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Owl bag in Parap Market has moved to Mitchell Street

2012-12-30T11:21:00.001+09:30

Dear all,

I would like to let you know that if you are trying to look for these handmade owl bag in Parap recently, please come to the clothing shop I am working during weekday 10am - 5pm :

Shop 5, 69 Mitchell Street, Darwin

It's next to Uno and Hom cafe :) just walk into the shop that has many dresses hanging out of the shop and ask Shannon.

I'll sell them in the shop next May in 2013, but if customer ask & oeder, I can still bring owl bag and fish bag to the shop next day for pick up ~

Wish everyone have a happy new year and looking forward to seeing you in the shop!

Red Hat Lady, You don't have the right to buy my ring when the price marked wrong!

2012-05-05T16:42:00.001+09:30

Today I am very angry! When I was at Parap Market, there're 3 women from Red Hat Association came and wanna buy one of my rings.

After she gave me $5, I saw what in her hand was the expensive ring I got from Korea. I told her the price marked wrong, I should've remove those expensive rings. I told her I cant sell that ring for $5 !

But she and her 2 friends bullied me and wouldn't put the ring back! They just walked away with my ring! (well, she only paid half price!) I think this is robbery!

So I informed 2 police women who were just next to me. I dont know if they're off duty or what, they obvious didnt wanna do anything about it! But I wouldnt leave without seeing them do something about it. Eventually, one of them went to the direction I pointed, but of course it's too late!

They said they'll get in the police car and look around, but guess what? I saw those 3 red hat women walking past 20 meters away right in front of me!! Where're the police? They're gone! of course

To those 3 red hat rude women, you dont have the right to force a retailer sell you any items that the price just marked wrong! What were you thinking? I told you NO! And you just walked away with my ring! SHAM ON YOU! And I am sure the Red Hat Association is ashamed because of YOU!

You just keep walking, mocking around and robberying from other people. Some day, someone will get you!

My Handmade Craft Stall at Parap Market

2011-04-19T16:00:00.010+09:30

Yo~

Today, I'd like to show you the new look of my stall at Parap Market :)

Have I said that I really like Parap Market? Well~ I do hate having to get up 6am & set up the stall :P & the terms of applying new jewellery products now's too strict, but I still like the diversity in this market, especially there're lots of handmade & amazing things you could find here.

You can see in the photo below, I have owl/fish bags hanging around my big umbrella which makes an excellent decoration ^^

I also love my denim handbags. All of them have lots compartments inside & outside and each style I've only got about 5 max. ~ so I dare to say, all of them are very limited in stock!

Let's have a closer look at the table on the left hand side. I don't have enough space, so I put my felting items a bit here and a bit there :P

I hang 2 boards on the stand of my umbrella. Upper board has my resin shell necklaces and the one on the buttom has bottle cap bracelets, necklaces and keyrings~

On the table as shown below, there are some fancy canvas bags and my other resin & felting jewellery(and soap) claim half of the table~ still not enough space to put all my items >.<

I'm quite happy with the location of my stall, but it'd be perfect if this was a square site~ well, you cant get it all I guess :)

Elegant Rose Felt & Bead Necklace

2011-04-01T22:07:00.003+09:30

Sorry for abandoning this site for such a long time~ I've been away for 2 months and now back to Darwin :)

I suppose to get ready for Parap Market, which is tomorrow. But it seems I won't be able to do it because of the cyclone at the moment...(Now I'm glad that I just found a takeaway job yesterday...otherwise, I wont be able to make ends even >.<)

Alright! Enough complaining! Let have a look at the necklace I made several months before~

I was trying to make my felt project not so "wool & warm":P~ after all, we're in Darwin!

So, I use eye pins to "thread" all the pearl-like beads together, one by one, and add some wool beads in-between.

