(2009/03) March 2009 MTBs

[alfafa77]

pinkdemoness, vernice,
yah sure. but I don't have it in softcopy cos it is hand drawn. Hmm ... don;t think I will make a digital copy either ... easier to protect the print like this. Oh well to a certain extent anyway. But when you join in the next sewing gathering you can just trace it out from the rest.

Vivian,
I am pricing it at $19.90. Am thinking of either adding a rattle or a strap to tie to stroller

 

[alfafa77]

gallop,
wow you are the 3rd person to ask about cow/ox. starflower, minnie and you. hmmm ... ok lah will design a cow plushie next. my elephant will have to wait.

oh fun fun fun. i love working my creative juices.

taggies at $19.50 w/o applique. Add $2 w initial stitched on.

have plenty of fabric to choose from. pm you later ok? my 3 yr wedding anniversary dinner awaits. =) hubby cooking squid ink pasta yummmmy

 

[areya]

alfafa,

superb works

Especially like the pink taggies hanky with the initial - very very cute print! The winner for me in what you have so far with the giraffes is the yellow/turquoise one. Nice combi

 

[areya]

are you going to set up an etsy shop? would make it easier for overseas people like me... ;P hehehe

 

[promeganate]

pinkdemoness, jasmine

Sheesh I know!!! BFing is not foolproof. it was one of those spur of the moment ones!!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hope this crap-like feel that I have right now, along with the 2 pimples on my face(after wow wow long time) is cos of the coming of aunt flo!

alfafa
call me prom la girl

I didnt train my boy to flip, just gave him lots of supervised tummy time from the start and one day he decided to do it himself. Also, I believe in the value of massage (all Indian babies get massaged) and that also helps develop and tones his muscles to do his stuff

Try the tailor pose (sitting position with 2 feet (soles) touching each other. it helps balance baby when seated and also improves posture. It's gd to start propping baby up to sit (opposed to what many elders wld say) cos it helps build their muscles which they need to sit. Also, my boy touch reaches out for his toes too, that's another instinctive exercise to work on tummy and back muscles to aid them in sitting.

 

[bel_vodka]

alfafa
what a waste to miss the workshop!!!!!!! sigh.. still down with flu bugs. hopefully can recover by fri to go for my revision class..

jo
thank god eddric is ok .. don blame urself lah!

all terriers made with love is so beautiful. lucky babies.!

CHM
im facing the same thing as u. tristan refusing bottles. donno how my mom n hb manage to bottlefeed him during my sch days. haha.

missycandy
i tried the doidy cup on tristan. apparently he still not quite used to it man. i tried feeding him EBM in it. end up his shirt so wet with milk. think i need to get waterproof bibs.

any good waterproof bibs to reccommend ?

re: sewing workshop
do let me know if there will be another one ya? pls pls pls. TIA

 

[gallop]

Queenie, me too, after seeing the terriers make me feel like picking up needle and thread too!!

Alfafa if you are organizing another sewing workshop, can i join pls?

 

[bluebellas]

All the terriers are so cute

Btw, Alfafa, what's a taggie for?

 

[babydreams]

alfafa
All your sewing works are amazingly GORGEOUS!! Love them all especially the giraffe, can i order one in the yellow/light blue fabric pls. If there's another sewing workshop, pls do include me!! I'm definitely very keen to join in! Do you sell the terrier pattern, wld love to buy tt from you too!
Hey, i actually made a mistake in my HB's height! He's actually 176cm. My parents are not tall especially my mom!!

Seabreeze
Do include me in yr order of the Homeopathic Teething Tablets! Thks heaps babe!

 

[lenny_susanty]

Promegranate,

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?!? really long time didn;t hear from you.. kakak.. i hope you are keeping fine

 

[babydreams]

lipstar
Thks for the pic of the kick & whirl! I've PM Jo abt it alrdy!

Irene
Thks for organizing e scrapebook class. Guess MWL will suggest doing layouts too. I personally prefer Laine's (they're more generous in the materials & usage of their tools), mb u can check if they can provide layout materials tt re suitable for ah boys or ah girls.

 

[pinkdemoness]

irene: tks for the info...if its per person then i think i gotta give it a miss le cos way above my budget...sorry cos i din know tat scrapbooking is so ex...sorry gals, me not 'ngeow' but got financial constraints...

 

[bel_vodka]

scrapebooking
its very fun. went to Laine's last christmas season for a free workshop..

rem dim sum gathering peeps!

