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Hello Koh Samui

2011-12-03T12:05:00.004+08:00

I have been lazy and busy that I neglected this blog. There are lots of things that I like to blog about. Min Min's graduation, Min Min making some cute stuff , Win Win's new art work and Kate's concert performance. I am not sure when I can blog it but well let me share with you my Koh Samui Trip.

We had so much fun in a 3days 2 night adventure. Me and my friend Pat went for 3 massages, a pedi and manicure and tried out local food to fine dining. We also had a dip in the beach and pool.it's really fun and here are some photos that I took.

Our last night at Red Snapper. Great food and music though there was a little unhappy incident
we still love the place.

Our lovely hotel room 216. Bright and lovely with my favourite blue.

the beach was cool! it is icy cold and very very salty. ha ha.

We spent most of our time strolling at the beach.

While walking around, i managed to capture this 'love' shape cloud. Hope that make your day too!

I am not the winner

2011-09-05T23:52:00.003+08:00

still I love the layout I created. There are sewing and paint on it.

It is my first time to stitch on it, it is not easy at all but definitely fun!

I may try again next time.

Did you notice that rabbit? I love it. so so cute. it is from the Pretty Little Studio series. MM also used it for her Teacher's Day card.

I think it could be better, so much better.....I try again next time.

making cards

2011-08-31T23:25:00.002+08:00

it's the time of the day when the children say 'thank you' to the teachers.

On this special day, we decided to make some cards for the teachers

who have been teaching MM, WW and K.

It is so simple but well it took me a long time to get it done with them.Are you able to tell which is done by MM, WW or K?

I'm glad that some of this embellishment have been used.

It was with me for a long long time and I decided to let them have some fun.

Still my favourite has to be the rabbit and the girl which are from the Pretty Little Studio.Very vintage and it brings out a little cuteness of the character. The girls love it so much.

These cards has been given to their teacher respectively and surprisingly MM still came back today telling me that we still need to make one more for another teacher.

Look like another crafty session this weekend with the children.

did i told you how I celebrate my birthday?

2011-08-10T00:24:00.002+08:00

A very late post on my birthday celebration.
July was the month and it was a very busy busy month for me.
This time MM's mum was going to throw her a 6 years old birthday bash
so it ended up that I was helping out with lots of stuff.

I turned down most of my friends' dinner invites and staying at home
to make some party decoration and last minutes shopping for more
crops and party stuff.

When her party is over, i was very relieved and slept for the weekend and laze around.
Of course catching up with my korean drama. I should post more about my drama craze in my next post.

On the actual day, i bought myself a chocolate cake for the children to eat.
My nieces and nephew are so excited and eager to celebrate the cakes with
the colourful candles.

They sang me a wonderful birthday song. And I guess they enjoy the process of singing
and the below pictures show it all. The children also enjoy blowing the candles. And Oh...
they are so fast i think i did not have the time to make a wish........My once a year thingy that I will do. Make a wish.....u know....Dreams come true right?

the very last step of the birthday celebration is the cake cutting ceremony. My all time favourite. But my nephew K is one step faster than me. He took the knife and cut the cake on my behalf. there it goes....he cut and ate the cake first. So whoses birthday is that?????Still I am thankful and greatful that I have 4 lovely nieces and nephew to be celebrate with me.

Also thankful to all my friends who took their precious time out to have dinner with me and those who bought me fabulous presents and sending me well wishes.

thanks you thank you thank you thank you .......

for the wonderful memories and remembering me !!!

Pretty Little Studio

2011-08-09T23:52:00.005+08:00

I used the recycle box from the office and my favourite brand Pretty Little Studio to make this 6.9inchX6.9inch frame.

Instead of looking through all the pictures that I have in my harddrive, i just randomly picked one and decided to scrap this picture with these lovely pattern paper that I have been hoarding for a long long time.

At a close up, it's the cloud that had been cut out and ink it with distress ink.
I also punched some butterflies using Martha Steward punch. As for those cute
animals that are on the frame is from the Hopscotch series. I love cutting the animals
and arrange them .

At the bottom of the frame I punched a lot of circles, embross with 'heart'shapes
applied distress ink and add a few cuties on it. I also stamped a fawn and made some
flowers. Love the misting and folding. It could be better but for the time being this should
be good enough.

thanks you for looking. Do drop by Pretty Little Studio and grab some lovely vintage stuff!

Be positive

2011-07-28T01:29:00.002+08:00

I got to share this with everyone. When you are down or having trouble at work, this message
does bring in very good positive energy! Believe in yourself and miracle will happen!!!!
go paste it on your wall, office or scrap it!!!

This was discovered from this website:

Happy Birthday MM and Me

2011-07-21T00:17:00.004+08:00

July 20 is the MM's 6th birthday!!! Happy birthday to you!!!
This little girl has grown so much and I can't believe it has been 6 years.
If I have the time would try to upload some of her younger pic in future.

We decided to take one of the mummy's advice to throw a party for her since next year
she will be primary one and it will be a different stage for her.

The party was held at Marina Bay residence at 27th floor with a great view.
theme of the party is Princess and activities will be art and craft.
I added on a tatoo session, a photo shoot session plus crafty.
However due to poor organisation and lack of coordination.
Everything was in such a mess.

This is what is captured by the photographer Alex:
MM looking serious doing her work. Love how she looks in this pic

We forgot to bring the lighter......oh no...so while the daddy is busy looking for one.
MM performed a little magic show with grandpa.

The messy place for the crafty sessin. Everyone are so excited and having fun making

their own bags and door hanger.

this is the photobooth. the shy girls and the board. I like it. Look how MM so happy.

The cake is really good. Many had second serving but I had a big piece.

MM loves the strawberries. I love the cream.

Glad the party had ended with many children satisfield. they took home their

door hanger and own design paper bag. Also a box of sweet, some souvenir and

a slice of delicious cake. As for the parents, hope they enjoy hanging around as much as the children.

Capture the moments

2011-07-07T00:14:00.002+08:00

sorry photos are not edited but these are truely natural and lovely pictures.
Love their smiles and the happiness that spread to everyone.
May they always stay so happy and remember these good memories
that has created just for them.

preparing

2011-06-08T01:35:00.004+08:00

recently I have been very lazy. I am not scrapping at home but I have been in the pinterest.
To know more about Pinterest please go to the link. It has tons of pictures that I enjoy looking at. Next month is darling MM's birthday so I have been looking at birthday party decoration pictures. This pic below is one of them blows me away. You can see more from this blog.
There are so many inspiration that I just can't stop

There are so many I would like to share but well guess it is better that you join pinterest and explored. By the way, pinterest needs to be invited before you can join in so do drop me a comment your email so that I can invite you over.

my handmade frame

2011-05-25T21:15:00.003+08:00

Upon request I had made a cute frame for someone. Are you able to guess how this frame look like? Have you spotted the girl?

The word 'Happy' is spelled using the rubon. there are a few 3D foam dots used on this frame.

Love the hot air balloon. Love the little deer as a small embellishment. cute cute cute.

When you combined all these picture together it form a very sweet frame. I will be making a few more soon. I want to try using those new pattern papers , stickers and punches that I bought. Now I need to find time.

thanks for viewing.

what happen?

2011-05-25T00:26:00.002+08:00

I supposed to blog about my nieces and nephew activities here. Of course sharing my creativities once in a while. It seem like I have been been so addicted to my 'Korean drama' craze and also 'stalking' other bloggers that I totally abandoned this blog. I can't promise that I will be regularly blogging about them but definitely I will try my best to add in as much as possible so that one day when they grow up they will know how much fun they had during their childhood.

In the month of May, we were invited by one of a very close friend to 'Hard Rock Cafe Sentosa'
for a swim. It was a very hot hot day and this 'cooling' came in just a right time for the children
to have some fun. It is baby K first time in this pool and he was very adventurous to venture on his own sliding down and also playing the beach. Look at him, he is so happy playing with the water. This session last for a few hours (11am to 3pm). As expected they were a little tanned
after the session ended.

