TOP TEN FAQs

Hi there!

I thought of writing this so that many understand how it works. 

So i have come up with M's own TOP TEN FAQs aka frequently asked questions :)

Question 1

How do i sign up for a workshop?

To sign up for a workshop, you will need to contact me via 

text to 016-2089430 

or 

via email to whimsicalnquirky@gmail.com 

or 

you can go to beading.my jewelry workshops

Question 2

Where is the workshop conducted?

Workshops are conducted at beading.my's shop located in wangsa maju

If you do not already know where this is, here is the address:
Beading.My Store: 25-1, Jln Wangsa Delima 10, Wangsa Link, Wangsa Maju, 53300 KL, Malaysia. 

Question 3

When is the workshop?

Workshops are held on saturdays or sundays by appointment only.

Please call or text to 016-2089430 for quick communication to book dates.

Question 4

Do you have weekday workshops?

I do conduct workshops on weekdays but location shall be at my home and usually i prefer not to have workshops on weekdays unless the person works on weekends.
I will try my best to accomodate your time.

Question 5

How much does one workshop costs?

My workshop fee is standard at RM125.
But if you prefer a workshop at the comfort of your home and for an individual session the fee is RM250.

Question 6

Does the fee include the material?

YES the fee is for material and tutorial and my instructor fee.

I prefer this to be transparent so that you know how i structure my fee.

RM30 is for the printed tutorial(s)

RM45 is for material (two full spools and beads)

RM50 is for instructor fee (4 hours +)

Question 7

How about tools?

Tools will be on loan for you to use during the workshop at beading.my 

If you do not already have your own set of pliers, you can purchase them online at beading.my for RM50 or if you need tools for workshop at my home since i do not keep stock on tools, i can go and collect them for you at an extra RM10.

The set consists of 4 steel polish pliers that can last you a long time.

Question 8

How do i confirm  the workshop date with you?

To confirm a date with me *blush :)     i will need a deposit of RM50. I will provide banking details for your perusal to do the transfer.

Question 9

Will i be able to follow the workshop? i dont know anything about wire or jewelry making.

YES!  i can assure you that you will be able to follow the workshop module BUT i can't promise you perfection. 

Question 10

What if once the workshop is over and i am not able to complete my projects?

This is my assurance. 

I will NEVER abandon any of the crafters. 

PLEASE call, text or email me. 

All my contact details are provided here. I will try my best to help you and i want you to know, this is my passion. If you need the guidance, i am here for you :)

It's LABOUR DAY!

HI EVERYONE! 

its labour day today and everyone is off on a break...but some of us like yours truly, is not on a break. Many of you supermoms and supergirls out there working 5 days a week and only on saturdays you have the opportunity to catch on with your hobbies and stuff.

I will be having my first class today for the month of may and also the first one for craft 3 project that i am going to introduce today.

This craft 3 project is also the first tutorial that i submitted to JEWELRYLESSONS.COM  and hopefully will be the first of many more to come.

if you are not able to attend  my classes, you can purchase the tutorials online and if you face any difficulties with the tutorials, please do not hesitate at all to contact me at:

whimsicalnquirky@gmail.com 

till then, have a good labour day weekend break and tata! :)

M

First time today! :)

hi everyone :)

had a great class today! AND there were a few FIRSTs today and if you been following my blog you know i just love recording the FIRSTs.

Today is the first time i taught a guy wire craft...and i should say that it isnt his first time doing it :)  either that or he is born to craft...a natural :)

today is also the first time i actually remembered to bring my camera ! yup months of doing this and first time i remembered to bring the real deal and not just snap from my camera phone....unfortunately (as always when i am exhilarated after a good class)...i  forgot to snap pics!!!

so calling to the crafters today, peisan, lionel, vani and sharon....if you read this, please please please send me a photo of the bracelets we made today and of other projects that you have completed after the class.

thank you gals and guy for a very interesting class and today by far is the most verbal interaction i had with students! i am happy with all the questions asked and i hoped it was an enjoyable class for you as it was for me :)

till then ,

M

Thank YOU! :)

a note of thanks from a lovely lovely girl!

