The Brilliant Works of A German Textile Designer

Stefanie Siebert is my idol! Lucky me, the website comes complete with an English version. http://www.panoptikum-siebert.de/en/index.htm
She was featured in a Burda magazine many years ago and as I was cleaning up my cabinet of magazines last night - I found my long forgotten article. (Yes, I actually have a massive collection of Burda, Martha stewart and other craft books stored in a big cabinet!)

It's all about needles, fabric and lots of fantasy. I've posted some pictures here for all crafters to admire. Some of the designs are just whimsical and uniquely her style. I just love her fabric foodstuff. She's brilliant. And these are all for rent, they've appeared on shopping windows, musuems and exhibitions.










Look at the details. The orange wedges and the petit fours. Yummy.













Freaky characters are all life-size human figures!



A window display, the more you stare, the more alive they seem.




















Everything is handmade and one of a kind.

How do you sleep?

Find your own pose!

This is really weird, but we do sleep like that. With Nigel smack in the middle, thank God for King size beds!!! Come'on, take the challenge.

May Birthday Celebration!

Last Sunday we celebrated the birthdays of Auntie Dorcas, Stan, Shen-ni, Jessica and Faith. As usual we had a lot to eat and the theme was Asian fusion noodle fare. Auntie Josie made Vietnamese Beef Noodles (her painstaking effort in removing all the bean-sprouts tail is much appreciated - her maid was on holiday so she had to wake up at 4am to start preparing!) And the gorgeous pineapple cake was simply - Divine. (For catering services - Josie Bakes is in action and orders are welcomed!) That is not all, Mom made her Thai-meehoon salad and of course, I made Tom Yam Seafood pasta (with mussels and all).

As you can see, everyone had a bowl of yee-yee's vietnamese noodles. Still thinking about that wonderful beef broth and all that succulent beef!









Close-up shots of the spread. Yum-yum.

Can you imagine, we do this every Sunday.
















And no dinner is complete with my Mom's Sea Coconut Dessert. I think she does this especially for Nigel. (It's one of his many many favourites.)








Ooohh! The most delicious pineapple sponge cake ever!!!! Thanks yee-yee, we all had double our share.



























Yoga after dinner? Nigel and Faith seem to have a lot of energy after a heavy meal.
And here's Jessica trying out her new flip-flops, the ones that come attached to a base when it's cut from a giant foam piece thingy.

I think everyone had a blast. See you this Sunday!