{ What I MAde ~ Watercolor Kit #2 }

{ What I MAde ~ Watercolor Kit #2 }

The watercolor kit I mentioned in previous post. I used tube watercolor, empty plastic containers and a metal cigar box to make this kit. I need to be able take out the individual watercolor container out of the metal box, so at first I used double-sided tape and magnetic sheet to stick them together. After that failed, I used hot glue to attach the magnetic sheet. Then it failed as well. At the end I decided to just use glue tack without the magnetic sheet. It works perfectly! I label each individual container with a layer of washi tape and then a layer of plastic tape to protect it against water. (It is a watercolor kit afterall...) Now I can take my watercolor kit out more often and play :D

{ Giveaway ~ Washi Tape Bookmark/Mini Sample Giveaway! 紙膠帶書籤分裝抽獎活動! }

{ Giveaway ~ Washi Tape Bookmark/Mini Sample Giveaway! 紙膠帶書籤分裝抽獎活動! }

I have been writing this blog since 2005?! I figured it is time for a Giveway! Since I shared how to make a Washi Tape Bookmark/Mini Sample in the last post, I'm going to give away 2 of the mt ex Hong Kong limited washi tape bookmark/mini samples! 1 from this blog the other from the Astine Creation blog. 我自2005年以來一直在寫這blog，我想是時候做一個抽獎活動! 我將送出 2 個紙膠帶書籤分裝 ! 1個從這個 Dream Catcher Blog 另1個從 Astine Creation Blog 送出。

The bookmark includes: 書籤分裝包括： #1 60cm of mt ex Hong Kong Night View (the blue tape) + 60cm of mt ex Hong Kong Famous Product (the red one) + 60 cm of a slim mt washi tape. Click to see what they look like. (#1 60cm MT ex 香港夜景（藍色膠帶）+ 60cm MT ex 香港名物（紅色）+ 60厘米MT slim 紙膠帶。按此看他們的樣子。) #2 60cm of mt ex Hong Kong Night View (the blue tape) + 60cm of mt ex Hong Kong Canton Language (the yellow one). Click to see what they look like. (#2 60cm MT ex 香港夜景（藍色膠帶）+ 60cm MT ex 香港廣東話（黃色）。按此看他們的樣子。) >>>>> for this blog you will get #2 if I randomly pick you as a winner. 從這個 Dream Catcher Blog ，你會得到#2 (隨機抽選優勝者。)

I used cooking paper, instead of packing tape, to wrap the Kraft cardboard. So you can reuse the lovely cardboard after you finish playing with the washi tapes. 我用cooking paper，而不是封箱膠帶包牛皮卡紙板。所以你玩完紙膠帶後可重複使用可愛的紙板~~~ I'm going to post more of these sampls and goodies onto the Astine Creation shop after the giveaway. 我將在抽獎活動後在 Astine Creation 店發更多的書籤分裝。

How to enter: Leave a comment on this post about the types of craft you love, or books you're reading, planners or stationery you love or anything about yourself + your name + email or blog (anyway I can reach you) + where you're from. 1 entry per person! This giveaway is international! Open till  Nov 25, 2013 midnight Hong Kong time. (When I come back from my Japan trip!! :D ) Then I will pick and announce the winners during the week of Nov25th. 抽獎活動：發表評論: 你正閱讀的書籍 /你愛用的文具手賬 /其他任何有關你的comment +你的姓名+電子郵件或博客（我可以聯繫你）+你來自哪裡。 每人限發1次。 抽獎活動向所有人, 任何地方開放。 抽獎活動至11月25日，香港午夜時間。 （我25日從日本之旅回來！：D） 然後，我會在Nov25th一個星期內隨機抽選和宣布優勝者。   < C L O S E >

{ What I MAde ~ Washi Tape Bookmark/Mini Sample 紙膠帶書籤/分裝 }

{ What I MAde ~ Washi Tape Bookmark/Mini Sample 紙膠帶書籤/分裝  }

Material: Kraft cardboard, packing tape, washi tapes and a leather scrap. 材質：牛皮卡紙板，包裝膠帶，紙膠帶和皮料。 Pick the tapes you would like to use. Make sure the length of the the cardboard mid section matches the width of the washi tapes you selected. 挑選你想使用的紙膠帶。確保紙板中間部分的長度和你想用的紙膠帶寬度相同。 Wrap the mid section of the kraft cardboard with packing tape. (This will make sure that the washi tape does not get too sticky to the cardboard.) 用包裝膠帶纏牛皮卡紙的中間部分。（確保紙膠帶不會粘到撕下牛皮卡紙）。 Wrap washi tapes around the cardboard for several rounds. 你想用多少紙膠帶做分 裝 就多纏幾層。 Attach the leather scrap to the board. 加上皮料。 Now you have a washi tape bookmark that also functions as a mini washi tape sample. 紙膠帶書籤/分裝完成!

