Making presents and cards for friends and family....

So, the year is nearly ending and Christmas and New Year is coming. It's almost the end of 2008 and many of us may have been through the worse, the best, and many other obstacles.

What ever it is...we still survived! HEY!! :)

So, I'm currently making Christmas cards and some presents for my closest friends and relatives. I'm even planning to make something nice for my cat, Frank as well as my lil baby boo :) Okay, I got her a cute orange, folk style hand knitted jumper, so have to wrap it all up. the cards are all made off recycled materials, old magazine cut outs, printing papers etc etc etc

I don't celebrate Christmas, but New Year will a bigger celebration for me. Christmas is mainly for me making and giving presents only. My whole family from home will be gathering in London, so that'll be something different for a change. I can't do anything BIG though as I have an assignment due in early Jan 2009, yup, of all times. But hey, studying is studying!

Well, I'm off to explore my creative making cards brain :)

By the way, I'm selling wall calendar at £10 (inc. packaging & postage) and desk calendar at £6 (inc packaging & postage) As you might not know, I've slashed prices for them!! So, e-mail me for further queries!

In the mood for making...

So, I mentioned last week I had no mood whatsoever to make anything new. I guess I had a total "creative block", I even had writer's block"!! Anyway, I've made two necklaces, chains and looking wicked. I'm currently sewing the twisted ruffles style for a friend of mine, and I am working on more projects. I've been promising over and over to make stuff for the guys, so I'm hoping there'll be more for them next year!! Sorry for such a delay. I'm terrible, I know! Well, it's late, got to sleep. Night x

Switch Off Mode

Hey People
I'm taking some time off from making things. I'm currently busy with a lot of things that has been going on in my personal life, so I have not had much time to make anything new at all. I am however still selling my calendars, both desk and wall, so do let me know if you are interested.

My e-mail is eyesnwhiskers@gmail.com

The X-factor and more!!

So, I'm not the kind who drools over boy bands, or dream about meeting any celebrities for that matter. This is probably not since I was in my teens anyway, but this year's X-Factor is a different story and the competition is pretty high, or strong, or however it's called, whatever, blah blah blah. I've stayed true to my roots of listening to Indie music, Rock stuff, a little bit of trance here and there, a bit of melancholy stuff, bit of classic jazz etc etc. But I listen to mostly indie stuff anyway.

However, when I was watching X-factor last night (Saturday), watching JLS perform one of Michael Jackson's number one hit song, made me drool like crazy!!!!! Oh my goodness!! I'm 26 for goodness sake LOL!!! My favourite??? Yes, I do have a favourite, even though, all four are hotties ;) It's Marvin!!! Ahhhhhhhhh! He's such a hottie.

Okay, anyone who doesn't know who I'm talking about, here's their video :) And another favourite of mine (I actually have too many on X-Factor, it's terrible!! That's why competition is tough this year) Diana Vickers just one of the most cutest, cuddly, funny lil chikadee...I'd be lucky if she was my best friend if I was her age..hehehe Okay, enjoy the two videos!!!

JLS


Diana Vickers


ENJOY!!!!

Eyes&Whiskers Calendar 2009 for SALE!!

Hey there, I have some exciting news :) I've finally received calendar from Vistaprint and it is looking so so good. Someone has just made an order. So, if anyone is interested, please send me a flickr message :) You can also view the pictures of the calendar in my flickr- http://www.flickr.com/eyesnwhiskers

The calendar cost GBP8 each.

All you need is love!

By the Beatles of course and who doesn't love every bit of their music??? Anyway, a friend sent me a video from youtube of a movie coming out soon called Across the Universe and watching a few snippets of the videos, I can tell it is going to be a love film and I think I'm already liking it. *sigh* Sorry, I'm going all corny. hehe

Anyway, other things that need some loving are my hard work in making more jewelleries, paint, draw, oil pastels, waxed crayons, colour pencils, sewing and many more. I could go on forever and ever. I recently made a ring and a necklace which were my design roots, yes, I'm going back to my roots in making jewelleries, no rules and no one telling me that the method is wrong or right. When it comes to making art, there's no rules to follow, whatever you make whatever you feel, it's all from within you. I think only us, our minds can control what we want to do, make, create etc etc etc

I've finally charged up my battery for my digital camera, so I'll be taking tons of pictures and will post them on here.