Another important event that happen in May was the General election. In order to pull more votes, one of the party came over to visit our block. The helpers came knocking at our door and requested us to 'stand by' for the 'minster'. I thought it was just a few minutes wait but it turn out to be 30minutes. Oh my they punished my mother by standing at the door and
entertaining the helpers which she could have just spend time doing other meaningful things.

finally the minister came and he shook my mother's hand and said, "Please vote for me." and walk away. Arrg.....what is that? I thought he might ask my mum her concern or talk another 2 minutes. The whole process was only a minutes and they made her stand for 30minutes. So well you might have guess who I would vote for now huh?

In April, It was grandpa's birthday and poor baby K had already slept for the day so
left with the 3 girls happily singing the birthday song and blowing the candles.
grandpa is the first to kickoff a birthday celebration at home. Next is aunty R
and in June we are looking foward to K&K's birthday celebration at Sentosa.

Hopefully I will be able to post something about the party next month soon.

Happy National Scapbooking Day!!!!

2011-05-07T22:42:00.002+08:00

Hello.....Happy National Scrapbooking Day!
Have you heard about Celine and Karine new online class?
the Summer Camp 2011!
I am so excited about it, read more below and hope you will join in too!
Karine and Céline naturally got together again on this project to bring you inspiration, right at home, this summer ! Whether you want to follow every single class or at a self-paced rythm, they will teach you new techniques, new color palettes, new way of designing your layouts !

Who’s the audience for such a class?

This online class has been thought, made, created for scrapbook lovers that want to have fun with us ! Whether you are a beginner or advanced scrappbooker, the Summer Camp online class is just for you !

The workshops have been made to guide you, teach you tips and tricks, new techniques, bring you inspiration and motivation all Summer long !

Don’t feel scared or intimidated to join us (especially if you just got started with your very first Scrapbook projects) : the best thing about online classes is that you can follow the mat your own pace, without stress, at home, with friends or by yourself…well just do it the way you like !

You’ll also get a PDF file with all the workshops at the end of the class that you’ll be able to print.

Welcome on our blogs !

Scrapbooking is popular everywhere in the world. Whether we are from France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia or any other countries, we ALL love Scrapbooking, we all know the products and the colors.

As there are lots of Scrapbookers all the world that haven’t had a chance to take real classes yet, we decided on doing this class in FRENCH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN, SPANISH and PORTUGUESE.

Yes ! You read it well ! 5 languages ! Scrapbooking is universal but not our language ! So, whether you speak french, english, spanish, italian or portuguese, you’ll be able to sign up for our Summer Camp class !

Isn’t that cool ?

Then, all the workshops will be posted every Tuesday : a first class will be posted that day, by Karine or Céline, then one of them will make another project inspired by the one posted by her fellow co-scrapbooker, on Friday. That way, you’ll get 2 projects for one class !

We’ll also post ideas, tips, step-by-step projects, videos… inspiration posts, music, books, photos…for 2 months !

***Summer Camp*** : ONLINE CLASS SCHEDULE

Class starts on June 28th and ends on August 28th 2011.

16 layouts made by Karine and Céline.

2 mini albums (one with Karine and one with Céline).

A workshop posted every Tuesday and its inspiration posted every Friday by Céline and Karine : two different layouts to inspire you twice more ! It’s up to you to choose which layout you’d like to make or if you make them two !

Mini album Class with Céline end of July.

Mini album Class with Karine end of August.

Techniques, ideas, color combos, design, sketches tested and approved by Céline and Karine.

Like its name says it, the SUMMER CAMP online class will be SUMMER-themed : holidays, travels, family moments, time with friends, outdoors, water, kids…

Win amazing prizes all Summer long !

Every week, participate in our giveaways and win lots of goodies from our sweet sponsors !

SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP 2011 HERE!

2-months long online class (June 28-August 28) : 45€

Spend the Summer with us ! See you soon !

Céline & Karine

Contact : summercamp2011@hotmail.fr

a present for friend

2011-05-05T09:31:00.002+08:00

Finally edited and arranged the photos which I had made for a friend who was here for business trip. We went to Sentosa for sightseeing but it was so hot so we stayed mainly indoor.

I took a few pictures and made it into a mini album.
stamps are mainly from Studio Calico and for paper it is a mixture of my leftover pattern paper that I used from the kit.

These are a few of my favourite pages that I had made:

Thanks for dropping by !

sneek sneek

2011-05-01T23:00:00.003+08:00

Happy Labour Day!
I had completed this mini album 2 days ago so will post this probably next week.
Still need to do some edit and arrangement before putting on the blog.

Do hope everyone enjoy the weekend.
tomorrow is still a holiday here so will be cropping with friends and making new layouts.

just another dream come true..

2011-04-30T23:30:00.004+08:00

Remember this layout that I entered for Laines contest?
I received a call on Thurday to be informed that I am one of the lucky winner.
I was so thrilled, happy and excited to be picked by Donna . Can't believe it.

A photo taken with the talented lady

haha .....just like a 'fan'. so honour to be standing next to her

Here she is signing my book. thanks Donna for the wonderful lesson.

Shall post my 'mini album' some days when it is done.

I adore buttons....

2011-04-28T14:29:00.006+08:00

Finally I used the 'button making' tool to make some pretty cute buttons.
Those fabric are bought in Japan 2 years back, I just simple adore and hoarding it.
I didn't get a chance to use it till today.

Very very simple that makes me so happy.
I have no idea what I want to do with it yet.
probably as an accessories for the girls or for scrapbooking.

another crazy button fan is baby K. He know how to pronoun button and love to play with them

My newly bought Crate Paper button. K was more excited than me and requested me to open

up the package. He pour out all the button and try to put it back to the package again.

Look how serious he is playing with the buttons. He crack me up.
This is baby K new hobby , I wonder how long will this interest last him.

Happy Easter Day!

2011-04-24T23:34:00.005+08:00

This is the second time we had a Easter celebration for the children.
I bought a basket of eggs from Marks and Spencer and hide all the chocolate
eggs in the 'park'.

It was really hilarious as the kids can see from above where I was hiding.
At the same time I was trying hard to prevent others passer by from taking the eggs away.
One dog almost wanted to pee at one of the eggs.

M was the winner for the egg hunting competition. Here she is showing off
the eggs she collected from her basket.

This is baby K first attempt on the egg hunting game. I guess he loves it so much.
Look at him picking up the eggs happily which we hide just for him. We tried to hide
at open space where he can see it easily.

Here is M showing him where the egg is. Look at the both of them having so much fun!

The egg hunting was a great success. The children wants more and well we shall have more fun in 2012 again.

a challenge at Laines

2011-04-23T13:54:00.003+08:00

I get a chance to scrap today.
Well in fact there is a challenge at Laines which is due today.
So I was rushing a little but still it was fun to play my scrap stuff.

The challenge is to scrap something that is inspired by Donna Downey.
I was looking through her blog and loves her painting, flowers and colours.
So I decided to play along these items in the layout.

I used the Zing to embross the stamp image. The stamp is from the Unity Stamp kit.

Another stamp image is the journal. I love the journal so much that I think it blend well with the layout.

It is my first time to use so many Prima flower on this layout. Normally I will only

use one but this time I used three and I even made one on my own. The red striking one

is a handmade flower by me.

When all these are pieces together, tada this is my layout.

I don't think it is gonna win but I am loving the small little

detail and it can be so much better I think.

K at 22 months

2011-04-19T23:03:00.005+08:00

can't believe this boy is going to be 2 soon!
Sorry for the blur pic, I was trying to take him without flash
and he was making so many funny faces.
This pic did crack me up but well not well taken.

He likes to position the toys in order. One after another. His best friend is Astro,

Woody and Buzz. Still he loves to watch Gabba Gabba and Anpanman

when he is at home.

Another boy's favourite, Thomas the train. Something I still can't comprehend.

why does boys love Thomas? The three girls are not interested but

only K loves it so much. This tracks were bought by K's daddy.

K loves to connect the track and after that he put it one side.

sigh.....lots of cleaning up for us to do.

