Today

I've received my very 1st birthday gift & treats from Geraldine, and this has to be the 1st to go on my post....lovely yummy cupcakes, decorated, and she's even had one for Jayce & Kaylen. Muacks gal, thanks for the thought.

Took a photo of it as they sit pretty admisdt my very messy work desk...see those emails....

I had a great time bonding with this fine young lady over lunch, and what's best is that we're like companions for scrap. It's never ending chatting about everything about scrapbooking, life, work, and all stuff girly, and i'm constant in awe of the way she scraps, check her work out, totally taken over by her style. Although we started the day we were DT's at MWL, it felt like i've known her for more than just a mere number of months. Her smile is definitely her signature, and has been enjoyable each time we meet.

Here's Geraldine with her tom yum tang hoon soup with fish....i had the thai beef noodle soup.

This is us before leaving Thai Express....and i'm so going to scrap this photo to mark our new found friendship....

She's made me this lovely gift, and when i unwrapped it, it was just pure sweetness. Just look at her parcel package style of packing....just as if i've received it through the mail.

Ain't this gift the sweetest?? Now it's sitting at my work desk, and she's made me a shadow box of my scrap room...ohhhh i'm so loving the gold coloured emboss frame... thanks thanks Geraldine, i simply love it, and it gives me a break from my work whenever i look at it...

Created through last night for this week's new arrivals at MWL, you should just see the stuff they've gotten in this week......loads of Prima Marketing which i've gotten my hands to work through...catch the review early next week, here's a peek.

Weekend's round the corner, what's your plan this weekend? I'll be spending some quality time with Kay at GUG tomorrow morning, back to office for some unfinished work, then a trip down to MWL in the late afternoon. And on Sunday, just pure family time.

Enjoy!!

Him

* very determined in the things you do, and at times it does give me a headache in having to handle these situations of your insistance.

* have quirks in how you get things done, and it would somehow seem that you are very proper

* have your super sweet side where i'll be wondering sometimes that you have 2 spilt personalities

* melts my heart

* super loving everything that has wheels

At 27 months, i'm loving this stage of him given that i have my hair pulling days. I guess as much that he is just growing up....this is Kaylen just this morning, drawing away by the window spot, and just has to stop awhile to disturb the frames displaying on the tv console.


On my scrapping front, i've finally found time to snap photos of what i've done over last weekend for my 6th year wedding anniversary, and made this simple album of kraft coloured corrugated, and use of Jenni Bowlin latest series & the wonderful stash of stuff I've swapped with Geraldine, and came so in time for this album which was for Jayce. Thanks a million gal for this, muacks!!!

Here it is....just pure simple & loads of sweetness to it...

And a super fun piece using latest Sassafrass Lass - Monstrosity series of papers which i simply can't resist..

Materials used:-

PP - sassfrass lass

rub on - hambly's, cosmo cricket, october afternoon

letter - sassfrass lass, american craft

stickers - 7 gypsies

bling - prima

I'm getting scrappy tonight for sure with my hands on my DT kit for Made with Love. Come back soon for the sneaks....

Have a beautiful Thursday !!!

I love September!!

September is so my month, because:-

* it's my birthday, and i'm turning 34 when i'm done with it
* kaylen's finally going to get his 2nd ever haircut by a professional barber
* I'm taking up my 1st ever commissioned piece of work for my pal in Kota Kinabalu which is scheduled to be despatched before the end of the month
* we're going to taking our 2nd ever official Tan family photo shoot (because of my lil brother's graduation), and wondering how we are going to have Kaylen go through it (and Kim was just suggesting that i have snacks to help go through this part)

I'm hoping that in September i would also be able to get more outdoor shoots with Kaylen (cause with the pending haze, i don't really want him outside too much), to complete my Maya Rd T-shirt album, and what's completed is my mini album made with kraft corrugated board covers and complemented with latest Jenni Bowlin papers and done with my wedding photos cause i just celebrated over last weekend our 6th year wedding anniversary. It's a gift for Jayce, and hope to have the photos posted within this week. Still coming is my LO with latest Sassafrass Lass Monstrosity papers....

I'm scrapping with the flow of how things are around at home, Kaylen's growing up into another phase of his life, and now handling him comes with a bit of difficulty cause he is more aware of his wants, and whines has given way to loud crying & screams which goes on for like a few seconds if he doesn't get what he wants, and than he stops and forgets what has happened earlier on. Anything small can spark off such horrid behaviour, and our solution - to just walk away and ignore him. He does this everyday at different parts of the day, and just this 1st morning of September i was treated with him pulling at the gate, screaming and crying to be let out of the house when we precisely asked for him to just wait for awhile more. How much more of this, i'm not very sure since he's been like this for already 3 weeks in August. There are stuff that we control him from having too much of - and at this moment it's too much watching of his favourite cartoon - Mickey Mouse. Tactic is to just divert his attention to something else whenever he mentions "mickey mouse". At 27 months, he's one lil guy now capable of expressing his happiness, sadness & anger in little words here & there with actions, and i'm able to understand him more through his short words too. I'm slowly beginning to understand why he feels this or that way, and i love to observe him.

