January has passed and we are now into February, a short month. This post is a bit late but still, I thought I’d share my analogue stack for 2017. Trying to keep things simple in 2017. These 3 notebooks are pretty much my EDC (everyday carry) plus lots of fountain pens. The Stalogy notebook (black cover) was supposed to be last year’s journal notebook but I somehow changed my mind (can’t remember why…), so this year I plan to make use of this as journal and doodle notebook. Passport size Traveler’s Notebook has my 2017 agenda notebook and a Field Notes notebook for notes. Along with these 2 notebooks are…
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Welcoming the month of May with open arms. Full of possibilities and finding inspirations. Unfortunately we have been experiencing a lot of rainy days in Shanghai. Location: office // 10:30am Doing: hitting the gym for 1 hr after I drop kids off and before I go to work Watching: Arrow (with the kids), (just finished) Game of Thrones (season 5) Reading: The Sins of the Mother – Danielle Steele (still) Listening: The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting by Brené Brown, which I am enjoying very much! Eating: lots of vegetables and spicy food Drinking: 3-4 cups of coffee during the day Enjoying: the watercolour challenge, GetMessy Messy Lists season and #ifdrawaweek challenge Thinking: about the trip to Taipei next week and what I can accomplish…
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So excited to share with you all about the recently concluded Planner/Journal Market (手帐集市）that was held last May 1. This is the third time that I’ve been to this 1-day event but this time around, I was asked to give a 40-minute workshop about decorating with Instax photos, wash tapes, stickers and etc. on the Midori Traveler’s Notebook. This workshop was in Chinese so it was a bit scary for me to give a workshop using a language for which i’m not a native speaker. After deliberating for a long time, I decided on the theme “Happy Little Moments” for everyone to document simple stories that happens everyday in their life.…
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Life has been a bit of a rollercoaster the past few months, to say the least. It’s been a while since the last post, so I decided to keep my blog updated and do a ‘Currently…’ type of post, keeping things short and well, current. Location: office // 8:15pm Watching: Chicago PD, Madam Secretary, Scandal, Chicago Fire Reading: The Sins of the Mother – Danielle Steele Listening: (Just finished) Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson Eating: Random unhealthy stuff Drinking: lots of milk tea at night and coffee during the day Enjoying: the watercolour challenge Thinking: about my weekend plans Loving: the new apartment and having a space to sew and craft and be creative Wondering:…
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Back in college, I used watercolour a lot and used it solely on the advertisement artworks we had to submit for our thesis. This was the time when no one owned computers let alone learned to use one. I love the washes and layers I can do with it. Then I went to Nankai University to study Traditional Chinese Painting for 6 months. It was a great learning experience getting to understand another world of watercolours. Mind you, watercolours used in Chinese painting are of a different breed! I remember how I had to start from scratch learning the technique because it was all so different from the western style…
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You probably see from my photos not only here on the blog but also on my Project Life spreads that I hardly show books. This does not mean that I don’t read. I love to read and I would say one of my prized possessions apart from my albums are basically my books. It’s just that these days, reading books take me longer to finish. People who come to our apartment notice first our books. Books are everywhere in our apartment with rows of Billy bookcases dotting the living room area, kids’ bedrooms and entrance. Then of course, we have books on the bedside table and dining table which also doubles…
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Hectic days but I’ve also been busy designing new planner pages to download VERY SOON! Have a great weekend!
