Swarovski Crystal Necklace and Earrings

This necklace is made from swarovski pearl and crystal beads. The hook is done in-front so as to showcase the beautiful crafted hook and also for easy wearing. I did this for my girl confirmation this weekend. Will show some pictures next week.

Bracelet Watch

This is my latest bracelet watch made from swarovski pearl and crystal beads/divider and studs. I like costume bracelet watch. It lets me know the time as well as decorate my hand! hehehe.................. Sorry for the blur vision, will update it soon. If I can find some time????

Kumako - 6" tall, hanging on my daughter's school bag. He accompany my girl wherever she goes. He has a tilted head. Very cute for a black bear.

Byron Bear

Byron is 7" tall. He is made from a fur I found at ArtsFriend. Don't really like the fur as it kept falling off. He has jointed cotter pins for his limbs and neck. But, I do like his shape though!

IJ Kellock 45th Anniversary Collector's Bear!

Update on 1st August, 2009 - The 3 sets of auction bears were bought by anonymous bidder for a price of : $1650 - Duchess of Rosaria and Peach Bunny, $500 each for the other 2 sets of bears. Am glad they have found their new home......

This is my last set of bear for the Auction! Hurray! Finally finished it on 24 July 09, friday. Mrs Whitter is 18" tall with a scarf knotted into a rose and has a red ribbon with hearts printed on it pin on her right ear. Eco puppy is 7" by 9" tall when standing on her hind legs. She has on a swarovski pearl with a red heart pendant round her neck. Her 100% cotton cloth has words like " Think Green" or "Save Our Earth" printed on it. They are as adorable as our my other set of bears! don't you think! So, quick go to : http://www.chijkellock.moe.edu.sg/ and bid for them..........before the bidding closes end of this month!

2nd set of Auction Bear for CHIJ Kellock - Laila (night beauty), 18" tall finish 17th July 09, friday together with Clarisse (grace), 12" tall. They both have Japanese print 100% cotton cloth and polyester filling. Both also have a green set of crystal eyes. Laila has on a big brown felt bow on her head and a handmade swarovski pearl crystal round her neck. Clarisse has on 2 pink ribbons on her ears and a hand knitted scarf round her neck. To see their story, visit - http://www.chijkellock.moe.edu.sg/ and start bidding for them if you like......... if you find them adorable, please forward to your friends or bear-lovers so they can help too. Don't forget, this is for charity :)

1st set of Auction Bear - Duchess of Rosaria (18" tall), finish on 25 May 09 and Peach Bunny (12" tall), born on 26 June 09. Duchess of Rosaria has on a white mink coat while Peach bunny has on a Laura Ashley necklace. For full story, please visit - http://www.chijkellock.moe.edu.sg/ and if you find them cute, do put up a bidding for them. Keeping my finger cross.

Banana Cake

My successful simple Banana Cake done in just half an hour (not include timing for cooking lah!). Here's the recipe for you ladies who want a quick and easy recipe. Please make sure your bananas are fully, really, ripe - like you see black dots on the banana's skin???? This banana cake is moist and soft and smells nice too. Got the recipe from the internet. Sorry, not sure which website now.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 3 small bananas (mashed in 6 ripe bananas, don't wanna waste them and lazy to make another cake)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 50 mil of milk
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour

Method:

1. Heat up Oven. Grease 1 large or medium size non-stick pan and sprinkle some flour on it.
2. Cream butter, sugar and vanilla using electric whisk.
3. Add eggs separately, beating well.
4. Mash bananas and add to mixture.
5. Dissolve soda in milk. Sift flour and add flour and milk alternately into mixture using a spatula.
6. Bake in oven at 180 degC for 15 mins and decrease to 140 degC for the next 30 mins or until cooked. Used a satay stick to insert into the middle of the cake to check. If satay stick comes out wet, then leave a bit longer to cook. If satay stick comes out dry, then your cake is done.

Enjoy your cake making day!!!

Mint Museum@Seah Street

The white Polar bear lookalike is made by Alicia, my bear making teacher while the other one lovingly looking at the smaller bear, well, not sure who did that. Have to wait till August for their grand opening.

Some of the olden days bear displayed at the museum.

I have always wanted to see our very own bear museum in singapore and I finally did yesterday with my girl. We had a set lunch at the museum cafe, nothing to boast about. The food is just so and so and the marble cheese cake is a bit tad too hard.

When we finally paid like $15.00 for an adult and $7.50 for student, we sent in expecting to see a 5 floor toys museum. Every floor is deck with wall glass cabinet of toys from back to the past era, like tin cans, (grandpa, please don't throw away your tin-can, it is worth much more now) and astro boy, godzilla, betty boob, flash gordon, batman, ultra man, etc, etc.......

When I finally came down to the floor for collectibles, I found my bears. Abit disappointing as I was expecting the old frumpy bear or really torn, used bear that I have seen in the magazine. Or some really fanciful bears made by our very own local bear maker. But what I saw was just old bears. That's it. Just old bears.

Sorry, will not pay to enter the museum again even for their grand opening. I think they should sort out local bear maker to make fanciful bears for display or local toy maker as well. Am sure singapore as many of those talent or hold a competition on toy making to attract more people to view the display. Still like the Korean bear museum. Must go one day to have a look. Miss it the last time I was there.

Apple Soft Cake

Yesterday was a apple day. Have been thinking of apple cake eversince I tried one at Tanglin Mall last month and so I tried to find a recipe from the internet. Sourcing thru so many recipe just for one apple cake, finally I settle for a French Apple Sponge Cake recipe but I don't like the Calvados (apple liqueur) and so I tried the recipe without it. It turn out the way I like it, soft and moist. Love this cake and will make more next time. You tried it and let me know.

Ingredients:

• 170gm butter
• 4 eggs - I put 3 eggs as my eggs are large and didn't know they are double yoke. So ended up with 6 eggs instead
• 170gm icing sugar
• 60gm Apricots jam - pour in 1/2 the jar instead, love apricots jam
• 165gm flour
• 2 tsps baking powder
• 4 granny (green) apples - bought the fuji sara apples, green and red instead, taste sweeter

Method:

1. Peel apples and remove the hearts, cut them into small cubes. Put some 2 tablespoons or more brown sugar and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract on the apples pieces and mix well. Set aside.
2. Heat the oven. Grease the baking pan with butter and flour for the non-stick effect. Use this method if you are using a non-stick pan.
3. Whisk butter, icing sugar and jam in a big bowl until mixed. (may include 4 tablespoons of Calvados, apple liqueur, at this stage if you like it.)
4. Add eggs one at a time while whisking the batter.
5. Add flour and baking powder while still whisking the batter.
6. Once batter are mixed well, using spatula, add in the apples. Using spatula, mixed all ingredients together.
7. Pour into the greased pan and bake for 15 mins on high at 160 deg and reduce to 140 deg for the next 20 mins. Make sure the cake is on the lower rack of the oven. Check your cake every 15 mins to make sure it is not burnt. Depending on the oven again, do check your oven temperature before baking.
8. Once cake done, let it cool before removing from the pan.
9. Dust some icing sugar on top of the cake or you may serve them warm with vanilla ice-cream.

Happy Cake Making!!! :)

Bookmark

My new project, been bored for few days just making bears. So, when I finally sat down to make a necklace for my bear, I found some nice metal bookmarks which I have bought some time back and forgotten. So, here they are...........