nosph.

finally our own label

2010-07-26T07:56:00.000-07:00

we had been making a lot of clothing and accessories lately,

like shredded tee shirt and shredded scarf.
and it will be a really sad thing if we didn't get our label sewn onto our creations.

handmade artist like us had really difficult time ordering woven labels from factory

cause normally they required us to order in bulk.
so if you are having the same problem, this will be a solution for you!

this we got from amazon, which they deliver worldwide,
so your location wouldn't be a problem at all!

so how does it work?
it work just like any other paper, except one side of it is polyester
and the other side is a piece of paper which u will later peel off.

work your design on your computer, put this fabric sheet into your printer and print.
wait for like 12 hours for the ink to dry, rinse them in cold water, wait for it to dry again.
then iron them to set the ink.

but be sure to rmb that this doesn't work on laser printer.

and there you are! your own label!

im so in love with this picture.
from the light you are tell how great the sun is shining outside!

and that make my day=]

rita c.
xoxo

coming up for nosph.

2010-06-17T05:31:00.000-07:00

加入了手作人這個大家庭之後,

越來越多機會可以參加好多handmade market,

認識了好多好多手作人.

26/6將會現身soho culture club,

到時再玩過!

2010-06-01T23:37:00.000-07:00

昨天晚上在wanda的blog那邊看到這個問卷, 今天一起來就趕著想把它完成

來自
http://belle-epoque-hk.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post_31.html,
關於手作的一個問卷

1. 你的品牌是什麼? 有什麼意思?

有超多人問過的一個問題, 而每次回答都會有點不好意思.hehe

講實話, nosph. 是沒有意思的.

一開始跟partner想品牌名稱的時候, 都是我們麻煩羅, 又要求這, 又要求那的,

一心希望品牌是 n 字開頭的, 拼著拼著就變成nosph.羅

現在很喜歡這個名字, 想著想著, 跟我們真的很配

沒意思, 沒有limitation.

就是喜歡

2. 你喜歡哪一種材料? 為什麼?

甚麼都喜歡, 只要是可以用來做手作的東西都好喜歡

其實世界上每一樣東西都可以用來做成漂亮的東西,

不要浪費麻, 只要我們有能力的, 都會想辦法

3. 你為什麼捨得將自己的心血作品寄賣?

其實是不捨得.

但聽到別人說 "好靓呀!" 的時候, 又會很想跟大家分享

(是一個喜歡別人稱讚的討厭傢伙)

4. 你對香港的手作發展及風氣有何看法?

我剛剛想寫一篇"在香港做手作人想說的話", 真的有太多話想說

概括來講, 的確這幾年是多了人認識手作這回事,但你問我, 我覺得大部份都是在追捧潮流的

我希望做手作的可以尊重自己和別人, 不要膚衍了事
也請market的負責人能嚴選手作人

5. 有沒有想過, 如果你的作品賣不出, 你會怎樣?
都沒有怎樣呀
可能只是還沒遇到對的人. 我們愛我們做的東西, 所以不會因為大眾不喜歡而改變
我們相信這世界會有第2,3,4,5,6個我們

6. 你有到過小店嗎? 如有, 請說說小店的缺點, 如沒有, 為什麼你覺得小店與你的手作能配合?

有去過, 但沒有進去.

因為裡面的人在很開心的談天, 有點怕會打擾到啦

缺點麻, 就這樣看, 覺得沒有很多位置做display.

為什麼覺得小店與你的手作能配合?

我這樣看, 就覺得會去你們店的, 都會是懂得apperciate還有resepct 手作的人.

對於熱心做手作的人, 最需要的就是這種不商業化的商店

7. 你最喜歡哪一個手作人的作品(中港台日本外國均可)?為什麼?
香港- 真的很喜歡polaw chikan. 喜歡他們的真, 欣賞他們的創意, 心思和手工

另外在new york的tilly bloom (http://www.etsy.com/shop/TillyBloom). 整個brand的感覺很重.

