My Saturday morning was rather a great one. E-commerce morning class was cancelled and photography class was well, pretty much only for consultation with no lessons on. An opportunity to sleep in abit. *smiles*

Then.... I got the opportunity to get crafty.

Suz: Yen... can make a simple card? or not an envelope.. can? They had a friend's wedding to attend that evening. Initially, sis had asked me to make a simple scrap page for the bride and bridegroom but I never got to doing it. So yeah.

Started off with making an envelope with vellum. Then the thought came. "Why not combine the envelope and card together?" So, that was how the stripe paper thingy came about. Printed some wordings on a separate piece of vellum so there will be a lil flap for them to write their wishes for the newlyweds.

 Verdict: Satisfied. haha

Another thing I had put off in doing in the pass: Altering Suz' lil black dress. And she wanted to wear it this evening. hehe. The transformation begins.

Well, it wasn't really much of an altering job to be done. But she wanted to transform it into a spaghetti dress instead of a tube dress.. So bought some satin cloth yesterday to add the straps.

Tube = Spaghetti

Ready for tonight.

Lesson: Don't procrastinate. =)

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A lil SMS i received this morning.

"A SMILE is a curve that sets everything straight and wipes wrinkles away!"

So here's a smile for you.

During my trip to the fabric store... seeing the lovely fabrics makes me wanna start trying to sew my outfits again.

on my -love-to-make- list

a simple sundress but in white.

a pleated skirt

with side buttons.. maybe some with a longer length

with wider straps and buttons.

Toddler's dresses. hmmm I should learn smocking.

Flair, bias-cut, bohemian skirts. =) Love wearing skirts again.

Photography assignment is due 2 weeks time. 12 days to be more precise. 8 pictures to shoot, print, mount and present. The theme I chose to go with was "Colorful Portraits" -a temporary theme while I think of a more decent name. The idea and theme I had in mind was combining 2 things I know and can do- Make-Up & Photography. 8 portraits, 8 color themes. haha What kind of makeup should I go for? It was a challenge for me since I never got started on Fashion Make-Up in my basic cosmetology course, one on my list of regrets. Research began for pictures and ideas. Feedback from friends.... and the process still continues.

Come out of the safe mode and dare to try new things. I use to think fashion make- up looked really weird.. but now I kind of see it from a different prespective. =) I understand if some of you might find blue lipstick rather weird. haha

Here's one I did today and I would like to share with you. Today's theme was blue. Today was my first time applying eyeshadow on someone's lips. Something new, still trying different stuffs. It's probably pretty amateur-ish done but I'm happy with this as a start. Fingers crossed for a better job in the other themes.

Make up.

Eyes: Light Blue eyeshadow

         Dark Blue eyeshadow

         Black liquid eyeliner

Lips: Blue eyeshadow (fill -in)

        Silver (highlight)

        Black (outline)

Cheeks: Orange blusher

Hair: Tied half with fake piece of hair attached (curls)- glad it was still useful after the road show I did last year.

Photo shoot.

Date:        16.06.08

Theme:     Blue

Time:        1 1/2hr given  to complete the whole shoot. (makeup, photo shoot, wash-up)

Model:      Rebekah Tan ( you probably saw her in alot of my photo assignments )

Manage to complete within the time frame. Thank God! However, it didn't come easy. There were alot of setbacks.... but HE's too good to see me all discouraged and disappointed! There were good news and they were solutions to those setbacks. Ready for the list?

1. Drawback: Rebekah rushed from work. Sick and tired. Nodding off while I was applying her makeup

Goodnews: Bed!! She slept while I applied her makeup

2. Drawback: Housemates asleep. No one to help.

Goodnews: Leon was awake!

3. Drawback: No nice simple background.

Goodnews: Leon helped hold the black piece of cloth as the background.

4. Drawback: I didn't have my external flash and I didn't want to use a high ISO.

Goodnews: Tripod! Manage to use a lower shutterspeed without it being blur.

5. Drawback: Not enough light.... =( Lazy to get out my reflector and study lamp etc..

Goodnews: It was 5+pm. and manage to get window lighting.

6. Drawback: Limited space in my room.

Goodnews: Tripod on the bed and manage to get some pretty cool angles.

So there's all the setbacks and solutions. Glad despite those, the picture still turned out pretty.

I should start tidying up my room now..... after the photoshoot, the lil room sure can get pretty messy. :) But the joy of it makes it all worthit!

Especially when the model says I love it =) One sentence to make any photographer beam with joy.

On a separate topic, it's Josh's birthday today.

Happy 21st Birthday Josh!

birthday shoutouts:

7- Agong's birthday (holiday ma)

9- Daniel Tan (BethelChurch)

10-Chien kuasa 2 (my coussie)

11- Mo Han

15-Mabel Foo

16-Joshua Lim

19- Nicholas Quek, Brian Tan

20-Matthew Yap

21- Lara Sim

May you have a awesome and meaningful birthday and a wonderful year ahead.

As you continue to walk in His ways, He IS faithful to bless you with your heart desires.

Happy Birthday June babies!!!

Father's day has arrived. If you ask me I do not believe father's day is just one day but rather everyday. Still, I wanna wish my dad a very blessed Happy Father's Day.

He's a leader and a server

Afather and a friend

Someone I call "Pa","Papa" "Papa-ya -for fun", "Di" and Dad.

My dad.

Happy Father's Day! :O

there's still close to 9 hours to wish your daddies!! =D

Genting trip

We made a trip to Genting last month during our college break. It was a really fun trip for all of us though the theme park was pretty crowded. The last time I was in Genting was when I was 6. So this trip together with my hsemates and school buddies was truly an enjoyable one!!

more pics and update atNancie's blog

Theme park: I uploaded a vid in my Xanga Video Log while we were sitting the Solero Shot.

When we were tired we headed back home and played pictionary, made our own maggie mee, guessing who farted each time (hehe)... oh yeah we did had a relaxing time there.

which was also a birthday surprise for my 19th birthday. 19 cupcakes as requested instead of a cake. =) i'll post the vid up some time soon.

haha. aint that just make u wanna smile??

Photography class outing to the Orchird Park.

This hibiscus was huge.. It was bigger den the palm of my hand...

A couple was having their bridal photoshoot at the same location. =)

Constantly being the one behind the camera, this time I got to be in the picture. yay! haha. Dixon, Melissa and I made a half day trip all the way to PD for a photoshoot, for Dixon's photography assignment. We had a good tan.. well a lil sun burn but it was great walking along the beach without flip flops, the sand, sea, view, wind... were just ahhhhhhh =) I love the beach and I've made a mental note to see a lighthouse during the night the next time I go to PD

the lil white daisies were my lil favs..

just before we left... and using all the flowers we had left at the beach

haha. So I manage to take some shots myself!

of Melissa

In the water... where I almost lost my sunnies

a group pic b4 we left... taken with a tripod

shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! (wink) a self portrait while waiting for Dixon to get the tripod from the car

oh yeah... we went right into the sea.. =) till it was high tide..

i'll end this post with one of my fav! =D

Pics courtesy of Dixon and Melissa

So tht's it for now!!! Lots happened in these past few weeks.. I'll try and upload the dance vid of our Launch Party soon. So, stay tune..

God has been great! He has remained faithful and ever loving in my life! Praise Him =D

Have a great week ahead!! =)