Blackcurrent Cheesecake

Ling, a regular customer who always buy bracelet from me ordered a cake after she had tried a slice of my cake which I baked for my mum birthday last month....

It is a blackcurrent cheesecake, well the taste will be similar to drinking Ribena, coz the source is from blackcurrent. This time I used mascarpone cheese instead of the cream cheese, texture wise will be softer and creamier.

I hope she will love this cake and so do her friends. Waiting for her comments.......

Before dressing

After Dressing

What have you done at your 20s?

It has been quite sometime that I did not update my blog nor bake any cake...kinda busy with my professional development and preparing my kids for the exam...Time flies super fast, and now it is towards the end of October...another two more months, it is the end of Year 2010...Time to reflect,what have been done for the past 10 months??

Bought a book last week, title is '100 things that 20 yrs old gal should know' with caption ' At your 20s, what have you done to have your happiness?'. Showed my friend this book, and she said to me.." Don't you think it is too late to read this book??"...I said no...because I felt that this is the right time to read this book as a self reflection and evaluation, what else did I missed at my 20s... Hence, it all depends on how a person's point of view...Everyone's view is different at the same matter because they see it at different angle.

What can you see in this picture?

Value of the Gift

Been quite sometime that I didn't update my blog....It is not that I am lazy.. It is because too many things are piling up for me.. and finally I found a public holiday today to do some updates!!
Well.. for the past few weeks, was busy attending workshops and preparing for sharing session with workmates, preparing the kids for their practical exam, recording work done for the workshop..and of course trying to finish the orders!!!!

Would really wanna thanks them for their supports and I am glad that they love the bracelets I made for them! :) Some decide and choose the pattern they like and some would just let me design for them!! I really appreciate their trust they invest in me.. Thanks!!! In fact majority of the orders came from the gentlemen, it is definitely not for them, but they ordered for their beloved, they tried to think of her wrist size, the colours and the patterned she will love and add on a sentence " Just do it, the price is not a problem!!"..

When I heard this, I am thinking how loving these gentlemen are to their beloved...and I wish I will have one too... So ladies are there.. when you received any presents from your beloved gentleman, even if it is inexpensive...price doesn't matter...it is the process that these gentleman have to choose and goes through...

Let's put it in this way.. to get you a customised bracelet, he have to reflect back the last time he hold your hand...(n think hard of your wrist size...if he had to think for quite long time meaning it is a long time he didn't hold you hand.. n he will tell me..'I will get back to you'..then he will go back to hold your hand without telling you why suddenly he did that...), the colours of the clothes you always wear(he then assume that is your favourite colours), reflect back any accessories you wear (to determine the pattern you like), and add on ..price doesn't matter..let me know when it is done (No rush for me as he want the best and in his mind, his beloved is worth everything and cannot be judge by $$)

From selection till paying .. he did everything all by himself and then goes to you...'This is for you my dear, I hope you will like it.."..Can you imagine how his heart is pounding 3 times faster than usual just to see your facial expression and hear "Wow, I like it very much my dear.. Thank you!" from you. So ladies or any gift receiver..make sure you appreciate any gifts you received as the PROCESS to get you a gift counts!! Not the value of the gifts!!

Tweety - simple & outstanding like Tweety

The Eve - designed this pattern on the eve of HM Bdae, so named The Eve

Betty -A simple & yet stunning design

Simple & yet elegant - Made with strong elastic string for easy use -Ordered by Dk

Pyra - The triangle patterned arrangement adds shine to it under the light

Michi -means the righteous way in Japanese, brings out the feminist of the inner you

Shin -means real and true in Japanese, simple yet elegant on every wrist

Specially designed for pretty Era

Noburu - means Expand in Japanese.. let's expand your wild imagination.

Boney - depends how you view it...it may looks like fish bone to you..but to me..it symbolize ladders for you to climb higher

Butterfly - shaped as a ButterFly...

Crystals Brooch & Bracelet

Went for holidays last week and stop by beads and crystals shop...the display on the walls were so attractive and shiny!!! Crystals with all sorts of colours and shape and size... I saw this crystals brooch made on the safety pin...not those safety pin on the diapers!!.. Been very curious how it was made!!

Brooch made from stones and crystals

As it was raining as well and waited for the rain to stop.... the shoplady was very kind to show me how the brooch was made.. she show me kinda straightforward and simple one ... the method....and in the end.. I ended up borrowing money from my friend and spent hundreds on buying the materials and crystals!!! Of course it was not the real Swarovski crystals.. but it was Grade 2 crystals.. the real one would be to expensive for me to buy...and it break too it fell down....

So went to bookstore and bought two beading books and came home and start doing the brooch and the bracelets...

Handmade some brooch for my colleauges and custom made some crystal bracelet from orders!!! Can't believe I got order so soon!! Thanks!!

Simple brooch as souveniers for my colleauges

For the bracelets.. at the moment I only know 4 styles..so kinda limited..but for me.. simple is nice.. the more complicated it is.. meaning the more crystals you gonna use.. n the price definitely will be higher..furthermore.. as I am a beginner...my crystals were bit limited as well!! However, compare to the store in town..my charges are much more lower than them.. but that doesn't mean my crystals are very poor quality.. I am honest enough to say mine are grade 2 crystals...ahahah

From her order for her daughter

From his order for his mum

Butterfly style

Wedding Anniversary Cake for Riana

Last 2 weeks were the school holidays and just when I started wanna to enjoy.. I fell terribly sick and had been stuck in the nest for 2 days...Then I received message from Riana asking whether I could make her a cake...and I agreed and confirmed with her thru facebook what cake and fruits she wanted...

So went to supermarket to look for the fruits and then started the cake baking process... and voila when I done...n was actually 2 hours later...I realized that I baked the wrong cake... Riana wanted a blueberry cheesecake and I baked her a Blackforest cheesecake!! A very serious mistake that a baker should not make!!!

Luckily kind Riana is fine with the cake and was happy with it too!! I really felt bad....but promise to myself .. such mistake should not repeat again!! Coz.. I may not meet a kind and wise buyer in the future!!!

Handmade notes for the lovely couples

5lbs Blackforest cheesecake tops with fresh fruits

Birthday card for Catherine

"Jess, can you make a birthday card for Catherine?? Since you are creative recently.."asked Audry... so here it goes... My 1st assignment of doing a birthday card for Catherine... Kinda scratching my head in the 1st place.. coz Cat herself is a very creative crafter....so thought for a day.. and finally came up with a pink rose background and quilling on the front cover...so spent the whole night doing these flowers and the butterfly....

Inside the card.. initialy I planned to have something like pulls out notes.. but due to the fact that we need to get 11 pretties to sign on the card....it will be too crowded ...so in the end..it just a simple embossing and stamping....

Was glad that those pretties love it and surely there are more to come in the future....

Made for the mamas

These two weeks I have been working from 7am to 5pm just for tomorrow's event..hopes everything will goes well....Been so stress up with different opinions and less working hands..but when you look at the working committee..it is up to pages...but the one you see working on the last few days was.....ermmm..

So..last nite came back from work..feel like baking a strawberry cheesecake for his mom and grandma...coz mother's day is coming ....trying to get some credits coz i got a competitor.. hahah..

Sent over to his house this morning and when the two ladies saw the cake..I couldn't see their eyes but teeth only.... I already felt glad...I am a easy fulfilled person.. will ask for their comment tommorrow....

Biscuit based Strawberry cheesecake..

Top with fresh cream and fresh Fruits....