A Baby Is A Little Bit Of Heaven...
Babies are exactly that. Miraculous and sweet little pieces of heaven. Every parent will tell you that their baby is the best and each one of those parents would be right! Oh, how I love baby feet, and those tiny lil' toes! A special dedication to my new born nephew Arteus who is truly a bundle of joy to my one and only loving sister, her hubby, little big sister Aisling and everyone else from both sides of the family. Thanks to this beautiful baby, I get the chance to visit and share these precious moments ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)
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Kicking start the cuteness corner is the popular Disney Tsum Tsum by Walls with their five pieces set that comes in a red Mickey, Minnie and lil' pluto envelope casing above; Below we have a few more kawaii friends from Asuki Car Wash, Summer Cafe, Beaute Mori, Rockabye Baby House and Yew Design. Check out a few more ice cream packets below...
FUN FACTS: What is Disney Tsum Tsum? It's actually a range of Japanese collectible stuffed toys based upon Disney and Pixar characters. The name is derived from the Japanese verb tsumu meaning "to stack", because the rectangle-shaped toys are designed to stack on top of each other, forming a pyramid shape. The toys were first released in Japan in 2013 as a tie-in to the Tsum Tsum arcade (by Konami) and mobile games (by Line Corporation). Disney began to sell them in the United States and in Disneyland Paris in 2014. |
Yew Design also given us a few family reunion pieces with one big rice bowl that actually fits the entire family and a matching ladder long chopsticks illustration. Don't forget to check out the other rice bowls at my main page (click here). Below we have more babies, the Looney Tunes little ones are adorable with fireworks and lion dancing while Pureen dressed up their kiddos for a grand performance.
Looney Tunes 2017 actually looks similar to 2018 as they used back the same two characters, well with a change of the shirt color that is... can you spot them? They did change the background scenery and I am just delighted to have the company who issued them Tenderly to share with me the rest of their Looney Tunes series over the years, follow the links below to find them and watch out for their upcoming 2019 set!
✂❤ 2016 CNY; ✂❤ 2015 CNY; ✂❤ 2017 Raya; ✂❤ 2016 Raya; ✂❤ 2015 Raya
✂❤ 2016 CNY; ✂❤ 2015 CNY; ✂❤ 2017 Raya; ✂❤ 2016 Raya; ✂❤ 2015 Raya
Here comes the much anticipated Pureen with their first Chinese opera set; I call them the baby performers, small yet simply adorable! Pureen had two modern children sets (2011 & 2014) before their 2015 round table family dinner reunion then to the Chinese Dynasty set in 2017 and now six little shining stars on stage! Oh, gotta mention those cute zodiac printed at the back of each packets so do check out the chickens and the doggies above... now let me find the time to scan and upload the rest of the Pureen series.
Born in the 1950's, out of a father’s love for his son, Kumon is a Japanese way of developing calculation skills. Today Kumon is a well known learning center that parents rely on to help their children through the world of mathematics. I got my first set of Kumon red packets in 2015 and fell in love with their series since especially after the green and purple packets joined in the following year of 2016. Their 3P in 2018 is the smallest in size so far but comes with a card and sticker set for each festive. Unfortunately there were no money packets printed in the following year of 2019 which we can only hope is just a temporary break. Find their 2016 & 2017 3P over at my SDR page (click here).
一家团圆 means family reunion and is a popular greeting and auspicious saying during the lunar year. Wyeth S26 had seven green turtles back in 2015 and it was quite a unique set then. This year round Wyeth S26 is back with a Chinese door theme that opens up to four different family celebration. We have orange for the angpow giving by the elders, pink for the reunion dinner, yellow for the family garden Bai Nian 拜年 and red door opens up to the lion dancing. DNA Lab also has lion dancing, a small lion peeping from the background of Wang 旺 with the elders, another up front with the kids in Fu 福 and the parents with their pet doggy giving their blessing Man 满 , another beautiful picture perfect family theme.
