I enjoy...(part II)

The many things in my life that of which some are things & people that keep me sane, and makes me happy when i'm around them....


*this lil guy's smile at the wake of every morning, and this is it which helps me to start my day. I enjoy the conversations we're having now with him cause i'm getting responses for the questions i ask, and the sweet & sometimes head scratching, eye rolling answers i get from a 2 1/2. This morning i had this coming out from his mouth "swift swift (that's what he calls our car), where are u? come out come out where you r? And this came from me asking him to see if he was able to spot the same model of car i was driving on our way to grams place....hmmm by far the longest sentence i've ever heard.

* knowing that i have this brightly coloured fabric album waiting for me to continue on & play with since i've prepared the Sandi Henderson fabric & Amy Butler since some 2 weeks ago, and had only left at the cover page.
Was inspired after seeing Irene's fabric album at Made with Love, and had to have my 1st, and this one will document Kay's 2009 which i've already prepared his monthly photos till October, and hope to have it completed by the beginning of the new year.

* looking at the latest of my canvas project which i've had it simply done experimenting with the ever so popular paint splats and, and this piece will sit nicely on the TV console replacing some of my older albums, and i like how it looks. As you can see, my canvas oozes out totally "yin wen" style, too clean, minimal splats, and totally my tone of colours.

* how scrapbooking has brought me new friendships, and this gal is one fantastic one cause she's super talented i tell you, and how fun it is always whenever we meet to scrap together. Never too late to be finding new friends through our lives, and i'm sure we're going to have some good old stories to tell....

* how scrapbooking has made a couple of my dear old pals into scrap buddies of mine, and seeing each of them having fun creating memories for themselves & their familes warms my heart, and i love them to bits cause i've grown through life having them as constant reminders that i'm never alone, and i'm always wishing that i have lots more time than i have now to be spending time with them. Thanks KY & J for scrapping along with me!!

Are you enjoying to the simple things in your life?

I enjoy...

Having a fantastic, one of a kind weekend....

*Meeting New Friend....
I've finally had the chance to meet up with Kim from Miri after such a long time of exchanging scrap tips to mommy tips since both Jon & Kay are only 3 months apart from each other, and so alike in many ways, and you should just see the both of us at the LSS, we just chatted, chatted & chatted somemore, and i wished we just had more time.

*Scrap Crop...a group of great friends from old & new, family & a passion for scrapping...thanks you all for such a great time. Will post the photos later today once it's all freshly edited.

*Scrapping for Made with Love , and working with one of my favourite products from Prima, you've got to love it & if you've haven't heard - the store's having a 40% discount of $60.00 purchase on Prima, and today's the last day!!!

Here's my turn this week, and of course working with Kay's latest X'mas at Ion photos!!! Got to love his November photos... and my brother's a darling to have them taken for me....

Title: His Christmas

Materials used:

patterned paper: collage press "joyride"

blings/flowers/clear stamps : prima

All available at Made with Love

* knowing that very soon i'll be teaching my very own scrapbook classes and this experience is totally a new one for me and with only that little time i have spare, i'm glad that i managed to squeeze in some time to teach the classes by "The Scrapbook Carton" , and you can't imagine how thrilled I am when G's in it too. She's totally a very fun person to be with, and always open with teaching you so much she knows about this hobby, and i'm thankful that i've gotten to know her through scrapbooking, and i'm liking that we're in it together for the classes.

Most of you would know of my scrapping style, and here's a peak at what's coming in Jan 2010 - "Nuts about U" using Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg series, and a chance playing with Glimmer Mist, and making your own embellishments. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as i did putting it together for you.

For more details, please check out on the class mailer which G's ultra sweet Valentine's Day layout classes are simply hard to resist.

I'll be back soon with more photos to share....

Certainly helps....

when my day hasn't gone that well, and I feel sucky, and instantly looking at these freshly edited photos by my brother of us at Ion yesterday , and seeing all that X'mas lights sure made one lil boy very happy and excited as well. Can't be any happier that my brother takes cute photos of him, and this time Kaylen's co-operative and even says cheese (yes to some extend till he thinks we're over doing it, yes it's pesky mommy at work).

Kay squatting at the front of the Japanese Teppanyaki Restaurant where we had dinner


His "say cheese" pose infront of the Mango store, and i love what they have this year on their window showcase...

Kay with his fave Aunt Jianxi, and kay just loves calling her "kim kim" and follows her around the mall, and yes his "say cheese" pose again

Break dancing away on the ever changing light box in front of Ion, and Kay had on a new pair of track shoes that has lights whenever he walks, and he loves it. A pressie from daddy!!

