A Bauble For Me Too

Besides tatting snowflakes, I haven't really tatted anything for Christmas. Lately, Sally started tatting for some baubles here, and they are so attractive. She even shared her simple but effective pattern. I was tempted, to say the least.

I want to have a bauble for me too. Just one.

Of course I have a small packet of very six cool pink baubles stashed away somewhere (in fact the packet has been left in a corner for a few years now). ;p See, I know I'll have a use for them some time.

Reindeers I bought in the two-dollar store some years back too!

Tatted in DMC #80 white

I notice that I could not really cover my bauble with one round of tatting using Sally's pattern so I tatted another and joined them upside down (in the middle). Voila! That works!

Thanks for the pattern, Sally. I'm so happy with this bauble. :D

Gifts From Sally

... and they are awesome. (I must say that this post, however, is way overdue. :p And, I assume you've seen my post about our meeting when she was here for vacation with her family.)



Some of the handmade items by Sally and 'im in the garage... (except the box of soap)

Plus this teddy and magnet

If you've read Sally post about covering her boxes with tatting, well, I've got one of them!

Thanks for the lovely gifts, Sally and 'im in the garage.

Life's been like a swirl -- I'm getting quite dizzy from work, falling ill, doing my crafts, catching up with a couple of friends, FIL being hospitalised in the last few days, and seriously, time escapes me! There is so much to do.

Hope your weekend is good.

Meeting Sally

Finally I got to meet a tatter from a distant land in person! You would have guessed it's Sally Kerson of Tat's Heaven, and you could have seen her post about visiting Singapore too. We met and had a really great time chatting, shopping, trying some local food and even went to a night spot.
Let's begin with the food...

A local mango sago dessert that I enjoy. Sally thinks it's refreshing.

Our Chinese fare consists of a combination meat dish of roasted pork, barbeque pork and soya sauce chicken; stir fried kai lan and seafood fried rice.

Here's Sally, posing for a quick picture before tucking into the dessert.

We shopped for our favourite craft supplies (and you can see this on Sally's post), and after dinner, we went to The Fullerton Heritage area, which covers The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, The Fullerton Waterboat House, The Merlion Park and One Fullerton, The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore and Customs House. This precinct is rich with Singapore's history from the time of the landing of Stamford Raffles.

And some night shots...

The Marina Bay Sands hotel and casino, complete with brand-name shops, cinema, a museum and even a SkyPark shaped like a boat on the rooftop of the 3 buildings.

Sally and I with the famous Merlion, Singapore's mascot, in the background. 

Of course, time flies when the conversation's good, but we had to call it a day as it was getting late. Sally must be tired out from a whole afternoon of walking and in the hot Singapore weather!

I accompanied Sally back to the hotel and there was 'im in the garage, "loitering" around the entrance to the hotel. He must have become worried and decided to wait for his dear wife downstairs. But luck was on my side, I got to meet him in person!

'im in the garage and I

It was indeed a most exciting and memorable day for me. Thanks for taking the time to meet me, Sally! More about surprises from Sally in the next post. Stay tuned.

*For the full story, please see Sally's post of 18 Jun.
** All the pictures were taken with the smartphone I bought 2 days before this, and it served us well. The most challenging shot had to be that of Sally and I trying to get both of us into the frame with the Merlion! And this we managed without even getting to see ourselves in the screen.