{ What I MAde ~ Washi Tape Bear Notepad MT紙膠帶熊記事本 }

{ What I MAde ~ Washi Tape Bear Notepad MT紙膠帶熊記事本 }

I have 3 sets of pre-cut colour papers at home for years and finally decided to make them into something fun and practial. I covered the front and back covers with MT washi tapes, glued them onto thick cardboards, hole punched and added plastic binding ring. Done!~

The pages inside are for writing down my "everyday to-do" and "small happiness".  ("Small happiness" means "小確幸" in Japanese.) I now carry this mini-book in my handbag with me everywhere~ It makes me happy just looking at it. :D

我有3套色紙在家，終於決定用他們做一些有趣的小東西。先用MT紙膠帶貼在封面與封底，加厚紙板，打孔加binding ring。完成! 〜

我用內頁寫下“每天都要做的事情”和“小確福”。只要看著我的熊記事本，就讓我好高興 ! :D

{ MT Ex Hong Kong ~ Masking Tape Haul Part 2 MT 紙膠帶開箱Part 2 }

{ MT Ex Hong Kong ~ Masking Tape Haul Part 2 MT 紙膠帶開箱Part 2}

I planned on writing this about a week ago, but Mr. C got really sick and came down with a fever. He went back to work on Monday but then I got sick about 2 days ago... -_-; Taking chinese medicine now and hoping it won't get worse... Decided to blog about them before I completely forgot. I was also thinking of doing a swap with some of the tapes. Will work out the details later on. 我打算大約一個星期前寫開箱Part 2 ，但C先生生病發燒。他星期一復原後回去上班，但我約2天前生病了... -_-; 現在要吃中藥，所以決定在我完全忘了前寫開箱Part 2。稍後(病好後...?)會辦紙膠帶文具(??)交換活動，定出細節後將在這裡發布。

MT ex ~ The Special Products of Hong Kong 香港名物 MT ex ~ The Night View of Hong Kong 夜景 MT ~ The Canton Language 廣東話. MT ex ~ Crayon MT ex ~ Gradation (The colours of this roll are really lovely! 這卷的顏色很可愛!) MT ex ~ Animal Dot (I'm so in love with this when I first saw this on some Taiwanese bloggers' posts and got a few rolls at the exhibition  我愛上了這卷動物紙膠帶，第一次是在台灣博客文章看到，所以在HK展覽:買了2卷 :D)

MT ~ Lisa Larson Cat (I have this already but no harm in getting 1 more roll of masking tape with cats!!! 我已經有一卷這個, 但貓貓紙膠帶真的是我的大愛 ~  : )) MT ~ Lisa Larson Elephant MT kids ~ Work and People (This one is so cute! I did not plan to get this until I saw the wall panel full of tapes. 這太可愛了！我原本沒有計劃買這個直到我看到牆上貼滿的紙膠帶。) MT ex ~ Colourful Pop (I don't know why, but this roll reminds me of summer festivals. 這卷有夏季節日的感覺?)  MT ex ~ Ticket  (I love tickets!!) MT ex ~ Recipe (The recipes on this roll look real! I may even try the recipes to make fruit tart one day! 食譜看起來很真實，有一天我會跟它嘗試製作水果撻!) MT ex ~ Material (Craft Materials!)

MT ~ MT Slim (I use most of my slim tapes on my planners and journals. 我平時多用slim 的在手賬或 art journal上。) MT ~ The last three masking tapes I got from the lucky draw. They don't come with any packaging so I have no clue what their names are. I just know that the last one with the vintage look is supposed to be some sort of limited edition?? Please comment if you know what these 3 are. Take Care :D 最後三卷紙膠帶從抽獎得來，我只知道，最後一卷復古的應該是某限量版？如果你知道這3卷是什麼，請留言告訴我。開箱寫完~~~ :D

{ MT Ex Hong Kong Special Edition Masking Tape! MT 香港特別版紙膠帶開箱 ~ Oct 12, 2013 }

I only managed to get a few for the MT ex Hong Kong Limited Edition masking tape. MT ~ The Special Products of Hong Kong 香港名物 MT ~ TheNight View of Hong Kong 夜景 MT ~ The Canton Language 廣東話 I didnt' get to see what the Pink set and the Goldfish set looks like since they were already sold out on the first day... :( 金魚跟粉紅2套特別版第一天已經沒了!

