i hate dust...

hello blogworld.

sorry, i know i've been MIA for awhile. the whole new year thing kinda sparked the packing mood in me again (i know?!! like packing again?!) it started on sunday, when i consolidated the sewing stuff and didn't stop till today (at least i think i've packed enough for me to stop. mmhmm.)

SUNDAY

the sewing stuff was in 3 different places - the guest room (in an old 3 tier box), the family room (in my mother's wedding present from my grandma, which happens to be one of those vintage/antique-esque sewing machines) and my room, in the small ikea sewing box. so out came the ziplock bags and boxes and i managed to pack everything into this teal toolbox (that i used to use for my beads) and my ikea sewing box. the more expensive sewing tools are in the ikea box with me in my room, but the teal toolbox is in the family room so if the maid needs to do some hemming she can just do so without asking me for the sewing stuff everytime. 

i think the green heart felt pin cushion was made by mom.

MONDAY

andrew and i made ian's birthday present. since i'm pretty sure he doesn't read this blog i guess it'll be okay to reveal the present. anyhow, its slightly different from the picture (we added some stuff to it too. haha)

a gift tag and a small plush croc adorns the paper bag. i added an eyelet to the tail of the croc and ballchain so he can use it as a bag tag or something too. 

it was really nice crafting together with andrew. we were watching the last two episodes of Little Nonya while doing so. he made the notebook, the design and cutting and binding, everything! and i sewed ian a pencil case. its double-lined, blue stripes and brown lining. it was the only guy-ish fabric i had. the gift it of course wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine (its like the sound of music "brown paper packages tied up in string, these are a few of my favourite things!) so the gift wrap sorta had a brown-white-orange-green theme going. 

TUESDAY

packed my scrapbook paper! they were previously sorted by colour. but i realised it was hard to match. and a monotone palette gets kinda boring after awhile. so i decided to arrange them by brands. i guess its because each publisher sorta has a certain style, so sorting by brand isnt as messy as i thought it would be. and of course i had to use my post-its to tag them! its the newer type? its the one thats thicker, so they stand up well and don't get crushed as easily. 

plus its pretty easy to spot the brands too!

close-up. the boxes are from muji. love the frosted white. (:

WEDNESDAY

i packed my scraps. i don't have a picture, but basically by brand too. and i did a layout of the first week of 2009. i wanted to try something similar to the 365 project. except i know i wouldn't be able to really take a good picture every single day. so instead, i'll use either a picture or an item from the day (like ticket stubs or clothes tags). the album is paperchase (love it!) and i haven't decorated the cover yet. i quite like it just kraft actually. but we'll see. ohh, except for the "real leather" tag that was from my clutch (that i will be using for cny.)

its quite a simple layout actually. i was kinda tired from all the packing and my mindset was all "simplify simplify!!!" so the layout was simplified. 

and i had this for supper! san and i used to eat this when we were kids all the time! they got these cute animal fishcakes. san and i would wait for them to expand and count them and have a mini competition to see who will have more animal fishcakes. (: i don't know if its new, or that we just didn't notice it, but there was an udon flavour too. the udon one tastes a bit seaweed-ish. now i know i said i don't hate seaweed now, but when given a preference i'll still rather not have it. haha. so i preferred the yellow packaging, which is the instant noodles one, which had somewhat of a chicken flavour.

THURSDAY

*phew! okay, caught up to today! haha. so today i packed my scrap area (i know! again). but it seems that after awhile, dust seems to invade and settle on everything and its really annoying. i like things clean, neat. and for a multitude of reasons, i just had to pack the area again. it was just irking me. 

so its more level now? like i tried not to stack things up to much or have things shoved all the way back. and i tried to group items? like put them in a tray or a container - its easier to clean. haha. 
been using my colourful ceramic cups more too. the teacups i use for my accessories, the milkshake cups for scrap stuff. (can you spot my green bronto sticking out from the back?)

and i needed to place some items waaaaaaay up on the top shelf. and the thing was they were open baskets with no lids. so i took some food covers and used them to cover the baskets. you could use showercaps too i guess, but the food caps come in different sizes and colours, so it fits snugly. (:

okay! so what else do i have left to do:

• type out 2005 murphy's law calendar quotes for mom
• prepare sunday school lesson
• photocopy sunday school worksheets
• photocopy last night's Bible class notes for mel
• do QT
• try to read the newspaper
• eat vits
• scrub + face mask
• tidy up room a bit
• and write all this down in my diary

tmr there is ian's 21st birthday bash and a visit to the peranakan museum will be in order. (:

ttfn!

*sheryl