Shop Profile :: The Make-Believe World of Miniio Dollhouses

Give us one of these doll houses anytime. And let us go back in time to when everything was cheerier!
P.S By the way these are not sickeningly saccharine sweet dollhouses. Modern and oh-so-minimalistic, they remind us of Norman Foster.  We like! Look it up here.

Designer Profile :: Ek Thongprasert :: Subversing the Notion of Precious

We love being surprised. How about supposedly precious looking jewels made from silicon?

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Source: EK Thongprasert

Shop Profile :: Erin Lightfoot :: A Study in Geometrics

In porcelain and inspired by Art Deco and Bauhaus, Erin Lightfoot is one designer to watch.
Shop here.

White on white

An inspiration for us, especially as we are exploring with the idea of working with white on white details. Support a cause, support the mending of Christchurch. Click here for more details.

Indecent Bag Profile #2: Chanel Plexiglass Clutch SS13

It looks like a tribute to Lego. It's so unique, you will have folks queuing up to be your friends if you are seen carrying it. Guaranteed, that is if it ever reaches your hands.

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Indecent Bag Profile #1: Moschino Cheap & Chic Teacup Bag SS13

Totally up our alley. Wonder the price and if it will ever reach our shores.

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Petite Raindrops Teacup Plant

Hand-drawn teacup and fresh cactuses for pre-orders. This one was made specially as a surprise present for a customer. A toast to everlasting friendships.

Motifs are available for customisation.
All teacups come with 2 varieties of cactuses and personalised message
Price: $35 + $8 (Delivery charges within Singapore)
Contact Agnes at +65 92274074

Shop Feature :: Golden Age Vintage

Once upon a time, ladies took the pains to put on dresses, attired themselves from head to toe in a coordinated manner and most important of all, looked great.

Hats off to designer and tailor Karlee Slater, who lives and breathes a bygone era through her beautifully made dresses. Shop here

Source: Golden Age Vintage

Source: Golden Age Vintage

Source: Golden Age Vintage

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!