不是我喜歡brand name, 而是因為這樣的手作人, 可以改變大眾覺得手作一定是很隨便, 很hea,很鬧著玩的感覺

8. 如果你發現有人抄襲你的作品, 你會有什麼反應?

一開始一定是憤怒的啦

但我是創作者, 他們是抄襲者,

我改design就是, 等他們慢慢追啦

9. 如果你發現你的作品原來早已有人做過了, 你會有什麼反應?

看看有甚麼不同羅

design很容易重覆, 這是一定的, 但如果你的理念不同,

detail不同, 我覺得也沒關係, 大眾deserve another choice麻

但如果真的太相似, 就會放棄羅

10. 你喜歡參加手作市集嗎?你參加過哪一個? 有何感想?

我是喜歡的, 但一定要挑對的market去參加

我去過sandymama 跟 chez art 的 handmade market.

sandymama 我很喜歡, 人流不多, 但都是欣賞手作的人, 我很感動

還有真的是認識了好多朋友, 是很開心的經驗

chez art 我只去過一次, 不想這麼快下定評語.

但到目前我會說, 作品真的有點參差,來訪的客人也不懂respect大家,有點心酸

11. 你的正職是什麼? (當然你可以是學生或全職手作人)

現在是全職的手作人

我有很多事想做, 要很多時間哈哈

12. 如果你可以選一個人, 送他一件你親手做的手作(無論是離世還是名人還是古人, 例如: 貝多芬, 達文西, 我的選擇是龍應台及霍金), 你會選誰? 你會送什麼給他?
如果可以送給任何人, 我想送給我嬷嬤
在她過身前, 我已經開始做design,
她一直說期待我送她我的作品,
可以的話, 我現在會把我們最新的shopping tote bag送她,
再撒一撒嬌, 問"係吾係好靓呀嬤嬤?"

13. 你的作品有在其他地方寄賣嗎? 如有請說明。
沒有

14. 你心目中的手作市集是怎樣的? 請形容一下。
參加的都是有心的手作人

來的客人也懂得apperciate and respect我們手作人的心思和時間

人流不用太多, 但時間可以長一些就好

15. 告訴我, 你最喜歡的歌手, 作者, 電影, 歌曲與及書本。請說明原因。

沒有最喜歡的, 不如說會留意的好了

歌手- 一隊叫late night alumni的band. 是陪伴我做手作的好朋友

- mr. 方大同. 好愛好愛

- how can i forget alicia keys and mariah carey

- youtube的無名歌手, 跟大家分享一下吧

(http://www.youtube.com/user/Tiffyiffyiffy)

我愛的歌手全都是實力派的, 能唱能感動人, 我就是喜歡不用特別修惜(不知道有沒有寫錯)也很棒的人

作者真的沒有能說得出的哈哈, 我看太多類型的書, 沒有特定的

電影- 最近真的是avatar. to be honest, i didn't watch it in the theater. so im definitely not loving it because of the crazy effects and stuff. im loving how it said they are connecting with the mother earth. i believe in such things so im really touched.

歌曲- 我愛的大都是情歌, 聽到這幾首一定會哭, 沒有原因, 沒有sad experience. i guess i just love them. 1. where you are by jessica simpson and nick lachey. 2. living to love you by sarah connor 3. just one last dance by sarah connor 4. memory by elaine paige <--- 這首我一度禁聽因為我反應太大哈哈

書本- 關於illustration的, photography的,fashion的都愛
因為我愛看很美很厲害的東西, 然後自己慢慢驚嘆一翻(是蠻無聊的哈)

16. 你的INSPIRATION主要來自什麼? 電影? 書本? 網絡? 其他手作人?
喜歡看材料get inspiration.
看到喜歡的材料就會brainstorm可以把它做成甚麼

還有喜歡上網看不同的tutorial, 看看那些techinique可以用來做甚麼其他的東西

17. 你覺得自己有什麼比其他手作人優勝的地方?
應該是風格很不同吧

18. 你認為你對香港的手作界會有什麼貢獻?

