{ What I MAde - Mannings Cat Sticker - Jan 31, 2013 }

{ What I MAde - Mannings Cat Sticker Jan 31, 2013 }

I'm so so in love with the little cutie so I decided to make stickers for it. First I found images of the cat that I like, then use photo-editing software to cut off the background. Arrange the images to fit the sticker sheet. Hit print and I now have a sheet of adorable cat stickers for my planners and notebooks :D (This is for my personal use only. If they have come out with cat stickers I would hop over and grab them and I have no intention of sharing the file. )

{ 手作小東西 - 萬寧貓貼紙 Jan 31, 2013 }

我很喜歡萬寧貓這小可愛，所以，我決定把貓貓變成貼紙。（這是我個人使用的，如果他們有出貓貓貼紙，我會趕過去買。此外我不打算分享該貼紙 file。）

{ Grateful Journal - Jan 30, 2013 }

{ Grateful Journal - Jan 30, 2013 }

Grateful for the nice sunny weather we're having here. Grateful for the opportunity to meet the famous Mannings cat in person! :) Grateful for having CS2 for use now! Grateful for all the love and opportunity around us. Take Care :D

{ 感恩日誌 - Jan 30, 2013 }

感恩: 陽光明媚的天氣。 感恩: 看著名萬寧貓的機會! :) 感恩:  CS2使用中！ 感恩: 所有我們身邊的愛+機會。 :D

{ What I'm working on - Jan 24, 2013 }

{ What I'm working on - Jan 24, 2013 }

I've been busy working on my graphic design and advestising assignments. This is a design for the British Oyster card. Still need to work on it and design a cover for it and then go to finish the poster. See you all next week. Take CAre :D

{ Grateful Journal - Jan 23, 2013 }

{ Grateful Journal - Jan 23, 2013 }

Grateful for the nice sunny weather we're having. Grateful for having a healthy body to be able to help others. I went to Red Cross for blood donation since I heard there is a shortage of blood due to the cool weather in HK. They gave me a pin for my blood type. :) Grateful for the free illustration software that I found from the web. I cannot afford to buy a full version of CS6 and since I'm a pt student, I cannot get a student discount from Adobe. So I have problems finishing up my graphic design and advertising assignments. I spent hours on the web to look for similar softwares and came across Inkscape. I have only been using it for a few days but it works for me.   Grateful for all the love and opportunity around us. Take Care :D

{ 感恩日誌 - Jan 23, 2013 }

感恩: 陽光明媚的天氣。 感恩: 有一個健康的身體，能夠幫助別人。我去紅十字會捐血，我聽說由於香港寒冷的天氣造成血液短缺。他們給我一個我血型的別針。 感恩: 我從網絡上下載的免費插圖軟件。我買不起一個完整版本的CS6，因為我是一個Parttime學生，不能享有Adobe學生優惠。我花了大量的時間在網絡上尋找類似的軟件， 終於找到了 Inkscape。 感恩: 所有我們身邊的愛+機會。 :D

{ $100 a Week Savings Swap - 2013 }

{ $100 a Week Savings Swap - 2013}

I signed up for the 10/20/30 a Week Savings swap back in December 2012. I become much more aware of where my money is going when I moved back to HK a few years ago. I record my spending in a small notebook and review it regularly. I did successfully cut back on: The drinks I got from Starbuck or Pacific Coffee. I only reward myself with a small cup of hot chocolate once a month now. The magazines I bought. I used to purchase a $12HKD travel magazine and a $10HKD trendy magazine weekly. As I witnessed the magazine pile growing taller in my tiny apartment, I decided it is time to cut back. I cleared away the clutter and saved myself some money. The candy I ate. I become more health conscious a few years ago when I started to take chinese medicine and realized I was eating way too much sugar and junk food. So now I only reward myself with a small bag of biscuit or candy once a month now. I have not noticed any dramatic changes to my body but it is a good start for my health in the long run. I have not come up with an actual amount of money I saved by doing these cut backs but I do think it is a good start. In 2013, I decided to take a step further by joining the savings swap since I would like to save more money for my goals and it is easier to achieve this by making myself responsible to report my progress here and to a swap partner. To make it more fun, I will make a weekly deposit of $100 HKD to my saving account, doodle on the record slip (after I made sure the money is safe in my account) and blog about it here and on the Project 2013 page. I will update  it once a month and do a big fat post about it at the end of the year when I'm $5200HKD richer. :D What are you doing to make saving fun?

{ 一週儲100元 - 2013年}

我在2012年12月加入了 10/20/30 a Week Savings 。因為我幾年前搬回HK自己生活，我變得更加注意我的錢去那。所以我記錄自己的支出並定期檢討。在2012年我成功地cutback了： 星巴克和太平洋咖啡的飲料。現在我只每月獎勵自己一小杯熱巧克力。 我買的雜誌。我以往每月至少用$100來購買旅遊和時尚雜誌。等我目睹雜誌堆在我的小公寓長高高時，我決定是時候cutback。 我吃的糖果。幾年前，我變得更加注重健康，我開始吃中藥並意識到我吃太多的糖和垃圾食物。所以現在我只每月獎勵自己吃一小包餅乾或糖果。我的健康沒有任何戲劇性的變化，但是從長遠來看，這是一個好的開始。 我做這些cutback，我不知道實際節省的金額，但我認為這相當不錯的。在2013年，我決定加入10/20/30 a Week Savings，因為我的目標，我想多儲些錢。 為了使儲錢更有趣，我會每週存 $100 HKD到我的儲蓄賬戶，在銀行記錄上亂寫亂畫，張貼在這Blog及 Project 2013 裡。（當我的$100 是安全的在賬戶時。）我會每月更新一次，在年底時檢討。:D

{ Drawing Practice - Jan 14-17, 2013 }

{ Drawing Practice - Jan 14-17, 2013 }

Color pencil drawing practice. All based on the exercises provided from this book ,色鉛筆的散步隨筆 , by Japanese artist Akikusa Ai.