 

[sun96]

re: sewing workshop
alfafa
i'm interested too if u r organising another one... =)

queenie
when's the dim sum gathering?

 

[scrumpee01]

Want to vent here. I very suay, bought 2 items from differnt BPs and both got lost in mail. 1 ladies top and 1 wetbag. $31.90 lost. From now on, I will opt for registered mail le. Strangely, these 2 items are recently ordered items, I have no problem receiving parcels through normal mails in the past. Urghh!!

 

[starflower]

oh oh, gotto share this:

Went out to dinner w a few gf's yday at Tampines Mall. At the basement where the food section is, there's a crystal jade kitchen. The set meal is really worth it: for $88++ we got a peking duck (real big too), sharks' fin soup, prawns w eefoo noodles, steam fish (another big one) and remainder of the duck w bittergourd in claypot. Among 4 of us gals, we finished all happily

Thereafter followed by shopping at TampinesOne: Gotto recommend the shop Cache Cache! It's on the 1st floor (2nd floor is the Japanese UnoQlio) and everything on the 80% discount rack is SUPER CHEAP! You can get this french label for like $2.50 for T-shirts, $9 for dresses and $9 for pants! Imagine that! Need i say more, i bought the house down, did't even bother to try in the long queue fitting room. In 15mins, i swiped 9 pieces and walked out happy & satisfied, kekekee

 

[scrumpee01]

Alfafa
Very tempted to order the giraffe from you, but my boy doesn't seem to like toys leh...maybe I will wait for 1 more mth to observe. I really like the Giraffe

 

[starflower]

Oh yeah, here's a flavour of what their clothes are like:

http://www.cache-cache.fr/

Yeah yeah, waiting for the dim sum *droolz*

 

[vernice80]

when is dim sum ah??

 

[vernice80]

<font color="ff0000">Srumpee</font> - i might also have a lost mail...BP organiser said she sent out the items last thurs liaoz n i haven received it yet! Sob mine is $50+ lor

 

[bel_vodka]

starflower
wow! so nice .. how i wish im at tampines 1 to shop haha.

dim sum at marriot.. on the 29th wed 12pm

 

[bel_vodka]

vernice
wow last thurs???????? ur postman at ur district slping ah..

ytd one seller posted out my milktrays n i rec tdy already. omg.. i have been stingy on the reg mail too.. coz i don like the postman who always come deliver my reg parcels. always gimme the owe him 1million face..

 

[alfafa77]

OMG I am getting totally confused liao. My inbox-es on both gmail and FB are flooded by orders from forum mommies and FB friends plus people I don't know.

Have half the mind to look for a factory to produce my giraffes. But then ... not fun leh like that. Too commercialised, I don't like. hehehhe

If I put together a scottish terrier sewing workshop (4.5hrs session) - handstitching. Beginner level. can finish in 3 hours if you focus. And provide ALL the materials. All you have to do is turn up with a pair of scissors and I charge $30 a person, you guys stil want or not? You go back with the pattern and your toy and the ability to make more terriers in the future. LOLs

I will instruct and supervise lah.

You will each get

(1) a quarter yard fabric (half is japanese 100% cotton for the front, half is non-stretchable velvet or fleece. All baby friendly materials). Will provide a myriad of prints for you to choose in advance. I only buy good quality fabrics. You can check with the sewing mommies who came.
(2) pattern in paper / fabric markers / sewing pins / threads / sewing needles
(3) Polyfill stuffing
(4) snacks and drinks until you peng san

Join only if you are comfortable hor. Obviously I am going to make a profit out of this.

But it is 4.5 hrs session and trust me it will be fun. Will refund you half if you don't finish in time. plus you can bring back the materials to do.

5 mommies max. At Queenstown. 5 mins walk from the train station. Cosy aircon environment. Can bring baby if you have to but preferably not lah. Errr... the refund policy for unfinished work doesn't count if you bring baby hor.

Or alternatively, ask Kris/ivy/pei/jojo to teach you also can. hehehe they know how to do it already.

 

[babydreams]

Onz ar, alfafa!! I'm in, I'm in, I'm in!!

 

[scrumpee01]

Vernice08
Sianz right? I so gan cheong that I kept asking hubby to open letter box the whole day till he rolls his eyes.

Queenie
My postman also sleeping. One item was posted 2 weeks ago leh. I think it was dropped into the wrong mail box and the 'lucky fellow' decided to keep it for him/herself

 

[alfafa77]

OK

Sewing workshop SGD30

(1)babydreams
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

continue to add yah?

me going through my messages now. Then back to sewing. Becoming panda eyed already

p/s babydreams wow very pretty mommy! Saw your FB profile pics. Are you a stewardess? alot of gorgeous crew and ex crew on this forum.

