We have prided ourselves to be the pioneer of churning out new cabochon designs weekly and have been looking for ways to enjoy economies of scale with means of raw material bulk purchases. We now can extend this savings to our customers. Also, with the emerging of new sellers and copycats, we see the need to remain competitive and yet still giving the best we can.

We had spent days in prices revamping for our shops and now customers can reap what we sow. All prices are now effective lowered at a whooping 30% storewide to cabochons, pearls & rhinestones. All adjustments have been made at our Webshop, Etsy and Dawanda.

Over the next few weeks, we are looking to lower other prices for Japanese products as well as we are now direct import from Japan factories. So continue to stay with us and watch our pace!

Of course, the other stuffs still remains the same: Flat rate shipping, friendly & prompt customer service, excellent packaging and a passion for handmade.

Do you know Camera’s Day is on June 29? We were having some fun exploring Etsy’s Treasury East and decided to curate a list! Here’s our few interesting finds on Etsy for Camera & Photograpy lovers. – Brandon

It is time for another contest giveaway, and we really think hard for this item for giveaway.

It took us about 2 hours to brain-storm what girls like you and me would like to carry around on our Iphone. Trina and I finally decided that it has to be glam and bling but not too over-whelming like those in the market. I myself love white and so we went ahead with a Snow White Bling Decoden Iphone Case!

Snow White Bling Decoden Iphone Plastic Clear Case

It might look simple but with either an white or black iphone, the contrast and effect can be quite different & pretty:

With a white Iphone

With black iphone

Of course this contest giveaway DOES NOT comes with the Iphone

Every details on this iphone case is hand-glued, hand-pasted, hand-designed by myself & Trina. There are rhinestones running along the 2 sides, and on the case itself. And a crystal chain running in S shape down the case.

We really hope you like it!

Now, if you like it and would like to win this item, you can do any of the following to enter:

1. Leave a comment on this post telling us why would you like to win this item.
2. Join our Facebook Page and invite your friends who would like us. Leave a comment on our wall “I want to win Snow White Bling Iphone Case!”
3. Subscribe to our Mailing List at our Website
4. Make  purchase of at least SGD15 at our Website and leave comment at checkout “I want to win Snow White Bling Iphone Case!”

Each of the above will get you 1 lot/entry for the contest, up to 4 entries for you! The winner will be randomly selected and announced on 7 June +8 GMT.

Looking forward to your comments and entries! ♥ Ayu

Floree Clay is relatively new in the international market compared to other Japanese brand like Padico & Fuwa Fuwa. Though it is an excellent and high quality clay, there are many who does not know the attributes of these range of clay. Today, I am going to intro a bit on these Floree Clay and what crafts they are suitable to use with.

◎ – Yes
△ – Medium
× – No

Yosuke’ll clay = Exoak = Transparent Clay
(Direct Translation from Japan Site)

From the chart above, you will have an idea which clay to use if you want to succeed in crafting your desired items. For example, if you want to make those pastel colored fake sweets, you would want to use either White Oak or any Lightweight clay. However, from the clay, you can tell that other lightweight clay does not have the good properties which White Oak Clay has when come to crafting fake sweets.

Floree White Oak Clay

Next, we will talk about water resistance. In general, all Floree Clay has better water resistance compared to other clay. Water resistance that is, when in touch with water, the shape of the clay will not be easily distorted. All air dry clay will definitely turn soft when soaked in water because they are made of flour, unlike Polymer Clay, but Floree holds the strongest water resistance attribute.

Clay Water Resistance Comparison (Left: Floree, Right: Other)

Lastly, many of artisans use molds to construct their clay shape and often, they face the difficulty of removing their clay from the molds. With no proper handling, clay shapes can be distorted and not perfected. There are many different techniques of removing clay from molds but if the clay strength is strong and with higher flexbility, it will help heaps!

Floree has manufactured their clay for easier removal with use with their molds as illustrated below:

Clay Elasticity & Flexibility (Left: Floree, Right: Others)

Clay release/removal from molds (Left: Floree, Right: Others)

Ultimately, it will depend on your own ease on which type of clay works for you and the type of project you are in.

I personally love Fuwa Fuwa pastel & glitter colors, Hearty’s economical value and Floree’s quality.

Here’s a story of a mother’s love for her little boy who inspires her to create all things cute in his little world. How she paint her dreamy world into picture prefect in her creations.

Jaclyn’s creations are cute & girly! And I specially love these few items which I picked from her cute shop.

The three little pony necklaces reminds me of “My Little Pony” which I used to own when I was younger and I remember it was yellow in color! The cupcake pin cushion is so sweet, I would love to stick my pins in them
The cookie bows are made in the sweetest pastel colors and not to forget the amazing lip gloss lollipops! Each of the round casing of the lollipops can be opened and it acts exactly like a lip balm yet so adorably cute to own one and carry it around in my bag!

Jaclyn has lots of our creative and interesting creations in her Etsy shop, do visit her today to show her your love!

Thank you all for your patience and taking part in this Giveaway. Here are the lots allocated according to the contest guidelines!

The winner of the Jar is Riechan! & the tiny consolation prize goes to Icitea!
Congrats to the both and please drop me a message with your shipping address.

As for the rest who joined my contest giveaway, please don’t be disheartened as there will be more giveaways coming up with even prettier handmade items
Just make sure you sign up on our mailing list!

I had always love the sweet stuffs from this Japan shop, they are soooo well made & adorable! Today, I wish to share this pretty shop with you.

Happy Closet

Although she doesn’t ship internationally, her pictures and products are still eye candy to me and an inspiration for all sweets deco craft artisans!

Thank you so much for your support during our 1 year sale. We have another good news to share with you!

We just managed to get distribution rights for most of our Japanese products and this resulted in better rates for us. And in turn, we are extending our discounts into cost savings for you!

With immediate effect, all prices of these products are reduced:

1. Padico products – Clay, Whipped Cream, Silicone Whipped Cream, Deco Sauces, Clay Craft Kits: AT LEAST 20% reduction
2. Decora/Decoration products – Silicone creams, Deco Glue, Deco Paint, Magic Tip, Sponges etc: 15% reduction

Also, we have adjusted the shipping to a much lower fee, to allow you to enjoy paying the shipping at cost and nothing more. We in fact will absorb a portion of the shipping & handling fees for you. We dare say that we might have one of the lowest prices around now and this will stay as long we can provide.

All of our 3 shops are adjusted to the new prices and you can be assured to purchase at any of our shops to enjoy your new cost savings.

With your support, we believe we can continue to provide better prices and better products for you. So, please hang in there with us!

Hey hey, it is time for another of our Giveaway!

If you would like to make this, I created another post for its recipe – Check it out!

Decoden Lollipops Jar

Simple Silicone Cream Adjustable Ring

How to enter the Giveaway:

You have to let me know which particular cabochon you love most from our shop and post your comment here on this post.
That’s it!

To increase your chances of winning:

1. Tweet about “Contest Giveaway: Decoden & Whipped Cream Affair @Sophieandtoffee http://bit.ly/bcmmGj” in your Twitter.
2. Publish this Contest Giveaway on your Blog and provide your link in your comments.
3. Publish this Contest Giveaway on any Crafting forum and provide your link in your comments (Repeat forums will not be counted).
4. Purchase worth of SGD30 or more at our website during the period of the giveaway and quote “giveaway” at checkout message.

I hope the above are enough to help those who really wants to win this item!

The Silicone Cream Adjustable Ring will just be a small consolation prize for one of those who entered but did not win the Jar.

Results will be randomly picked with more lots for those who had increased their chances – Thank you!

* Contest deadline: 30 Apr 2010, GMT +8 *

This is a Decoden Jar decorated by me using purely our supplies. I had really great fun with it!

♥ Recipe ♥

IKEA Jar
Fuwa Fuwa Whipped Cream
Clear Pink Glue Stick
7mm Half Pink Faux Pearls
4mm Round Multi-Colored Faux Pearls
Decollage Clear Chocolate Sauce
Polymer Clay Sprinkles
Polymer Clay Sticks
Glitter Lollipop Cabochon (Front right)
Pink Lollipop Cabochon (Front left)
Swirl Pink Lollipop Cabochon (Back)
Pink Donut Cabochon (Back left)
Sweet Cupcake Cabochon (Back right)
AB Faceted Pink Heart Rhinestone (Front left)
3mm Pink Rhinestone with Tip end
2mm Clear Rhinestone with Tip end

♥ Point 1 ♥

An important point to note in this recipe is that, the Fuwa Fuwa Whipped Cream has to be thoroughly squeezed/squashed/pressed before cutting the pack for application. If not, the clay will not turn creamy and your results will not be good. If proper handling has been done to the Fuwa Fuwa Whipped Cream, the result will look like a vivid real whipped cream with good texture.

♥ Point 2 ♥

The hot glue has to be applied from the top so that it drips down to create the icing sauce effect.
The rest is pretty simple and I bet a beginner can do it, because I am one! I hope you like it!