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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Elsie's Corsage - Done


This was suppose to be the end product to complement the pink bridesmaid dresses. But yesterday, the bride-to-be decided that she wanted the roses to be pink instead due to superstitious reasons using white roses. So last night I scrambled to look for pink paint to stain the white roses. As the the wedding is next Saturday, I will not have time to sew a new set of corsages with pink roses. I felt that the pink roses and pink dresses will be a little overdose, but if it makes the bride happy, nothing else is more important :)


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The 10 Commandments

Photo by: Ray Yeo

Designed this for the 'gatecrashing' on Bee's wedding in Sep. All thanks to the very kind bride who couldn't bear to see her knight in shining armour get 'tortured' by us, he got away with relatively easy tasks! But we will definitely keep tabs to make sure he fulfills the 10 Commandments! ;p

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Elsie's Corsages - In Progress


It has been a busy busy few weeks doing stuff for two weddings coming up on 5 Nov and 26 Nov. Was tasked by Elsie to make corsages for her bridesmaids to match their pink dresses. The wedding is on 5 Nov, so I am running a little tight on time since the corsages will need to be hand sewn. Managed to squeeze in some time before dinner on Friday to conceptualise and shop for the materials at the same time in under 30min. Talk about being a fast shopper!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

And it all started with 2 jars


One day in 2008, a friend asked if I could help her dress up 2 glass jars which would be used as 'Ang Bao' (Red Packet) jars for her wedding. She wanted something different from the conventional boxes so she bought the jars but didn't know what to do with them. I felt it was an interesting challenge to transform the jars into something unique. So without hesitation, I agreed.

Her wedding theme was "Garden Fairies & Toy Soldiers". So I started thinking of how I could decorate the jar to bring out the theme. Then a 'lightbulb' moment struck me, maybe I could dress them up as a miniature of the bride and groom. Shared my idea with close friends and family, and they felt it could come out quite interesting because they have not heard of or seen anything like what I described. And so, the first pair of customised wedding jars came out from Dawnut's Factory. That started it all......


Monday, October 17, 2011

All about Dawnut

Dawnut, a nickname given to me by my good pal Timo way back in secondary school. He must have been craving for doughnuts when Dawnut came into his mind. Since then, Dawnut has been pretty much a part of me. So this blog name came to mind quite naturally.

I had an interest in doing craftwork since I was 5. My mum would send me to the neighbourhood Community Centre (now called Community Club) for craftwork classes during school holidays. And each time at the end of class, I would walk out proud and happy with my masterpieces.

I think my mum's motive then was probably to get some peace and quiet for at least 2-3hrs. She claimed that I was a very talkative kid and silence around the house meant that I probably dozed off. But well, I guess she didn't expect that I got hooked onto craftwork till today :)

Over the years, I picked up a variety of craftwork from origami, 'friendship bands', beaded jewellery during my pre university years to bear making, quilting and clothes making in recent years. Hobbies to keep myself occupied during my free time and sources of inspiration for unique handmade gift ideas for friends and family.

I like creating new things and exploring interesting ways of doing craftwork. Perhaps after seeing my creative works, friends started asking me to design and create items for their happily ever after events. You can browse my works by clicking the page links on the left side of this page. If there is something I can do for you, drop me a line at dawnutsfactory@gmail.com.

Cheers!
Dawn ^-^