Sunday, May 31, 2009

Camouflage



Kaspar camouflaged into my room, my bed sheet. :)
Kaspar prefer to sleep on the homogeneous tiles than on wooden floor and on bed. I supposed it is more cooling for him.
If we put him on our bed, he would not jump off, but would sleep throughout the night too. We have to make sure he pee before he sleep, as both Keith & I do not have the habit of visiting the loo in the middle of the night.
He likes to sleep near to Keith. either right behind his back, near his leg, or even up onto his pillow, looking at him.
Previously he would sleep in the kitchen as we do not want him to develop a habit of sleeping with us. Nowadays he would sleep in our room as most of the day time he would be alone at home, just thought this would increase bonding? I am not sure.

Floral

Shooting stars (not for sale)- consist of Swarovski crystals & pearls, Pink Lepidolite, all golden parts 14k gold plated
10cm include ear hook
Some people may start wondering how to wear this pair of earrings, I did it for myself. To be wear one-sided only.
Dance (A gift)- consist of Swarovski crytals, glass beads, metal connector, czech beads, faux pearls, all parts Rhodium
5cm include ear hook

Happines (S$19.50)- consist of Resin Rose, Swarovski crystals, all parts Rhodium
6cm include ear hook


Sing (S$16.80)- consist of Swarovski crystals, Rose quartze bead, vintage bead with pearl finish, czech topaz, flower, all parts Rhodium
5.5cm include ear hook

Truth Love (S$22.20) (Sold)- Resin Purple Rose, Swarovski crystals & connector, Japanese vintage Faux white rice pearls, Rose quartze bead, glass bead, czech bead, all parts Rhodium
7cm include ear hook

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Big head

Purple dot (S$16.80)- consists of Swarovski crytals, all silver parts Rhodium
6.5cm include ear hook
Floral green (not for sale)- consist of Japanese floral beads, Swarovski crystals, czech beads, all golden parts 14k gold plated
6cm include ear hook


Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Lion dance performance

Last night I placed kaspar on my working chair. Instead of sitting quietly, he performed Lion Dance for us. Look at these pictures!











Mini size

Feel (S$18.60)- consist of Swarovski crytals, czech beads, faux pearls ( all parts 14k gold plated)
5cm include ear hook

Clean (S$9.60)(Sold)- consist of Swarovski crytals & snowflakes Obsidian, all parts rhodium.
4cm include ear hook
Snowflakes Obsidian- calms & soothes your mind. Stone of purity, providing balance for body, mind and spirit.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

My niece/god daughter & Kaspar

Kaspar has to stay in the cage because Ying Jie was afraid of him initially when she saw him. after warming-up
wow, U intend to hit me with this?

Let's play together

Ying Jie no longer afraid and allow Kaspar to kiss her. Kaspar still slightly shorter than her when standing up.

Oh Ying Jie has so much to tell?
Having a puppy and a a year plus kid being together was a challenge. Have to constantly keep a look out. Both of them were too excited to meet one another. Kaspar was over friendly thus we have to stop him from always licking Ying jie's face.
I was at my mum's place a few days, these photos were taken in March 09. Kaspar was 6 month's old then.

Wet look

"look at my curly hair, you must be envious"
" & my naturally beautiful dyed-liked brownish red color hair"

Kaspar will be showered by myself in a weekly basis. Yes he loves it. When he was very young, due to his small size, I was not able to shower him for too long as he would get cold and shiver.

Nowadays, I am able to extend the duration. He no longer run about/avoid the water.

Showering and blowing dry him will take about an hour, not including grooming.

Changing to a new set of teeth


The new set of teeth became stronger and firmer than the previous batch of milk teeth. I only got to witness the dropping off of the 2 sharp teeth at the side. It bleed for a while, however Kaspar kept licking it, after a while, it seemed to be ok. This process taken place around the 6th-7th's month.
After these new batch of teeth were grown, Kaspar also quit grinding his teeth against the ground, my laminated floor, cement walls, etc. Phew!

Stones

consist of Howlite (s$10.50)
(calming stone)
consist of Blue Agate (S$19.50)
(grounding stone)
I owned many stone's accessories. And I am naturally attracted to anything made of stones. Every type of stones emit different level of energy. I wear stones according to my mood. They really help alot in lifting my spirit when I need them, calming me down when I get too excited.
Stones- many possibilities!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Poodle's meal

In a daily basis, Kaspar will take 2 meals since when he was 5 month's old. Prior to that, He was taking 3 meals a day. The purpose of consistently measuring his weight at his growing stage was also trying to determine how much food to feed to him. From many write-ups, the estimation is about 3-5% of his weight of food per day.

Defrosted chicken wings
Usually I would feed him chicken wings for 1 of the meal.

