{hello world!}

My dear friend and other half of Buttons, Mel, gave birth to baby Halimah last month (how time flies, she's already 1 month old!). It feels like not long ago, we were still pranky JC students, now Mel's a mother.....so surreal and hard to believe!

The few days before Mel gave birth, I was on my toes as well 'cos I had to complete my gift for mommy and baby, and I didn't know how soon it was going to happen! Thank goodness, I was able to finish up on time for the delivery =)

The perfect 'mommy + baby' gift tray. It contains stuff mommy loves as well as stuff for baby's needs! Baby theme scrapbook materials for Mel and an adorable teddy blankie (and other baby essentials) for Halimah. I used a wooden tray instead of a basket, which I felt is too common. In order to prop up the items, I made steps with styrofoam and lined them with pink felt.

I wanted to be unique, instead of making a conventional card, I made little wooden 'lollipop' signposts and wrote my personal messages at the back.

New Mom!

New Baby!

The finished product! Adorable? I had so much fun during the process of making this hamper, despite the tight timeline. Hmm, maybe I perform better under stress?!?

Baby Halimah and her gift! How cute!

To Mel: "Congratulations on this beautiful beginning of a new chapter of your life!"

If you would like to have something like this made for your loved ones, whether it's for a new baby, or just a gift to cheer someone up, talk to us! Send us an email at buttons.ribbons.paperie@gmail.com, we will be able to personalize and customize to your requests =)

Love,

A post about flowers

Well, not really, this is just a post with pictures of flowers in it, and a floral theme card (of course). Besides looking pretty, flowers are also known to have emotional and behavioral benefits. I've even seen flower petals being used as a garnish on gourmet meals! Some beautiful flower photos to share...


Tulips are gorgeous don't you think? Too bad we don't have them in tropical climates, like here in Singapore.
A recent order - a money holder for a newly wed couple.



Love,

Love for a friend

True friendships withstand the test of time, hardship and life's drama. A true friend understands and knows the real you, he or she stands by you in times of need and celebrates with you in times of joy. In my lifetime, I am really lucky and fortunate to have a few true friends whom I cherish forever.

Our customer ordered a personalised card for her friend with a lovely and truly touching message inside. I can almost picture the recipient touched to tears when she sees the card (ok, I'm being overly dramatic here, but you know the deal, a little gesture like this goes a long way!)

These photos were taken with my new toy, the Panasonic LX-5. This camera is so much lighter and more convenient than my 30D (though bulky, I still love it).

The following were taken using the 'pinhole' mode. I love the nostalgic look it produces...

Taken at Labrador park where I took my dog for a walk.

Cute round leaf.

Normal looking leaf, just that the sun was shining on it, so I took a shot =)

Talk to us (buttons.ribbons.paperie@gmail.com), if you would like to send a special message to that beloved friend of yours, by way of a personalised card, show him or her how much you mean to them!

Love,

matchy-matchy....not!

Sometimes, we go by the books, follow the rules, align too much...resulting in...'booorrringgg'....

We say, live a little, go crazy, be creative! Who says we can't mix different patterns together?

A recent order and our most 'multiple patterned' birthday card so far.....daring!

Love,

Harry Potter/London scrapbook - [Project completed] Yay!

After 3 months (good thing the customer came to us early, we had the luxury of time...this is a gift for her daughter's birthday in November), 15 scrapbook layouts, countless photos+brads+paper+glue+stickers, overflowing ideas....we finally completed the Harry Potter/London themed scrapbook for our customer!

The customer also requested for some of the Harry Potter memorabilia to be framed up. Here are some stones, nails etc. which were picked up from the Great Hall.

An original script from the Harry Potter Goblet of Fire movie, also picked up from the Great Hall.

For the all the hard work and effort we put in for this project (we made the scrapbook as if it was our own), we really hope the customer appreciates it! =)

If you like what you see and would like your own photos to be complied into a beautiful scrapbook (without doing the work), talk to us! buttons.ribbons.paperie@gmail.com

Love,

How many ways are there to say 'thank you'?

Thank you (English)
Terima Kasih (Bahasa Indoesia)
Xie Xie (Mandarin)
Merci beaucoup (French)
Danke (German)
Sas efharisto (Greek)
Mahalo (Hawaii)
Arigato (Japanese)
Kamsahamnida (Korean)
Gratias (Latin)
........................

You could say Thank You in a thousand and one languages (http://www.squidoo.com/say-thank-you-in-different-languages). But as they say, action speaks louder than words. One of the best ways to do so, we feel, is via a personalised card (what else?)!

This is one of those 'from all of us' cards, specially ordered for a dance teacher, from all her students. It was requested to be larger than our usual big card, so we made it twice as big (A3). We don't usually make jumbo cards, only on special requests. We don't know how many students exactly, but we presume there are quite a few!

Teacher's initials on the cover.

Teacher's photo inside.

Love,

Halloween 2010

The only thing that I think can be scary and cute (yummy) at the same time, is Eric Northman of True Blood fame. Anything else, is just scary, period.

No Eric or lookalikes at the party that night, bummer. Spotted though, our bookmarks laying pretty in the black and orange door gift basket...We heard they were a hit among the party goers, some took more than 1 home! Here are some pics from the party last Saturday night (courtesy of TBK Entertainment):-

Love,