Posts from — December 2009

It’s another new year to celebrate, a new resolution to try to accomplish, and it’s about time to start re-organize your work and life.
First, start by adding some colors and cheers. Here’s how…

1. Keep a pocket calender, with an inspirational reminder or quote. There’s one that I like from Sub-Studio, ‘The only thing you truly own is your Time‘.

2010 Pocket Calender from Sub-Studio, $5

2. Start a new diary (or a write a blog, in case you already have a blog, re-design your blog, give it a new look)

Bonnie Jones Photography from Supermarkethq

3. Of course, a journal to record all your creative juice.

Coptic book from Monjojo

4. And not forgetting to get some colored pencils for your journal scribbling. And a fun thing to start doing this year is to subscribe to the 500 pencils from Social Designer and you will be getting 24 different shades of colored pencils each months for 20 months (from Japan).

500 Colored Pencils from Social Designer, $33

Decorating those on your wall, What a sight.

5. Tuck your artwork, loose papers and other important receipts or memo neatly in a folder.

Notefolio from Supermarkethq

6. Love your books and keep them nicely

Sean Yoo Opus Incertum Bookcase

And a Happy New Year

Ever since I started blogging in 2004, I realized that I am a lazy blogger and could not develop the habit of blogging everyday. So I took up the challenge of Nablopomo (National Blog Posting Month). I just registered KiireyBlog to this daily blogging marathon challenge and in fact, this is also one of my 2010 resolution. If you’re keen on achieving this and an avid blogger, join Nablopomo’s camaraderie.

Vintage Typewriter Alphabet ring by TheApple

I am lazy blogger no more!

I am still looking around for amusing gifts even after Christmas. I feel that I did not shop enough this year round, but I need to save for my new place which I will be moving in next year, sometime in April perhaps. So I will be hunting a lot of home decor and illustration for filling up empty walls.

Owls illustration always catches my attention, cute and mysterious.

Book tote by Night Owl Paper Good

Owl Illustration by Native Vermont

Just a sneak preview, more great find tonight. hoot hoot

Nothing more elegant than a simple white Christmas and looking at these gave me the peace of mind. Have a great, save and happy holiday everyone

LivingEtc

Snowflake bulb by Lorikay

Dashing Reindeer Headband by ME2Designs

2010 Cabin+Cub Desk Calender

This is a really memorable and meaningful giveaway before the year ends, a 2010 Cabin+Cub Desk Calender. To enter, you have to tell which month you want to be and what costume you will wear to pose in a calender. Hmm…I want to be little red riding hood. Or Alice in Wonderland? Maybe little Tinkerbell.

Go to Cabin+Cub’s blog to enter now!

Crafter : Jun (BeaniPet)
Country : Malaysia
Blog : http://beanipet.blogspot.com/
Shop : http://beanipet.etsy.com/

You can call me Jun and I’m a dreamer. I like to share my thoughts with people and I love to create things that makes me and people happy ^ . ^ I’m very down to earth and love to go hunt for great desserts XD I think of myself as a pandabear – dreamer, peaceful, caring and simple.

hmm… art and craft is life, you, people and love. Food can be art and it can be just food and life. A hairstyle is you and art and just a hairstyle. I think everything that evolves around us is art and craft and life. We just have to slow down to appreciate things. ^ . ^

I’ve got no favourite. Coz to me everything is art and craft. If I have to choose it’ll be my Beanies. Seldom see a pillow that comes with ears, eyes, nose and pocket. ^ . ^

4. Other than crafting, what do you usually like to do for fun/relax?

I like to go dinner with my friends and we usually go restaurent hunting to find great food and great dessert places ^. ^ I too love to go to the movies and I love to go to the bookstore~ to see illustration, cook and sewing books and find reading novels too! Oh yah… I also like to cook when i’m not sewing^ . ^

