Puzzle of Life - Australia 2005

This is the longest project I've ever worked on so far...it took me 5 years to complete it (*blush*). It was a very simple mini scrapbook...more like memories of my friend and I in Australia. I was very lucky to meet her there and I thought I'll make this little something for her to keep as memory. Actually, I've completed about 90++% before I even left Australia but I just couldn't put my mind to finish it and drag it for sooo long. I sort of made everything from scratch...even the cover (I used a normal A4 colour paper to wrap around a very very thick cardboard), cut out little white papers as the pages, plastic covers as protective sleeve for each page, shrink normal photos so that I've got lots of mini photos, etc... In the end, I've even tried to make my own rubber stamp (as seen in the second picture)...It is at the bottom of the box I made to keep the album in).

I've choosen the title as I really like to play puzzles...and it just occur to me that our life is really similar to a very very big puzzle...with no distinctive picture but it is made up of small little puzzles and no matter how good or bad the experience is, your life is not complete if any of those is missing. Besides, you might not be able to hold on to the moment for the rest of your life, you must keep in mind that everything you've been through is really important and it is what made you the way you are today.

'Thank you' card

Did this quite long ago...actually I've forgotten about it until I go through my pictures. My sis wanted to thank a friend of hers so I offered to make a card for her. Initially I wanted to make a telephone for the card but the time doesn't allow it so I use my embosser to make the spirals. I have to purposely go get the blue ink as I only have white one. So with my limited tools I manage to make this very very simple card!!!

Pink elephant

Hehehe...finally...after 1 year only get to passed to Asha for her niece. The elephant was done quite long ago but I was just too lazy to sew the cloth for the back of the elephant. This is one of the most difficult sewing I ever done. I was afraid the ear will not be balanced thus I hand sewn it after I am done with the body...(broke several needles in the process^^)...I choose to sew the 'happy' eyes cos I think it looks cute in the paper fish that I used to do. I made this based on a key chain I received from my friend...most of my other key chain the elephant only have two legs...so I need to use some imagination to make this four legs elephant. Hopefully the little owner will like it!!!

Mom's Handphone Casing

My mom wanted me to make a handphone casing for her after I made mine. She liked my purple cloth a lot but there is not much left. I just bought a checkered cloth so I thought of mixing both the cloths. I sew 3 hearts on the cover just to hold the foam in place...then I made a pink heart from my previous project's cloth to hang. I used an extra big button as my mom doesn't want the magnetic button when I suggested it to her. My mom love it but my sis say the cloths' colours doesn't match each other. Anyway, its for my mom so as long as she love it then it doesn't matter much.

Wooden Drawers

hmm...must practice my photography skills already. Anyway, I've got a piece of wood for very long already and was too lazy to make it to any use besides sometimes making it my table to do my things. Since I am free now I decided to make it into a little drawers. I only able to make a 2 tier as the wood is not that big and if I make a smaller size, I won't be able to keep anything useful in it. The space inside is about 10cm*10cm. I was thinking to get the kitchen drawers knob handle but I decided to try my carving knives and I made the little hearts and I think the size is ok so I just use that instead. This is my first time I tried to make things out of wood, besides during school time. It's more difficult to make as compared to mounting board but I guess I just have to hope that it last longer than the other projects that I've made ^^

My Handphone Casing

There is some left over from my previous bags so I made a handphone cover for my handphone since the one I got when i purchase the phone is practically 'peeling off'. Its a little plain so i added a flower (also made from cloths in my previous project).

My Previous Projects ^^

I was looking around arranging my things and cleaning up my place and I remembered about my previous projects. I started making the pink and green boxes first. The green one is for diskettes (yes...it was back when thumb drive is still very very new in the market and we are still using the diskettes) and the pink one is for cds. Then I made the beige one for my hair pins. I made some other boxes but can't remember where I keep it. Then my proudest is the green 3 tier box. If i remembered correctly (especially with the diskettes box), I've made these boxes before I went to Australia to study so it should be around 2004...so its about 6 years dy...the boxes are not in their best condition anymore with the wear and tear and also water stains but I didn't know that these boxes can last for so many years!!!