xavvy-licious: October 2020

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

[Review] Preserved Flower Dome - One Hour Florist

Between fresh flowers and preserved flower dome, which one do you prefer? My personal preference, I love preserved flower dome more. To be honest, I am unsure how long it can last, I would probably update here if the flowers in the dome 'rot' one day.

This lovely flower dome was ordered from One Hour Florist , I was asked to choose the age of the receiver, relationship and for what occasion. From the input, One Hour Florist will personalize a dome that suits the occasion.

It arrived in less than 24 hours after I placed my order, pretty efficient! The dome was packed in a solid cylindrical holder. A bow was tied on top of the dome ( I lost that photo) and looked really on perfect for gifting.

It actually makes a very nice prop! I like to open up and take photos of it together with some of the product reviews. Cover up with the glass dome and allow it to take a place on my shelf as a home decor.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

[Review] A-Grade Premium DIY Terrarrium Kit

It is always great to be able to pot a plant or DIY your own terrarium and use as a deco for the house. During the period when we were preparing for Prelims and PSLE, we took a break off the revision and DIY a terrarium but with succulents this time, with thanks to Mason Home Decor.

It was totally hassel-free with this A-Grade Premium DIY Terrarium Kit . I am totally a noob when comes to gardening. The one who came up with this kit was really thoughtful to have everything ready for you to get started. It totally saved me the effort of going to hunt for the correct type of soil to use and what I loved most was, material waste was zero as the portion packed for each material was just nice to fill. There would not be any leftover to waste.

The kit consists of the following:

- 1 glass bowl

- 1 set of gardening tools

- 1 bag of mixed soil

- 3 pots of succulents

- 3 bags of decorative pebbles

- 1 drip bottle

- 1 pack of decorative figurines

A-Grade Premium DIY Terrarium Kit

I tasked the siblings to set up the terrarium as a team. Vera carried out the more basic and straight forward tasks

while Xav took on the more challenging steps such as repotting.

It was pretty challenging for the repotting of cactus especially.

Xav took the chance to share his knowledge to Vera on how succulents make food, especially the thorny cactus. Do you know that cactus makes food just like any other plants? The thorns/spines are actually leaves, hence, the stem contains chlorophyll and photosynthesis will take place at the stem.

I loved how it turned out to be and of course their por por loved it dearly when the duo gifted it to her.

This DIY Terrarium kit was one great activity to get the old and young engaged. Get yours if you love succulents. It was pretty fast free to maintain as you do not need to water them daily, just once a week!

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Monday, October 12, 2020

[Review] My Very Own Clay Tiles- heART Studio Singapore

At heART Studio, apart from paints, clay work is another art medium taught. At heART Studio, the kids were taught to create their own clay tiles and were taught what air dry clay and Relief Sculpture was.

It was more than just giving the clay to the kids, the process flow which involved a lot more steps and not forgetting the planning. I felt that this project was not just about art, it was a project with alot of new words taught to her. Just on the different techniques, Vera learnt about knead, roll, pinch, coil etching(scrape) as well as score and slip, the different techniques which involved her fine motor skill which is so essential for penmanship.

But first, she has to decide what designs she would like to have on her tile by drawing out as part of the planning. For someone who does not like repetition, this drawing can be a challenge to her but from the look of it, she seemed to have more patience for it and completed the task.

At times when she could not digest too much information, this was what happened, to roll or to spray water?

Initially, the fear of getting her hands 'dirty', she was trying so hard to keep her hands 'clean' but slowly as she got into the process, she started to enjoy the rolling.

She had to cut out the shape on the clay, following the plan she drew earlier. This was the part she learnt that she should not draw the shapes too small otherwise she would be facing challenges to cut them out.

Vera had to learn to control her strength as well, testing very much on muscle control.

She learnt how to make the slip to glue the clay together and joining the clay together at the edges.

She had to draw the design on the cut-out clay following her planned drawings.

Definitely a project with alot of information to digest and under the patient guidance, Vera completed the project with the whole project broken down into bite-size which is definitely manageable for kids.