The MidiZ Wristlets are here! These handy dandy purses are a smidgen bigger then the MiniZs, created to portray the print in its own right, each one is unique, like a art print that you can take with you, create conversations with people, connect with the world!
Holds your tiny essentials, with a divider inside, it'll be easier to locate stuff.
Watch out for them in our shoppe! :D
shot of the national day celebrations - Marina floating platform from my office at Raffles Place.
Hi guys! i'm terribly terribly sorry for the long disappearance. there were a lot going on and i had to take some time to figure things out a bit. i've received quite a number of convos and emails about my disappearance so i thought i'd better sort things out. this blog post is long overdue! (the "long" here is so underrated. LOL)
First of all, my sincerest apologies to all my ardent fans and lovely people who contacted me and i've not gotten back to. i will, promise! no words can possibly describe how thankful i am for the existence of you guys! seriously, you wonderful peeps motivated me to come back despite all the commitments. i'm dying to sew again, which i haven't for ever so long. i'm dreaming of the machine needles going up and down fresh fabrics. i know its time to start again, even if its small & slow.
Ok, i should recount already! my 2nd degree with RMIT (bachelor biz, accountancy) ended in december and i made a 2 month trip to see DH in Sydney before i had to start on work. then a little trip during the chinese new year to north east china with my parents since i haven't travelled with them in forever! it was so cold (neg 30C) but so beautiful. i had Jay Chou's music with me so it was pure magic. LOL. then its work, thanks so my lovely headhunter who was just waiting for me to jump back on the rat race. it was tough initially, loads of crap to clear and tons to learn. thank heavens it was a good trip, met some wonderful people with a decent boss. so its been alright so far. yes, i'm back to an office job. it somehow feels different...maybe i've learnt and grown a little, it feels like i've a better grip on things without having to spend ridiculous hours in the office like in my past jobs, before completely resenting the whole thing and quitting in the end. i hope this one will last me a while. i've also surprised DH with a short trip to Sydney during our 14th anniversary. Boss asked me to go. LOL DH has also made a trip here (snoring on the couch as i type. shhh) to singapore for my convocation on tuesday. he's gonna stick around til early october so i've got some company for a while. both our birthdays fall in sept, so we'll get to celebrate that since we haven't done so in years! :O its a little nuts, but i've also decided to continue with the last 5 papers of acca (chartered accountants qualification) so i may someday be an accountant. just for the sake of it. DH also urged me to make a plaque (was typing plague! :O) out of my degree so i can hang it in some office someday. i thought i'd hang it on the wall of a pretty country-like room surrounded with amazing fabrics, trinkets and trims, and of course sewing machines! LOL
so yeah....story of my life. short version. please don't feel ignored. i can't do custom orders for now due to my schedule (work, gym, classes, dh...) but i will try my best to come up with cute purses sporadically!
please do visit my little shop sometime!
we will have the long overdue FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SALE very soon!
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(psst, if you're reading this & is hankering for something from our store, contact me for 50% off on anything in store!!! BUT, you'll have to tell me which is your favorite pic from any of the 3 links above in this post AND something you'll like to see in florspace's store in future. Go SHOP! :D)
Edit: Thanks for coming by, you amazing bunch of fs fans! thanks so much for keeping my little dream of creating purses alive! watch out for the sale a-comin' soon! :D
Its that time of the year again! Thanksgiving turkeys & families + the Black Friday Weekend SALE @ florspace!
Time to pick up stuff for everyone! Our Mini purses makes PERFECT stocking stuffers as our lovely customers say!
Pssst......Loads of special totes in store! Never a better time to pamper that special someone, you!
STARTS Nov 26th 2010
Our cut-off for guaranteed christmas delivery worldwide is 6th of Dec.
Black Friday-Weekend Sale Conditions:
1)Reserved, preorders, customs not included in the sale
2) Sale items are not included (are already on sale! ;+)
3) Florspace Home items not included BUT can be shipped together. Wait for a revised paypal invoice, SG wait for revised email notice for direct deposit.
4) Payment is expected immediately at the time of order for international paying by paypal.
5) Payment is expected within a day for local orders, ie, payment has to be received in our bank account within a day after information is emailed to you.
6) No further discounts applied.
7) While stocks last.
8) Conditions are subject to necessary changes.
9) Violations of rules mean sale will be cancelled. Sorry!
You get free extra yummy goodies in with every order! Because we love you guys for your wonderful support!
Tell your friends, shop in your pjs with a mug of hot choco. What could be better?
THE Black Friday-Weekend Sale only @ florspace!
And HAPPY HAPPY thanksgiving everyone! Have a safe & wonderful holiday you wonderful people!
Loads of HUGS & Kisses!
from the florspace factory!
Hey peeps!
Just wanna swing by to say we've given a little break to our amazing helpful elves.
So NO SHIPPING from 14-21 November 2010. Just a week!
And then when the come back, you know what's gonna happen!!!
