Kaye

Kaye and I had great of fun sussing out a card for her mum. What better card can a mother receive than one that is made by her dd. Good for you, Kaye

Wee are Stamping

Chee Mek visited from KL to spend some time with our Sa Chim. Chee Khuan too, flew in from Kuala Terengganu. We had a meaningful time with our much endeared aunt who at this time of writing, is safe in the arms of Jesus.
Meanwhile, I just wanted to get my sisters involved in this therapy called paper crafting. Being very practical people, I thought bookmarks would be best sincethey have never been card collectors.
After much persuasion, they got started. Before long they were on their way .....no stopping them!
Here are some bookmarks they made.

En's Friends

Xing Qiao made this:

Hui Rei made this:
..... last,
but not least, this made by Li Jie:

Siew Hiang and friend

Siew Hiang brought Mei Kian, a sister from her church who has an outreach ministry in East Asia. We had a constructive time discussing the various crafts that can be used in the ministry there. After a lunch of soup and bread, we wrapped up the day with each of them making a bookmark.
A few weeks later, Siew Hiang came back to make a gift for a friend's baby.
Free standing frame... perfect for that small space; Folds like an accordian, music not included!

Neat Knit

Ok, I am gloating.
It was history in the making!
It was a major achievement to be able to get EnHui to even pick up the knitting needle.
She started well early. Many dropped stitches (not to mention, needles) later, she got the hang of it. She really wanted it to be something she did all by herself ..... until the countdown was in hours! Mum to the rescue, of course.
After all, what are mothers for, huh?

Frantic (EnHui) Craftin'

No easy feat to get EnHui to do nifty things. She is actually pretty good in crafting, but ... to do it is quite a different thing altogether.
She wanted small tokens to thank her colleagues at Pharmacy, NUH. I pretended great disinterest. It worked!!
Two days before her last day at work, she was frantic! Panic button on, she worked into the wee hours of the night. As you can see, it really paid off.
See how generously she used my precious Dark Brown chalk ink! Grrr...rrr

Monique Craftin'

Monique from Hamilton South Baptist Church, New Zealand was in Singapore. Now, Collin was posted here for 6 months. Now, Monique and I went back a long, long way. Our friendship was sealed when she studied in Waikato University and her family moved to Hillcrest.
The Currans opened their home to the overseas students, to rest, talk, and not excluding food. Guess what! In all the years I have been to their home, it has always been through the kitchen door that we made our way in. Don't even know where the front door is! Now, that's what I call an Open Home!!
I was nervous at first. Now, this Monique comes from a very talented family. Fine that they are musically talented; no threat to me. But they are crafty (in a nice, art-y sense) too, you see. Her sister Heather made a puppet using an old, dried up apple for its head!
She came over to make a card for Collin's sister. An oriental touch by a Kiwi. 1st time by bamboo stamp was used. I was very pleased. So was she
Boy, we had a great time!

Farewell with Craft

Annette and Gerdine came over a couple of weeks ago, to make cards. I was supposed to be the "si fu", to show them the tricks of the craft ......since they came saying they haven't the slightest clue how to make cards.

They were very quickly on their way. All too soon, the aspiring teacher became redundant and sought sought solace with the camera.
Such crafty lot!

Shalom BZBeez

24 August 2008
It's that time of the year.... Shalom Eye Screening 2008. Some sisters tried their hands at card making. You know, to say "Thank You" to the staff of SNEC (Singapore National Eye Center).
See their labour of love!

We all had a great time... colouring, pasting, tearing papers, a little comment here and there not to mention tearing our hair out.
"Necessity" truly is the mother of invention" Many skills surfaced. ... and they say they are not creative! Are they modest or what?
Moral of this story: If anyone can make cards, it has to be you!!

Angie n I

We got started making an album for a dear friend of Shalom, Nelly van Acker. Very adventurous for ones who are so new to the craft. But the angie, she is really crafty (in the art sense, of course)

I need to put on record here that what you see above is a mere fraction of the mess. Angie dropped the jar of decoupage paste. Thank goodness OUR WORK WAS SPARED!! I got the blame for not having the lid on tight. Well, that's life.
We were so impressed with our work that we forgot to take pictures of it :(