Tata 2008...Hello 2009! 再會2008...歡迎2009!

May you and your love ones be blessed
with good health and happiness for upcoming 2009!

感受了 聖誕佳節氣息
馬上就 倒數2009到來...

親愛的朋友們

...謝謝你...
讓 我走入 你的生活 做你的朋友
或許 我不是最精采的 但 我總盡力做到最好

...謝謝你...
願意 走入 我的生活 扮演朋友的角色
或許 你不是 唯一的 但 卻是我生命中精采的部分

...謝謝你...
一路走來 很多的 包容 安慰 關心 支持 鼓勵

祝福您 和心愛的人 在來臨的 牛年 幸福 健康！

Christmas cum Thank you cards

Made these cards in last minute and mailed out late. I hope the recipients do not mind for my belated wishes (better late than never! ). These cards are not only conveying my Christmas wishes but also a thank you card for these friends whose help me to get crafts accessories and kits which I can't get in my town. On the other hand, these are not the only friends I want to thank but I was unable to complete so many cards in a short time. Am here to express my gratitude to everyone who guides me.

聖誕前夕非常倉卒的完成了這三張卡片並在最後一分鐘寄發。我希望收件人不介意這份遲來的聖誕祝福，遲到好過沒到嘛～這幾張賀卡不只是傳送我對這幾位朋友的聖誕祝福亦代表我對他們的謝意；多虧他們不厭其煩的幫忙我才得以買到一部分的手工配件和工具。當然，我想寄的不只是這三位朋友，可是我...我...沒有法子一下弄那麼多張...所以，我也借此感謝所有無私的分享卡片製作和指導我的朋友。我就不一一點名嚕！

Handwritten sentiment with an ornament from Hero Arts clear design "Joy of the Season" set hooked on the script.
手寫祝語掛上Hero Arts-Joy of the Season聖誕裝飾球。

Hand drawn sleigh fills with plenty of gifts with Christmas quote stamped from Studio G clear stamp.
手繪載滿禮物的雪橇蓋上Studio G的祝福詞。

Wintry owl from Hero Arts clear design "Owl Christmas" set with printed & stamped sentiment.
打印加字母印章的賀詞並以Hero Arts-Owl Christmas的冬裝貓頭鷹來點綴。

I attempted to decorate paper clip by using the ornament stamp images given by Jiexi and it turned out like this. It's fun to make this!
除了賀卡上用了之前Jiexi寄個我的聖誕主題圖像，我還試著應用它來裝飾迴紋針。

Lastly, this is the only Christmas card (except for swap) I received from friends. I met this friend from my trip to Taiwan last year and she's very hospitality! I've met a lot of great Taiwanese during my trip and it's really an unforgettable trip!
最後，好可憐唷...這是我唯一收到的聖誕卡(交換不計)。這位朋友還是我去年台灣之旅所認識的朋友！這趟台灣之旅遇上非常多熱情的台灣朋友協助，是一趟難忘的自由行！

Merry Christmas! 聖誕快樂！

As the jingle bells chimes, Christmas is here! I am taking this opportunity to wish all my friends and family (my blog visitors, too!) a Merry Christmas and a fruitful Year 2009!

隨著叮噹跫音響起，聖誕在即！我乘次機會遙祝我的朋友和家人們聖誕節快樂並在來臨的2009年健康平安！

News! Magnolia New Year Blog Candy from Creative and Stamping

Was awaiting for Ying's surprise from the announcement in her blog early this month. And now, she's announcing the blog candy of awesome rubber stamps from Magnolia Valentine collection including some great embellishments.

There are 3 requirements to participate the blog candy. The first requirement is to write a New Year Resolution on her post comment. Oh well, I've too many resolutions for the coming year! Firstly, I hope I'm able to stash up my rubber/clear stamps collection as much as possible and improving of my card making skill; secondly, able to travel for at least one destination; last but not least, all my family members and friends stay in good health and wealth! Actually, there are still a lot resolutions to be listed...

Second requirement is to subscribe her feedblitz newsletter which I was just done few seconds ago and the last requirement is write a post to promote this blog candy!

It's so easy to participate in this blog candy, pop over to her blog to see the rubber stamp images and write your post now!

Chrysti's 29 Days of Giveaways

Wow~~this is amazing giveaways! This blog owner - chrysti is running a superb giveaways for 29 days effective on 3rd December! Her post is a lil bit long but worth reading and get to know how she spreads her love around. All giveaways are great and I especially attracted by day 13/29 yarn ornament, they looked so great and a good idea for Xmas gifts!! Pop over to read her blog, I'm sure you'll gain something from her ideas.

Small Whimsey Jar

My 2nd whimsey jar is heading to Canada today! I packed it with more plastic bubble wrap to protect the jar this time, hope it reaches my partner in good condition as my previous swap to The Netherlands was broken. In this swap, it's much more easier to prepare and I decorated the jar with deco tape and keroppi sticker on the top. As this swap is for beginner and sender choice, I've filled the content with ribbons, deco tape, clips, thread, buttons, lucky star strips, glitter glue and embellishment such as brads, sequins & beads.

