surprise giveaway

Yay! Yay! Yay! Myblog is 3 years old and i am so glad I took up courage to start my blog ...... today I have made friends from all over the world. This has become my place of sharing, my rumblings... my place of meeting myself and my friends. Thank you for being part of my journey. I like to have a special giveway.............. a RAK... an alter-able birdhouse for one of my blog followers.... you are ...............................

YOLANDE.....

thank you for following my blog.

Email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com for this prize.

I will be posting more surprise giveaways this week. Stay tune. I will be sharing with you my favorite things. What are my favorite things:

stamps- flowers-trims-fabrics- unique metal trinkets and vintage findings..... *hint*... stay tuned.

Have a Happy day!

winner winner of Blog Hop

Hey hey hey.... the winner is ......... LYNN... you are lucky number 3.

My girl announced that the 3rd person on my comment post will win this prize.

Here is your Prima Prize!!!

Email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com

Thank you ALL for playing in this Blog Hop. Hope you had fun!

A rak winner and some projects

Woohoo...... it is a fabulous week!!! First up: Rak Winner(from one of my blog follower) Drum roll please................. ........................................................ for Rak Winner: brigitte_vanderlinden Pls email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com for your prize.

Next up, several projects which I have done last few weeks but didn't get a chance to post.

Websters Pages March Challenge "Create a shaped layout" ......... here's what I did. My fave technique of using a border punch and patiently re-creating them in the circular shape. And I just know on Monday that I won the challenge. Yay.... yay!!!! I am so happy to win some WP goodies

Next is this funny layout about the silly 3 in my household. Using Prima .... hahaha.. you didn't know they have such strong masculine colors??? From the collection "reflections"... i did up for Made with Love (my lss). It should be up at the store now.

Finally, a simple project for my sister..... for her office desk.... to see this precious girl! Using lots of Melissa Frances stuff! My fave too.

Ok, this has been a long post. I am still dancing around the house with my copy of Somerset Memories! haha... I am on dental Medical Leave so i can browse all I want. Back to work soon! Arrrggghh.......... LOL

I made the Cover

This is more than happy news!!! Lucy Edson first emailed me last week. I was still in a daze!!! Then this copy of Somerset Mag arrived in my mail and I was dancing from the door to the room to the kitchen!!!! Never did I imagine my layout will be picked for the cover. What an honor! What a privilege!!! Thanks Somerset team! This giddy spell of happy-ness is hard to stop! As you know, I am carrying this mag around the house. In the kitchen counter when I am cooking, it's beside my bed, it's on my scrapping table! Hard to part with it!! I made the COVER!!!!!

To celebrate with me, I feel like giving a RAK!!! Yes... to my blog followers......... come back on Wednesday and I will pick a winner. You will receive 20 pieces of flowers, trims, fabric bits, tulle ..etc... all my vintage loves. It will be a surprise for you, my faithful blog followers!!! You deserve something!

My birthday post!!!

Hello friends, it is my birthday today!!! And I got lots of pampering today.. I chose to spend the morning by myself, reflecting, talking to God! I guess that it important to me! Initially I thought I want to play...... get some friends over... etc. But I have been 'meeting' people..... I need time to be ALONE! That's a good thing!!! Now I feel better....... taming my mind and heart a bit!! LOL What did I do on this special day: - I talked to God - I gave thanks - I went shopping and indulge a bit - I went for a crab feast with my darling hubby. He knows I love crabs too much! - I had chocolates for birthday cake!! Yums - I had a great bubble tea!!! cool! I want to thank all of you who left blessings and wishes at my FB. *kisses* And now, time for the RAK WINNER: joeygirl86 Wow your layout is amazing!! Ilove all the flowers! And those pictures are so sweet! Great job..I'm a new follower and I'm so glad to find you, you're very talented,i look forward to seeing what else you create!! :) and since there were so many comments on the RAK post and it's my birthday, I want to give another RAK to one more person: Tracy said...

I always love your work, Wendy and already follow you on my Google Reader ...

