<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963699108991510865</id><updated>2011-04-22T11:23:04.069+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Shines and Sparkles</title><subtitle type='html'>The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

~Pearl S Buck~</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>kay_leeda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02538691439521114684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963699108991510865.post-1690174951054800236</id><published>2008-02-18T00:38:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T12:45:32.766+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Turquoise and Pink</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hj-Gj5gMI/AAAAAAAABgU/WxuUraViXhg/s1600-h/P6030424.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167990490971865282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hj-Gj5gMI/AAAAAAAABgU/WxuUraViXhg/s320/P6030424.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A simple straight line beading done on the flowers on the front side of the baju kurung. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hkdWj5gNI/AAAAAAAABgc/K53QMsEhKlg/s1600-h/P6030426.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167991027842777298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hkdWj5gNI/AAAAAAAABgc/K53QMsEhKlg/s320/P6030426.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To give a good effect on the flowers, turquoise and pink coloured beads were used. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963699108991510865-1690174951054800236?l=shinesandspakles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/1690174951054800236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/1690174951054800236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/2008/02/turquoise-and-pink.html' title='Turquoise and Pink'/><author><name>kay_leeda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02538691439521114684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hj-Gj5gMI/AAAAAAAABgU/WxuUraViXhg/s72-c/P6030424.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963699108991510865.post-4156507222946414089</id><published>2008-02-18T00:20:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T12:45:33.515+08:00</updated><title type='text'>English Prints</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hgaGj5gJI/AAAAAAAABf8/rO6shjSH0dw/s1600-h/PA211505.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167986573961691282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hgaGj5gJI/AAAAAAAABf8/rO6shjSH0dw/s320/PA211505.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Slanting oval shaped pearl beads sewn on the sleeves of the Japanese cotton baju kurung.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hhhGj5gLI/AAAAAAAABgM/g020Y8tIIns/s1600-h/PA211511.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167987793732403378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hhhGj5gLI/AAAAAAAABgM/g020Y8tIIns/s320/PA211511.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hhP2j5gKI/AAAAAAAABgE/OoKRMcxAKw0/s1600-h/PA211508.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167987497379659938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hhP2j5gKI/AAAAAAAABgE/OoKRMcxAKw0/s320/PA211508.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Both end beads are of the same colour of the floral prints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963699108991510865-4156507222946414089?l=shinesandspakles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/4156507222946414089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/4156507222946414089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/2008/02/english-prints.html' title='English Prints'/><author><name>kay_leeda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02538691439521114684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R7hgaGj5gJI/AAAAAAAABf8/rO6shjSH0dw/s72-c/PA211505.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963699108991510865.post-7807303897277204635</id><published>2008-02-10T21:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T12:45:34.257+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Purple Flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R68DMGj5gAI/AAAAAAAABe0/T2Kt4i-LQiU/s1600-h/10112007582.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165350804071743490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R68DMGj5gAI/AAAAAAAABe0/T2Kt4i-LQiU/s320/10112007582.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Very rich purple colour beads for Mom's full embroidered baju kurung.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R68DqGj5gCI/AAAAAAAABfE/s08we6Uy3pc/s1600-h/10112007584.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165351319467819042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R68DqGj5gCI/AAAAAAAABfE/s08we6Uy3pc/s320/10112007584.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R68Dcmj5gBI/AAAAAAAABe8/jRIH28-7wUg/s1600-h/10112007583.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165351087539585042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R68Dcmj5gBI/AAAAAAAABe8/jRIH28-7wUg/s320/10112007583.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Beads were sewn on the sleeves and the edge of the baju kurung top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963699108991510865-7807303897277204635?l=shinesandspakles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/7807303897277204635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/7807303897277204635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-flowers.html' title='Purple Flowers'/><author><name>kay_leeda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02538691439521114684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R68DMGj5gAI/AAAAAAAABe0/T2Kt4i-LQiU/s72-c/10112007582.