 

[ech0]

alfafa
i m interested in getting a cow/ox for my boy le.. since u haven come out with the design, can i design n propose to u oso? heee.. thought of joining in the sewing but then hahahaha.. i hate home econ!!! =P
o by the way, since u r doing website for ur toys, just to let u know i m a web designer, so anything u dunnoe may ask me n can advice u on designing friendly user interface layout.. =)

 

[bel_vodka]

mememe hazel

 

[alfafa77]

wow cool!

pepper can can. pass me so I can add to my reference materials when I design. I might just use it whole sale if you don't mind lah. Or I might modify it to suit. Or I might come up with something completely diff heeeeeee hope you don't mind also.

sorry ah. darting in and out of forum cos of my tons of messages suddenly

 

[alfafa77]

queenie,
add your name to the list

 

[alfafa77]

pepper,
just noticed you said you do web design. wah god send! I got a headache trying to figure out to use the interface from the cvompany I bought my e-shop from. Which is why until now it is still not up. Damn confusing leh.

Have opened an etsy shop so far but a bit difficult also. Because on etsy I totally intend to raise my prices for non forum mommies. BTW fireangel, will charge you forum mommies rate of course if you decide to buy. The thing is the commission I need to pay etsy will be based on the published rate. Very ma-fan

err ... need to have a think about how to do this.

ok back later

 

[ech0]

no prob.. =)

 

[bel_vodka]

scrumpee
haha paisehmissed ur msg. was feeding tristan and making him slp at the same time suddenly see alfafa workshop open ceremony. haha..
sad to know ur parcel also missing lor.. sigh.. why not u contact the seller and u repurchase from them at a sub rate? plus reg mail this time?

 

[ech0]

when will the sewing class on be? may drop by to take a look n see wat i can help with ur website.. =) but hor.. i m more of designer base instead of programming.. so if overly technical i may not able to help u oso.. but those basic programming language i still know la.. can share with u more during the class if u allow..

 

[scrumpee01]

Queenie
I already contacted both sellers but they never offer anything, just say will keep a look out for returned mail...so I also paiseh to ask. Anyway, is not their fault. Is SINGPOST's FAULT!!
Can see how Urgghh! I am lor. Lost 2 Parcels in a mth.

 

[scrumpee01]

Going to zzz le..Good nite

 

[mrs_dissanayake]

Hi ladies,

Anyone wan to take over my baby einstein DVD? I watch 1 disc... dun like it... so I wan to sell...

 

[alfafa77]

Sewing workshop SGD30

(1)babydreams
(2)queenie
(3)
(4)
(5)

finally finish all my messages. Plus my baby woke up 3 times in 2 hours. Die die die. She has been waking up ALOT for some weeks now. These days the norm is every 1.5hrs at night. It is driving me mad. So tempted to give the "happy" pill that seabreeze is bringing in but hubby says absolutely not. Mom says should just let nature take its course too. Arrgghhh

*pulling my hair out*

pepper,
dont know yet. Not sure if the class will work out either as they can easily learn for free from the rest of the girls. Just need to get materials themselves lah. No choice. I am too busy now so can't afford to host a half day class for nothing plus take time away from my backlog of items.

So far it is Babydreams and Queenie. I will start a class as long as there are at least 2 mommies, as long as they don;t mind having lesser mommies.

Will see if more respond in the next day or two.

 

[areya]

hmm my post got eaten up...

alfafa,

thanks

no probs and no hurry lah. whenever you've finalised your etsy prices / eshop etc just post the urls here so that i can formally make an order. i gian a bespoke taggie +/- soft toy. hee.

 

[alfafa77]

heee

don;t know how to send to you. hmmm ... need to go postoffice to find out about postal modes/packaging etc. Yah once I post on etsy I will need all these info. Hey you are not coming back anytime soon? Or is your family here posting anything to you?

Giraffe is SGD39.90 for forum mommies lah. Am thinking of selling at USD30 on etsy. Taggies hanky is SGD19.50 w/o applique and $21.50 with. On etsy I will probaby just list it at USD15, no option.

problem is don;t know how to send to you without costing you a big bomb. :-(

I better go work on my crafts now. In a matter of hours I suddenly have tons of orders!

