Thursday Frenzy #3: All Things Local

Finally got some time on hand to pen down some worthy thoughts (lmao) 

As seen from the title, 

ALL THINGS LOCAL

Ever since working with Tere and Jes in Ambrosia, they have been influencing me to read up and follow up with local goods. First up, stamp maker!

Baisimu

I have gotten two stamps from her and they are absolutely gorgeous. I would not take photo of them here right now as I have not been taking care of them greatly recently and they are full of ink stains (opps).

However, Baisimu has uploaded the stamp she carved for me on Carousell! 

Cool, huh? 

Naked Glory

A really cool watch website that caught my eye, of course, through Tere again (lol). I was trying to find a watch that could fit my super thin wrist (like srsly... it's damn thin) and normal watches with a 38mm-40mm diameter cannot fit snugly on my wrist without looking weird. I went to the website and found this absolutely dead gorgeous watch and I bought it almost immediately.

 

Leighton (Gold/Black) [Backorder]

Color:  Black Face / Gold Frame
Make:  Self Manufactured, First Hand
Frame: Raised, faceted gem-like border
Straps:  16mm black man-made leather straps
Crystal:  Flat, very slight scratches (if any) from handling
Movement:  3 Hands, Battery Operated
Measurements:  2.9cm in diameter not including of crown
Warranty:  1 Year

What's so good about them is that they provide warranty as well! They do not have any stores at the moment but they do have have pop-up stores at some schools! Catch them and look groovy!!

Hentverks

As most of friends would know, my wallet, the clip on one, was on the verge of falling apart (the misery of getting a $15 wallet) and it was only close to 2 months? So, I decided to invest in a slightly costly and better quality wallet, hopefully to last me through 2 years (just like my Herschel Wallet, which is left abandoned on my desk due to the bulkiness but is still storing coins for me). Whilst surfing Carousell, I found Hentverks, which is supposedly Singapore based (I think? There isn't much written about it being local or not... but...!)

The wallets are made from some kind of leather called the aniline leather. It is soft and flexible! Although the color was duller than I have expected, I guess it was alright. I expected it to be brighter Orange but it turns out to be something more like light brown which was kind of disappointing.

Hentverks gives free engraving as well. What I would suggest is to have them engrave short works or single alphabets. Their engraving isn't the best out there and I guess what you give is what you get. 

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On a side note, I'll be pretty busy nowadays and Thursday Frenzy might be stopped for awhile. Perhaps till I start uni. I will continue to blog when I can but Thursday Frenzy might be on hiatus for a few weeks now. Let me sort out my life first, haha.

Thanks! See you!

Cheer :)