Yes I know, it’s been like what, 8 days since I was last seen on this planet? *laugh* And now that I’ve returned to earth, after much of dramatic turn of events in the past week, I’ve finally managed to pull my soul back to reality.

If you’ve been following my Instagram feed, I had the misfortune of getting my right hand fingers slammed by a heavy wooden with marble dining chair at home as I slipped on a wet floor (long story) and I’m on the road to recover but still haven’t regain full use of my last two fingers yet (no fractured bones thank God!!), my DH and I had been dealing with some issues that my dear son Ethan is facing in school (in case you’re new to my blog, Ethan was diagnosed with high functioning autism since he was 4), we had to handle the change in his behavior due to verbal “bullying” by an exceptionally rotten classmate of his, lots of discussion with his form teacher and his special need officer in school and of course, an emergency appointment with his regular child psychologist Dr Jennifer King to see what we can do best to help him cope with the unwarranted stress from bullies, also changes in his P3 syllabus and him being stress again from all the exams.

Phew! That was one lengthy sentence all put together to describe what is going on right now in my life and my family.

Sometimes I just wonder how on earth did I cope with all of these, on top of my full time job, my online shop, etc. in 24/7 and still manage to stay alive, keeping up a good spirit, stay positive and wears a big fat smile on my face! Hah! No wonder I can’t put on weight over these years with all the exciting events going on in my life. Well, I take it as a good thing that I don’t have to spend money keeping myself fit and trimmed all the time, not having to sweat my ass off to work out a good ab. *laugh*

Well, that’s life and we just have to move on. Life is not a bed of roses. Sometimes yes but most of often it’s not. I’ve seen and been through enough of challenges in the entire 40 years of my life to write a biography. But if I don’t go through this ups and down, I think I’ll take things for granted, thinking that life is always smooth sailing and I’m guaranteed a happy ever after life. I’m just thankful and glad that I’m always being challenged in my every awakening moment and how it have strenghtened my character over the years. I’ve become the person I am right now, thanks to all the obstacles and challenges I had to overcome, in every good possible way.

Ok, enough of life philosophy, let’s move on to the main reason of getting this blog post up. My project life of course!!

Oh, how I’ve missed getting my project life spreads updated! I’m slowly catching up for sure. Slow but I’m getting there.

This Week 17 have been a complete joy, having to play with Studio Calico new Atlantic collection which was released a few weeks ago. I’m completely blown away by the colors and designs of the papers and embellishments! They’re absolutely gorgeous and easy to work with. It gave me a kickstart to catch up with my spreads and this collection made it so easy for me to complete my pages within a couple of hours.

And here are a couple of close up shots from the spreads.

Supplies - Atlantic Collection – Patterned Paper - Atlantic City, Nantucket, Scarborough, New Haven, Rockport, South Hampton, Cape Cod, Gold Kraft, 12×12 Vellum; Fabric - Fabric Bows; Wood veneer - Burnished Circle; Stickers - Cork Circle, Cork Arrow and Chevron, Glittered Star; Die-cut –  Vellum Die Cut Shapes, Punch - Mini Anchor, Alphas - Rockabye, Sunrise; Others – 4×3 and 4×6 Grids Cards, Current Stamps, Planetarium Digital Printable Labels)

I hope you’ve bought yourself this Atlantic collection. How’s your project life coming along? I’ll be spending more time catching with the rest of the weeks using the new June Roundabout kits! Can’t wait to share them soon.

Have a great weekend ahead!

I’m absolutely keeping some of the new arrivals for myself as well. They’re too hard to resist.

Happy shopping and have a great week ahead!

How’s your weekend so far? I hope you’re having a good one. It’s Sunday May 12 right here in Singapore, which means we’re celebrating Mother’s Day on this beautiful day! I had a great day with my boys, lunch with my cousins and I’ve also received a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from my sweet lovely boys last night! I’m truly blessed to have them in my life, couldn’t have asked for more. They shower me with lots of love, hugs and kisses every single moment, I hear “I love you Mommy” every single day from them, and they always treat me like a queen. *laugh* Love them so much!

To all the Mommies out there, here’s wishing you a wonderful Mother’s Day!

And I now have the winner for Skipping5 puffy stickers giveaway picked out by Random Generator.  :D

And it goes to……………………………….

It is so awesome chance! ty for it! Have a great day!
Here is my pinterest board: HTTP://PINTEREST.COM/TODIDO/

Diana from Hungary

Congratulations Diana!!