Kadokawa, a publisher of comics and graphic novels not only has lion dancing, they have dragon dancing with all the happy kids as well. The 3 adjoining piece looks beautiful with the die cut illusion effect which is quite a popular design this year. Novamil giraffe is having lots of fun with the boy lion dancing, the girl drumming and another playing the taogu (鼗鼓) or bolanggu (拨浪鼓) - used in Chinese ritual music and as a children's toy or noisemaker used by street vendors. Psst: there more giraffes below...
The pink, blue and yellow kids from Kioda, the Korea-inspired concept store are truly "kioda" which means cute in Korean. These little ones are having a great time with their giant mandarin orange. There is another reunion meal set from 2017 which I do not have so this is definitely my one and only Kioda for now.
From the education centres we have Wisdom Education with 3 different sets of four, the happy children, the joyful pups and the laser cut floral, which is your favorite design? Dressed in ancient Chinese costumes, the boys and girls from SMM Education brought their best pals out for a fun celebration.
MM Cineplexes celebrated the new year with cuddly bunnies from Peter Rabbit while Merries bunnies are back this year with adorable stickers, four different designs with their four pieces set. Take a look at the Merries series, we have 2017 four pieces set from Malaysia and a two pieces set from Singapore and the 2014-2016 compilation under my FB album here, aren't they all lovely? Just like the 2018 Merries, TeezBee also given us front window flap using their little honey bee mascot.
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Next we have the zodiac series starting with Jointwell zodiac animals, one of my favorite from their monkey couple to chicken family and now the cute puppies. Lego zodiac is just as delightful with their lego monkey, rooster and the pup all having a blast with their lego masters on the yellow piece and another hiding behind the big red block under the flaps.
One FM has a pair of adorable mascot wearing puppy headbands while GSC brought us Ben & Wuba from the movie Monster Hunt 2. Amitabha traditional yum-yums are so much alive, almost too cute to eat while Red Box invited Pocotee & Friends to celebrate the Chinese New Year in a bright and cheerful 4pc set.
Meet six heroic puppies: Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma, Rubble and Skye with their adventures in "PAW Patrol". Led by a tech-savvy boy Ryder, these heroic pups, who believe "no job is too big, no pup is too small," work together to protect the community. PAW Patrol is a Canadian CGI–animated tv series created by Keith Chapman. Produced by Spin Master in association with TVOntario and Nickelodeon, the series premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 12, 2013. The superhero pups (Left to Right: Marshall, Everest, Chase, Rubble and Skye) are just the perfect ambassadors to deliver fortunes and blessings this doggy year. For Raya Nickelodeon featured the twins Shimmer & Shine for the girls and Sponge Bog & his starfish friend Patrick for the boys in purple and green respectively.
Teddy bears are one of the most popular stuffed soft toys for kids of all ages and I am simply a fan for their red packets. My Art Studio and My Craft Studio each given us the same layout and theme but with different characters and they are Sunny, Milky, Angelina from My Art while My Craft has Corbie, Mochi and Sparky the raccoon. Teddy Ville Museum given us their hug-gable plushy bears, a bigger one, single piece from 2017 and a pair of smaller size teddy with it's doggy pal in 2018. Dance Pot has their fifteen dancing queens showing off their graceful movements, a very unique and precious design indeed while Baby Dash puppy-daddy and K-Mom little jungle friends are all out to have some fun.
The kids from Fullhouse World with their chubby pet is also out to greet the doggie year while another apparel brand, Snails with small little colorful creative mandarin orange snails lining up to give their blessings too.
just babies
Finally a chance to show off some baby motif that I quite adore. Mary Sharon babies are born in 2017, these cuties are indeed a joyful and colorful lot while Teacher Yap little ones are also everywhere, smiling ear to ear except for the one who is still on pacifier. Even though just a single piece design, Baby Shop has a more realistic baby, the cutest thing in the world, wrapped in auspicious yellow diaper wearing a fortune hat. Next we have another baby essentials from Offspring using laser cut fu福 as the sleeves and giraffes, elephants and flowers inside. |
ICE cream 🍦🍦🍦
KIDS SCREAM 🙈🙉🙊
Time for some healthy drinks for the little ones with Boost and Yakult. Boost is surely promoting the goodness of pineapples with two small ones during CNY and two large ones for Raya. Check out the other pineapples from D'Monte below or from Singapore (click here). I personally feel Yakult did good with their 12 zodiac CNY dinner reunion set although I have seen a few collectors commenting otherwise. Maybe the design is a little too cartoonish for them? Just like 2017 (Re: 2017 SDR 2P/3P album), they continued with a pair of kids theme for Raya adding a yellow and white feline pet cat. It would be a perfect 2P if they have used the same reunion dinner theme, with multiracial children feasting on a traditional Malay dishes to complete the other half of the table maybe? Another unrelated design for both CNY and Raya is Sunshine, like Yakult it's also a pair of adorable kids. Check out my Sunshine series over at my 2013 new treasures (click here).
