For the Halloween Day in school.
"Ranger's apprentice",Youngman's new favourite book series.
( We are just happy that he finished with the Star Wars theme and on to something new......)
Youngman found the bed sheet
Mum made the bow,
Dad sharpened the arrow
Mum & Dad cut and hand sew the hood,( while the sewing machine sitting on the stairs from last Christmas, still in the box.........)
All happened at 7:00am ready for school at 9:00am...........
October is a busy month and SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL is here!
There are a lot of food events around town and I am gladly invite you to the "OUR COMMUNAL TABLE" -A FOOD for PEACE EVENT in our neighbourhood. I've cut and paste their media release below:
"Dear Friends and Happy Gardeners,
We, at the Custodians Garden, are very excited about OUR COMMUNAL TABLE - a FOOD for PEACE event at the Sydney Morning Herald's Sydney International Food Festival.
Our Communal Table is a festive Sunday family lunch to celebrate Mother Earth's generosity and the farmers, producers, and culinary artisans who enrich our community.
The kitchen team, lead by Executive Chef Amanda Young, the first Australian and the first woman to ! win the Mondial des Chefs de Collectivities en Autogestion trophy in Paris, and Indigenous chef Matthew! Cribb, a recent delegate to Slow Food International's Terra Madre in Italy, will create a grand family feast using surplus produce collected from producers, providores, and restaurants across Sydney.
FRESHWATER will uplift our spirits with their traditional and contemporary Aboriginal songs. Children will enjoy activities especially designed for them.
You will also hear the first hand experiences from some of our project partners, including Indra and Khadijah owners of the Jungle Inn, in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra, and Carol Pringle, Founder of Natural Steps Pre-School in the Hunter Valley.
OUR COMMUNAL TABLE is one of the main ingredients in our PEACE CANOE PROJECT. People of all ages and from all cultures are invited to this convivial celebration. When we come together in peace, exchange stories, connect with the land, and share a meal, something beautiful happens, we discover, nurture and celebrate our sameness and uniqueness.
TIME & DATE: 12pm. Sunday, 18 October 2009
VENUE: Yaama Dhiyaan, 255 Wilson Street, Darlington NSW 2008
COST: Adult $50.00 Children $25.00
BOOKINGS/ENQUIRIES: Robyn: 0401.839.888 E: robyn@custodiansgarden.com
Also, if you would like to join us and contribute as an EVENT PARTNER and as part of the Kitchen and Media Team, feel free please contact me: 0401.839.888
We look forward to sharing yummy food, fun and laughter with you on Sunday.
Have a happy weekend.
Robyn"
Hope to see you there!
cheers
chimin
I knew a storm is coming before we went to bed last night. What I did not expect was this
amazing orange and almost sepia tone sky when i woke up this morning!
We thought it was another bush fire near by as summer is come up in this part of the world.
It turned out Sydney was hit by once in a 70 years Dust Storm..........
Cold, windy
And rather excited!
Just like watching a movie.
I mean i've experienced earthquake and typhoon, but this time nobody gets hurt! 
not to mention everything is cover in a thin layer of red dust.........
I've always love the simplicity of drawing and the traces of simple lines on paper.
The "Out Of The Blue Pendant" and the "Spiral Ring" combine my love of spiral and line......
The pendant is 20mm X 40mm.
They are quickly to become my new favourite.
Last Sunday's Eveleigh Artisans Market went really well for me. I have a lot of good chats to customers and locals.
And met some lovely people from Etsy. If you are around the area come and say hello.......
I will have a stall in the Kirribilli Art and Design Market again this Sunday, If you are around the area come and say hello.......
I have to admit i was off balance a bit lately. With the country flooding in the North and bush fire in the South we all feel the hit......
With a brand new Market coming up this Sunday, I sit myself down on the workbench and slowly get into creative mode again.
It's a bangle with hammered butterfly wings as a focal and a freeform organic shape that can be adjust slightly.
The 3mm thick square wire made it quite a substantial piece.
I also made a matching ring. The photo is taken just after the soldering and i love the rustic feel of it........
The new Eveleigh Artisan Market is just around the corner from where i live.
I am really looking forward to this Sunday!
School started.
Music class is back on the radar.
New soccer season is registered.
And I am back to my Blogland and work Bench
It is amazing how much we organise our time around the school term these day!
My Silvermonk.net are now in Australian dollars, which made it easy for my Aussie customers. You can still pay by other currency if you wish and there is a currency converter on the site.
This new pair of Fancy coral earrings are perfect for
Happy Chinese new year!
The year of OX!
When i saw this yellow fruit sit on top of the piano today,
I thought i better took a photo before it all gone funny........
and i should also tell you a bit about our trip down Melbourne.
I had to warn you beforehand though, when i am telling a story or anything involve time, my grammar will be all over the place.
So on the safe side, i am not going to tell you the detail story of the next door neighbour's garage on fire at midnight........
or the caravan that we stayed in went live at on point...........
( the important thing is nobody was hurt and that's end of the story!)
