Welcome to the tiger's den. We have moved on to another year, from the oxen 牛 to the big and beautiful feline, the tiger 虎. My first maiden for the year is the Citibank Shanghainese, once again credit to Mei Fern (xoxo). These beauty queens do look familiar ya... scroll down to see if you can spot the same maiden with a slightly different angel below (grin). Nevertheless I am loving them, the Citigold edition is the same just the change of logo, hop over to find them (click here).
... my 2021 maiden set is still waiting to be scanned so sharing one of my favorite from Mei Fern two years ago, absolutely perfect timing then for my home page debut as well as continuing the Quicktouch series. How do you find these dynasty dollies? They have taken on a new motif in 2021... I was hoping the Peranakan will be back but...
Psst: do check out the new old beauties from 2018 and 2019 that I have added below...
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The Opera beauties are taking the stage in this new decade with Watson three bright shining lady stars as well as Bausch+Lomb four charming characters peeping from the curtains behind. Both are equally vibrant and definitely captures anyone's attention at first glance. Do you prefer the 2020 opera or their 2019 Shanghai ladies?
Introducing a contemporary illustration of the Chinese ladies from Bausch+Lomb the first from the Canada contact lens supplier. The four maidens each with her own oriental fashion look caught the collectors attention immediately and was a total hit, bravo! Pretty woman walking down the Love Beauty Shopss street. I fell in love with them at first sight but only managed to trade them back a year later.
Forest Birdnest House also came to me a year later but it was worth the wait as both the sets are simply dreamy for me; The 2019 black maiden elegantly carries the garden floral while the 2018 blossom petals fall upon the ancient maidens. I simply adore Iconic couple illustration, both 2018 and 2019. Those fine die-cut front flaps alongside with the charming butterflies and flowers are turning collectors head.
The Japanese dolls are up next with the single orange Kokeshi doll from PDX while the highlight is definitely my one and only Urawa Auto girls above, each in a vibrant background surrounded by big peonies while Odor-X presented their kawaii wooden dolls in beautiful Japan scenery, cherry blossom in 2018 and silver grass pasture in 2019. The Urawa series is very much hard to get as I failed many times trading the later ones. I gave up eventually...
The Shanghai lady in her green cheongsam from 11street is quite chic, though I wished it was a set, i.e. four different color cheongsam would be a delightful match > < One of my very first set of angpow in 2019 was the six ancient maidens from Nagamas Printing. This lovely sixes is also used by Ampang Yong Tau Foo that I do not have (grin).
I was literally drooling over these mesmerizing ladies from Yi Sheng Tang (义生堂) until I finally had the chance to trade their 2017 few years back and a year later the dreamy 2018 set. Come back to find out if I have their 2019 ones, the last maiden series before they moved on to the cheongsam.
2018 welcomes the chic flower petal queens from Marina Square as well as the elegant Nyonya ladies from Quicktouch, and also my first winning from their FB giveaways... my second from them in 2019 came all the way from Singapore, the VIP set that was printed for both 2018 & 2019. From AmPrivate Banking we have the soft-silky maiden. Find the other 2018 maidens below.
The beautiful maidens of 2017 ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)
Continuing with their gorgeous maiden set is iFlower adding an additional piece to 7pc set in 2017. The details from Total Pro Pack is simply amazing as well, just zoom in to see the lovely ladies and all those traditional signage's and posters surrounding them.
Continuing with their gorgeous maiden set is iFlower adding an additional piece to 7pc set in 2017. The details from Total Pro Pack is simply amazing as well, just zoom in to see the lovely ladies and all those traditional signage's and posters surrounding them.
We have the stunning Chinese bride from Forum (2017) joining the beauty kingdom, as well as the absolutely elegant Empire Sushi Shanghai maiden which is also one of the maiden design from 2015 Craftwerkz family.
Yong Sheng continues with their Nyonya ladies, this year looking lovelier with a more prominent background floral print compared to a simpler 2019 but still not as catchy as their 2018 as well as their 2017 pair in pink while their older designs in 2016 & 2015 is a little more traditional in their 3pc set and 4pc set respectively. Check out their 2011 design here as well. Nevertheless they all look pretty gorgeous together. Below we have an adorable pair from Q&Y Builder that cleverly used both front and back to make an adjoining Chinese painting featuring the opera ladies as well as the Empresses.
More lovely ladies from Nini Fashion with their fine illustration of lady with the traditional Chinese umbrella while The History of Whoo Malaysia and Guan Jun Enterprise both uses a livelier approach, the former with two beautiful Korean ladies and the latter with four beauties of different ethnic groups. Want to take a wild guess of how many ethnic groups are there in China?
Next we have a few more traditional maiden sets from 2018. Touch City delivered that extra feel with the golden brown screen folder. One of my FB 2018 contests winning that gave away a special edition of 仙女下凡 the human goddess illustration is from 茶香斋 Cha Xiang Zhai Malaysia, designed by A Gem. Unfortunately Victoria Beauty is missing the other half that comes in blue and pink.
Returning to the year 2017 we have Schrammek, YG and Ampang Yong Tau Foo's version of their beautiful Chinese artwork of ancient maiden dressed elegantly in their traditional clothing; Ampang Yong Tau Foo also have another version of little Japanese dolls set while Symphony Academy of Music six Korean dolls are even lovelier in their special die cut casing.
I leave you now with these gorgeous maidens that I have collected since 2016 as well as my other treasures, monkeys, kids and class of 2016 which you may find the entire family in my facebook album...
Aren't these ladies gorgeous? Which is your favorite? I can't really decide coz they are all amazingly stunning... and a special thanks to Jasmine Chong for sending me a set of Herz Maiden, mesmerizing!! Visit Class of 2016 for more "beauties" and find out what other lovely angpows I have collected so far... or click on the album links at the bottom below (click on the year) to view my collection by years |
Another Shanghai maiden theme and this round F&N is giving these ladies a fresh look with their orange Fanta in 2018 and my kids favorite soda, Fanta grape in 2019. Check out the Grand Shanghai ladies from 2017 and 2018, quite a popular choice they are and always a favorite among the collectors. D-Link Singapore is going Shanghai as well with their duo paired with two pieces qipao inserts-casing. And look who's also back in 2019, the umbrella maiden and her lady mate from Visionary Solutions. Hop over to find another gorgeous set of the Shanghainese ladies over at my Dermalogica page.
View the complete red packet albums in facebook by years:
2021 (MY), 2020 (MY), 2020 (SG), 2019 (SG), 2019 (MY), 2018 (MY), 2018 (SG),
2017 (MY) , 2017 (SG), 2016 (MY), 2016 (SG), 2015 (MY), 2015 (SG), 2015/2016 (HK),
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2000-2004, 1990s
2021 (MY), 2020 (MY), 2020 (SG), 2019 (SG), 2019 (MY), 2018 (MY), 2018 (SG),
2017 (MY) , 2017 (SG), 2016 (MY), 2016 (SG), 2015 (MY), 2015 (SG), 2015/2016 (HK),
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2000-2004, 1990s
This site is still a work-in-progress so do check back from time to time for new updates. Please visit my facebook page for the complete collection; Just click on my albums links by year; Trade/exchange of angpows are most welcomed. Cheers ƪ(˘⌣˘)┐ ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ ┌(˘⌣˘)ʃ