In my rubber stamping all things Chinese featured very strongly at the beginning but I soon came to realise that lots of the rubber stamps out there really featured Japanese figures so my love became more Asian.
In a corner of our utility room I have my 'Asian bit' with some things I brought back with me, some things my friends have bought for me since they knew of my "addiction". Chopsticks stand in a container from Thailand, the balancing balls, the abacus, a buddha, the water buffalo and the tiny figures in front of the mirror all came from my wonderful holiday.
The two dolls in bags are from Thailand as is the yellow orchid carved from soap which just sneaks in at the bottom right hand corner. The other things were gifts from friends and the pink thing is a container I once made from wooden dominoes.
Central to this display is an old Cutlery Box which I painted with a red lacquer. It has become quite tired looking now so when I saw the Gingersnap Challenge "Found Objects" I took the opportunity to revamp it a bit.
There are skeleton leaves, chopsticks, coins, jewels, an ink block and some Washi paper on top of it. On top of the Washi paper are 12 dominoes which I have rubber stamped with a couple of images and then painted with Twinkling H2o's. They have then been sealed with Glossy Accents.
I found an embroidered Chinese dragon in my stash and put that on as well but as I look at it more and more I do not think it fits in so it may well have to be removed.
On the wall behind the cupboard on which my little display stands are some pictures, including my Palooza which I have featured in my blog previously.
The fan was from another holiday in Thailand, as were the straw pictures on the wall to the right. The only picture here from China is the embroidered blue one shown on the left.
There are other items standing on top of the cupboards on the opposite wall but I won't bore you with showing them all.
I just hope that the revamped box is eligible for the challenge but I am hoping to do another one in the coming days if I get the time.