Well my little K, hope you continue to surprise us with more

words and action. Importantly be a good boy and stop being so mischievous ok?

It's the last day of march

2011-03-31T21:14:00.002+08:00

wow how time flies...it is coming to the end of March. This month I was busy working on the busy album. the wedding frames and attending scrapbooking lessons. I didn't have the time to blog about my nieces and nephew which I will try to do so in April. Now to reveal the second mini album that I made. I used Sassfrass Lass Love Crush paper and some October Afternoon. This is the first page of the album. spotted that bear from October Afternoon?

The second page of the album filled with hearts.

I love the last page of the album. I took out one of the 8X8 OA paper and cut out the window.

do a little pop up and this look like a house for the family. Isn't it lovely?

Hope you enjoy viewing it.

new challenge....

2011-03-27T01:00:00.002+08:00

Just when I thought I might take a break from scrapping after working out on 2 mini albums.
I was requested by a good friend to make two photoframes on her wedding day.

Task was assigned on Monda and dateline was on Saturday.
How tough it could be right? Since I have been making frames.
Well the challenge pose to me is

1. It is a A4 size frame
2. it is a wedding theme

With these 2 challenge in mind I started to work on my design
and letting my ideas flow.

And tada.......................
this is how it turns out

The very first frame that I completed using webster paper.
Guess you can't see it because I layered it with many other embellishment.
What's your favourite from this frame?

For me: I loving those little vintage that I used.
the card from 'pretty little studio',
the stamp from 'Technique tuesday'
and many many more....

a little close up with the detail. I have fun layering and putting it all together in one piece.

The second frame seen here is a little cute one. I decided to use Crate Paper latest series.

Emma's paper and also 'My neighbourhood'. the bright and cheerful colour makes the frame

look much lovelier. I also add in the bird on the corner from Cosmo Cricket.

this is some of the animals that appeared on this frame. spotted the fawn?

It is from Sassfrass Lass patterrn paper. It seem like it is popping out from the book.

This frame was really a challenge for me. I wanted to add some cute element,

but the border of the frame is too thin. I took out a lot of cutie stuff but none fit

in the frame. I even considered adding a 'house' next to the frame, sadly many

told me not nice. So look like the owls, flowers and those like cute animals

are the only one that blend in

thanks for stopping by and hope you like looking at those frame.

scrapping in the weekend.

2011-03-21T21:43:00.004+08:00

The past weekend I was making a mini album for a friend.
A special request for a girl's birthday gift.

With the given photos and the new release paper from my favourite
artist Helen Dardik, I get to work on a cute cute frame using the idea
from Lilibee .

Love love the cover of the album. Owl from October Afternoon chipboard
and the rest are mainly from Imaginisce.
First page of the book....Such a beautiful day...whole family gathering with a tent, cute bear and racoon..

Another lovely page with owl and bird.

One of the candid shots and it was used as one of the page for this album.

This is the last page and my favourite. Lots of little embellishment and stickers

on this fun page.

A close up of the last page.

will blog about the next mini album next time.

thansk for viewing.

Pray and smile a little

2011-03-12T21:51:00.003+08:00

The friday news about theEarthquake in Japan was a little shocking.
I saw it in Facebook in the afternoon and back home I was looking at the news.
Felt so sad and distracted.

Everything gone in just a few seconds.
I am thankful my friends who are in Japan are fine.
Still they are many people missing, houses are gone, people swept away......
pretty sad....

However do hope they stay positive.
SMILE...
Life still goes on.
Be strong...
Will say a little pray, hope everything will be better.

daily random and a new frame

2011-03-09T00:40:00.004+08:00

Recently I started to get a little creative and made a new frame.
As you can see, a little cheerful and it is pink.....

There are flowers, a whale and a starfish.............still very pink :)

That's an octopus mummy with her darling child. This time I added a pair of eyes

on the mummy octopus that made her look prettier..

And when you piece up everything together it is a pinky ocean with lots of cheerful

sea creatures. I love it so much.

And just to share a quote I saw at the Macdonald. Pretty encouraging and it

makes me work harder for my dreams. Be it scrapbooking or work or life.

Let's do it better since good isn't good enough, we give our best!

Thanks for stopping by:)

Hello.....

2011-03-08T23:56:00.007+08:00

anyone out there?
I had disappeared almost a month....:)
time flies.....

Just a update of what's happening....
K and K went to USS...Universal Studio Singapore!!
Look how happy K is. Walking on his own like a little young boy.
He is getting naughty, mischevious and learning to talk...
Recently he started to sing the 'Barney song'...
cool isn't it?
I wonder what he will do next.

MM was invited to her friend's birthday party on 28Feb.
There are magic and balloon show. Food and games are also
included. Look how happy she is with the birthday girl.

During the Chinese New Year, MM was invited to Reiko's 9 years old birthday party.
A simple and pretty fun day meeting up with the big sisters and hanging
out at the playground. Importantly eating birthday cake.

This photo is taken in early February the first day of Chinese New Year the children with the grandparents.

I will try to update more about my new altered frame and other activities when I have the time.

till then..thanks for dropping by.

commissioned work

2011-02-21T22:00:00.003+08:00

Have not been blogging for sometime.
anyway today i have something to share with everyone.
It is another cute frames that I had made for a commissioned work.

The customer requested to have the 'little girls' in the frame,
As such, I just started taking some papers and made this.
No title for the frame but love the banner, butterflies, the punch and the colours.
Especially the clouds with the blue distress, it just looks look a bright and sunny days.
don't you think so?

This is a close up of the frame, the 'dear lizzy' bicycle look perfectly well in that corner of the frame. with the little mushroom surrounding it.

This is the second frme with the little cute girls.

the little animals.

well here it is, looks like a little cozy little house with lots of cuteness in it.

Hope you enjoy viewing it!

a trip to Sentosa

2011-02-08T11:40:00.002+08:00

MM's family headed down to Sentosa on a Monday morning by cable car.
The parents brought MM and WWto the flower exhibtion, treat them to popcorn.
guess it was a enjoyable day for the children.

sorry not much to contribute, I only have the photos.

I want this!!!

2011-02-07T14:44:00.000+08:00

guess this will be one of the hot tool for CHA 2011.
I can't wait to get one to play with.

CHA challenge at the Studio Calico

2011-02-04T11:33:00.004+08:00

On the first day of the Lunar New Year I did my first Layout.
It was a Studio Calico design team members challenge.

One of the challenges states that I need to use quote as journal.
Another mentioned to create a similar style as one of the designers.
so here is my takes.

Using Elsie's rubon. I had been hoarding this for years and finally I get
a chance to use it. Luckily I still can rub on it. Many friends told me that
if I do not use your rub on for a few years it is considered spoilt.

This is the layout that I made lifting Laura's style. Big pictures and little
embellishment. I printed the picutures at home using glossy paper but
somehow the result doesn't look good.

The second layout challenge requires a self portrait pic.
So I stamped, I rubon, I cut and I paste.

I also punched, I misted....

And this is how it turned out. I was satisfield with how it looked.

The blue mist was by accident. I wanted to placed a few big drops on the LO

but I pressed too much and becomes a big blue patch. pretty huh?

Glad I took up this challenges as it is my first time to challenge myself using minimal pattern papers but techniques.

Free Online Scrapbooking Class for 2011 + Giveaway

2011-02-02T19:25:00.002+08:00

Just happen to surf the internet and spotted a free online class by Shimelle.
A very talented London scrapper who has a very interesting scrapping style.
Do check on the link to read more about it.
Free Online Scrapbooking Class for 2011 + Giveaway

Happy Lunar New Year

2011-02-02T15:37:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone,
Today is the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
How is the preparation going on?
I already had our family reunion dinner last Saturday so
most of us just relax at home watching TV.

As for MM, her school celebrated the event yesterday with performance and craft.
Her is MM getting ready for her lion dance.
Dress all in red and a little touch up by the teacher she looked so pretty.

As for me it is the begining of February, I am trying to do a little scrap for Studio Calico challenge. Can't wait to scrap a little today since it will be a long holiday this whole week.