貢獻是很大的字耶.

我只是希望能讓多一些人看到有心創作的手作人

19. 你為什麼覺得小店應該將你的作品放在貨架上?

因為店裡現在應該沒有像我們的作品吧

可以讓多一類人能享受手作的作品

20. 請用十個字形容你的作品。

其實獨特並不需要浮誇

weekend markat at sandymama dot com

2010-03-01T23:04:00.000-08:00

nosph. first time participating in a handmade market
thanks again to sandyma for providing us the wonderful place.

this is our booth.
we are so lucky to be able to get this wooden chair
for display. which just match so well with our products.

there are like 5 other really talented designers.
these products are from 菠蘿雞 ( polaw chikan)
the two girls have amazing talent and skill.
im soooo amazed.

fi from clozegarden drew this lovely tote bag.
fun girl, really unique drawings.

(left) handmade card from attle. (right) products made by pheobe.

these two girls have uncountable creative ideas .

and how could one ever forget,
our really fun neighbor wanda who has just unlimited positive energy.
wonderful person, wonderful things she made.

me and lorraine had a really wonderful time these two days.
thanks for bringing in all the happiness and joy.

for more pictures, pls go to
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nosph/99546751066

xoxo
nosph.

little giveaway

2010-01-23T08:54:00.000-08:00

-giveaway ended-
email will be sent to the lucky winner.

this is our first giveaway
i understand that we can still new and sadly not much people notice this giveaway
but this won't stop us from making things that we love
thanks for those who had supported us
and stay tune for more new stuff.

xoxo

hi everyone
we are planning to do a little giveaway
and here's a video about it

to make it fair
ive done it in both chinese and english
so i hope u enjoy it
=]

- the english version -

- the chinese version -

sorry if it's unpleasant to look at =P
this is my very first time talking on the internet
so im really nervous

this is like my 5th attempts already. lol
im so nervous my tongue got twisted.
lol.

a closer look of our planner

oh i didn't mention about the package in the video.
the little card box with the seal wax u saw in the picture is our package

once again
if you are interested in getting the planner,
pls leave us ur name and email address

we are going to private all the comments
so none of ur email address will be shown to the public
no worries
=]

we will be doing our lucky draw on the 1st of feb
the lucky one will receive our email
and of coz we will be posting up the result here too

so stay tune
;)

feel free to email us ur question or order anytime
we will be more then happy to help

cheers

rita c.

2010-01-21T06:19:00.000-08:00

have fun on working days
;)

cheers

rita c.

counting down

2009-12-22T05:12:00.000-08:00

start year 2010 with a brand new handmade planner

from the pages design
to the sewing
and message writing

we did them all ourselves

the two of us had been spending days to finish all these planners
i guess we can now say that we are very much ready for the new year
=]

we will be selling these in etsy
stay tune

up until then
have a really happy xmas

stay chic
rita c.

the beginning

2009-06-30T10:55:00.000-07:00

it was always good to start off sth perfectly

these were our first order so we really wanna make it right
had been spending weeks working on these
thankfully they all came out looking great
and our customers were really happy about them

our customers were invited to perform in a dance school anniversary party
what's better then having your shoes shine under those spot lights

we ONLY use 100% swarovski crystals
colours were chosen to match with their dancing clothes

we got really positive feedbacks frm our customers
crystals were all really secure and none of them drop off during the performance
=]]]]]

that was a good start i suppose?

stay chic
xoxo
rita c.

nosph get started

2009-06-28T03:08:00.001-07:00

here finally comes the bearbrick I've been working on for quite awhile.
the Swarovski and Bearbrick can def. be a perfect match.
and hopefully this would be a good kickoff of Nosph.

peace .L