Holy crap! I got featured on Tim's blog as a blog worthy link here : http://timholtz.com/holiday-blogworthy-links/

This is really exciting, and I'm very honored seeing that there are many more recognizable names alongside mine on the list.  Thanks, Tim!!

*off to do a giddy dance*

This morning we woke up, hopped on a plane, and said goodbye to Singapore, the only home I have ever known, and to my life as I know it.

Yes, the family finally moved to USA. I had expected to be excited, after all, I'd been looking forward to this move for quite a while. What I didn't expect was to be all weepy for most of the first 4 hours of our ( Read more... )

My home is an exclusively English speaking home. Chris can spell English words he's only just heard for the first time. Yet, because of our educational culture where Higher Chinese is valued, emphasized and relied upon as a measure of academic success despite English being our official language of business, he has had no choice but to spend a ( Read more... )

Natalie is beginning to learn one of those lessons that women around the developed world will encounter at some point in their lives -- that pretty shoes don't always equate to comfort, and that pretty feet come at a cost.

Last night, we passed by a Payless ShoeSource in the mall when taking a stroll after dinner. They were having a 30% off sale, ( Read more... )

Here's today's canvas, featuring the toy soldier blueprint stamp on yet another different colored background, albeit colored with the same technique as the previous 2.  Perhaps it's the livery, but this toy soldier always makes me think of those soldiers you see in marching bands, particularly the drummers with their drums suspended across their ( Read more... )

Here is today's canvas -- again using techniques inspired by Tim Holtz's December tags -- this time with the snowman blueprints stamp, which is fast becoming one of my favorites!


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I love December and I love Christmas -- to me it's always one of the most magical times of the year. I particularly love Christmas crafting, my Christmas craft supplies make up a disproportionate percentage of my total scrap supplies, I think!

This year, inspired by Tim Holtz's December tags, I decided to adapt his techniques to mounted canvases ( Read more... )

Remember how I mentioned in my post about the Tim Holtz workshops that I was inspired enough to do up an entire configurations printers tray?

Well, I did it. Subtracting the week I spent working every day, this only took me about 5 days, which I thought was remarkable. Anyway, this is a sample for MWL and will be on display at the shop from ( Read more... )

It's our 13th wedding anniversary today! Happy Anniversary to you dearest hubby over in Korea!
And thank you for that wonderful bunch of roses which smell divine. :-)


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So, I started on a new scheme of work this past Monday (although it's still the same job), and for the whole of this week, I have to go in to work every day. I made arrangements for the kids to be taken care of on my usual days off, which were yesterday and today.

I would be lying if I said that I hadn't found the past 3 days engaging, and ( Read more... )