Tag! you're it!

When you're desperate to craft and need to attend a party, what do you do?  You make tags.

I haven't crafted with ms E for quite some time so here's one we both did together.  Simple emboss stamping, and inking over with sponge and distress ink. Plus one stamped and fussy cut flower, we were good to go for a party!

Little Black Mini

We're talking about the paper kind :)



BbC and the Little Black Mini



July has been an unexpectedly busy month because my Indonesian live-in helper ran away.  She received some news that her son was sick and decided to run away to the embassy, leaving bbC at school.  I did manage to get her an airticket home, amidst a lot of tears and apologies from her and she texted me goodbye when she left. This hapless employer (me) zealously took over work and household, fell sick and then before I could recover, my BbC also fell sick! BbC, who was closest to my helper, fell ill  cos

• helper gone.
• abandoned in school 
• had to shift to a totally new full day school 

because of change of arrangements and fell very ill.  So me, while being sick, still took over the household, took some childcare leave to stay home and nurse her to recovery during these 3 days.  Thankfully I have a very understanding employer...

Anyway, so I was arranging my desktop when I spotted the above photo and realised I never got round to blogging this mini.  It was one of those "I thought I already did but hey I didn't" slip up.  I did this for an album swap I organised in April.  It was for a scrapbooker who was also a fantastic tattoo artist and a biker chick.  Chic too.  So I made this for her since she now has a new cool baby.  I used a lot of black cardstock and white acrylic paint stamping as I was inspired by the black white ensemble I always saw her son wearing.  Here's all the tim holtz, spritzed up by Washi tape color, and some distress ink edged stamping pop up.

and here is one sample page.  For some reason I didn't take photos of the entire album and I didn't prop it up to take like usual. So pardon the weird background as the lighting was good for the black album.

I see you noticed the stitching!   Yes every page was stitched, and the album was stitched together as well.  I thought it would form a nice part of the accent and help to delineate the space .  Each page also had a little tab that was stuck on a repositinable washi tape so it could be attached to any note or photo or just moved around.  I especially love those little date washi that I stuck around so milestones could be recorded.  I had a page for mom, one for dad and many pages for the amazing everyday.

p/s : those cute semi colon are from catslifepress ... I had been eyeing them for the longest time.. cute!

Walk a mile

In the month of Independance day, we think of red, white and blue.  Although I'm here in Singapore I don't celebrate USA's independance day, but I do love those color combi.  I find myself crafting a lot more with these colors in the month of July, probably because they look so uplifting.  Which then brings to mind this little alteration I did for ms E's shoes.  As you can see... she peeled them when she was super bored waiting for us in Children Church one day.  So... they were GHASTLY.. gross.... I had to save them quick so I made a bow, stuck on a rosettte and hey they are now good to go 

 ♥

Washi tape it!

What do you do when you have to entertained 2 little girls and no time to craft?
Answer : you bake chocolate cupcakes and do washi tape project!

I did a quick morning alteration after giving up on trying to clean marker stains. Fastest way? Decoupage + washi tape! I basically decoupage a new table surface with wrapper of choice and used my choice of washi tape on all the sides and legs, mod podge everything and have plenty left over.  

Viola, my entirely blue Ikea kids table is now polkadot special!  (Kinda match my cupcake, don't you think?)

 

Daddy Daddy

Through the holidays my girls came together to make a card for Daddy for Father's day. Some painting, piecing together the elements and stamping/ coloring were in order. Here's their cute output made from recycled cardboard and paper scraps.

A whole holiday break!

The school holidays are almost over and I've not been blogging. School holidays started in late May over in Singapore and I've been working and taking time off to let the two sisters bond and spend time together. Lessons stop altogether even in the child care that ms E goes to, and we have been spending our time in the great outdoors playing with water. I've been project life-ing, if there's such a term, but I've missed doing layouts and projects so I need to get on it real soon. Here's a little of what I've been doing in the meantime to built my daily memories while on the run with ms E & BbC.

Photographs perfect

Decided one Sunday to bring Ms E & BbC exploring around our neighborhood. I've stayed here for more than 20 years and did not know that there were nooks, crannies and little pathways in our neighborhood.

We had a fun day, stopping for playground breaks and snack time. My reward? - a rare photo of the two of them holding hands strolling together. BbC's at the age where she doesn't want any hand holding.