We all know how loathsome it is to see discarded plastic pieces appearing in the sea and in nature parks (not great to see a plastic bag half buried in Mount Ophir).

For over 15 years Steve Mcpherson has been gathering all sorts of bits and pieces from the beaches of North Kent Coast of the UK. What’s phenomenon about his project called Marine Plastic, is that the objects are collated by type or colour and arranged in unique compositions.

Let’s remind ourselves to be mindful of the way we treat our trash.

It’s great fun to see the tantalizing works of stylist Evelina Bratell photographed by Carl Kleiner for Dutch magazine “Blend”.

Pretty interesting to see coffee powders, and linguine + rice noodles parading like that.

The duo’s work for Ikea’s baking book “Hembakat är Bäst (Homemade is Best) is also quite engaging.

It’s the annual report receiving season here and just like last year we receive one copy that’s unlike the usual A4 booklets.

Quite a nice change to have the facts and figures (yawn…oops excuse me.) condensed into a CD which is attached onto paper with a foam sticker (∅ 1.5cm).

Out of curiously, I compared the diameter with other types of foam or felt dots but so far none of them match EXCEPT for some corn cushions, ya, the ones for the toes!

From labelling tags, to holding clips, to thread spools, bread clips are wisely reused in any way possible.

And how nice it is to dress them like what Miko at Amizuki did with some fabric tape!

Since the completion of my “2 summer palaces” last year, I have gone on to build a third.

These other buttons in my stash were calling out for a cool wintery ensemble.

It matches nicely when I’m dressed in cool colours.

Here are 2 pairs of earrings I had made for one of my growing-up-extremely-fast young nieces for Christmas. Her favourite colours at the moment are silver and black.

She’s really excited about earrings since the day her ears were pierced. That reminds me of ME when I got mine pierced at 16.

One year has passed since the Sunshine bracelet production first began.

Production is still ongoing. Proceeds now go to a warm loving place.

I’m in the mist of finishing up another new batch. Hope to show them to you another day.

Some time ago, I bought a pearl pendant with a letter “K” from Buttons and Such with my sis in mind. When she came back from London, I asked her what would she like me to turn it into, and she said a necklace.

So here it is. The rosette (which really doesn’t look this dark in person!) next to it is actually one half of a toggle clasp that couldn’t clasp my bracelet securely so I decided to use it here instead.