The Beginning of The Last

About six months from now, I will be done with school. Definitely looking forward to that. But in the meantime, a lot more to do and learn this final semester. Now I can appreciate why these things take time and a reminder why in similar universities and colleges in the US, it takes four years to obtain a degree. So whether my two year programme is suffice, I will only know at the end of it.

The above is a strawberry cheesecake baked with love for me on my birthday. It is a reminder of what truly is important in my life and what needs to be done in the next 6 months... and looking forward to making it happen. :O)

Up, up and away!

Today, six of my classmates surprised me with this book. How cool! Thanks, guys!! I will be enjoying every bit of inspiration from it! I've peeked on the inside and it's been WOW so far!

I completed my flour sack animation... finally! Phew! Now I can start piecing my assessment stuff together. It's on Wednesday, 13 Jan. We are not having much of a school break as assessment has been pushed forward to day 10 of the 14 days of break we were suppose to have. So much for taking a break.

From mouse back to pencil

"All my bags are packed and I'm ready to go..."
It doesn't make sense to continue the song so I'll leave it as is.

In awhile, I begin my life as student of a craft. It was fitting that I just completed my last official project - photographing an 80 year old birthday party! It was indeed a very happening celebration with a jam-packed entertainment programme, from opera face mask changer, to an award-winning chinese flutist, a mobile caricaturist, watching a nine year old pianist play Allegro Assai... just to name a few of the not so common birthday or wedding performances.

What an honour to be able to get my caricature done! I've NEVER seen anyone sketch with two pencils simultaneously before! Not only that, the caricaturist did a silhouette cut-out for me! I think I was the only one who had the privilege of having that done! How neat! I've always admired the silhouette cut-outs at Disneyland Silhouette Studio at Main Street! :O)

And even more fitting is the notion of me going back to the basics in the next few months... literally back to the drawing board! :oP Tomorrow begins a new egg-citing chapter so keep me in your prayers!

Sketch by Welles

No piece of cake - part 2

Madness!!

It was a day of applying Murphy's law! What could go wrong, went wrong!! :O) It started the day before when I went to the cake store to buy the base for the cake. The shop was closed.

9.00am
The next day when I went there, they didn't have the right size. So I had to buy the larger ones and trim them to size.


11.00am
The rainbow coated frost mix took really long to apply, so it was back to the shop to get the plain vanilla frost.

3.00pm
Finished the first batch of 16. I boxed them up, dashed out to the print shop to get the labels done. It must have been project assignment due day, cos' there were so many art students packed inside the print shops at Sunshine Plaza!

3.30pm
Headed down to Cana to do the paste ups!

4.00pm
Handed Cana the first 2 boxes and then off to NUS and SPH! By evening, I had covered the East stretch of the island, completely hand delivering the first batch by 930pm.

Phew! How's that for madness? Doing something not usually your regular routine? Thanks, mom, for the help in the pantry and the noon delivery! Wanna see the final product? It's on The Workshop blog!

No piece of cake

I tested out the cake idea today. Bought empty boxes, eggs, food dyes, two Betty Crocker mixes and some fondant. I had issues with the fondant which I found out after tasting that it's actually quite close to marzipan! I don't think many will appreciate the taste of marzipan.

The initial idea was to mix the pure white fondant with the red and blank colourings, but it wasn't that simple. Even flattening out the fondant was difficult as it would stick to the table top! I didn't even get to the point of cutting the coloured fondants into the shape of the company logo.

Well, back to the drawing board... :O)

1st Birthday Bash

Imaginative celebrates 1 year this month! I've been wondering what should I give my clients and those who have supported the business?? Before you go "What about an iPod?" or Why not a brand new car?", consider the fact that I'm on my own and it's only been a year... I've not crossed that break-even point yet. So if you know a good prayer, or someone looking for good creative work done, I'm sure you know who you gonna call... besides the Ghostbusters.

Here are a list of items I have thought about (from a month back):

1) Bake each one a cake or make chocolates. It gives that personal touch and that one year old feel. (How many CEOs actually make their own cakes for their clients???)

2) A cube note pad with a pencil that's shaped like a candle that goes thru' the middle of the whole thing. (Where am I going to find that pencil again?)

3) The traditional "Thank you for supporting me"card... but "pop-up" one... that one has a lot of possibilities.

4) Or do a simple Halloween tie-in... Give treats in a pumpkin!

5) A small Rubik's cube or puzzle keychain, all "messed up" with the tagline "Imaginative - Find the creative solution".

Well, comment away and if it's your idea that I pick, you'll get one too!