MOONCAKES PACKAGING - TUNG LOK

I just thought the packaging for mooncakes this year from Tung Luk (group of restaurants) is SO pretty! Even saved a clipping of their adverts for future reference =) There was a feature on mooncake packaging (for the upcoming Mid-autumn Festival/ Mooncake Festival) in the papers today as well. I collect tin boxes so if there's any chance I can get my hands on one of these (the yellow one especially) it'll be awesome. I recall in the previous years Tung Lok used old-school Shanghainese ladies painting, but this time they got a gorgeous real model!

Visit their site here: http://www.tunglok.com/

Unfortunately I don't like mooncakes so the other festival pastry option is the 'Pig in Basket' biscuit (Zhu Long/ Zhu Zai Bing) which are made from the same dough as the skin of the mooncakes. They are totally cute & yummy! Will blog about that another day =)

CANDY & MONSTER PET PINS

Here are my latest collection of button pins / badges! They are only 1" so I thought to sell them in a pack for more impact. I still have another set of 5 designs which will turn up in 2-3 weeks time, can't wait! 

Available in my Etsy shop here: Pins & Brooches

The candy set is inspired from a long time ago when my classmate had this Cutest (yes with a capital 'C'!) pencil case in dark blue back in the 1980s. I really liked it as a child and would constantly steal a peek at it. The cover was a scenery of a park with a fountain, Japanese-made no less; so now I want the same flavour to these pins.

This next set is a batch of original characters which I created in 2006, and is part of a larger artwork collab called 'Fortune Cookie Prize' with a host of many more creatures. There's a print of it on my wall even! I took the 5 cutest-hideous and re-coloured it. They are rather hilarious, my fave is the Bleeding head dog! Let me know which one you like best or you find the most hideous =)

FELT FLORAL BROOCHES

New floral motif brooches! It is handstitched with 5 layers of felt and glass beads on top, it is to complement all my floral illustrations, they have similar styles too. They aren't symetrical because each is hand-cut freestyle, which makes every brooch unique. Available in my Etsy shop, just follow the links to see the items!

Pink and Tan Flower Brooch

I wanted to make these because of a hairpin from the 60s from my aunt, made of bias ribbons into florals. I simply love those vintage stackable Japanese floral beads too! Love how kitsch and happy they look.

Pink and Teal Flower Brooch

NEW ART - MEANDERING

Finally a larger piece of art just completed. It takes me a super long time to finish anything once I lose interest, in this case about a year+ for this relatively simple pic lol. I didn't like some parts of the illustration and only continued with it again after seeing it rotting in my psd folder! The background is composed of blue daisys and echeverias I took at the Getty Museum & one stock photo. Some pictures here in this blog post: Flower Photos

YAHOO AUCTIONS SINGAPORE KAPUT =(

This is a shock, I had to blog about it! 

I feel so disappointed, was counting on Yahoo Auctions Singapore to stay up for much longer after the US one closed down but I guess nothing can last long when it's free and ad-less huh. Good bye Yahoo Auctions Singapore, you've been good, you taught me my first online transaction way back in 1998/9 when I sold an item through a friend, a used clothing probably... There was alot of buzz because it was hip and new outlet for pocket money, and I enjoyed reading the occasional mudslinging in the comments! Not to forget selling many items like cds and magazines. Back when I was still in the school computer lab because I didn't own internet or a computer... when I was supposed to be sewing my assignment and my lecturer always looked in the internet lab if he wanted to find me instead of the sewing rooms lol 

I've had tons of deals like an original Dior bag at S$150, The Sims 2 DVD for mac at S$30.00 to name a few. Though kind of expected it because the site has had this technical difficulties notice for the past few months.

Let's hope the Taiwan and Japan one stays up. Usually there are better & more listings on Yahoo Auctions Singapore than Ebay Singapore (where it never caught on with sellers unlike the US where it's the complete reverse), maybe it'll change now? With the numerous restrictions and rules, and fees (used to be entirely free), will we see a migration of sellers to Ebay Singapore? Maybe then we have less of those dead bidders and 'fast deal call me at XXXXXX' auctions and pirated wares lol.

Oh well, adieu then!