thewanderkat

Two days before Christmas, I am too excited to hop on that plane and spend ten glorious days at home. I have not missed Dumaguete this much, not even last year when I hadn't been able to visit.

I've kept myself busy with visiting craft shops and noting on supplies I would need to bring home come March. I also wanted to do some nice gift-wrapping for the little presents I'm giving out to family and friends. I planned out the color palette I'm going to be using ahead so I didn't have to spend so much time looking for things in the craft stores (yeah right).

When it comes to gifts, I never give anything that looks ugly enough to throw in the trash even before it is opened. I think first impressions on your gift matters. Effort is gift itself.

I've always loved using brown paper and jute twine so those are a given and are also present in most craft projects I do. Also using black wrapping paper and acquired some white and metallic ink pads to use as color accents as well as black and white Baker's twine. Baker's twine comes a bit pricey but there's no cheaper alternative to achieve that nice clean look.

I did polka dots for female recipients and just plain one for the guys. I did some quick stamping to get those cute little dots on the paper. It might have looked like I did too much work here but it was pretty quick and easy. And besides, I'm never lazy to do anything when it comes to my craft projects. So here, a sneak peak at what I did.

Tried my best to align the dots properly, otherwise they might look weird and the whole piece of paper would go to waste.

I dropped by ION Orchard to see what Christmas decorations they had this year. It was a nice candy cane theme kind of thing. Pictures of course.

Heading home, I passed by Tang's Plaza and saw some wonderful lights, aimed my camera phone and took this by accident. It was quite a good surprise to get a bokeh shot using a camera phone. This happened because the auto focus wasn't fast enough when I clicked the shutter button.

I'm all set. Almost! Believe it or not, we still have work tomorrow. But I will be flying tomorrow night, Christmas Eve. When everyone back home will be enjoying Noche Buena, I will still be in a plane ride and won't be able to greet you all a very Merry Christmas at midnight. Will be sending greetings when I arrive, so until then, enjoy all the food and merriment!

Cheers and sending you all my warm Christmas greetings from Singapore!

This thing could get quite addicting. When you get interested snapping these kinds of structures, it feels a lot like it's everything you see or look for when you go places. It probably makes me look a lot like a tourist most of the time (oh but yes, in most places here I'm still a tourist).

Some friends came over to participate in the annual Standard Chartered Marathon so I got to take pictures again, not of the marathon but of the city. I'll share some photos of them and us when they toured the place, maybe in another post. For now, just these.