The bazaars were good...

Hello lovely bloggers,

I took part in a bazaar on Saturday and Monday... phew! That kept me busy - happily though! 

Thanks for all your good luck - I had a sale of 54 cards. I shared a table with two other ladies so we had some fun and laughter. The second bazaar did better than the first and thank God for that.

Here are some pictures we took on our phones, so do pardon the quality.

Above is a picture of my partners and me (I am the one in blue) with our table at the first bazaar.

 This is a picture of my cards at the second bazaar.

And here are the three partners in crime at the second bazaar - wishing peace and joy to everyone.

DH was kind enough to take care of Aleeza so I could manage to stay away from home for such long hours.

Just to give you an update - so far I have sold a total of 126 cards since the last sale. 

I will soon be sending the money via e-pal to Japan Red cross. Hubby's secretary will help with sending the money through epal. Bless her for all her help.

Will come and do my rounds soon.

Hugs,

Monica

Some more cards to sell

Hello bloggers,

Friday again... how quickly time flies... this week went by soooo fast.

Tomorrow is one of the Bazaars at school and it is Zeenya's 12th birthday as well. Guess we will go out in the evening to celebrate as I will be out all morning and part of the afternoon.

She wants to have a quiet birthday - fair enough! What a change from the past when she wanted to invite every child under the sun to her party and I would be so busy getting everything together. \How quickly they grow up and it all changes... Gosh and next year she will be 13!

Here are two cards made out of the same paper. I found these lovely Peace ornaments at a local craft store suggested by one of the teachers at Aleeza's school. 

Below is another card with the same paper with some stickers, crystals, glitter and ribbon on it.

Have a nice weekend where ever you are...

Wish me luck for the Bazaar tomorrow... I have something like 105 cards ready to sell.

Hugs,

Monica

Silvery monotone Christmas card

Hello lovely bloggers,

Here is a card I made some time ago... As usual it looks better in real life. 

 Supplies:

Base card stock - metallic silver grey

Stamp - clear stamp, cannot recall the name

Sentiment - kind courtesy Lynn, thanks so much!

Border - MS border punch, used textured paper 

Silver ribbon - from stash

Crystal - Prima

Hope you like it... 

Am going to enter this in MIM - just love that simple, no frill challenge.

Lots of love,

Monica

Reunion after 4 years!

Hello bloggers,

Hope you all are fine and happily crafting away...

Remember I mentioned in my last post that I was going to Singapore to meet up with a friend and give her a surprise... here are the pictures. The lady in blue is another wonderful friend of mine and we used to hang around together in our previous posting. And she is an amazing host! So it was actually a reunion for the three of us.

My friend was so happy to see me and so was I. The three of us went out to dinner to a Mexican restaurant and had lots of fun and heard good music as well.

Below are pictures of her daughter (centre) and mine on the left and right.

This picture below was clicked at Universal Studios in Singapore... it was pouring cats and dogs but our flimsy rain capes kept us dry. The girls had lots of fun inspite of the rain on all those dizzy rides.

I have been so busy that I haven't had time to do a post but will do one soon. I get withdrawal symptoms if I don't blog, you know. Lol.

Hugs and thanks for the regular visits to my little haven,

Monica

Fun cards for the bazaars

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here are some fun cards I made for kids or even adults who are kids at heart (I am one of them, lol)

The first card is made out of a new pack of paper napkins I bought at the super market. Aleeza wanted to use them but I safely hid them in my drawer to make cards. Stuck a birdie and mushroom sticker (kind courtesy Lynn) along with a MS  border fence. The flowers are hand made by yours truly.

This card does not need any explanation... the base card stock has been covered by gift wrap. And I stuck left overs on the top. The cat is a sticker and the sentiment is hand written. The leaves have been punched with my MS leaf punch.

TGIF!

Off to Singapore for the weekend to meet a very dear friend after 4 years. And she does not know that we are coming to Singapore - so it will be a surprise for her.

Have a nice weekend.

Hugs,

Monica

Christmas card for the bazaars

Hello bloggers,

Gosh! I have been busy for sure... 

Here is a card I made a few days ago. The card stock is metallic and I have heat embossed the image with bright gold glitter. Heat embossing and me are not great buddies as of now but I will surely get back to it.

Hope you lovely people out there are doing well.

Thanks for all your love.

Hugs,

Monica

Featured Blogger of the month - Merry

Hello sweet bloggers,

Thank you so much for the joy you have brought in my life... it has filled it up so nicely. I kind of behave strangely when I don't get enough time to blog and when I do, I get that feeling of being grounded.

It is already November the 6th and I am a bit slow to do my monthly post on the Featured Blogger of the month.

Well, it is Merry of http://merrymadecardscrafts.blogspot.com/

Merry is just like her name - she leaves me the most sunny and cheerful comments and makes such sweeeeeeeeeeet cards. I love her style as much as reading her posts which are just so natural and witty at the same time.

Have a nice weekend,

Monica