Oh My Aching Fingers...

Jeddy is into The Little Einsteins lately. It's all he ever watches. Try making him watch another cartoon and he will protest, "No [insert cartoon name] ! Watch Einsteins?" No amount of cajoling will work.

*narrow eyes*

I was then toying with the idea of getting some Little Einsteins toys for him. *pun unintended* But couldn't find anything decent. Erm, more like I couldn't find one that fits my budget. The rocket toy with two figurines costs a whopping $150 the last time I checked!

Well, in times like this, I do what I do best. Carve stamps! ;D

So there you have it. 10 hours of carving over 4 days. The entire cast of the Little Einsteins in rubber stamps!

I used a super tough material (PZ Kut) for these stamps so they could weather Jeddy boy's rough handling and my, were they super tough to carve as well! Glad my fingers and neck are still intact upon completion. Let's just say that Jeddy is not getting another set of rubber stamps for a while... :P






































































The things a mummy would do for her kids... *wistful sigh*

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Guido Stamp Completed!

This stamp is waaaay better than the Lightning McQueen stamp, in my opinion, that is. ;) Well, Jeddy Boy is lovin' it. He's got it on his tees, and he gets to play stamp with it too! I sure hope this Guido stamp is hardy enough for Jeddy's rough handling!


















A crazy thought just flashed. I could carve stamps out of the entire cast of Cars!!! In mini sizes though, just for Jeddy to play stamp-stamp with. ;D Keep y'all updated!

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Where have I been???

Oh my oh my... it's March!!!!! What have I been doing with my life for the past 2 months????

Arrrrrrgghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs around screaming*

*Takes a deep breath*

I have not been doing ANY crafts since I started the new term in January. The work at the new school is simply horrendous. Hours are long, the food is beyond gross, and it's not like the pupils are angels as well....

Anyway, I will stay till the end of the semester at least... it's just not responsible to leave mid-term. What will happen to the pupils?
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Well, it's not exactly right to say that I have not been doing ANYTHING this 2-3 month..............................................................................

I have been trying to grow a baby!!! ;D ;D Yes yes, the baby is now 4 months old in my tummy. I went to check on it (don't know boy or girl yet) last wednesday and the little bugger was moving around so much! We saw it kicking my guts, and sucking his little fingers. It was also doing little twists and turns in my tummy. So exciting! I really thank God for watching over this little bugger and me... Amen!

Baby is currently 146 grams with a heartrate of 153. Length is about 13 cm. Heh heh....
Because it's an ultrasound scan, we could see the spine, the heart, brain and eye sockets. Everything seems alright... we will be going for a detailed scan next months... most likely can tell the gender if little bugger cooperates. We'll see!

Oh! Like I said, an email from a friend jolted me into action... So, I set on carving rubber stamps again! Did a few random minis to see if my skills are still there... turned out that I got rusty after all... but still managed to carve lah... Here they are...















Hope to be able to do more... am dreaming of making little baby shoes now. ;D

Remember to tune in! (once in a while!)
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I am not ready for school.

Urghhh~!! It just won't stop raining! And I hate the cold! Plus it doesn't help that I am feeling like crap these days....

Haven't had the energy to do anything at all... Sleeping most of the time now... I made these stamps a while back. I mounted them on some wooden blocks using mounting foam tape, both bought from Daiso. I think it looks alright! One is for sis while the other is for mum.















This is a really great idea for personalized stamps! I made one for Alicia as well, carving her a cute moo cow. Too bad I gave it to her without first taking a pic... Oh well, there'll be more to come...

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Went to Jeannette's new place for a mini housewarming on the 26th. It was very nicely done up! Macam showflat lor. They spent 60k in total for the reno and furnishings... Yikes! I think I only spent about 20k on mine...

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Hmm.... I'm glad I have MC for one whole week.... else I would be at the school staff seminar now... I'm not in the right condition anyway.... sigh....

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School's starting soon and I've yet to prepare anything for the new term.... siao liao...

Oh well, fatigue is kicking in full force again... gonna lie down for a while....

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Tada ima! (I'm Back!)

A reminder from Evon brought me back to the world of blogging. Thanks Evon! ;)

Hmm... to start off, I went for my first COSPLAY event ever at the Singapore Expo today! Some of my students dressed up in their fav anime characters and I went down to support. Some of the cosplayers went through great lengths to dress up and they were really good! The most impressive was Orochimaru...

darn... should have taken a picture... but Hubs and I were feeling so out of place and a little embarassed! We could be the oldest folks there, apart from the tikopek photographers who were snapping away at the skimpily dressed girl cosplayers.

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Carved another stamp today... a little piggy. :)















Better start on my order from Jeannette soon... 2 Hannah crosses, 1 Susannah cross. And my housewarming gift to her, a Sophia cross.

Busy busy

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Oh ya, must remember to call Hai Sing and ask if they already have a desk for me... I need to move 7 years of teaching materials from Ngee Ann Sec to the new school. And my boxes of stuff are currently dumped at the staff lounge (much to my horror when i went back to school one day)... what a realistic world...

Oh well, it's 10 pm now... going to cut the paper strips for quilling before i go to sleep. We MUST wake up on time for church tomorrow!!!!


..... Nitez


Oh yeah.... I scored 337/350 marks for my JCS Intermediate Japanese Exam... that put me at the top of the class and the 6th position in the cohort of 400 students. *brag brag* ;D Mighty happy.















over and out

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