Children's Craft Fair

We've been busy preparing for the Children's Craft Fair, which would be held this Saturday at the Singapore Art Museum. Junior J has been really busy making all sorts of Perler and Hama bead crafts (like those pictured above), and would be selling these at the fair.

Bead crafts aside, there would be lots of other crafts for sale, like photo frames, coasters, rainbow loom crafts and greeting cards. These are all made by our homeschoolers, and a few co-ops were organized to encourage the kids to prepare for this craft fair. (You can view our behind the scenes video here, as well as more details for the fair.)

We got to teach some of them some basic scrapbooking techniques last month, and the kids spent two afternoons learning how to use punches, inks and stamps, and made all sorts of greeting cards. It was wonderful seeing all these little hands at work, stamping and punching, cutting and pasting.

The creations that they came up with were interesting. The boys preferred to work with lots of glue and glitter, and spent lots of time squeezing globs of glitter all over and pasting big buttons on their cards. The girls tended towards flowers and butterflies. All in all I think they had a good time!

I was pleasantly surprised because Junior J was very enthusiastic about making his cards, and came up with these designs (As you can see, he loves glitter too. Heh.):

We're still busy working on more bead crafts for the fair, and we hope to see you there this Saturday!

Thankful Tuesday: We couldn't have done it without you

We've just concluded our fund-raiser for MINDS. Our target was to make and sell 500 cards, and not only did we meet that target, we actually raised $1385 instead! The entire project has been blessed in so many ways, and I am thankful for:

:: All the mummies who worked so so hard to make cards and sell them. Some of them had never made cards before, and I was wow-ed by what they came up with. Some even roped in their kids to help! These were all busy mothers: some working full-time, some staying home, one even with 6 kids. All extremely busy, yet everyone worked hard and chipped in to help. Thank you so much for your heart and hard work! I'm also grateful for all the hubbies and family members who helped to babysit, so that all the mummies (me included) could focus on making the cards during our crop sessions. (And to my hubby, thank you so much for putting up with the mess, and helping me with cleaning up after each crop!)

:: The scrappers who contributed generously to our project. We started this project with the materials from one scrapper, and as others heard about this project, the materials started pouring in! Some even donated lovely hand-made cards. We'd like to thank Claudia, Dorcas, Huayi, Joanna, Lyn, Michelle, Rosalind as well as Yenni for all their kind donations. 

:: Those who supported our project in one way or another. Some of you helped us to spread the word by sharing on social media, and some of you bought cards. I'm so thankful for all the support we've been given, which has been such an encouragement to us!

Looking back at this project, I admit I wasn't sure at the start if we would be able to meet the target. There was quite a bit of floundering when we first started off, since this was the first time we've ever tried running such a fund-raiser, and some of us were not experienced in making cards. But it has been such a journey: of learning, of being blessed by others, and of being able to help in our own little way, and I really want to say thank you. We couldn't have done it without all of you!

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Crafts for Charity: An update

Hello! After writing to share about our charity project, I'm delighted to say that the first batch of cards that I made have all been purchased! I was really encouraged by how many people were willing to help us out, through sharing the post, or purchasing our creations. Thank you so much! 

I've made a couple more cards, so please pop by this folder on our FB page to view the cards (scroll down to the bottom of the folder to see the latest cards), and I'm hoping we'll be able to sell these off this week, as we are closing accounts for this project on Mother's Day (which, by the way, is this Sunday! Fathers, I hope you know! Btw, these make great Mother's Day cards too, if you don't want to make your own!)

Oh, and don't forget, other mum bloggers are also selling cards for this project too, so hop by their blogs/FB pages to see what cards are available there:

A Juggling Mum

A Pancake Princess

Life is in the Small Things

Mamawearpapashirt

Thank you so much! Have a beautiful day, everyone!

Crafts for Charity: Hope to have your support!

UPDATED (7 May, 2.30 pm): We have a couple more cards available here! Thank you so so much for the support. I will post if there are new cards for sale, meanwhile, do pop by these mums' blogs/FB pages for more cards to purchase! 

A Juggling Mum

A Pancake Princess

Life is in the Small Things

Mamawearpapashirt

Owl's Well

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I've shared before that a group of mothers have been trying to raise funds for MINDS, and we have been making cards to sell. I'm glad to say that I finally have some cards available for sale! The materials were generously donated by various scrappers, and all proceeds will go to MINDS. 

Each card is 4x6 inches in size, and made using scrapbooking paper that is acid and lignin-free. I've left them blank so that they are suitable for all occasions, but I'll be happy to include a little greeting at the front should you require one. Each is unique, and costs $2.50 (excluding postage).  You can view all the available designs over at our FB page, and can place your order either by commenting on the picture of the card you are interested in, or by emailing me at makingmum(at)gmail.com.

Hope to have your support! Have a blessed day every one!