The Ugly Duckling

Create a warm ambience in your home with these DIY tealight holders.

Material:
Any kind of short plain glass or colored glass
Beads
Laces
Ribbons
Hot stick glue
A dash of creativity!

These tealight holders are available for sale as well at RM 8 per piece.

In my free time, i've bought plain wooden picture frames from Ikea. They come in a bundle of 3, at the price of Rm 6.
You can redesign these picture frames by using many kinds of materials. They make for original gifts.

Materials you'll need
Ribbons
Buttons
Lace
Pebbles
Chipped mirror
Beans
Sand
Shells
Pasta
Broken glass or ceramic ware
Poster Paint
Varnish
Ready made wooden picture frames
Glue

Method:
Paint a color on the frame first (if required) before sticking the items on the frame.
Stick your material eg beans. Useful glue is hot glue from a gun or UHU.
When it is dry, paint a layer of varnish over your material. The varnish will keep away ants and insects from infesting the beans.

If you do not have the time or wish to dirty your hands, you may like to purchase these original picture frames from me.
I'm selling each at RM 15.00 excluding post.

You can make your own toy. Martha Stewart has placed a step by step online guide.
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/glove-animals
Otherwise, you can also buy a book which shows you ideas on sock and glove toys: Craft ideas from Miyako Kanamori.

Dim Sum the Piglet
Dim Sum is a vegetarian because she doesn’t like seeing animals get hurt. She dreams of being a vet so that she can help them if they get hurt.


Kuntum the Bunny

Kuntum likes tending to the flowers and vegetables in her garden. She cooks delicious kuih from the vegetables that she harvest. She wants to introduce nyonya kuih overseas.


Chiku the Monkey

Chiku runs a banana factory. He makes banana chips, banana fritters and even banana split! People go bananas over Chiku's bananas.

Manja the Bear

Manja is a happy bear with her head in the clouds. She has a sweet tooth and helps out in candy store. Her biggest job is keeping her paws off the candy!

Grandmother was clearing our cupboard of past winter clothing and found old gloves and socks. Instead of throwing them away, she made them into soft toys for her grandchildren Ben and Anna who are 8 and 5 years old. She fondly calls these little characters the Closet Creatures. She says, at the stroke of midnight, when the children are fast asleep, The Flower Fairy from our garden, will alight on the closet.

She spins her magic from petals and pollen and blows them on the creatures, waking them from their daylight slumber.
Each has its own personality, likes and dislikes very much like humans do.

These soft toys are lovingly sewn by Grandmother for every happy child or adult young at heart. Since they are handmade, each is unique from the other. I am selling these toys at RM 20 each excluding postal charges.