Cartoon Merchandise Gifts

This year, I am gifting the little kids stuff from supermarkets. My bro has been asking me to change to food gifts the last couple of years and it is finally setting in. So I bought all the cute cartoon merchandise I could find to fill up gift bags for their birthdays.

Starting with these kids shower gels & shampoos. There are tons of cartoons to choose from, I only bought these based on scents. Hot Wheels, Monster High, Captain America and Iron Man. Buy from Beauty language, 2 for $20 or $10.

Sanrio and Disney Snacks from Cheers, priced between $2 to $5. It's not just the packaging and fun stuff to do on the back of the box, The biscuits are really yummy, the chocolate is marshmellowy and strawberry is creamy.

All the stuff I could find at FairPrice. There are Japanese flavour packets for rice, lemon tea that tastes very clean & fresh, wet wipes and tissue paper.

Cartoon Pasta from Cold Storage, the kids really love these. I think each colour is a different flavour as well.

More perishables from the supermarket, Dutch Lady milk and Sun Moon cut fruit packages. Topped up the bags with toothbrushes and toothpastes from Watsons/Guardian.

Korres Santorini Vine Set

Another gift I received is this Korres set of Santorini Vine Shower Gel and Body Lotion. I gift and use Korres fruitilicious bath products often. Everyone I gift this brand to, adores the true fruitiness. It's like there is pureed fruit inside (hopefully not). Santorini Vine is an ancient white grape indigenous to Santorini. It's not the grapiness I am used to, its very sweet and citrusy. Incidentally, this is the only Korres range I have yet to try so am looking forward to using it.

Yoghurt Drinks

Think of it as smoothies or lassi in a bottle. Prepacked in fruity flavors so you can consume in the comfort of your own home or pack it into your family's lunchbox. I am a huge advocate of these drinks because it not only tastes great (its a given that it has to taste great), it contains lactobacillus acidophilus that your body needs a certain amount of to maintain the normal functioning of your digestive tract and milky drinks help remove chili/pepper heat after a meal.

Marigold Yoghurt Drink

Blended with fruit juice, 0% fat. 700ml bottle @ $2.80.

Bliss Yoghurt Drink

Sweeter option that is low fat. 700ml bottle @ $3.

Magnolia Yoghurt Drink

Contains fruit chunks or nata-de-coco in it. 800ml bottle @ $3.05.

Simplicity - Amazing Fit Pattern 1354 - Dress A

Amazing Fit is Simplicity's plus size line for bigger women, its also called Amazing Fit as there are different patterns for varying cup sizes and even alteration instructions to achieve the perfect fit.

Dress A is a sleeveless dress with triangle cutout at the back. Perfect for a day dress that I am creating out of this green cotton fabric.

To liven up the dress, metallic thread is used to create decorative trims. You can also buy trimmings and sew it on. Matching colour tones adds detailing to the dress without being obvious.

The finished dress!

Jil Sander Spring Summer 2015

Jil Sander is famous for her less is more style of fashion and inextricably linked to Fashion House Prada and affordable clothing brand Uniqlo. Her sensible aesthetic is reflected in her clothes. This season we see a dash/stripes print.

In Menswear its this faded blue print with white background, very casual and relaxed.

We do see some colour in dusty pink and warm yellows. It looks really cruise-ish, resort-ish. White is turning out to be a big trend for the guys.

My Handmade Clothes are Selling!

I was just wondering what to do with my handmade stuff when people offered to buy it from me. Soo glad to have customers at this point ;)

Ahava Dead Sea Water

Ahava is a natural skincare company, one of a few that use the mineral rich dead sea as inspiration and source for their products. To me, it's like a tourist souvenir from Israel. I received this Dead Sea Water set from my aunt. 

This Water range is really minerally and fresh smelling. The full range of products for the Water line are Shower Gel, Exfoliator, Hand Cream, Foot Cream and Body Lotion.