- let me share with you the creative works of Gwendoline Too :)
she is among the first few who bought my wirework jewelry when i first launched whimsicalnquirky. thank you sweetie :) your support towards my work is greatly appreciated :)

IT's Already April!

well what do you know. its already april ( a week has passed too) and i just realised that it is already a year since i started the whimsicalnquirky blog :)

want to know how i started? 

before i started doing wirework jewelry, i am seriously crazy about needlecraft. Anything that gotta do with sharp needles, i have done it :)

i still remember those days when i used to make day trips to singapore from KL just to get dozens and dozens of yarn balls. Everytime i passed the jewelry aisle at spotlight, i would linger and thinking should i start a new hobby?...and then the colorful yarns would be screaming at me and say...."hey! look here! you are here for us..not the jewelry findings!"  ...and i would say to myself...one day, one day.

the truth was that my hubby didn't encourage me to do jewelry making because knowing of my delicate fingers' condition (eczema) he said i would suffer. 

I have never done stringing, i have never done jewelry beading and the closest beading  i have done is on baju kurung :)

and when i started to indulge myself into the subject of jewelry making in december 2008, i never looked back :)

i started a blog in April 2009 and my small online business began. I registered whimsicalnquirky.com.my in June after i see the potential that this can actually work for me :)

many are sceptical about starting an online business while my views are just the opposite. I really believe that it can work and never once i thought that it wouldn't. After my first online sale almost immediately after i set up my blog, i know that if you put your mind to it, it can happen.

believe in it.

:)

M

"HELLO BLOGGERS!" 50 BLOG MALYSIA PALING MENARIK

I was browsing thru magazines at my favorite SELVAN magazine shop in uptown when I decided just to check out the local mags. InTrend magazine caught my eye because of Mrs. Bung and then I saw it... "HELLO BLOGGERS!" 50 BLOG MALAYSIA PALING MENARIK pilihan InTrend.

I didn’t pick it up because...oh well...April is just around the corner...shall wait for the April issue when.... I decided to turn back and thought..what the heck...lets see who are the 50 bloggers...I can at least link them to my site and drive in traffic! :)

I was speechless. My blog was listed under "usahawan muda" and I felt a sudden overwhelmed feeling. Flashbacks of long nights struggling to build my site...reading CSS books to just understand what is HTML! and the codes.....at the same time promoting my site.....crafting my wares.....at the same time juggling to pay attention to the kids' studies...their well being....the cats....and I am so thankful for my better half...who took care of us all.

I just want to say THANK YOU to the person who picked my blog out of the other thousands that I believed worked just as hard to build their blog and business. As an "ushawan muda" and a work from home mother, I sincerely appreciate for the recognition. It’s placed in a tiny corner of the magazine and yet it means so much to me.

TERIMA KASIH! :)

M

Oh yes...BEFORE I go..... I would like to thank

http://lovelymissbyeti.blogspot.com

for taking the trouble to list down the 50 blogs and the links.

I would like to share with you the other 49 blogs and their links :)

50 popular blogs in Malaysia picked by InTrend magazine.

BLOG PERKAHWINAN

a.k.a Bride-to-be (B2B) Bloggers @ anything related with wedding!

