{A Day To Remember}

I have been wanting to scrap this for the longest time. Finally!

This year's birthday was a indeed a day to remember. Nothing spectacular, but I was really happy. Made use of the scrap pieces received from my presents and things I did on that special day...

Share my joy with me:

{Happy Birthday}
At a glance, I watched a musical, enjoyed 2 cakes, received 2 bouquet of flowers, shopped at Esprit and had a delicious home-cooked meal with my fav. ice-cream at home.

Recently, I bought a whole set of Martha Stewart glitter & didn't quite know what to do with it. Decided to test it out. I must say I'm pretty happy with the blue glitter on the Happy Birthday sign. I also decided to give a try to just tear the page and create a burnt effect. Not to bad for starters.

I found a pocket from the Madeline series from K & Co. Just what I needed to store the 2 floral delivery orders. It's been YEARS since I last receive 2 bouquet on the same day... a day to remember indeed. :D

Sing Dollar was hilarious. M & I enjoyed oursleves. Fantastic present. No surprise, but I loved it! Clothe tags from my shopping spree at Esprit came in handy.


Check out the stiches...just kidding. I can' stitch for nuts. Those are hand-drawn :) I cheated. so what! lol. On my birthday, I set up this blog, I thought it would be memorable to include that in this piece of lo.

There you go. A simple birthday that completely made my day!

{Everyone has a first time}

The day I did my very first lo, Yin was with me. I looked at everything available at MWL and I didn't know where to start. Everything looked so beautiful. They were all calling out to me "pick me, pick me..." I felt so blessed that I had Yin around. We headed to her home to get my hands on my very first scrapbook attempt. It's reassuring to have her sitting beside me to help with the layout, selection and many wonderful suggestions. It was like having a one-to-one scrap class :) I had so much fun that day.

Nic came over last week and yesterday to get her hands on her very first scrapbook attempt. You know what's best? She lives in Australia! So many scrap stuff over there!!!

Last week we started with a simple birthday card. This week, we progressed to my fav - shadow boxes (woo hoo! upgraded from the use of "frames", which sounds absolutely ordinary, to "shadow boxes". Even though it means the same thing, it sounds so much more nicer lol.)

Here's some pix of what we did together... I really hope she is able to pick up this hobby and have fun with it :D

{ScrapTerms}

I'm so lost with all the scrap terms.

Shadow boxes... I call them frames.

Kraft paper.... I call them brown paper, then I thought they were crate paper lol

Embelishments... I call them stickers, buttons & rub-ons

Cardstock... I call them hard color paper (lol...)

I'm learning something new everyday :)

{Forward to Sept 12}

Dearest Pal,

You are creative, organised, generous, thoughtful, sweet, genuine, lovely, kind, beautiful, gracious, faithful, filial, compassionate, honest and much more! Thank you for being such a sweet pal all these years!

May your days be filled with smiles, love, peace & joy!

Happy Birthday!

{Beautiful Soulmates}

{two plus one} Family

When she saw this she asked, what if there's another one

(is that a hint that more is on the way?)

{Look at me}

Kay's not well today when I visited Y. But when he saw this, smiled and said "K" it made me smile. Then the TV stole his attention away very quickly lol. Wishing you speedy recovery!

{Svendson Frames}

Mel's wedding over the weekend was the most beautiful wedding I've been in this life time. The ambience was perfect. Food was delicious. Band was good. The wedding planners decorated the place beautifully. It was an "ang mor" wedding with western food, buffet dessert and dance. Lovely! The speeches at the wedding were really touching too. Some of the family members even wrote songs and everyone joined in to sing. It was something very different from the Chinese wedding. I really love it!

Made some frames for Mel's wedding. The photo of the frame didn't quite turn out as expected. Thank goodness I took a picture of it before inserting into the frame. Here it is.

This is for them to insert a picture from the wedding.

These are two smaller complimentary frames of their childhood pix.

{What do you see?}

{A weed is but an unloved flower}

A challenge is but an untapped opportunity for growth.

What do you see?
A weed or a flower?
A challenge or an opportunity?

"Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

{True Love} You Make Me Happy

What a beautiful family!

{BzBee}

Finally get a chance to blog. Have not been able to do any scrapbooking recently. Work is piling. Looking ahead, I'm gearing up for a rush!

On the brighter side, I bought a super duper bulky ring yesterday! Woo hoo!

Got to start looking for an evening dress. So many weddings to attend this second half of the year almost one each month. Took a look at the dresses I have... ah... I can't fit into them! Urgh!