Have an enjoyable Happy ho ho ho holiday!

Celebrate Life

2011-01-30T15:46:00.005+08:00

Yesterday night, I got a little creative mood and started to make a mini album for a friend
which I promised to her sometime back.

this is the mess that I made while making it.

The album was mainly done during a crop lesson years ago in LSS.
We were having a Peranankan theme so even the album does have something related to it.
Papers are very oriential and chinese.

the second page, we were introduced to use some alcohol ink and adding metal embellishment

For the third page, using chipboard from Frontwek and a chinese coin.

I used a little Studio Calico- Mr Huey-white to spray on the background and adding a ribbon

and embellishment.

fourth page using tape, ribbon and chipboard.

The baby looked so cute, so I just used one of the Cosmo Cricket wording paper to decorate this simple page.

Recently I bought this bampop frame from the LSS at a discount.

Immediately I find this family photo goes well with this frame. Loving the detail from the frame.

Bright and beautiful.

It's my first time to placed just a large photo on the album.

normally I will print it to a smaller size but this time I decided to try something new

and I love it.

One of my favourite page from the album. The picture is well taken and Sassfrasslass banner

with American craft alpha make it so much cuter!

The last page of the album.

For this page, I used 7 gypsies gaffer tape, a chipboard and a diecut.

I got inspired by Celine's idea so I used a double side tape added some Zing

and tada I created a rainbow.

Hope my friend will like the album like I do and show it to her babies when they grow up.

a walk in chinatown

2011-01-28T10:53:00.004+08:00

I met up with my friend J and she suggested we should take a walk at the Chinatown during the Chinese New Year period which might bring us some good luck.

So yesterday I brought my camera along ,took some pictures and shop around.
Each path is crowded with tourists and local. Lots of stalls sellig all sort of stuff.
New Year decoration, snacks, cakes, painting, drinks and also some interesting
non-related new year stuff.

tons and tons of people and red lanterns hanging across the shops.
Everywhere is so red and vibrant.

This is one of the common decoration that was seen in almost every stall.
'zhao cai' means attracting or getting wealth. I should get one to hang in my house.

The imported taiwan sweets. Some sell 100gram at a SGD1 or SGD1.50.
Very colourful and lots of varieties to pick from.

I need to get the Melon seed. This is one of my all time favourite snack during the new year.

Love eating this crunchy thinly slice taste like nuts.

spotted a few of these lion for sale in many stalls. Just so cute but there is no room for me to put this at home. Probably I can add this in my scrap page.

Hope you enjoy this pictures taken by Nikon camera and edit using picasa.

a baby album

2011-01-27T10:08:00.002+08:00

January is a month full of challenge for me.
I decided to take up the task to make a baby album for my cousin.
It was pretty tough as I need to make a total of 20 layouts.
No idea what is the name of the child and no pictures in the intial stage.
So this is what I done using the American Craft baby value set.

I decided not to decorate the cover otherwise it might be a little bulky so simple will be good enough.

In no particular order, these are 4 of the layouts that I had made for the baby.
Love the 'Our family' layout, pink and blue are my favourite combination.

Another 6 layouts shown here. Other than American Craft prodcuts,
I also used October Afternoon paper, die cut and chipboard. I find it so diffcult
just using AC products, so with a bit of colours from the OA, I find the layouts
more lively and cute.

These layouts below are done much earlier in January. Using the grids as layouts and the
masking tapes. A mixture of pink and blue and it is my first time trying out grey as a base.
Hope my cousin doesn't mind the pink layout for boy.

The last 4 layouts with baby photos which was taken 2 weeks back when I visited the little baby.
I kept taking pictures that I forgot to ask about the baby name. In total 20 layouts, it made me smile while flipping through the pages. Hope my cousin will journal on each page about the process of the baby and show it to me with cute photos of the baby.

first birthday party

2011-01-24T16:11:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was Kelly's birthday. MM and WW was invited to her 9th years old celebration.
It was mainly Kelly's classmates so MM did not get a chance to hang out with Kelly nor Emily.

Lovely MM dressed in pink hanging around the pool and picking flowers.

This is one of the presents that we gave to the birthday girl. The cover is decorated by MM.

Noticed the little rabbit? It was coloured using copic marker by MM.

beautiful handmade flower made by MM. The colours are picked by MM and folded by her.

Here is WW with another present wrapped with stamps and ribbon.

Alice in wonderland.

2011-01-20T23:16:00.005+08:00

just popping by to share a new frame that I had made for a little girl.

Very pink , sweet and cute. I would like to have one too!

a sad story

2011-01-19T09:09:00.005+08:00

It all started with this lovely pink shoes. Both WW and K love to wear it.
The unfortunate event happen today which K was wearing this shoes to school.
On the way , grandpa was cycling K who was seated in front of the bicycle.
She was swinging her legs to and fro and all of a sudden her legs got stuck . I still can't figure
out how that happen despite questioning K a few times.

Here is the badly injured leg. A little swollen with blue black around her legs.

Some parts of her skin was peel off. K told us that she can't walk.

Here is K talking to her mother emotionally. Tears started to flow down upon hearing

her mother's voice. She was groaning how painful her leg is and she can't walk.

I told her that we need to send her to a doctor, she refused and insisted that a plaster

is good enough for her. Hope she can recover before the Chinese New Year.

A series of blur pictures

2011-01-18T10:58:00.007+08:00

This is another long due mini album that has been in my room for a long time.
It is very very green and create by Fontwerk Kai Mei.

It took me almost a year to finish making this album.
The title is 'happy thing' so it document mainly pictures that I took in Japan 2009
and some of the things that make me happy.

I took the pictures without flash and realised there are pretty blur so
I did a little edit to make it brighter. Hope you enjoy viewing it.

First activity in 2011

2011-01-10T16:17:00.004+08:00

The very first outing 9 Jan 2011 with their friend Jia Ling.
We met at Jacob Ballas in the afternoon, held a small picnic with drinks.
After lunch the first activity was the maze walk and follow by
the water games.

Before the parents can ask them to change, they had soaked themselves
with the fountain of water. guess it was fun sitting down and been splashed
around.

Here WW and K holding hands playing around. Not very sure what they were doing
as I was taking pictures from far while they are enjoying themselves.

Here is the little boy very very wet on his own walking around the park. We

ended the picinc abruptly when there was a sudden pour of rain.

All the children ran for the shelter except little K who is still enjoying

his walk under the rain.

After the children are dried, we hang aroud the shelter area for ice cream.

MM telling mummy a secret. Wonder what she is talking about.

There it is the happy girls posing together before they said goodbye.

Be My Valentine

2011-01-08T14:10:00.004+08:00

Recently bought a hybrid project from the Jessica Sprague's website.

It was at a offer price which I can't resist so decided to buy and try it out.

I used 8 pieces of cardstock to print out the words and the pattern paper.

However it was just too costly to print the pattern paper so I used some

existing pattern paper at home.

After cutting all the alphabets, I asked MM to assemble everything.

Throughout the process she learnt a little on using a trimmer, using the foam

dots, pasting the alphabet and punching the holes.

It was a relaxing, interesting art and craft session that I had with her.

Happy New Year!!!

2011-01-07T11:33:00.005+08:00

A Happy New Year to everyone!!!
I know I am very late with this post.
Been busy with many things recently.
Spring cleaning my room, throwing away some of my beloved items, clearing some scrap stuff.
still there are tons of things to do.

On the scrapbooking side, I had made 2 frames.
Using my favourite Sassfrass paper with the word Sweet on it.

making a apple tree with 2 little girls.

Ready for the reveal? This is how it look. Do you like it? Sweet?

This frame is no longer with me, it is now in the hand of a pretty owner.

I also make another frame using October Afternoon

Happy Camper. Just can't resist that bear. He is so cute.

This line is so awesome, just one pattern paper and lots of chipboard.

nice nice!!!!

Hope these 2 frames make your day!

time to open the presents!!!

2010-12-25T12:35:00.006+08:00

Look at their faces!!! happy, anxious, excited and curious.