Life is definitely in need of some ice cream sweetness and so does our red packets; Besides Walls we also have Sangkaya, Mcdonalds (MY vs SG), the famous root-beer float since 1960s from A&W and the happening Family Mart. Also a convenience store like Family Mart, My News 3pc set used their store as background with lion dancing and three joyful kids up front enjoying all the variety of food and beverage. More adorable fun loving kids from Nestle Professional with their three delightful children are just cheery beautiful in their CNY patchwork clothing. Indocafe boy and girl pair is also wearing patchwork samfu. Fun facts: Do you know that evidence of piecing small pieces of fabric together to create a larger piece (a.k.a patchwork) have been located in Egyptian tombs and also in early age of China about 5000 years ago?
The most popular boy and girl design in 2018 has to be this pair from Homepro and few other companies like ABB, Caltrate, Anmum, Centrum, Visionary solutions... anymore? And their 2P below is looking extra lovely below. TP Link family in red and yellow is happily promoting their wireless device with a lovely green and purple Chinese fan. The very pink pair from Harmony Bakery little boy and girl is baking up a big yummy year for their customer. Also in pink and another in red is Thunder Print boy and girl having an awesome time with their pet doggy. We have two adorable Japanese girls representing Nakona Hair Care and they are just sweet like candy. Gong Cha pair is quite interesting with the girl lion dancing and the boy hugging a big giant Koi. BK Soong & Ng has a non-matching theme pair, one traditional while another more fun and delightful kiddos piece. Another delightful 2P is from KK Group of Companies with their kiddos celebrating CNY and Raya while dressed in a similar fashion for the CNY are the two boys and two girls from D'Monte, having a blast with the raining pineapples that symbolizes fortune.
Kon'nichiwa
From the Jap corner, we have sushi from Empire Sushi and Sushi King while Oishi fortune kitties are serving their refreshing green tea since 2014. all looking kawaiidesu!! Don't forget the single fortune kitties below...
Arts and Crafts from Twinkle Star Art Studio team is full of imagination, a world of creativity and colorful dreams. The tiny penguins from NESH is out to play and I have the monkey and the rooster accompanying them to the party. Unfortunately they are not a fan of the dogs, maybe next year ms piggy will be joining in the fun?
Continuing the little boys & girls theme are Hers Design, Family Store, MBSB, Tong Garden, Sunshine Kids, Resort Suites, Winpaq, Seownox, Epi Centre & Win2 Food. We have a sweet girl from Wendy's, a Chinese Chef from Lucky Kitchen while Unicef sends one of their many children to bai nian 拜年 and Soy Asahi sends their boy out to greet all with a big yummy thumbs up. Superdining kawaii Japanese dolls and their pet doggy are pretty sweet in pink. More singles from the little ones; Dragon dancing from Le Mome while lion dancing from KFC in red, Lifejuice in yellow, SAM & Christine Beauty both in pink (namesake not my busines lol), for more lion dance flavors click here.
Next up the world of cartoons. Shihlin collaborated with Dreamworks and gave us some of their popular characters from Kungfu Panda, Trolls, Madagascar, Shrek, How to train your Dragon, Puss in Boots and Penguins of Madagascar. Who's a fan? We have the lucky charmers, the fortune kitties from Tobe and Manekineko. More cartoon characters from Astro Go Shop Pink Fong, CIB, Toys R Us, Math Monkey, The Fox Butler, BarBQ Plaza as well as Claz'room chic anime piece.
For more of my latest collection, please visit my facebook page or get the links to my collection by years via my facebook album here. (๑‵●‿●‵๑)