Jiam & Co.

I ♥ Bazaar @ Subang Parade

2011-12-25T15:19:00.004+08:00

Thanks to everyone who came to support us! Next stop: Singapore!

Merry Christmas!

More year end merriment!

2011-12-19T11:21:00.005+08:00

Comes that time of the year when we clean up and clear out.

Lined notebooks (13cm x 20cm) going for RM 22 (delivery charges not included. Yet)

Alas, I left my camera back in Singapore so pardon the product shots, they'll do for the time being.

Christmas is in less than a week's time. Your humble narrator is in a flurry trying to squash everything that needs to be done before the year ends. Why do year ends always have that tinge of melancholy in it? :(

The new year's probably going to see some changes around here. Things are going to get a lot busier on the school frontier so I'm still anticipating the legalisation of human cloning.

I would sign off with a Happy Monday here, but we all know better than that. But hey, there's the long weekend to look forward to!

Cheers

2011-12-18T17:02:00.000+08:00

‎'Twas the month of yule,
When we came up with something new,
A book or so, a certain case,
Of one with the funny face.

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A5 Blank sketchbook. RM 25 (Plus RM5 charge for delivery within KL. Alternatively, you can choose to pick it up personally from us from either Taman Desa or Taman Yulek. (We're nice people who don't bite. Promise! :D)

A bit of year end merriment!

2011-12-18T15:44:00.003+08:00

Comes the time of the year where we start cleaning up and clearing out.

Going for RM 22. Also available as an anytime diary. Email me for more product shots at jiamingsuen[at]gmail[dot]com

(There will be an additional RM5 charge for delivery within KL. Alternatively, you could arrange for pick up from us personally either at Taman Desa or Taman Yulek! We're nice people and we don't bite! :D)

In which we find out that one year can hold so much

2011-12-18T00:13:00.005+08:00

Looking back, it's almost close to a year ever since I've started dabbling in this little project. A feat that I couldn't have imagined possible, considering the fact that more than half of this year was spent abroad in foreign lands for me.

When I first started out with this, I was still employed as a copywriter and counting down the days to my resignation. (which was actually pretty crappy to be honest.) Now I'm back to being a student in the final year of my degree. In this time, I've participated in five exhibitions/sales, of which three of them saw me being overseas, leaving the groundwork to my mum and sister who're pretty darn awesome (with a bit of reservations to the latter, unless I get a nice Christmas present from her :D ) enough to spend a day, doing the sales in my absence.

I must say that I've learn quite a lot in this one year and if good things should be shared, here it is:

1) It's never going to be about the money. If you're thinking about getting into the hand made craft/design industry for the monies, you'd probably have better luck finding a giant deranged mutant hamster who sings strictly in the D key and dances the Irish jig for a living. Heck, being in this line demands wayyy a lot more discipline and passion than I can ever admit to having.

2) Designers in this hand-made craft line are humans too. Yes, we may always seem to appear cheery feery in our Facebook pages or websites but it doesn't mean that we're wired that way, so do be nice to us ~~and we promise not to bite~~

3) We don't like getting invites to participate as vendors in markets where the crowd do not appreciate art or hand made crafts. Nuff said.

4) Travelling really broadens your perspective. (At least it really broadened mine)

Anyways, that's enough from me, here are some pictures from today's event at Urban Village!

Jiam & Co at Rantai.Art Event 2011

2011-12-13T01:08:00.001+08:00

Happy Sunday!

2011-11-20T13:45:00.003+08:00

EC Fest! ♥ 20.11.2011

Jiam & Co at EC Fest!

2011-11-19T20:24:00.001+08:00

Tales of Nothing and Could-be-somethings

2011-10-26T23:34:00.000+08:00

Jiam & Co at Pipit Wonderful Market 7!

2011-10-01T22:26:00.001+08:00

Happy goods!

2011-07-07T14:57:00.005+08:00

Guess who's new in the Pipit Zakka Store? Hand made notebooks among other shiny things from other great talented crafters in Malaysia.

Show em' some love won't you? ;D

Pipit Zakka Store
18, Jalan SS2/55,47300, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
* double storey house opposite POH KONG

Business Hour :
Wed-Fri ~ 12pm-8pm
Sat & Sun ~ 12pm-6pm
Mon, Tue & Public Holiday ~ Closed

Jiam & Co at Urbanscapes!

2011-07-05T13:03:00.006+08:00

So here's some awesome news. We'll be at Urbanscapes on the 16th of this month with some new and shiny things. Where would that be? Click on the Urbanscapes banner in the sidebar to get full details.

Expect more disgruntled kids, notebooks and miscellaneous trinkets to be on sale. See you there!

Because we try to make lugging heavy bottles look prettier

2011-06-29T23:51:00.004+08:00

For those huge BROS bottles (1600ml) that you have lug to work/school everyday.