http://itstimeforqanda.blogspot.com/

http://blog.saifulnang.net/

http://sweetdesigncreative.blogspot.com/

http://theweddingfairies.blogspot.com/

http://farraiskandar.blogspot.com/

http://geecantik.blogspot.com/

http://qarlista.blogspot.com/

http://www.nasgreatidea.com/

http://dinahalim.blogspot.com/

http://whatalovelywedding.wordpress.com/

BLOG CAHAYA MATA

a.k.a Parenting Blog

http://babyintan.blogspot.com/

http://gugu-gaga-alisha.blogspot.com/

http://pinkertonic.blogspot.com/

http://yongnoina.blogspot.com/

http://elissmiejunior.blogspot.com/

http://shilashower.blogspot.com/

http://floralpeach.blogspot.com/

http://meamyra.blogspot.com/

http://mareamysarah.blogspot.com/

http://huneyhubby.blogspot.com/

BLOG USAHAWAN MUDA

a.k.a Young Entrepreneur Bloggers

http://fivep3tals.blogspot.com/

http://pretty-roses-pretty-girls.blogspot.com/

http://dapurcheftaniashiokadooo.blogspot.com/

http://papererscards.blogspot.com/

http://the7th-day.blogspot.com/

http://www.oldblossombox.blogspot.com/

http://girlscharmingdream.blogspot.com/

http://whimsicalnquirky.blogspot.com/

http://diariann.blogspot.com/

http://beautynthebeads.blogspot.com/

BLOG PEREKA FESYEN

a.k.a Fashion Designer's Blog

http://rizalmanibrahim.blogspot.com/

http://www.syaifulbaharim.com/

http://alexanderloon.blogspot.com/

http://ricorinaldi.blogspot.com/

http://nikerwanroseli.blogspot.com/

http://nazreenidris.blogspot.com/

http://hattadolmat.blogspot.com/

http://harithnurita.blogspot.com/

http://anizamyusoftherhucouture.blogspot.com/

http://bysandraazwan.blogspot.com/

BLOG FASHIONISTA

a.k.a Fashionista Blogs

http://aizatcintagoddess.blogspot.com/

http://phothoughts.tumblr.com/

http://jezmineblossom.blogspot.com/

http://inibelogsaya.blogspot.com/

http://dianaufal.blogspot.com/

http://thepinkstilettos.blogspot.com/

http://www.tonguechic.com/

http://toosan.wordpress.com/

http://naziehah.wordpress.com/

http://gossip-couture.blogspot.com/

AND....to all my readers, my frens, my everything.....THANK YOU to you too...without all of you who shower me with words of encouragement and your interest in my craft, in my site, there will be no whimsicalnquirky...

 :)

"Syukur Alhamdulillah kepadaNya keatas limpahan rezeki yang dikurniaNya. Hambamu memohon agar sentiasa dipermudahkan segalanya dan sentiasa diberkati. Amin. "

In2wire craft workshop: Student's Creation

Great work on your first try at wire wrapping!

This is Haslina's second class with me. The first class she learned how to make a spiral bracelet, which i have forgotten to take pictures.....really i must must make the effort to remember that . After few workshops i have done and forgotten to take photos, darling hubby suggested that i ask my apprentice to tag along just so she can take some snapshots coz i will for sure not remember! :)

the first 10k mark :)

hi everyone,

my website's meter accumulate faster that my car meter and oredi overtake it! my car's mileage just touch 7045k since i got it in december 2007.....and my site started to get active sometime in april 2009....wow....means i "drive" lagi banyak kat sini then on the road! :)))

thanks everyone for the support just by taking your precious time to visit my site...

take care.... and see some of you this saturday at beading.com.my :)

M

Life is like a box of chocolates.....

Hello everybody,


Is life really like a box of chocolates?  if you happen to like everything chocolate...say chocolate with nuts, chocolate with raisins...plain chocolate, dark chocolate...orange chocolate...then i guess anything that you pick out from the box will always be a gud thing. BUT what if you only like milk chocolate and ONLY that?


i know the saying means that "you will never know what you will get"  and its right. You can pick one and it can be something you like or something you just hate...and sometimes....you can get chocolates with maggots!..and that must be the down low part of life.


Last week, had several things going that is like a box of chocolates. Two people that i had the privilege of knowing passed away within days of each other and both died of cancer. They were both young and i hoped they had lived their life as they wanted and made good of it. I  always hear the saying, LIFE IS SHORT.  i on the other hand, believed that life is as long as you lived it. Its never too short if you live your life by doing things that you love and do it good.


My son was also hospitalised last week for about a week. He is already discharged but recovery is pretty slow but we know that he will be ok. After hearing some  sad news of frens dying young, his recovery is definitely something we are so thankful to God.


AND as icing to a cupcake for this week ending,  i received a LOVELy surprise from a perfectly friendly stranger whom i made frens with recently thru my site. She took the trouble to send to me lovely lovely beads that she purchased recently and its all the way from Sarawak. THANK YOU to you, who has been so kind and thoughtful. May God bless you  and may your kind heart stay true and happy always :)

Its 4.05am. I know its late, but there are just so many things to do. Time will never wait for us. Once its past its past. So we have to find the time or make time for whatever we want to do. Even though its late, I am happy that i am able to complete one project that i have been saving for quite awhile just so i can concentrate and to pour in more of artistic idea into it and i hope it shall be well received :)


till then... take care  :))


M

Holiday is over...back to crafting!

hi frens,

i MISS crafting...today i went to visit all my favourite places to see whats new and before i start on new projects i PLEDGE to finish 4 more orders i have in hand that was given some flexibility to me to undertake once i have settled. BUT before i start on my PLEDGE (hehehe...bit funny to me to do this first before that and before that to do something else first....i am NUTS!] i will need to organize the "chaos" i have created since Ramadan. Need to do some spring cleaning. i give myself a day to do that and then i will fulfill my pledge :)))

i see that its almost 10 days since i posted anything and tot will have tons of pics to post but luck has definitely been on my side of late, Alhamdulillah, because on the last day of the bazaar, the crowd was incredibly "generous" with me. THANK YOU :))

hope everyone's holiday break and raya celebration was as superb as mine.

take care n ....tata :))

M

p/s after the 4 orders, look out for new ones.....clue , they r pink, they r grey....gorgeous combo

My FAMILY

Its almost 3 weeks since we started this "crazy fabulous idea" of participating in a bazaar organized by Kelab Darul Ehsan. During this time we have become gypsy-like toting our XXXL luggages.

