Haven't made a card in a while and really needed one to add to a birthday gift box for my cousin. Instead of starting from scratch, I decided to challenge myself to rework on a gifted card to make it more my style....you know, with the bits and bobs from my scrap pile.*winks*
Here was the original.
What do you think? Is the reworked card more my style?
Happy Monday friends! Here is this week's Make Stuff Monday project - a fin decorated upcycled envelope! :)
Can you tell where the envelope was from?
It's actually the sample envelope from Kiehl's that I've been upcycling for years. I usually cover the whole thing up with a piece of patterned paper. This time I decided to use the border on the envelope as part of my design to "frame my scene". I think it turned out quite decent. What do you think?
Haven't had much creative time this week so I'm sharing new stuff I have in my life...like this new Canon Pixma printer! Isn't she pretty?
I have been using mostly my Canon Selphy photo printers in the last two years because my old larger photo Canon Pixma printer (a 10 year old) can't connect to my MacBook Pro. Since I still have packs of A4 photo paper, I decided to just buy a new wireless printer at S$174....
And they even threw in a fancy handheld fan (worth S$105) as a free gift.
Going full-steam ahead with the eye drawings in my toned tan sketchbook. Just 2 more eye drawings and I would have completed another eye sketchbook *high fives all around*!
Remember last year when my sister got me this cute My Melody hand towel? Super cute. Of course I had to decorate with My Melody elements like the washi tape and cute stickers (No worries, I have 4 sheets worth!*LOL*)
Last Saturday we finally went to attend a Sephora event followed by some lovely Turkish food for dinner. It's been hard to attend Sephora events of late because we now have another kid in the house. Nephew #3 has moved in to stay with us, less than a year after nephew#1 moved back home (he's now in Melbourne). Nephew #1 stayed with us for 6 years. I'm not one to air out family's dirty laundry...I can only say not all parents are good parents.
Anyway, the folks were excited to have Turkish food for dinner (not currently a cuisine in my cooking repertoire..*winks*). They each chose their own plate while my sister and I shared a mixed grill plate for 2 (pictured) It was pretty good. :)
This week's page from the gratitude journal is an ode to my beloved Balmuda toaster oven. After a wait of 3 years, she was finally mine. And I love her.
I did watch a gazillion YouTube videos about all the various ways to get the most out of your Balmuda toaster oven since it cost a pretty penny. But for the past year, I've mostly used her for toast. *LOL* Well, frozen sourdough bread gets toasted to perfection in this toaster oven. Beats the conventional oven, the pan on the stove and the airfryer. All of which this gal owns too. *winks*
P/s: How do you like to toast your bread?
This is possibly the only creative thing I've been keeping up with lately. So here is two week's worth of eye drawings! *winks*
Feeling a little burnout so taking it easy this week. Got myself some lilies. And did a little eye drawing. :)
Hope you are taking time for a little self-care. Happy weekend friends!
So I was in Bangkok last week and managed to sneak in a few drawings during happy hour...*yay...go me!*
I was furiously getting my eye drawn before I lost daylight....
While the servers made sure I had a replenishment of gin and tonic....
Gasp! Do I draw better while intoxicated? *dramatic music plays in the background*
Happy Thursday friends! :)
Meet my 2025 gratitude journal. The cover looked like it was blue and red online but it is actually blue and orange. Such a happy colour combo.
This is my third year using the Hobonichi Techo A6 as my gratitude journal. I love the compact size.:) The first year, I went all out and even bought the plastic cover on cover. But I realised that it just got glue mark stains really fast. So it's just the A6 book and a cover for me. None of the fancy overpriced stuff.
Looking forward to getting this filled up alongside the 2024 gratitude journal because I really need to clear up the gazillion photos on my phone. *LOL*
Hello. Totally meant to post this on a Monday but didn't. Oops. So here it is on a Tuesday. This week's upcycled project.:)
I started with this lovely sturdy box from Kiehl's.
Some packaging bits...
Some happy mail repurposing bits...
Even took the trusty old glue out to adhere the dimensional bits...
And of course, it has to be finished with shimmer mist. :)
