My breakfast

I'm an old fashioned girl who like Soon Kueh and Teh C for my breakfast ;)...Hiding in an old fashioned cafe waiting to see my Chinese TCM doctor on a beautiful bright sunny morning or as my son was recently taught to describe a sunny morning for his Chinese composition exam; "早上, 太阳公公出来了。乌儿在树上唱歌, 花儿在风中点头，好像在向我们问好."

Seriously, who speaks like that ?

Surprising places in Singapore

Sometimes I find places in Singapore that remind me of another country. When they catch me by surprise I feel compelled to share them because Singapore can still pleasantly surprise me after all these years ! :)

Cosmopolitan looking coffee corner found in the leafier parts of Kensington ?

British looking cafe with the copper grill for your Sunday roasts !

Walk up a hill - Looks like Melaka ?

Old shophouse fronts ?

Looks like Sydney !

Tokyo-like shrine ?

All pictures from Chinatown !!! :)

Holidays in a hot air balloon - New @ Carousel

Bunny in a toadstool balloon SGD89.95

Cute little animals taking their vacances by hot air balloon...tubby rabbit in a toadstool balloon, bunny in a magician's hat and black scotty in a basket whisk away to see the world ! Come and join them !

Escaping from the magician SGD89.95

Scotty in the basket SGD89.95

Necklaces will be stores by this weekend ! Limited pieces available.. ;(

Mermaids @ Carousel - Its summer time !

Mermaid necklace SGD89.95

Its summer time ! Its hot and tempting us to swim every other day that it does not rain ! Its also mermaid season ! Dress up in the cutest mermaids ever for some fun and sun ! :)

Mermaid basking in the sun SGD89.95

Necklaces will be stores by this weekend ! Limited pieces available.. ;(

Romantic Bridal Collection - Now available at the webshop

Introducing a wedding bridal range inspired by the beautiful romantic pictures from Martha Stewart's weddings !

Jewellery for wedding events, gifting or just everyday wear to remind us that romance is for everyday and not only just for special occasions !

Link to full collection on the webstore:
http://www.heather-designs.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=70

Being patriotic the kawaii way !

These keychains are super adorable ! The cutest Merlions I have ever seen ! I bought 2 from Melissa Zakka at Mandarin Gallery. Anna and I are going to turn them into necklaces to wear during National Day ! hahaha!

:)

New Rings for Colette - Spring Summer 2012 "Romance Collection"

The Rings for the "Romance Collection" have been launched at Colette this weekend. There are many rings in the collection with different stones and colours! How exciting ! Never seen before swarovski colours and vintage austrian rhinestones; incredibly hard to find!

Here are several pictures to give you a brief preview of some of the pieces at the store now. Each ring costs SGD179.

Please drop by to Colette at Forum to see the full range of the rings available ! Happy Easter weekend !

Valentino & Lace

SS2012 is my favourite season ! Lace, embroidery and green ! No one can do lace as well as Valentino this season ! I would wear my lace dresses with my "Because of You" earrings.

Easter crafts 2 - How to make an Easter Bonnet !

Anna's Easter Bonnet !

Yes its STILL school holidays and I had to entertain her ;)...so I thought we'd make an Easter Bonnet together! Something I used to do in school but the kids don't do anymore :(...


1) Off we went to Daiso and Spotlight (30% sale today!) to collect our necessities ! Yes, the straw hat is SGD2 from Daiso. So we picked up some plastic flowers, felt pieces, eggs, chicks and all things "Easter-y"..

2) Sew a piece of felt around the hat for you to glue your decorations on. Not much sewing needed. Just 2 stitches (one in front and one at back) to hold the felt down.

3) Start sticking your flowers on ! Remember two things about this construction ! One - its for a little girl so the hat should NOT be too heavy ! Two - You would see more of the front of the hat so concentrate more volume at the front.

4) Use a "layering" technique. Let the first layer dry before you put on the second layer etc. I let each layer take 3-5 mins to set.

5) VOILA ! Wasnt that fast ? Took me a total of 20 mins :)

The Front of the Hat/Bonnet.

Left side

Right side.

The back (add a bow to cover the felt joining).

And you have a happy camper who will play dress up for several hours ! PS. Best to let the hat dry overnight to ensure the glue sets HARD before releasing it to the tiny tot !