To make an elegant final touch, I add a purple felt rose brooch~ Amazingly, the purple rose here goes totally perfect with the white, grey & blak wool beads here :)

As usual, Orders are welcome. The price is $30 plus postage. For ordering, please leave a comment under this post and let me know the postcode. I'll let you know the amount of postage:)

Resin Jewellery：Sprinkles, Stamps & Buttons

2010-11-25T10:11:00.006+09:30

Dala! New resin jewellery has come up! I just got 2 silicon mold from U.S. so every day and night I have been making resin jewellery recently~

This time I use stamps, sprinkles and colourful buttons to embed into resin. My favorite is the multi-layer button bracelet. You'll see at the end of the article :)

First, let me introduce the stamp bracelet. Those stamps have been travelling around Australia, so you can see there're postmarks on the stamps~ Makes the bracelet like a lively item, like something has it own past & story~

I've only got 1 mold for 2 rectangle shape, so it took me 3 days to finish the bracelet :P

Below is a closer look. There's still some bubbles on the corner, but I think it's also an evidence of pure handmade craft :)

Here comes the sprinkle topic! I love sprinkles! They're so colourful and sweet :P Below are some rings, earrings and some unfinished items. The 2 rings on the buttom of the photo are made with the silicon mold post from U.S.

The seller's only got #8 and #9, so I bought #8. But I fould that my own size is #7 >.<. It's sad that I cannot wear the rings I create yet, but I'll ask the seller to make one for me:P

The big heart in the lower right corner has alphabetic pasta embeded. I havent bought an airbrush set yet, so I paint the pasta one by one ... the word is "lost" in the heart, because I'd like to express the idea of "once lost but now found" :)

Below is the romantic necklace made with the "lost" big heart. I had an idea when I was dreaming, which is using lace trim and pink ribbon to make necklace chain :) I add some beads after finished so the necklace looks more elegant~

The necklace maybe the only one I make in the world, because I found the ice mold isn't very good for resin jewellery making & I had to destroy the mold to dig out the only one piece here~

But because of this accident, the surface of this heart looks like has been through a lot :P so totally match the theme: once lost but now found! ah-ha!

Next one is assorted candy world carnival bracelet :) plus some capital city theme charms. See how colourful and happy the world can be~

Now here comes my favorite:Fancy button galore bracelet! I found a jewellery making magazine in a newsagency near my place. I just had a quick look before heading for sushi:P then I found a tutorial for this multi-layer bracelet ^^

It's not very hard but just takes time. I use 2 sizes jump rings to chain the base piece by piece, that how the multi-layer chain made, then hook on some cute buttons and of course some button embeded resin pieces~ Then, voila! A unique button bracelet has born :)

Since my mold only has 2 square cavities, so it took 3 days for the bracelet to be finished~

Oeders are welcome! Sprinkle earrings & rings $10 AUD each/pair. Stamp bracelet $25. Lost heart necklace $30. Candy world carnival bracelet $20 (charms maybe different, so each item is unique). Multi-layer fancy button bracelet $35. Postage is $5 for anywhere within Australia.

Accept bank deposit & PAYPAL.

Please leave a message below and I'll get back to you a.s.a.p or just email to Shannon : yjeu4546@hotmail.com

Help Taiwan to be treated equally!

2010-11-20T21:09:00.004+09:30

In many international events, Taiwanese People have been treated unfairly. This is our voice telling the world that we want our country and our people to receive equal amount of treatment and recognition in any places, in any time.
The point I want to make is: our country might be small in your eyes; our bravery is definitely greater than what you thought.
許多國際性事件中,我們台灣人常受到不平等的待遇.
這是個想要我們國家與人民可以在任何時間.地點跟其他國

家一樣受到相同對待的發聲. 我要說的重點是:...我們的國家在你們眼中或許很小,但我們的勇氣是絕對比你們想像中的好.

We are a developed country, we have Nobel Prize winners, we win gold medals in Olympics, and we are ranked 24th in GDP per capita in the world. We design and build your laptops, bikes. We have Academy Award winning directors. We have everything a great country should have. WE DESERVE BETTER RECOGNITION!!!
我們是個已開發國家. 我們有諾貝爾獎得主. 我們拿過奧運金牌. 我們在全世界區塊GDP榜上排行第二十四. 不管是你手上的筆電, 還是你騎的腳踏車大部分是我們的技術. 我們有奧斯卡最佳導演. 一個國家該有的我們都有. 我們應該得到更多的關注.

English is not my native language, but I know some of you in the world would understand my words. Take a moment of truth. If other countries had been bashing and bullying your country, how would you feel?
英文不是我平常談論時用的語言,但我知道這世上某些人一定懂我說的話. 請用片刻時間來思考事實:
如果其他的國家一直打壓你的國家,你會有什麼感受?

Not only Taiwan, but also many other countries has been treated the same way as we are for a long time. Your support will make a difference, and help my country.
不單單只是台灣,世界上也有很多國家跟我們一樣長期受打壓.
你的支持會讓我的國家有所改變跟幫助,謝謝!!