{ 繪圖練習 - Jan 14-17, 2013 }

色鉛筆繪圖練習(根據日本藝術家秋草愛的書,色鉛筆的散步隨筆,所畫。)

{ Grateful Journal - Jan 16, 2013 }

{ Grateful Journal - Jan 16, 2013 }

Grateful for the nice sunny weather we're having. Grateful for the time Mr. C and I spent last Sunday hiking. We took the first photo at a beautiful site near Chinese University. The place is so peaceful and quiet.(Difficult to find in Hong Kong.) Grateful for the delicious Thai lunch we have at Golden Bangkok Thai Restaurant. Grateful for the movie, The Grandmaster, we watched at APM on Monday. I think it is a nice movie. Grateful for the nice and friendly kitty we met at the back of the Thai restaurant. I'm definitely a cat person :) Grateful for all the love and opportunities around us. Take Care :D

{ 感恩日誌 - Jan 16, 2013 }

感恩: 陽光明媚的天氣。 感恩: C先生和我在星期日去散步。在中大找到一個美麗平靜的地方。 感恩: 在金曼谷泰國餐廳享用了一頓美味的午餐。 感恩: 星期一在APM看一代宗師，我認為這是一部不錯的電影。 感恩: 在泰國餐館的後面看見一隻可愛友好的貓貓。:) 感恩: 所有我們身邊的愛+機會。 :D

{ What I MAde - Purple Leather Clutch Jan 2013 }

{ What I MAde - Purple Leather Clutch Jan 2013 }

I made a purple leather clutch recently. I can fit my mobile, wallet and a small notebook in it. Going to make a few different ones for my shop later on.

{ 手作小東西 - 紫色皮手提包 Jan 2013 }

我最近做了一個紫色皮手提包，可以放我的手機，錢包和小筆記本。

{ Drawing Practice - Jan 7 -10, 2013 }

{ Drawing Practice - Jan 7 -10, 2013 }

I have been doing drawing practice for a while. Recently decided to do some color pencil ones. All drawings are based on the exercises provided from this book ,色鉛筆的散步隨筆 , by Japanese artist Akikusa Ai. The book is written for beginners or anyone who would love to try color pencil. It is loaded with step-by-step tutorials and lots of her own drawings. Unfortunately I cannot find an English translation of  it, so I will post more drawing practices based on this book later on.

{ 繪圖練習 - Jan 7 -10, 2013 }

有一段時間，我一直在做繪圖練習。最近決定開始畫一些色鉛筆練習，上面的圖根據日本藝術家秋草愛的書,色鉛筆的散步隨筆,所畫。這本書是為初學者或任何想嘗試色鉛筆的人所寫，裝載了秋草愛自己的繪圖和一步步的教程。

{ Grateful Journal 感恩日誌 - Jan 9, 2013 }

{ Grateful Journal - Jan 9, 2013 }

Grateful for the nice sunny weather we're having recently. Grateful for the books that I'm reading. I already finished reading 2 books in 2013. Yeah! 2 down 50 more to go. Grateful for hiking trip that we had during the new year. Grateful for all the love and opportunities around us. Take CAre.

{ 感恩日誌 - Jan 9, 2013 }

感恩: 最近陽光明媚的天氣。 感恩: 我已經在2013年讀完2本書！ 感恩: 在新的一年，我們去中大行山。 感恩: 所有我們身邊的愛+機會。 :)

{ Monthly Planner - December 2012 十二月手帳分享 }

{ Monthly Planner - December 2012 Update }

December was a very busy month. Mr. C and I went to watch a Japanese movie, A Ghost of a Chance. We also attended several family and friends gatherings during and after the holidays. I have a lot of fun playing with business cards, MT tapes, stickers and magazine clippings for this month. (I'm not associated with MT or other deco tapes in any way, I just like using it.) I use at least 10 different MT tapes for the December page. I'm still playing with different ways to do my monthly planner pages. It is a simple and easy way to document my day when I don't have too much time for an art journal page. (The A4 ones that I used to do way back.) Give it a try. It only takes me a few minutes to do each box. Think of it as doing a mini art journal. Have fun! :D I could list the names of the MT tapes on the blog if anyone is interested.

{ 手帳分享 ~ 十二月2012 }

12月是一個非常忙的月份。 C先生和我去看一部日本電影, 搵鬼打官司。我們還參加了幾個家庭和朋友聚會。 這個月我用名片，MT紙膠帶，貼紙和雜誌剪報玩手帳。我用至少10個不同的MT紙膠帶裝飾12月的頁面。這是一個簡單而容易的方式來記錄我的一天，我現在沒時間每天做 A4大小的art journal page，所以試試玩手帳，把它看成是做一個小型的artjournal。

{ Art Journal - Jan 3, 2013 }

{ Art Journal - Jan 3, 2013 }

Dec 29, 2012 - Mr. C and I went to Broadway Cinematheque in Yaumatei, Hong Kong. After watching a Japanese movie we visited the famous Mido Restaurant . Their tea time snack is ok but lunch dishes are pricy and below average quality. Jan 1, 2013 - Went to Chinese University Hong Kong for hiking. Did a sketch for one of the beautiful buildings there.

{ 2013 - Start from Zero }

{ 2013 - Start from Zero }

My word for 2013 is "zero". It symbolizes a new beginning for me. :D I just realized I have signed up for the Creative Every Day since 2008! I'm going to continue this year since it does remind me to continue on my creative journey and join many others who wanna share their creative works with us. Go sign up and start playing! :D