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I bought the book Imagemakers awhile back and have used it as a reference on several school projects in the past.

Recently, I took it out again to read and felt compelled to share the talent of Laura Mccafferty from the UK.

Her style and approach is unique and intriguing. I find myself lost in her pieces, trying to figure out HOW she puts everything together. Using a combination of careful planning, pen, paint, screen print, appliqué AND hand stitching, Laura puts together such intriguing illustrations.

from scenes

to fashions..

These multi-disciplinary works are available for purchase on the Laura Mccafferty website. And in the book Imagemakers, it features just five of Laura’s works which are cropped, close-up compositions that offer  suggestions of details using stitching and layering fabrics.

i wish i could sew, screen print and paint like that! (either separately OR in combination) and a Laura Mccafferty illustration would be nice as well. (:

- Sarah, drooling over her copy of Imagemakers

As jo mentioned in an earlier post, we had a mini THEMED mahjong party

Before the ‘party’ began, we took several photographs

of us, waiting for the schoolbus…

being very studious…

basically, taking silly pictures!

The accessory choices were like icing on cake, a yummy chocolate cake (*slurps!) hahas. jo had a thumbdrive, an ibook remote control and lanyard reading ‘1337 G33k’ as necklaces. Moo had suspenders (which jo, who could not pass up the opportunity, snapped at least twice!). Angel had an oversized sweater. And i had a small pouch, a Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers’ collar pin and a glitter fish hair pin. Not forgetting the high socks which (everyone commented) made me look more like a mainland Chinese.

Jo and i are already thinking of more themed parties. hehes.

hope you enjoyed this post! (because there are more to come!!!)

with that, the psuedo PRC and chip ‘n dale rescue ranger’s collarpin bid you farewell!

- Sarah, the psuedo PRC

Lindsay Lohan released a brand new range of leggings called 6126.

Whee?

So far we’ve spotted the metallic lurex ones, zip-ups, and also leggings with… wtf, KNEE PADS? Okay, so quilting makes stuff look more pricey and uppity and classy, but on LEGGINGS?

This might put a halt to my mounting hosiery love, haha.

I have to add that I really hate her make up and her horrible tan.

Anyway, I got quite a few good buys today (:

Tangs is having a sale and members get additional discounts and rebates for practically everything. I bought something from Playhound, again. And it’s a bubble skirt, again. Pinks is gonna freak out, lol.

I also got my first pair of sheer tights! Yes I like tights and leggings but I haven’t owned one because I cannot reconcile myself with them… with my fat stumps. I’ve been making do with admiring them on other people, and also borrowing my sister’s, haha! I got them from This Fashion at $5! Don’t give me looks for going to This Fashion!

Pictures after I get back from Hong Kong! I’m leaving in a few hours. Pinks shall update with her art/fashion insights while I’m gone to the land of wonderful food and polluted air.

WOOT!!!!!

On Monday, Pinks, two other friends and I had a mini themed mahjong party. The theme was “GEEK” to celebrate or satirise, or both our seemingly endless weeks of studying and exams the past month. We came in our geek best and played tai-tai mahjong

Maybe Pinks will update with pictures and with more details about how the mini party went!

But mannn, I wish I saw this before we decided on the theme!

Picture from ThinkGeek.com

Cool shiz - it’s actually a Wi-Fi Detector shirt!

Yes the signal actually changes according to the wi-fi detected, and the shirt is completely washable too!

This is 1337 G33K

Come Wednesday, I will be embarking on a three hour journey to the land of massive, intrusive, in-your-face, overwhelming, but at the same time, spectacular advertising, cramped spaces, long outdoor escalators, a jumble of multicultural space… a land of thick juicy and fatty char siew (I can imagine Sarah recoiling in a corner!), smooth slippery lai fun, thick, meaty, savory roast goose, a myriad of mini servings of snacks called dim sum, and also, AJ!@HDOSA(#KSNASHDJSASHOPPING!!!ALS!EI)A@UFHAKS#^

I have effectively 6 days overseas, cos I’m leaving at 11am on the 7th day. And I might be spending one day each at Macau and Shen Zhen, so that might make it just 4 days in Hong Kong itself

I’ve been looking at the archives of I Love Kyurii, Susie Bubble and Nitrolicious for some ideas, cos they seem to have something to do with Hong Kong, and of course the usual touristy websites that pop up in almost all of my searches.

Here is a mini itinerary so that I get the best of the best in Hong Kong

Day 1
New Territories - Yuen Long
Visit some of my boyfriend’s relatives and check in in our super cheap and spacious hotel
Tour the place a bit
Maybe go to HK Island at night to visit the Peak

Day 2
Kowloon/Mong Kok/Tsim Sha Tsui
Visit this wholesale shopping centre with lots of cheap goodies
Look for electronics stuff with boyfriend
Visit some shopping centres
Buy half of whatever’s on display at Uniqlo, lol
Temple Street Night Market

Day 3
Hong Kong Island - Central/Causeway Bay/Wan Chai
H&M in Central - buy everything I see, HAHAHA
Sneaker Street?
Small quaint shops with cute stuff

Day 4
Stanley
Basically R&R
Looking forward to this biergarten in Murray House

Day 5/6
Macau/Shen Zhen
if not repeat any of the above.

