Appliques & Flowers

The iPad has been my constant companion lately, I love how it allows me to be connected with my favourite blogs, check and info I need on the go and I have my recipes on there so I can refer while cooking or baking. Naturally, I want to protect my spanking new gadget, I decided to sew my own iPad cover.

The thing is I did not like many of those DIY designs I saw online, the only one I fancied was not meant to be an iPad cover, it was supposed to be a cloth envelope. So I set out to figure out the measurements on my own - it took a long time, much trial and error, some wasted fabrics later... the iPad case was too small. Well, if I pushed and stuffed it, the cover fits, ALMOST.

Despite it all, I'm proud of the applique on the iPad cover that I made. With every project, fail or succeed, we are bound to learn something right? No worries, I will make another one soon when i have another afternoon to spare!

To cushion the disappointment, I received lovely flowers today and had a successful try of a new recipe! (read it at Deery Lou Aromas)

Oh well, happy mid-week!

Falling Into Place

Sometimes when things come by surprise it is more meaningful, it is more appreciated. Just when my attention is diverted in dust and drilling, love is thrown into the picture by a sparkling device. There is only One person to thank for all that makes me smile in my life, there is only One person who can make it all good.

To give an update, the renovations are almost complete and we are engaged. There can never be a better scene :) Now I have something besides decorating the flat to talk about and here will be my ground for sharing.

My heart was pounding when the glaring christmas lights reveal a ring but it is not until our parents give it the seal then we could unzip our uncontrolling desire to share the joy with people who love us. So the trip of proposal to KL had to take place over the Christmas weekend, making it all uber special. The 3.5 hours drive did nothing to dampen our spirits, some commented we can now survive on air alone.

Daddy & Mummy said marriage is not just about love, it is much about compromise, give and take.. Those words I will keep it in my heart always. I can't help but feel the love from my family, and there was no vow in the beginning to love me so but they did unconditionally.

Now is the New Year, there will be no resolutions for me because I know it will turn out blessed and good. There will be scratches and bumps along the way but like I said, it is not the outcome but the process of it that counts - through it all, I pray we all grow closer and stronger till the end.

What a sappy post for the first day of 2010. Cheers to you, all the best!