New Year, new shoe storage..

I have this shoe storage from IKEA the beginning of 2010 (when I first bought my house). And I have done quite a few changes to it. Start from painting it white... then put chevron white, yellow and blue striped on it...

But after a few months of neglection and all sort of things, it didn't stay pretty as I wanted too. And painting it again will take too much time and hassle for me. So I ended up with a quick and cheap fix.

 Using gift wrappers and clear plastics to cover the top of the shoe storage. It took half hour for me to do it and I know it won't last long but it really elevated the mood that I had at that moment (Christmas mood). I did this in November.

So now fast forward a month later, I am ready to change it again.
Before photo :

 as I expected  you can see the discolorations of the wrapper due to sun and rain.

 
After changing the wrapper:

 and the final result :

 Aaah.. neat and tidy.

Surely a good way to welcome the new year with a good nice looking entrance. Very neat indeed!
Even my daughter loves it.

Planner Organization

That's what my search engine words for the past few days. I've been a new planner addict nowadays. Maybe because it's been the words used often in the most of the blog posts I read recently. Anyway, I had this planner for almost a year now but it just never been used until now ( talk about compulsive buying :))

So now I've been putting some of my 'schedule' or project lists inside and start 'decorate it abit by bit.

using old calendar (2015) I cut and make dividers for my planner. I tried not to buy new stuffs (like post it notes, markers, etc) to decorate my planner since I dont know whether I will stay addicted to this or not. But for now, I just love to make it a new habit in the new year 2016 :P

    

As of now, I'm still using a standard note pages and hand written. 

Maybe in the next month, I will try to put some of it printed nicely (after I get the hang of using this planner)

my budget planning and cleaning schedule, ready to be printed. :)

Although its not as fancy or colorful as some of the bloggers but I kinda like it.

My inspirations are some of the below :

via A Bowl Full of Lemons

via Colours 'n Me

via My Purpley Life

So, do you like planner organization too ? :P

Hobby that becomes a part time income - Diaper cake

After the first try of making diaper cakes for my husband's cousin's baby boy (the dog topping diaper cake), I was asked to make one diaper cake for my sister's friend who was having a baby girl. It turned out very well and got an order from her friend's friend. And so, I've been making a diaper cake as my part time income and hobby. Here are some of my creations :

 my first creation. Took me a whole week to tweak and figure out the 'topping' for the cake. :P

this one was made for my sister's friend. 

A very simple cake for my friend's baby boy, Dash.

This piggy' cake was an order from my friend who is staying in Melbourne. She saw my post in facebook and she deciced to order it for her friend who stay here in Singapore. How cool was that. And her friends definitely surprised by it. :) 

 I think my cakes for baby girl are getting more sophisticated with each order I get. Practice makes perfect I guess :)

On the other hand, still need more practice with the cake for baby boy. Like this one for baby Austin. Defintely an improvement from 2 years ago when I just started my first diaper cake. Anyway, I love all my creations. Because no cake is the same. All made with love and patience. 

Hope I can get more orders so I can be a full time stay at home mom and earn my income from this alone. Hahaha. 

pssst... I made all these 3am in the morning, because that's when I am alone and won't be disturbed by my daughters. A very 'lack of sleep' hobby it is. :)

Thanks for reading my long post.

Hope for Year 2016

2015 went by so fast. We made it through with little conflicts and lots of contentment.

God has been so good to me in 2015. I was hoping to get a better job (in terms of salary, colleagues and location), spend time more with my daughter, go to church every week and a few months rest (sabbatical) from work. And God gave me all that. Praise Him!.

Now moving on to 2016, I just want to be able to know Him more, spend quality time with my family, and enjoy my life, live in the moments. God please give me wisdom, patience and peace in my life. As I know the world is getting darker and evil with each passing day. Protect us O Lord from all dangers and bad things.

Amen!

The one quote that I find interesting for the new year ahead....

via

Happy New Year, everyone!