15 April 2010

Plastic Fantastic.

S$12 (inclusive of postage)
clear vinyl/colored YKK zipper

I've always loved clear, new plastic. mostly the smell of it. it reminds me of the start of a new school year; i've memories of mom ticking off book titles from the booklist, and then carrying home a pile of fresh, new school books, and then mom buying pvc plastic wrappers by the bulk and painstakenly wrapping 4 tyrants' worth of school books.
spent countless days trawling art shops for thick, clear vinyl, and after a long search, it finally paid off! i spent another afternoon jizzling away.

i was mighty proud of my extremely straight trimmings! purple and orange is such a nice clash!
my brother loved it so much that i gave it to him, so customizations are available! these are the YKK zips that i've currently. the long ones are 8 inches and are great as pencil cases. the short ones are 5 inches and are great as pouches! i could also do dimensions in between as well.
also, i will be dropping by the craft shop sometime this week so do let me know if you're keen on other colors.

THREAD TRIMMINGS. i could do combinations of more than 1 color!

drop me a comment/email me at 7whitetees@gmail.com in this format and i'll quote you!

Name:
Dimensions:
Color of zipper:
Color of trimming:

13 April 2010

i'm so awesome, i drool black & gold!

S$19 (inclusive of postage)
5.5"X4"
100% bleached white cotton

i hate it that my pathetic camera cannot capture how lovely this purse is. do you see the thread lining near the zipper? it's deep sky blue on this side, and a lovely deep pink on the other.
it is lovely as a little white purse which can contain all your chapalang cards. i also managed to stuff a qwerty phone in.

something plain, but colorful, and awesome. i'm not particularly good at embroidery, but i wanted to try it out! i had to make a trip to the hardware store though, just to get colorful thread (and black, can you believe it, i do not have black thread). i ended up getting stuck at GOLD, because i realise i didn't have yellow thread. how?

i thought of replacing the word 'gold' with something else. purple? green? nah! nothing as fabulous as gold sounds! i was going to tear my hair out, but i tried the storeroom, and found thick gold string! took me another forever to etch the strings on and made sure they didn't go all stringy by burning the ends.


as intricate a detail as i can capture. damn sad, i need to borrow a better camera next time.


and of course, a YKK orange zipper! sewing the inner linings were TRICKY! it's one of the first few times i'm doing it, but i'm glad how it turned out!


an utterly sweet inner lining of nutcracker soldiers, cats and rabbits!

leave a comment with your email if you're interested!