How has your day been so far? To be honest, i'm one person who likes super grey cloudy days, and i love the rain!

Finally.....

What my parents and us have been waiting for, Yixi's graduation at RMIT with an accounting degree, and all is now completed. What seems like forever when he started out his studies, and at each stage of his exams getting through despite him working full time, now we're all just glad that he finished, and onto another chapter of his life. I know for sure my parents are now at ease that that's out of the way, and next year we have 2 weddings to be getting through.

Here's the photos taken after the ceremony which was last Thursday, and Kay was just staring hard at why his uncle got this silly looking thing on his head....

With my mom, and Kay snacking on a cream puff so that he can keep stilll

during the photo shoot.....

Kay trying to get away from the guy with the funny hat....yes my brother

was squirming cause it's so hard to hang onto him...and not drop him

And yes now the youngest of the lot has completed. Proud parents,

and i will await my turn when it comes to Kaylen

Have a beautiful start of the week, and thanks for dropping by gals and your great comments, it always puts a smile on my face!

It's been slow....

How do you ever do it? It amazes me that some of the scrappers out there can manage 2 to 3 LO's a week, and still be with spending enough time with the family, and have at least 1 kiddo. I'm truly amaze at the speed of how they can go about creating super lovely LO's, and it's also my wish to be able to create at such speed. At this moment, i'm actually doing just 1 LO maximum, and usually for those who know me i tend to scrap till late into the night cause it's when i actually have the time.

In my mind, it's been always ticking away at how i want to be doing the next LO or project, and it's all lined up according to the new stuff that keeps coming out week to week at our LSS. In line, i've actually the latest from Jenni Bowlin, American Craft, and by tomorrow it's Sassfrass Lass - Montrosity line (love those cutesy monsters, and just yesterday I've gotten Kay the latest Mothercare pj's with monsters on them too, so i'm waiting for the chance to be using this new line, and that's if i can get my hands on them). Seriously now, my scrap desk needs a major clean up & sorting again cause Cosmo Cricket is everywhere ....

Here's my latest with Love Earth papers & series of products like rub ons & chipboards....

Title: Sometimes

Journaling reads:-

I love your hugs & kisses

I love to watch you play alone

I love to have you hold my hand

I love to read you bedtime stories

Will be sorting out my stash tonight cause everywhere on my scrap desk is just overfilling, and with clutter, i can't scrap properly. Period! I'm off from work tomorrow, be at MWL tomorrow morning for sizzix submission, and meeting Geraldine at the store as well, and in the afternoon a thorough retail theraphy with my sis in law in town. Yes this relaxes me somehow.

Have a great weekend ahead.

This is how it looks...

of the photos taken with the Holga. It's one of a kind whereby the camera captures the lights around us, and creates a special effect on your photo. It's not the sort of photos that everyone likes, but i love how each photo turned out as we tried it indoors and outdoors (it's actually better outdoors). Here they are....

A double of me taken in my office.....this is created by not turning the film after the 1st shot, and with the camera tilted at a different angle on the 2nd shot causing such an effect...


This is silly me & yixi, and using the flash this time round, and still indoors...gosh we certainly look funny.

These were taken in end May at Botanical, and once again you see 2x of yixi in this photo....

And this of my mom & yixi....

Not your everyday photos but whole lot of fun when we see how the photos turned out cause it's after all our very 1st Holga experience. We're ready with a new role of film, and just wondering what's next to be shooting.

Have a great day, and thanks so much for dropping by. Hugs!!

What's a weekend without....

spending quality time with my lil one, and sometimes i just let him have his own playtime by himself. I enjoy just sitting from far to watch what this lil guy is up to. Making a mess would be the top of his to-do list, and for me clearing up after that. I had the chance this weekend to just take shots of him as he plays by himself.

Here's him in his doggy paw PJs on Saturday night, and if you see the mess around him has already started.....


This was Kay on Sunday morning (already turning into 1 very sweaty lil guy) playing with my iphone.....

After that, he decided to be hiding behind his pal , Mickey's bum, and goes on shouting "Help mummy, help...."

At this point, he is already heating up, and sweatier than ever...boys...

And i love weekends for the fact is that its major scrapping for me and i've finally completed my latest Cosmo Cricket LO, this time i used everything from this fave brand of mine...check it out. I love those chipboards.

Title: Howdy

Materials: everything from Cosmo Cricket - The Boyfriend & Earth Love series

And I've completed my Sizzix project for MWL.

Among them an 8x8 layout using the flowers die cut I was given, and i love how you can create dimensions by layering the different sizes of the flowers together.

Created a 5x5 wedding card as well as part of this project. Went for the clean simple look for the wedding card.

Next, more fun with Cosmo Cricket before moving on to the latest American Craft papers which i bought last week, and so tempted to try out Maya Road's T-shirt album after seeing Pooi with hers....

Have a good Monday!!