MT ~ The Special Products of Hong Kong: Burce Lee! White dolphin, IFC, Buddha, Star Ferry, and many other special designs representing Hong Kong! 香港名物: 李小龍!,大嶼山大佛, 白海豚、天星小輪、等等 MT ~ The Night View of Hong Kong 夜景: This is one of that I love most among the three! 香港夜景 < 大愛! MT ~ The Canton Language 廣東話.

They look so beautiful placed together! 這樣放好美!

I have a few of the other MT ex special editions, will post photos of them next week. I also bought a few extra for the Hong Kong special editions, the 3 above, if you're interested in getting them, please let me know in the comment section below. See you next week!

我有幾個其他MT特別版的，will post them next week。我也買了一些額外的香港版，上述3個的(2套特別版沒了!)，如果你有興趣，請comment讓我知道。下週見！

{ MT ex Hong Kong Photos MT紙膠帶香港展現場! ~ Oct 11, 2013 }

The MT ex Hong Kong exhibition occupies a very small section of the Eslite bookstore on the 9th floor of the plaza. The ceiling and the floor is decorated with MT masking tapes of various colours. It is rather lovely. :) MT香港展佔誠品書店有一個非常小的部分。天花板和地板裝飾著各種顏色的MT膠帶。

I waited for at least 2 hours to get into this small section! 2 hours!! My gosh! You can tell from the photos that there are tons of people there! 我等了至少2個小時進入MT ex 內！ 2個小時！！天哪！

A small wall panel is covered with beautiful masking tapes! Many of them are from special MT ex editions from Japan. I managed to buy some of these here since they're not usually available at other local stores. 牆板上覆蓋著美麗的紙膠帶！許多是從日本來的特殊MT ex 版, 我終於如願買了幾捲。

There are a table of masking tapes available for people to try and play with like in other MT ex exhibitons overseas. I'm DISAPPOINTED at some of the local HK/Mandarin speaking people there. These tapes are meant for people to play and try their hands with masking tapes, but almost 99% of the people gathering around the table are so so greedy! They just wrapped these tapes layers after layers around the MT DMs . I understand that these masking tapes are not exactly cheap, but people can always ask their friends to share and exchange the tapes with others. Do they even appreciate these beautiful tapes? Then I have to wait for another 30-45 minutes to check out. I think the Eslite and the MT officials under estimated the number of people interested in these special edition tapes.  I went there around 11:35 am, just 1 1/2 hour after the bookstore is open, by the time I went to check out, 2 sets of the special edition tapes are gone already. I did not even get to see what they look like in real life... 有1桌子放滿紙膠帶供人們發揮創造力嘗試 MT, 像 MT在其他海外展覽。我對一些香港本地人/說普通話的人失望。幾乎99％在桌子旁的人在做分裝 ，我了解，這些膠帶並不便宜，但可以跟朋友一起買/交換。要這麼貪心? 然後，我等了30-45分鐘付款。我覺得誠品和MT的人員低估對這些特別版感興趣的人數。我上午11時35分左右到了書店，(誠品10開店) 我去付款時，2套特別版已經沒了。這是展覽第一天哪! 我什至沒能看到2套特別版的樣子... I will post photos of the masking tapes I got later on tonight after my night class. :D 今晚我會post 的紙膠帶照片。 ：D

{ MT Ex Hong Kong! MT 紙膠帶香港展! Oct 11, 2013 }

{ MT Ex Hong Kong! MT 紙膠帶香港展! Oct 11, 2013 }

Finally! The MT Ex Hong Kong is here! I went to visit the Eslite this morning to get these beautiful goodies! Many of the Hong Kong special edition were sold out already! :(  I only managed to get a 1-2 extra for the special Hong Kong ones and then some for the MT ex ones. Will post more photos of them tomorrow!

終於來了！MT紙膠帶香港展來了！我今早上去誠品，等待幾小時後終於搶到這些美麗的紙膠帶！許多香港特別版已經銷售一空！:(  我只搶到1-2個額外的香港特別版，此外我也買了一些 MT ex 版的! 明天會有開箱文哦! :D

{ What I MAde ~ Diy Washi Tape, Sept 2013 }

{ What I MAde ~ Diy Washi Tape, Sept 2013 }

I came across youtube videos by Jennibellie and The Artistic Pagan on making washi tapes. I followed the instructions by The Artistic Pagan to create my first set of tapes. (Click to see her videos for detailed instructions.) I'm going to test them out and will make adjustment on them for the second set later on. Minor changes: I used adhesive tape for bandages from Daiso instead of masking tape since the ones carried by my local store are of such poor qualities. I will look for a better on from other stores after I used up this roll.  I used transparent watercolours and did have to do a few layers for them to get onto the tapes due to the  material. I don't think it will be an issue if you use real masking tape. I used Stazon (white and black cherry) since I lost my black stamp pad. I really need to make smaller stamps to make my washi tapes in the future. I don't really have a lot of small pattern stamps around. I didn't apply any "seal" onto the finished tapes will see if the colours will come off after a while.

