Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Batman shoes

 Zane found a batman pattern on a box of his toy and told me that he had an idea. I cut out the batman mask for him and using glue, he pasted them on his shoes. Of course this came off very soon after but this is his first craft that he created.




Elephant wind chime from Phattalung


Phattalung is a very beautiful small town and we had a boat ride on the Thale Noi lotus lake.  After the boat ride,  we peeped at shops along the lake that sold crafts especally woven bags. However, the two wind chimes that were hung in one of the shops caught my attention.

One of the wind chimes is made of wood, beauticully coloured and with a tulip hanging down as a weight. Jenny and I wondered why a Thai craft used a Holland flower in its design! She bought it anyway because it was so colourful.

The other one is a black elephant wind chime and it cost only BHT150. The chime is made from coconut shell with some tiny fibers (coir) still attached to it. There is no colouring and it is this rustic unpolished natural look that made me fall in love with it. The elephants are almost black with some brown streaks coming through which i believe are coming from the original husk. The feathers at the tail are also brownish black and they act as a propeller. When I looked at it, I told myself that I would colour a mat on the back of each elephant. It is a challenge becuase the coconut shell with coir is very rough and it has some deep carvings on the surface, coluring it is difficult. In the end, I did it, with a little help from my little Zane.






Friday, June 24, 2022

Mask Blanket

I bought a bundle of patchwork fabrics  to make masks for Zane during the Covid period. Since there are still many pieces left behind, I decide to make a blanket for him. Since he already has a blanket which he calls the "animal blanket", he calls this new one a "mask blanket ". Such a cute name!





Thursday, September 23, 2021

Dragon Boat


My birthday present from Hey. Oop. A present for me and Zane! I would try to assemble it when Zane was asleep. However, if he woke up and I had to rush to his room, he would find out that I was doing modelling and he would said that he wanted to help me. Hence we had spent a few nights assembling the boat together. Most of the time, he was unable to do it, but he would still sit there watching me doing it. All in all, it took us about 10 days to complete. Lot of fun, and the boat looks really regal.











 

Friday, August 6, 2021

Ugears Clock for Zane

A mother-and-son creation.


 






Tuesday, June 29, 2021