 

[areya]

alfafa,

i've added u onto fb for convenience. family isn't posting anything to me anytime soon. can always send by surface post as its the cheapest option i guess. i'm rather flexible this way

tbh i'm really more keen on a taggie than a plushie, so if i end up just ordering a taggie then postage won't be expensive

keep us informed

 

[marbride]

alfafa,
i think hor, that day all of us just trace your pattern on the cloth and cut! Dun think any of us copy the paper pattern home..haha...good also, so you have your copy right protected!

kris,
ha, i am also getting excited abt sewing but i think it need more time than my bakings...next week i am still on leave. so if meeting up with vernice, let me know, i am happy to meet up.
BTW, your super chopper not in CP anymore leh? I was there today, or did i missed the store?

 

[marbride]

oh ya,
was it seabreeze who is keen in KS leather bag? Its now sales plus 40% off...quick order online if you are keen!

 

[ayambunny]

Hi irene,
I tink MWL in Plaza Sing is offering a beginners' session ard $35...not sure if they hav revised e rates...though Laine may b generous w e materials, i tink wat i look out for is e steps in doing a scrapbooking thru hands on...besides w e prevalence of U tube, learning on our own thru viewing is another cost free alternative...so do let us noe e outcome of ur check...tks much!

<font color="aa00aa">***On 2nd thots, mayb Laine includes e cost of e materials inside for e fee...taz why itz pretty ex...</font>

alfafa...a very enterprising u...n very quick in e pricing...all e best for ur online shop...indeed nowdays wat makes one successful is to hav a skill tat few can compete w...u got it rite...now u can capitalize on ur talents n earn $ while @ hm...how cool is tat...

<font color="0000ff">Oh ya happy 3rd year anni...</font>

Fireangel...tks for e link...i believe if e caregivers make e effort to help e bb...he/she will go thru e milestones eventually...

Promo,
I hav no discharge or spotting yet. Im on partial BM/FM...yet to do inter*** but i tink to play safe, insist on hb wear his mini raincoat...unless u chop chop wan all done @ one go...i die die wait for 1 year then tink abt it...bbs meant to b enjoyed lah, besides my HB ok w 1, so we wait n c lor...

After mths of ml/npl, realize a bit nuah to go back to work...geez esp e fast pace...i better start psycho myself to b prepared...geezz my mind is ready but my heart is longing to b near abel...conflicting eh...

Marriot DS buffet...e much awaited event for me...looking forward to c so many pretty momz in person...tink u all hav very bubbly/candid personalities...

 

[asura]

fireangel,

Aiyoh... i can help u pay alfafa lah if u order. This way, she dont need to incur the commission and u can get the forum mummies rate. Oh... then i can mail u the overall that i bought for ur boy too!

Just let alfafa know and i would pay her for u when it is done.

ALfafa, is this arrangement easier for u?

 

[princesskris]

<font color="119911">ivy,
oh gosh, u mean the store is gone? im tinkin of gg over to buy these 2 days. i will makw a trip lata n confirm.</font>

 

[seabreeze]

ivy ...

yap my order is cfm liao and the piece that I wanted is not avail in this sale ... luckily man if not i will be SUPER =(

alfafa ...

the workshop is a good idea ... see when you gals fix it and if i happen to be off or on leave i will def sign up for the workshop =)

have emailed you liao ... will take the yellow piece that you made w Shao Han in mind

 

[seabreeze]

Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Tablets

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=85461&amp;catid=22

1. Seabreeze
2. jaszho
3. minnie24
4. serene kwek
5. pei
6. lipstar
7. vivienpg
8. kat
9. pinkdemoness
10. Maple
11. p3pp3r
12. pumpkinseed
13. blurjen
14. babydreams

Ok counted you in. I have slots for 7 more bottles =)

Any more orders coming?

Alfafa>> 1st time mum &amp; dad are like tat one hahahaha I totally refuse to give my #1 anything but imagine they got so many teeth to grow ler hahahaha and in the end i gave up.

 

[hoho03]

Sewing workshop SGD30

(1)babydreams
(2)queenie
(3)hoho03 (let me know date early, then can take leave) i wan to do 2 lei.. keke
(4)
(5)

 

[donroxx]

Hi Alfafa,

I'm keen but need to know date n time (my work hrs are not normal). btw, i can't sew for nuts
so be gentle with me ya >_<


Sewing workshop SGD30

(1)babydreams
(2)queenie
(3)hoho03 (let me know date early, then can take leave) i wan to do 2 lei.. keke
(4)donroxx
(5)