Blogging on the iPhone

This is so cool! Am sending this post from my latest toy. Am totally loving it. Except for the lousy SMS features - or the lack of good basic features like fowarding messages, copy/paste, sending business cards/contacts - the iPhone is a godsend for me as I'm always on the move.

Anyway, I've downloaded a couple of free apps for blogging on the go and will be testing them out to see which is best for me.

Thanks Minty my friend for your kind comment on my last blogpost.

Cheers!
Karen

It's been a long while.....

.... since I last posted anything on my blog (and flickr album). I hardly went into facebook and barely posted messages on the various craft community forums that I'm a member of.

Why?

Because I got really peeved when someone "stole" the Princess Party Invitation card I made for my daughter's 4th birthday and posted it as her/his own on a card website, complete with instructions on how to make it - the cheek! They should have at least acknowledged me as the designer. Really takes away the "specialness" of my daughter's card!

I tried to contact them but to no avail. Anyone has any suggestions?

The guilty party's page with my card is http://www.coolest-party-ideas.com/princess-party-invitations.html. (The only website I gave permission for using my card is www.make-your-own-invitations.com set up by Eileen who was the one who told me about this.)


Anyway, as a result, I developed a kind of aversion posting stuff on the net hence my big silence and non-activity. Ok, maybe a bit of an over-reaction and silly. But it sure got me thinking of how scary - while being amazing and incredible - the internet can be. And as a mom, it gets to you on another level - am even thinking of removing all photos (including layouts) that have photos of my daughter - or at least those that scream out her name. Your thoughts, anyone?

So why am I posting again? Well, since I can't get in contact with the guilty party, I decided that I will use my blog to tell others about them and let everyone know that that princess castle invitation card is MY DAUGHTER'S and the design is MINE!!!! I'm happy to share ideas - just play fair, ask for permission and give due credit!

Well now that I'm back, first let me apologize to all of you who've been checking in to see if I've posted anything - sorry for keeping you wondering when I'd post something and thanks for bothering. I'll be posting photos of my craft stuff soon. Lately, I've been doing more bead and costume jewellery craft - mainly because I started making little trinkets to give as Christmas gifts and haven't stopped! - so look out for photos of that. :)

Am thinking of doing some giveaways (cos I have too much stuff and need to make space in my craft corner!). Mostly cardmaking and scrapbook magazines, printed papers, ribbons, bits and bobs. Will try to organise quick and post. Look out for it, okay?

Have a good week, everyone, and watch out for those people who don't play fair.

Cheers!
Karen

It's all about...

N's style, that is. She never fails to amaze me and always cracks me up with her funny antics. This layout should actually be called "The One With The Shorts On The Head" (like how each episode of the Friends sitcom is titled), LOL!

The journaling in the box reads:
"N's Fashion Tips • wear shorts on head • turn T-shirt upside down and wear it toga-style • smile, pose and be sassy!"

This was one of the times that I just wanted to stick the photos down, simple and straightforward with no fuss. Maybe the LO could be better in design e.g. there are so many photos of the same size you don't know which to focus on! - I usually review and analyse my LOs! - but I wanted to do something quick and these photos were already printed all in the same size 'cos I originally thought of making a mini accordion booklet to put them in.

Thanks for visiting and have a good mid-week!

My little beach babe...

Finally finished this layout! It had been sitting on my desk for like the longest time - I knew what I wanted to do with it, how I wanted it to look but just didn't find the time to do it!




Am quite pleased with myself as this is a recent photo - snapped it when we were on holiday in Bintan in July. Often I scrap a photo months - even years, haha - after it's been taken!

Okay, I'm hungry now and am off to indulge in a favourite of mine...instant noodles!!! And I've got a long day tomorrow and a pretty busy week ahead so tata for now!

Why I have been too busy to craft....

This is the publicity video for "Sperm", the play I'm in. Quite cool, huh?



Have been busy at rehearsals (the show runs on the last weekend of August which is next week really!) on top of my other life as wife and mom - read taxi driver, playmate, chef, etc - so I haven't really been able to do much else. There's an unfinished layout that's been sitting on my desk for a while now.... :)

We enjoyed our little getaway in KL last weekend. Except for a few traffic hiccups - took us an hour to get through the Singapore immigration due to extra security measures in place; and we also got stuck in th evening rush hour when we reached KL - it was a smooth drive. N handled the drive pretty well for a four-year-old...not too many "are we there yet?" questions, LOL!

We didn't do much in KL, just hung out at the hotel, swam at the pool and checked out the huge mall next to hotel. We also went to the Lake Gardens which has a huge fabulous children's outdoor playground - highlight of the trip for N! - and had lunch at the bird park before we set off on the drive home.

Took some photos of the trip - am considering doing a mini-album on it....just gotta find the time!

Hello!

Nope, no photos to post today.... just dropping by my own blog - i post so infrequently I'm more like a guest, hahaha! - cos a friend of mine said to me the other day, "hey, you haven't updated your blog for a while!" LOL!

Well, I have been scrapping a little bit but just haven't had time to snap and post! Especially since I went back to doing more work after N's birthday - acted in the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival in June, filmed for Kids Central's R.E.M. and did a singing gig at the Heritage Festival in July and am now rehearsing for a play due end August. Hey, come support and watch - I'm in Blood Binds, part of the OCBC Theatre Festival, Aug 23/24. The play I'm in is called "Sperm" - yup, no kidding!

Anyway, my little family's off to KL this weekend for a short getaway. Well,it isn't exactly a planned holiday but the dear husband has to attend a business dinner there and we thought we'd drive up with him so that at least we could be together, especially since he's away on business trips so often.


Have a fabulous weekend!

Another favourite photo...

...another layout. Lately, just for a change in creative direction, I've been going through the many photos I've taken and have started picking out the ones I like and then use the photo as the starting point for layout inspiration. Did this using Scarlet Lime's June kit - thought it went well with the photo.

So far it's a nice change in approach...plus my daughter's such a lovely muse! :)

My sister-in-law and her family are in town for a visit. N is so happy to have her 2 cousins staying with us - the house is kinda noisy now but it's nice happy noise! We're off tomorrow on a short holiday in Bintan, yay! We're all looking forward to it, especially the kids. And I guess this means more photos to take!

Have a good rest-of-the-week and weekend!