Starting off with the youngest member baby K, he enjoyed opening up the presents but
doesn't seem to be very interested with it.

WW is happy to receive her dough dough set.

K received a lot of presents and is very happy to open up and admiring it.

Her favourite has to be her Mari chan doll's accesories.

Here with have MM before the presents are opened. She got herself Hello Kitty box from teacher Hazel, a pencil box, a sushi making set, a canvas painting and a DVD.

Hope everyone loves their presents.

Merry X'mas

2010-12-24T23:45:00.002+08:00

Hi there, here wishing everyone a Happy Merry X'mas!!!
I am down with terrible flu and sore throat. It's no fun at all.
I hardly can sit down and scrap or do something I like. Not even eating some good food.

However with the pic you can see that the children are having fun.
can't wait for them to wake up on Christmas day to open the presents.

I love Hello Kitty

2010-12-21T00:30:00.002+08:00

I do I really love Hello Kitty. So I decided to make a Hello Kitty Christmas card for a friend.
(who happen to be a Hello Kitty craze).

This card is a little special because I did a little 'pop' up for the card.
For your information this is a four inch by four inch card.
I used October Afternoom christmas paper.
The Hello Kitty is a postcard that I bought in 7 eleven in Singapore.
This is the one and only christmas card I made for a year.
Shall not go much in detail how I do it.

A very simple cover that is very christmasy.....

Adding a little bling to make the snow flakes shine....

The card is taken in another angle to show the pop up effect.

Hope you enjoy viewing it.

Need ideas for making christmas tags?

2010-12-18T12:27:00.004+08:00

Here is my take on how to make this simple yet lovely tag.
materials needed:

3 inch circle punch

small size dollies

christmas pattern paper or christmas sticker.

All you have to do is to punch out or cut out 3 inch circle and paste it on the dollies.

In the circle you can have a variety of ideas to deocrate it.

I cut out christmas trees and snowman and paste some snow flakes all around.

Another method is using those christmas stickers and paste accordingly.

below are some of the tags that I made and given it away to my friends.

Do give it a try. Only 6 more days to Christmas.

I made this using the Hello Kitty stickers bought in Japan.

using October Afternoon christmas stamps, pattern paper and stickers from friend.

pattern paper from Basic Grey and october afternoon stamp.

or if you are running out time, do drop by this blog for those lovely tags.

1. Orange you lucky

2.Heidi kenny

so you want to be a chief

2010-12-17T00:53:00.004+08:00

MM was so excited with the event that was held in school.
She asked everyone: "Are you coming to my restaurant tomorrow?"
so it ended everyone in the family except grandma turned up at her school.

We all came punctually at 5pm but was only allowed to enter after 5.30pm. A waiter ushered us to the table and handed us a menu. There are 2 types of set meal. A sandwich set which comes with a seaweed potatoes chip and ice lemon tea or we can opt for the sushi roll with miso soup.In total we placed 4 sets each costing SGD1.

Looking shy and excited is MM and her friend. Can you see the boxes of sushi in front of them?

A lovely drawn menu by the students.

everyone crowding around the booth waiting for their food.

Even our youngest member K with WW asking MM to serve quickly. they are getting hungry.

The event ended in an hour and the next batch of students will take over the duty while waiting patiently for their customers.

Anpanman mini album

2010-12-15T20:18:00.003+08:00

Presenting to you my latest completed mini album. As mentioned in my previous post, I was searching for the suitable photos for Anpanman's album and manage to cut, organised and put it in.

Oh so happy when this is done. Pattern Papers use mainly Sassfrass and I also used some of my old stash and my favourite cloud punch stamp.

This is not a very diffcult album to make from scratch so probably I can make another one as gift for my friends in future.

This is the cover for the album. I couldn't decide what photos to place and what the title is and ended up with this look. Alpha used is from diecut=Johnny-KCK

This is first page of the album that is when we just reach the Anpanman land. It was so colourful and cute. I decided to cut out my nieces and nephew and their families as in they took the photo together. In fact only the children took the pic at the entrance.

This is the second page with the children taking pictures with the figurines. They made a lot of funny pose and it was hard to pick which one to put in. While making this page, I decided to print the photo twice to make a 2D visual look.

This is the last page of the album, getting a little tired and running out of ideas so it is pretty simple but still it is colourful.

I will be attending another class soon, this time it is using glimmer mist. Oooh I can't wait to spray and play around with it and of course getting messy.

Anpanman

2010-12-15T01:08:00.004+08:00

Last weekend I attended a mini album class know as 'TWO' at Paper Market so now I am trying to seach for some cute photos to fill the album up. While looking around in my folders, I chance upon this cute photo of my niece and nephew.

This photo is not the size for my album but I would like to share this pic with everyone.
It is taken at Yokohama Anpanman Land. The entrance fee is 1,000yen and this allows you to access the playground, slide, anpanman show, gallery and lots of display. Definitely it is a good place to bring the children out for a fun filled day.

I shall write more about it when I am free. Need to go back and work on my album.

scrapbooking using some Elsie's stuff

2010-12-14T17:19:00.004+08:00

Sometimes I really ponder should I intergrate this blog that is to talk about my nieces with my scrapbooking stuff. At one point opening another blog just on crafty means I have to update both reguarly if I can which equal to time consumption. I really admired those bloggers who can manage both the blog and work well.

However today I just want to show this very cute layout that I made sometimes back
Using Cosmo Cricket paper and Elsie Flannigan's craft kit. This kit is no longer available but
you can check out Red Velvet shop for other scrapbooking kit that she offered.
The kit was meant for making a mini album but I feel that it matched pretty well with the layout so I quickly cut out all these cuties and placed it in the layout.

It is just so cute cute cute!!!!!I wanted to submit to the 2pea but thinking that it doesn't have the scrapbooking element in it, I decided to place it here in my blog for friends to view.

Hope this layout bring you some inspiration and a lovely day.

A day with Hi-five

2010-12-14T16:59:00.004+08:00

This was a planned trip to bring the children to watch the popular stage performance Christmas with HI-5.

In order to make it for the photoshoot with the stars. We arrived an hour and a half earlier for the show. Despites been early still there are about 10 families in front of me, with that I knew we had secured a ticket to take a photo with the Hi-5 members.

The kids were very excited with the event. After we had entered the performance area, we still need to wait for another 30minutes or so for the members to perform. When it started, we can hear the children screaming, yelling and dancing to the music. The members danced and sang the christmas and hi-5's songs.

This is the picture taken with the hi-5 members. They were so happy and kept talking about it. And this picture cost SGD15.

do you have a facebook account?

2010-12-14T16:44:00.003+08:00

Mummy of MM and WW had entered both of them to the Gap Casting Call contest.
Chances of been selected is not pretty high but still would like to step in and help my darling nieces to pull in some votes.

If you could go to this link, click Singapore and look for Chaw Min Min( can be found in page 2) and Chaw Win Win( can be found in page 1). Would really appreciate your help on that.

thanks!!!

This is pic of MM wearing Gap clothing with the Wing. She was very shy and nervous
during the whole event. Initially she refused all the clothings that was given to her and
insisted on her own dress. After much talking, she decided to put on this colour outfit which
match pretty well on her fair skin.

The worst part is she refused to smile and her sister WW was trying to snatch her dress and wing. A little commotion out there as the photographer and assistant were blur and not sure what was going on between the 2 sisters.

I have to tickle MM once a while to get this look and pretty happy how it turned out.

WW was a natural poser. She knows what she want and was able to accomodate the photographer request. Her shoot was very smooth and many poses was suggested to WW and this probably was the best the team has choosen.

So now these 2 picutures are been put up in the facebook for the contest.
if you could get your friends to help out, it would be great!!

Hopefully we can see MM and WW in all GAP stores in 2011!!

It is begining to look like Christmas

2010-11-28T09:43:00.003+08:00

It is only Novemember and yet it is snowing right here.
We were at the shopping mall Velocity on a Saturday.
After the children`s art class we headed down for the ice skating.
In order to enjoy this skiling session, we need to spend $60.
Surprising the children enjoy it. Look at their happy faces.

