Marina Barrage

Went to the Marina Barrage on Sunday with my family. It is really a nice place for family get together.

It was so windy that day and the view is simply spectacular!

Some photos taken to share:

Nice view right?? You can see the beautiful view of the Singapore Flyer too!

Lots of people went there to fly their beautiful kites and enjoying the fun of family time.

How to get there? Take the MRT to Marina Bay and board the free shuttle bus there. Its pretty easy even without a car.

TTE Needlebook Exchange for Aury

I am so glad that Aury has finally received my needlebook!

The package must have wondered to somewhere along the journey as it took longer than it should be taking to reach. Anyway I am really happy that Aury likes what I have sent her.

Here are some photos to share:

I have choosen to stitch the letter "A" from the free alphabet chart available in Tempus Fugit's blog once again. It was stitched using VC's silk floss on Silkweaver 28count fabric.


Inner pages of felt for her needles...

I must say that this is the “biggest” needlebook I have ever made. It looks like a notebook to me…LOL…

This is the whole package with the little extras....a piece of Japanese fat quarters with cute pictures and some flowers embellishments.

Hmmm...I just couldn't get the colour of the photos right....

Thanks for coming by. Have a nice day and happy stitching. :)

Do drop by Aury's blog. She designs beautiful charts, and offers some free ones in her blog too. A talented lady indeed.

Wonderful Surprises from Lillie

Nothing beats the feeling of receiving surprise gifts!

Lillie not only sent me her giveaway which I have won – her beautiful pins and jar, but also some fabulous handmade gifts!!!

Let’s slowly unwrap the present:

She has wrapped all the items so carefully. It’s so fun to dip and find the goodies in there. I am like a little girl at this moment...LOL...


Here are the beautiful pins in a jar which I have won :) Lillie has beautified the pins, which I have yet to try my hands on making some when I saw her posting them in her blog sometime ago, and now I have them, originally handmade by Lillie! I feel that I am so lucky, and indeed I am :)


Lillie also made these for me!!!!!

A pretty crocheted measuring tape and I loveeeeeee this!

And a beautiful pinkeep.

Hee...some of her pins by the side too..yeah....

Back view of the pinkeep...with a pocket for keeping scissors and floss bobbins:

Lillie is such a talented lady who knows so many different types of crafts and most of all did them so beautifully.

More goodies....

A BIG THANK YOU to you, Lillie, for sending me so many wonderful surprises. I love them all, especially those that you have made. You really brighten up my day.

TTE Needlebook Exchange received!

Guess who is my secret partner for this exchange?? When she mentioned in the exchange blog that her needlebook doesn't have far to go, I have that "six sense" that could it be for me...heee...Bingo...I am right...it’s for me...yeah...

I received a very pretty and sweet needlebook from Jean!

She stitched the Happy Bunny Bunny Day designed by The Trilogy using DMC floss on Hand-dyed Linen. On top of this beautiful needlebook, she sent me some extras too. They are my favourite Needle Necessities overdyed floss and Piecemakers needles!! Wow... I really love them all.

Ok ok...without further ado... here is a picture to show:


Her stitches are very neat and even --->

Inner view of the needlebook. The fabric that she used is very pretty and sweet --->

And now a picture of the whole package, tada --->

Thank you so much, Jean. I am really lucky and happy to receive them. (^_^)

New possession....

Last week my colleague, Karen passed me lots of her knitting stuff. She told me that she couldn't find time to do all her knitting and crocheting nowadays with her two boys being so active. I am more than happy to take them all...heee. Some of her crochet needles and embroidery flosses were taken by my other colleagues.


Now they are my possession. ....Dancing away….


Thanks Karen. (^_^)

TTE Needlebook Sent

Yeah…I managed to finish my Needlebook for TTE exchange over the weekend. It was then packed and mailed off during lunch break today. Took a picture of the little package before it was sealed in the envelope…take a peek…


I am always amazed by the present information technology, internet and etc.
It really brings people all over the world together in a way. Take cross stitching for instant, before there is such thing as the internet, people only stitch in their own area of comfort or share only among their own friends. But now we are doing exchange worldwide!! Isn’t this amazing?? With all the blogs and forum, we get to “know” each another even thou we have not met one another before. We even know some of the popular stitchers when we happen to mention them in our blog or stitching conversations. I feel that we are so far away yet so close when it comes to sharing our same hobby. This is just so great. (^_^)

Sharing another fabulous giveaway....

You can’t give this a miss.

Jackie of Canton Village Quilt Works is giving away some great items. Comment in her giveaway post; blog about her giveaway; subscribe to her newsletter; be one of her followers and you will be entitled to FOUR chances of the draw.

I have done mine, how about you?

Btw, the giveaway will remain open until Midnight EST on November 2. Jackie will do the drawing on November 3, 2009.

Good Luck... (^_^)

Relieve

Finally...my brother's wedding celebration was over. Thou I wasn't the main characters in the whole preparation...I feel "stressed" too, I just don't know why... I feel relieve after the dinner, for the couple and myself.

I have lagged behind a lot…blog posting, sewing, stitching, shop updating…and etc due to busy searching for dinner clothes, shoes, getting ready for his big day and lots more. We went to his bride’s house in Malaysia the week before his actual wedding day. It was a fun weekend as it was the first time my whole family (including my brothers, sister, parents, my children and husband) went for a trip “overseas” and stay over for the night. It was a real short one, but a memorable one ;)

I didn’t finish my challenge in time…hmm...it was about ¾ done. I shall finish it before CNY...LOL...

My needlebook exchange was half way done too…and I shall finish it by this week, by hook or by crook!

Guess what…I am so lucky to be the WINNER of Lillie’s draw!!! OMG…I just couldn’t believe that this is true!! Yeah….Thank you so much Lillie ;) Well…this is my birthday month, so maybe I am luckier that the others…LOL…

Till the next update…happy stitching to all (^_^)

Great Halloween giveaway from Pumpkin Patch Primitives!!!

Quick, put down whatever you are doing for a moment, and RUSH to Pumpkin Patch Primitive Quilt Shoppe to enter yourself to the wonderful 27 fat quarters that Brenda is giving away to a lucky winner before 31 Oct 2009!!! Right now there are already more than 350 participants to the draw and Brenda might just give away 2 sets of those!! I know I am not that lucky but then why should I give up my chance?

If you are going to enter to her draw, remember to do a proper post it in your blog in order to be qualified. If you mention to Brenda about my referral for this fabulous draw, I will be able to get an extra chance :) So...what are you waiting for???

Another great blog with lots of freebies

I got to know Liselotte's blog from Echevette's blog. I was overjoyed to find a beautiful chart in there. I love lily of the valley, especially it's scent, and this pretty flower chart is available for free in Liselotte's blog!

Thanks Liselotte, I have downloaded the chart and ready to stitch it (^_^)

Take a look her blog, I am pretty sure you will love it! :)