Eye Sore

A nice biscuit bucket, a pity to throw away, but quite an eye sore to have around the house.

Found some unused drawer lining sticker in my storeroom and used it as a base cover. Came across the red, yellow and orange felt flowers and thought they'd look appropriate with the yellow handle. Picked up the checkered ribbon during shopping too, not knowing what to do with it, but looks good enough to cover the roughly cut edges at the bottom.

This is now my handy container for the scrap materials!

Materials from Daiso

And the new everything for S$2 branch has just opened near my place!

Bluffed stiches

Rare large boxes that come only with big ticket items you buy - you just refuse to throw away cos the kids love them and you find them useful too. Here's what you can do with the sharp trimmed edges of cardboard boxes - double-side tape it with a ribbon to make it look like you've stitched it!


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More Sketches

The Magnetic Sketch Board is one of my son's favourite. He uses it to practise his strokes. To me, it is environmentally friendly because you save from using papers. However, you can't keep works like you do with papers, so I take pictures of them.

Above: Steam Train, aged 4

Left: Cactus by the Fence, aged 4

My Dad just built the fence. It was my son's first notice of the Cactus Mom grows in the garden. The millipede looks more like a snake, but I think it's cute.

Below: Whales tossing Seals, aged 4

Whales tossing a seal could have been inspired by a show on Discovery Channel.

Acts of Spontaneity

My son loves to draw.  He'll draw anything he sees.  I love this attitude! When I was younger, I'd say things like 'I can't draw this' or 'I can't draw that', and I'd stop there without even trying.Couldn't recall when I'd stopped giving myself such messages. Perhaps when I was asked by my son to draw his favourite train? Perhaps when I had to show him how to draw something which I'd never drawn before? Perhaps that's the reason why he rarely says 'I can't draw...' ?

Top Left: Ocean, aged 5

Right: His first bird:  Flying Bald Eagle, aged 3.

Bougainvillea

When an act is spontaneous and instinctive, the results could be beyond expectations.

Bougainvillea - drawn in 1987 when I was sixteen.  

New Printables

Finally, the New Printable versions of the Graphics Edition are up! Yet lots of sleepless nights with the fresh orders coming in too...but who's complaining?

Watching Fireworks at Home

What a treat before National Day! The kids fell asleep in the living room while waiting for it to begin, so we couldn't go downstairs to get a good view. The first year they had fireworks so close to our home, it was New Year countdown and I was already in bed. I thought it was gunfire...and I continued sleeping, while my husband watched alone without waking us up!!

I don't remember ever seeing this type of fireworks - managed to get a clear take. Is it called a Spiral?