0800am – Wake up and do my usual morning stuff
0830am – Breakfast, I love to have great breakfast~ sometimes will go out to my garden and take a morning stroll to get some morning vitamin D XD
0900am – On my computer and start answering emails, checking blogs and internet stuff… (have to restrain myself to maximum 2 hours but I’m trying to make it a 1 hour timing)
1030am – start cutting cloth and usually I’ve already picked my cloth last night when doodling on what I’ll sew today.
1100am – sew sew sew
Lunch break when I’m hungry and will surf the net awhile and at days I’ll get loads of email so I’ll answer them too..
0300pm – continue to sew till evening ^. ^
0700pm – go out buy dinner home for family and sometimes when i cook I’ll stop work at 530pm to work on my dinner cooking.
- sewing ends and i’ll go do other stuff like movie/tv/books/doodle my next creation and sometimes online to list a Beanie -

Yes since September 2009! Very happy so far ^ . ^ BeaniPet started in Oct 2008 and I went into BeaniPet full time in Sept 2009

What inspires me – life and people. I get loads of inspiration form the things around me. Music/movies/books/cafe/cake/pets/internet/blogs/people i meet/ life…EVERYTHING!
Who inspires me - Wow… A lot… My dad always asking me to deliver quality and work hard and i hold on to his advise in my heart. Loads of artist and author out there who inspires me… gonna pick one of my favourite~ Roald Dahl who believe in dreams and dreamers, chasing their dreams to make it come true yet unbelievably magical.

Kiirey thanks Jun for such inspiring sharings.:)
Happy Crafting~~

Let’s go for a green Christmas this year, and every other years. How?
Here’s some fun ideas:

1. Learn how to make a re-usable, recycleble gift wrapper.

Eco-friendly gift pouch tutorial from Zakkalife.

2. Make your own hanging ornaments.

Red handmade ornament from Create Studio

3. Make your own Christmas tree.

White handmade Christmas tree by Dottie Angel

4. Recycle your old sweater and make them into gift stockings.

Recycled sweater stocking by handmadepretties

5. Give a card made from recycled paper, or even better, make your own card.

Snowflake eco-card by NaturesCubbyhole

6. No paper bags, no plastic bags. Use fabric bag.

Bring those food around with evelynfields lunch bags

7. Print your own gift tags and labels

Free printable gift tags at Giverslog

8. Give organic gift. You’ll be surprise that there are a lot of organic varieties.

Handmade CandyCanes soap by Corabela

9. Spare the turkey. This is difficult, I know but at least try this superb recipe.

Vegan Turkey Roast by Chef Brian P. McCarthy

10. Give a tree. Or…give a seed.

Delay no more, Plant Now.

Enjoy preparing for a green Christmas.

Of all the many interesting and beautiful things I found over the world wide web, I can’t resist but shop online once a while. In fact, I am getting hooked on online shopping. Even though I can’t feel, touch, smell and/or flip through them but curiosity really kills me and my imagination runs wild with just looking at the pictures.

So this was what my addiction leads to….

Stolen Sharpie Revolution 2 a DIY Guide to Zines and Zine Culture by brainscan

This zine is so fun and cool, even though it’s more like a book with ISBN and published properly like any other book but I still feel like reading a zine. Every page of this books are as if typed, sharpied and xerox-ed. And the most fun part of all, it’s a complete guide to start writing a zine, something which I wanted to do for a long time but never had time for it. But whenever I want to start writing a zine, I will have this guide with me!

Zeropumpkin family stickers by zeropumpkin

Stickers!!! I don’t need them but why do I buy them? I don’t know, I just feel I must have them.

From now on I am going to share with everyone the great shop/blog giveaways I found, even though more peeps know about it and join the contest means less chance for me to win but it’s ok, beautiful things are for all to fight for.
And that’s the purpose of this blog anyway, to share all the beautiful things I found on the world wide web.

A piece of crochet couture jewelry in fushcia and orange combo by Elin Thomas

Win the irresistible 2010 spring color combo by following her blog or subscribe to her newsletter by sending her an email. Don’t fret if you didn’t win this masterpiece, check out her shop for more colour crazy creation.