Busier

September is here and I think I am even more busier than ever this month.



The extension work at the back of the new house is almost ready, left the painting part. That will be taken care by hubby himself as he volunteers to paint himself. Save money and same time, he needs the exercise. *wink*



It is that time of the year again where wedding bells are ringing. This month I will be attending 2 ex-colleagues' wedding receptions. Thank god they are not holding theirs at same time. One is on 11 and another on 13 September. So got to chip more for ang pows. Lol!



School is starting next week, so it means "rush hour" is back for us in the morning. My girl's school fee have been settled last month otherwise another big hole in our pocket other than the renovation work that we need to chip out.



Relax, relax~ Need to find time to breathe and relax. Because more is coming up this month and month to follow.....

End of the month....already?

Good things always ended fast. I always love the month of August, because my birthday and Baby Jay's birthday fall this month, and not forgetting the school holidays too. No rushing in the morning to send my girl to school and I could bring both kids to breakfast before sending them off to baby sitter. It is kind of great feeling to get up late. *wink*



I do not know about you all, but I am thinking that weekends are no longer that long and Saturdays and Sundays passed so fast before we really can enjoy every seconds of them. Sigh! Wish we have more times to spend, right?



So when there are school holidays or Public Holidays, I am looking forward to them. It means more times with family. I am starting to cook again during the weekend since hubby has been complaining of our "malnourished" kids. Lol! Don't expect me to cook every day but one or two days a week sound good. I also bored of eating outside.



Okay, I am looking forward to indulge in my appetite tomorrow with rendang, ayam masak merah, lemang, satays, curries and Malay delicacies. Will be visiting our good friends' house tomorrow afternoon since I missed out on visiting them last year. I do not really fancy visiting during festive; partly because of kids. Hard to enjoy yourself when you have to run after naughty kids! Lol! So usually one house visiting is good enough for me.



I would like to wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya, Happy Holiday & Happy National Day!! Yahoo!

A stinkin’ cute give-away!

One hundred followers and one free onesie! And it’s stinkin’ cute too!

As soon as 100 people ‘like’ my facebook page I am going to start giving away freebies. Well, not all at once, but I’m going to have a drawing with the first 100 peeps who like Sheri Berry Designs.

If you are already a follower on my facebook page, you are automatically going to be in the drawing.

Here is what you are going to get if you win ~ a little onesie with the skunk, Inky, from the Woodland Tails collection. It’s blue with the skunk and “little stinker” appliquéd on the onesie, and it’s tiny, but then again it’s made to fit a stinkin’ cute baby and they start out so tiny!

Here is how you are going to try to win ~ get all your peeps over to my facebook page and get them to ‘like’ Sheri Berry Designs. As soon as we hit 100 we are going to draw a lucky winner. And if you’re lucky it’ll be you and not the friend you just sent my way. :)

If, you aren’t following on facebook yet, go to the Sheri Berry Designs page and ‘like’ me. Or go to the right on this blog and ‘like’ me there.

The winner will be announced on my facebook page as soon as we have one. So, good luck and stay tuned!

Lost and Found

have you ever thought that we lost something and thought it really gone forever and when you least expected it, it was found right in front of you??



I swear that I searching high and low for it everywhere especially my car where I thought I lost it yesterday and I could not find it till this morning!! And the way how I find it was rather ironic too.



It began yesterday morning. You know women, we have so many things in our bag, so mine is not an exception. I have my handphone, my makeup kit, name card holder, papers, tissue, purse and a pouch where I put my sunglasses and some redemption coupons and vouchers. And as usually when I drive, I will put on my sunglasses in the morning. I had breakfast with hubby and then sent my car to car wash and walk to my shop. As I were walking to my shop, I scrambled my bag for my pouch to keep my sunglasses and suddenly right there I could not find it! Sh*t! I thought I must drop it in the car while taking it out earlier. So never mind, after I got my car I look in the car but could not find it. Never mind again. I will search for it again in the afternoon when I go home.



Again, I could not find it. I even look underneath the car seat; knowing how "efficient" are those people washing and vacuuming my car, but my pouch was no where to be found. Sh*t! I lost those coupons that I keep for many months. Funny thing was I just keep all those coupons in the pouch a few day ago. I usually do not keep my coupons in one bag, but do not know what got into me, I kept them all in that pouch with my sunglasses.



So forgetting the whole thing I had my usual chore in the morning and as I was about to open my shop, I could not find my shop keys in my bag. And I swear to you again, that my handbag (the same handbag) does not have any hole in it! I could felt my keys but I could not found the hole where it dropped into. Sh*t (Please excuse me as I really was sh*ted that time and wonder what was wrong???)



So no choice, I have to sacrifice my handbag (a last year Christmas gift from my cousin from Singapore) by cutting it with my keys. I did it in my car as I do not want to embarrass myself doing it in front of my shop. Lol!



So, I throw all my stuff from my bag in my car and cut loose my bag to retrive the keys. After done a minor damage to my bag I started keeping all the stuff back and I saw some papers on the floor of my seat so I ducked down to retrieve them and suddenly I saw my pouch. Right there!!



Gosh! Wonder it is because I am getting older, I am also getting absent-minded and clumsy or it is something else?? And my poor bag!

"D" is for..

D is for...

Dolphin!

