Continuing the tone of thankfulness, there are many things to be thankful for. In particular, one should always be thankful of who people are and what they do.
Which is why I am glad that I am occasionally asked to do this sort of thing.
I am not the best hamper-packer. But I do enjoy doing them. It gives me an outlet for my creativity AND I don’t have to spend my own money! That’s a double bonus for thanksgiving! Haha!
Haha! Hubby has given me a wicked thought. After talking about how things would look if we re-did the garden especially with our little furry pet having her own special dog cage, he has suggested that we get out some stuff and dress her up a bit. He saw some people doing that in the magazine he was glancing through. Our imagination then went wild and we could suddenly see little Sprite (that’s her name by the way), dressed in all kinds of gear. Even leather! Of course, the leather stuff we have would have to be re-coloured with some special leather dye to enhance her natural white and brown. A touch of orange and black would be awesomely striking.
Goodness! What will the neighbours say!
Mulling. Thinking back. Especially when I have to be quiet….
I have been writing on the net for a number of years now. It’s a great way to connect with friends and it gives me an outlet for my creative juices. My third Arrow seems to be picking up this trait too. I am thinking of recommending that she joins the cpa network and be recognised for her efforts despite her young age. Who knows she might also get to be rewarded monetarily and go on to be the creative writer she aims to be.
I am soooo excited! My camera has been fixed!
It’s just a little point-and-shoot, but I really miss it. I’ve been using my old one but it’s hard to take photos with it – you can’t see what you’re taking. The display is not working and it’s not worth fixing. This other camera however, is still under warranty. Yes!
I plan to collect it tomorrow – my Canon PowerShot 95.
Unlike anything you have ever seen before! Painting with coffee stains!
This is by an amazingly talented young lady. As beautiful as she is gifted!
After this, who is going to worry about a stain or two….
You can’t fail to enjoy this….
When I am undergoing stressful times, one way I soothe and find peace is to do something totally unrelated to work, with a pleasing final result. It used to be making cards. Then I sometimes get asked to do hampers. Now, however, I have been introduced to the craft of doing custom floral arrangements. Now, before you ask me to show you some photos, let me first stick in my disclaimer – plants often die on me. I am not sure how far this hobby cum de-stressing activity will hurt the flowers more than help me! One day soon, I hope to have displays that I would dare to give away…!
I use my little point-and-shoot camera a lot. On Facebook, I tend to post a picture a day, and then comment on the picture. It’s like a pictorial diary. It goes around with me almost everywhere.
Alas, my camera has been doing funny things. Take for instance this photo.
What does this resemble? Well, I thought it looked like fish roe. My doctor friend reckons “High magnification of staphylococus!” He extolls, “Your camera is amazing!” Tongue in cheek of course! The truth? These were lights. Suspended from the ceiling of a mall I visited.
Close-up shots are fine. Like this one.
This was a small woven table mat.
So with the focus function gone when I do even the slightest zoom, I have no choice but to send my camera to the workshop. The warranty is still valid, but I shall have to be deprived of it for a month. It was almost painful to relinquish the camera to the store owner who sold it to me.
On the brighter side, perhaps this will be a kind of servicing for a well-used, much-loved gadget and it will come back to me in pristine condition, to once again capture those wonderful moments!
I wonder if I will get it back by the lunar new year…..?
I never knew I could do it. That is, until I watched someone and asked questions as she did it. She made it look so easy! And she did five at one go.
Asking a professional to do it would cost me a fair bit though. So when asked again to do one, I decided to have a go.
Not bad if I might say so myself! Of course, I could have done better. Perhaps with more practice.
I enjoy going to select the things I want, based on the budget I have. Sometimes I put in snacks and packet drinks too. Other times it’s mostly fruit and more fruit.
Then when I put the things in, I enjoy the challenge of arranging them in such a way that they are not only balanced in weight, but also in size and colour.
Here’s another one I did. I forgot to take a photo of one done in between these two.
Hmmmm I wonder if I could go into business doing this! Haha
I have never seen this kind of creativity before.
Love it!
I was just snapping away. For fun.
Nice eh? I like it. It was the centre piece of the cold platter at a dinner function recently. Yes, the food was eaten, hence the shadows and lines were so vivid.
It’s shots like these that spur me on with my little point-and-shoot.
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