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an amazing video via d* - totally has this magical fairytale feel to it. (:

365 update!

week 4

week 5

week 6

the days i forgot to take pictures i printed out pictures that inspired me instead. and because i had to do a lot of catch-up, i didn't have time for much embellies, was just mostly photos and journalling. (:

on impulse, i made these banana walnut muffins last tuesday. i found the recipe, checked if i had the ingredients and made them straightaway! they made for great breakfast with tea on wednesday morning. (crf earlier post)

and then yesterday, i made this grab bag on impulse too! i've been  in a rather creative slump. thats why squiggletown hasn't had much updates and i haven't really been scrapbooking. i'm really pleased with the result because usually i shy away from sewing patterns - too many words and instructions and prep work. but i really liked how the bag looked from the picture, so i decided to try it. after some trial and error - taadah! andrew liked it. i loved it! its even got little pockets on both sides for keys and random cash, lipbalm and all.

i added this little detail - crochet flower with wooden button. 

well, need to get back to work (:

ttfn!

*sheryl

p/s:

found this on my sister's blog who said she got it from zech's facebook. super funny. its "Christian pick-up lines"

1. Nice Bible.
2. I would like to pray with you.
3. You know Jesus? Hey, me too!
4. God told me to come talk to you.
5. I know a church where we could go and talk.
6. How about a hug, sister/brother?
7. Do you need help carrying your bible? It looks heavy.
8. Christians don't shake hands; Christians gotta hug!
9. Oh you are cold, Ecclesiastes 4:11.
10. Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?
11. What are your plans for tonight? Feel like a bible study?
12. I am here for you.
13. The word says "Give drink to those who are thirsty, and feed the hungry"; how about dinner?
14. You don't have an accountability partner? Me neither.
15. You want to come over and watch the 10 commandments tonight?
16. Is it a sin that you stole my heart?
17. How many times around you would I have to walk before you'll fall for me
18. If we lived in Noah's time,you and me would enter the ark together.
19. I wrote your name and mine in the love calculator and the results showed "divine providence"
20. Have you ever tried praying at a drive in movie before?
21. Excuse me, I believe one of your ribs belongs to me.
22. My friend told me to come and meet you, he said that you are a really nice person. I think you know him. Jesus, yeah, that's His name.
23. You know they say that you have never really dated, until you have dated a christian.
24. Yeah, I predicted David over Goliath.
25. I know why Solomon had 700 wives, it was cos he never met you.
26. Before tonight, I never believed in predestination...
27. Nice bracelet. What Would Jesus Date? Oh, I mean "Do."
28. What's your name and number so I can add you to my "prayer" list?
29. Hey baby, you wanna take the church van for a spin?
30. Has anyone ever told you, your eyes are like doves and your neck like the tower of David (read Song of Solomon)?
31. Excuse me, is this pew taken?
32. [check the person's shirt tag] "just as i thought... made in heaven."
33. Hey, need a ride to church?
34. I'd pick you over Satan any day.
35. God was just showing off when He made you.
36. I'm pretty flexible. I don't think a woman should be submissive on the first date.
37. No, i'm not coveting, I intend to make you mine.
38. What do you think Paul meant when he said, "Greet one another with a holy kiss."? (1 Cor 16:20b)
39. Do you think "ask, and it shall be given you" is to be taken literally?
40. I practice our mission to "love one another" to the fullest extent!
41. I didn't know angels flew this low.
42. If Eve was tempted by an apple than you must be my fruit.
43. That halo matches perfectly with your eyes.
44. I must be dead and looking at the angel that is going to take me to heaven.
45. I just don't feel called to celibacy.

best banana walnut muffins that i've ever made!

okay this was so impulsive, i found this banana walnut muffin recipe and decided to make it there and then (thank God i had all the ingredients i needed). the recipe had more than enough batter for 1 dozen, so i used my silicon mini muffin trays and cups. turned out pretty good i must say. its comparable to those i've eaten outside. unfortunately, i kinda forgot about the 2nd batch, and they got too brown (just a shade short of being burnt. haha. ahwells.) the crispy outside its not too bad, i guess. but i'm glad its airy and the walnuts add a nice bite. (: time to buy more flour and walnuts! think i might make this for v'day as presents... 

ttfn!

polaroid saved!

look here!

picture via oh joy! i just decided to make it into a polaroid because i love the dresses so much! 

in the meanwhile, try polardroid. i esp love the sound effects. :D

that polaroid up there in the corner? thats the polardroid application! is that cute or is that cute? (:

go try it!

*sheryl

365 update! (edited)

to-do list for today started with a very tall purple inked, purple feather pen! (:

okay, round up of my 365 album so far...

cover 1 - plain, with only a "real leather" tag at the side.

week 1

cover 2

week 2

week 3

click on it to see a bigger version!

(edited*) random, i just found this picture. i miss my gold nokia. and i miss making my clay lentils and the accompanying seashore charms!

ttfn!

*sheryl

120109-200109

just finished a book by manfredi. its titled Pharaoh and is a culmination of 2 of my very favouritest things - Egyptology and archeology with a dash of mystery. very satisfying read. i took my time with this book; usually i'll just sit down and finish reading the book in practically one sitting, but i had a lot of things to do. i got the book on sunday, but read the bulk of it today. anyhow, the past week has been a swirl of events. 

school started on monday.

gave andrew a little present on tuesday.

went to Ikea on wednesday (and bought 14 kraft boxes, so as you've probably guessed, more packing ensued).

went out shopping with the girls on thursday (bought a dress, shoes and some other stuff!)

had dinner out with andrew on friday at new york new york.

cg day was at my place on sat (we cooked curry and played the new credit card monopoly!)

sunday sherwin and i made a recipe file for him to copy down recipes (i quite like that he's expressing an interest in baking!), mom's colleague dropped by with a huge box of yummy pineapple tarts that she makes every year for cny and i bought the manfredi book (and realised i needed a bookmark so made one rather quickly but i like it! mini doily and woodgrain contact sheet!)

monday (yesterday) i did some major organising for my school notes for this sem (printed out the lot of readings from the ecms, labelled, sorted, filed them)

and today, i finally remembered to take my vits! and for some weird reason i scratched my burn wound while sleeping last night, so i had to put antiseptic. and in an effort to try and remind myself to be crafty and took a picture of my new colour pencils (crayons+watercolour+coloured pencil = 3 in 1) that i got from seoul. i haven't tried them out yet. they're pretty pricey but the colour is so luscious! so yea. will definitely try it soon.

hmm. what else...i wanted to bake cookies and the chocolate cornflakes for cny, but mom said she already bought cny stuff to give. so might just make a small batch of chocolate cornflakes for andrew and grandma instead.

ahwells! 

okay. going to go grocery shopping now. 

ttfn!

*sheryl

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