Shop Feature and Inspiration - Made by Mosey

Made by Mosey is one of those shops that is so inspirational, it hurts. Humptydump once made a little blanket piece for the POPIN Project, and seeing someone do it makes us realise we are not the only ones making use of everyday objects for creative purposes. and we love madras checks, so how? Shop Mosey here

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We kid you not Part I - Flour Clothing - clothes for kids to wear and adults to ogle

We stumbled upon some lovely clothing for kids but would suit any adult fine. Unbelievable but true.

We start with the good folks at flourclothing. The clothes are a throwback to the past. Proper clothes and no stupid cutesy pop cartoons. Click here to shop.

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For Madras Checks loving people!

Inspired by the styling by folks from the Madrid-based IOU Project. Ethnic chic and oh-so-modern. A plus that you can actually meet the weaver who does your shirt, virtually of course.

Shop here

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Live well series. Handstitched goodness from Humptydump

We love making New Year Resolutions (breaking them is the eventuality). What better way to do so than hang this on a wall to remind yourself of the oddities of life?

Here we go: Live, Laugh, Love
Approximately 11cm across
Ready to hang
Cross-stitched and mounted on an embroidery hoop
Sides fray-stopped
S$18

A Simple Succulent

Drew this beautiful plain porcelain tumbler from Daiso in an afternoon with a simple motif.

Medium: Pebeo Porcelain Marker (Black Fine)
Material: One piece tumbler from Daiso Singapore
Time taken: 129 minutes

An elegant terrarium, or so we thought.

We really love our plants and did this elegant piece for a lovely lady.

We are the woodland creatures

Meet Mr Fox (He insists he is the good guy), Ms Badger (on request by a special friend. Thanks for allowing us to chance to take up this challenge. Trust us, we have never tried working on a badger until you came along), and Ms Raccoon.

Materials: Felt, brooch pin, thread and imagination
Time taken for each piece: Approximately 80 minutes

And a little bird told us

2 brooches, tiny simple ones.

Medium: Felt, brooch pin, thread, old button
Time spent: 45 minutes per brooch
Number of stitches: 79 stitches approximate per brooch

Blue Bird

Black Bird

A random experiment

Humptydump was fiddling with bits of left-over garden glove scraps and fashioned this tiny pocket bunny brooch. A bit dumpy, a bit funny and quite eccentric, is what we made of Flattie.

Born at Christmas

These two fellows were made for a special friend to be gifted to another friend at Christmas. Especially cheery, Fluke and Tappy must be enjoying themselves in the homes of their new owners. These guys wear their hearts on their sleeves.

Fluke loves his ribbons

Tappy getting to know his new found friend, who doesn't seem too interested.

Pandy loves her new friend

Pandy was made as a farewell gift for a good friend of ours. She may look nonchalant but this little lady has a warm heart. Obviously so, as she found a friend in Ginger almost immediately. Check out their first photo together.

Sold - A fellow who knows his cars well

Introducing Mike, a jolly fellow who loves his cars. He is rather well versed in Matchbox and Hotwheels. And he has a cheery smile to beat.

The vain owl - a brooch by Humptydump

Once upon a time, there live an owl. He believed in vanity, and strung a ribbon on its tail. Needless to say, he often got stuck on tree branches. He doesn't care though. 

Medium: felt, brooch pin, thread
Duration: 182 minutes
Number of stitches: 89

The Eclipse Mirror - Four O Nine

Give it to us now. Something deceptively simple yet clever.
'The ECLIPSE Mirror is a circular wall mounted mirror, backlit by a concealed light source. This frameless mirror is sandblasted with a special process which removes the reflective finish from the mirror. This creates a faded edge to the mirror which visually dematerialises the circular boundary and allows light from behind to peer through. The lighting effect is meant to emulate the spectacle of a solar eclipse and creates a pinhole camera effect on the viewer's reflection.

100 cm diameter x 7 cm deep
30 kg
USD 2000

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All for POPIN

Humptydump has been collaborating with POPIN, a local crafts community championing the handmade. For the Bird Project, we contributed one of these, in salute and memory of our lovely granny. For more on the project and details on how to take part, click here.

Ugly Duckling turned Graceful Swan - A necklace by Humptydump

Customised for a friend of a friend who is so into swans. Amazing and intricate beadwork from the dear sis, one half of humptydump.

Number of stitches: 82
Medium: Felt, crystals, metal chains, beads
Time taken: 48 hours

Wears well as a longer necklace. Perfect on a black dress.
Email us for pricing details (twopolkadots@gmail.com)

Try talking to Simon the plant and Hat the toadstool

Saw this lovely mug and couldn't resist it. It was aching to be written on so here it goes. 

'Simon Says' Mug (with plants). RRP: S$25. Email us at calmspace@yahoo.com now!

A local gem - Reckless Erica

Crazy about checks and stumbled upon this lovely collection from Reckless Erica's FW12/13. They are located at the uber chic Orchard Central with other worthy Singaporean designers.

The Talents behind the Lab C covers

Bought a beautifully designed phone case from the talented textiles duo, Sanna Lehti and Anni Kääriä from MUOVO Finland, who worked collaboratively with LabC, a Korean mobile phone case design company. As we worked along the website, we discovered a treasure trove of designers and their amazing works. Be warned. 

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas - tea cup plants and bottled stuff

Here's what we have for now! Special presents for special friends. Only for meet-ups at Bugis or Sengkang MRT Stations. Reach us at +65 92274074 or twopolkadots@gmail.com

Amy Friend - Of starlights and lost souls

We dont know what to make of the works of Amy Friend. It is enigmatic definitely. It reminds us instantly of something we have lost, something so precious but yet gone from our hands forever and will never ever be able to recover.

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According to Amy Friend, there is a playfulness to these images. Yet to us, it felt as
if this lady has evaporated into countless specks of light. 

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An arresting image, and which reminded us of the Titanic movie, where the dead plunge into the deepest and darkest
ocean depths. 

Singapore has talent! Featuring Grace from KWODRENT

We have always admired the works of local designers, particularly Grace from KWODRENT, whom we had the chance to meet and befriended. Her pieces fluctuate between mathematical objects that emphasised angles and degrees) to sculptures to jewellery to textiles design.

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