The experience has so far been good even though there were days when we just see the crowd pass us by as if we were invisible. Are we doing it again next year? hmmmm.......as my hubs said, down memory lane ,we will forever remember this year as the year we did that crazy thing! :)

I know the bazaar hasn't ended yet, but i have to say my prayers of thankfulness and much gratitude to my family who has been very patient and very supportive:

1. My husband, who helped to do the laundry, and more laundry and more laundry while i was busy twisting and cutting wires, who is kind enough not to say anything even when he hears "hammering" sounds in his dream when in fact they are REAL sounds coz i was indeed hammering at 2,3 4 am! , who helped to transport our XXXL luggage and jewelry frame board, who stayed with us to help man the booth even though convinced that he is scaring potential customers because of his "large" presence. The list goes on...... you did too much babe n love you for it! :)

2. My MIL, whom i hope enjoys the "company" of our crazy kids. She also takes care of the kids during break of fast. HOW can we ever repay that ?! MUM *hugs

3. My MUM, who is my #1 customer!.....*hugs

4. My SIL, who encourages us to "terjun jer dulu". Thank you for your patience too, $upport and help in promoting W&Q.

5. My Sisters n BIL, oh yes! very $uportive....thanks! :)

6. My kids, nieces and nephew. Thank you for your help carrying everything, thank you for not grumbling, thank you for not complaining, thank you for having the most fun! running around the club and i hope you all enjoy this crazy experience :)

i think that is about it! :))))

xox :)

M

Jedi master's Apprentice :)))))

i would like to introduce my apprentice, obi wan "aisyah" kenobi, trained by master YodaM....hehehehe

seen here, aisyah's very own creation and crafted by herself, THE DRAGONFLY

her BUTTON BRACELET

A THOUSAND APOLOGIES! :)

hi!

now, who can remember who said the phrase "a thousand apologies"...?

clue: very funny british sitcom.

anyway, that is exactly what i would like to say to my gentle readers. I have made several new items but due to time constrain i am unable to post any of the pictures yet....even some sold without me being able to take a photo of it!..... i did manage a little bit of time to take the photo of the tournaline nuggets before it was whisked away and even that justice wasn't done because it was taken with no proper lighting and ....ehem...ehem....without background studio feel ...hehehehe but no worries, i received another order for the same style and WILL be sure to take a better snapshot of it kay :)

i also made many many many more bracelets using recently imported in polymer clay beads and chinese crystals under http://pebblesforkids.blogspot.com label. these are for now available at the KDE RAMADAN BAZAAR only that pictures are not taken so no postings yet, sorry.

lastly, i would like to say how much i appreciate to those who patiently waits for their orders. Thank you for your support and encouragement AND patience, *hugs :)

xox :)

M

RAMADAN BAZAAR AT KELAB DARUL EHSAN

HI frens! :)

First and foremost, i welcome the holy month of Ramadan with prayers that God will give my family and all muslims worldwide with lots of spiritual fulfillment during their prayers and patience while going thru the fasting "ibadah" during the whole month of Ramadan,amin.

i have set up a booth at KELAB DARUL EHSAN'S RAMADAN BAZAAR. This would be a great opportunity if you would like to view my handcrafted jewelry and also for you to come and get to know me better, the crafter and designer behind whimsicalnquirky.com.my :)

Other than some existing pieces , there are also a whole range of NEW jewelry collection that i have not posted on my site yet. So if you can spare some time, do come and see the collection :)

Take care everyone and SMILE ALWAYS! :)

M

wooohooo!

i had a VERY long day and for a person who is like the "dan lagi dan lagi dan lagi" battery, today my battery finally ran out! :)

had a great time chatting and wireworking with two new frens from MOLECULE. They are so nice and kind and i have to say...Soo you are so fasih in bahasa! :)

To end a great day is the arrival of my BABIES!

i was thinking of picking a few to keep...but looking them in real....probably i pick only few to sell! hehehehe..... they are so B E A U T I F U L!

anyway.....these will be up for sale. Email me for prices. These stones are EXCLUSIVE PURE TURQUOISE stones cabochon.

happy picking!

take care all and SMILE! :)

M