The Little Happy Shop's Coptic Book Binding Class

(Photo taken from The Little Happy Shop)

I'm excited! Very excited! That's why it deserves a post of its own! Got to know that there were bookbinding classes going on through the facebooks of some fellow scrappers and I found myself at the website of The Little Happy Shop! Kind of missed the kettle binding workshop but they had a coptic binding one to be held in April. My fingers found their way to the sign up button and now I am counting down. Yay!

This is one of the items on my 2012 to learn list!

Since we are on the topic of to learn list, I have decided to use my new pink smash book to document all the new things I will be learning this year & it will double up as an idea book too. I can't wait to get started! How about all you smash bookers, how will you be using yours? (:

Join the bookbinding class if you're keen. Sign up here ! (: Drop me a note if you're going, so we can get to know each other as well. God bless!

Pinspiration.

Pinterest is sending the creative side of my brain into an overdrive haha. There's just something new everyday, something fresh everyday that leaves you breathless, that leaves you wanting to try something, create something. So this week, these top my list:


(When I saw this, I immediate thought of breakfast food: think pancakes, scones, bacon, eggs, orange juice, tea, toast, butter. noms.)

Recently or should I say for the last couple of months, I am very drawn to the colour turquoise. I have never found this colour very attractive in the past but it is growing on me. And so, behold a scrap space with turqoise bits thrown in:


(Taken from pinterest. I am hoping my future scrap space would have some of this flair.)

And lastly, the picture that took my heart away:



I thank God that the white trolley from Ikea that I initially wanted was out of stock because this turqoise baby will be hitting the stores in April. To think I complained for the wasted trip to Ikea then but now, another story altogether. God knows best, really. Everything that happens, happens for a reason. I must remember that. This turqoise one is definitely smaller in size, all the better for me and my limited space. Yay.

So what has inspired you this week? (: Have a fabulous Sunday and a great week ahead!

Scrap with V's March Sketch Challenge!

Its yet another month, and another exciting challenge up on Scrap with V. This month, we have a sketch from the boss of this scrapbook kits company- Jules! (: I love the clean and neat lines and the shapes, enjoyed working with this sketch!



Here's my take:


I am still trying to use up my crate paper stash to make way for the new collection haha. But I must declare, that Random Collection is my favourite favourite collection out of all the collections. I am just so taken to the colours, the chipboard shapes, the designs, literally everything! So tempted to stock up but I will resist. :p

The challenge will close at 11:59pm on the 31st March 2012.

Please send your completed layouts to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com

The winner will be announced early April, and will receive a RAK of goodies

 

Recently, I am back to having a thing for G45's Once Upon a Springtime. I wanted to buy that collection then when it was freshly launched but for some reason, I missed it and the collection was no longer available in stores. Very tempted to preorder the collection. Should I? Why do I have this feeling that it might happen? teehee.

On another note, my term with Scrap with V has been extended for another 6 months! YAY! *waves pom poms* It has been awesome working with the team and Jules. Jules is a very very understanding coordinator & boss! When I was ill for awhile and unable to make the deadlines, she was so understanding and patient. I am very blessed indeed. Thanks Jules! So yes, I will put in my very best and continue creating!

Have a blessed weekend! (:

blah feeling.

It has been a long, busy, rushed week and I am so glad the weekends are coming. Work has been packed and I felt myself getting anxious more than once. I am still trying to figure out how to manage my stress. Life can be suffocating. Expectations, opinions, competition. I want to get out of this clutter and just live, to just believe that whatever I am doing now is good enough and I do not need to change anything else just because someone thinks that I should be this or that. Don't you sometimes feel like something is chasing us, running after us and we run too, we keep running, we are tired but we have no choice but to keep running, to keep moving. It becomes almost a sin of some sort to just sit down for awhile, be lazy, be slow, whatever you like to call it. I long for that. To just sit down alone, somewhere nice, clean & quiet, no one to breathe down your neck, no one to tell you what to do next, no one to make you feel like you should be doing something more productive other than sitting down there.

Just yesterday, I was reflecting upon our lives and the daily grind. We wake up, we rush to work, rush to get ready. Then we rush out of our houses, rush to catch the bus, train. Then on the train or bus, we are so tensed, trying to squeeze amongst the others who are also trying to get to work on time. We battle with the stressors at work and then after a tiring day, we go through the bus and train squeezing and pushing again to reach home. The day ends. And so I ask myself, what is the significance of each day, have savoured the goodness of the day, am I made the best out of my day or have I made a marathon out of another day. Then the next month comes, the next and the next. We reach the new year and we wondered where time went, why is time flying by so quickly. The questions never ends.

I have no answer for now. I am trying to figure life out. Till then, His grace is sufficient, I will live.

a whirlwind of activities

I managed to catch my breath from the busy-ness to blog proper. I really need to work out some kind of blogging plan, just like Elise Blaha. She is really my daily inspiration!

Since the start of SBM (Scrapbook Market Grp), I have come to know some really lovely friends who loves crafting as much as I do. I had the opportunity to join my first ATC swap (this will come as a seperate post when I receive all the ATCs from Jie Ying (: ), I got to meet these scrappers face to face during meetups to buy or sell, I got to join another handmade swap organized by Jean from Jean Stitch and definitely gotten some really good deals off the group. These wonderful people encouraged and motivated me to scrap, to keep going even when my mojo's low.
So I shall let some lovely photos do the talking. Pretty overdued but better late than never sometimes yeah? (:


(New friends made through SBM, we were meeting up to buy & sell.)



(A breakfast meetup with some ladies through a "Get to know you" handmade swap organized by Jean.)


(An altered frame for the handmade swap- for Jean!)


(Coasters by Jean to me! Photo taken from Jean Stitch's facebook. Do visit her online shop for more of these lovely handmade goodness. She does bags, book covers, purses etc! really talented!)


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Valentine's Day was also yet another lovely affair that I should have taken time to share. It deserves a post of its own and I will do one really soon! But wanted to take the chance to thank my dearest for making this year's extra special. He surprised me by taking me to one of the best musical experience- Wicked! We enjoyed ourselves so much. Thankful for how God has brought him into my life. (:


My sunshine!

God bless your weekends!

say yes to

i sure need more of these:



another interesting picture picked off pinterest. when can i find my sweet spot?



have yourself a very blessed weekend! (:

Pay it forward - Liebster Blog Award

Thank you Michelle Looi for the Liebster Blog Award!

 

Liebster is a German word meaning dearest, and the award is given to up-and-coming bloggers with less than 200 followers.

Here are the rules:1) Choose 5 up and coming blogs of fewer than 200 followers to award the Liebster to.
2) Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3) Post the award on your blog. Link back to the blogs you have given the Liebster to so everyone else can pay them a visit.

Passing this award on to:

1) Cheryl Leong

2) Madey Lim

3) Ter

4) Winnie Chia

5) Tan Li Rong

Do visit their blogs and pass on the Liebster award. Have a blessed day!