We are so blessed by you

For Sue's mother's 61st Birthday, she assembled a lovely board book with vibrant colours to express how much she had been blessed. The pages tell the story of the different roles played by Sue's mother, and how she has been a blessing in each one of them.

Scrapbooking with Justin

In June this year, we were approached by a friend of one of our youths, to help him create an album for the "love of his life". Justin came to our home one weekday evening. And he won us over with his love for Elsia and his determination to create a "perfect" birthday album for her.

Over the next few weeks, we assisted Justin with his album, and we were swept away by his attention to details and his enthusiasm for scrapbooking.

Finally, the album was completed, and Justin was able to present it to his sweetheart Elsia, whom we heard, loved the album fondly. Almost a fairytale come true.

2009 - Snapshots of Life

We were inspired by Creating Keepsakes magazine to embark on a special project featuring one photo a day. Although this involves a significant amount of determination, it was something that we wanted to do to capture the day-to-day moments of 2009.

Our "Snapshots of Life" album was thus born.

This layout captures the first day of the New Year - and we celebrated it with a bang in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Nine months have passed since we began the project. And while we have not kept to the schedule of taking one photo every single day, we have still managed to capture many special moments.

This post celebrates some of these special moments. For it is in the ordinary that we sometimes find the extraordinary!

To Ah Ma with Love

Our good friend Royston asked us to create an album to remember his beloved grandmother who passed away last year. According to the eulogies written by her children and grandchildren, Madam Teo Hiong Tuan was truly a special lady who made a difference to her family through the love that she shared with all of them. We are sharing some of the layouts from this special album.

Galvin & Charmaine: A Love Story

Two of our dear friends, Galvin and Charmaine, began the journey of a lifetime together as husband and wife on Saturday 30 May. Mark was honoured to be Galvin's Best Man, while Sue had the privilege to be the Church Service I/C.

It was a special day for us as we witnessed one of the most beautiful and sincere wedding ceremonies ever. Streams of tears flowed from our eyes when we witnessed the love between Charmaine and her father as he tenderly handed her a tissue to dry her tears. And Galvin's heart-wrenching song for Charmaine struck a chord in many of us as he sang of how much God had prepared them for each other.

We celebrate this special couple with a simple scrapbook album that bears testimony to the love that they share.

Hong Kong Memories 2009

This is Mark's most recent album - chronicles our trip to Hong Kong in March 2009. The album was completed after we attended a class by renown scrapbooking designer Celine Navarro. We really enjoyed Celine's class and learnt lots of useful scrapbooking techniques including how to create a woody effect on chipboard and how to design a metallic album cover using hardware tape. Thanks Celine! We really enjoyed your fun and warm class! :)

And a photo with the lovely Celine herself!