Please ask everyone you know to support Taiwan!!Thanks!Taiwan is a well-educated country, which will not use any improper method to protest.

皆様、台湾を支えてください。台湾は高いレベルの教育を受けた品格のある国家です。抗議をする際には正当でない手段は絶対に使いません。よろしくお願いします。ありがとうございます

Dans plusieurs évènements internationaux le peuple Taiwanais a été traité injustement. Utilisez votre voix pour faire partager et faire entendre au monde que notre pays et notre peuple souhaite recevoir un respecté égale et être traité justement. S'il vous plaît demandez à chaque personne que vous connaissez de soutenir Taiwan! Merci!

Por favor, pregunte a sus conocidos que el apoyo de Taiwán! Gracias!Taiwán es un país bien educado, que no va a usar cualquier método inadecuado para protestar.

Bitte sagen Sie jederman aus, wen du wisst,um Taiwan zu unterstüen! Taiwan ist ein gebildeter Staat! Wir würden nicht mit ungeeigneten Methoden protestieren.

أرجو منك و الأصدقاء أن تشاجعونا التايوان! نحن مثقفون منها و نريد أن نعارض بأسلوب مناسبة . شكرا لكم !

Asks ทุกคนให้การสนับสนุนไต้หวัน!
ขอขอบคุณ! ประเทศไต้หวันมีสไตล์! เราเป็นปึกแผ่น!
เพื่อจะไม่ใช้วิธีการที่ไม่ถูกต้อง!

당신의 모든 친구분들한테 이 글을 전달해주시고 우리 대만을 성원해주시기를 부탁드립니다.
우리 대만은 품격있는 나라이기 때문에 부적한 방식이나 수단으로 절대로 사용하지 않습니다!
많이 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.

請讓你所有的朋友支持台灣!謝謝!
我們台灣是個受高等教育的國家,所以不會用不適當的抗議方式.

活動原發起者:Vivian Huang
Twitter籌備組:Emma Huang
文章修改.撰寫.翻譯:Eric Wu
活動.影片宣傳:Cathy Yu

This clip aims to declare Taiwanese point of view over the controversial taekwondo game. It may not be a perfect video clip, but so does this world. China has suppressed Taiwan for a long time and in many cases, especially by using dirty tricks on international games.We hope you can join us, find out what the truth is. If you want to know more detail, check Taiwanese reports. DO NOT TRUST EVERY WORDS SAID BY CHINESE AUTHORITY!!
(posted by Cathy Yu)

要向中國以外的國家發聲的影片，請大家用力轉貼，
尤其是有外國友人的朋友們，勿讓中國傳媒的一方說詞
引導世界看待台灣的方法!!
謝謝大家!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Ht7l1Jdkg

Whole New field ! Resin Jewellery !

2010-11-11T12:54:00.014+09:30

It seems that my "crafty" side of personality has blossomed this year! I started making resin jewellery is because my hubby bought me the kit with everything, e.g. mold, resin, glitter etc.

I didn't touch the kit for 6 months! And several months ago, since the Mindil Market has finished, I guess it's time to start & learn something new! :)

I thought it's quite hard to learn and get everything right at the beginning (that's why I put it away for 6 months , I think! ). But after I really started, I found that it's pretty easy actually, it's just time consuming :P

My first Resin Jewellery are these earrings & rings that has shells embedded. I picked up those lovely & unique shells myself at a place called sandbar. My husband and I go out sailing sometimes. We like to go "sandbar" in the middle of ocean & pick up special shells. But sandbar is not a place that people can just go visit anytime. It depends on the tides. If we visited there during high tide, then we won't see anything, because sandbar will be totally under water! So, those shells are precious~

And then I made this: 7 wonders in the world bracelet.

This one has been improved, because those small jump rings failed to support the chunky beads, so I use fishing line to redo all my chunky bead bracelet now.

Then I have some other different nice pictures embedeed, like: capital cities bracelet. This one is with some topic matching charms dangling. I also have made chunky beads style, and they're selling at Mette's shop at the moment.