今天把我的創意罐子寄到加拿大去了。這次加強了包裝以免像之前一次寄到荷蘭的時候罐子已經成碎片，希望這次可以完好無缺的送到我的交換夥伴的手中。因為這是個給新手嘗試的機會，所以比較簡單；而我也偷個懶，只用了造型膠帶修飾瓶身，蓋子則以卡片貼上了keroppi青蛙貼紙加上幾顆小珠子裝飾。罐子裡我裝了緞帶、造型膠帶、造型夾子、繡線、鈕釦、幸運星紙、金蔥膠和一些小裝飾品，如兩腳釘兩腳釘、亮片和珠子等等。

Besides, I've received my jar yesterday! It was all the way from USA, I'm glad it arrived safely! My partner used the baby food jar wrapped with a nice string pouch. She even made another tissue bag with the same cloth, love it! The contents of the jar were few strips of fibre, beads, eyelets, mini clear stamp and mini clear block. Wonderful jar!

我在昨天手到了我的交換夥伴從美國寄來的罐子！非常開心它安然無恙的抵達我的手中。她用束口袋來裝飾瓶身，同時也用了同樣的布料做了一個紙巾袋，我都很喜歡喔！罐子裡裝的是幾根棉絮、大小珠子、裝飾扣、迷你透明印章和迷你印章握把。

Swap Items

These are my recent received and sent goodies at Swap-bot. It's fun to swap with people from around the world, however, the international postage is a bit pricey. I've encountered receiving problems for somehow, a few packages were lost. Checking with local post office and the official said this could be custom problem as all international/oversea packages to be screening before they delivered. That's ridiculous explanation and I can only walked out from their office with a shrug. Hence, I decided to reduce my swap, perhaps only for private swap in future.

下圖為我於swap-bot裡所交換得來的東西。這樣子的交換非常有樂趣，只不過國際郵費還真的有點讓人吃不消。以此同時，最近的郵差甚少出現；我好幾回的交換包裹也沒有收到。和在地的郵局接洽後，那裡的職員告訴我說，一般的國際郵件都會經過海關的審核然後再轉交給郵差去發送。這樣的理由有點荒謬，只好摸摸鼻子掉頭就走。弄得有點洩氣，於是我開始減少交換，未來也許只會安排私下的交換。

Photos order: left - received items, right - sent items. (click on picture for enlarge view)
圖片排列：左邊為收到的物件，右邊為寄送的物件。(點擊圖片放大)

Craft Punch Swap

Mini Candy Tins - International


1 Chocolate Bar Swap (International)

News! "Woodland Elves" Candy from Tales from Pollycraft!

Whee, it's so hard to resist such a fab blog candy from Pollycraft! Paula doesn't mention whether to ships internationally. I don't care! I just want to try my luck and link her blog to enter the draw. *blush* You may link her blog to yours before the entry closed on 10th December 2008 (GMT), hurry!! Let's share the joy altogether!! :)

News! Claire's Blog Candy Giveaway!!

I was googling for blog candy and alluring by Claire's blog candy giveaway!

She's celebrating over 36,000 hits from her 1st blogiversary and willing to ship her giveaway worldwide. The entry will be closed on 14th December 2008 (GMT).

Dear friends, don't miss the chance to win! Please pop over to browse her awesome blog and link her blog to yours now to enter the drawing! Good luck!

Flowers and Bird/Owl ATC - Rec'd

Received all these lovely ATCs quite a while before I posted my sent ATC. The reason I didn't post them out is because I'm still waiting for another partner's ATC. Such a coincidence that I did not receive her ATC for both trading. What's wrong?!

Fortunately, she's agreed to replace 2 ATCs later after the organizer consults her. Thus, I decided to show the ATCs on hand first.

在整理和貼寄出的ATC之前就已收到這些美麗的ATC好一陣子，一直遲遲沒有貼出是因為我在等待一位拍檔(心靈小品)的ATC。就那麼巧兩次的交換過程我都缺了她的ATC，真不曉得是我們的緣分不夠還是郵局出了什麼問題？！

通過論壇樓主 - 夜玫瑰的協助和聯絡，"心靈小品"同意會在遲些時候補寄給我。所以現在就先分享我目前手上美美的ATC。

Flower ATC / 花

top left to right: NiteRose (extra from her - a ribbon, flower & brad), Chun
(上排左至右: 夜玫瑰 (額外附送緞帶、小花和兩腳釘)，淳純)
bottom left to right: Gianni, Payyeek, Ciyou
(下排左至右: 輕盈，payyeek，Ciyou)

Bird or Owl ATC / 鳥兒或貓頭鷹top left to right: Ciyou (extra from her - strawberry stickers), Payyeek, Gianni
(上排左至右: Ciyou (額外附送草莓貼紙)，Payyeek，輕盈)
Centre: NiteRose (中間: 夜玫瑰)
bottom left to right: Ying, Chun , Samantha
(下排左至右: Ying，淳純，Samantha)

Which one you like more? I like them all!!
你喜歡那一張呢？我全都喜歡喔！

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

This is absolutely a big surprise for me! Jiexi sent me some Christmas stamp images silently, I love them all and thanks so much Jiexi! Woo!! your package truly wipe off my exhausted day!

噢！這真是個驚喜！Jiexi靜悄悄地寄了幾張蓋上聖誕題材的圖案給我，我非常喜歡呢！下班回家收到這樣的意外驚喜，一天的勞累都被抹去了！感謝妳的這份意外驚喜唷，Jiexi！除了開心還是開心！我也非常喜歡她的筆跡，工整漂亮！！