Happy Monday friends! How about getting self-love flowers this week? Get it from the grocery store or from your garden and arrange them in a vase (currently obsessed with mine *winks*) on your desk. Enjoy them as you go about your week. :)
Monday
Friday
Steak with nephew#1
Nephew #1 was back in Singapore (he's studying in Australia) and we went out for everyone's fave - steak!
Really trying to use up my mismatched alphas in a creative way... (can you tell? *LOL*)
Could not find the right numbered stickers so just went in with my acrylic paint markers.
And yes, now nephew#1 also loves to take food photos. He got it from his aunt. *winks*
Tuesday
Page from the gratitude journal - starting my Staub collection
Life is short...buy some lovely dinnerware to eat out of....*LOL*
P/s: Scored some Staub dinnerware at their pre-renovation sale.:)
Monday
Make Stuff Monday - back to decorating paper bags
It's been a while...apparently I haven't been doing much shopping *LOL*....but I finally have a paper bag to decorate. :)
The usual packaging scraps and random stuff from my stash.
Thursday
This week's pages from the gratitude journal 2026
My happy mail from Lizzy went gallivanting in Malaysia before arriving in Singapore. Apparently it must happen quite often seeing that they actually have a specific stamp for it. Clearly had to be documented right? *LOL*
Monday
The weird layout - The Great Wall of China
The logical way would be to create a grid layout with all the photos the same size and maybe numbered to help tell the story. But in a single page grid-style layout, the photos will all be very small. I personally love creating with a lot more white space so I really loved the card size Selphy printer photos. But the media is very expensive and the old folks can't see the photo details clearly. I also try to tell the story with very little journaling because nobody reads it...they just want to see the photos.
I'm trying to just do ONE family layout a month now. The amount of scrapbooks I have is ridiculous.
Anyway, we woke up really early to get to The Great Wall of China. To beat the crowds and the afternoon heat.
Made it down in time for a yummy lunch before heading back to the city.
Friday
Another eye sketchbook done and dusted!
This eye sketchbook took a while but it's finally all done!
It was fun playing with watersoluble mixed media on 140g paper not traditionally used for wet media.
I could "lift" any colours once it was on the page so I had work with the "marks" and try to salvage with dry media.
Really helped to build depth and made my eye drawings a tad more artistic I think...*LOL*
What do you think?
Thursday
Wednesday
A page from the gratitude journal - Nars Multiple
I love a hardworking makeup product that helps me save time and make me look presentable. Nars Mutiple can go on your eyelids, cheeks and lips for a natural no makeup look *winks* that is great for the ridiculously humid weather in Singapore.:)
P/s: I only paste the top layer of the cardboard packaging in my gratitude journal.
Monday
Make Stuff Monday - a birthday card for a centenarian
My pal Amy Tsuruta's ex mother-in-law is officially a centenarian! She's hoping to collect 100 cards from friends all over the world to celebrate Melva's 100th birthday. Of course I had to join in the fun and send her a card. I was told she likes blue and purple. :)
Wednesday
Workspace Wednesday - work-in-progress
I've really been enjoying working with watercolours in my sketch paper book. Since it isn't watercolour paper, I can't really lift the colours once they are down. And if you add too much water, it just becomes a mess that you have to try to salvage once the paper is dry....which is the fun part actually. After this "ugly stage", I go in with my arsenal of mixed media supplies to make it look like a decent eye ...coloured pencils, paint markers, brush pens etc.
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