CHA Buzz - the List

For the next 2 - 3 months, the Shoppe will be loaded with CHA new products.  As you may have noticed, this time around, Tiny Seed will be focusing on paper, paper and paper.  We're "giving up" some embellishments that weren't sold well in the past for more gorgeous paper.

We have the CHA Product List up again like last time that will be updated whenever there is a change, such as, a new collection being added to the list, a line arriving at the store, etc., etc.  If you have any question regarding this List, please feel free to contact us.

In addition to this List, we also have a Wish List. :)  This is the list of products that have caught our eyes yet we haven't placed any order on due to the budget.  If, I like this "if" a lot, the budget can be relaxed a bit later, you may see them in store, and as always, we'll be offering them to you at exceptional price. 

That's enough info on products today.  I'll leave you with two projects I created for the past few weeks.  Yeah, I'm a super slow scrapper, and I only use my "time-out sessions", when my mind is too occupied to think clearly, to play with scissors, paper and glue.

Happy Birthday (picture taken on my dad's birthday)

And a mini made by paper

Celebrate you ... 5 yrs (kids' birthdays for the past 5 yrs)

In case you are curious, this line is called B-Day Bash by Imaginisce (currently 25% off!).  Love the bright and cheerful colours of this line.  I simply glued the paper back to back to create this 3" x 4" album.

Thanks for stopping by.
hugs,
Yolanda

A break from CHA chaos

Hello everyone!  Hope you are enjoying the week so far!  Today is day one of CHA 2011 Summer.  I bet you must have been busy surfing the web lately, searching for your must-have "stuff".  After having looked through many many new products, I've decided to take a break from all the browsing and shopping and share with you a little project I did a while ago.

This is a WIP picture.  I spotted this gorgeous plant pot at IKEA the other day and bought two without knowing what to do with them. :)  I do have plants at home, but I think this particular plant pot is too grand for them. :) :)  One day when I searched for ideas of making a gift for a good friend of mine, this gorgeous jumped right into my mind.  Then I rolled lots of paper strips and came up with this ~ ~ (oh, by the way, the pot is $2.99 each, if you are curious.)

 

Initially, I did keep counting how many roses I made. But somehow when I made the smaller ones to fill in the white spaces, I lost count!  I'm not sure if it's a hundred or so ... well, it's very possible as I needed to make quite a few smaller ones to fill in the blanks at the end.  I used the Lilac House paper by Fancy Pants to make the roses.  Love the soft colour of this line.

And I also made a little gift card holder to go with it from a tissue paper roll. The empty roll is perfect for holding any gift card.  And you can even make a cute mini out of them.  From now on I'll be collecting every single empty roll around the house!. :)

Here are some nice shots of the pair ~~

I'll see you all tomorrow when I come back here to showcase some amazing projects created by Jo using the Butterfly Garden collection by Pink Paislee!

Thanks for stopping by.

hugs,
Yolanda 

Teacher Gifts

Time flies!  My Charles has finished his pre-school this June and will be going to kindergarten this September!  5 years ago, on July 18, my little peanut was induced after he'd been overdue for 10 days.  At the moment he came to this wold, he cried loudly and brought the most joyous moment of my life.

This picture was actually taken on the 20th while we were waiting for the routine blood test result and getting ready to go home.

Little peanut has grown into a {big} peanut now ~~

Since he went to pre-school, I've been helping him to make some little gifts for his teachers on Christmas.

We made these cute snowmen together in 2009.  I learned how to make this cute little snowman from a parenting magazine.  It's very easy to make, and all the materials can be found in any dollar store.  Charles doodled all the eyes and mouths, teachers' names and the glittered headbands.  I really love the way he drew the eyes and mouths.

Last year we made the gifts a little bit fancier.  But I forgot to take a picture of them after Charles had written all the names on tags.  You can see his handwriting didn't improve that much. :) :)  You may have seen this as I shared them here last year.

By the way, I used the Snow Days paper here by Crate Paper.  They looked "happy" as Charles said.

For the last gift to his pre-school teachers as a token of thank you, I had a very tight schedule to prepare them.  I did something very simple - just wrapping a chocolate bar. :)  And then Charles did the rest (well, most of the rest).

