Happy little m2

My little girl with the shirt dress I made for her from thrifted fabric which only cost me 50p. Nothing beats a smiling face she gave me when she put it on. She loves it!

upcycling cans

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One of my favourite finds at the Thames Festival is a stand full of upcycled tin cans.  The items are beautifully crafted and very colourful.

I hope next year the stand will be there again so I can get one of these as well as the artist’s details so you can shop for one too.

am still here!

Finally have time to do a bit more blogging So many things has happend since my last post, most were visible on my photography blog and on my flickr pages.

I’ve finally taken the plunge and decided to be a pro photographer.  I know achieving this is very hard work and I will even if it take me a while do my very best for it.  Even if I love to show off my latest photographs, not all will be posted online.. even for friends to see. New photography gears/accessories were bought and created, photoshoots done and so on. I know I still have a long way to go but it is always great to stop and look how far you’ve gone. After 3 to 4 years in digital photography, I can finally admit that there are indeed improvements of my photographs. But then, these are due to some learning experiences during meetups, practice and some books and magazines. Also, it is largely due to a gear upgrade from my tiny point and shoot to my first SLR body and now with my brand’s pro camera body. I still try to keep the edits minimal with mostly crops, saturation and sharpening to do.

95% of my photos on Flickr are made private so only my favourites are visible.

I’ve recently started working on my own handmade camera bags as well as re-think on my strap designs. Finally, I’ve finished one of my strap designs and I will be testing and showing it to my photographer friends.

I will endeavour to update this one more often… please bear with me.

Passport Cover with RFID Block (at last they are on the shop!)

Our handmade passport cover is now available on www.handigift.com and on etsy.

Description:

An elegant way to cover your number 1 travel companion. This is handmade with beautiful printed fabric, high quality shielding fabric and cotton lining.

We use high quality shielding fabric that is based with a rugged plain weave nylon (for superior strength and handling), plated with Nickel and Copper (for excellent shielding, low corrosion, and low toxicity), then coated on one side with conductive acrylic (less than 0.1 Ohm/sq) plus a hot melt (203° – 338°F) adhesive with polyethylene barrier on the other side (for excellent moisture resistance, washability. This shielding fabric is hot ironed to the cotton lining.

Passport Cover offers an amazing shielding performance: 80 dB (99.99%) at 100 MHz; 100 dB (99.99%) at 1 GHz. Will also block virtually all ELF & VLF electric fields. Because of the plastic coatings, it doesn’t breathe well and direct contact may cause skin irritations.

Features:

Exterior: 100% cotton fabric
Interior: Cotton and Special RFID Block Fabric
Size : One-size

* All our products are created in a pet-free and smoke free environment.
** Dry clean for best results
***Due to limited stock of Shielding Fabric, Passport Cover with RFID Block are shipped 21-30 days after purchase. You will be contacted when your order is ready

Test:

As stated in previous blog, this shield was tested in the London Underground. The Oyster cards uses RFID so I just put the card inside my handmade passport cover and voila it is ready for the test.  And the result? It did not read the card inside my passport cover. Another test is using RFID enabled passes to offices and same result. The readers did not read the cards inside the passport cover.

Availability: 

The passport covers are currently available in one fabric – Blue Love. Other prints will be available very soon for you to choose from. Please allow 21-30 days for your passport cover to be made and shipped.

Passport Covers (new)

Finally, new set of passport covers are now available online. Passport Cover with RFID Block is the blue one.