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

bronto stamp

when the girls and i had our sushi buffet, guess who we saw? elmo and cookie at nydc for dessert! (:

*sheryl