I feel Day 3 is kinda ambitious, heh. Any suggestions?

If you’re wondering why I’m so crazy about Uniqlo and H&M, its because they have not reached our shores, and we can’t access them online! ):

I feel that I neeeedddd more to do over there!! Fill me in!

AND YAY EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Jo dances)

Picture from theshopfloorproject.com

Omg part of me is just dyinnngggggggggg to have these! If you don’t understand mine… or mine and Pinks’ infatuation with these, you ought to be reading this

My tights/leggings/misc-hosiery count is currently a big, fat, round, ZERO! But would I splurge 34pounds on these???? That’s about 100SGD.

I have ugly stumpy fat legs that don’t look nice in leggings. What the hell makes me think that they’ll look as pictured above on me?!?!

Le Sigh

Anyway, the shop floor project also has other hand printed tights that are equally pretty, but nothing will yank me out of my love for these peacock printed ones. HOW DO I HAND PRINT ON TIGHTS?!!!!!!!!

I’m so happy Pinks found them! Thanks my love! (Though I’m not sure if we can get it at all.. they only ship within the EU!)

I’m still in the midst of exams ):

“Designer Gas Masks

We are in a state of perpetual war - with ourselves and with the eco-system that sustains us. Perpetual war breeds perpetual fear. In this present context, our fear stems from our extreme desire for authenticity and and manifests itself in our collectively insatiable culture of consumption

Deep down, we are afraid we may never be satisfied.
An extending branded myths and icons feed this fear.
Designer Gask Masks is an attempt to visualise this state of mind
Because it is only first by acknowledging
then challenging that we will be able to breathe a little easier.”

Pictures and text from diddovelema.com via sucker4clothes.wordpress.com

I know this is art, for commentary’s sake.. and I love it for that.

I can kinda understand the branded mobile phones, tennis rackets and bicycles, but can you imagine if these gas masks were to really materialise and go on sale?!

Gasp.

These are A FEW? of my favourite things?

I was looking up some photographs when I found Jeong Mee Yoon’s “The Pink Project”. Yoon was inspired by her 5-year-old daughter’s love for pink and decided to photograph all of her daughter’s favourite pink objects - be it toys, books or stationery. She went on to photograph other parents’ daughters and sons together with their favourite items.

Photos from artnet.com

W. O. W. these kids sureee are lucky. They boys even have a hint of smug on their faces! I like spending money and shopping for myself, but I love buying/making gifts too. But having a kid is like, buying stuff for one whole other person! How will I bear to spend thattt much! I can’t imagine.

But why the pink for girls and blue for boys? What about all the colours in between! You know how infants have their photographs taken right after they’ve popped out, the girls are always in pink and the boys are always in blue, and all the gifts from friends and relatives are all colour coded.

When I have my own kids, I want colours like magenta, plum, lime green, canary yellow and all the other yummy colours.

Actually, I need all these colours in my cupboard now.

I put all my clothes into to cupboard, one consists of all the clothes with black and dark colours, the other with white and light colours.

You will see that I am in dire need of a wardrobe detox when I put up pictures, haha.

I think if I laid out all my favourites they’d form a very depressing grayscale. When I have an option of colour/print v black/white, I usually opt for the latter thinking it’ll be easier to match. Hell yea, now I have a lot of things in the same colour to match.

But it’s okay, I will stock up on PRINTS and BRIGHT HAPPY COLOURS on my trip to Hong Kong, in EXACTLY A WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOO.

Picture from facehunter

Check out her necklace yo!

How cool is that! Dish out those doilies and do something funky with it! hahas.

Anyway, I remember seeing an asymmetrical lace necklace for sale on someone’s website, but i cant remember the link and photo )):

But after doing some searching (Google, basically) I came across Rosie Buck’s portfolio. designer jeweller silversmith, her designs are ornate and delicate. Delish!

Pictures from rosiebuck.com

(isn’t the necklace STUNNING?!)

It also got me thinking about chain mail jewelry. If images of men of medieval times in armour wielding swords, hold onto your horses there sister! ;D turns out, chain mail CAN be very delicate too. it took awhile to find presentable pictures… but

Pictures from Silverweaver.com

check out the extensive collection at the silverweaver site!!

who knew you could do so many things!! and its very interesting when the designer uses different coloured chains to create different patterns as well. But i think the variations in sizes of the chains creates the most interesting effects. <3

Do you sometimes find yourself dressing to match your accessories? Especially when it comes to unique finds?
Well, my glove obsession grows… this time, its a short driving glove. I like the space above the wrist. It reminds me of a pair that was part of a ck ad a long (long) time ago.
Look 3:

Look 4:

more of my non-tropics-friendly loves are emerging. trenchcoats, boots, gloves. *wills for snow in singapore!* hahas.