Price : RM 20

(Not including delivery)

Will also be available at the Pipit Zakka Stall next month onwards!

Wonderday

2011-06-03T19:03:00.006+08:00

Hello Friday,

It is officially my third day as an unemployed bum-of-a-sort and I'm loving every bit of it!

Also, I've shifted my consignment with the Pipit Zakka Store to next month onwards so please bear with us while we sort out our blag among other things. Meanwhile, here's a filler for your viewing pleasure

Hello Sunday, please be good

2011-05-22T16:28:00.006+08:00

According to research, Sunday is the most depressing day of the week. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be the case if we all didn't have to go to work the next day.

But I digress. Come 8 days from now, I will be unemployed.

Maybe it means more time for me to start illustrating once more.

Maybe it means more time for the things I actually enjoy doing.

Maybe it means more time to actually start figuring out what I want...

or something.

Or something 'entirely' else.

Here's what I've been up to in any case.

Custom-made sketch book, ordered in conjunction with Father's Day.

Also, I've been receiving some inquiries from readers asking me if all these books and illustrations on this blag are for sale. Yes they are, but do note that some books (especially those made from old magazines) are one-of-a-kind and only available until sold. In any case, just drop me a line to ask about purchase. :)

I am not a seamstress

2011-05-18T00:54:00.007+08:00

"Ouchywawa!"

We apologise for the lack of noise over the last two days. While your humble narrator would have preferred to tell a more colourful tale in which we spent the past few days in our polyvinyl super hero costumes ridding the world of an impending alien attack, truth was, we spent the past few days trying our hand at an ancient craft, bestowed unto the womenfolk since time immemorial: sewing.

Now, now... Do note that I'm not entirely incapable of working with stitches. It's just that given a choice, I would have preferred to stay away from it. However, I did receive a custom order a couple of days ago for a book that requires quite a bit of the afore mentioned. Curious? Well, they did say a picture's worth a thousand words, so here's two for you:

It's also two more days to the weekend. I so love short workday-weeks. We we we so excited

From old magazines and other things

2011-05-15T14:17:00.009+08:00

Picking up from Friday's post on perfect binding at home, here's what Sunday brings!

Some of you might have also seen this last week at the Pipit WM6. Also made from old magazines and the likes.

Some people have asked me which magazines I use for the cover. Most of them are taken from pages of old TIME and Newsweek. I've always had been rather fond of these two publications since I started reading them in 2007. There's a certain charm to how formal yet easy on the eyes their pages are and their pictures are always so dear.

Just yesterday, I picked up a copy of both publications, covering the recent Osama shoot-down. While I'll admit that I don't actually agree to their point of view, I kind of regret not getting an extra copy for both. Bummer.

I need a lawn so I can yell at kids to stay off it

2011-05-14T11:37:00.004+08:00

I've always had this dream where I'd grow up to be one of those grumpy old men who yell at kids to stay off my lawn. Call it a retirement plan if you will.

But I digress, having lived long enough high up in a condominium, it'd be rather difficult for kids to be able to get within the vicinity short of scaling up to the eleventh floor. An act that would probably result in a phone call to the local police authorities than me raising my voice. (Alternatively, I could raise my voice first, then call the local police)

But oh yeah, hey - look! New designs!

In which we find out that stolen office supplies come in handy

2011-05-13T14:33:00.002+08:00

Wait, did I say stolen? I meant 'borrowed'.

As a college student, there were times when I could be effing anal about finishings and all the minute little details that'd make your father go boom, (assuming he's the 'big picture' type) so I've always had a thing for books that were perfect binded. As a matter of fact, I think it's no coincidence that perfect binding is called perfect binding.

They did teach us how to do your own perfect binding in college. A method that involved those newspaper-stand clips. You know, that brown stick like thing that clamps the paper together? It's hard to get your hands on one of those short of running off with one from the vendors, but we don't advocate any forms of shoplifting here, so we don't.

Anyways, I've had my own suspicions that there was an alternative to do it at home without using stolen goods and last night, armed with three binder clips (borrowed), two plastic rulers (also borrowed) lots of glue and tissue, I set out to test my method.

An hour and a whole night's worth of sleep later, I woke up to find out that my book had dried and was perfectly binded.

Of course, the one downside of perfect bind books is that they can't be opened flat but there're still plenty of use, especially if you've got loose pages of materials you'd like to bind together without opting for wire-o.

PSA of the Day

2011-05-12T13:44:00.001+08:00

Hello World!

2011-05-07T22:37:00.005+08:00

First off, here's a big thank you to all who came to support at the Pipit Wonderful Market! If you had been redirected to this blagspot from my namecard, welcometh!

Alternatively, you can contact me at jiamingsuen[at]gmail[dot]com

Meanwhile, do watch this space for updates and what nots.

And here're some pretty pictures for your viewing pleasure!