I learnt how to make these flowers at Seow’s house last year when we all gathered to help Wang with her wedding preparations (make ang pao box). Seow had a copy of Martha Stewart Weddings which she treasured (hence did not let me rip out the page of how-to). (I cannot seem to find the how-to on the Martha Stewart Weddings website) Flipping through it, these flowers that Martha used normal cloth (of the stiffer stock) to make, winked at me from the paper. I used the only material I had then, felt and made a yellow flower that I wore in my hair (before I chopped it off December last year) and attached it to my tops when my work outfit needed that spice that my magic mushroom pin could not provide. Alas, the flower though treasured had shoddy workmanship (when I am excited, I go superfast).

Last week, I dug out my felt again and decided to make myself more flowers (practice makes more perfect flowers). I managed three and pinned them to a yellow ribbon to make a necklace like the bib necklaces that have been in vogue for the past year. It is a little too sweet for me however, I do like fake flowers and yellow used to be my favourite colour. The flowers seem more like clown-ish kid’s handicrafts. I will wear it for my birthday.