What i would love to share with you is we had an incredibly calming and relaxing time catching up with friends.
The flys were incredibly easy and fast. it took only an hour and a bit instead of taking a whole day to drive down.
I figure out if we can plant more trees next time we will do it all over again!
To play with May and Conor's computer games( Conor is a game developer) and Kung Fu practice weapons is a dream comes true for young Gabriel!
My favourite part was walking around the lane ways of the Northcote neighbourhood with Kerry and her daughters.
Throughout the 1950s the area became home to a large number of Italian and Greek migrants. One of the things these groups of people did was planting fruit trees in their backyards. We spent a good 2 hours walking the Suburb picking and testing fruits hanging out the fences. A true urban hunting and gathering. I love it!!!!!
At the end of the gathering trip, Gabriel said he need to take a memory fruit home and here it is sitting right on top of the piano.
We were back in time for the New Year Eve fireworks in Sydney.
The photos were all taken from the balcony in our apartment.
By now, mr. silvermonk had urged me to pull out my tripod ( Christmas present from Mr. Silvermonk) to take some crispy shots of the fireworks.
But then, who has the time, the fireworks only last for a few more minutes.........
I enjoy the un-predicted and abstract effect anyway, do you happen to see the peace doves effects......
We wish you a very happy and peaceful 2009!
cheers
chimin
Today is Youngman's last day of the school year and he will be in year 2 next Feb. The School Report has been sent home and Youngman was cool on all key learning areas. The teacher's report said that he set a good example for his peers. He has already opened some of his Christmas presents and now he can just be himself and play with his Legos and make up his own storys.
The P&C put on a little drinks party after school, after a few snacks and beer, I am officially on Christmas vacation and off line......
We are heading down Melbourne . Mr. Silvermonk bought some carbon credits to plant trees so that we can all fly down this year to spend sometimes with friends and relatives.
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
cheers
chimin
Ps: we will be back in Sydney for the New Year Eve firework!
We've been to the Carol in the park for a few years now. It was organized by the St. Barnabas church The Park is a beautiful place with the city as the back drop.
We were having a very enjoyable time with children playing tips ( chase ) and the magnificient fire works to finish the night! We raised enough money on the night for the Habitat for Humanity to build a house in India.
The Finders Keepers Market was the best market i've ever participated in.
Lots of cool stalls, 10 minutes walk from our place, all the neighbours were there and every single one of the young and old handmade groovy people from Sydney were all there, even a lady from Chicago was there and got a present from my stall for her daughter, I was busy..... very very busy and tired and happy!
The organizers should be congratulated on putting such a wonderful and successful market!
The best part of it was seeing all these people with a beer or wine in hand while relaxing, browsing and supporting handmade!
See more of the photos of the night!
Dear friends,
The finders keepers market is on........
If you are planning a night out, this is the place to be.
There will be clothing, accessories, jewellery, art, homewares, lighting, stationery and more......
And of course, there will be music and food!
It is held inside the foyer of the contemporary arts space "CarriageWorks".
I am having a stall there as well, so come and say hello.
Finders Keepers will be running:
Friday 5th December 6pm – 10pm
Saturday 6th December 12pm – 10pm
click here for direction.
My jewellery shop on Etsy reach a little milestone today! A small step in terms of statistic, but a big step in my adventures into the Cyber space.
The 100th sale is my Cross embedded with love, how wonderful is that!!!!!
A big thank you to all my customers.
Your support is much appreciated.
cheers
and more to come!
Just want to pop in and say Hello!
I've been a bit busy with the Christmas orders and making lots of jewellery for my up coming Finders Keepers market.
You can click on the side bar for more info.
Also thank you my fellow Aussies greenOlive and Pominoz for putting my fine silver earrings in their treasuries.
We are going to the Star War opening on Wednesday.
cheers and have a nice weekend!
Couldn't believed it, its only six weeks to Christmas!
I am in love with kraft paper at the moment and redesign my new earring tag and Christmas packaging.
FREE SHIPPING worldwide until Christmas in my Etsy shop .
If you would like to purchase from my website, Just enter FREESH15 upon check out to get 15% discount on your purchase. (Not to be used with other discount code!)
The Old charming Darlington School is all fixed up with new beautiful roof and new surrounding landscape.
It quickly becomes our favourite walk after dinner, the only thing missing in this picture is a dog........I wish we live in a house with a backyard.
There has been a lot of opposition noise about the expansion of the University. I personally don't mind that at all.
Yes, I am going to give away all this beautiful jewellery......
A group of online sellers from DaWanda organise a new promo called "DaWanda World 2009" /"Happy New DaWanda Year 2009".
"The idea is to bring together a variety of shops from all over the world representing Dawanda in this "Dawanda World 2009" promo campaign.
Each shop participating in the campaign will send 10-15 items, which will be put into the bags and can then be bought from a few nominated shops on Dawada .
The sale will start on January 1st 2009 and the money from the sale will be donated to an organization which is still to be nominated."
