Items for Sale!

The following items are for sale, if you are interested in any of the items, please leave comments and quote the item codes.  Many thanks!

Bag : Red velvet poppy, medium size (12" x 9")
Selling at S$70 (code: RVM70)

Brooch: Vibrant red full bloomed rose with a rosebud (4" x 4")
Selling at S$43 (code: RBRL43)

Brooch : Purple full bloomed rose with 2 rosebuds (5" x 3.5")
Selling at S$45 (code: PBRL45)

Photo frame: Salmon gathered rose with pods (10" x 8")
Selling at S$50 (GPF50)
This is the one and only piece I have.

Mother's Day Gift

I have always wanted to make some carnations for sale during Mother's Day.  However, due to my many responsibilities, I cannot afford the time to think of the design of the carnation that I can make.  Finally, I experimented this style of carnation 3 days ago using faric instead of my usual ribbons!  I think it is rather a unique gift for Mother's Day, wouldn't you agree?  As it is made to order, kindly place your order 3 weeks before the day that you want to collect.  Each stalk is only S$7.80!

New additions!

A few weeks ago, I was working on two bookmarks that my dear friend, Jill, had ordered.  She had wanted this shimmering turquoise, but I didn't have the right width of this color to work with (as the bookmark needs a 1" width ribbon, but I only have 1.5" and 5/8" ribbons.)  Thankfully, she is willing to accept another color! As I was working on the bookmark, I was thinking to myself that a small rose would look very cute. Truly, the result is a very cute but extremely tedious to craft flower as again this rose is made by assembling few individual petal to a centre rose!

It took me more time and care when working on these tiny flowers than the bigger ones.  I now understand why professional ribbon crafter - Helen Gibb, always encourages beginners to start with a bigger width ribbons ;-)

This is another style of flower. So far, I have only experimented with these two styles of roses.  Hopefully, I will have more time later to experiment with other styles of flowers for the rings and brooches.   

Presently, I only have these 3 rings on hand, and I'm selling them at S$27 each.  So, if you are interested, please send me an email or if you have my contact, call me.

How It All Started: My Journey into Ribbon Embroidery & Crafts

It began four years ago, when my eldest child was in her Primary Three.  To supplement her 'skimpy' Science textbook, we have to visit the library regularly.  During our first few visits, I would religiously helped her locate and check out a few Science books.  Later, when she had figured out how to do that by herself, I was freed to 'tour' around the library!  So, it was during one of those 'tours' that I chanced upon some ribbon embroidery books at the Arts and Crafts section. I NEVER thought that I would do such a thing as this - ribbon embroidery!


After I so courageously checked out those embroidery books, I soon encountered my first problem - where to find embroidery ribbons?  Thankfully, I found a store that carried such products.  However, that was when I encountered my second problem - the ribbons were so expensive!!  By the way, nobody sells embroidery ribbon in Singapore now :-(  


Initially, ribbon embroidery was just for fun.  Then, I saw how amazed my friends were when I showed them some of my handiworks (and they kinda like it.)  So, I gave my projects as gifts to my very dear friends.  Later on, I found some new ribbon books in the library (see how many good books you can actually find in the library.)  This time, I found books that teach how to make ribbon flowers, and you can imagine how I went gaga over these books.  Again, with the same boldness in venturing into ribbon embroidery, I started working on ribbon flower projects.


Though I have not been into this art for long, I am passionate about ribbon crafts because it is such a beautiful art.  Initially, I did not think of selling my work.  However, well-meaning friends encouraged me to do so.  Then, I thought of the example of the Proverbs 31 woman who had a business to bring in income for the family; that gave me a reason to try to bring in some extra money for my children's (of which I have five, presently) education fund.


Now, to conclude, there are several things about ribbon crafts that I have learnt.  First, you cannot cheat on the quality of the ribbon for it will show a vast difference in your final product.  Second, you need to practice, practice, and practice!  Take it on the positive side, you can cultivate the virtue of patience when you do that ;-)  Third, you need creativity!  No doubt, books can instruct you how to do the basics, you need to learn how to 'create' a flower composition that will look beautiful together.  Finally, there are some flowers that just cannot be crafted with ribbons, that reminds me how creative, intricate, and skillful my God is Who spoke all the beautiful flowers that we see into existence!

A Closer Look!

The composition of flowers on this wreath is made up of a stem of hollyhocks, two styles of yellow roses, two cherokee roses, some berries, three variations of leaves, and voilà, a butterfly came to 'check' them out!

This summer wreath was created about 3 weeks ago. The best thing about summer wreath is that you can hang it up all year round, perhaps only take it down for a while during Christmas!

A few months ago, one of my dear friends went for a surgery. As I was pondering what gift I should bring to her, knowing that she is a 'bookworm', I created a flower bookmark for her!





These are only two of the designs that I have, I hope to upload more pictures so you can take a look at them ;-)

I'm selling this style of bookmark for S$12 each