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Mak’ Luvin

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We have a friend in Shanghai who keeps joking about how much he misses our group of friends in HK (coz we are so awesome of cuz : P), so when we decided to go visit him for his birthday I really wanted to give him a present that reminds him of us, of all the awesome times the bunch of us have spent together.

It only took seconds for everyone to come up with what reminds us of “Mak’Luvin” and our good times with him – his favourite catchphrases. His incredibly funny, witty, abrupt and provocative catchphrases are his trademark. Whenever they are dropped into our conversations, they never fail to amuse, with all of us cracking up laughing so hard our stomachs hurt. These belong to him and him only. It’s just not the same when someone else repeats them. His mannerisms, his snickering, his laugh, his gestures are what makes them so special.

So, this is how the page came about, a page of him, in a stunning photo reminding us of what we thought was another hilarious encounter in Hanoi, together with his name and a list of his infamous mottos.

We hope that everytime he sees his own quotes that remind us of him, he will remember how much happiness and joy he has brought to us over the years also. Happy Birthday again Mak’ Luvin aka Christopher DANGER Mak hahahah…

Products used: Studio Calico October Kit, Ikea shadow Box, E-clips for cutting the name, Mister Hueys, Enamel dots from My Mind’s Eye

sorry photos a bit blurred after a few drinks :p

Simply delicious chicken noodle soup

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I’m really happy with the colours in this layout : )

I love simple things, my love for simple things comes from the fact that I believe in using the least amount of energy/resources to come up with the most you can get from it. (hmm.. put simply, i am lazy hehe). Simple things are amazing – they are so simple yet so effective in conveying messages (with simple words), showing emotions (with simple colours), expressing feelings (with simple pictures), expressing love (with simple gestures).   

The chicken soup noodle we had in Hanoi was simply made with chicken soup, rice noodle and few pieces of chicken. Three scoops of ingredients were poured into the bowl when you pay and off you go with the most wonderful bowl of chicken soup noodle. Though simple it was one of the few meals we remembered and went back to for more!

So I thought I would try putting together a simple but not boring layout to go with the theme of this wonderful soup noodle. When I first started scrapbooking, I would spend ages and ages trying to come up with a layout because I would try to fit as many things into the layout as possible and often over-complicating things. It just didn’t work when I was trying to do something complicated. I gave up and went back to what I was better at doing, making simple things. I was really happy with this layout because of how simple it was to make and how the colours has turned out!

Just feel like taking a few more shots on the layout.

Romantic Clifftop Dinner

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Romantic dinner on clifftop

Over the weekend, a couple of girlfriends came over for a long overdue scrapbook day. Most of us ordered the June Studio Calico Kit and the moment I saw the kit and all my other goodies from SC, I was so excited!!! They are sooo pretty. This month’s main kit uses pastel colours, one of my favourite colour palette. Pastel and soft colours are always so romantic to me so I decided to use the kit for the romantic clifftop dinner we had in Bali.

Just the two of us

I didn’t have time yet to develop my photos so I used my Fujifilm Pivi mini printer to print out the 4 photos. It worked well because I had more than one photos which I wanted to include in the layout. I learned about this awesome handy gadget from Amy Tangerine’s blog. I take it with me whenever I travel now because it is so light and so handy! Pity it doesn’t work with iphone…..

Other materials used: Mister Huey’s colour mists (Boss Lady, Taxi), Zing embossing powder (Mustard), Claudine Hellmuth Studio “Doodles” Clear Stamp Collection