Guaranteed to give me a smile during my break:)

If you would like a cute snack bag yourself, check out BonTons Gift shop. Christine has the cutest selection of snack bags. I love that they are all reusable and environmentally friendly.

To see what other artists are up to today, check out Kootoyoo

Comes in abundance of colours.

A fresh posie.

A blue blue sky.

Home grown greens.

The winter dreariness has been slowly catching up to me. I feel like on some days I just want to crawl into a dark cave and hibernate. I’ve also realised that it takes me longer to do my art because my mind sometimes behaves like a stalled cold engine.

Yesterday the beautiful sunshine seemed to make the winter day pleasant enough. I’ve also noticed how much my mood has improved by just bringing flowers home.

Sending you all warm wishes for this week! xoxo

My workspace just got a little more cuter with my new bear pad warmer, a winter gift from my husband. It’s a nifty USB gadget that heats up your “mouse hand”.

The gadget really works, much to my amusement! Though I would have preferred Mr Bear to be even hotter (he’s only slightly warm). But for cuteness factor, I think he has surpassed my expectations! So bonus points for Mr Bear!

To see other creative artists workspaces check out Kootoyoo

Mr Rain is staying with us for a couple of days…

Since his arrival, we’ve been enjoying hot drinks together over a good book.

Mr Rain is going to help out in the garden and then go swimming in the lake. If you see him around, don’t forget to give him a big smile! xoxo

The crowd at Perth Upmarket was huge!

It was hard to stop and take pictures without stepping on somebody’s toes. This is the only picture I took of the upstairs hall (where my booth was at). There were still other vendor stalls downstairs, at the foyer, out at the lawn and in another hall.

I was delighted to find Liv and Lauren as my stall neighbours. Liv from Olive Farm sells beautiful bridal accessories (you can even wear them to non wedding events). They are truly exquisite and I love the colours of her stall. I also think it’s adorable that her husband is wearing one of her creations!

This is Lauren from Osier who is posing by her succulent table. Isn’t it gorgeous? Her jewellery pieces have a bit of vintage quirkiness to them. I’m a big fan of her work.

This is my cute tumbler pot from Eucalyptus Homewares. I’ve been admiring Melanie’s work for ages and decided to save up to get one of her creations. As you know, I’ve been having the green fingers lately and couldn’t resist these handmade herb markers and planter pot to add to my growing collection.

All in all quite a fun day! You can see more pictures of the winter Perth Upmarket on my Facebook page.

To see what other creative artists are up to today, head over to Kootoyoo

I’m slowly replying to all my pen-pals. Almost there!

Again I’ve been spoiled with more snail mails this week. Some friends and I took part in an art exchange. Each person mails off a handmade art and receives a surprise package in return. I’ve received two packages so far and they’re all lovely!

Del from Delicious Designz made me a flower brooch in orange and blue wool! I love it so much! I was touched that she chose my wedding colours and it made me all giddy again looking at the fun colours. This brooch makes me think of orange poppies!

Deb from Two Cheeky Monkeys made me some hair pins. I must admit, I’m a bit obsessed with hair pins and I wear them a lot! The ones that Deb sent me are my favourite kind, they look like little vintage charms and they come in pastel colours. They also match my Matryoshka Doll bag that I bought in Japan! Hehe.

Thanks girls! I hope you’ve been receiving lots of cool art yourselves! xoxo

I came back home today with a box of leafy greens to add to my vegetable garden.

A packet of roma tomato seeds, some red rubin basil, greek oregano and bok choi.

I love the little spikes on the oregano leaves.

It’s always nice to have a sizzling BBQ on a winter night.

We ordered a set of bulgogi (strips of beef marinated in soy sauce mixture) and spicy dak bulgogi (chicken pieces marinated in hot chili sauce mixture).

We ordered some Korean beer to accompany our meal. I’m not a beer connoisseur but I have found that my favourite beers are mostly malty, dry and strong. So if we have similar taste, I’d recommend that you try the Korean OB lager, the next time you’re out having a Korean meal.

I woke up early this morning, craving pancakes…only to realise that I didn’t have any eggs in the pantry. So I asked myself, could I make pancakes without eggs? I checked online for recipes…and apparently I can!

This is my version of fluffy pancakes without eggs. I’m sure there are many variations out there, but this is all I had to work with. It still tasted good!

1 cup wholemeal flour (you can also use all-purpose flour)
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon butter

- Combine dry ingredients and mix slightly. Add milk, oil, water and combine. Do not overmix.
- Heat your butter and pour melted butter into pancake batter and stir.
- Spoon mixture onto a hot greased pan. Cook until golden brown.

I noticed that the pancakes tasted savoury which is nice. But if you prefer your pancakes sweet, you can add more sugar into the batter or eat your pancakes with extra dollop of honey, fruits and ice-cream. Other optional ingredients you can include inside your batter: vanilla extract and cinnamon powder.