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Ceramic Beads Bracelet

Completed this bracelet yesterday.

Simple wire wrapped bracelet with 6 mm ceramic beads.

Baking an AI Cake

I admit that I am not good with baking or cooking but sometimes just feel like trying out some easy recipes that I stumble upon online.

Today, however, my 2 boys decided to bake me this AI made cake recipe by Google. It is a Cake-Cookie hybrid. 

First and foremost, it is an easy recipe....and the result is not disappointing although sunken at the center. 

Just as described "It has the crispiness of a cookie and the, well, “cakiness” of a cake.".

We agreed that it is a bit too sweet. 

So, next Cakie must remember to reduce the sugar. 

Yeah, there will be a next Cakie.

Any pointer on how to avoid the cake from sinking?

The source of the recipe is from here - Cakie by Google 

Enjoy, stay safe and stay healthy. 

Wire Cactus by William

Wire Wrapped Cactus by William

William wire wrapped this using 19g wire for the cactus frame and a small Amethyst as the "root".

He uses it as a decorative item for his school bag.

Wire Wrapped Pipa Earrings by William

This wire wrapped dangle earrings with Pearl and Amethyst is created by William for his English teacher as a retirement gift last September.

The dangling piece with Amethyst is the Pipa Knot, first introduced by Corra. This knot is very versatile and you can create variations based on your creativity. I used them for bracelets, pendants, clasps and earrings. See some of the variations that I made here - Pipa knot used in various pieces

▲ Steps in assembling the earring components

▲The creator ღ(¯`◕‿◕´¯)William(¯`◕‿◕´¯)ღ

Mid Autumn Festival - Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival

Don't know what happened to the earlier pics, so I am reupload them again - 16 Nov 14

Ah...so many names for a festival.

As in previous years, we lighted several lanterns as part of the Mid Autumn Festival celebration.

For those of you who would like to know more about this festival, here is an article on the 3,500 year old tradition - click on this link 3,500 year tradition of the Mid Autumn Festival.

Here's the paper lantern we lighted and released this evening.

▼ Henry with his traditional paper lantern...recycled from last year.

Wishing all my readers and visitors a very Happy Mooncake Festival ♡シ

Birthday Boy and his Sketches

Henry celebrated his 6th birthday 4 days ago. How time flies....
It was his happiest day because he got his birthday cake with Ben 10 theme (he's been thinking about this cake for the last few months), he got some presents for his kindy friends and got a huge red heart drawing in return, he got his favorite beach ball, he got to eat at one of his favorite places, he got his Ben 10 comic book and two more story books.
Glad he decided to have books instead of toys.
Here is the birthday boy and his brother :)

Henry and William love to sketch and draw.
Guess all kids are the same. Now, I am going to bring a bit of smile to your face with his sketches of the family .......

From left to right, that's me with my favorite green blouse (that's according to him... ermm maybe I wear it too often), followed by the daddy, William and himself the smallest with his favorite color, blue.

That is me again on the left and him on the right. He missed out his nose.
Notice my necklace and pendant? Very nice, so sweet of him.
Then, I asked him to draw a close up of me...curious on how I look like in his eyes................

Tada!!!! How about that? Can't help but LOL....I gave him an A+++ for this.
But why is it my eyes always looking downward?
Maybe I am busy with wirework all the time...LOL...
Anyway, I love that all his sketches of us are with smiling faces.

Finally, a self-portrait of himself...smile :)
So, what do you think of this sketches?
I think they are very cute...

The Moonstone Prong Ring my Father Made Me

My father is a welder so he works with metal a lot.
He also makes his own jewelry but almost exclusively ring.
Not sure why I didn't catch the jewelry making bug from him back then but he made quite a number of them.
Maybe because he works with stainless steel block and not wire.
As far as I remember, he never sold any of his handmade rings.
He does take his own sweet time in making them though - few months to finish a piece! including my ring here which I collected when we went for our vacation two weeks ago.

This ring (Moonstone) is a special request from me.
He said it's not that well done but I am very happy with it because with this ring I feel a different kind of connection with him...we actually share the same interest..and I am sure I inherited this talent/skill from him...:)

No soldering. The prongs or claws are cut from the same piece that form the ring.

Now, it stays on my finger! <3

Here and There

We were out and about for the last two weeks. First mom, sis, nieces and nephew came visiting for about a week.

Henry (right) and Brian (cousins) really adore each other :) Can't bear to let Brian go home.

 

Earlier, they were at the crocodile farm - more pictures here. It was really hot and humid so we didn't really stay that long and the boys were restless almost immediately wanting to go to the next stop.

Pink face due to the heat.

Notice William's new teeth. Hope they are not "wai wai" one.

Then, last weekend, me and hubby went looking for fresh fish...

No! not on this boat...Am just playing around with the camera..

 Stop by the jetty at Kpg. Rambungan and have a 'long walk' right to the end of the jetty.

Several people were fishing there and one of them caught a kilo+ fish.

 

  There were lots of fish at Kampung Sempadi but not our type of fish...catfish...yikes!

Still at Kampung Sempadi, we met an old man busy building this long boat.

Talked to him for a few minutes...hmm...hubby likes to talk to strangers who turned out to be his friend's uncle...small world...

Then, its home sweet home without fresh fish.

Wet! Wet! Chinese New Year

Today is the 4th day of Chinese New Year (CNY). The rain didn’t stop and it is still raining this morning. The sun only managed to show itself once or twice since the first day of CNY.

The last few days was spent indoors, visited few relatives and friends as well as the temples. Today, we would like to visit some more but we are still waiting for the rain to stop. Here are some pix taken the last few days.

Happiness is........

.....when the boys are happy and I am with them...yes simply that! Yesterday I took William and Henry to MV Doulus. Doulus is stopping over in Kuching till 3rd Jan 2009. Been here since 10th Dec. The last time I was on it was more than 5 years ago when William was still in my" womb" :). They have never been on a "big" ship before so this is such a special occasion for them.

Want to Know How to Catch Crabs?

We used to do this a lot before the boys came along. I think it's earlier than that....about 10 years ago. Hubby and I love to go out fishing, prawn fishing or catch crabs. Then we got busy, then came the first baby then the second and now they are little boys and we are even busier. And of course, in between that I got addicted to wire jewelry....hehehe... Anyway, today hubby decided to go catch crabs and asked me to tag along. So, we did just that (took the older boy along - William). First we went to purchase six crab traps and a stingray head for baiting. Here are pictures showing the whole process....