happy birthday to...

  August was kind of crazy this year.

  From the 1st to the 9th, The Hubby and I went to Bali for a holiday. The 9th also happens to be Singapore's National Day. Our nation celebrates with a huge parade and lots of fireworks. Then on the 13th, it was one of my best friend's birthday. On the 16th it was my mother-in-law's birthday. On the 23rd, it's my mum's birthday. And we are finishing the month off with MY birthday. woohoo!

  Speaking of birthdays; it's Adele's It's A String Thing Weekly Challenges' fourth birthday. Here's my tile to celebrate:

Four candles, and Knightsbridge. It took me two tries to get the idea I had in mind correctly onto paper.

  And then aside from all of these birthday celebrations, I have begun to try to start new opportunities for Everything Is Art. I joined the UOB Painting of the Year competition. And I'm getting back into the swing of teaching in-person Zentangle classes. It's been wild.

  But I still have found time for other artsy things. Here's my tile for Joey's challenge: African Artist. This tile will eventually join eight other tiles to form one large Opus-sized art work. :) I'm excited.

One tile a week; nine tiles in nine weeks. It's going to look great. I can feel it.

  And lastly, here's my tile for Diva's Challenge: Fragment D1.

  I've made a little booklet for seven Bijous. And this is one of the tiles that will go into the booklet. I'm planning to turn it into a class. We'll see how it goes. ;)

  Want more inspiration? See what I did in my sketchbook in the past week in this blog post.

the best birthday

  Last week was a great week. Just yesterday, I had the best birthday that I've had in quite a while. My friends have made me feel very loved by gifting me nice art supplies that I wanted... I had a wonderful lunch with someone who I hope will turn into a sort of mentor in the future... I bought some nice mooncakes in lieu of a chocolate cake because I had a craving for mooncakes. hehehe. And today, I spent some time at the Night Festival with a new friend, and it was wonderful. And of course, I've been busy with artsy things as well.

  Let's start things off with a simple Bijou tile, featuring Cadent.

I'm teaching Cadent to my students at the moment. And before this, I had completely forgotten how much I love Cadent. So many possibilities with it! This tile was real fun to do.

  My sketchbook page for Diva's ("Ing") and Joey's ("Finish My Tile #2) challenges.

There's Meer wrapped around the border of the top tile; Aquafleur is featured in the Bijou; Cadent is featured in the lower tile; and there is a couple of Springkles on the lower left of the page. I hope that helps if you'd like to find any step-outs to the tangles I've drawn.

Some Travelling Tangles tiles...

  Don't forget that you can join the fun over at the Travelling Tangles Project's Facebook page.

  And here are two tiles completed by my mum, Joni Toh. Send her some love. :)

Featuring "Singapore Sling", one of my own patterns.
You can find step-outs to it via this link.

One fifth of a century... Wow.

Look at the amount of people that came for the event~

There was wine, baguette, sausage slices, and pâté. It was lovely.  

And our team won this quiz that was held during the event. Woohoo! \•.•/

  Also, on the 23rd, my mum had her birthday. I made her a card:

A bunny cause she was born within the Chinese zodiac year of the rabbit. And a rainbow background cause that's what her Chinese name means. 

Blue watercolour background with salt to make pretty patterns.
My mum liked the cute carrots and the cabbage.
I added words in after taking these photos, but they're meant for her to see only. :x

  And today, is my birthday~ I'm one fifth of a century- twenty years old... I didn't feel like an adult when I turned eighteen. This year is no different. I still don't feel like an adult. I don't really think there's a particular birthday that one suddenly feels like an adult, is there? Half of the time, everyone is just fumbling around in life and seeing how things turn out.

  I'm just glad of the happy memories I've made in the past year.. The things I've learnt... The amazing opportunities I've been given.. How I'm chasing my dreams and doing what I love for a living.
  Go see me at Alliance Francaise to wish me a happy birthday. That's where my exhibition is being held. I'll give *you* a gift if you mention my birthday (cause' I'd know you're a reader, and it'd make me really happy to meet a reader of my blog).   Click ( here ) for more info about the exhibition, how to get there, timing that the gallery is open, etc.

  It's almost the end of August already! Can you believe it? Time flies by so fast....


  My mum and I already starting to plan for our next exhibition...... I'm excited.