Happy Chinese New Year ....... January 23rd, 2012

Hi there!  Am back here again .... just to wish everyone 

A Very Happy Chinese New Year.

As you all know, Chinese New Year is fast approaching and every one is busy in preparations for the coming festival which falls on the 23rd of January.  There's so many things to be done, eg. washing and cleaning the house, baking cookies, decorating, buying essential items, etc.  I wonder why we must wait till this day to do the washing and cleaning and painting (for some). Blah.....blah......blah....

The new peony flowers as decoration for this year but using old vase, old bamboo sticks and old new year hangings to save $$$$$.

Ok... I'll have to go for now. 

 Till then,  hope all of you will enjoy yourself during this festival and have a safe journey to where your destination is.

Bead Embroidered Adjustable Ring

Hello....hello... This is my second post for the year 2012 and I would like to share some pictures of my first attempt at bead embroidery.  I embroidered them using acrylic  flatbacks as the focal and embroidered seed beads in different colours and sizes.  The flatbacks are first glued onto a stiff fabric, embroidered and then covered  with felt (couldn't get ultraseude or faux leather).  

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful week ahead!

Welcome 2012 .....

Welcome 2012 ....... 

Can you believe it's the new year?  What happened in 2011 and where did it go?  As the dust settled and pave way to a brand new year greeted by fireworks, revellers said goodbye to the old year with rejoiced in the promise of opportunities, hopes and dreams that come with all new beginnings.  While 2011 was an uneventful year, hopefully 2012 will hold

 the promise of better things.  

I would like to share with you an article by Bridget Menezes (The Sun, 2nd January 2012) 

KEEPING TO OUR RESOLUTIONS

With the start of the new year, it is time again for resolutions.  How many of us genuinely keep our resolutions?  

For me, it is either ever or never.  Some say that they will do it tomorrow.  But that tomorrow may never come. 

Today, we can't trust our bodies.  There is a discipline for everything, but no discipline for death.

Hold that determined thought - that I have to do it;  do or die.  Whatever you have to do today, do it now.  It is now or never.  

If you fail, start again,  Don't look at failure as a permanent defeat, but consider it as a pause.

A pause is part of the journey of life which helps us to gather energy and move on.

Determination is being focused, not scattered;  never allowing laziness or excuses to enter.

Ask yourself:  "Why am I here?  What do I want out of life?"

Tell yourself:  "I want to lead a purposeful life and I am prepared to face difficulties."

It is good not to make too many pledges.  You will not remember them, much less put them into practice.  Just one or two will do and stick to them.  Never compromise your discipline because of someone.

Determination does not bring success instantly but with patience and faith, it will happen.

To promise means to bring benefit to the self and others.  With determination, there is no termination.  It is translating challenges into opportunities.

So...... what's your new year resolutions?  

A very happy and blessed new year to all my friends. =)