Thank u loved ones...

Though I technically was not supposed to celebrate my birthday this year, some people still made the effort to make sure I was remembered. Birthday greetings came from near and far and I got lots of hugs :)

The girls started by insisting that I should at least have dinner with them and they bought a totally yummy chocolate cake with very apt words in their view with the upcoming performance in April. We went a bit quiet at dinner cos America's Next Top Model came on and we were very distracted. The boys had their own discussion in the corner. The group is still pondering on the "best possible gift" apparently despite my wishlist sitting at Shabby Chic :)

Next to bring a huge smile to my face was H with a lovely meal at Senja Lounge the Saturday before. I didnt get my present till Monday after I was very tired out from the heat of visiting dad's grave n the morning of prayers but I was VERY HAPPY with the result! I had no idea what he was going to get me other than the flowers bit. An achievement for me cos the guy doesnt believe in giving flowers and I think the effort was as beautiful as the gifts. The girls in my office now think he is a romantic *grinz*

And finally...he gave me my new toy...

Oh and I finally managed to finish an LO yesterday. Was totally inspired as soon as I saw the pics. Will post soon!!

D Music Motion's 2nd Aniversary Show

The date of the show has been changed to 23rd April 2007 due to certain government restrictions. The response has been very popular so far so hope to see some familiar faces in the crowd. Almost all the students will be performing and you've got the whole range of tango, waltx, fox trot, quick step, chacha, rumba, paso doble, samba, jive, ballet, boogie, salsa, hip hop and ballet. Stunning performances n costumes await you on this "One Night Only". The dress code is "Dress To Impress". See u there! ;)

More mags!

I havent even finished reading the last few mags I bought and here I am *smacks hand* with another 2 new ones. I went to Shabby Chic to make my wish list (please stop n take note here...hehe) Got to check out their new goodies which had just arrived and I of course added to my list *wink*. Doodling genies, stamps, chipboard and brads brads n more brads are on my list...hehe.

On the way back to my car, I decided to stop by Best Eastern (conveniently) to browse and found Scrapbook Inspirations, March 2007. The free pattern paper n velvet stickers weakened my resolve n I ended up purchasing it n heading over to Bookers where I ended up with Memory Makers, April 2007 which had a free mini file folder album project. Call me a woman but I cant resist freebies!

Dance Amo

These are my bling dance shoes that I got after quite a trek looking for John & Josephine in Singapore. My original intention was to get Supadance shoes but I couldnt resist the bling on this pair. I loved the colour as well. This is my first proper pair of dance shoes after buying mediocre shoes when I first started dancing as I knew I wasnt that good as a beginner n would probably wear out my shoes more. These babies will be showcased on my feet at D Music Motion's 2nd Aniversary show which has now been moved to 21st/22nd April due to various reasons. What makes this pair even more memorable for me was H accompanying me n both of us half getting lost looking for the shop in Singapore then offering to pay for it for me. Sweet but I wanted to pay for my first pair myself. Silly I know but I felt guilty about him forking out for the rest of the expenses of the trip already anyway :)

Work in progress

So this is my latest partially completed LO. Have not managed to squeeze in time to finish it or work on another LO for some time. I was itching to use the flourishes chipboard I bought from Shabby Chic last week . I managed to squeeze in some scrapbooking time after watching 300 last Friday. I found this pic of me relaxing after my graduation ceremony n thought it was time for a "Me" LO. The photo is in colour but my clothes and the surroundings were very black n white other than a little corner of the photo which I managed to cover with a big Heidi Swapp flower with a smaller one in the middle before sticking a gold painted piece of chipboard in the middle.

As the photo was already 'black n white' I needed more colour for the rest of the LO and decided on the purple flower pattern paper from the Wedding Stack I got from Shabby Chic. I wanted to use more than one pattern paper so I chose another from the same stack. A touch of journaling was always going to be put in so I let the photo mat be longer at the bottom to allow for this and used my cutterpede scallop cutter to create some definition at the bottom.

Flowers and flourishes go so well together, I knew I would be adding it on here. I first painted my chipboard gold then black hoping to sandpaper it to get a distressed effect but that didnt work so I painted over the black with gold again and it turned out quite well. It will look goldish in light (like the title) and blackish with a gold tinge when there is less light. I did the same thing with the chipboard title, "Me".

I got some rick rack pretty cheap from Hokko and added that in the bottom right hand corner. My friend had purchased some flower eyelets from Creative Hands in S'pore for me which I used in the bottom left hand corner to fill up some space.

I might add more journaling and definitely stitching to either enhance the cardstock or make the pattern papers stand out more. The LO is still a bit plain for my liking at the moment hence 'work in progress'.

Now all i need to do is figure out what to do for my aniversary present to H......

Lee's card

As promised, here is a picture of the card I made Lee for her bday that I did on crop night. I used the Sizzix to cut out the Happpy Birthday words on cardstock and the white butterfly with flourishes were from my Wholy Cow! white rub-ons that are oh-so beautiful. Then I had this idea to use the Whale-of-a-punch and had to measure out the squares before punching them out. I initially stuck on the Prima flowers with brads then remembered my organza ribbon so I took off the flowers, stuck the ribbon across the 'boxes' and put the flowers back on. I covered the dark purple cardstock with lighter purple at the back for a contrast n also for the brads to stay on. The inside was just a simple pull out (of her spa voucher present) and some words from H and me :)

At the end of it, I didnt want to give the card away cos it was so lovely but I guess I can always try and incorporate this in an LO later on....so pwetty tho!

Steak *drool*

I could have kicked myself for not bringing my camera out last night...a rare moment for me and H to be having dinner at Sheraton alone (our friends are Starwood members so they regularly organise to meet up there) Just incase the $12 T-bone steak wasnt enough to fill our tummies (or finish our Asti with), we ordered starters...my smoked salmon dish was bee-o-tiful and plentiful while H's seafood chowder was quite creamy. George came out just as we were popping open the Asti so he was a bit too late to assist us but it was ok. The steaks were bigger than I expected and I couldnt finish it...maybe cos I had Ideal about an hour or two before (I was starving after swimming n dancing!!)...there was no space for dessert after that!! After the bloatedness toned down, I was sleepy but still managed to go visit my uncle in the hospital before heading home *yawn*

For those who havent, catch the 300g steak offer before it finishes on the 15th....speaking of 300, the movie is pretty good! Go watch!!