Only for WW her session ended quite early. She was not comfortable
skiling on the ice so decided to withdraw after 10min.

For MM and K they had a great time and requested for second session.
Probably next time.

pizza making

2010-11-17T13:16:00.003+08:00

It is the first time to try out pizza making.

I bought the pizza crust , tomato paste, cheese and ham.

Adding a little of the button mushroom and all the little stuff.

These are the ingredient to bring some giggle and smile on their faces.

MM scrap!

2010-11-16T13:21:00.003+08:00

I received the mini album cardstock book from Laines.
This is during the National Day where they give away the 'free goodies bag'

MM decided to decorate it will the heart paper.
I also throw in some stickers and chipboard and
this is what she comes up with.

For this page, it is just alpha stickers

the last page is all the buttons and a little stamping plus flowr stickers

It is very simple and not time consuming.

Hope she would like to try that again.

baby mini album

2010-11-04T14:28:00.005+08:00

This was done in a crop session at Made with Love.

Teacher Jasmine taught a very simple mini album which we can use our scrap trash to make.

I used the October Afternoon paper to make a baby album for my nephew.

Pictures below are the pages I made, mainly blue because it is a boy.

Documenting little boy first few months of growing up.

Daddy's girl

2010-11-03T09:19:00.003+08:00

just completed the layout yesterday night.

it was a sketch taken from Studio Calico blog a few months back.

Finally I get to play with it using my SC kit.

the picture was taken in the zoo so i had placed the elephant at the bottom of the LO.

Just find it looked cute overall.

Don't you think so?

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T14:58:00.003+08:00

Just dropping by to say Happy Halloween!!

MM is making a heart shape art and craft work.

We are planning to make a few more for Christmas gift to teachers.

Probably this is how we spend our Halloween night, no treat or trick

just artsy crafty work.

art and craft session

2010-10-29T21:03:00.005+08:00

The children love to do art and craft.

colouring, card making, stamping, painting and cutting.

This time I suggested making a tag using dollies.

The 3 of them come up with interesting ideas.

They picked their favourite pattern paper and embellishment

and started cutting and pasting.

here it is the end product.

these will be presents for their teacher for christmas day.

Way too long but well at least these are done.

No more last minute work.

a pink mini album

2010-10-29T20:48:00.003+08:00

Presenting my long overdue mini album that I had made last year.
This was a free tutorial from Lilibee.
Unfortunately she had closed her blog but you can view her work in the FACEBOOK.

I used sassfrasslass paper for a baby girl.
Loving the owl and all the pink in this album.
Especially the pink buttons placed in the heart shape.

This album is now in the hand of the baby's mummy.
Hope she will pen down all the little detail of her baby girl in this album
and take a look once in a while.

I am working on this...

2010-10-26T16:12:00.004+08:00

today trying out to do one LO using my studio calico kit.

just did some stamping, inking and now thinking of what

embellishment and title to add on it.

with that I will submit to Laines Papeterie 's gallery.

It is a challenge that they are hosting.

to learn more about it please go :http://laines.typepad.com/laines_blog/2010/10/f-2.html

Or if you are interested to see what kind of layout that I had posted,

you can check out at the link below.

http://gallery.laines.com.sg/member.php?uid=256&protype=1

Polaroid

2010-10-26T13:28:00.003+08:00

just like to share this. I got to know this through Elsie's blog:http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/atom.xml

Finally went to the website below:
http://www.poladroid.net/index.php and dowloaded the software.

You like the pic? well then go check out this 2 fabulous blogs.
Elsie- for all the cute ideas
polaroid- download, print and make cute stuff like Elsie did.

one sunny afternoon

2010-10-26T13:20:00.002+08:00

Got this Hello Kitty stamp making from Japan and finally we get a chance to try it.

First apply some cooking oil on the mould set and take clay roll it into a ball and
press it against the mould set. use a roller to smooth the layer and remove the
extra clay on the surrounding.

Look at MM she is doing it carefully and make sure everything is in order.

lastly apply some glue and put this foam above the clay.

doing it all by herself.

Now we have to wait for a day to dry up and ready to stamp on paper.

a cute frame

2010-10-26T13:04:00.003+08:00

I started making such frame a few years back.
It started when I attended one of the classes in Laines Papeterie.
Soon I started to put some cute items on it like what you have been mainly from
the brand Sassfrass Lass.

When I am free I will start making some and give it as friends as presents.
And this happen to be one of a gift to my friend.
Hope she will like it

the usual afternoon

2010-10-18T01:07:00.005+08:00

While I was taking a break from checking emails, i saw this....
Baby K sitting on my Kitty table and reading his favourite magazine.
how cute this is....

A drawing session

2010-10-18T00:57:00.006+08:00

MM loves to draw. She enjoys drawing flowers, rainbow, heart and love shapes.

I passed her a pack of crayon which she can draw freely on the glass and looked what she

had drew.

Still no idea what she is drawing.

Look how serious she is trying hard to draw.

tada the usual, flower and rainbow.

hair makeover

2010-10-12T16:31:00.002+08:00

This is one of the memorable moment we had in Yokohama-Anpanman land.
Shall not write too much in detail, in short we brought the children to
Anpanman land. MM and WW was amazed by the beautiful hairstyle of Kate
which she did it in Anpanman salon.

Both kept asking for it. They would like to have that kind of look and
didn't mind having a haircut.

within 40mins they were transformed to a cute lovely girl.
Oh I wish the previous Princess makeover, the hairstylist
would give them such a look.

So well pic below show how satisfield they are with their new look.
some interesting conversation that I recalled.
Both girls would like to keep this style till they are back in Singapore.
MM was so concerned about her style that she when she was sleeping in the
stroller she carefully put her two pony carefully so that it will remain curly.
MM cried when she woke up from the stroller, she was afraid that her cur will be gone.

Look how happy MM is when looking at the camera.

A pic of MM while the rollers are on her hair. She looked equally stunning isn't it?

we are back!!!!

2010-10-08T14:25:00.002+08:00

These are the pictures of those days we had in Japan.

itineary as followed:

day 1- touch down- rest

day 2- disneyland

day 3- Puroland

day 4- Odaiba

day 5- Anpan man land, Yokohama

day 6- Shinjuku

day 7-Atami

day 8- Gotemba shopping outlet

day 9- Ueno/ Kiba

day10- depart

wow 10days so many things to see and buy with so little time.

the 6 of us chalk up to 86.4KG of stuff back home.

I will try to put on a more detail pic of their adventures if I can.

These pics above will be made into a photobook for easier viewing.

and also will be scrapping the pics too.

we had thousands of pics and are so looking forward to print and scrap them.

beautiful and lovely pics, wonderful memories.

let's go for a ride!

2010-09-22T15:36:00.006+08:00

The picture says it all, MM got a new toy from her father.

It was a scooter!!!! Hooray.

Her dad was worried as he find it dangerous for a girl to play.

However MM proves him wrong.

She was pretty good playing it.

MM surprise everyone. We thought she would not be interested or

she would ask for a doll but instead she was keen to have one of her own.

Pic of her playing with her scooter.
smooth and easy flow.
This scooter can withstand up to 50kg so it should be
a long term investment toy if we keep it well MM and
the rest of the sibling and cousin should be able to
enjoy and have fun for a long time.

which one?

2010-09-15T13:25:00.003+08:00

These are the photos taken for MM passport photos.
She is getting ready to go and travel.
shall not reveal much where this little girl is going.
will update tons of pictures when she is back.

The Teacher Day

2010-09-02T22:26:00.004+08:00

Nothing special was done on Teacher's Day.

Most students are at the gift shop getting presents for their teachers.

As more MM and WW, they did not buy any so i decided to make them do something.

For WW we made 2 layout for the teachers which they can display at home or in the class.

here is WW holding happily with the layout that she made.

due to last minute work, most of it was done by aunty since WW need to sleep.This was punched and paste by WW all by herself. good job.

next time will have to let her have more practice in future.