Joey and Tracy, please send me a email at solouloulou@yahoo.com

Now, this week is the Lunar Chinese New Year! It is HUGE celebrations and feasting here in Singapore. I will post some pictures this week and sharing with you some of our traditions!!!

Stay tune! Thank you for dropping by.

Rak Winner + a Printer Tray Project

Here's the Winner: .............. Random Integer Generator Number 9 Joanna said... So pretty!! Thanks for the chance to win! Love your work Wendy! August 31, 2010 5:58 PM"Joanna (you win the big prize posted in the post earlier on) And that's not all. My little ms princessy said we should have 2 prizes, since it is 2nd blog birthday. So she chose Number 20....... and you are isay said... congratulations and happy 2 yrs blog-a-versary!!! so generous of you to giveaway great prices...thanks for the chance to win! i wish many many more years of wonderful blogging! you will get a surprise pack of vintage trims, seam bindings, little trinkets... Yay... yay!!! Congrats! Email me at solouloulou@yahoo.com Now, here's a gift I did for my sister with her newborn baby. This was one of the featured project over at Websters Pages. Thank you WP!

When I posted this over at WP, some thought I spend a lot of time working on this!.

No Way!

Let me breakdown for you how to get this project going.

Day 1 (30mins)

- cut pattern papers to fill the 'holes'.... each about 2ish by 3ish...

- I just randomly chose any Websters Papers I like and start cutting

- next I go through my embellishment containers and started picking out 10 items I want on this tray.

- then I wrote on a paper some medium I like - crackle paints, Shimmerz paints.

- then i decide on the number of photos I want on this project. 4

Day 2: (45 mins) - assembly

- Just arrange them into the holes, matching your bellis with the papers.

- I went on and played with 2 mediums,.... painted a Maya Road pacific with crackle paint and Shimmerz it.

- Voila.... after 45 mins it is done!!!

Yes.. break down big projects into smaller task. I only have 30 or 45 mins per day to work on it so I divide the tasks into smaller bite size portions to max the time I have.

So the next time you embark on a BIG project, spread it over 2-3 days. It will be done in no time.

The same goes for my Prima purse.

Day 1 - all the painting and misting work in 30 mins.... I had 2 little girls to help me. they love this! They just dab paints as they like on the canvas. This is fun to involve them

Day 2 - mommy works alone... adhering the photos and embellishing....

So, share with me if you find this tip helpful for busy parents and working career woman like you!

Schedule art or fun in your daily living... it refreshes your soul.

Celebrate 2 'bloggy' years

Hello friends, celebrate with me!!! It has been 2 years since I first set up this blog. I have been blessed with many blog friends....... all over the world. It was fun 'meeting' you. To celebrate these wonderful 2 years, I am giving a RAK here. A bit of everything - flowers, papers, chipboards, AC thickers, Tim Holtz Mask.... even a gigantic circle punch. Just leave me a comment in this post and I will draw a winner on Friday. (open to all countries) Thanks for dropping by. And for my friends living in Singapore, I have uploaded more Goodies for Sale. Check it out! Before I sign off, here's sneak of my new class at Made with Love. Call 62388770 to book a slot. We have only 3 dates for this class. You dont want to miss this. I want to share fun tips and techniques with you.

How about a RAK?

***update: the first batch of goodies are completely SOLD. Now I just upload another batch. thanks for looking. Hello friends, how have you been? I have been busy cleaning up my workspace.... clearing my stuff. Horror of horror when I go through my stuff. I have accumulated so much stuff over the last 6 months, from my generous DT boxes from YSS...... my own shopping... gosh... I am horrified. Please click on the "Goodies for Sale' page above and see if you like these new stuff. Only for those of us staying here in Singapore. I can't afford to ship these... too high postage costs. :) Anyway, here a RAK for you. A magazine and some Prima Transparency and BG die cut papers. Leave a comment on this post and I will a draw a winner by Friday. Have a happy week! I hope to post some recent creations soon. I have a new subject to scrap and i am totally in love with her cute face!!! hee..hee...