Treasury - Blueberry Love

My hubby and my girl love blueberries. They love them in all forms - fresh, dried, as a flavouring, as a drink. Their love affair started after our little girl came back home last year with a vision test report from school showing how marginally close she was to wearing spectacles for myopia. About the same time, my hub chanced on an informative radio broadcast about how the fruit is good for improving or protecting eyesight, so decided to buy some dried blueberries from the supermarket (not cheap!) and let our girl have it as a snack as often as possible. This year my girl came home with an improved vision test. Well it could be due to other factors, but my hub is quite certain that the blueberries play a huge part, and because both of them love it, we now always have something blueberry in my fridge.

So that's the story and inspiration behind this treasury that I made last week, a list of blueberry-licious items from talented artists and crafters. I was surprised that there are so many blueberry themed items on Etsy, and here is my list of favourites:

Do mouse over the list for a clearer view and show it some love by clicking, commenting or spreading the word: Blueberry Love

Thanks! :)

Sleep Well, My Love

My little girl has been having disturbed sleep for a few months now. We have visited the doctors, explored various possibilities for causes, tried almost everything in the book but the restless sleep lingers. So while praying that this is just a transient phase, I put together this sleep-themed treasury specially for her, and hope that it will put her in a nice sleepy mood. :)

Sleep Well, My Love

Things I Like - Shay Aaron

I've admired this clay artist for a little while now, and every time I see his work, the only thing that goes through my mind is "wow, how did he do that?" Introducing Shay Aaron, a polymer clay miniature artist from Israel. He specializes in miniature food, and they look darn realistic! Some of his food are 1/12 scale dollhouse miniature collections, while most others are jewelry that's so fun and yummy to wear. Warning: browsing his shop may cause some drooling, and if you are already hungry, then it may set your stomach really growling! Here's some of my faves:

Deli Meat And Cheese Platter

Cheese And Bread

From The Garden

Maki Sushi Studs

Macaron Addict Studs

Blueberries Studs

Avocado Studs

Juicy Fig Ring

Now mouse over and pick your own favorites! - ShayAaron

Things I Like - Sienna Morris

I stumbled upon this unique artist while loitering around Etsy's Treasury someday. Her drawings themselves are attractive to me already, but what is more astonishing is that at closer scrutiny, one can see that her drawings are composed by numbers! This is a special technique created by Sienna called "Numberism". In the words of the artist, "Each piece is hand drawn with only the numbers 1 - 12, marking the hours of the clock. There are no lines and no smudging. This series focuses on time and taking advantage of the moment, whatever it might be." Other pieces are done with numbers according to mathematical or scientific data. I think her work is totally unique and one of a kind, combining art with math and science literally. Totally cool!

Here are some of my favourite pieces from her Etsy shop:

Addy

Falling To Pieces

Harmony

Seahorse

C25H25

Do mouse over to her Etsy shop (http://siennamorris.etsy.com) or her website (www.SiennaMorris.com) for more of her unique art!

My Precious

Before I discovered charms and started making those cute and delightful charm jewelry, I was really into sparkling little semi-precious gemstones and precious metal. I couldn't resist thoses faceted briolettes, delightful colors, and well buffed stones. In fact, I collected so many of them that I had to destash some in my supplies shop (That Gem Shop). Well, I've closed up That Gem Shop for a bit now, because number 1, I have a tad wee bit too much on my plate right now to be managing two shops, and number 2, I've decided to be a hoarder and keep all those lovely precious stones for my own use. Yes, I've come back to my first love again, and have revived gemstone cum precious metal concoctions in my repertoire, but I won't stop making charm jewelry either. I'm gonna be making both because I love them all, and have a jolly good time doing it!

Here's to show off some stone pieces that I've recently made and put up in my Etsy shop (under The Classics). Sort of a trailer, more to come, so keep a watch out! :)

First Treasury - Get Well Soon

I was down with my first bout of flu in mid July. 40C fever, chills, aches, incessant vomiting (that was stopped only by injection at NUH's E&A Ward, by then my body lost so much fluid my fingers and legs were cramping) were really no fun. After the worst of it and all these symptoms left, the nagging cough lingered on, sparked off by an allergic asthmatic reaction in my airways. Not cool. And as I was still whacking away, my body came down with the 2nd bout of flu last Sunday. Woke up with the nastiest of sore throats, and I thought to myself, "Not again!"

Fast forward 4 days, today most of the pain in my throat, as well the fever has subsided, but my "good" friend The Cough is still here. And I'm sick of being sick. So to cheer up and wish myself well, as well as anyone out there who is suffering from flu or sickness in one way or another, here is my first treasury - Get Well Soon


For a clearer view, click here: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Mzc3OTN8NTkxNzY2Mjg5/get-well-soon

Do leave your comments and clicks! Thanks for looking!

Dear Alice

Two Sundays ago I was surfing TV channels and caught a little of a re-run of Alice In Wonderland (the Johnny Depp version). There was one scene that caught my attention which I've not noticed when I watched the movie before. It was the one where Mad Hatter was making hats again, but it was for the horrible big headed Red Queen. But being able to throw himself back to his craft made him so happy that he forgot himself and his situation. When Alice reminded him that he was making hats "for her", he was suddenly awaken from his euphoria. Disgusted with himself, he swept everything onto the floor, and asked Alice in despair if he were mad, to which Alice replied that he is utterly bonkers, but the secret is that "all the best ones are"!

I love that statement. I've always been judged as being a little weird, too melancholic, too perfectionistic, anti-social, almost insane. But now suddenly my world makes sense, now I know why I've always been a little "off" - I'm simply one of the best! Hee hee! :)

Recently I've also made two necklaces inspired by the original Alice story - I'm Late I & II. From the first chapter of the book where White Rabbit is hurrying along because he is late. I love the charms, I hope you will too!


(P.S. You can find the necklaces in my Etsy shop!)