I created a separate "tag" for each one so that Charles can write down the names and decorated it a bit in his own way.  Love this butterfly punch that creates a butterfly whose body is still attaching to the paper, with the wings popping out.

These are all the gifts we made together for Charles' years in pre-school.  I treasure the time we spent together doing something meaningful.  I treasure the little talk we had while playing with paper, scissors and glue.  And I am feeling grateful to have such a wonderful boy!

hugs,
Yolanda

A little LO to share

I'm so excited to share a little LO with you.  What is so special about this page?  Well, it's my very first time to play with Tattered Angels' Glimmer Mist!  Right now you only see three sets of Glimmer Mist available at the Shoppe, but you'll see more from this fabulous manufacturer, including the newly released Paint System, by the end of this week.

One Perfect {Moment}

I used the Glimmer Mist Set Prima Favourites on the flowers, the doilies, and the butterflies.  The Lilac House is the collection I used for this LO. I didn't know this set of Glimmer Mist would work so well with this collection until the whole page was done.  I used the butterfly screen to create two large butterflies: the bottom one was the negative of the screen with distressed ink, and for the top one, I misted the screen and then pressed it onto the paper.  Love the effect!

Here are some closeups for the flowers, all handmade ~ ~

I had lots of fun creating these flowers from plain white die-cuts ... lots of misting, stamping and distressing here.  It's my first time to get my fingers so dirty during a project.  Love it though. :)  Do you notice the beautiful flourish peeking under the flowers?  It's the rub-on from the collection.

Lots of work on the butterflies, too ~ ~

I simply misted the doilies using three shapes together to create this fabulous colour, and I just loved the pattern of this little tag from the collection.

Lastly, it's the title ~ ~

Well, what do you think?  I certainly love it, love it and love it!  The picture itself is adorable - my little Abigail was creating her very first piece of art! :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check back tomorrow as I'll showcase something amazing created by the very talented Jo West!

hugs,
Yolanda

2011年6月美国之行第三天

吃过早餐后，我们又匆匆上路了，赶往在西南方向的Lincoln City。这个城市我在差不多20年前去过，印象就是风很大很大，浪很高，海滩上有很多人在放风筝。爸爸在四月份到中国旅游时，买了两只很有中国特色的风筝，一只是蝴蝶图案，一只是孙悟空。本来是打算带上的，但后来由于太匆忙了，忘了。我连花生眉豆用的护肤膏，花生的睡裤也忘带了，你也可以想象这次去旅行是怎么一个匆忙。很多事都是一边走一边计划的。忘带了，没关系，马上就在那个特大无比的Wal-Mart买，只不过，买了忘拿。哈哈！可以在此读日记。

由于整个早上都是赶路，没有什么特别。我坐在后排，夹在花生眉豆中间，也捉到不少机会拍拍照。旅行时，在车上拍照可以解闷也可以看到很多别人不会注意的好景色。尤其是现在用的数码相机，拍照不用花钱，拍起来就更爽了。这次稍微积累了一下用Shutter的经验，这在车上往外拍照很好使。

这是在Wal-Mart为花生买的减价变形金刚，是五个小的可以组成一个大的机器人，每一个都可以独立变成一辆车。美国的Wal-Mart比温哥华的便宜多了，就花生平时买的最多的变形金刚，温哥华要差不多7块钱，但在美国4块多一点就可以买到了。

 美国的爱国主义 -美国旗到处可以看到，这一面是超大的。

这就是我用Shutter一档在车里往外拍出来的效果，普通相机就没有这个效果了，只会是一片模糊。

沿途都有这些农场，很乡村的感觉，很是喜欢。

这有那么一点欧洲的感觉。相片的效果是在看了Ada的巴黎相片后，受了刺激，弄的。只加了一点点的效果，看起来就很不同了。很喜欢相片的组合 - 近处被风吹的草是一片的，远处则是散落的树和房子，再远处就是一片灰灰的天空。

很有一种世外桃源的感觉。

 很喜欢这种旧农庄。

终于到了太平洋海边的Lincoln City。

不知这些海啸牌子是不是在日本的海啸之后才竖起的呢？之后一路沿着海岸线开均可以看到这些牌子。

当我们进入Lincoln City时，天气阴晴不定。只希望下午时，天气可以稳定下来，让我们好好地去一下海边。