life .. or something like it

After procrastinating yet again and finally giving up with doing the calendar layouts myself. I decided on getting the 2009 8×10 wall calendar by Zoe Pearn. I had 2 sets of 8×10 calendars printed at BigW (the cheapest rate I could find, yet still put a dent in the wallet hahaha!) for the grandparents and printed 4x6s for our siblings on our home printer. I took the prints to Ofis to have them bound.  Good thing my BIL and SIL were here for a visit so they can take the calendars back to Manila for us. I do have to print one more set for our use.

Credits: 2009 8×10 Wall Calendar by Zoe Pearn.

Credits: 2007 Holiday Card Collection by Shabby Princess.

Our Christmas gift tags for this year.

For ichi

Credits: 2007 Holiday Card Collection by Shabby Princess.

For friends and family

Credits: LEFT – Paper from holiday sampler by Shabby Princess. Holiday wordart from 2007 Holiday Card Collection by Shabby Princess. Merry Christmas tag from Holiday Magic Freebie by Cinzia Loosemore. Christmas tree sticker from Monthly Memories Kit by Heather Ann Designs.
RIGHT – Wordart from 2007 Holiday Card Collection by Shabby Princess. Paper from Occasions by Shabby Princess. Birdy from Daybreak In Miami by Eva Kipler. Tis The Season Alpha by Tracy Collins. Flowerbow from Cathy boys birthday bash addon.

Credit: 2007 Holiday Card Collection by Shabby Princess.  Photo by Tin.

I was thinking for the longest time what to get Ichi for Christmas, was initially wanting to purchase a dslr lens for him but those don’t go cheap and even with the discounts it was still way out of my budget. But I was still determined to get him an accessory for his camera. So this is what I got him, it fit my budget (what little it was from my blogging money) – The Puffer, a pop-up flash diffuser. I ordered it online from one of the local distributors here and got it the day before we went to Canberra to visit friends. Just in time to test it out. I had to make him open his present as soon as he got home from work.

Images from Gary Fong.

Oh and this I like haha! Flash diffuser for point and shoot cams. Size 4 for me please!

Image from Gary Fong.

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Speaking of Christmas, I’m sure our families in Manila are busy preparing for Christmas eve dinners and pre-Christmas gatherings with friends. Hopefully they’re still mindful of their diets so that they won’t have to look into fenphedra or the likes to slim down after the holiday season.

Last week I did a scrap layout which I posted in my scrap blog, I liked the layout that I decided to just rework it for one of the pages of the 2009 calendars that I’m planning to give our families this Christmas. Wish me luck that I finish it on time! Here’s the layout for the calendar. Any suggestions where best to have it printed – cd calendar size?

Credits: Papers and Embellishements from Twinkle Toes Kit by Miss Mint/Peppermint Creative. January wordart and calendar overlay from 2009 cd case calendar kits by Shabby Princess. Photo of E by Tin.