It has been a while seen I last posted. I have been busy selling Sylvanian Families items via my Facebook page Little Creations.
For your viewing pleasure, I will post photos I took from the Sylvanian Families exhibit inside Toy Kingdom, Megamall Pasig City, Metro Manila. Madame C enjoyed her romp last December 2011.
Miss Vilma Periwinkle Rabbit is a much loved aunt by her niece Rebecca, nephew Oliver and sister Kate. Oh, and her brother-in-law Alex thinks she’s a determined and kind lady.
About two days ago, she received a surprising offer she could not resist. Claytonia Crafts, a booming clay factory at Bayanan, Muntinlupa needed a consultant for their new range of products for Sylvanians. Her job is to make sure their products meet the discerning standards of Sylvanian folks. If she is to accept, she needs to move to a housing facility of Claytonia and will be away from her beloved family for the first time in so many years.
Ms. Vilma, after much thought decided she was ready for the challenge and happily accepted the offer. When she broke the news to her favorite niece and nephew, they bawled over but after Mama Kate explained that Aunt Vilma will be working at an exciting factory full of so many possible creations of toys, food products, and technological stuff, the raucous died down and were replaced with giggles and longing for future presents.
But still, the parting was not easy. Even Baby Periwinkle wiggled his way to Aunt Vilma for more hugs and kisses before she goes. Alex carried her luggage and waited for the Woodland Bus to arrive.
“Bye Auntie! Don’t forget to call us everyday. I want to know if their clay is more colorful than my molding clays,” reminded Rebecca.
“Auntie, check if that factory is where Santa gets his loot!” shouted Oliver.
“Yes dears! Auntie will text and call you regularly. Be good kids and help out your mom with the chores. Remember I won’t be around anymore to clean-up your toys. I love you all!” cried out Aunt Vilma.
And so begins a new chapter in the life of Ms. Vilma Periwinkle.
PRICE
Php 85.00. 1 pair Adult and Sister/Brother beaded sandals any style
Php 45.00 1 pair Baby beaded sandals any style
For clothes, please email us for price
FOR PHILIPPINE BUYERS
We require payment before we send item for shipping.
We accept bank deposit through Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) or Banco de Oro (BDO) only, and Globe GCash.
We ship via MC Express within Metro Manila and they use LBC for provincial locations with shipping costs listed below (in Philippine pesos). We combine shipping for several items.
60.00 Metro Manila
80.00 Luzon
90.00 Visayas
100.00 Mindanao
NOTE:
ALL SALES FINAL.
NO RETURN, NO EXCHANGE.
MEET-UPS MAY BE ARRANGED FOR COMBINED ITEMS Php 2,000.00 or more ONLY at Alabang Town Center, Festival Mall Alabang, and SM City Bicutan. Sorry, we cannot accommodate other venues.
Check our Ebay.ph page if you need security with your purchases.
✈ FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS ✈
We require payment before we send item for shipping.
We accept payment via Paypal.
We will use Philippine Post office registered airmail unless you request for other services like Fedex, DHL or UPS.
Philippine Post Office Rates:
Zone 1 – Asian Countries
Zone 2 – Pacific Countries, Middle East
Zone 3 – European Countries, North America and U.S. Possessions
Zone 4 – Africa, Central South America, Carribean
NOTE:
Please contact me for availability of item as we also sell at other venues.
We will send your tracking number and photo of your parcel and other postal documents before we send it for shipping.
For your peace of mind that you will positively receive your purchases, you may order via our online selling option at Ebay.ph and be protected with your purchase.
ebay.ph ID is: whenthebugbites
or you may search Ebay.ph by typing Sandals for Sylvanian Family characters
Thank you for shopping at Little Creations!
by Madame C
Little Creations
0917-8216609, 02-3463811
*All clothes and beaded sandals on this post may be ordered and specially sewn for you. Please contact us if you like what you see and if you have any special requests for a specific style or color. ☎Ring us! We’ll be glad to hear from you!
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Halloween is a fun time not only for regular kids but also for our small Sylvanian friends.
October 25, 2011 (Tuesday)
We find Father Cedric Walnut Squirrel tagging along Ambrose Baby Squirrel at Cafe Bene, a newly opened Coffee shop inside San Beda College Alabang in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila. Ambrose is sure he will have yummy treats from this cafe. Maybe cookies from the pastries counter. Hmmm, yum!
October 30, 2011 (Sunday 4:00 p.m.)
Madame C accompanied the adventurous Baby Ambrose at the Powerplant Mall for another round of trick and treating. Ambrose came as “The Pumpkin” and Madame C as “The Hair”.
The Toys R Us staff wearing a witch costume carried Madame C while Ambrose is carried off by a giant pumpkin person while a Bat guy looks from behind.
October 30, 2011 (Sunday 6:00 p.m.)
Madame C hurried to a one night only concert of Jason Mraz in Manila. She was such in a hurry that changing clothes was not an option.
