Completing this wasn’t easy, probably because I haven’t scrapped in so long – it took me almost 3 days. I hope it gets better after this.

It’s exciting! I can’t wait for the reveal.

Read more here: Peter and the Wolf Puppet Theater « Sarah Jane Studios Blog.

We’ve all heard of fruit punch, but milk punch? This recipe from Smitten Kitchen sounds like it’ll really give a punch (it has bourbon ). Need to try it one day.

At the Singapore airport before departing

First night in Hong Kong. I think we stayed at a rather oldish past of town in Kowloon.

The next morning, we couldn’t wait to eat at the tea houses – our 1st meal in HK: instant noodles!!!

After that it was off to Disneyland. We wanted to get it “out of the way” so the kids won’t be ‘bugging’ us throughout!

I realised I didn’t take much photos after coz it was just eating and shopping thereafter …  And of course I was too busy doing that!

It seems a little weird to be blogging again after what seemed a never-ending hiatus. To my horror, I discovered my blog went missing after I hadn’t checked on it for awhile. It was such a nightmare, I’ve even lost all my blog posts there and it’s too much of a hassle to figure out how to solve it… I said forget about it. Anyway, I’m reviving this old blog here, so there’s kinda a ‘gap’ of entries over the last 2 years. Bleah!

Well, where have I been this past year or so? Like most people I know – WORK. I was almost working full time the whole of last year and between that and the kids, there was hardly any time for anything else. Well, this new year, I’ve cut down on a little work (actually, one day a week) and I really want to get back to baking and maybe a little sewing. I’ve lost almost all interest in scrapping the past year, perhaps a little inspiration might creep back.

So, that’s about all that’s been happening and hopefully WILL happen! Next post will be some photos to share on our trip to Hong Kong in Dec’10.

First I created sort of like a catalogue for me to refer to rather than look thru every single stamp. And then I took all the stamps out of the ring they came in and they pretty much looked like this.

I ended up with a pile of wood-mounted stamps and a stack of organza bags filled with unmounted stamps. Problem is many of these stamps consists of both wood and unmounted stamps within the same set. So if I wanted to organize them based on wood/unmounted stamps, I would have to split up some of the sets. But then I thought it would be ok since I have the catalogue, right? Right.

At this stage, I pretty much ran out of ideas of how to store my stamps and here’s how they look now…

Not the best way I’m sure… and this is where I need ideas. Hmmm… how would you store these stamps?? I want to hear… so just leave a comment here and I have a little surprise – I’ll do a random drawing from all the comments made and I have 3 lil’ stamps from Inque Boutique to give away. So post away girls!

I scrapped this layout last night… had these photos printed out for some time now, but didn’t know what to do with them.

Journalling:
These are the SBB train tickets that you and your brother love collecting on every train ride. And no wonder too – with interesting train pictures on them!

I used the 5th Avenue and Garden Party collections from Making Memories. I love how versatile 5th Avenue is, perfect for boy or girl layouts and I love the contrast with the black. It just ‘pops’, don’t you think?

On the scrappy front, I received 2 emails this week to do some guest design work and I’m thrilled to say the least. So look out for more scrappy goodness come Sep and Oct.

Have a great rest-of-the-week everyone!!

Look what a surprise I found this morning!! I soooo love Sassafras and it’s an honor to be featured.

Thank you Hayley and Rebecca!! You’ve REALLY made my day.