december daily

i decided to try ali edward's idea on doing a december daily. this is how the skeleton looks like. will probably post more in december! shall be embellishing bits of it from now till then. (:

*sheryl

my table & noticeboard now...

pictures of my noticeboard as promised! (:

btw, the chalkboard that says "i am very smart" is NOT my table. its sandra's. haha.

so here's the broad view...

a little closer to see the whole layout. basically, my previous cork board had a lot of hanging paraphernalia that went all the way down, including behind my moocow chalkboard. so it was kinda messy. all the hanging metal stuff like key rings and bullclips got rusty. so i decided to pare it down a little. and neaten things up. i had a lot of to-do lists lying on my table too, so i decided clipboards were the way to go! sourced for nice woodgrain clipboards so that they would go with my table and the corkboard.

well, i couldn't bear not having any hanging notes at all, so i had a corset / ballet shoes type of string, where i can either slot photos and notes in, or use some (i've got truckloads. think i was collecting them at one point...hmm...) wooden pegs to pin them up. that part is kinda messy, but its okay, i can live with that. i like some variation. (:

one of my to-do lists. reminders to eat vits, exercise, creams, scrub, and to be neat. i forgot to write read the newspapers and do QT. but that should soon be a habit. hopefully. 

so i've got 2 chalkboards on my table. one hanging up with little clips so i can clip stuff and write about it. the other is my moocow. so i've got a little bag of white chalk there. i've got some coloured ones too, but they're all in little bits. plus white always seems to stand out better against black, so yea. 

and i love grid paper. LOVE. i find that doodling on grid paper seems to create nicer sketches. maybe its the grids. hmm.

my tigger figurine from andrew. tigger's my fav from the winnie the pooh series. heffalump follows closely as the next fav. and the super cute toast post-it from fredflare. the post-it is supposed to be the butter on the toast. thats another thing stationery essential in my book - post-its. so i've got heaps lying around. 

baby shoes! the weebok pair is shared with mich and the converse is shared with andrew. (:

the crocs is for me to put my samsung soul when i'm doing work. the snow globe reminds me of my favourite season - Christmas. and the post-its dispenser. there's a small tin of burt's bees cuticle butter from US on it. i seem to do random things when i study sometimes, like apply cuticle butter. haha. you can see my lamp berger sticking out from the back. my page up stand is hidden tho. page up is pretty handy too. i got the mini ones too, but honestly they're kinda useless. :p unless its for propping up small cards. big ole' A4 documents need the regular-sized page up.

bucket of pencils and pens. i've got a knack for stationery. sometimes to get myself into a studying mood i buy stationery. i know, i know - wasteful. andrew tells me that all the time. haha. i'm trying to curb it by looking through my stash to see what i haven't used in awhile and use it. its kinda like the feeling of buying something new i guess? :D btw, the heart pen right smack in the middle there was my v'day present to the girls! helped san make a truckload of pencils for her classmates and had some for the other church people too.

cross stitch from benji. but he confessed yvonne was the one who sewed it actually. haha. but i really like it. its a precious moments ballerina. i used to take ballet when i was in primary school. i would have continued if not for the obviously, very gay and imposing ballet instructor. yes, my ballet teacher was male. i would take it up now, but then i would be stuck with little kids and compared to them, my elephant thighs would be such an embarrassment. (which reminds me, i really should go running...) oOohh, more post-its there! my favourite post-it at the moment are these kraft coloured ones. now, if they had grid post-its...oh my!

tiny owl painting that i did. the size is about that of a post-it square! quotes by Gordon Dryden and Walt Disney next to it. 

"people will exceed the targets they set for themselves." - Gordon Dryden.

"if you can dream it, you can do it." Walt Disney.

and a super cute fireman pencil that andrew got me last year...or two years back. i don't remember exactly when. it was one of those random, impulsive gifts. very sweet. next month would be our 4 and half years anniversary. we're getting old and mouldy! haha.

okay, and so ends my tour of my table. what does your table look like? (san, not referring to yours. haha. i see yours right next to mine!)

we might be doing a little overhaul of the house, come end-of-year. this is instead of going for a holiday. cos my school term might stretch two weeks more. (confounded projects!) which again reminds me, i need to do my communication journal.

ttfn!