Easter crafts

So its the school holidays and Anna's stuck at home (no school holiday camp because of a mini-HFMD outbreak in her class..)...sigh....To keep her occupied, we visited Daiso and collected tons of wool balls, felt pieces, pipe cleaners, paper flowers and made our Easter Basket !

Painting easter eggs the old fashioned way and making pom pom animals from scratch ! How to give your child a new toy everyday without it being too expensive ! ...And keeps them busy for hours making it too ! hahaha!

:)

Miss Pink aka Mummy Bird (cause she looks like me according to Anna..REALLY?!)

New arrivals for Carousel @ Little Colette - The Magic Kingdom

The Princesses SGD69 each

(1 each)

These gorgeous dolls just arrived from Japan ! The detail on them are exquisite ! Here they are in limited quantities; The Magic Kingdom. There are no doubles for some as Anna has already helped herself to her favourites ! Please call Little Colette to book your dolls as there is only 1 piece of certain characters available.

Magic Kingdom will be available in Little Colette from Saturday (25/2) afternoon onwards.

The Fairies (Angel Fairy and Flower Fairy) SGD59 each

The Magic Users (Magician and Witch) SGD59 each

New arrivals for Carousel @ Little Colette - Sakura girls

Sakura girls SGD49 each

Sakura girls in kimonos ! Just in time for the Sakura season. Available in Little Colette from Saturday afternoon on.

New Brand for the Lime Tree Store - D'Limau

Recently, I had the opportunity to put together a new and exclusive brand for a good friend's store. The store is called "Lime Tree Store" and there are 2 branches; one in KL and the other in Kuching. They make a host of products (jams and boiled lollies included!) from home grown limes. In addition, they import beautiful soaps from all over the world!

We also developed a jewelry brand called "D'Limau" to complete the freshness of the shop ! Now D'Limau can also be bought online at: http://www.limetreestore.com.my/xcart/dlimau/

Hope you like them !

Happy Valentine's Day !

Love these little moving pictures from Hermes ! 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY !

Romance - New earring collection at Colette Forum

Because its you SGD189

(Vintage brass filigrees, Shell rose, freshwater pearls, swarovski facetted cut rounds, swarovski cut pendants, 14kt gold-filled earring hooks)

Personal favourite!

Its been awhile since I made earrings and this is that time when I do ! TWO earring collections coming out today ! They will be in Colette Forum by Wednesday 15th February.

Filament SGD189

(Tanzanite swarovski emerald cut centrepieces, vintage brass filigrees, vintage pearl flowers, freshwater pearls, swarovski facetted cut rounds, swarovski cut pendants, 14kt gold-filled earring hooks)

Personal favourite ! - secretly hoping it will not sell so that I can take it back ! hahaha!

Hello Love SGD179

(Vintage brass filigrees, Shell rose, freshwater pearls, swarovski facetted cut rounds, swarovski cut pendants, 14kt gold-filled earring hooks)

Perhaps SGD179

(vintage pink lucite flowers, vintage brass filigrees, vintage rhinestone rose, freshwater pearls, swarovski facetted cut rounds, vintage blue glass pendants, 14kt gold-filled earring hooks)

Wild Romance SGD189

(Vintage brass filigrees, vintage brass leaves, shell rose, freshwater pearls, swarovski facetted cut rounds, swarovski cut pendants, 14kt gold-filled earring hooks)

Personal favourite too ! ;)

I have personal favourites because all these earrings use one-off materials, meaning I don't have spares so I cannot replicate the ones I like for myself (sob!)...but I cannot keep everything too! haha!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY !

Roses and Rhinestones - New Arrivals to Colette Forum

This is the moment SGD169

Roses and Rhinestones are inspired by the Miu Miu spring summer collection ! Its a bit of a "why not?" collection since I have the parts ! hahahaha ! ;)

In Colette Forum by Wednesday 15th February.

This is the day SGD169

When momentum and moment are in rhyme

SGD169

Kiki & Lala nails !

Argh ! So cute ! I want ! ...but I can't have manicures because I use my hands to work... :(....

You can even get a simulation of what the nails look like on your hands ! http://www.kikilalastyle.jp/simulation/index.html


More information on nails from "Kiki & Lala Style" at aoyama !!!

http://www.kikilalastyle.jp/ and their shop blog at  http://www.kikilalastyle.jp/aoyama-blog/2011/12/post-6.html

:)