Review: Unique Gift Ideas by Pinky Craft

Note: Read here for part 1 on Pinky Craft.

Somehow I knew that I wanted to give two of my psycho colleagues an appreciation gift in view of my upcoming 3 months maternity in November, simply because they will have a handful of stuff to take care of.

I also knew that I wanted to give something meaningful and thoughtful - not your usual photo frame, mug, fountain pen etc. That's just too boring. I wanted something that represents them and represents the situation and of course to represent me (ahem~ narcissism alert!).

With the two crazy gals.

Of course, naturally charm bracelets/necklaces was one of the first choices (since I was in the midst of custom-making for myself, I might as well make theirs as well). But then halfway through it suddenly occurs to me that they are not really that into accessories as much as I do. Don't want to waste the money on something they don't need.

And so I was stuck again. -.-"

So started my Googling quest on custom-made stuff and came across Pinky Craft which specialises in handmade miniature clay. It fits what I want which is special, unique, represents that particular person, within budget, and most importantly no duplicates. :D

Promptly emailed Pinky Craft and after much emails flying back and forth, the owner Leena and me came up with the idea of mixing clay charms and silver charms to be made into a keychain. I was toying with the idea of keychain or a bag charm - in the end I settled for the earlier.

What I had in mind was something very simple and fuss-free. Something that is not too childish as well. After finalising on the details and payment has been made (within a short span of two days), Leena created two amazing pieces for me. It was beautiful and fits exactly to what I wanted.  

May I present to you (I really hope my colleagues don't read my blog!!), the custom handmade clay creation by Pinky Craft ....

TADA~!!!!

To the left, it is for one of my colleague Miss N
and to the right is for another colleague Miss R.

Come on you have to agree with me .. the keychains are so adorable and not too over-the-top. I trusted Leena with the colour coordination and she did it perfectly. For both, I standardised them in the sense that the baby silver charms and "made with love" silver charms are the same. Leena was the one who came up with the idea of the lace to jazz up the keychain a little.

I also wanted to have their name stamped to the keychain to further personalised it, and Leena came up with the simple idea to make a round clay with a baby face in the center. You can't really see the wordings but at the top it says "Thank U" and at the bottom is their respective names. :)

Significance :

Baby charm - Means I am going off for my maternity leave.

"Made with love" charm - Means I heart them a lot. :)

"Thank U" clay charm - Means I appreciate them a lot. :) :)

And let me elaborate the story behind the other two clay charms, which represents them individually.

Story #1 : Miss N.

Why I chose to make the coffee clay charm (initially wanted a Starbucks clay charm but it was out of stock) was that throughout my pregnancy, I had these occasional craving to drink coffee (also to help with the sleepiness after a heavy lunch), and our Miss N here would head to the pantry and make me a cup of coffee.

Coffee made with love

The funny thing is the coffee is really sedap and aromatic but she refuse to let me know what brand it is. So everytime all I need to do is pick my phone and call her extension and voila~ coffee is served! Just like my personal tea-lady. p/s: Until now, I still don't know what "special" coffee is that.

Story #2 : Miss R.

In case if you are blur, the fish is Dory from Finding Nemo. Why Dory? It's because our Miss R here is blur-blur like Dory. In fact her nickname is Dory. We even say that she has a "Dory memory".

She looks like this most of the time :p

Yes, she is that blur. 0_o

So what better way to represent her than to make a Dory fish for her?

So yup, I am extremely pleased with the service, efficiency, and the creativity of Leena. For awesome and unique gift ideas, I strongly recommend for you to drop by Pinky Craft. You won't regret it. I promise. :)

Love;

Mummy Geri