Meet my perfume collection ...sitting pretty on a tray!:)
I don't have many full-sized bottles but I do love my miniatures. I love strong scents. Anything with pacholi or bergamot. I'm okay with floral and fruity scents too but they don't last very long on me.
What about you? What is your fave scent?
2023's gratitude journal is almost done and getting really thick and hard to photograph. But here is the page on the apple galette. Which was yummy. And I haven't made in a while. And probably should. :)
Sometimes the gift box itself is already very pretty...and you don't have to do much to enhance it.
Scored a glassine bag recently and just had to make it pretty..*winks*
Went with little leftover paper scraps and packaging...
Happy 2025 friends! It's a brand new year...let's make a fresh start! *high fives all around*
The end of the gifting season also means that this gal has a fresh new supply of boxes to upcycle and decorate! Yay! And yes, we're still pearl misting our projects this year...because shimmer just makes everything look better right? *winks*
The Yams are always up for a little fun...so when we saw lopsided Christmas tree at the mall, we decided to "save" it! *winks*
Mummy Yam and E tried their best to push the tree back to an upright position...
While Papa Yam tried to thwart their efforts by pushing the tree down... *LOL*
Happy holidays friends! It's been a challenging year but we made it! See you in 2025! :)
Really having fun decorating these pocket envelopes (receipt holders from online shopping). I really love the pastel yellow base - such a happy colour!
This gratitude page was about the lovely boutique hotel I got to stay at when I was in Hanoi. It was a lovely place and in a great location (like a 3 minute walk from my fave spa!) and the service was great.
I could overlook the minor problems of having to pay to use the sauna and that I could swim the whole length of the pool in one breath (it was really small). But the food was really really bad. At first I thought it was because it was the packed breakfast (had to leave for morning appointments before in-house breakfast started) but it was worse when I could actually dine in. They couldn't even get the French toast right. Or the eggs.
What are your deal-breakers when choosing a hotel to stay in?
As the end of the year draws near, I am speeding up my eye drawings to finish up this latest sketchbook........which has taken a really really really long time to complete because I haven't been consistent at all for most of this year.
And if you are wondering why I haven't shared any Christmas projects yet...it's because I haven't started wrapping my pressies yet. Apparently, I've dropped all the balls and caught none. But it's been a stressful year so I am going to be kind to me and just go with the flow....afterall, a week is quite enough to wrap up pressies, right? *winks*
Despite everything, we still managed to do a short family vacation to Bali last week. :)
P/s:Hope you are better prepared for the holiday season than I am.
The Yams were pretty excited to try out the Venchi gelato...can you tell? *winks*
Sometimes you really don't know what you've been missing out on until you got it. For me, I've really enjoyed having a nail drill in my life. :)
P/s: It's used to file down nail polish without acetone...and a lot gentler on the nails. The nail tech at the salon can do it super fast but I like being able to remove and repair myself even though I'm super slow. *LOL*
Enjoy your weekend friends!
Really want to finish my eye drawing sketchbook this month so I'm going to try an eye drawing every day. Here are the first 3! :)
Happy Tuesday friends!
This page from the gratitude journal is all about getting a full-sized blusher when I attended the Pat McGrath event at Sephora. I have attended many events...some have been generous with the quantity of sample size products but this was the first time I scored a full-sized product worth $50. :)