I've made the calendar, but I cheated by using Vista hehehe. I'm trying to figure out my MAC though as I'm still new to all it's technicalities. But I shall produce my own version of calendar soon enough. I still have time. It is only September, well, towards the end of September anyway!!!!

Ok I must stop rambling, it's very late and I must be off to sleep.

Very well then people, hope you enjoy this video clip! We all need a "Little Help From My Friends"

It's calendar time

Okay, so I'm a little too early to be thinking of calendars at this stage, but I think making your own, or should I say designing takes a lot of editing, a lot of planning blah blah blah, so I've decided to compile 12 pictures of my work, both digitally enhanced and original and make a calendar using those pictures. I'm up to May now. I now need a 2009 calendar as reference since I have re-use the same calendar format and the dates are all the same, so will be quite daunting for me to change the numbers etc etc, but hey, I'm unemployed, job hunting and no success of any jobs (yet), I'm studying full-time, in home and also out-home (studying a foundation course, classes are only once a day).

It seems that I need experience in most of the jobs I've been applying for. However, I'm still applying in hopes of getting one, even if it's the most boring thing in the whole wide world, but hey, I got hitched, I got a 2 year old kid, what can they expect, not my fault.

So, the calendars templates that my program has is a little bit un-spicy, so I'll have to brainstorm on to lift it up a little bit more, OKAY, much much MORE! It's going to be a hit, tasty and yummy looking. I'm still deciding on what pictures to use, although, i'm just randomly picking and see how it all goes. Hopefully, I'll get them done on time before Christmas!!!!!!

So, keep on a look out for calendars in my etsy store. But of course, you fellow bloggers, whoever is reading this, if anyone is reading.....you'll be the first to know! :)

For now, enjoy my newly artsy made butterfly art work of mixed media, using old and new stuff. Enjoy!!

Back to work...

Well, it's back to work for me, by which I mean back to making more creative art work. I have not made that many jewelleries yet (or jewelries for US). Although, I have finally finished one of my major art collage mixed media project which is showcased in my etsy shop, then I have been working on digitally enhancing a picture of my cat entitled 'frank sweet pea'. This particular print comes in different sizes. The price listed is for an ACEO card which is fairly small, nearly the same size as a standard business card.

Recently, I have finished doing two art work and also fabric based projects. I'm designing more of the original E&W (eyes&whiskers) and currently doing two BIG projects. I'm using as many fabris I have left and also recycling whatever I have and making them look pretty and charming.

I do however, need to re-take two photos of my art work as night times are possibly the worse times for photo taking! :)

It's all about the lighting, etc etc.

Here are some pictures to entertain you in the mean time. My art works are one of a kind, if you want me to draw or sew or make anything more than once, do let me know!

Enjoy!


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Advice for the guys (hehe)

So, I got a forwarded message from a friend of mine and just wanted to know how many guys actually do it??? I know I'm full of cheekiness, but I honestly want to find out though.

I know this is totally out of the blue and possibly a little bit childish!

You know that every night before you go to sleep there is one person of the opposite sex thinking of you. They want to kiss you, they want to be with you, they are always thinking about you

Advice....->
When she acts shy- Say I Love You
When she runs away from you- Chase her
When she puts her face near yours- Kiss her
When she kicks and punches you- Hold her tight
When she is silent- Shes thinking of how to say I Love You
When she ignores you-> She wants all your attention
When she pulls away- grab her by the waist and never let go
When you see her at her worst- tell her she's BEAUTIFUL
When she screams at you- Tell her you love her, you have you mean it
When you see her walking- Sneak up behind her and grab her by the waist and give her a kiss
When she's scared- Hold her and tell her everything will be okay 'cause she's with you
When she looks like some things the matter-Kiss her and tell her not to worry
While she holds your hand- Play with her fingers.

Happy Belated Birthday

To me!! hehehe

Anyway, I have some stuff that I want to clear out of my inventory, so as my birthday gift/s to you, I'm doing a clear out. I have to slowly, slowly list it as I have not the time or day, to do so all in a day's work, so bear with me.

As you have already read, bubblegoomerz etsy shop is shut (but not the business). However, if you check out my other shop, my present shop, eyesnwhiskers, then you'll see the items there.

Because it was my birthday a few days back, I'm giving this very special privilege to whoever is reading this.

