venuszine magazine feature

one of littleoddforest's latest tanktop design - faerie rain tank top - has been so kindly featured in kickass indie-supporting magazine venuszine (page 73) woohoo! sweeeettt...

"From The Blooming Desk Of Emilie Zanger
SPRUNG ON SPRING
Take that, winter blahs!"
venuszine is sadly not available in singapore.... bahhh.... but the nice people of venuszine has sent me a copy way before it hit the magazine racks on 1st march 2007 (til june 2007).. it arrived few days ago... so nice... without waiting till my neck broke.... which was usually the case....

new designs 02-21-07

craft from the past....

As most of you know, I havent had the time lately to create anything pretty to share with you so I have decided to post about items that I did awhile back. This item is a folding screen. We saw it at our local auction and thought it had potential. It was just the old wood with lots of old nails poking out of it and tiny fragments of not very nice fabric left hanging from the nails. Instead of hinges to connect the panles, there was old thin rope woven in an intricate way to allow the freedom of movement for the panels.

This was alot of work, I think it took about 2 weeks before it was fully finished. after removing the old nails etc and rubbing it down, it took layer after layer of paint to cover it completely. We actually spent one evening trying to weave the new "rope" like it had been originally, each time we would have to start again because it wasnt quite right!

I used one of my favorite fabrics with the most gorgeous sage green background and faded roses to make the fabric panels. I made them quite wide so that the material gathered up alot along the curtain wires. I think it came out beautiful and is one of my most favorite peices I have done. It also sold to one of my favorite customers!

an oink production

so! speaking of the golden piggy, the oinking and the snorting...

visit an oink production today for all your whimsy little accessories and jewelry needs!
http://anoinkproduction.etsy.com

mandy aka demightyshiva, my dear customer turned stalker turned friend (ha!) has turned from her baking martha self into a crafty extraodinare!

yes, she tries so hard to use her hands and fingers, all those muscles trained from kneading so much dough, now, those same stubby fingers are working hard, in much smaller constraints, to bring you earring fanatics out there thoughtful creations! (and i'm sure more coming up for other accessories fanatics out thereeeee heh) i say thoughtful because i like the way she names every single piece she comes up with. it's sooo... originally mandy. her designs might be restricted by her current supplies, but i'm sure there will be lots more variety as she gets her hands on more supplies in future!

street screaming is not something i will do. so here's the shout out in my blog, babe! i never thought i'd switch from saying 'happy baking' to you.... but hey! happy crafting!! (^__^)

smiling with gleee!

one of lof's loyal-est (no such word? watever. ha!) and nicest singapore customer to date! littlebearyli is in love with our new stumpie collection! yayy!! thanks so much for your support and love all these while, li li! from the bottomest of my heart (^__^) i like how she always emails me her order of items which are not even listed in the shoppe yet. hee
http://littlebearyli.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/from-the-little-odd-forest/

we've loads more new reviews up in our press and praise page too

happy looking!!

happy golden piggy lunar new year!!!

helllooo year of the golden piggy!!
oink oink snort snort
i know this is 3 days late... but hey! lunar new year is 15 days! heh
don't stuff yourselves with too much chinese new year goodies!
i know i'm not gonna try to :p

i'm better?

hell yeah. for reals. me thinks. hee!

i just have to take the milky stuff once a day now.... i've consumed a total of 6 big bottles!!! crazy !???! and i've consumed about 10 cartons of soy bean milk thus far.... my insides are all milky right now... eeewwwww... haha, and thanks for the suggestion to make it into banana smoothie, tscd! sorry to disappoint you... i tried it but i thought it was terrible... maybe your patient added sugar? i don't know, i didn't... and then i think it's because i had to drink it slower, instead of just one big gigantuos gulp of getting done with it.. ha...

weellll... busy b and busy me had a non-busy "mental wellness retreat" extended weekend (as he calls it haha) at siloso beach resort and cafe del mar.... wonderful wonderful gorgeousness wonderful....
we obviously love the pool, the jacuzzi, slide and waterfall. part of the resort was still under construction, but it was a nice quaint place, the architecture blending with the trees they're trying to conserve, the wooden steps etc... nice.. and we obviously love love love the fact that cafe del mar was just a 3 seconds run away from the doorsteps of the resort. yep, we timed it. ha

the music starts early in the day and ends late into the night, morning at cafe del mar... afternoon at the resort, night at cafe del mar... ahhhh.... we drove there but decided to try the spanking new monorail, and it was good, like the train ride to hongkong disney. it took us just 10 mins to reach vivo city to grab lots of snacks and soy bean milk for me (since i've to constantly nibble throughout the day.... what a chore... ). we have to do this next week you're back in singapore, mao!!! you'll love it. me thinks.

everyone overseas (which is mostly everyone i like... sigh..) is coming back for chinese new year this weekend!! so no sigh, for now. hee!!!! the only reason i like chinese new year. ha.

and before i forget, here's to share with you our welcome pack from wwf as a donor... please remember to do your part to save this ailing earth! recycle! re-use! conserve! donate! be a responsible citizen of this world....