October 31, 2011 (Monday 4:00 p.m.)
Preparing for a Nickelodeon sponsored Planet Scream event at Mall of Asia. The theme is Alien and Space Adventure and Madame C comes as a space princess with black gown and silver shiny lace bodice. For a change, the hair is swept back by a headband to show her lovely smile.
A scary cowboy carries Madame C and Oscar Buckley to the event.
Who said only big kids can have fun. Our mini friends had a Halloween blast this 2011!
Madame C said:
“I love to go on trips and yesterday I went to Alabang Town Center (ATC) at Madrigal Business Park, Muntinlupa Metro Manila. I went directly to Corte de Las Palmas wing of ATC to visit my Lego pals and their colorful creations.
I have never gone to China but here I had a feel of China’s famous Great Wall
and the Tiananmen Square
Next stop was the Tokyo Tower Japan
My pleasant surprise yesterday was to see various Philippine scenic spots all done by my Lego friends. It’s a surprise because I always see foreign themed sceneries and this is just Proudly Pinoy!
My best spot of all! On the strong hands of my artistic friend.
A wonderful trip, don’t you think?
The real Madame C said:
I am the designated chauffeur for my two middle grade school boys. When I picked them up from school around 1:00 p.m. today, they had a bittersweet surprise for me. They will have a U.N. Day celebration at school tomorrow and they need to come in costumes representing specific countries. My eldest can choose any country and he chose to be a 16th-century English nobleman. We already have the costume at home and looks like this…
My youngest can only choose from Arab countries or North American countries. We thought of the American cowboy and I started calling all nearby SM Department stores, National bookstore, and other shops that may carry costumes. Alas, all are out of stock.
So, ever the good supermom, I decided to create a cowboy costume for him. I bought from Shopwise Sucat a two-tone brown cow-like spotted knit shawl (Php195.00) with fringes on both ends, a dark brown cowboy hat (Php200.00), and a police set with pistols and badge (Php125.00). The other materials I already have in the house. After 2 hours, here’s what I made…
I used the shawl to make chaps. I was thinking of a leatherette material but none were available with the color I want. The fringes I got from the shawl and used it to drop from the sides of the chaps. Here’s the finished product.
The red bandana/scarf I got with my Perry Ellis perfume (manymany years ago), the flesh camiso chino from the recent Buwan ng Wika, and the studded vest from a thrift store.
If not for love, I wouldn’t have finished this under time pressure. I saved some brown cloth in case I get inspired making Sylvanian cowboy outfits.
Just sharing the creative process but I won’t be accepting any orders for human-size outfits anytime soon. I’m sticking with Sylvanians.
Madame C said:
“Although I think I am more known to my fellow Sylvanville folks as a fashion designer for bespoke clothing, I still see myself more as a footwear designer and love making sandals. I always think accessories is the spirit of an ensemble and it will be incomplete without them.”
Real Madame C said:
“When I’m out and around the metro, I always step inside quaint shops, curio shops, craftstores, and sewing stores. I love looking at items that will be appropriate for Sylvanians. I get insipration while I ogle at beads and laces. I feel like a little kid at a candy store. My fingers involuntarily clicks LIKE to all the goodies.”
To organize the beads I have amassed through all those visits, I put them in small uniform containers and group them by color. This way it will be easier to work with. Sometimes, the organizing is more exciting for me when I see them all neatly packed away looking like colorful gems ready to grace some fortunate dainty Sylvanian feet.
The beads you see here are all different from each other. Each container holds beads unique in color, size, design, shape, or material used. Currently, I have more than 120 different beads and all of them specifically sized for Sylvanian feet.
My favorite are the Spanish beads that looks like corals which I used for the “Tango beaded sandals”. I also love the U.S. glass beads I use for baby sandals. These beads are the smallest of all and demands the most patience to work with. And since they’re pricey, I can’t afford to have butter fingers.
I love the bluegreens. It reminds me of the the sea meeting the sky on a perfect scuba diving day out in the open sea. That was my hobby when I was still a Mademoiselle C.
Owing to my dressmaking hobby for purely Sylvanian Families characters, I cannot resist but give in to SF items when it’s related to dressmaking or clothes or footwear. So, I eventually bought this pre-owned dressmaker set I found at our local Ebay. It’s a bit expensive for a pre-loved item with several missing parts but hey it’s a dressmaker set and it’s very me!
The fascade is quaint simple with large open windows that I love. The Dressmaker sign is still in good condition but the front door is missing its handle. I’m not a fan of the pink signage, doors and window.
I adore the section of the seamstress with everything a dressmaker needs and more. There’s the vintage sewing machine, a cloth rack, table for pattern drawing, and metal iron with ironing board.
The bouffant wedding dress is lovely. The dressing cubicle is well-made with a full length mirror inside however I find it too big and occupies much space inside the shop. The rack is high to accommodate blouses or children’s clothes on the upper level and adult clothes below.
