i love felt!

did 2 matchbooks! putting one up for sale at squiggletown to test the waters. (: the matchbook in question is in the picture below there. there was also a file i altered. you can see the XL felt flower in the corner there. (: not sure what i'll be using the file for, but i'm sure i can find something for it! haha.

on a separate note, i did this travel journal for my brother, sherwin. we're leaving for beijing soon for holiday so he wanted a journal. i must admit for a journal that was made so speedily it turned out pretty okay! its a fabric covered exercise book with foam letters that pop out! covered with plastic book wrap to keep it waterproof! ((: i shall try to refine it and maybe it'll be up on sale at squiggletown soon!
off to sleep now! exam's tmr. and then..FREEDOM! yay! (:
♥sheryl

new layout!

the old layout was pretty messy. teenagey too. i just realised that i'll be twenty in 3 months. twenty is old. i mean its like the crossing from a teenager to young adulthood. twenty means there's no "teen" in your age. people are going to start blaming you fully for your mistakes. i think they'll be less forgiving too. cos you're "mature" now. yes.

well, i'm supposed to be studying. but i feel really really restless. maybe its because tmr is my last paper and i will be free for the next month. (:

a good quote i've gleaned from journalism by Bill Blundell
"we're supposed to be tellers of tales as well as purveyors of facts. when we don't live up to that responsibility, we don't get read."

anyhow, think i'm going to tinker with the layout just a bit. and maybe do just a bit of craft, before doing (i suppose) a lot of studying.
♥sheryl

free rice

took a quiz here at freerice. its really quite cool. for every vocab word you get right, you donate 10 grains of rice to the poor through UN. an average person apparently eats 3500 grains of rice. so i did my part and gave someone out there a meal. (:

there's that other thing, they grade your vocab level. was kinda disappointed i only managed to reach level 36. was reading this blog, the lady there managed to reach level 40. haha, this sounds like the way guys talk about their gaming levels. ahwells. do go try it out, help the poor at the same time too!

a video we made in class one day - a result of desperate boredom. it features an earthquake in ricola-pen town. enjoy! (:

ohyea, did a quiz at hgtv - whats your design style? apparently mine is sweet.

"what's sweet is chic. nothing stark and modern for you! you're drawn to cozy interiors and a welcoming palette (think soft sun-bleached hues). you like your patterns whimsical and your buildings quaint. you enjoy heirlooms with sentimental value, like a rocker that once graced your grandmother's nursery."

and apparently these design styles suit me - english country, romantic, tuscan and cottage. hmm..we'll see. but i do agree with the description. especially "you like your patterns whimsical and your buildings quaint". yes yes. whimsically quaint is good. (:
♥sheryl

apple pie and studying

i was trying to start studying last night, but i ended up taking pictures of my desk. ha. so much for studying..and now blogging eh?

apple pie for dessert, spaghetti for lunch. look at sherwin, all happy with his grated cheese. haha. the apple pie btw was really good for a first attempt i feel. my mom mentioned this morning while we were eating the pie for breakfast that it tasted like the pie she made in Perth with granny smiths. so i'm happy. (:

coffee to stay awake...

okay, this is a game called "spot how many tiggers there are in the picture". haha, just cos i'm bored. thats how much i love tiggers - my desktop is dotted with them. so make a guess. (:

leftover spaghetti sauce makes excellent toppings for ritz. make a simple snack snazzy (oOohh alliteration! haha).
♥sheryl

i ran 5km today

yes. i did!!!!!!!!
thanks to my running buddies shuyan and crystal. yay! (:
and we did so after not running for 2 weeks.
and the 2 weeks before that we were running 2.4km.
so yes, i'm a very happy girl.

oh, and my grandpa let me use some of his gemstones from his collection for squiggletown! he's got quite a bit apparently so i'm helping him sell them by doing them up a bit. you know, a little swarovski here, some czech glass there, and a dash of glitter! haha. so do check it out. here's a peek of the 5 gemstone cabochons that he polished himself. (:

here we have ruby, shell, agate, turquoise and sandstone. (:

ohh yes! and squiggletown might be having a stall at MAAD. when confirmed, details would be posted. so stay tune!

shall attempt to study for my pr exam this saturday.
♥sheryl

mwl scrap challenge & TACOs! (:

mwl scrap challenge

tacos and rosti

♥sheryl

2008 calender

front

january

february

march

march (this is how the calender looks like when open)

april

may

june

july

august

september

october

november

december

back

this was done in such a hurry!! including packing everything back and designing the calender and cutting and pasting and designing and doodling...i think i took 3 hours. i really hope that it'll be used tho'. (: haha. ahwells. just saw more prettys on mwl.

*BAH.

i'm spending waaaaaaaaaay too much as it is. so yea. but the stuff is pretty. everything in moderation. yes.
♥sheryl

lunch & supper

cooked this for lunch. corn, bacon, potato and mushrooms. these are a few of my favourite things---haha. favourites all in one dish with a cream based sauce! (: brought it to school for lunch and my classmates tried a bit. said it was pretty nice. yay.

and this is supper..or breakfast..or tea. healthy wholesome banana almond muffins. a twist on the usual banana walnut cupcakes. its not oily, slightly moist and springy. love the top crust! ohyea, and i made another batch of chocolate cornflakes. haha. they are just too addictive. might bring it to night safari this thursday! (:

♥sheryl

baby christopher

i finally got to meet him! haha. i did that scrapbook album for his first birthday? pictures posted in earlier entries. he's cute huh? i managed to win him over! and he seems to have taken a fascination with my handphone...

anyways!! on the scrapping side i've come up with a LO for mwl's scrap challenge. its the first time i sketched a LO before actually doing it. still need a few items tho, shall drop by mwl on friday to pick them up. also, i managed to do four 4"by4" Christmas cards! yes i know i'm early. but seeing as how i've got exams end of the month (yes, i know i have to study) and a possible holiday in dec, figured i should start early. i even started compiling my Christmas list, addresses and all - for the cards.

didnt get round to making the 4"by4" calenders (seem to have a penchant for 4"by4" LOs). i binded them already, in pretty colours, like last week, but, i dunno. creativity hasnt striked. hasnt stroke? sounds odd. ahwells. i'm still hoping to get a pretty organizer while on holiday, and then i add my own scrapping stuff to personalise it.

i realise i get interested in something, but i wont go into it right away. like i've been reading scrapping mags for ages, like at least slightly over a year ago, but i didnt try buying materials and really getting serious about scrapping till this year. oddly, its the same with beading. been beading since primary school - ever since my ee ee picked it up and taught me the basics. then it was on and off - mostly making presents for friends or just for self to wear. then last year i got serious about it and started butterfleric (which was actually my email address - the shop is now called squiggletown). sewing and baking started i must say in secondary school. home econs wasnt wasted on me i suppose. haha. the loop stiching and cooking lessons. the rest of the arty stuff was from art club.

i realise that most people concentrate on ONE craft. be it beading or scrapping, baking or sewing for that matter. and they become really good at it. i just hope i'm not being fickle or spreading myself too thin by getting interested in so many things at the same time. but i honestly feel that each stimulates the other. i'm always getting ideas for one craft by doing another craft. so yea. i suppose one has to really really enjoy what one does. but as i said in my previous post, gratification is always a sweet assurance. (:
♥sheryl