So, check out my store, or my flickr and see what you like! And the catch? No catch, it's free! (except paying for shipping) Come on, you don't for my hard labour, you just pay for shipping, so really, it's not as bad! :P

Later! :)

If, by Emzy Collins

So, you're already sick of the pop charts. You want to listen to more talent, fresh faced, real people who write their own music, write their lyrics, sing it well without any help of some kind of device that makes your voice sound good in an album, well here you have it, an acoustic version of Emzy Collins. I mean, for the girls, he's "cute", adorable, a bit on the sexy side, attractive, and he's got talent, good voice and seems very down-to-earth, you can't beat that, can you?

And for the guys, what d'you say? Music wise? Are you into it?

If you're new to Emzy, then check out his website- http://www.emzycollins.com
or if you have myspace- http://www.myspace.com/emzycollins

and for the Emzy C, the man, fan :) Here's a dedication from me :)

over and out, enjoy the video!

Bubblegoomerz Etsy Shop closed

Yes, this is however a sad announcement. But, no fear, there'll some yummy interesting things I'll be working and reworking on in my other shop-http:// eyesnwhiskers.etsy.com

I'm slowly getting that updated. Plus, I'm getting ready to sort out some pictures of my past and recent work for a website (this will take several months.
It'll all turn out great :)

Original to Digital Pt 2

Some picture of my past work that I turned into digitally.

Original to Digital

It has been a while since I did any form of drawing. I think I focused a lot of my creativity making jewelleries and sewing, I tend to forget about drawing. I feel like a 2 yrs old these days, figuring out how to draw. Although, my 2 years old daughter is better than I am!

Below are 3 pictures of what I just did.








For more description of this art work, please check out my flickr.

sewing, jewellery and something new

i've gone back to my creative roots of sewing. i am nearly done with re-designing a cardigan. i changed the buttons and such. pictures will be coming soon. I also made a pair of earrings for myself, which is part of my "elegant femininity" section. I'm planning idea launch a website as well, besides selling my items in etsy. I've started practising a little bit on drawing, painting and crayons. Thus, I'm trying other new things I can think of as well. I may consider trying out transfers on clothing (which shall come later) and other things I may consider a form of art.

So, just so you know, I have not disappeared. I have just been a little quiet, studying, applying for jobs, being a mummy to my daughter, basically entertaining the little cheeky monkey as well as brainstorming and trying to make something creative.

Well, it's late and I'm tired.

So, goodatoodlesnights! :)

Spring Cleaning

Okay, so I have been busy sorting out my inventory. I have other things to sort out too. My desk is now covered with lots of mess and there's the floor I need to clear up too which my daughter is responsible for. Actually, I try to give her something to do or watch so she'll let me get on with work. I have not been making any jewelleries or accessories since I return from Kuala Lumpur.

I will once my mind's cleared up and once I've clean up this mess!

Anyone for elegance??

I've late been working on making some lovely, sweet and feminine earrings for the women who deserves to be spoilt with elegance and poise.

Here is a few earrings I have recently made.

Butterfly earrings- made using swarovski crystal beads and fresh water pearls.


Sweet Feminine earrings- made using rose quartz and swarovski crystal.


Midnight Magic-Swarovski Crystals and fresh water pearls.


And, I also made a pendant which goes well with the Butterfly earrings. However, the pendant and earring set were custom made for a customer.



So, anyone interested in custom order and those who wants to have that little bit of elegant touch, please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you do not have paypal, although, I highly feel that paypal is the safest way of payment, I offer other alternatives.

For more photo updates, please refer to my flickr.

life is.love is.

It's back to work!

Now, it's back to work for me. Last night, I have updated my flickr with many of the past jewelleries I've made. And that same night too, I've finished making OOAK beaded butterfly necklace which photos will be loaded in my Flickr shortly. Tomorrow, I'll be off to check out some wholesalers for supplies and more bead. I've also considered in cleaning up my inventory.

I got some sticker labels for printing and also more hard papers to print business cards, so I am really working my butt off!!

Alrighty now, I shall depart. But just to let you know that I am busily making beautiful, lovely, cute things for beautiful, lovely, cute people :)

A quick message!!

