Balloons & Me!

There I was drowning in the sea of balloons we collected for Shermaine & Congren's wedding venue decor yesterday. At a ripe old age, it still felt kinda fun 'prancing' around with two bunches of helium balloons hahaha.. A little baby gal in awe tried to poke my balloons with her straw!

See how full the car was! Managed to get a head space among the heart-shaped balloons. People on the streets were rather amused when our car drove pass them.

Uncle William was really nice to come by to help take pics of the venue decor that we did under the sweltering heat yesterday! Pretty sure I got a tan from working under the sun. Can't wait to see the pics! All decor projects will be managed under Vanilla House Creations. We are still working on the website, fb and stuff. Will give a shout when they are up and ready :D

Table number place card

Spent the weekend doing prep work for Congren & Shermaine's wedding on 29 July. During the recce at the restaurant, Congren asked the restaurant manager to have number place cards for all the tables to facilitate guests looking for their seats. Upon hearing that, we suggested for Congren to let us incorporate the place cards into the table centrepieces we are creating. Was playing around with fonts, card size and stuff; finally decided on this. I personally don't fancy those place cards provided by hotels and restaurants. You don't need fancy graphic design programs for a simple place card. Microsoft Word program can do the trick. By choosing the right font, printing paper.., you can get something simple and chic. Will post photos of our table centrepiece creation after the wedding :)

My favourite piece of work!

Extremely pleased with my latest work from class :) Made purely from clay. All I can say is I LOVE IT!

Pom Poms

Preparing for a bright and cheery wedding at the end of this month for Shermaine and Congren. Wanted to make some pom pom balls to dress up the venue. The organza flowerballs I made earlier were easier to handle, gave a more define rounded shape and instant volume. But the choice of organza colours weren't as bright and intense compared to those of paper napkins. And given the really short timeline, it would also be quite tedious to use the sewing method on normal bright coloured cloth. So yesterday, I decided to buy some paper napkins to experiment. The poms made from paper napkins gave a more fun feel. But I think I will need to fold in more napkins to make the ball fuller. And I have to be very gentle as the napkins are really delicate!

Dawnut goes to school!

Started my clay craft course this week and went for my first lesson on Tuesday. For the first part of the curriculum, I have to complete a variety of 10 projects. The first project was to decorate a mirror using soft clay. From the frame to the embellishments, though not many items, it actually took me 2hours to complete. The roses were definitely easier to mould compared to the gardenia that I did during the intro class. From this simple assignment, I learnt quite a few techniques and tips which I wouldn't have known if I just relied on the instructional dvd that I got off the net. Learning the clay craft will give me more options to play with when creating new works :) Looking forward to classes next wk! Check out all my works here.

Mission: Edmund & Celine

My really good friend Edmund is getting married at the end of the year and coincidently it is on my bday! The couple will be having their pre-wedding photoshoot done later this month and so I offered to lend them some of my knick knacks to make the shoot more fun :) From umbrella to lunar calendar etc, he went back with a big bag of stuff to discuss with Celine hehe.

While I was rummaging through my room for stuff, Ed was going through my cds and song compilations to find suitable songs he could use for the wedding video etc. Yup, he is planning to put together the video on his own. Waiting to see the first cut! Once the shoot and video are done, we will start discussing on the ideas for the wedding day. Can't wait! =))

Dawnut goes to class!

Some weeks ago, was browsing the net and I wasn't sure how I ended up at the DECO Clay Craft Academy's website. But after looking at the amazing stuff that they have done with clay, I very much wanted to learn. So I browsed the site and found out that there are three qualified instructors in Singapore. After looking at their works on their individual websites, I decided to drop a note to one of the instructors Nora.

And so, with a few of my girl friends in tow, we went to an introductory clay craft making class yesterday. It was an interesting experience kneading dough and turning little dough balls into petals. Though our workmanship is not that fine, at least the flowers look like flowers! Really amazed when the teacher at the swipe of her thumb created such thin flower petals that looked so life like. I aspire to reach there some day :) In the mean time more hardwork!