CURTIS TURNS ONE; MICHELLE AND I GOT TO BE THE PARTY PLANNERS


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I have to say, organising a party (almost) from the nitty gritty plans to managing the actual party can get pretty exhausting considering the amount of DIYs you'd have to go through to get to these pretty Pinterest-worthy (I hope) pictures. I went for the unconventional illustration for the invite poster on this one, because well, baby birthday posters are usually too 'fun & cheer' in my opinion. Let me add a touch of manlihood for baby Curtis- He's one, he should have it. He should. Which also explains the color scheme I chose; it's not too grunge for a baby's party but it's not too happy and bright and rainbows and unicorns either. Perfect balance, I'd like to think. Also did some themed poster signage for gift bags area which is aptly named 'baggage claim' and food labeled as 'in-flight meals'. We're so funny. More on the actual party, Michelle and I DIY those decorative treats — Lolli-propellers, airplane garland, propeller straws (of course the straws are store bought), pin the propeller game, the gift bags; and one of my favourite, the cupcake toppers— based on the airplane themed.

Also, I got to practice photography with fast moving objects i.e. kids, and semi-bad lighting. The photos turned out great! Better than I expected. My ISO was bump up to 1600, crazy high considering the venue was near the window with natural afternoon sunlight. A little grainy for some but I'm learning. Although... I do actually like the grain on some of the pictures. Maybe I'm just biased. So good job, me.

Michelle and I are planning to pursue this event planning thing. We don't know where are we heading with this but 'Budget Event Planning' comes to mind. Best believe we did all of that DIY in less than MYR100. That's the business model we're talking about. I believe we need a budget planner for small to medium size scale parties.

1. Contact these *ahem* awesome budget planners via venturebanana(at)gmail(dot)com — Tell us your details and we'll quote you a good price!
2. If you'd like the airplane cake, find the awesome baker here.
3. Want the files to these printable (and editable!) visuals (ie. cupcake topper & posters)? Email me at tracywee93(at)gmail(dot)com

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Labels: advertisement, art, Birthdays, photography

OKAY I DON'T CARE IF I SOUND BRAGGY BUT A FEW WEEKS AGO

TuneWiki.com had a contest on their website and I decided to join. The prizes were Paramore merch, I mean c'mon, who wouldn't have want to join? I made a few of lyricart to automatically be in the running to win those merch and one even got up to almost 50 likes! But of course, that's nothing compared to some other lyricart that got up to 200 likes. Yikes. I didn't think much of it and just thought to myself, "You know, it's a worldwide competition, you barely got 'likes' for the other lyricart you made." and hope that luck was on my side. And it was! So happy that TuneWiki did not choose winners by the amount of likes they got! I'm not the grand prize winner, but one of the lucky 5 runner ups!

I gotta admit though, when I got an e-mail saying that TuneWiki has commented on my lyricart saying that I won, I nearly screamed. And it was 3AM in the morning... Anyway, this was my winning lyricart:



What I won:

1. Copy of the new self titled CD
2. Poster
3. Stickers
4. Coaster set
5. 3 months Spotify Premium subscription ($30 Value)

What I received in the mail:


1 — A Rocket To The Moon That Old Feeling EP. 2 — Paramore self-titled CD Paramore. 3 — Double-sided Paramore poster (OMG?). 4 — Paramore and FBR stickers. 5 — Paramore bracelet.  6 — Badges: Paramore, Fun. + The Academy Is... (Pls don't remind me of their break-up! ahhh) 7 — FBR Sunglasses. 8 — 6pcs. Paramore coasters.









2 — Lady & Toki top from Emelia, Peige, Vinesh and Max.


3 — Art block from Joshua (Hahaha there's a funny "story" behind this).


4 — Heartfelt letter + sketchbook from Peige. Omg, the letter. She summed me up in one letter.

Labels: art, Birthdays, Instagram

IT'S THIS YEAR, GUYS.

The year we all (1993 babies specifically speaking) turn twenty and ditch the -teen word extension. :ohgodwhy: This February 11th was Sean's 20th and I have to admit that I didn't wish him on his birthday. Not that I forgot, but I didn't know. What a friend, I know. Anyway, my friends decided to buy a t-shirt for him — Also, I heard that they're (or we're) planning on recording a video. I'm not sure what video though lol? — and I didn't want to chip in and share because everyone was doing so. I felt like that was a bit sad for us ton of people sharing just one t-shirt. So, I decided I should give a present my own... the least I could do since I do not recall his birthday at all.

After much brainstorming, I decided to create a card. Though I can't take credit on this one. I was once again inspired by Charlavail's Hensel + Gretel paper art. Also, craft therapy was much needed because today is Paramore's concert for the second time here and I lost track of time, and wasn't able to go for the show. I know, just kill me.

Here are the pictures.





















This was the outline I drew / plan out before I started cutting the colored papers. The black base was a leftvoer of my Art Journal cover and the rest of the colored paper was years and years of saving up unused pieces. Good thing then lol. (+) I added a cuppa coffee on 'his' right hand at the last minute; I finally remembered what was his most fav. thing in the world (as you can see the draft below, I did not draw coffee at all). Hahaha


Pictures taken with: Sony Cybershot DSC-T300

Labels: art, Birthdays, concerts, friends, projects