Have fun and enjoy! :D P.S. I tried to use the above washi tapes, please DO NOT use the Daiso bandage adhesive tape, not sticky at all after I rolled them on my plastic sheet! I used glue to stick the tape onto paper. Also use something to seal the colours if you want to try watercolour.

{ What I MAde ~ Portable Masking Tape Sheet ~ May 30, 2013 }

{ What I MAde ~ Portable Masking Tape Sheet ~ May 30, 2013 }

Mr. C and I are planning a trip to Japan. I will try to do art journal whenever possible. To do so, I have to cut down on the supplies and only carry what is necessary. ==>  My art journal + 1 pencil, 3 pens + masking tape.

I use masking tape to stick cards, loose paper or anything interesting to my journal, so I decided to make a portable masking tape sheet that fits my leather pen case. (Many bloggers from Taiwan have shared how they made it.) All you need is a piece of plastic sheet, mine is a recycle plastic box. Cut it down to the right size you needed. Wrap any masking tapes you like and done! :D Super easy and it allows us to carry and use all the beautiful masking tapes that many of us have been collecting!

{ What I MAde ~ Masking Tape Tabs ~ April 2013 }

{ What I MAde ~ Masking Tape Tabs April 2013 }

After I finished the collage with the leaflet from the Andy Warhol exhibition, I have some scrap paper left. So decided to make some masking tape tabs for my art journal.

Cut the paper down to the right size. Pick the masking tape you like and wrap about the paper tab. Round the corners. Done!

{ Monthly Planner - February 2013 二月手帳分享 }

{ Monthly Planner - February 2013 二月手帳分享 }

February 1st: My Reward Day! I allowed myself to buy some cute stickers and a tiny teddy coin purse from a local bookstore. I also rented a vcd to watch the Moonrise Kingdom as part of my reward for a month's hardwork! February 4th: Finished my Oyster card cover design for graphic class! yeah! February 5th: Watched a very inspirational movie, Go Grandriders, about a group of eldery riding motocycles for a trip around Taiwan. Most of them are in their 70s with some of them in 80s. Many spent their early life working and taking care of their families so they seldom had time to travel. So this is a way for them to accomplish one of their big dreams. :D February 9th: Mr. C and I went to the flower market in Shatin. We picked up a pot of beautiful flowers for the Chinese New Year. It is now enjoying sunshine in our roof garden. February 10th: The 1st day of the Chinese New Year! It is the Year of Snake :)~   February 14th: I tried to make Tiramisu at home for the first time! It doesn't look very nice but sure tasted heavenly! :) February 22nd: Cooked Pasta Fagioli for the first time! Tasty! February 23rd: Finished my graphic and advertising courses today! Only 6 more to go! Yeah~ February 24th: Went Hiking - MacLehose Trail and High Island Geo Trail. February 25th: Made my 1st Mandala! So fun! February 28th: Started working on my 1st graphic design submission. I used some candy packaging, movie ticket, fruit stickers, Mindwave stickers, red pockets from the chinese new year and some deco washi tape for the February planner pages.

{ Monthly Planner - January 2013 一月手帳分享 }

{ Monthly Planner - January 2013 Update }

Yeah ! January 2013! Mr. C and I went to CU for hiking during the new year. Started my $100 weekly savings plan on January 5. I marked the despoit with a red purse sticker on my planner. Finished reading Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman on Jan 8, 2013. Donated books to Commercial Press on Jan 10, 2013. They gave me 2 coupons! Watched The Grandmaster on Jan 14, 2013. Donated blood at Red Cross on Jan 18, 2013. Got some positive feedback on some of my advertising assignments. :D Met the Mannings cat in person on Jan 20, 2013!! Made Mannings cat stickers for use in notebook and planner. I used a lot of stickers that I made this month since I was short on time but I really did enjoy doodling more and I love collecting bits of things to stick them into my planner. The Pak Fa Fui is a dried fruit snack that people can buy in Hong Kong and Macau.

{ 手帳分享 ~ 一月2013 }

2013年1月C先生和我一起去CU hiking。 1月5日開始了我的每週$100儲蓄計劃。我用一個紅色錢包貼紙標記我的 despoit 日。 1月8日讀完 Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman。 1月10日在商務捐贈書籍，他們給了我2張優惠券！ 1月14日看一代宗師。 1月18日紅十字會捐血。 我的廣告得到了一些不錯的feedback。 1月20日萬寧貓！ 做了一些萬寧貓貼紙用。