Little Chumsy's Blog

where can i buy these?

Can anyone please tell me where I can buy these twines?

They remind me of the red & white twine carrier on the letter-pressed printed paper bags during my childhood.  I wonder why the retailers don’t make paper bags like these anymore. Aren’t they better than plastics?  I am obsessing over kraft papers now and if I can get these colourful twines, I can make paper bags like the old days, minus the printing I have been on the lookout for mothers day gifts and would like to use these twines to decorate the presents that I plan to wrap with kraft paper.  Appreciate if you could let me know.  Thanks a bunch.

Old skool paper bag

image from google & thinkingouttabox.wordpress.com

a lil celebration

Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes in Facebook and smses I really appreciate all the sweet wishes.   To celebrate my 30th birthday, we had steamboat dinner tonight.  It’s my favourite Yummy!

This photo was not taken by me.  I forgot the camera hence I googled it    We had a similar one – half soup and half tom yam *burp*

Did I get any pressies for my birthday? You betcha

Coincidentally, Ashley’s Bahasa lesson in school today is about birthday and the children were required to draw a birthday card in the book. So, this is what she did today and showed it to me as soon as we picked her up from school   A birthday cake with lollipop flower and balloons.

A lovely Esprit black purse from a dear friend

A beautiful ring from another dear friend.  I heart all my pressies

Thank you very much dearies.  I’m officially a year older…….uwawawawawawawawawawawawawawawa

the crafty mood strikes again

I have been browsing some creative craft blogs lately and have been very inspired by them.  Hence, I decided to do something a lil different this year for some of the pressies.    When I was reading the New Straits Times last week, I came across a whole page of orange layout.

It was the Season’s Greetings from NSTP and they encouraged the readers to use that page to wrap their gifts. I quickly saved that page and use it for one of the presents that I am planning to wrap.

Here is my plain looking orange present.

Then I decided to cut out a few 5-inch strips from the newspaper (stock exchange pages) and tape the ends together with double-sided tape.  This is to create a flower bow as gift topper.

Tadaaaa….a gift with newspaper as wrapper and decoration   What do you think?   I hope the recipient of this gift is ok with the recycled wrapping paper

what she wants for Christmas

We don’t celebrate Christmas but hubs want to get Ashley something during the holiday season.  This is because he said when he was a kid, he always wish for a present during Christmas but never gotten any.   So, one day he casually asked her.

Hubs :  “What do you want for Christmas, Ashley?”

Ashley :  “Hmm…..I want a basketball daddy”

Hubs:  *Surprised*  A basketball?  Why do you want a basketball?

Ashley :  ” Because Wildcats play basketball, dad“.

Do you know who are the Wildcats?   They are the basketball team in High School Musical.   It’s all because of him  ….

*shake head*

So, there’s no price for guessing what she’ll be getting this Christmas eh?  Anything for his princess.

lucky me

When Pei Yi, the owner of nivnivHandmade posted the photo below in Facebook, she requested her friends and fans to guess what she sewed.

I thought it was fun so I participated by giving 2 answers :-

1. something to cover the stroller

2. something for mother during breastfeeding

Lucky me….I managed to guess it correctly though I didn’t use the right term.  What Pei Yi made are Nursing Covers and when not in use, they can double up as baby blanket, changing mat, stroller cover, playmat or even a shawl for mommy.  How versatile!  My prize?

Two RM10 gift vouchers from nivniv Handmade

Cool huh? Now I can start shopping for Chinese New Year   Hey, if you are looking for birthday present ideas or gifts for Christmas, you may want to take a look at these gift vouchers from nivniv Handmade. Don’t forget to also take a look at the beautiful handmade items in this store.

Gold Coins As Christmas Gifts

Time sure flies by very quickly.  It’s the season to be jolly.  Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year is fast approaching.  Shopping malls can be a rather frightening place during the holidays because everyone is at the mall looking for gift ideas.  If you want to find the perfect gift for your friends and loved ones but want to avoid the long lines and crowds during Christmas time, why not check out the United States Gold Bureau?  You can buy gold coins as Christmas presents this year.  Gold coins are unique investment and is one of the best ways to preserve one’s wealth.  For stress free Christmas shopping, just get your gold coin gifts at United States Gold Bureau.

Cute Helmets For Children

This is a backdated post.  I just found this photo in my album and thought I’ll post it up.  When hubs was in one of his trips to Bangkok recently, he chanced upon a shop selling cute helmets for children while looking for retail cigars with his friend.  He saw a pink ladybug helmet and knew for sure that his princess would love it.

What? This is not a pink helmet.  It’s purple.  Yup…hubs did get a pink one and his friend bought a purple one because his daughter loves the colour purple.  Guess what?  Somehow while packing or maybe it was when they came down from the plane, the men mixed up the bags.  Bah!  Hubs ended up with the purple ladybug helmet. If it was me, I would call my friend and tell her about it so that we can have the correct helmet back, right?  Well, men don’t do this stuff, according to my hubs   So, Ashley got herself a purple ladybug helmet. Cute?

Trying to take a pic of me while I was snapping a pic of her.

Now…..where is the helmet?  In the storage box of course

Vintage-inspired rings

I absolutely adore rings. Besides necklace and bracelets, I love to accessorize my outfit with rings too.   Do you like rings?  If yes, do check out Moms Little Treasure Box for some vintage-style flower cabochons rings.

Aren’t they lovely? What’s great about these rings is that the bands are adjustable. I like the colour of the antique brass plated ring.  If you like rings too, pick one up today from Moms Little Treasure Box.    They also make very good birthday or Christmas gift

Christmas comes early

When we got home today, I saw a couriered parcel on the table.  In the box contained 2 pretty paper bags.

love the d-i-y paper bags

a lil note from Kerry, the owner of  Bow N Ribbon.  She’s so sweet to send some gifts to Ashley.

Look at the pretty pom pom hair tie and clippies which she handmade them using grosgrain ribbons.  Kerry also sent a set of pink hair bands for Ashley.

Ashley was so excited to see the beautiful gifts from Kerry.  She quickly asked me to tie her hair with the colourful hair tie.   Thank you very much for the gifts, Kerry.  You are so thoughtful.  Ashley says Thank You too.

If you are looking for some unique party favor ideas for a little girl’s birthday party, handmade bows or clippies are sure to be a hit.  They are also great as Christmas gifts for girls.  Swing by Bows N Ribbon to start your shopping now

Personalized Jewelry

I love to accessorize my outfit with costume jewelry.  Lately, I am into rings.  Not gold or diamond rings but fancy ones which I found from blogshops or flea markets.  I think rings are the best accessory ever.  While surfing the internet just now, I came across some really unique rings at PalmBeachJewelry.com.  What caught my eyes is this lovely green jade braided eternity band.  I have never own any jade jewelry before. Nice?  They have a wide range of personalized jewelry such as bracelets, rings, watches and more. Personalized Jewelry make great gifts for your friends and loved ones.