It's that time of the year to make plans for the new year. So of them are fulfilled, some are not. I have tried to keep to most of my resoloution for 2009. This is for year 2010.


1) Exercise at least twice a week. (Get back my toned body!)


2) Always be happy and positive.


3) Make Youtube videos at least once a week.


4) Make a dress/top/pants every two weeks once.


5) Sketch and draw my fashion design ideas at least 3 times a week. (Don't waste the ideas!)


6) Spend time with my hubby. Go for salsa dance lessons.


7) Set up my handmade jewelry blog shop. ( It needs more love!)


8) Stop procrastinating and get to work!




So these are my resolution for 2010. I hope to stick to them. I have written them down on a card and paste it on my mirror. I see myself in the mirror everyday so I will see my resolution too. It will remind me to stay in track.


I wish you all a Happy New Year. May all your wishes come true in the coming year. 


God bless you always.


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This project was done many months ago. I almost forgot about it. So here is, a pattern from Simplicity pattern 3747 (dress B). It was not a difficult pattern. Since this was one of the first few patterns I tried, it was a little difficult with the instructions. After reading it twice, I understood what to do.

As you can see from my picture, it is very similar with the picture on the envelope. I used size 4. The size was just nice.I had this material (don't know what's the name though!) in my stash and thought it would work best for this project. And it did! Yay!

Overall, this pattern gets a rating of 4/5 for me. Easy to follow, no fuss and frustration. If you know what fabric to use, it will make a beautiful casual evening dress.

Today, my new sewing machine arrived. I am super happy! It's the Brother Innovis 200 computerized sewing machine. I am so impressed by the machine for it's clean stitches and the settings. Everything is just a touch of a button (how cool is that!). Now I can sew more shirts and clothes with buttonhole. I had a hard time with my old cheap Brother machine XL5070. Finally got rid of that! A new cool machine for my home studio!

Innov-is 200

This is the promotional video for this machine.


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I am looking for a good sewing machine that will last me for a long time. I have been doing so much research for the past 2 weeks. Unfortunately, there are limited models here in Singapore. I hate it when I am to choose from a limited pool of selection. Hate it!
Anyway here are some of the machines that I am quite interested in.

Janome 423S Heavy Duty Metal Housing and Drive 

Janome 1 T-12 Threadbanger

Janome 1600P High Speed Sewing & Quilting Machine

Alna 6200

Alna 7300

Brother Innov-is 30

Brother BC2100



If anyone has a suggestion on what machine is good, please post a comment. I would be so glad if someone could help.

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This was what I wore to town today. Went to buy Christmas gifts and wanted to check out the book fair at Suntec (such a waste of time at the book fair, everything was expensive.)



Here are the products used:

EYES
Mac - Paintpot Barestudy (base)
Mac - Pigment Chartreuse (lid colour)
Mac - Pigment Teal (above the lid)
Mac - Minerlise eyeshadow Interview Brown (crease)
Ben nye - Black (crease & as eyeliner)
Mac - Eyeliner Engraved ( water line and upper lash line)
Maybelline - Turbo express mascara Very black (eyelashes)

CHEEKS
Nyx - Eyeshadow Africa ( cheeks)

LIPS
Nyx - Round lipstick Fig (lips)
No brand - Brown lipliner (lips)
Mac - Cremesheen glass Melt in your mouth (lipgloss)

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Hello everyone, I guess this post will be quite interesting for the sewing enthusiasts (Like me). I have finally finished sewing this top from McCall M5882. I like patterns which are not very complicated. This is one which is definitely not. It took me about 5hours to complete. This is not including the numerous breaks in between having chats with the hubby and cooking lunch. Here are the pictures. Read on for the cons of this pattern.

I chose to do Top B. Here are my pictures of my Top. Well, it's more of a dress for me since I am quite short! :)






As mentioned above, this pattern is great for those who do not want to have to fuss over the instructions and crack your head on where to start. The instructions were very clear and concise. The material used was cottion viole and poplin 100% cotton. This is the best material ever for hot humid country (like Singapore). It was also an easy material to work with.

Now for the part I was not pleased. The armhole was so tight. I am a size 4. I guess the next time I use this pattern, I will have to use size 6 instead. I guess the company drafting the pattern did not consider people who have chubby arms! :) The strap under the bust line was a little high, so if someone of a slightly bigger bust wearing this might have problems with the fitting and zipping.

So my dear lovelies, I hope you liked this post. Fashion designing and sewing is my passion and it is what I want to do as my second career. Army was the first career and it has made me what I am today. I am glad I was in the Army!

As my hubby always says, ' You will never know until you try!'.

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Today I went to enroll myself in a sewing class. After a long break, I am getting back into the dressmaking groove. This was the look I wore. I used the 88 neutral palette and my favourite lipstick Fast play (Mac).

I am loving this colour so much. It reminds me of MAC lipstick in fast play. It is a pretty mauve pink tone nail colour. I think it compliments darker skin toned ladies. Here are some pictures.

I just realized that I am one of the winners of a contest KandeeJohnson from YouTube hosted. She wanted us to do a Cleopatra costume inspired look. When I saw her video, I was so excited because Cleopatra is my favorite historical character. So I submitted the look not because of the prize but for that particular cleopatra look (this is how crazy I get when I hear Cleopatra!).






She commented about my video entry. It made my day! Here it is,


http://kandeethemakeupartist.blogspot.com/2009/10/cleopatra-contest-winners.html 


''FOR most creative and just all together AWESOME looks: (in no particular order)
Umapreve... did an amazing job and made Cleopatra look wearable....her smile is gorgeous and makes you want to smile along with her...beautiful voice is soothing to listen to....fabulous job, and her make-up looks gorgeous!!!!!''


I am happy! Very happy!

Guess what I have finished my 10 year contract in the Army. I am so excited and happy to have received my civilian identification card back after 10 years. During the 10 years in service, I had to use the military issued identity card.