hit and mix / peppin' steppin'

peppin' steppin' from wafflesandwit on 8tracks Radio.

here's a midweek pickup for everyone to grab onto! with dashes of motown (a big big fan) and flavours all through till the 80s - i've even thrown in a token garnish from our era; all these songs have been carefully chosen to 1. empower your steps with a spicy sriracha bounce, kick and happiness (chilli is great) 2. demonstrate that old songs are still and forever will be relevant. all these are songs so reminscent of growing up - in my household at least - so here you go, have an overflowing spoonful of nostalgia, see how many you recognize and love! and remember, old is gold and nostalgia is not neuralgia (yeah, had to google this one) 

can't touch this - MC Hammer / don't worry be happy - bobby mcferrin /dream lover - bobby darin / girls chase boys - ingrid michaelson / happy days theme song / here comes my baby - cat stevens / i'm a believer - the monkees / in the summertime - mungo jerry / karma chameleon - culture club / lollipop - the chordettes / lonely tear drop - jackie wilson / rubber ball - bobby vee / splish splash - bobby darin / sugar sugar - the archies / these boots are made for walkin' - nancy sinatra

handy dandy / embroidery wall art

Embroidery is one of the most fun DIYs - here is a great project to hang up your riot grrrl pledges or warrior quotes on your wall! You will need cloth (this one in pink checks was from Ikea), an embroidery hoop of any size you'd like and embroidery thread in various colours (from craft stores), and a needle with a large enough eye for your thread.

Be sure to iron your cloth before you pencil-sketch on your phrase. Mine says "Ovaries Before Brovaries" (Knope, 2011). Place the cloth tight in your embroidery hoop. Thread your needle and tie a knot on one end. 

We'll use a split stitch for this embroidery. Basically it means you make your first stitch, then for the next stitch you will push the needle through the center of the stitch you just made (splitting the embroidery thread), before pulling the thread the whole way through. Repeat for subsequent stitches.

 When you run out of thread, tie a tight knot as close to the cloth as possible, and snip off excess thread.

 Finish up by adding any additional details!

You can iron the cloth again it if gets scrunched up as you did the project. Adjust your design so it sits right in the center of the hoop, and tuck in the excess cloth edges into the back of the hoop (you can glue it down with a glue-gun as well). And that's it, your pledge is ready to be hung up any which way you please!

threads / with the girls

We spent girl-talk-time with some of the best we know doing what we love best (eating waffles). These girls are all sorts of lovely and beautiful and different - proof that the ultimate style tip is having the sparkliest personality! Here you have them in various versions of Wear Anything - only the best kinds of clashing prints and colours and gazes. 

hit and mix / let it in

let it in from wafflesandwit on 8tracks Radio

march mix up! just a collection of favourites; gentle and bold, break and mould. enjoy this one!

best day of my life - american authors / emmylou - first aid kit / featherstone - the paper kites / get yourself free - akina adderley & the vintage playboys / the girl - city and colour / ivory road - king charles / little joy - brand new start / prophecy - adam & the amethysts / riptide - vance joy / saturday - adam faucett / sweetness - pearl and the beard / troubles will be gone - the tallest man on earth / we don't eat - james vincent mcmorrow / the wrote and the writ - johnny flynn 

waffle watch / wimbly lu

This waffle watch was one that we were eagerly looking forward to and finally we had the time to pop by courtesy of the university's recess week. We brought along the girls this time - easily our most favourite people, and had sparkly conversations over these babies. 

The waffles were edible sunbeams, golden and radiating warmth from the most wonderful toasted batter. Crispiness levels were exciting, slightly charred (always appetising), but unfortunately not as dense as I hoped. Scoops of frozen creams received mixed reviews - the brownie scoop was literally like frozen brownies, which can never go wrong; the honey cinnamon was velvety and strong on the cinnamon front so you get this sweet spicy cold conglomeration of unique, the salted caramel had an overpowering burnt caramel after taste and there is so much right that can happen with truffle chocolate. Waffles came with syrup and butter, served on beautiful china blue plates added plenty to the gastronomic journey (sucker for packaging), delicate curves keeping the golden syrup and melted ice-cream in a pool for the waffle to soak in. Just by the way, who else eats their waffles in equal portions of ice cream and syrup in perfectly calculated square cuts???!! Y'alls should. That's the only way you keep track of how much you've eaten so you can ration the remainder to make it last, man.

Service was great, friendly and earnest waiters, food reached our table quick and we realised just how much we went trigger happy with our orders. We got coffee - a big nyehhhhhmehehhzzzz no; my mocha tasted like extra sweetened hot chocolate and the cappuccinos were too milky. The jugs of iced ribena were just iced ribena but so rewarding in this relentless heat. We didn't want to split our attention between waffles and their other confectionaries - haven't gotten the hang of this food tasting/blogging yet, obviously. But their cake and treat display looked like a glorified willy wonka's candy store, will definitely be back for more. They also had a red (!!) t-rex (!!!!) in their outside display beside the word "rawr-mantic". Plus points for Jurassic Jokes. Amazing interior, good use of space and cozy just the way it should be. 

Wimbly Lu Chocolates

15 Jalan Riang

Singapore 358987

+65 6289 1489

lu@wimblylu.com