Hama Bead Crafting

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Pinky Pie and My Melody

The kids have picked up a new hobby this year~ Hama Bead Crafting. It has been the ” in thing” since 2014 and we are slowly catching on to the latest trends.

I’ ve been pining a lot of pictures on my Hama Pinterest Board and love the designs that I have been seeing. The kids too have their favourites and have picked up a few designs to start creating.

Monkey boy and Doggie boy creating their masterpieces

They were inspired by the tools that they saw in the game Minecraft and attempted to make their own version of the diamond sword and pick axe.

Monkey boy’s Sword

Monkey boy chose a mixture of blues for the sword and gave red accents to represent a blazing sword. He named it Fire & Ice.

Doggie boy’s Pick Axe

Doggie boy create this Flaming Pick Axe above. The over sized Pick Axe was suppose to cause massive damage when used during a fight with the zombies.

Rainbow Dash ~ My Little Pony

Tiger girl has no interest in Minecraft and drew inspiration from her favourite show My Little Pony instead. Both of us worked on creating one of her favourite ponies – Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie Pie and My Melody

Tiger girl had so much fun that she requested to create another pony. This time she decided on Pinkie Pie. I on the other hand tried my hand replicating a famous Sanrio character- My Melody.

My Melody Key Chain

I decided to make my creation into a key chain as a Valentine’s Day present for a girlfriend of mine who loves My Melody. I hope that she enjoys her little present from me.

Have you been creating anything

using Hama Beads?

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May 11, 2011

Nesting Dolls -A Family Keepsake

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I remember when I was a young girl I was really intrigued by the Nesting dolls which my late grandfather had. The wooden dolls were so delicately painted with various murals on them. It was great fun twisting open each doll and finding a smaller one inside.

The set that my grandfather had was made up of a set of nine representing the different members of the family. There was the father, mother and the seven kids. The dolls had a special significance for him as they represented the family , grandfather, grandmother and their seven kids.

I loved taking the dolls out from their display cabinets each time I visited. I pop open the dolls one by one and line them up from the biggest to the smallest. I enjoyed playing with the smallest doll the most as it was the cutest and represented the baby of the family.

These Russian dolls are not only nice to look as an ornament but also can double up as jewellery and spice containers if needed.

I love their stack ability and nesting them inside one another really saves space especially when there is limited display shelf space.

I’m really thinking of getting a set of nesting dolls for myself so that I’ll be able to pass them down to my kids when they grow up as part of their family heirloom.