......... tum tum dummmm......The BLACK FRIDAY WEEKEND SALE! :D
Can you wait til then?! LOL
Note that I will be out of town til early January to visit my other half who's stuck here for work & research. sigh. So no custom orders for now. And we've got our amazingly helpful elves to ship your goodies to you, but please do allow 3-5 business days for them to pack, coordinate and ship everything out to you guys properly.
Shop early for Christmas! We've got tons of quality purses in our sale section! These are the same great quality you expect from a florspace creation, never seconds!
We're in the midst of changing our ever famous MiniZs for the better! We've received some emails regarding the issue of us using grosgrain ribbons for the D-ring tab and sometimes the ribbon frays despite the reinforcements. So we've listened and we're switching the ribbons for 4 layered cottons or canvas for the D-ring tabs, so they'll last a long long time! It'll be perfect for using it with a swing strap and attaching your keys. The best news? Our be-ribboned MiniZs are on sale for $5! They're all made with care and reinforced of course! But if you need a super strong tab, go for the fabric ones! They won't budge even when we play tug of war with it! LOL Yup, thats all part of our quality test runs!
So check out the whole bunch of them landed in store! With several new prints as well! In limited numbers, so shop early for Christmas! And, if you need 10 or more, contact us for a better price of retail! :D
Check them out!
We're having a blog exclusive! When I set eyes on this print, I had to have it! The color's so hot, chic and the modish arrangement of the block alphabets and Miss Kitty sealed the deal! They had only a tiny amount left, so I bagged the bunch! We didn't have enough time to do up a tote yet, so here's a set of 3 that would make you smile when you open your tote & really brighten up your day!
First we have the ubiquitous Cube Wallet with Japan import noir snap buttons, white zipper inside and a matching hot pink canvas inside, sewn twice around so it'll last a long long time!
Then the large pouch to store your cosmetics & things for on the go, roomy and mod hot inside! 7" by 4.5" by 2.5" large.
And of course, we've included our ever famous MiniZ purse, for your metro cards and smaller items that always gets lost in our totes! Canvas inside too!
And a strong interfaced strap with elegant spring clasp to hold everything together! Feel free to use them apart too! ;+)
email for info if you'll like them! - florspace1@gmail.com
Update - SOLD!
Shop early for Christmas! We're putting up a whole bunch of awesome quality purses on SALE for $5 ONLY!
Go grab yourselves & your loved ones cute & functional MiniZs! :D
Shop now!
As winter approaches, we start to mellow out a little too! We've got 2 more of those awesome natural linen theme that we all love so much! The one up there is Travelling Dreams which is quite personal for me as I love the anticipation of going somewhere, exploring new places, seeing new people and finding out a fresh perspective on life. This classy, slightly grown up little tote would be perfect for a day of shopping and lunch with the girls! Its a great conversation starter too! :+)
This is the last of the Teddies at the carnival! Don't miss it if you heart this print! I believe this combination is one of a kind as we're out of these cute handles. I love the playful nature of the teddies having fun at the fair! This tote would be so great for a yummy mommy! :+)
Check them all out instore!
This is the second of our Le Marais flap purse. I couldn't find much prints that look absolutely fantastic to me, except the classic dots and this really cute teddy carnival! This version is slightly bigger, 14" by 7.5", perfect for the yummy mommy that needs a few more things in her daily essentials. We absolutely love for picturesque the front flap is! The tiny teddies are all having a fabulous time at the carnival, its so much fun just to watch them!
We figured that pockets are absolutely essential, hence a classy curvaceous one behind and a patch one inside, with a cute brown hedgehog on it too! Paired with heavy interfacing & canvas inside, its one hard working purse, not just cute! ;+)
The long strap would be perfect as a convertible purse to be worn as the occasion calls for! Double it up like in the picture for a classy chic city shoulder purse, wear it end to end for a weekend messenger & remove it completely as a maxi clutch!
Don't miss this one of kind cute purse! Go See!
Can't believe I made this about a month back! It started as one of those bouts of uncontrollable lusts for the Chanel 2.55 which I have a crush on for like forever now. I think it started back when I was in high school and my grown up cousins had big time jobs and could afford the black flap purses with gold chains and trims for those dinners they went to. I thought I'd do the same when I grew up. But somehow the prices when north and my sensibility caused some serious balking. I adore the couture styles and its amazing how a little bit of thought and creativity, out pops my own little version of the 2.55! Not as luxurious and expensive, its still one amazing creation I hold in my hand. 4 years later and I still surprise myself! We name it after Le Marais, a district in Paris.
I decided to give the old pre-quilted fabric a little try out. It works beautiful, albeit tricky at first but it really does look pretty good in the end. And you guys know how picky I am. :P I paired this purse with thicker interfacing inside on the black cotton. A little concave on the flap & a nifty silver turnlock later, I hold in my hand, my own flap purse. Convertible actually, from a clutch, to a city-chic shoulder bag, to a messenger to keep those hands free for shopping or for your kiddo. How cool is that? Fits your daily essentials, just enough to look fabulous.
I have one myself and this one's for you. Just the one, so don't miss it for the world!
Whats fall without the creams and chocolates? Our little addition to the Fall into Linen Collection. Check them out instore!
