Category Archives: gift

happy

I celebrated my birthday on Thursday and do you know what is nice to do on your birthday?  Logging on to facebook and seeing all the birthday wishes from friends and family 🙂 I also received many sms-es from dear … Continue reading

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when life gives you lemons

….. instead of making lemonade, why not make Lemon Foot Scrub?  I decided to give it a try after seeing the steps online 🙂 Here are the Ingredients :- 1/2 cup sea salt 1/2 cup olive oil/vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon … Continue reading

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Decorating A Gift Wrapped With Kraft Paper

Recently, we bought a gift for a little girl.  I wrapped the gift in kraft paper (my favourite wrapper) and decided to decorate it.  This time, I created a ballerina with a pink tutu skirt 🙂 Firstly, I cut out … Continue reading

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oh my doily

I saw these cute red checkered paper bags at Daiso recently and quickly bought a packet.  They are great for small gifts or party packs.  If I remember correctly, the paper bags come in blue also. I used one of … Continue reading

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Making Meals Fun

A great way to add some whimsy to your kid’s food is by using colourful food picks.   I saw these new food picks at 100 Yen last weekend. Cute animals picks and candies & donut picks Matryoshka doll picks. Aren’t … Continue reading

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gifts from Toronto

My brother-in-law is back from Toronto for a vacation.  “Suk suk” brought some gifts for the princess-wannabe 🙂 A big bag of Jujubes.  They are Fat-Free.  Yay!  *nom nom* A beautiful orange tee and denim skirt from Calvin Klein It … Continue reading

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happy daddy’s day

Happy Daddy’s Day to all the wonderful daddies out there 🙂 Ashley came home from school on Friday with this card for her daddy. the front of the card Messages in Mandarin On Saturday, I helped her to do another … Continue reading

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birthday celebration…again

As yesterday was Ashley’s birthday,  I bought a cake at the bakery for her to celebrate with her friends in school.  She chose a chocolate cake with Donald Duck and Daisy Duck figurines (forgot to snap a pic of the … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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