{Mel's Hen's Night Album}

We celebrated Mel's Hens' Night on Saturday. It was a night of fun and dares :) Did this album for her to capture the memories of this night.

Bought an insert album from the Pasa Malam at MWL on Fri night at a really good price, woo hoo! Decided to do up a simple album because time was running short, but I like the simplicity of this one. Inserted the plastic slots with varied patterned paper. She has some scrap stuff with her, thought it'd be nice for her add some final touches to it. (OK.... fine, I was out of time).

{Simply You} Melina - Cover Page

Back page of album

{Remember it well} - Spine
1st page

{Night Out}

Last night at 1030pm, D drove us to Made With Love to check out the Pasa Malam on scrap products. I wasn't expecting to be there, but she was so quick at making the decision to go, before I knew it, she was out of her PJs and was ready to go. It was fun!

I guess we were a little disappointed that there was really only so little items in the Pasa Malam. Well, important thing is we went!

That's not the best part. The best part is last night Friday, 28 August 2009, was M's first night taking care of Ju. His first "more than an hour contact" with a baby. When we came home, Ju was fast asleep. Woo hoo! Great training for M :P!

{Came to a wall...}

Didn't get to scrap this week. Realised I don't have that many photos. Have been thinking about doing a mini album. I took out the mini-album, stared at it last night and put it back. Not sure how to get started and what to do with it...

Till next time... scrappersBLOCK.

{He cracks me up!}

Today we were at Isetan and walked passed this interesting looking Japanese cookie.

m: I tried that before, not bad.

w: Issit? What does it taste like?

m: Erm, can't really remember. It's either chewy or crunchy.

{{ DIONG!!!! }}
Even without tasting I know a cookie is either chewy or crunchy.

I couldn't stop laughing. lol.

{www.smilebox.com}

View this absolutely cool online digital album. You have to check it out and use it yourself to believe how easy it is. It's FREE! Click here to view

{Birthday Card}

Just did a card for RM. She's a wonderful lady, a gentle wife, a loving mother and a fantastic boss! Role model on how we can be a godly wife and mother :) Salute to her!

Love the flowers that I just bought. It's my first time using them, precious! I'm really scrapping and using the distres ink whenever I get the opportunity to. Not sure if I'm over doing it, but I love the effect!

I wanted to do a simple card. You know those with a good combination of different patterned paper, a simple ribbon and maybe a nice "diamond" stud. But I just couldn't get it done. I wonder why. Ended up with this instead.

{MARY} Believe in the beauty of your dreams

Attached a simple bookmark that can be easily removed.

Haven't thought of what to write at the back of the card...:) I still have until tomorrow.

{Do what you love, love what you do}

This was quite a funny shot actually. He was trying on some clothes and the wall background of the fitting room caught my eyes. I looked to the left & right and made sure nobody's watching and "WOOSH!" I'm in the fitting room with him. We pushed the chair aside, moved the pile of clothes away and wala! Of course I requestd for funkier post, but M being M, that's the best he could give... Oh well... it was fun!

When he did a career switch to teach, it shocked most people. Up till today, we (his family) still cannot imagine how he's like in the classroom coz' he rarely speaks.

This one is for you M! He likes simple layouts and I'm doing my best to keep it simple. He always says I use too much stuff in a single layout :) I'm trying, I'm trying. Trying to save the trees and save some $$ ha ha.

{Do what you love, love what you do}

He loves what he's doing and I'm happy for him & believe in him!

Check out the effects of the edge scrapper. Up until yesterday, I thought scrappers had special abilities that allowed them to tear the edges so nicely. I found my answer yesterday. This is a really cool tool... cheap too!

I've got heaps of stamps that I bought and basically kept them in my scrap chest. I tried to use them once and was terrible at it. After that I never had the courage to try again. Today, I did it. And honestly, even if the stamping wasn't perfect, i like it still.. who cares! lol.

{Julien} Look at those eyes

Have been wanting to do up a frame for my nephew but was wondering how D is going to carry it back coz most of the frames are quity heavy. Glad we found this light-weight cork board and stand from Daiso. Hope she'll be able to bring this back to Paris.

When I bought this series of die-cuts, I had in mind to do for ju-ju coz they are so cute, but a lil too childish for me. Finally! After so long, I get to use it :)

Check out his marble eyes. So adorable right! Looks just like D when she was young - huge, beautiful round eyes!

{One} one us. one love. one lifetime.

I read this in the Bible recently, "At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven" Matthew 22:30

Is it really going to be that way? At this point I'm not sure about that, coz' I've not done an in depth study. But it did trigger a thought...

Will we be together as a couple for this lifetime only or for eternity?

