Giveaway: $10 shopping Spree at CogansCreations

Two weeks ago I entered CogansCreations giveaway and I blogged about it here. Though I did not win, she was kind enough to give anyone who entered the giveaway a $5 credit to her store. Isn't she sweet?

She has tons of holiday season items. Plus, Free Shipping deal is going on now, and it's WORLDWIDE. I LOVE International Sellers!!

I decide to forward this credit as a giveaway to one lucky winner. Guess what, CogansCreations loves the idea and she is generous enough to double the amount. Would you like to win $10 shopping spree to her store?

How to enter to win:

1. Go to CogansCreations store.
   
2. Return to my Adore By Nat blog and simply leave a comment here about your favorite item from her store.
3. To get a 2nd entry, blog about this giveaway and leave a separate comment here providing me with the link to your post.
   

Contest starts now and ends on December 4, 2008.
Max 2 entries per person please (based on the rules above). Don't forget to leave me your e-mail address. Entries without contact information will be disqualified. Entries that do not follow the rules will be disqualified. Contest winner will be drawn on Friday, December 5th by a random number generator. Winner must respond within 48 hours after being contacted otherwise another winner will be randomly selected.

Ethan's First Birthday

Ethan turned 1 (one) on the 18th of November. We did not have a big party. It's just a nice dinner at home with his grandparents, uncle and aunt, and his baby cousin. We actually had planned to invite friends and rent a room in a restaurant, but did not feel right about having a party soon after my husband's grandmother passed away. We then decided to use the monies to buy more presents for him.

Ethan's birthday was celebrated in 2 days. Opening presents and eating the cake had to be on the next day as he was too tired after dinner. Grumpy kid won't have a good time after all. So why pushing it?

We ordered a cake with Pooh and friends theme but were a little surprised with how it turned out. There was misunderstanding that the colors were not really what we chose. We chose pastel colors and it's too late to make changes. It's still beautiful regardless and the taste was SO yummy.

I'd been wanting to let Ethan ate the cake all by himself and let him be messy. However, it did not go as messy as I thought it could get. Somehow I let the voices surround me, "Don't let him eat the icing!" get to me and I kept taking the icing away from him as he picked them. Ohhh, I wish I didn't do that. The pictures would be more precious. :-(

Oh well, perhaps I shouldn't be too hard on myself. After all, what was actually happened is what matter to scrapbooked, right? It'll create a unique story itself.

My Donation to MSS Project

Rachael of CapturedTimeBooks has informed me that she received my cards today. They made it on time since she needs to send the cards tomorrow. The cards indeed went all the way from Indonesia, transited in Canada and arrived safely in US. As my Mom was leaving Indonesia going back to Canada, I asked her to bring the package with her and mail it from there to reduce the delivery time it can take by regular mail.

Wanna see the cards? Take a look at here.

Not Ready To Say Goodbye

The only paper trimmer that I ever have has worn out. She has accompanied me ever since I started this cardmaking hobby. I'm kind of sad that I have to say goodbye to her anytime soon. I brought her all the way from Canada along with other cardmaking tools and supplies. I also brought an extra set of blades for future use and sadly they're dull now. To my surprise, the last blade did not last quite long. I think it's because the line where the blade goes through to cut paper is not smooth anymore. Apparently all this time, I'm not only cutting papers but the trimmer itself. I think it made the blade dull faster than it should have. I asked my Mom to bring more blades when she came here last October. Silly me, I gave her wrong information and she bought the wrong blades. :-(

It's time to buy a new one. The problem is that I can't go to a local scrapbooking store to get a new one since there ISN'T any. I have to shop on-line and the shipping cost to Indonesia can be very expensive.

Here is a paper trimmer by Making Memories which I love to have. I'm just not sure if I'm ever going to have it.
I went to a bookstore today to look for a paper trimmer. There is only one available and it costs about $80 and I'm not familiar with the brand. It's made in Japan which is supposedly good. I need to do more research on the product and its manufacturer and need to do this sooner than later or I have to stop making card. So many tools I have and yet this is the only one that can keep me going...or not.