A rare photo in which i don't look goofy like my brother says it, and my dear Kay was about to shuff that lil finger into "you know where"..

I'm happy to just see these happy faces and photos, and i hope i get to see these everyday, and there are my source of what makes me truly happy. I sometimes feel that i've loads bottled up somewhere inside me, and would it one day burst out, maybe? or maybe not?, sometimes i just like to be left alone to just think about it, and some other times i wish to be just somewhere else. Whatever it is, i know i've got loads of love from my family to be fighting through my thoughts, and still be okay. Life is too short to be bogged down with all these stuff, and i'm telling myself this all the time.

I guess it's just one of those Monday blues getting to me. Too much already!!

Thanks you all for dropping all that love and concern for Kaylen, he's up & running as you can see from yesterday's photos, and just left with slight flu, and a nasal voice, and those sticky mucus that crust up all the time and you'll see him rubbing his little nose non stop cause it bothers him. Giving him as much love as possible, but i've discovered just the past 2 weeks, Kay's like into another growing phase where he would whine even more than before, and get into very nasty tantrums and insist on things. I'm trying to be as patient as ever with him.

I'm off work soon, so i'm just going to complete some loose ends and head home!!

This is happening soon!!

I definitely missed it out again this time round, but i'm sure many of you have already signed up for this one of a kind adventure whenever Celine Navarro visits, and she's teaching again with Karine at Made with Love.

I'm just feeling bumped & drained, and just hoping that today will just go by quickly enough for me to just go back home. Kay's down with flu, slightly sore throat, and fever since yesterday, and with me being busy with dinner with our overseas supplier, I've my mom and Jayce watching him, and by the time I got home, he's already asleep, but not for long cause from 1am to this morning, he was waking up every hour crying, feverish, and it goes the same for me, trying my best to make him feel better. So you can just imagine the night we had, so i'm just wanting to be going back home to our home, for Kay to be more relaxed, and hopefully tonight would be better.

Looks like to be squeezing some scrap time would be tough these few nights unless i regain my energy level, i'll just take it slow tonight, and see how it goes.

Have a beautiful Tuesday!

This is how much fun i had.....

even if it means having only 20mins at Made with Love for their 6th Birthday Bash. With all that girl power going on, you can just imagine. For me, it's the 1st of meeting these fabulous & super talented ladies and being on the team is like a dream come true as I started out this journey idolising their work, and at awe at how some of them creates their master piece, and each of these ladies are as unique as the layouts they churn out each time, and i'm glad i have the chance to just say hello.

I glad i'm part of this team, and given the chance to create and share, and to learn from these more experienced scrappers whom had started out their journey way way before me.

I like this photo of us.

Yes to the upcoming DT crop, i'm so looking forward to this, and and definitely a much longer time chatting with them. Till then.....

How have your Monday been?

Drum roll please.....

Here's the winners to my recent RAK giveaway:-

RAK 1 - Chong


RAK 2 - Eva

Ladies, kindly drop me your mailing address at :- tanyinwen@gmail.com, and i will have the RAKs sent out to you very soon. Hope you will have a great time scrapping with these materials.

Thanks you all for dropping by with all that love, and all the well wishes to Kay, he's feeling much better already but still with occasionally whines (guess with all that pain going on in that lil mouth of his, it's hard to smile at times), and i appreciate each & everyone of you but fret not, there are still RAKS coming your way from me, so stay tune!!

Till then, have a great weekend ahead!!!

In the mood....

For scrapping of course, and my very 1st canvas done , and yes it turned out super sweet, and i like how my brother's wedding photo had all that nature background, and it goes so well with Basic Grey's "Nook & Pantry" paper i choose to match. This is definitely not the only canvas project i would do, definitely creating one for Kaylen soon. This project is just all things pretty from laces, to swirls, to Prima's fabric bloom.

Had the time to also work on another LO for Kay where i had these series of photographs taken when i'm with him at home in October, and they're just all super smiley faces. Love them!! I happen to notice that recently my LO's are getting simpler, don't ask me why but i just scrap with the mood i'm in lately, and i like how that sometimes with little embellishments, it still looks great!!!

Materials used:

pp: american craft, my mind eye, bo bunny

letter: american craft

overlay: hambly's

paper clip: making memories

brad: american craft

Glimmer mist

Thanks for all that concern for Kay & his episode of the ugly ulcers, he's getting better, feeling better in mood, sleeping slightly better, and hopefully by this weekend, the ulcers would have already be gone. Up next for me, are still the X'mas gifts i'm trying to complete, and Kay's mini album "12 days in Oct" whereby i'll be documenting my 12 days with him. Fun!!!

Have a good Wednesday!!!