imposter staples

okay, spot the difference (or the odd one out)
look at the collection of staples!
i've got large staples, small staples, cat staples, foldable staples...
ohh, you want a close up?
tadahh! yepp! its a sewing machine! can you believe it?!
i couldn't. haha. its a really portable sewing machine.
it can sew a running stich and a chain stich. not too bad i'd say.

okay, smallish sewing machines aside, i did a really quick fathers' day pressie.

so i got a tee and i just sewed the base and sleeves together so it becomes a pouch!

i decided to make it into a drawstring since this is the shirt. if it were sleeveless, the armholes could be the straps and it could then be a slingbag. but then since it was for my dad, i really didnt think he would use a slingbag, so a pouch would be just fine. (:

and then personalised it with fabric paint. (:


ohh, and a long over-due picture. these are the other 6 notebooks i did for my mom. i realise i've been doing a lot of budget notebooks. i still got a few more to complete. would love to try doing a full-blown proper album notebook without scrimping on materials soon. got several assignments to complete first tho. sigh.

church camp was fantastic btw.
prof william harding is such an excellent speaker. the message topics were all pertinent and extremely thought provoking. we left last sunday afternoon after church, stayed one night in malacca and then drove up to kl for lunch, afterwhich we then drove up to genting. had camp till friday afternoon, then bypassed kl on the way back because we heard on the news that there might be a protest at the petrona towers. stopped by malacca again on the way back for a night, then arrived back in singapore on saturday night.

i'm so glad my parents let andrew come with us this trip. seeing him 24-7 for a whole week was just heavenly. and when we didn't get to meet on sunday, there were immediate withdrawal syndromes.

anyhow, i'll leave you with this picture of us taken on saturday morning at an old dutch fort. (:

(version 1 - original)

love lots, sheryl.

p/s: trying out new photoshop stuff. love this old photograph feel

(version 2)

(version 3)

which version do you like best? [: