Raya {Preparations}

For this raya celebration, we did not attempt to any baking of cookies not once. Instead, I bought home made cookies where I kept the kids busy with packing cookies in jars, hand writing little messages on heart shaped tags.

From our family to yours, I got each of them to personally sign our annual family raya cards, this time including Ariff, he hand~scribbled closest to his name on the list (well, at least he tried..).

My Word ~ Inspire

On my table, to remind me that my word is "Inspire".

I'm being published!

Her World Magazine (September Issue) Weekend Pullout, Malaysian Issue. Look out for the next few issues of Her World Magazine there will be more step-by-step projects published. Future projects includes simple altered items from your very own home!

Canvas Wall Decor

So I am thinking about re-doing Ariff's room. I want to repaint and fill it up with layout frames/canvas decor like the one below.

This is my plan.

I may also have to consider doing two more for each of the girls.

This canvas framed-like decor are easy to make, and they can be done swiftly as gifts too.

Photos or a word can be used. I made this one for Ariff, one small word, LOVE.

Dira says the darnest things

Since Merdeka is this weekend. Let me share this with you.


Today

Dira: "Mama how many people are there in this world?"
Mama:"Lots. Do you know how many people there are in China alone?"
Dira: "No. How many?"
Mama: "One Billion!"
Dira:"Mama, you mean China is bigger than Malaysia? How can? I think Malaysia is bigger, way bigger, I'm sure!"


The Other Day

Dira: "Mama, you don't know anything because you come from Brunei. I come from Malaysia, I know everything!"


Let's just say hubby is so proud of his little Malaysians.

All Baked Out!!

This year Nadia & I decided that we should take part in the school's International Food Fest, Sri KDU. All profits made from the sale goes to a list of charity community Sri KDU distributes to. You learnt about charity, about money, about selling, about leading.

I spent the whole day baking cookies the day before aiming for 100 giant cookies to break even, but only managed to bake 70 - 80 giant cookies and got all baked out by dinner time.

I had no idea how determined you'd be with selling the cookies we made. You insisted to bring the cookies round to sell instead of just selling them at the stall, with that, our cookies sold out by 10am! Cookies were pretty standard in taste but I think what really matter was the packing of the cookies. It was definitely a mother & daughter experience together. I enjoyed doing it together, I really think you did too. I had no idea how motivated you can get with selling the cookies, you helped, you took charge, you led, you worked. It was definitely an experience worth it. Great job, girl.

Mr Roderick, school principal stopped to snap a picture too!

Chocolate Chip Cookies, Hundreds & Thousands Cookies, Chocolate Cookies in transparent decorated boxes.

Sweets to end the sweetest day.
We had help from your classmates, Jean & Munirah,too! What a wonderful bunch of friends.

{Glitter fun}

Inspired by Thila, scrapper friend, who's been scrapping her kids' baby pictures. I decided I have been putting that off for too long. I'm definitely addicted to glitter now. So nearly every layout I've done recently has a lot or a bit of glitter here and there. To my surprise, just by adding glitter to my layouts really brings out the colours used on the page, it helps to complete the page. I'm really more of the simple type of scrapper with not too many embellishments used nor too many colours that I feel its crowding out the page.

Tip: Using glitter can be very fun + addictive but if not careful, easily smudges. Always good to get the ones with the fine tip for easy application.

{Where} On flowers / photos / paper / ribbons / brads

{How} Dots / Fine Line / Smudge

Happy Birthday Gayn

Ok, so I am still into mini albums. Once again, here are layouts for our 9x9 American Crafts Album. Some favourite pictures from young to the latest pictures taken together. I purposely left the album unfinished just so we can add to it as we go along.

{yOuR vEry biG dAy}

the big day has arrived.

eager but nervous. you practiced the routine over and over before. ready to show the judges your best. you were brave but yet very very nervous. i'm so proud of you. you're mama's big girl. i love you. mama ~ 31 july 2008.

Stamped Images

If anybody would like to swap with me my handstamped ATCs above. Please send yours to Scrappingville, S7, Bangsar Shopping Centre, 285 Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandar Raya, 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a return address, I'll send you mine.

Gayn's You & Me Album

What a wonderful surprise in the mail today.. Already the cover has blown me away.

I always wondered how we could the cutesy dimensional stickers from Jolee's. Now Gayn has showed me a simple way to use them.

Album: Bazzill 5x5, comes with 2 page protective sheets and 4-5 pages of white cardstock.

Tim Holtz's patterned papers with plane.


Yes, album is so pretty that Nadira couldn't resist but to be in the picture also.

Even the back of the album cover is pretty. Good job, sis!

Penang Album

Making Memories 6x9 album. This time, my inspiration came from Ali Edwards. I combined the original, came with the album, 6x9 page protectors with 7Gypsie's 6x6 page protectors.


Instead of having the rub ons and embellishments on the layouts I had them on the page protectors! The effects are very much like an acrylic album. I like the idea of seeing thru to the next page.

All patterned papers used here are American Crafts. They are bright coloured and loud which makes the album fun and very colourful.

Used Ranger's Distress Embossing Powders, embossing each layer with different colours. With this distress embossing powders, it seasier to do the layering with different colours as it does not spoil or melt the previous colours, and does not have a shiny finish, its matte and I love it!

Most of the journaling bits are from Maya Road Sheer Collection. As I don't quite fancy my own handwritting (still working on it) so I added little chipboard bits on it. Tip: Buttons are best to stick on with pop glue dots. I used to use extra bond liquid glue but ever since I tried pop up glue dots, there's no turning back. They are super duper stronger and guarantees sticks well!
Cut Hambly Overlays to 6x6 and punched holes and added it as a page. Added shells the kids picked from the beach. These were the actual shells we picked during the trip. Tip: The next time you're collecting shells, look out for the flatter shells, just makes it easier to add to the page to prevent it from being too bulky. Again, use pop up glue dots, they work wonders!

More smaller and rounder shells, they work too!

Printed out Ali Edward's latest Fonts cd as journaling bits too.

Here they are again, printed out fron Fonts cd and inked with chalk ink pads, only wished I had such arty handwriting.


Added 7Gypsies Stickers and Hambly Studios rub ons.