To line pretty paperie or fabric at the back of a shelf creates an inviting backdrop for that shelf space. Designer Matthew Mead replicated the process by lining botanical images on a batch of small boxes and created a fine artistic spectacle!

More on Matthew’s DIY project at Do It Yourself magazine.

Don’t we all have a few things we can’t do without when we travel abroad or take road trips?

Well, I thought wouldn’t it be fun to initiate a series “What travels with you?” where I’ll peek into the travel bags of my favourite bloggers to uncover their 4 or 5 most important essentials. To start the ball rolling, I shall begin with me, okay?

I’m usually a light-traveller with a hand-carry luggage because I can’t wait to exit the airport asap! And for this reason I have to resist packing a nail clipper or a pair of scissors.

1. Chollera – for algae goodness and to hopefully ward off constipation.
2. Fish oil – the good oily companion.
3. Moisturizer – needed for my dry skin.
4. Liquid eyeliner – doubles up as my brow pencil.
5. Aloe vera – all-round wound healer (and hair gel).

Stay tune for more to come!

[p.s. I'm starting with my favourite bloggers but anyone can join in! Just send me (mail at bloomize . com) a landscape photo in high res and your list of 4 to 5 indispensables. Looking forward to hear from you!]

There are a few things that have come under the spotlight in Bloomize more often than others — chopsticks, eggs, umbrellas and corrugated cardboard of course! A quick search will lead you to the entries.

I’m seriously liking this wheelable box designed by David Graham, posted at I New Idea.

Every single part is cardboard, even the wheels!

Japanese artist and illustrator Baku Maeda sculpts animals from ribbons and has called his crafty endeavour “Ribbonesia“.

Can you spot these creatures – cat, bird (twitter bird actually!), fox, panda, pony, seal, koala, reindeer and dog? I don’t know if that’s a blue crab…

They look good on clothes and perfect on presents too!

If I know of an exhibition on our island’s past, I will try not to miss it. We went to one such event a few days ago at the national museum, the same venue where the shopping bag exhibition was held.

The neon sign at the entrance to the hall.

1962 cover of Her World, a women’s magazine.

Chinese adaptations of “Cinderella” (left) and “King Solomon’s Mines” (right), 1961.

“Songs of Singapore”, 1958.

Oh oh, look who’s not part of the exhibition but was hanging out at the museum anyway? Aww…he’s our new little companion who had tagged along. I named him Einstein and he makes me smile.

Pretty clothing designed and hand sewn by Irene Bau in Argentina.

Love the fluffy tiered dress!

This was my first time looking at a big rain lily.

Hover to see the image before I had it processed. Which do you prefer?