Baking workshop

Attended a Chocolate cake baking and Chocolate Fondant Roses making workshop... this being my very hands-on baking workshop and I'm enjoying it :-) had fun making the roses.

It's a two days workshop... first, learnt to bake a solid chocolate butter cake and make chocolate fondant roses. on the second day, learnt to put the fondant over the cake... not an easy thing to do :-) very tricky... but to decorate it ... is FUN :-)

stayed on to learn about shortcakes :-) a very long day but enjoyed every minute of it :-)

gonna attend the cake pop workshop tomorrow :-)

have signed up for the PME sugarcraft workshop next month... so looking forward to it :-)

engagement ring box

Was asked to make an engagement ring box...

Used glitter paper to make the box, glued a Prima flower in the center of the box (the ring should fit in the center of the flower snugly). Covered the box with flower and tie with ribbon.

Props!

PROPS! i just love making props for musicals ... these are some of the props that i've made for the school musicals...

The dresser and stool plus Jail cell is for "The Best Little Theater in town"

The whale is for "Night of Young Stars"

diaper cakes

Diaper cakes - thought i compiled them together ... I do enjoy putting them together.

so far, i've only did two diaper bikes, one trike and one cake!

murals

Murals... it's something really fun and challenging.

Did two murals - one in the school library reading corner (which was a personal project) and the other - a major project cause it's the entire room with the theme 'under the sea' and i had lots of other parent volunteers and teachers who pitched in to help complete the mural.

a sad day indeed

received a call on Thursday afternoon that my dad had just passed away... it's just too sudden, i called him earlier on his birthday to wish him happy birthday (which was on 19 July) and he wasn't feeling well that day. He was admitted to the hospital that evening as he was vomiting blood and blood in his stools. He passed away at 3.55pm on Thursday, 21 July 2011

Drove up to KL on Friday (afternoon). Booked into Empire Hotel at Subang Jaya. After checking in, went to Nirvana where the funeral was held.

it's kinda sad but at such occasion, is the time where i got to meet up with all my cousins (from my father's side) ... which i have not met for many years. Brings back such good memories of growing up together, the gatherings during festive seasons...

and friends too, which i have not met for a long time...

Dad was cremated on Monday, 25 July 2011 at Nirvana Memorial Park in Shah Alam. One of the rare occasion where everyone of us were there... even though there were just the 4 of us with our families and mom. After the cremation, we went out and bought lunch and had a good time bonding at the Memorial Park. It's a time for our children to bond with their cousins too.

Drove back to singapore that afternoon, with a heavy heart...

Pineapple tarts

this photo is really old! made a few batches of pineapple tarts before Chinese New Year this year and took a photo of it....
had friends over and we had another baking session ... it was FUN indeed but definitely had enough of tarts for now!!!

present for my cousin's daughter

altered a box and filled it with papers, stickers and cards for her to make her own little scrappy stuff... hope she likes it :-)

Diaper bike

just loved to make diaper presents for baby so when asked to make one, i did another diaper bike!

wedding cards/money envelopes

got a call in the morning from a friend who needed the cards by the evening! so made her 3 cards that very same day :-)

Angry birds!

with the latest craze of angry birds, can't help it but did a couple of angry birds in clay (have yet to bake them!) and then decided to make a 2D felt version.... just for the fun of it!

friend's surprise birthday party

volunteered to do something for a friend's surprise birthday party, did a sign in book for the guests and a rose gift box with a roche chocolate inside - for the guest to take home :-)
had fun making the roses and boxes...of course with the help from my youngest daughter :-) we made almost 90 of them!

baby bib tags(PPA97)

entered for -
Challenge 100 Anything Goes (Lili of the Valley)
Pals Paper Arts Challenge 97

good to be back:-)

it's been ages since i last blogged.... with all the packing and moving and unpacking!
well, finally moved and unpacked...just left a small corner with few boxes and no place
to fit them in yet... may just need to get rid of more stuff!

all my craft stuff are now in storage! have yet to go to the storage and sort them out...
papers are all sorted out before moving to storage but the tools and all the rest are
in boxes and need to be sorted out... hope to get it done asap so that i can start
doing something again!

did managed to do some stuff while packing ...will post them later.

Time has certainly gone by quickly

hi still unable to find time to scrap, craft and even blog...
Leaving tonight for Melbourne, gonna send my eldest girl
there for her foundation studies at Trinity College... not
sure what to expect but at this point of time, i have too
much on my hands to think about not having her around
at home! will be there to help settle her in and then i'll be
back and another madness starts... as i have to start packing!
sigh...it's like a vicious cycle with no end in sight!

Hopefully this will be my last time having to pack and move...
cos we are finally getting our own apartment...smaller than the
current place that we rented but then again, it's easier to manage
especially when it comes to cleaning :-)

hope to squeeze some time to craft as i pack too :-)

2011

hi there
have been seriously slacking! sigh....
didn't really got the chance to just sit at my craft table!
did some cards here and there but didn't even have the
chance to take a photo and post!

CNY is just round the corner....wishing all who's celebrating
a Happy Chinese New Year!

gonna be super busy with my eldest going over to Melbourne
for her foundation studies ; then full steam in packing up and
get ready to move out from our current place by end May....

Am hoping to squeeze some time and scrap along the way.
thanks for coming by and take a look :-)