We had this amazing print for a while now. I love that it combines traditional Japanese prints in a modish way. I never got an inspiration for a purse coz it was so beautiful by itself, any design didn't seem good enough. Moreover, the fabric was a little delicate. Just yesterday, I flipped through my fabric box and found this again. I had wanted to do a hobo and suddenly everything clicked, and Rising Sun was born in an afternoon!
Since the print is a little thinner than our usual cottons, with a little bit of interfacing and a marine grade canvas top and inside, its now ready to be a hard-working tote!
Traditional Japan in a chic, modish, city twist. Do you like? ;+)
2 cute new purses instore!
Limey goodness never look better! a little zest for your wrist makes a perfect going out day!
Mommy & me Hobo tote set! We figured since so many of you guys asked for matching totes for you & your kiddo. :+) This is a pretty, classy chic take on the Japanese kawaii zakka style, lace & all, perfect for the yummy mommy and her little girl! It is most certainly roomy enough to carry all your daily essentials, your A4 documents and even your notebook!
Features a removable espresso polka dot ribbon that you can re-tie anywhere else! We love that it makes a perfect neck scarf or even a belt for your kiddo! A one of kind version, check it out at our shoppe! ;+)
In a blink of an eye, its september 4th! Our Fall into Linen Collection is trickling into the store. A little write-up about this little collection...
My love for the natural linen look started as soon as I set eyes on copies of Japanese zakka-esque craft magazines around 2005. Being a virgoan, I am somewhat automatically drawn to earthy tones and well, chocolate being my default fav has stood aside since while I drool all over the bright pictures in the mags featuring purses & interior crafts made out of a combination of that amazing natural, oat colored linen. Of course it naturally lead to a maniacal search for the perfect natural canvas material for my totes right after I started florspace. I needed something thicker than the common, quite flimsy summer linens mostly for summer suits & dresses. After a long while, I got what I wanted. A beautiful, natural-looking, grainy yet smooth & squeezable raw canvas that I couldn't get enough of! Unfortunately the supplier stopped producing this particular fabric & I berated myself for not investing in bales of it while I can. I blame myself for being out of town when it disappeared from right under me. Since then, I have found a replacement, not quite the same, but quite perfect in itself. That is of course, the same material that goes into all the totes that we make today. We have used this natural canvas for a while now and coupled with our stabilizer, its performance is pretty decent. Just as many of our happy customers!
Hence, this little collection of a dozen totes, with selected prints that celebrate the amazing & versatile raw, natural linen, we call it Fall into Linen. We are certainly in love, are you falling for them yet? ;+)
Linen Apples is looking all proud, with a little insignia at the bottom that somewhat resembles a store front, don't you think? ;+) We are also in the midst of switching our ribbon D-ring tabs to all fabric versions to make them much stronger & more swingable!
This beautiful Sunday Print from Shinzi Katoh will be our last as the fabric is out & retired. The beautiful canvas fabric is both adorable & super duper hardy! This tote set is perfect if your belongings tend to be a little heavier than usual (like mine! :P).
Keep your eyes peeled for the rest of the collection & some wallets popping into our shoppe this weekend!
A little peek at what's gonna land in our etsy store in September. ;+)
Do you like yet?
Saw this amazing amazing box of Mooncakes in The Straits Times newspaper on Sunday and decided to actually run out and get them! Didn't keep my hopes up as its not the lunar 8th month yet. I made my way to the restaurant briskly and lo & behold, they had them! I was ecstatic! Yeap, I'm definitely, officially a bagaholic, so badly that I'm after anything that looks like a purse! I'm never much for mooncakes but this one really struck a chord with me! Doesn't it look so much like the Vuitton Epi Speedy purse in red?
Even though its cardboard, its got quite a weight on it and its covered with this textured faux leather that actually looks and feels amazing! Handles & trimmings are in red faux leather as well. The quality is quite unexpected for such a frivolous purpose. And, the handmade white lotus paste mooncakes inside are really good too! The yolk is fresh & the paste is not too sweet for my taste. Pretty good stuff!
This amazing box bag will be good for use long after the mooncakes have been devoured! :+)
I could not find a direct link to the restaurant information, but this box is from Xin Cuisine at Holiday Inn Singapore. I imagine you'll need to go quick!
Just wanna stop by to say HUGE thanks and hugs to everyone who's stopped by for our sale! Its been such a busy time, lots of packing and trips to the PO. Even the PO people have been so great to us! I've also been receiving lovely emails and messages about how you guys love our purses! It really tugs at our hearts and makes everything worthwhile! We're all about sharing the love for quality handmade purses afterall! ;+) So thank you thank you THANK YOU all so so much!!
If you didn't know already, we're having our biggest SALE ever to celebrate our 4 awesome years on etsy! Take the chance to shop for yourself and your loved ones! Do your christmas shopping early too!
Just 3 days more.... So shop away!
Another set of 4 of those amazing natural linen MiniZ Wristlets with the adorable Eiffel Tower fabric ribbon! We also did matching espresso polka dots covered button to match the inside, so its all tres chic!
Just $9 during our biggest Anniversary SALE ever! :D
Go shop!
