teachers' day & crafty*weekend

ah! i know i have neglected this blog for a bit. been rather lazy. anyhow, here is a snapshot of what i've been up to lately...

yesterday, sherwin and i were doing teachers' day presents! he did mini chalkboard tags. i helped mom make 10 purse notebooks - stamped "happy teachers day 2008" on all, one letter at a time, plus 20 tags with the same type of stamping + i stamped the front of each little paper bag. the tags and these beautiful shell spoons were put inside the paper bag. i forgot to take pictures of the completed purse books in their individual mesh bags, but the last picture in the collage shows how the notebook looks like. and sherwin is very proud of his Ben 10 omitrix. its quite impressive really, looks like just like the real thing in the cartoon. sounds kinda oxymoronic. hmm.

last week i made this double-lined pouch for andrew. and i hand-stitched 6 little booklets. its pretty big, as in it can fit his Bible, story book, the mini booklets and some pens. i'm pretty happy with the result. this is by far the nicest, most professional looking pouch that i've made so far. not saying that it is excellent. but its not too shabby. (:

and andrew passed me his acrylic paints! haven't really got down to using them yet, but i'm going to try and do so this weekend! (:

met up with mel for lunch after school (as in after relief teaching). we had yummy hotdogs from 1901. that one is the ny chicken. reaaaaaally yummy. but eating hotdogs always reminds me of ikea. i wanna go ikea. ):

crafty*weekend

okay! so yesterday was my last day of relief teaching! so i finally have some time to do crafty stuff. here's the list:

• chalkboard paint and cheeseboards. intending to paint them. very inspired by elsie and enimsay designs!
• crop-a-dile (finally, i know!) and the lovely alpha stamps (which i suddenly realise i'm so dependent on! haha). 
• recycled journal. this one is by donna, she has a how-to-video. looked interesting so i decided to try it too! so far i've only got the base down. need to paint the pages soon. (:
• mom has a stack of journals for me to do up.
• i'm going to try decorating them with these lovely prints.
• mom bought a truckload of scrap stuff for me from philippines. 
  

yupp! lots and lots to do! and here are some envelopes i did for squiggletown! (:

ttfn!

*sheryl