Gift # 20 Crown for King Jared
Posted: May 28, 2012 Filed under: Gifts Given, Uncategorized | Tags: e3-reloaded, fun work, hong kong, jughead crown, tedx, tedx mongkok, work Leave a comment »Last week marked an important developmental moment for me… I attended the best TedX conference, #TedXMonkok! I made a few gifts for the conference peeps. Here is an upclose of a funky Jughead Crown for Jared King. The Heart represents the Morse Code letter “E” and the 3 is to educate, engage & empower = Right on!
Here are some cool blog posts describing the event:
myMOVEMENTS & Communities Dominate Brands. More photos and videos to come.
The topic was Chaos and I played the role of chaos-maker – and gosh it was fun & I was effective. The event was organized by E3 Reloaded - some super-innovative types here in Hong Kong, taking the boredom, alienation and general “sucky-ness” out of work!
Here is Jared, co-founder of the E3-Reload team, before the reveal:
And here is after the reveal:
Gift #19 – Dolphin Mobius Loop
Posted: May 18, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »IS there a limit to the number of times I can write the word Mobius!? I haven’t written that word since my Bachelor in Environmental Studies at University of Waterloo! My buddy Merrin is an ecopreneur. Today I introduced him to another Eco-Conscious Business type, hopefully this will be a fruitful juncture… Stay tuned.
Merrin wears this oh-so-cool shark shirt from Schenzen:
So I was inspired to create a badge & this beautiful dove showed up in the center.
Here is Merrin smiling, as he usually does:
Gift # 18 – Pilates Lady for Jill
Posted: May 17, 2012 Filed under: crafts, Gifts Given | Tags: 3D felt, generous, hong kong, jill marshall, pilates Leave a comment »I met with my super-groovy new Pal, Jill Marshall for lunch yesterday. Jill is a kind, accepting and generous, down-to-earth kinda gal. I took her Pilates class for the first time – the class helped me re-discover muscles and areas needing stretching – YAY!
Here is Jill’s very phallic pilates badge:
And here is the Pilates Lady herself:
During class, the lady kept doing leg-lifts - 3D felt!? Who knew?
Gift # 16 – Rugby Ball Birthday
Posted: April 19, 2012 Filed under: Gifts Given | Tags: birthday, hong kong, park, rugby, victoria gardens, welsh Leave a comment »
A lovely spot for a party in Hong Kong? Top of the Peak in Victoria Gardens. The party guests were collecting tadpoles and frollicking through the woods. Just like regular children playing in the local park. It was idyllic.
The birthday boy is a massive Rugby Fan, so I fashioned a rugby ball with Welsh team colours. He was so happy and proud to wear the badge. Yay!
Gift #17 – Jane Austen’s Ancestor
Posted: April 19, 2012 Filed under: Gifts Given | Tags: cassandra, chawton house, cisco, family, jane austen, sandy lerner, saviour, stag Leave a comment »Last night the LRC held an extremely high-brow, intellectual event. And simple me, was invited. During the talk I was sewing away because when I get inspired it is just so much fun to create my love gifts!
I was inspired by my friend Cassandra’s lecture topic, Re
storing a Legacy - How Sandy Lerner of Cisco saved Jane Austen’s home at Chawton House. As well I was inspired by the family seal.
My friend Cassandra is a direct descendent of Jane Austen. Cassandra has been working on the restoration of the Chawton House landscape for the past 10 years. She has been researching the shape of the land, plant species and vistas to restore the landscape back to the days when Ms. Austen would have been looking out of her writing room.
15th Gift – Farmer Joey’s Smiling Vegetables
Posted: April 19, 2012 Filed under: Gifts Given | Tags: food, hong kong, love, organic, smiling, vegetables Leave a comment »
This past weekend my family took a healthy trip to Fanling, NT to visit an organic farm. I gave Farmer Joey a badge with her Smiling Vegetable, Zen Organics logo! I love how surprised people are when I give them a gift. This one is so cute: two apple eyes; an aubergine nose; and a carrot smile? A lovely day, and I’m ordering my veggie box from Homegrown Foods today.
Easter Crafts
Posted: April 10, 2012 Filed under: crafts | Tags: basket, crafts, Easter, eggs Leave a comment »It was a weekend of crafts and baking. My first hot cross buns after three tries. Some silly Easter egg badges. And Easter baskets for the kiddies. 
Easter Crafts
Posted: April 10, 2012 Filed under: crafts | Tags: basket, crafts, Easter, eggs 1 Comment »
14th Gift – Oyster Badge for Janice
Posted: April 4, 2012 Filed under: Gifts Given, Uncategorized | Tags: cooperative games, education, exuberant animal, ocean recovery alliance, oyster, plastic, play Leave a comment »My buddy Doug and I had the pleasure of teaching a group of 88 kids (that is a big number!) about the negative impact of plastic on the ocean. This is an initiative of Ocean Recovery Alliance to educate the youth about ocean health. A huge amount of plastic ends up in the bellies of ocean creatures. Some whales have been found with 400kg of plastic in their bellies!
Doug & his Garbage Net
As well plastic provides a free-ride for an invasive species to travel into another ecosystem. Invasive species take over in new ecosystems as the new environment doesn’t have any natural predators. Project Kaisei works specifically to raise awareness of the negative impact of plastics in our environment.
We watched a funny film
The children played many crazy co-operative games. One game required making shapes of sea creatures (including the elusive plastic bottle!). The children all came up with the same ocean message: Say “no” to plastic!
A badge for our awesome Ocean-loving educator, Janice
13th Gift – Bill Helin’s Maple Leaf
Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: Gifts Given | Tags: bill Helin, canadian, ceremony, gifts, native, totem, tsimshian, youareloved Leave a comment »
Today I attended a totem blessing ceremony in Hong Kong.
This totem blessing became a symbol of our efforts as humans to merge our cultures. To create an understanding between two very different tribes, the TsimShian and Chinese through art and music and dance. The HK people’s are represented by the killer whale who swam across to this island. The raven represents the TsimShian peoples.
As the native artist Bill Helin says, “As one tribe we forgive each other and support each other.” I gave Bill a maple leaf a symbol of our tribe of Canada. He told me he has plenty of Raven symbols, but not many maples.