And this is Washi (Japanese are paper) bracelet:

And bottle cap bracelet! I love it! I especially love to wear it while I'm driving & listening to the tinkling~ makes me feel calm & peaceful :P

Here's the other one, Washi paper bottle cap bracelet:

Alright! That's almost all my resin jewellery at the moment! (I'm trying to embed colourful candy into resin, so hopefully I'll have something exciting comes up soon :P ) oh! I need to spray
several layers of clear arcylic paint on the candies before embed, otherwise it'd be a tragedy...but now my concern is how to spray sprinkles without get messy...

Now, here's something I wanna say, as a stallholder who's selling self made craft in the market. To me, because I love creating & making things, no matter it's felted or resin. So, I just sell each item in a pretty low price.

But sometimes I really hope that people would understand that unlike other handmade jewellery which is made by mass produced beads, I need to make my own "beads" from scratch, e.g.find nice photos, trim the photos piece by piece to fit the mold, and the most time consuming procedure is sanding...though I have a Dremel, in order to achieve a really fine finishing touch, I still use wet/dry sandpaper to sand my "beads" one by one as my final procedure...

So, if there are 6 resin beads in 1 bracelet, basically it takes 3-4 hours to just do the sanding part for 1 bracelet~

But, as I said, I love making things, especially jewellery :) so I don't count all the hours I spent. If I counted all the hours I spent, I'm afraid that I'll have to mark the price like $70 each, and they'll stay in my stall like ..forever :P

I don't mind keeping all of them as my collections :P but it'd be better to share good things to other people :) I really like to see people's smile when they say they like those things I make~ which gives me a sense of satisfaction :)

If you'd like to know more about my resin jewellery, you could leave a message here or come to my stall which is opposite Happy Garden Takeaway at Parap market on Saturday from 8am-2pm or visit Mette's shop : Shop 1, No 3 Parap Place, Parap NT Australia. T: (08) 8981 8054

OK! Got to go! There's a whole jar of sprinkles waiting for me to spray~

25/11: I've got more bottle cap bracelet here~

Orders are welcome! Non customised bottle cap necklace $10 each and botte cap bracelet $20 each.

Here comes the best part : you can email me your precious family/pet photo & I'll make necklace or bracelet for you! So you can have this on-of-a-kind jewellery:) Isn't that fantastic?

Customised bottle cap necklace is $10 each & bottle cap bracelet is $25 each. Postage : anywhere within Australia is $5. Accept bank deposit & PAYPAL~

For more inforation, please leave a message below :)

Felt Jewellery Making Course in Darwin

2010-11-09T14:24:00.003+09:30

Hello everyone!

I can't believe that I have abandoned this place for such a long~time!

There is an exciting news for craft lover in Darwin, which is: I am going to teach felting jewellery making in Casuarina Senior College! Starts from 2nd of March, 2011 for 5 Wednesdays. It's adult night course, so the class hour is from 6-8pm.

I've just finished and submitted my lesson plan. Basically, we'll have 5 jewellery & accessory (ring, earrings, pendant for necklace, magnet, mobile phone strap etc.) in the end of the course for all the learners to show off to their family and friends :P

I'll come back & update more info once the brochure has been printed.

Oh! the contacts of Adult night class in Casuarina senior college:

http://www.adultnightclasses.com.au/

08 89201200

Bling Bling Felt Glasses or Pen Case

2010-08-28T22:11:00.005+09:30

Yo~it's been a while again...

After the peak season of the markets here in Darwin(I wonder do we have any real peak season these 2 years...), now I finally can post another article :)

Below is a felt pouch I made. Can put anything long in it and since it's felt, so your precious items are save in there~There is a snap button on the other side, so it's easier to use ( compare to normal buttons).

Orders are welcome and the price is $18 AUD.

Mr. Blue Dog & Baby Bear

2010-07-04T09:08:00.009+09:30

Today I'm going to introduce you 2 of my imaginary friends "in real" : Mr. Blue Dog & Baby Bear~

I created the bear first. At the beginning, I just wanna make a small teddy bear. But in the end...a bear that is more than 30cm tall has born~

The awesome part is the legs ad arms can move, because I sewed bottons on the both sides of arms & legs :)

After the cute bear baby, then I really wanna have a friendly dog~this time is : Mr. Dog

This time, I used wire to shape it first. Then all I need to do is cover it with fluffy wool and shape it~But it's always easier said than done...When I say "shape", that means grab a felt needle and non stop punching the project for hours and hours...and more hours...until the object looks like what I want. And then a little bit more punching to make the surface as smooth as possible. Finally is the small detail/decorations etc. For example, the necktie of Mr. Dog~(I had to ask my husband to do it, lol !)