*sheryl

p/s: (andrew) heyy babe! here's the link to elsie's online class i wanted you to see. i'm so tempted to sign up for it? its like you getting to talk to jay cutler!!! tell me what you think okay? :D

blue inspiration & bookplates (edited)

oOohh! one more blue inspiration. this one is from black apple. love the way the silhouettes drape across the corner!

when i was younger, my absolute favourite colour was blue. now, i would say that my favourite colour varies. its sometimes brown, green, coral pink, turquoise, red...but somehow, i'm always drawn to blue stuff. like i have lots of blue bags and paraphernalia. its not only till i consciously made an effort to choose non-blue stuff did i get more brown (and other various colours) stuff. anyhow, i grabbed these pictures from etsy, blogs and the internet in general (i don't have the exact links on hand, will update it with links when i find the urls). i love the whole vintage feel. i would also love to have that blue birdie cup. ohh, and i re-did my cork board! shall post pictures tmr!

found this on the internet too! i looooove the shelf / cupboard / whatever you call it. the white wooden thing with bookplates. that would be perfect for my craft stuff! the wooden chair next to it is pretty nice too. (: andrew and i went looking around furniture today and saw the most gorgeous wooden table. i wish we took a picture of it. its like, you can smell the forest in it! super nice. we fell in love with it, but not the price. ah wells

*sheryl

its raining here too

hey baby,

thanks for finishing up the herbal tea especially since you dont like it very much.
anyway, this is the poster i was talking about(:



Just to avoid this becoming a MSN sort of thing, hello everyone!

muffins for breakfast

i woke up craving for muffins. its odd i know. i vaguely heard mom telling sandra while i was still in my sleep beleaguered state that there were muffins downstairs. i've been down with a flu the past 2 days, so i got myself a cup of milk (just because its breakfast, its like you got to have milk! haha) then got a cup a green tea and a walnut muffin. the muffins are from swisslink bakery & cafe - and they are gooood! after the walnut muffin i went down and got another banana muffin. :D 

and i love the weather today. i'm pretty sure it was storming through the night. when i woke up, the weather was so gorgeously cool and with a slight drizzle. in fact, its still drizzling! it pretty much feels like Christmas already! i don't really celebrate Halloween, i think its partly because in Singapore it isn't really the culture to celebrate it. and i think there are some religious undertones to Halloween, but ah wells. Christmas takes the icing. now, if only global warming could bring snow to Singapore...

and fyi andrew, i've already drank the herbal tea.

*sheryl

desktop & birdie stamps

hee hee. tweaked my desktop again. seems very clean and bright now. (:

and some birdie stamps that i've been eyeing...

*sheryl

hot cocoa (edited)

sometimes on rainy days like today, when its raining dinos, a cup of hot cocoa is all you need. i followed the recipe that they gave on the hershey's box and edited it just slightly. (:

• 2 tsp cocoa powder
• 2 tsp sugar (i used 1 tsp of brown sugar)
• 1/4 tsp vanilla (i just estimated this)
• 1 cup milk (i put the cup in the microwave for 2 mins on high to get it hot)

now i just need some mini marshmallows and a book to snuggle up and read. 

speaking of books, these are 2 that i've read recently: -
1. my best friend's girl (dorothy koomson)

thanks mabel for lending it to me! san's reading it now.

2. thanks for the memories (cecelia ahern) 

as you can see, i'm quite a cecelia ahern fan. haha. i'm looking forward to reading "if you could see me now". i want to buy the version that has the white cover. i love the whimsical artwork on it. i hate to admit it, but i do judge a book by its cover. story books that is. i take comfort that andrew does the same thing!

i know its only october, but its almost november and november means its almost december! so the year is coming to an end soon and my absolute most favourite season is coming - Christmas!!! so i decided to do a Wordle to describe what is me for this year. and i did a little mini book too. along with some design/decor that caught my eye on the web.

you can see the rest of the pages at my flickr. 