A bird’s eye view
My most favorite piece is this vintage sewing machine. It represents my new hobby which I am very excited about. This reminds me of the 1930′s vintage table top, hand-cranked Singer sewing machine from my father-in-law. He inherited it from his mother who also loves to sew and despite having two daughters of a brood of four, he decided to hand it down to my family. We also have an antique metal iron from the same circa where you use live coals to do the pressing. (I will post pictures soon, please come back for updates).
My Little Creations business is purely an online business venture. I post my products on the web, get orders via email or texts/SMS and deliver the orders via courier. Twenty-first century technology has allowed me this but the downside is, I never get to meet clients in person.
So it was a nice surprise when an opportunity came forward for me to meet Analyn, my first Little Creations client who first bought sandals from me using Ebay. I started this biz with just sandals in mind but when she requested for dresses, I was challenged and eventually found my niche.
She lives at nearby Laguna province and we’re supposed to meet at Starbucks, Festival Mall Alabang, Metro Manila. We will do a “Swap Meet” for some Sylvanian items I am willing to part with and the same for her. Here was our hour and half together…
When I went in at Starbucks, I noticed her right away. Why, you ask? She has this wonderful set-up on her table. It was a happy sight to see. Cream Cat mother as Analyn and Red Deer mother as our common friend, Pinky. They started their little picnic with Baby Cream Cat tinkling on his piano where everyone seems to be having a good time.
This is Analyn and I love her vintage pieces she found by rummaging through various stores in the Metro. She started collecting Hello Kitty but now has branched into Sylvanians and is hooked.
These are what I got from her. A fantastic display case perfect to showcase my beaded sandals collection, an electric hair dryer (brand new in box) to help Madame C dry her hair quickly in the morning, and two Re-Ment pastries perfect for tea and mini celebrations. And a small two-level Cottage House. The small items we traded, the house I sold.
And these are her picks from mine. Blue Accessories set, three pairs of Baby beaded sandals color red, black, and fuschia pink. And a pair of beaded sandals for mother in her fave color fuschia pink.
We talked about everything Sylvanian and hoped that we could meet more SF collectors especially now that we have the community page of Pinky – the PH❤Sylvanian Familes at Facebook.
As our time draws to a close, my new friend presented me with presents. Lovely presents fitting for a dressmaker. A book on Needlework and Wrapping, book and magazine on Handicrafts, a set of crafts materials, fabric with handsewn stitches, and a mannequin to hold my creations.
Not only that, she gave me two sets of DIY craft projects because she knows how I like creating with my hands. Awww! Isn’t that sweet?!
Here’s a closer look of her thoughtful gifts for me. I especially like the bottle of wine as I really do drink red wine to help me wind down at the end of the day. Doctor’s order! Swear, pinky finger’s honor!
As a token of our meeting, I gave her a Grandmother Dress set in lilac.
We parted with promising that this won’t be the last time we’ll see each other and next time it won’t be just the two of us.
Since July 2011 when Little Creations was conceptualized from the comfort of my study nook, I have pondered about how it will be packaged when sent out to clients. Little Creations started with sandals where I turned matchboxes into shoeboxes. Gradually, my sewing was challenged by requests for gowns and dresses and I had a new dilemma, how to package clothes.
At first I sent out clothes like this…
I find it very bare so I thought of putting a paper background to give more interest to the dress. I scoured the aisles of bookstores and paper stores for the right image for the background. I envision something light and bright, with visual interests on the bottom of the page, a free space on top for me to put a logo/brandname, and the right size for a Sylvanian.
Lo and behold! I found this cute kiosk store inside Alabang Town Center near the activity area on the second floor beside Figaro. The store is Invitation House. They sell a myriad of colorful paper products like notepads, tags, invitations, stationery, cards, notebooks and other little knick knacks for writing. Initially, it looks like another typical cutie store selling cutie stuff. But upon looking at the prints carefully, you will see that the designs are very well thought out. There’s balance and homegenity of the designs. The images are original and you won’t see them at websites or picture galleries.
So I chose some of their notepads and had a sticker label personally made from another store. Here’s the result of this idea.
My favorite design is this yellow background with fuschia pink border on top and with grass, flowers and bugs on the bottom. It looks happy and the cuteness factor is not tacky.
And to make it more personalized and professional looking, I requested from Invitation House to print my label on the top. The order was a minimum of 3 pads and took a week. The result is fantastic!
Lovely! I love how the border around my label is the same color as the green of the grass. How it softens the look of the dark head of hair of the hedgehog icon. The quality of the print is stunning. The colors just pops out. I’m pretty sure any clothes will look gorgeous on this! Here’s Madame C trying it out.
For your paper, stationery or writing needs, check out Invitation House. They have friendly staff at ATC. Weng and Jess who worked with my graphics were prompt and professional. And I like that we all handled the transaction via emails alone. Here’s a shot of their contacts. The envelope behind is their packaging whener you buy from their store. Simply stunning!