MM first photo shoot

2010-08-22T00:13:00.002+08:00

In early August, I had arranged a photo shoot in the studio with Schnap Studio.
I had seen his work through FACEBOOK and find it very nice.
Love how he transformed this raw pic into beautiful photos.

so the shoot started around 12.30 as Jay was worried that the children will get cranky.
The girls are pretty shy at the begining so the pose and actions are pretty stiff.

We the adults have to guide and tell them what to do how to smile.
haha ...so the result as expected the pic looked like the one below.

this edited pic of MM is really good. Was it the camera or was it Jay?
MM turned very fast probably within 5 second and this super fast action
turned out to be one of my favourite pic of MM.

She looked so engrossed with her ballet and the pose was so natural.
well captured!

This shoot of MM was so natural. As MM got more comfortable with the camera she was able to smile and

did more lovely shoot. However time is running out for the shoot so not much was captured.

Still it was a nice experienced for everyone.

if you are keen, do check out Jay's website:http://www.schnapstudio.com.sg/index.htm

No regret. I promised.

This boy

2010-08-20T23:53:00.002+08:00

is so CUTE!

He is baby K and is around 14months.

This is how he looked after he woke up from his afternoon nap.

He loves his pacifier and his pillow. Without them he can't really sleep well.

Look at those hilarious pic of him trying ways to get out.

Will try to post more pic of MM's cousins and sisters in future.

art and craft

2010-08-20T14:53:00.004+08:00

MM received the box of Garden Mould and Paint set from a friend.
We decided to give it a try.

mix 50ml of water to the powder till it become smooth paste.
next pour the mixture into the mould set and wait for about 30min or less.
It will be hardened and ready to paint.

The painting wasn't as easy as we thought it is.
Mould is too small and despite using a small brush it still doesn't work.

Look at the girls they are so happy and having so much fun.

In the end, it seem like it is more of an adult art and craft session instead of children

this would be better for age 5 and above instead of 3+

Every girl's dream

2010-08-17T14:23:00.005+08:00

This was taken on one of the Sunday shopping trip.
The local shopping mall was having a Princess makeover for children below 12.
the condition is spend a amount of SGD80 for this free makeover session.

Both lucky girls MM and WW get a chance to do it.
We waited for 2 hours and was ushed in to the seashell seat for the Princess taboo

Later the girls went to the dressing table for their makeup.

The standard which is blue eye shadow with some lipstick.

all these little things make those girls so happy.

When it is all done, it is the changing time.

the girls are transformed to their favourite disney princess character.

WW choose Snow White and it comes with the slipper and crown.

tada, this is how she look like.

A little disappointment.

The make up artist did not style WW's hair.

In fact it was tied up and we requested that they should let down her hair.

guess WW was so nervous that she did not smile.

Perhap the smile will make her make up disappear.

As for MM, this is her second time so she is more comfortable and

preapared what is going to happen.

the only thing that surprise us is she still choose a cindrella dressup.

We thought probably she would go for Sleeping Beauty or Aerial.

Scoll down for a series of photos for her make over.

Birthday celebration!

2010-08-17T00:32:00.002+08:00

Last Sunday 15 Aug is MM's mother's birthday.

We had brunch at Hilton Hotel- SGD90 with lots of yummy food.

There are lamb chop, beef, chilli crab, lobster, mussel......and tons of dessert and many other

food. Guess it is worth the money but we are too full to continue.

We wrapped up our day with a birthday cake from Pine Garden.

birthday pic

2010-08-05T00:01:00.005+08:00

didn't get the a chance to post this out.
MM's birthday celebration in the school.

it started around 4pm which MM dressed as Cinderella with a big birthday cake.
this cake is about 3Kg pretty huge and MM is so happy with it.

Before the children gather around to sing the birthday song, the teacher suggested a family photo shoot.
Look at WW she is also excited with the celebration. She was waiting patiently in her classroom
waiting for us to pick her up.

Here is the photo shoot before singing the birthday song.
The class is too big so we have to divide into 3 photo shoot.
Just realised, the teacher is not included. Ooops.

it ended with distributing the birthday goodies pack to

all the children. Hope everyone did enjoy the day just like MM.

Fun day at the Pair Ris

2010-07-18T11:26:00.002+08:00

It was a fun Saturday at the Pasir Ris Park.
The children were at this Health Fair where
there were tons of games for them to play with.
From computer games to simple billard, bowling ,golf and baseball.

The popular one was the long stretch of float with slides.
These made the children jump with joy and excitement.
They kept doing it repeatedly for hours and never get tired.

Later we introduced to this game below.
Initially MM was a little scared and was not willing to go up.
but things changed when she saw K having so much fun with the
dad. So a few cute pic for your viewing.

Wearing the helmet and getting ready to hit.

K posing at the camera.

MM getting serious trying to hit K down.

so tired after a few attempts

still enduring and trying their best. In the best K fall down and MM is the winner.

Sport Day

2010-06-26T20:18:00.002+08:00

Today is MM's school sport day.

It started at 8.45am with the March on and a 'Oh yeah' Youth Olympic theme song.

Later the parents are given a ticket to allow the children to particpate with

all the activities listed. Such as spoon and balls, passing baton, sport medley,

jumping jack, etc.

the children enjoy themselves thoroughly.

Look at those pic, their happy faces just show it all.

We missed a few of the games so MM was a little disappointed.

the adults are so tired after the event but the children are still

bursting with energy at home.

Fun day at the East Coast Beach

2010-06-20T00:33:00.004+08:00

this happy face of MM is so lovely.
she was at the beach with her old classmates.
it is a reunion of her old school and she was so shy meeting her pals.

These are some of the things left behind while MM and WW running toward the sea to get
some water.

It's baby K first time to interact with the sand. He is doing pretty well.

Able to crawl on the sand and he keep talking in baby lanugage which

I can't figure out what he wanted to tell us but he does seem to enjoy himself.

Since K does not know most of the children so her father had rented

a bicycle for an hour SGD10 to cycle around with K and W.

While waiting for K, MM and WW played at the beach. Making sand castle

is one of their favourite activities.

Sorry the photos are not in order. This pic is the finale where everyone gathered

to sing a "happy father day' song for the fathers. it is a superman cake.

tons of mini choco were hide in the cake. I bet the children loves it!

Here is MM with her favourite heart shape and her name written on it.

K&K birthday bash

2010-06-16T22:45:00.003+08:00

13June is K&K birthday. To celebrate their birthday we booked a hotel at Fairmont Hotel

so that the children can enjoy the pool. We also invited 2 close friends to join in the fun.

As seen from the pics, everyone seem to have a great fun.

The smile on their faces showed it all.

Some of the memorable events:

1. playing the pinata

2. At the prego restaurant, with their faces drawn, opening presents and the staff singing the birthday song

3. eating the cupcakes and playing the balloons in the room

4. fun at the pool with the floats

children nowsaday are really fortunate.

Probably we the adults are trying to fulfill the dream that we longed to have when we are a kid.

shopping at Gingersnap

2010-06-05T23:59:00.002+08:00

Today after the art class, we headed down to Raffles City for lunch.
Followed by shopping at my favourite children's store- GingerSnap.
This shop has lots of vintage and cute children's wear.
I just can't resist going in to the shop, touch, feel and buying it.

this dress that MM is wearing is just one of my favourite summer place.
Did you spot the necklace, there are so bright and colourful. Shapes of
apples and duck.cute cute cute.

And look at how MM posed for the camera. She is so lovely.

This is pic of WW is so sweet. I asked her to pose and she gave me

this look. Look at the t-shirt that WW is wearing? The girl with the watermelon.

so vintage and blue. This is from gingersnap.

Lastly we hang out at the 'toy section' look at the both of them,

having fun at teh 'fun house'. did you notice WW? That look..

ha ha aha it is so funny. We wrap up our day with dinner

at 313 sommerset.

every weekend is so busy.

2010-05-10T22:52:00.003+08:00

Every weekend is always fun for MM and her cousins.
the parent and aunties always come up with activities to
make it a happy, unforgettable and enjoyable one.