Now that the elections are over and that the results are out, I can relax. I'm not a major fan of politics. I have opinions and I share them mostly with friends and family. I know myself that I have too much to say and if I start, I wouldn't be able to stop. But I don't breathe and live politics. It is an interesting topic to talk about but debating it, would take too much time, so I usually would ask resolutions and answers from my parents who knows more about the history of Malaysian Politics. This week, I'll be visiting my grand aunt and she lived during the struggle and this was way before the 2nd world war, so it would be great to hear from her perspective about her life as a Malayan (back then) and the struggle of other fellow malayans.

Secondly, I would like to congratulate those who has survived for the next 5 years.

Malaysian Election Results Update

For those who will be up most of the night, and eagerly wanting to know the updated results, please visit http://malaysiakini.aizuikmal.com/

I cannot open my eyes right now, so I'm off to sleep. Good night.

Work in progress

I do hope all of you are not too panicky of my whereabouts. And please, I have neither neglected whoever has been reading my blog since it first began.

Anyhow, I have been designing some business cards and now, I'm in the process of making label tags.

I am currently away on holiday back in my hometown. However, making jewelleries and sewing here and there is also one of my priorities besides looking after my daughter, of course :)I always make sure I have one set of jewellery tools and sewing kit in London and one in KL. I do however need some other supplies which I'll be getting next week! Actually, I really look forward to walk along the streets of wholesalers and the interesting, wonderful things I'll be buying!!! :)

By the way, here's glimpse of one of my business cards- eyes&whiskers (TM) (c)

Bedtime calls (just a little note)

Okay...so..I have not been typing much in this blog. It's not because I cannot be bothered, it's due to the fact that since I arrived back in my hometown, I have been doing nothing but going out endlessly (hope that sounds right!).

Anyhow, my little family and me went to Bali for a week and it was tremendously fun! This is despite having a 20 months old daughter who keeps us busy every minute or second, even of the hour i.e. clockwise speaking.

I cannot type much due to my sleepy eyes and my tired fingers, and aching body from walking too much today, but I do have some good news though!

I finally got an IMAC!! woohooo! so, that's going to help a lot for my jewellery and other design work I'll be doing..tee hee hee
wheeee! (daughter says that a lot)

Okay, snoozie time..night all :)

xxoo

Who's Emzy Collins??

So, by now you might be wondering who this superbly, talented musician is. Well, I got a message in my Myspace and I thought I'd check it out. The way he composes his music is like no other. Okay, I'm sure some of you may think it's too mellow and all that, but to be honest, his music is not at all mellow. SOme of you may probably compare him with other musicians, but hey, that's okay I'm sure. If you love, love music, if you love the sound of the notes running through to your ear lobes, the guitar strumming, or just to listen to such a sweet, melodic male voice then, this kind of music is for you. If not, then, it's totally your choice.

Anyway, if you want to judge for your own self, then check out his site. Here's the link:

http://www.myspace.com/emzycollins

And here's his official site:
http://www.emzycollins.com/

In the meantime, do enjoy this other music of his titled "Sleep Well". Do be warned that this music is very emotional.

Good night everyone!

A Tribute....

To the fans of Heath Ledger and also to Heath Ledger's family, here's a tribute from Emzy Collins...such a beautiful song..so talented new musician, fresh from Detroit.

New works and a lovely weekend

I have posted some more pictures of my amazing creativities :) Anyway, just click on my flickr which you can find at the side on your left. (If you scroll down a bit, you may notice pictures moving about...??? just click on that box and magic appears!)

Anyway, I won't be online until Sunday evening and most probably won't be using laptop until Monday morning comes. The laptop will be travelling along with hubby, as he has some work to do in the weekend..boohoo hoo.

My family are visiting so should be fun! Fun! Fun!

Okay, I must stop typing and bid you good night. I do hope all of you have a lovely weekend.

Name change and another new shop to open

Hi, as you will notice my eclectic-bubblegumerz banner has disappeared. It is due to the fact that I am designing a new one for the name change. I am doing this because there is simply too many who uses 'Eclectic'. There is nothing wrong with it, but I simply want to stand out in the crowd. My other business name is my now.....will announce soonish :)

I'm also shutting down my EclecticB etsy shop due to the fact that I can't change the name, unless I try to ask the admin and see if I could do so without completely shutting the store down. Fingers crossed it works out as I want it to. If not, oh well. The sale is still going on, so check the shop out!

here is the link again
http://eclecticb.etsy.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! :)

I DO HOPE ALL OF YOU CELEBRATED IN STYLE AND CREATIVELY! :)