Currently.

I like this picture. Saw this on (Pinterest). It makes me feel liberated for some strange reason.

Reading: Tempting Fate by Jane Green. I finished Best in me by Nicholas Sparks and it was a good albeit emotional read.

Listening: Set Fire to the Rain by Adele

Planning: An exercise and "Eating Cleaner" regime. I am thinking Body combat on one week, Pilates on another. Fruits and lots of veg and possibly one supplement thrown into the equation.

Busy with: Outreach events at work as Christmas is coming. Of course, wedding planning. (:

Thinking: Materializing dreams in 2014.

Loving: My new book- Paper to Petals. I'm so psyched and I can't wait to start creating some blooms out of crepe paper!

 

 

Inspired by: Pinterest. I have been following a lot more boards, a lot more creative people and I am so inspired. Mind-blown in a good way!

Savouring: The amount of annual leave and time offs for Dec. These breaks have been doing me a whole lot of good but the breaks can also be a tad bit dangerous as my mind goes wandering of lofty dreams & possibilities when the house comes along. Chants *art studio art studio* heh.

Drury Lane Cafe | Cafe-Hop & Scrap Sesh.

After our last scrap session at L'etoile café, we wanted to do it again and we were looking for a new location for novelty's sake. It had to be quiet enough and private enough to do our art and not feel like we were hogging a table for too long. Drury Lane proved to be the perfect place with its more private second floor. There were several bigger tables and we managed to snag one for ourselves.

I like the vibes of this café. Very raw and old school kind of setting- think old shop house and lots of wood. I like the fact that there is free wifi, water and pay-as-you wish muffins. That's such a cool idea!

Love the berry cooler, refreshing with real pulp! Chocolate tart's pretty decent but nothing to rave about.

Pancakes' really good stuff, soft, warm and fluffy! It comes with honey and berry compote.

This café's worth a visit! You will find many other cafes along the same stretch so you can imagine I can't quite contain my excitement. Tanjong Pagar's such a gem, I will be back!

Drury Lane

94 Tanjong Pagar

Singapore 088515

Tel: +65 6222 6698

Singapore Biennale 2013

My favourite bi-yearly affair- Singapore Biennale! Its always most exciting to see what artists around the world, in particular Asia creates. My favourite would most definitely have to be 3D installations. And I have to comment that this year's art installations are amazing! Even the not so arty farty fiancée is impressed with 2 in particular. No regrets paying a visit to the Singapore Art Museum. We have 3 other places to comb.

You just have to pay $10 and you will get yourself a guide book and admission to the museums hosting the artworks for Sg Biennale. The exhibition's till 16 Feb 2014 so there's still lots of time for you to go have a look!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So much possibilities and surprises behind every door, that's what I love most about art and museums!

Currently

Blogging from: Bus, on the way to church.

Listening to: The Sam Willows

Reading: Mr Penumbra's 24-hr Library 

Digging: That floral pair of Doc Martens & that brown Saltwater Sandals. 

Wishes: To adopt a dog or a cat. Needs another pet in my life, I am ready.

Wants to: Correction. Need to craft more, hands are itching to but time doesn't seem to permit much. Gah.

Looking forward to: Bangkok Trip- Café Hopping, shopping, eating. Lots of eating.

A work in progress that I really need to sit down & finish. October's a crazy month, hopefully November will be a more manageable one. Have a good weekend!

Layout | X2

One of the shortest layout title to date. I was sitting there, wondering what would make a good title and I just couldn't think of one. Decided on x2, short (very short) and sweet. Heh! Decided that I should make a list of potential titles in my notebook so when I am dry on titles, I can refer to my list for some help!

 

It was always something that I wanted to do on my layouts- scrapbooking an LO with the element of painting and drawing. It was really fun to whip up this LO with bright and happy colours. I used my new Windsor & Newton watercolour paints here. The colours were really bright initially and I felt that it was very much an isolated segment on the LO because of how striking it was. Decided to mute the colours by putting on a layer of vellum and then tracing the outlines of my doodle with my black Zig pen.

 

Drawing and painting on the LO or even mini albums would not be the last here. I have some more ideas to try. Thanks for coming by and all the kind words on my facebook & instagram. It is truly because of encouraging friends like you that keeps the passion of crafting alive! (:

Made with Love is back!

 

After much wait, my favourite scrapbooking store is back; bigger, better & brighter! *cheers* Had to be away in Malaysia on their grand opening day so I could only make it down on Saturday. Again, it was so meaningful not just because I could shop again in my favourite place to be but I met so many scrappy friends again- Gen, Aida, Ai Yen, Carol, Debbie, Jie Ying, Junni, Jesslyn, Jasmine, Alice, Jeanette, and Eliza! Hehe, you can tell I'm excited to see these people!

I love everything about the new place- organized, bright, spacious, I love the see through classroom too! There is so much familiarity and closeness in MWL that makes it such a special place for all of us.

 

 

 

 

 

So good that you're back!

Layout | Story Time

Start of a new week, and a short one at that. I will be away from Wed to Fri for my company's corporate retreat. Praying for a fun & meaningful one, always exciting to meet & catch up with friends from other centres!

So here's one layout for the week. As you can see, I do not often play with G45 papers but this line- Mother Goose, had me making purchases of the papers. I have always loved Mother Goose nursery rhythms, even at this age. I found the designs to be really cute and the graphics big enough to be cut to form a bigger picture on my layout; which I loved after putting it all together.

I really need to start getting into the habit of taking more shots of the different layout angles. Each time when I am snapping, I am always in a rush and have to get out of the house for one thing or another. Free mornings with the natural lights are rare and few. I have to work out a strategy of some sort! Haha! Have a good start to the week! God bless!