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963699108991510865.post-8332211304496757902</id><published>2008-02-10T21:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T12:45:34.694+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peachy Sweet</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67-SGj5f9I/AAAAAAAABec/Ceh90zOPPHM/s1600-h/PB041634.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165345409592819666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67-SGj5f9I/AAAAAAAABec/Ceh90zOPPHM/s320/PB041634.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Multicoloured beads spread out on the sleeves of my best friend's peach baju kurung. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67--mj5f-I/AAAAAAAABek/D_W9H7GI3lk/s1600-h/PB041636.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165346174096998370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67--mj5f-I/AAAAAAAABek/D_W9H7GI3lk/s320/PB041636.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67_W2j5f_I/AAAAAAAABes/M0A2kw0-9BE/s1600-h/PB041637.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165346590708826098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67_W2j5f_I/AAAAAAAABes/M0A2kw0-9BE/s320/PB041637.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A very sweet finished product indeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963699108991510865-8332211304496757902?l=shinesandspakles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/8332211304496757902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/8332211304496757902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/2008/02/peachy-sweet.html' title='Peachy Sweet'/><author><name>kay_leeda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02538691439521114684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67-SGj5f9I/AAAAAAAABec/Ceh90zOPPHM/s72-c/PB041634.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963699108991510865.post-1767432969833887074</id><published>2008-02-10T20:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T12:45:35.155+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Green &amp; Gold</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R670mWj5f5I/AAAAAAAABeA/5Nh1C9ouRJU/s1600-h/P9251367.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165334762368892818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R670mWj5f5I/AAAAAAAABeA/5Nh1C9ouRJU/s320/P9251367.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This was a design I created for my daughter's baju kurung last hari raya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165333954915041154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R67z3Wj5f4I/AAAAAAAABd4/YPkK2H9Fg4o/s320/P9251366.JPG" border="0" /&gt; The sleeves - beaded with alternate green and gold beads. Gold tear drop beads to add the sparkle. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R671aWj5f6I/AAAAAAAABeI/xEI7wlUF5Ts/s1600-h/P9251365.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165335655722090402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R671aWj5f6I/AAAAAAAABeI/xEI7wlUF5Ts/s320/P9251365.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963699108991510865-1767432969833887074?l=shinesandspakles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/1767432969833887074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/1767432969833887074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/2008/02/green-gold.html' title='Green &amp; Gold'/><author><name>kay_leeda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02538691439521114684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R670mWj5f5I/AAAAAAAABeA/5Nh1C9ouRJU/s72-c/P9251367.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963699108991510865.post-9170726753058946583</id><published>2008-02-10T16:41:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T12:45:35.432+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Presenting...Shines &amp; Sparkles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R668KWj5f0I/AAAAAAAABdY/TKfuZQgaxqI/s1600-h/P9251364.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165272708681400130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R668KWj5f0I/AAAAAAAABdY/TKfuZQgaxqI/s320/P9251364.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span &gt;I have put off entries to this blog for sometime.&lt;/span&gt; Didn't really have the guts to show off my beading work to the rest of the cyber world. At last today, I figured, is the best time to roll out my pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am still new at this beading thingy. Have only been making "it" (my beading that is) happen to only close friends and family members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So people say, I should get serious with this hobby of mine like start promoting my services on the Internet. I do beading as one of my ways to de-stress myself from the all so demanding work I do in the office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would beading be the turning point in my life?? Well, till the day that happens, we shall see how it goes... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1963699108991510865-9170726753058946583?l=shinesandspakles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/9170726753058946583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1963699108991510865/posts/default/9170726753058946583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shinesandspakles.blogspot.com/2008/02/presentingshines-sparkles.html' title='Presenting...Shines &amp; Sparkles'/><author><name>kay_leeda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02538691439521114684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkOtnGVU8eU/R668KWj5f0I/AAAAAAAABdY/TKfuZQgaxqI/s72-c/P9251364.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
