Photo Shoot for Nur Magazine

On Friday, I had a Photo shoot session with Nur Magazine. Did three different craft for their DIY section ....mainly glass painting, fabric painting and decoupage.

Tolehaven clock

Its been quite awhile that I had painted designs from Gail Anderson's Tolehaven series. Since I have got the wooden clock that fit this design, I thought it would be a good idea to do it. I like the colour combination but painting it is another matter altogether. Very tedious technique which took me a few days to complete. Basecoating, shading and highlighting with many shades of colour. I have yet to put the clock mechanism and a mounting hook for it. Its not going to be a cheap item.

English Cottage on a frying pan.

Another english cottage and garden scene that I have painted on the back of a frying pan. Really like the outcome of it. Cute.

Latest Impiana Magazine

There are two article on DIY that I have contributed to the latest Impiana Magazine. This is with regards to decorating a mirror and decoupage on canvas. Those who are interested can get it at your local store.

Ipoh workshop 4 postponed

Just to inform you that the Ipoh Workshop that was scheduled to be on the 1st Aug, 2010 has been postponed to a future date. We will inform you once we have finalised the date that we intend to do again.

Modified Old-fashioned lamp

This is an old fashioned lamp that has been modifed to use the light bulb rather than the kerosene oil. After I had painted it with an english-style design it looks really chic especially when you light it up. I am selling these painted items. Those who is interested to buy can call me at 03-79555909.

Painted Watering Can

This is a watering can that I bought from IKEA 8 months ago and only now I decided to paint a garden scene again. An inspiration that I have after doing the sample for Ipoh workshop.

Folk art workshop 4 in Ipoh

I will be conducting again Folk Art Workshop in Ipoh for the 4th time at the Hill City Hotel, Ipoh on Sunday 1st of August, 2010. This time I will be teaching participants how to paint Cottage and Garden Scenery on a Biscuit Tin. You will learn how to prepare the surface in order to paint the background. The technique covered will be shading and a lot of stippling. The workshop will start at 10.00 a.m. and ends at 4.30 p.m. Lunch is included.

If you are interested to attend, please call me at 03-79555909 for details.

Buy Online

Just to inform you again that the e-shop on my website is already fully operational. You can actually buy online most of the Jo Sonja products and Decoart Products here. Tools such as brushes, stylus, sponges,etc can also be purchased online. Soon there will be more DIY sets added. Please help yourself browsing the e-shop by clicking on the "Buy Online" button at www.creativecottageonline.com.

Kementrian Plancongan Craft Workshop

Last Saturday I did a craft workshop with the Kementrian Pelancongan at the Saloma Bistro in KL. About 40+ people attended this workshop i.e. painting the eco-friendly bag and the decoupage. Quite a large crowd to teach but fortunately everyone is able to follow and enjoy the painting.

Refurbishing

A customer had asked me to repaint some parts of this canvas mainly because some of the paints has chipped off. One of the challenges of doing repair work like this is trying to get the original colour in place again. I presumed you just need to use your colour sense...your best guessed and creativity in blending the new colour with old one. In some places I need to use the texture paste to smooth up the surface.

Another refurbishing project that I had done is to repaint an old wooden first aid box. I decided to paint a layer of black gesso to get rid of the old design and then sandpaper it. Using dark background colour does help.

Tulips for Mom

I was told to paint something on the vase containing a bunch of Tulips for a birthday gift. I thought it would be a good idea to paint tulips as well on the vase. When its done, it looks quite matching and pretty.

An e-mail from Finland

Today is not a good day for me, feeling a bit sleepy after staying up late watching my favourite team got thrashed in World Cup football final match. Anyway, I had a pleasant surprised today when I received an e-mail from a former student of mine from Finland. Apparently she had submitted an article and a picture of her learning at my shop in her local newspaper. So this is the picture that her husband took and it has appeared in the Finland newspaper.

Don't know why I'm dreaming of Paul the Octopus swimming in my Steamboat....hahaha!

Handicraft Workshop - Floral Festival

This is to inform you that I would be conducting a workshop on Painting Eco-friendly bag and Decoupage on tin at the Saloma Theatre Restaurant in Ampang on the 17th July, 2010. This workshop is organised by Puspanita Kementerian Pelancongan in conjunction with the Floral Festival. The time will be between 8.30 am - 6.00 pm. This workshop is also open to non-members of Puspanita.

The fee will include the materials that you can take it home and a buffet lunch at the restaurant. Please call me if you need further details or interested to register for it.

Folk art workshop III in Ipoh

Last Sunday, I had conducted a folk art workshop for the third time in Ipoh. This time the attendees got to learn the Ros Singleton's technique of painting roses. Although the method of painting is a bit complicated but everyone seems to be pleased with the opportunity to learn this technique. Hope everyone will get to apply it to their own project at home.

Student from China

A student of mine came to learn painting garden scenery recently and she had brought along her boyfriend from China. It seems that they have common interest and i.e. art. So she had encouraged the boyfriend to paint as well and obviously he had enjoyed doing it.

We have launched our e-Shop

Just like to inform you that now you can do online shopping at our website www.creativecottageonline.com. Clicked on the "Buy Online" button on the front page to go to the e-shop which is open 24 hours. Currently, we are offering DIY products in which we have re-packed Jo Sonja materials into an affordable price. This product comes in sets and caters directly to those who has bought my book and wants to try out the projects there.

The rest of the standard Jo Sonja and Decoart products will be available for orders at a later stage.
By the way our e-shop is run by our Logistic Team and should you require further information on managing your online shopping you can enquire directly to this team.

Thank you and enjoy your shopping.