Friday Madness

the Kinokuniya's 20% Sales is ending soon, i decided to rush down to my all time favourite bookstore at Takashimaya, Orchard Road to grab few patchwork books.

So here is my fast & quick book shopping trip on Friday evening (that's why i call it Friday Madness):-

[5.45pm] knock off from office and have a 7 minutes walk to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station

[5.52pm] from Tanjong Pagar MRT Station to Raffles MRT Station and change train to Orchard MRT Station.

[6.05pm] reach Orchard MRT Station and straightaway head to the Kinokuniya bookstore.

[6.30pm] queue at the cashier counter with 3 books, make payment, and call hubby if he would prefer me to pack dinner.

[6.35pm] rush to food court and buy 2 packet of ToriQ.

[6.40pm] walk back to Orchard MRT Station and ready to go home.

[7.10pm] after about 30 minutes MRT ride, reach Sembawang MRT Station finally. Take 5 minutes walk to nanny house to pick up baby Nicci. Guess what, she is making "black forest cake" when I reach nanny house...so wait another (i think) about 10 minutes to let her finish her baking.

[7.30pm] stroll baby Nicci back home, another 7 minutes walk from nanny house to our home.

[7.40pm] finally reach home...what a day!

ToriQ for dinner...yummy yummy.

have a cuppa hot green tea after dinner...and here are my books...

blue+red+white = Masako Wakayama （若山雅子）
she is American country style patwork guru. she has her own patchwork classroom cum shop managed by herself together with her daughter. her website is here. wish i can visit her lil' blue house (also her shop) in Japan one day.

pink+red+flower = Sanae Kono （向野早苗）

she specialised in flower fabric and she even design the fabric pattern for her patchwork project. she is another talented patchwork guru.

Yoko Saito（齋藤謠子）, whoever love patchwork will know her coz she is a patchwork master in Japan. her project mostly dark colour and a lots patchwork guru learn from her. her book definitely is a must have in my shopping list.

dig out this my very first patchwork book (also by Yoko Saito), i bought this book when i start learning patchwork in year 2005.

well, wish all of you have a swell weekend! ">

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P/S: the above photos taken by my iPhone, the quality is not as good as digital camera.

hello...after such a long break...

now i am back to my blog again. here to share some of my scrapbook layouts for our lil' Nicci's album.

{ splash time }

this is my first attempt to use blue colour in my scrapbook LO. i'm not really fancy on blue colour previously but don't know since when i started searching for blue pattern papers, blue flowers, blue ribbon,...... just can't stop looking for blue stuff that can fit into my LO. another favourite colour ( i would say at the moment ) is pink, i will share with yours the very *pinky* LO once i have done. ">

Materials used in this LO:-
PP: Making Memories, Hambly Studios
Transparency: Hambly Studios, My Mind's Eye, Heidi Swapp
Alpha: American Crafts
Stamps: Technique Tuesday, Heidi Swapp

Sticker: 7gypsies
Journaling Tag: K&Company
Flowers: Prima Marketing
Others: ribbon, dew drops

{ meet nicci @ last }

Materials used in this LO:-
PP: Scenic Route, October Afternoon
Alpha: Heidi Swapp, American Craft
Journaling Tag: Creative Imaginations
Stamp: Fontwerks, Daisy Bucket
Flowers: imaginisce, Prima Marketing
Others: button, cotton ribbon

close up for more details...

photos at KK hospital, love this protector sheet 'coz can put 4R photo as well as mini scrap card. what a wonderful sheet!!