Waiting for me to give command to proceed to eat.
I have trained kaspar to listen to commands rather than rushing to his meals.
Before I placed his bowl on the floor, I would ask him to sit. Just say "Sit", then hand signal with verbal voice " wait" while placing the bowl on the floor. He would stay very still, focus very much on the bowl till I say " ok, eat". I could walk away out of kitchen, without my presence, he would still stay waiting for me to come back to give him the command.
Training him is easy. I think only took a day for him to understand the required manners from him. Yes initially he would just hopping and look so greedy, super active whenever it was meal time. Repeatedly ask him to sit, if he failed to sit do not place the bowl on the floor. when I tried to place the bowl on the floor, he would move or run towards it, I would remove the bowl from the ground. So repeatedly till he understood that if he did not cooperate with me, it would delayed his meal time.


happily biting his bones

always finish up his meal in less than a minute

I have been giving Kaspar raw meat and bones eversince he lives in. A friend recommended me to read a book, " Give your dog a bone" written by Dr Ian Billinghurst. I got enlightened and agreed very much on what have been analysed and researched. Therefore, decided to give my poodle barf diet. I started giving him the ready packed patties from Australia, there is a Spore distributor, http://www.barfsingapore.com/.

the Barf packaging
I became adventurous and buy fresh meat like lamb, beef, chicken & pork for Kaspar too. I pre-packed them to a meal sized portion before putting them in the freezer.
Kaspar would be able to get more nutrition from the wholesome raw food. Would be able to prevent the side effects from eating processed food, grain based diet.
What a dog need is 70% protein, 30% vegetable/carbo/fats (taken from the book). Therefore I also gave Kaspar some fruits if we are eating. He basically eats everything. When I am feeding my hamster, he came to ask for food too.
The benefits I have observed:
1. no tartar on his teeth, need not clean his teeth. (tartar is cause by the carbo ingredients in the kibbles or cooked rice).
2. very little poo cos most of the food can be digest easily, poo has no strong smell.
3. drink less water but pee almost like usual as there is moisture in the barf diet.
4. Kaspar do not have the typical dog smell on his body.
5. He do not develop any kind of skin allergies so far.

Colors

Red Ribbon (not for sale)
All golden color parts are 14k Gold plated, Swarovski crystals, Czech beads, Faux pearls

Flying High (S$22.20) (Sold)
All silver color parts are Rhodium made, Swarovski crystals & Czech Emerald & beads, Faux pears, Red Agate bead, Glass flower, 14k gold plated butterfly

Happy Flower (S$19.50)(Sold)
All silver color parts are Rhodium made, Swarovski crystals & Czech Turquoise & beads

Pink Pandodol (S$15.10)
All golden color parts are 14k Gold plated, Swarovski crystals, Czech beads
Yellow Daisy (S$22.20)(Sold)
consist of silver plated Filigree, Swarovski crystals, Rhodium flower connector, chains & ear hooks, Heart shells, Red Agate beads

Thursday, May 21, 2009

14k gold plated parts

Gold leaves- a friend requested something in gold color
Red Swing (S$22.20)- Inspired by our NDP uniform's color

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Symmatrical

Joy
(given away as a gift)


Fresh
(Given to a friend)

A friend shared that usually she would prefer earrings in symmatrical, even she like mis-match as well. So last night I made 2 pairs symmatrical! Green & Purple. (Flowers, Swarovski crytals, czec beads)

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The sweet thing

A friend made this angel. Very funny looking angel having the very sweet colors and inpired me to create the following.

Pinky sweet Rose (Sold)- include vintage silver plated Filigree stamping, Resin rose, Swarovski crytals & more

Monday, May 18, 2009

Colourful parrots


I am not sure if these 2 parrots are good friends or they are a couple. They got along so well.
I was at Demsey place 2 days ago, very surprised to find so many parrots outside this carpet shop. The owner must have train them so well as they were not chain up at all. I like the vibrant colours so I took a few closed-up photos.








I like this! The parrots were so loving.


Vintage flower gold theme pieces

Fond Heart (S$28.50)- very lively feel. include stamped brass heart pendant in Victorian style, Swarovki crystals, flowers, butterfly drop
Glitter- S$24
I can imagine a black dress to go with this stunning pair of earrings for any night event.
Purple notes- Raw brass treble clef pendant, raw brass leaf bead, Vintage Jap acrylic faux Pearls, Swarovski crytals, flowers& more

Dainty Rose (not for sale)- include stamped brass seashell connector, raw brass filigree flower pendant, vintage rose, Swarovski crystals & more

Elegant Rose (S$28.50)- include Vintage round scalloped concave brass charm, stamped brass floral connector, Vintage stamped brass domed rose, Swarovski crytals, flowers & more

Imperial flower (S$24) (sold)- include Vintage molded glass, translucent Green Jade color with raised floral design ( made in Japan in the 1950s), raw brass filigree leaf, Swarvoski crytals, czech bead, flower bead & more