Please contact me at findingnana73[at]gmail[dot]com to claim your prize.

And once again, thank you to all who have joined in this lovely giveaway and also to Skipping5 for your generosity!

Happy Sunday!

First and foremost, a big THANK YOU to all who have have placed your orders on the new arrivals at my shop the past week! The washi tapes have been a big hit and many are out of stock by now for the popular designs. If you’ve missed out on some of your favorite washi tapes, fret not. They’ll be re-stocked next week and you can come back to shop again but make sure you’re fast enough this time to grab your favorite washi tapes!

Oh, and more new designs and colors will also be making their appearance next week too! Yay!

I can’t wait for them to arrive and play with them myself!

I’ll be back soon for more updates once the stocks have arrive Singapore shore. 

Have a great weekend ahead!

I’m so excited to be hosting a fabulous giveaway sponsored by Skipping5, a little shop newly launch in April 2013. Just for the love of puffy stickers “TinyNatt” has created these fun and bold puffy stickers perfect for making statement on your projects or journalling cards.

One winner will be receiving a US$15 worth of these adorable puffy stickers from Skipping5! 

All you need to do is

~ got to Skipping5 shop and pin your favorite product to your pin board. You can pin more than one product.

~ then leave a comment here with your Pinterest username

This giveaway is open to ALL.

Please leave your comments by Saturday, 11 May at noon, Singapore time GMT+8 and I’ll draw a winner and it’ll be announced on the same day.

Once again, thank you so much Skipping5 for sponsoring these fabulous puffy stickers! I can’t wait for mine to arrive! 

Good luck to all!

Just a quick stop here to let you know that my shop has finally re-opened with a brand new look and LOTS of new arrival awaiting for you!!

I hope you like the brand new look of my shop and it’ll make it a breeze for you while you’re browsing in there.

Happy shopping and hope your weekend is a great one!

Studio Calico Planetarium kits made an amazing entrance this month. Every single piece of paper and embellishment that was put together into each kit and add-on are so well coordinated, from the designs to the colors. I love this month’s kits as much as the rest of the other months.

I ordered for myself the Planetarium Project Life kit and Halley’s Comet (PL add-on), Orion, Big Dipper, North Star (card add-on) and the 4×6 stamp set add-on as well. What I love most about these kits and add-ons are the PL cards, mini alphas of course, Atlantic Cork Arrow and Chevron, Atlantic Variety Sequin and the Heidi Swapp clear alphas.

Let me share my spreads that I used from all the Planetarium kits and add-ons that I got for this May.

Week 13

Supplies List: Planetarium Project Life kit, Planetarium Digital Printable Fancy Labels, Planetarium Digital Printable Labels, Planetarium Digital Printable #2 MP, Planetarium Digital Printable #1 GS

Week 14

Supplies List: Planetarium Project Life kit,  Halley’s Comet, Orion, Big Dipper, North Star  and the 4×6 stamp set add-on Planetarium Digital Printable Fancy Labels, Planetarium Digital Printable Labels, Planetarium Digital Printable #2 MP, Planetarium Digital Printable #1 GS

I hope you’ve got what you wanted from this Planetarium kits. I believe you will enjoy creating something from these kits as much as I did.

Once again, thank you for making time to stop by my blog and for all your lovely comments.

I’ll be back soon in a day or two once my shop is up and running again.

Have a great weekend ahead!

Just to give you an overview of what’s coming up in my shop will be a brand new outlook to make your shopping more pleasant.

There are still more tweaking to be done and once I get all the new stuff up, it’ll be ready to go live, hopefully by this weekend. I can’t wait to show you what I have in store for you!  :D

Thank you for waiting patiently, I promise you’ll have a great time shopping at my shop soon.

Have a great day!  :)

Better grab yours now if you haven’t because they’re selling out real fast!

Here’s a look again at how I used them on my PL title card.

I just love the effect of the mist on my mask! Amazing!

Happy shopping!

{entreARTistes} will be lauching a new Project Life class starting from June 1st! How cool is that?

The class will run for one year and an amazing group of talented Project Lifers from all over the world will be sharing 52 weeks worth of PL spreads throughout the entire year. They’ll be sharing their thoughts on their spreads together with tips, organization etc.

This class is now opened for registration here and it will be conducted in French only at this moment.

Thank you so much Celine and Karine for this wonderful opportunity! I’m so looking forward to share my Project Life with everyone in the class!