Just like the pic you seen below the fun they had in the month of April and May.

One sunny late Sunday afternoon, we brought them to the beach
for sand playing followed by dinner. MM and WW loves to play with the sand.
I thought they would make sand castle but it turned out that they
enjoyed taking the water and pour it over the sand. That is
the kind of fun.

In April, it was grandpa's birthday.
We went for lunch at one of the chinese restauarnts in Clarke Quay.
Food was not as good as before but the gathering was fun.
Look at how happy MM is taking a pic with grandma.
We later head down to Sentosa and took a look at the new
IR. The casino and Universal Studio are great but the
weather is just too hot so we stayed in the air conditioner area.

Back home finally and the cake cutting ceremony.
Only MM the only one posing for the pic while the rest
were interested in blowing the candles.

This photo taken in on 1May.
WW woke up at 7am and we decided to bring them to
Macdonald for breakfast cum with playground.
This is one of MM favourite - harsh brown which is not
a common snack we give MM. She loves to eat this
crispy potatoes which MMM deem unhealthy.

sassfrass giveaway!!!

2010-04-27T22:46:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone.
this is something not to be miss.
Please go to this website: http://lilibeescrap.blogspot.com/2010/04/super-sassafras-giveawayun-super-blog.html

This blogger is one amazing lady and she has tons of beautiful, colourful and creative work.
She is just like a magician. Anything touch by her will look amazing.

Now she is giving away this lovely paper on her website.
Do drop by and take a look at her work and also stand a chance to win those goodies.

playing

2010-04-24T16:35:00.005+08:00

friday night 23April, my 3 darling nieces were excited with the new arrival of a mattress.

they treated it as a balance bar, walking and standing on it.

I quickly took the camera and took some funny pic of them.

Very funny and lively girls in actions.

Fun day at the beach

2010-04-24T16:26:00.004+08:00

last weekend, MM and WW went to East Coast Park. It was pretty cooling in the afternoon.

MM's family cycle and enjoying the weekend later followed by some sand playing.

The children were having fun playing with the water and sand.

Running up and down getting the sea water.

they are so concentrated playing with the sand and did not realised that it

was time for dinner.

We may have to some again next time.

it was time to go for dinner.

at the gym

2010-03-31T22:36:00.002+08:00

This little handsome boy is my friend's son.
It was a good meeting session while she is back in Singapore for the new year.
This may not be S first time for gym but guess he had fun with all the girls around him.

all 4 nieces and nephew met him up at the gym.
Everyone are so excited so they just ignored each other trying to dash in to play.

As for S, he was a very polite and well mannered boy.
He waited for his mum's instruction before heading on.
He may be naughty at times but still overall he was a very good boy
as compared to my nieces.

Look at the pic below and you will know what I mean.

another wedding....

2010-03-31T01:41:00.002+08:00

MM was invited to aunty Winnie's wedding.
Look at her, she was concentrating on her drawing sending well wishes to her.

Here a pic of her with the bride and her 2 cousins.
the wedding was held at four season, as usual WW loves to go on stage and admiring
the cakes and flowers. Unfortunately a little mishap happen, she fell from the stage
and had some injuries on her leg and arms. Sadly we have to go home soon to attend to her wounds. Don't worry she is fine but a little cute conversation between grandma and WW.

the day after the wedding.

grandma: so it is mum's fault right? she did not look at you properly and cause you to fall down.
WW: yes
grandma: tell your daddy ok
WW: ok
WW shake her head...
grandma: why
WW: no cannot tell daddy
grandma: why?
WW: if we tell daddy, he will scold mummy and mummy will cry.

cute drawing

2010-03-31T01:40:00.000+08:00

This is one of the cute pic that MM drew recently.

cute?

How da doing?

2010-02-21T14:55:00.002+08:00

This pic is taken today just after MM & WW finished shower.

WW put on this cute red band on her head. She is so.

proud of it. There it is MM making a funny face.

Hope this pic brighten your weekend.

Birthday party

2010-02-06T23:23:00.002+08:00

Today MM attended an ex-class mate birthday party.
It was definitely fun and enjoyable.
Initially MM was very shy because there are too many people which she is uncomfortable with.
It was only in the later session she started to warm up and participate in those games
with friends.

The most interesting session should be the birthday cake blowing session.
It was a Princess cakes surrounded with many cute cupcakes each tag with a
name with a ring.

Just when it is almost over, the ex-classmates gather around and started playing.
Laughter and laughter filled the whole room and we were pre-warned by the
security to return to the club house.

it was really an great day for MM and sister WW.

The zoo

2010-02-02T22:31:00.002+08:00

I am so bad in organising the pic in the blog.

The children went to the zoo last month.

As usual they are looking forward to the pool rather than viewing the animals.

Probably this is not the first time to the zoo so they are not excited about it.

Nothing much to share except photos of their happy faces.

MM's sisters

2010-01-29T00:35:00.002+08:00

I simply love these pics taken. Look how these children has grown up.

Not sure where MM is but it was a very precious pic to have the 3 of them together.

can't remember what is the occassion and what is going on.

All i could remember is Ah gong was about to leave the house or going up the stairs and

he stop to take pic with these 2 lovely girls.

Isn't it so cute?

New Year Party

2010-01-21T20:24:00.002+08:00

That's a little party that was organised by MM's friend.

It was supposed to be a last reunion for Carpe Diem's friends.

However the turnout was pretty bad. Only 6 out of the 13.

So anyway MM had fun in the pool and the games.

There will be another party coming soon on 6Feb. This is a

Princess Theme party so MM will dress up as Ariel for the event.

As for MM's school update. She is doing well.

At least she tried not to cry when going to school.

She has learnt to accept the new place, teacher and friends.

She also began to start eating lunch and snack. Initially she refuse eating

telling us that the food taste terrible. now MM told us the food is good.

As for her learning progress, she is now able to read the time,

draw lovely pictures and able to read and write.

More to come soon, shall update more!!!

tata

2010-01-19T23:00:00.001+08:00

Hambly giveaway

2010-01-13T09:36:00.004+08:00

This post is nothing to do with MM but for your information.

Hambly is one of the scrapbooking paper and they are giving away some freebie at Lilibee's blog.

A very talented lady which I adored.

She makes many cute albums. A blog worth looking at everyday for inspiration.

Quick go to the link below and win some prizes. Good luck!

http://lilibeescrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/bonsoirca-y-est-le-nouveau-tutoriel-est.html

Happy 2010

2010-01-04T13:03:00.002+08:00

Hi Happy New Year everyone!!!
MM started her first day with a New Year party at her friend's house.
The last time to say hello and goodbye to her dear friend she had fun in her previous pre-school.
She is going to the new school today.
A brand new place, new teacher, new friends.
Hope everything will be good and fun.

Atomu

2009-12-29T10:02:00.002+08:00

this is a long awaited post.

MM with the astro boy in Liang Court.

After her normal sat classes, we were thinking hard

where to bring the children to.

So last minute we decided to go to Liang Court for the 'meet n greet' with Atomu.

MM was nervous but after the second shoot she was brave and started to pose.

good job MM!

another wedding

2009-12-29T09:51:00.004+08:00

Look how pretty and radiance this princess is.
She is so photogenic and pretty.
Just last Sat Dec 26, MM was invited to uncle Francis's wedding.

She was so excited to see the bride.
After her long persistence and asking we finally manage to
take a pic with aunty Fern at the end of the dinner.

MM with Barbie

2009-12-22T00:22:00.004+08:00

MM and WW was at Raffles City and happen to catch up with the meet and greet session with barbie. Both wanted was just a piece of 'barbie' sticker.
Surprisingly they are not very scared to sit next to 'barbie'
Look at WW's face. The sign of victory, hooray i got the sticker.
Other than taking pic, during the weekend both MM and WW with cousin
K and K had great fun at the pool. Pics will come soon I hope.

MM and K

2009-12-19T10:26:00.002+08:00

MM's cousin baby K is really a very cute and adorable baby. Look at this video and you will know what I mean.