was in shock, worried and scared because I didn’t have a handphone then and couldn’t call anyone. There was no money on me too. While pacing up and down looking for my purse, a taxi driver who was waiting nearby saw me and asked me what happened. After I related my problem to him, he gave me RM10 to take a cab home. He wasn’t going my way so he couldn’t send me I asked for his contact number so that I can repay him but he said there is no need to do so. I was so touched.
The next day, I received a call from the bank. An office boy has found my purse and he handed it to his superior. Since there was no contact number in my purse, his superior called the bank to notify them and to track me down. I quickly went to the office to get my purse. However, the office boy was already out and I couldn’t thank him personally. His superior handed the purse back to me and everything was intact. Bless these kind souls. I was so lucky to have met these generous and kind people.
What is the nicest thing that a stranger has ever done for you? Have a great weekend peeps!
Here is another flash mob dance video at Liverpool Street Station….during rush hour. It is part of T-Mobile’s ‘Life’s for Sharing’ campaign. Phenomenal! Love the songs and l just love to see the men in suit dancing away.
“Dance brings to life the fact that there are often unexpected, wonderful, exciting things that happen that you want to be able to share with your friends and family”
Lysa Hardy, head of brand and communications at T-Mobile
Enjoy
I wonder if anyone was late for their train that day
While bloghopping yesterday, I saw this fabulous video. I really enjoy it so I thought I’ll post it in my blog. Cried tears of joy when I saw the video. Also made me wanna get up and dance too
This video is titled “Sound of Music” and the location is at Central Station – Antwerp, Belgium. I know our wonderful Streamyx and Maxis line would take us forever and ever to view the video but trust me, this video is really good. So, don’t give it a miss, ok?
Would be good if the atmosphere was like pasar malam and no one bothers when you are checking out the crafts.
