Gotta confess that I do not have many angpows from Hong Kong as compared to the year before (2015) coz' my bff didn't manage to make a trip there to hunt them down during CNY like she did previously hence just those that I managed to trade from collectors; one of them a collector who seems to have many HK packets; just like this classic feminine single design by Two Girls Cosmetic. And showing off their brighter 2017 design as well with this sneak peek to more beautiful packets from the rooster year, click here to view.
One must be extra gentle with this papercut pair from Asia Miles as they are soft and quite refined. Zoom in to admire those tasteful cut of a Chinese samfu, rice bowl, fish and wine in the orange piece while the other pink beauty has an airplane flying over the pagoda; Simply loving these sweeties ♥‿♥
Loving the pink beauties from mrtmalls so much which took me more than a year to finally trade this 8pcs set back.
More beautiful floral designs from China's Cheering Show 12pcs set with graceful butterflies; also from China is Beauty Studio looking ever so colorful with their 6pcs set; The Link from Hong Kong 4pc felt blossom trees; Front and back matching singles from Sasa and A-Fontane; Pairs from Sunlight Reit, Huawei, Citic Telecom and Langham Hospitality Group.
More beautiful floral designs from China's Cheering Show 12pcs set with graceful butterflies; also from China is Beauty Studio looking ever so colorful with their 6pcs set; The Link from Hong Kong 4pc felt blossom trees; Front and back matching singles from Sasa and A-Fontane; Pairs from Sunlight Reit, Huawei, Citic Telecom and Langham Hospitality Group.
One of the more "popular-gotta-have" opera monkeys from Langham Place are so vibrant and bold that it is quite impossible to miss them... and so I have seen few collectors using them as their profile pic. Fairton next is just as vibrant, filled with colors and fashionista monkeys, each piece is a separate design on its own but can be joint front and back, charming!
This year HK Post came out with 2 versions of their collectible sets, one with a monkey on the traditional peach tree and another with the monkey carved from within its chinese word " 猴 " which looks a little plain and simple compared to the first. New comers, the glittering monkey faces of Lane Crawford, Abbvie although is missing it's girl companion design is too cute to be left behind while Walch monkey is just as adorable. Check out the Starbucks packets from Korea and Taiwan; Feeling extra happy for the opportunity to trade these back in addition to the local ones from Malaysia and our neighboring country Singapore.
Besides Starbucks Taiwan, we have two other charming pairs from the lovely Formosa island; the delightful monkey kings from Tupperware and Rainbow Village with their cheery cats and colorful monkey.
Below is Metroplaza which is a 10pc set... These are a favorite of mine because it's slightly bigger than the average size, great quality and the flaps are all detachable "heads" with accessories. I really adore them. Saxophone Design continued with their lion dance theme, this 6pc set is not as catchy and refine as the previous year... what do you think 2017 would be like? Hop over to find out ^^
Next is a cute 6pc set from Yoohoo & Friends and a couple of months back there was a hot debate as to whether this is " store-bought / 成品 "... Believe it or not two collectors got really upset with each other as one cancelled the trade because she claimed that it is a "成品" while the other got offended especially after being blocked hence posted their chat history in a closed angpow group with almost seven thousand members. So if you too are curious check out this website (click here) and be the judge. For me, it's a really beautiful, adorable set to be added into my collection, regardless the origins.
Just as adorable as Yoohoo set we have two single designs from Stephen Chow's The Mermaid and Taobao's Kakakiki, all with big oversize glittering eyes that is simple irresistible.
Here are two sets that are actually store-bought, Rabbit GiGi and 花花姑娘, was supposed to trade a non store-bought set but collector had misplaced it and in the end sent me these instead. Not really complaining cos these are really gorgeous!
Swarovski took a more elegant approach giving us the classic fashion ap feel with their famous crystal stone!
Another delightful kids design is Bao Bao Family from Chow Tai Fook below while iSquare is also looking sweet with its version of a mother and child pair... I personally prefer last year's floral design ^^ you can view them in my 2015 HK page here
The joyful DBS kids from HK which are the same design as Singapore's but then again only HK has the small size/short version and of cause the wordings on the flaps are in Chinese as well.
Credit Suisse from HK took on a different design as Singapore, somewhat lack in colors but still have 3 little emboss golden monkeys to show off. Citibank retained the design as Singapore and Malaysia but decided to go bigger in size.
Citibank Private from HK has these gorgeous gold fish pair which are embossed and looking ever so lively too. I do love them very much, indeed very fortunate to get them from a very generous trade. Had to upload 2 different view to show off those beautiful fishes, one as above for a close up and the other below to highlight the inner red of the packet.
Just a couple more from the banks and they are Bank of China and HSBC both in pairs and both using red and bronze... seems to be quite a popular color this year, check out HP and Martell which by the way is a set of 5 but I only have just this 1 design, both using similar bronze color tone, check them out below together with Kelly Services and Garrett popcorn. There is no red packet from Kelly Services Malaysia just Singapore while Garrett is so much better quality as compared to Malaysia's. Not forgetting BNP Paribas with their floral-vase design which was given to me by a very seasoned Singaporean collector. Newly added Cathay Pacific and Citic Securities are elegant in red.
Just a couple more from the banks and they are Bank of China and HSBC both in pairs and both using red and bronze... seems to be quite a popular color this year, check out HP and Martell which by the way is a set of 5 but I only have just this 1 design, both using similar bronze color tone, check them out below together with Kelly Services and Garrett popcorn. There is no red packet from Kelly Services Malaysia just Singapore while Garrett is so much better quality as compared to Malaysia's. Not forgetting BNP Paribas with their floral-vase design which was given to me by a very seasoned Singaporean collector. Newly added Cathay Pacific and Citic Securities are elegant in red.
New comers: BOC Credit Card, Industrial Securities International, Conyers Dill & Pearman, HGC, Chow Sang Sang, Global Payments
Well folks, unfortunately that is all I have to share from my 2016 HK collection but I do have a couple of sets left for next update. In the meantime I have also added a few new treasures to my HK 2015 page (click here)
Don't forget to check out the other 2016 pages as below ^^
< 2016 Home > < Class of 2016 > < Going Bananas > < Kids Corner >
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