okay, i need to get back to work. i've got a professional communication test on saturday, but i keep procrastinating the studying - its terrible. and i've been reflecting. i think its the whole "end-of-the-year" mood. i keep thinking "what do i want to be when i grow up?"or more like "what do i want to do in 1 year's time?" next year i'll be 21. and next year i'll finish my mass com degree with murdoch. therein lies those pertinent questions - like what job should i look for? should i do a masters? 

blah blah BLAH. 

i should just suddenly imbibe myself with an overflow of narrative creativity and start writing novels like cecelia ahern. or become an independent artist! haha. riiiight. i read a very inspiring interview here on elsie's blog about independent artists. quite an interesting read!

oOohh!! and guess what? in lieu of me being in the whole "end of the year" mood, i've even bought my organisers for 2009 already!

hee hee. i looooove the planner esp. the pages inside are full of the woodland whimsy that i like. acorns, owls, birds, trees...and the diary is paperchase. thats like a staple for me. this one has a blank page for each day. so there's space for me to doodle and alter (: might post some pages next year. i get to start using the planner next month. it starts from nov2008 and ends jan2010.

ohh, and here's a pic from mel's birthday. i just edited the photosize, shall be emailing the girls the pictures soon! 

been trying to learn more about photoshop too. i've been trying polaroids and cross processing. love the vintage colour and feel it gives to photographs. now that i have almost the full adobe creative CS3 suite, i'm trying to bring it all together. i'm learning about InDesign in school as well. so its quite cool. maybe i'll start producing newsletters for Squiggletown!

and i've been catching Gossip Girl and Desperate Housewives! i bet you're wondering when i study. haha. shall do so now! (:

ttfn!

*sheryl

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p/s: here are some things i forgot to share. (:

a few weeks ago i posted a post about my desktop. i decided to do a screenshot instead. so here it is.

very pretty mermaid fabric. sometimes i wish i lived in the US, if only for the retail. but then when i weigh it with the conveniences of Singapore, i think i'm staying put, thank you very much. 

ohh, and this is from elsie's post about the interview. i like this idea of using clipboards and notice boards too. so clipboards and cork coasters. maybe i can have a panel of both!

okay, and i seriously can't wait for this to be released. i love the gingerbread man and the narwhal! and what i presume to be bigfoot! haha. can't wait to get my hands on these! :D 
basically, i can't wait for Christmas! (:

from the past week or so...

last saturday, my family went bowling at rtc again. i'm beginning to see that we are going there pretty regularly. hopefully as a result that will mean that my game would be getting better! haha! this time however, i decided to bring my scrap grab bag along. so while waiting for my turn, i did some scrapping! (: mom was doing her work too. i was doing some bookmarks for her as presents for the psg. i did 20 A6 notebooks and 20 4"x3" bookmarks. that was loads of fun, bowling and scrapping. i think i shall try doing this again. using the scrap grab bag more often. 
so here are the notebooks. i know its partially blocked. and the birthday card i did for mom! (: her birthday was 2 days ago. sherwin wrote in the card with me. he's at that stage where his drawings are really super cute. he did a hama beads glow-in-the-dark star for mom. so that she could wear it and glow in the dark as well. haha! and its mel's birthday today!
thats her birthday card. i'm quite obsessed with faux polaroids lately. i do want a polaroid camera, but polaroid has stopped production of film and all, so its quite pointless really. i wanted to get this other brand, that had instant photos as well. but i'm not too sure. because i know i WANT to polaroid rather than need it. its a matter of weighing the pros and cons. but at the moment, i'm staving off my desire for one by playing around with photoshop. i must say that its pretty satisfying. i think i might be able to live with faux polaroids! (:

i bought this earring stand for my mom last christmas. i think it holds more than 100 earrings. 150 thereabouts i think. but my mom has so many earrings that its not enough for this one stand! haha. i colour co-ordinated it for her. its pretty no? (:

speaking about beading, i'm getting back into the groove of it. i did 8 pairs last night. kept 4 for myself tho. i'm trying to be more daring in the colour combinations so that it won't be so monotone. still trying to define what is the "sheryl style" or "squiggletown style". but i think the tag line quite sums it up - whimsical, quirky, original. thats what i want. 

okay, shall stop the rant. leave you with this. my cappuccino from two days back. smile!

ttfn!

*sheryl