{M I What I Think I Am, or not}

All these time I've been wondering what's my scrap style. Today Yin sent me this msg on what she thinks my scrap style is:

Mix of deeper colors. Nothing too sweet or girly. Clean, orderly laid out and definitely no white spaces left.

Most of the time before I do a lo I will select the materials I'd like to use and they always tend up floral and sweet. Twice, I did them randomly and those two times, the lo came out different, in fact, quite close to what Yin described. Is that really "my style".

Conclusion: I'm not the sweet, girly kind ha ha ha..

{Lil Me}

My mum dug out some photos of lil me. When I was young, mum used to tell me how she loves my smile because I show all my teeth. There was a period, where I took pictures without revealing those set of whites... that was when they started falling off.

The photo was taken when my two front teeth were missing... :)

{Lil Me Had No Teeth But I Had Dreams}

{My Hero}

The simple metal frame that sat on our study table stared blankly at me. Today, I finally took time to stop, look and gave it some new "clothes".

This photo was taken during our trip to France, in Park Astrix, 2007. Everyone told me how Mark was afraid of roller coaster rides and he never sat on them. On the contrary, I'd sit on every roller coaster that comes my way, I love the thrill and find it hard to digest that my husband was one who would stand and watch others on the roller coaster. Each time I asked him about it, he'd confidently say that he is not afraid and would ride with me any time.

That day, was the day I saw it with my own eyes. Not only did he sat through all the rides with me, I'd like to believe he enjoyed them :) While we were all holding on to the railings for our dear lives, my hero even stretched out his hands to take a video of the the ride. Awwww.....

This is a simple design. Covered the metal frame with some ribbons. This is also the first time I'm putting my handwriting to the test. I journaled :) Previously I never did any writing because I always thought my handwriting is horrible. I even had this comment written in my report card during my school years "W has to improve in her penmanship." And I had to stay back after school for writing lessons because my handwriting apparently was illegible...

Oh well...

Here's the journal reads:

{Mark went on the roller coaster ride with me.

He was fearless and proved everyone wrong.

My hero!}

There were some misjudgement though. I shouldn't have written so near the edge. When I fitted the paper into the frame, some of the words got cut off. Oh well, we learn and move on :)

Saturday Morning

So we finally met up with the contractors.

They were an hour late! Don't like that...

But what I did like was their friendly service and a sense of assurance that they know what I want.

The next step would be for them to provide us with a quote. Based on our conversation, it seems they know what I want and it could be done within budget. On a scale of 1 to 10, I am 9 on the excitment scale.

If all goes well, I will have a proper table and storage for my scrap stuff. Not a huge space, but it's better than not having one :)

Can't wait to see what they propose!

{Busy Week}

We've been out every night. Didn't get a chance to scrap at all this week. So I finally visited the MWL gallery. Love what some of the scrappers have uploaded. Really beautiful work.

I'm looking forward to this weekend. Meeting up with my gal frens tomorrow. Can't wait to meet the contractor who would be quoting us for the renovation works for our room. I've been looking forward for this day since... I can't remember when. I've got some ideas running in my mind, wondering if those are even feasible in reality. Hopefully then, I would have a little scrap place with proper storage space. :)

Pray with me for a fantastic weekend!

{French Living in Singapore?}

I was told that "french, vintage" furniture are a rare find in Singapore. I am so glad to come across this site. Today, we visited the showroom. Love the furnitures.

The million dollar question: How can we fit such bulky furniture into our cluttered room?

What I love about this shop is that they are able to custom make the furniture to your desired size. Woo hoo!

When we visited the homes in France, it was like a dream come true for me. All the lovely vintage, cottage looking homes and interior decor were absolutely beautiful!

Check it out!

http://www.parishome.sg/

{BWANGGGGGgggg!}

I like big mirrors. Aren't they beautiful.

Talking about mirrors, here's a hilarious incident.

JCZZ: Wah, the shop is so big (looking into the mirror, JCZZ did not realize that it was a mirror. JCZZ simply thought the shop seems endless).

As he focused on what's behind the endless view ahead, he noticed the image of a strange person walking towards him. It was one of those where you see and not see it. His vision was fixed on what's beyond...

He thought it was a little odd that this person kept walking towards him, but that didn't stop him from walking further and before he knew it...

((( BWANGGGGggggg!!!)))

JCZZ walked right into a mirror! Big Bang!

The mirror shook even as he took off.

If only I was there to witness this first hand lol...

(so mean, i know, but isn't it hilarious?)

{Never Stop Dreaming}

Anyone of these, would be a dream come true...