C'est Bonne (That means Goooood)

Some French stuff arrived at Laine's ... how apt, given that the store name is partly French (Papeterie means....?? Ha ha. Don't tell you) . Check it out here

C'est Fantastique = I like

1. The clear stamps - good price. Nice designs. (Check out what the French call clear stamps - you gotta love the name. Heh.)2. The alpha stickers. You guys who are starting to run out of the old EK Success Rebecca Sower tiny black and white letter stickers, these are a good replacement! Love the coloured ones!

3. The ribbons - I like the texture and the Frenchy words (so 'atas')
So...drop by and see us K?

Purple Onion Pages

Here's a couple of layouts featuring those scrumptious Purple Onion stamps: Layout Title: "No Longer at This Address"
Stamps featured: Vintage Postmark Set (love how you can make your own 'postage stamp' by putting a small photo into the empty stamp border), Carnation alphabet, small Broken15 Alphabet (this is getting to be one of my favourites) and Stems & Grass

Incidentally, the old apartment we were living at in that photo is now a dormitory for foreign workers (and no, nobody protested, nobody wrote to the Straits Times to complain) - sign of the times eh? Wonder how they like sleeping in the Critters' room with the giant super colourful murals on the wall - haha...

Layout Title: "Angel"
Stamps featured: Brocante Set (just the butterfly), Ribbon Label
I have to say I seriously like that butterfly - its not too cute which is just right for me.

This layout is actually a bit of a 'failure' cos I told myself I would make an all-white layout - no other colour except on the photo and the stamps...oh well...will try again!

Happy Accident: I happened to photograph this layout against the glass of the store window and 'cos it was Christmas, the fairy lights were still up so it looks really nice behind the clear parts of the page.

And I made the white felt flowers myself (with the help of a flower punch as a template)- can you tell?

February Sneaks

Before I disappear for a while (Chinese New Year lah), here are peeks of the classes running at Laine's in the month of February. Drop by to see the real thing or just to say hello.

"A Touch of Whimsy" (DS - WHIMSY): mixed media, canvas art bag. There'll be homework after class.

"A Year in Review" (DS - REVIEW): mixed page album. Super value. New favourite colour - teal (even the name is nice...)

"L'Amour" (DS-AMOUR): lovey dovey layouts (One of them's very pink but the other is nice and brown to make up for the sweetness overload - haha)

"Pretty As a Picture" (DS-PICTURE) - Altered wood frames (more prettiness. Pardon the bad pic and the sweetness - its Valentines soon that's why)

In the Spirit of Chinese New Year

Just finished teaching this class a couple of days ago. Don't you think the colours are very auspicious? Maybe I can use this to carry 'kum' (mandarin oranges) around when visiting. (I could change the words to "Hong Bao's make me happy")

I like:

- the happy colours

- the butterfly (that's Kaiser bling sticker on Pageframes overlay, cut out, then bend. It will stay bent 'cos the overlay's thick)

- the fact that this is made from recycled box

And to celebrate Chinese New Year, Laine's is giving way a very cool lunar grab bag stuffed with lots of goodies and specials for future use. Details here.

So, drop by the store if you can. Just say you're going to 'visit relatives' - after all, we're all one big scrapbooking family right?