Last Saturday, there's a lady told me that she really likes the bear, but the price is too high...well...the only thing I can say is, I took 36 hours on each one of them and only mark 79.90 on the price tag, which means I only earn 2.2 dollars per hour...

But anyway, I am happy to have these 2 cuties staying with me:P before they find someone who can cherish them as his/her precious~ They are one of the kind in the whole world and always smile to everyone. I feel happy everytime by just looking at them ^^

As usual, orders are welcome & as I mentioned before, 36 hours work for only $79.90. Although they are not free to a good home :P they need someone who enjoys their company :)

Fancy coin purse

2010-06-29T23:24:00.011+09:30

It's been a while~ I am getting a second stall in the market (yeeeep!). So, although I am keep creating felt items, it takes time to photo all of them and post here...

Anyway, here are 2 new coin purses made this month~

This one is my favorite!

Next one is the blue bird of happiness~

Both have lining inside, that makes sure the purses are sturdy :) I sewed the lining and iron frame stich by stich, so they're 100% handmade as well, like all the other felt items I made~

Orders are welcome. 6-8 hours work & only $35.

Felt Pincushion

2010-06-11T21:22:00.000+09:30

Voila! Felt Pin Cushion this time!

Blueberry & strawberry cake on the left side and orange cake on the right side. I use the needle felt skill only to finish both of them. So, it's very time consuming:P

I have to admit that starring at them makes me hungry! Please try not to eat them :P

Now you can get rid of plain pin cushion & embrase the unique ones! Besides, they can be excellent home decoration as well :)

Orders are welcome. 6 hours work each and only for $25.

Felted Soap：wool product can be popular in Darwin！

2010-06-08T17:12:00.000+09:30

I have to say that promoting felted craft in Darwin can be a challenge. But I found there is a special kind of felted item that pretty popular here!

Which is ~"Felted Soap"!

Each week I can make about 5-8 felted soaps, and usually all of them will be sold out at Parap Market each time. I wish I could make more! But after the wet felting process, I always use dry felting needles to complete the final decoration of the soaps. That's why they all have delicate picture on the surface :)

OK, gallery time! Here are the felted soap I made~

And I made more this week! More new pictures now. This one is Cute Nemo.

This one is Magic Shell in Blue Ocean.

This one is Laby Bug In The Meadow.

And Honey Bee & Tulip.

Bluebird of Happiness.

Happy Baby Elephant.

Elegant Cat.

Finally, the soap family!

Each soap takes me almost 1 hour to finish. Orders are welcome and only $8 each :)

About me & my felt craft

2010-06-01T18:44:00.000+09:30

Hello everyone~

I have been blogging for 3 years, but this is my first English blog! So, please bear with me and my English because it is not my first language:P

OK...then why I suddenly start all these? some people might wanna ask (anyone?no one?)

The reason is, I feel so lonely...as a felt craft producer who live in Darwin (Australia)... Darwin has a tropical climate and has an average temperature of 32 degrees celsius all year! So, my love of felting seems a forbidden love~(sobbing)

I have a casual stall at Parap Market in Darwin. Casual means, if I am lucky, I can have a site assigned to me every Saturday randomly. Otherwise... I have to go out sailing with my hubby! :P

Recently, I have got more and more people asking me if I had a website ( from those who come to my stall). So, it is a great motivation for me :)

And so here I am! My first English (or should I say "Engrish"? lol ) blog, all about the felt craft I made. Please feel free to leave your comment (in simple English if possible~) ^o^

Alright! Here is the first item I'd like to share. Smiling bear key ring (comes in all kinds of colour) . Orders are welcome and only $12 for more than 1.5 hours work :) Please leave your request by writing a comment to me.

**All the items have 1 year warranty. If the item had to be fixed, all you need to do is write and post it to me. I treat all the felt craft as my baby and hope they all have happy parents that cherish them :)

Colours info: the picture below is for your reference only. Please confirm with me if I have the specific colour you like.
Or if you like, you could go to Enchanted Wool & check the wool colour as well ( I have most of the colours but not all).

Last but not lease, I'd like to say thank you to 2 friends of mine : Jonathan (hope I spell your name correctly this time :P ) and Safina. Without your encouragement, I probably wouldn't start this blog :)

Thank you very much, Safina & Jonathan.