I made this easy Dolphin lunch for Eliana the other day. We had had a few dark rainy days in a row and I wanted something colorful to brighten up her day :)

The Dolphin is a jelly sandwich cut into a dolphin shape with an edible candy eye

The "D" is a Scrabble Jr Cheezit

The "is" was cut out from a fruit rollup

The "for" was cut out of cheese

The border is made up of raspberries and cut carrots

Eliana doesn't usually like jelly sandwiches and actually she is very particular and usually only wants ham and cheese sandwiches.  Last time I made her a jelly sandwich she gave it one look and asked where the ham and cheese was... But this time I got her to eat this! and ever since this sandwich she has loosened up and actually has asked for a jelly sandwich again! Its nice to have some variety and I'm glad she is learning to be more open to other types of sandwiches for lunch :)

Until Next Time... :)

Let’s Face It!

It’s time to face the music. I am finally giving in, joining the crowd, getting with the program and yes, joining Facebook. I now have a page on Facebook under Sheri Berry Designs and would love for you to ‘like’ me today! You can click here, or go to my Facebook button on the right.

I will be sending out information on the latest Sheri Berry products about when and where to find them. I will be giving updates on current projects that are in the works. I will also be giving away some freebies and my facebook page is where you will be able to learn about how to sign up for those drawings.

I am also interested in hearing from you. I look forward to having your comments and ideas about what Sheri Berry art, projects, products and new collection ideas you would like to see. I would love to see what you are doing with Sheri Berry fabrics, paper crafting and home decor. I would like to hear if you happen on to any Sheri Berry sightings (products in magazines, stories about the studio, etsy creations, whatever you find). I don’t always know when and where Sheri Berry Designs will show up, and with your googling eyes you will likely spot things before I do.

Join today so I can see your smiling face. Then return here every little bit to get the whole scoop on products and free stuff. Let’s face it, everybody likes freebies!

34

My big number!

Yes. That is how old I am today. I cannot believe that I am that old.

When I was in my teen, I dreamt of being in 20s and have a career. I can do a lot once I reached 21. But now I am in my 30s, I wish to remain 20s all the time. Lol.

Never mind what is my age, the most important thing is what I have achieved so far. Family and career. I have a great life with my loving hubby, 2 beautiful children, a promising career and business opportunity. So, no big regrets there. *wink* Hope more to come.....I am not greedy but no harm asking more right? Lol!




Happy birthday to me! :) Age is nothing but a number

A teacher with class

There is something wonderful about the first day of school and as a child I always looked forward to that day. It meant a brand new crayon box, no. 2 yellow pencils, sharpened to the point of a needle, and in the early years a new lunch box with the latest Disney characters.

It was the day to organize that lift-top desk with every book, every supply in perfect parallel form. To see who would be sitting in the desks to either side of you. To meet your pals you hadn’t seen all summer and to see who the new kids in the class were.

It was also the day, the first real day you would have the teacher you’d only known of before as the one with the bird-whistle on the playground. The one the older kids told you if you got in her classroom you’d be lucky. The one you knew was the cool teacher who would do science experiments, paper maché projects, and post cards collections from around the world. And to top it off she had that amazing handwriting on the chalkboard, I believe only teachers are capable of having.

However, that’s not what made this teacher so wonderful. It wasn’t even that she was so kind. It was that she expected every student to do his best each day, to be respectful of the classroom and of each other, and to be willing to learn even with the tough subjects. She had a way of searching out each child’s uniqueness and felt that every student had something special to add to her classroom. She thrived on seeing us learn and she loved being our teacher.

There are many teachers in my family and many of my close friends who are teachers, and though I’m biased I know that each of them carries many of these same traits, but in their own unique style. So, to all the teachers out there who are starting another school year, thank you for being that amazing and special person who will stay in a child’s mind, long after they have spent this year with you. You are a special breed.

Our weekend chore

Yesterday we have a cleaning and clearing in our room. Since we are going to move to new house in couple of months, we have to start packing some stuff over.



I had gone through the children old stuff and clothing, since my SIL is expecting. I giving away my maternity clothing too since I would not be wearing them anymore. Never knew I have so much baby clothing to give away. Two big boxes to the new baby. After all my Baby Jay is overgrown and hardly can fit into them. *wink*



Two big boxes of books, old magazines and little girl's school books and arts. 2 big boxes of toys. I guess we will need some more big boxes to pack our clothings and some more books and stuff. Really, I have moved to few houses when I was young. I remember I move to 5 houses before I got married, but that time, everything were done by parents. Now it is my turn, I really do not know where to start. Because it looks like you want to take everything over. Lol! But we shall leave the furniture since we are going to get new one in our new home.



We spent our afternoon at home and after a great nap, hubby made dinner for us. Just simple dinner; roasted chicken with lettuce mayo salad; roasted spring chicken; and tuna and cheese sandwiches. The kids did not like any of those, so I have to cook a pack of Maggi instant noodles with chicken favour for them. At least they finished it up! And we having the dinner watching "Final Destination 5". That was how I spent my Sunday!

House WIP

The extension work up to date on the back portion of the house. It will be my wet kitchen and laundry area.

Quirky Love: Vinyl, Pizza and Comic Books (Little Five Points)

There's a place in Atlanta called Little Five Points that's one of my boyfriend and my favorite places to visit when we get the chance. It's a really bright place so I tried to make these pages reflect that. There are walls of absolutely beautiful graffiti, bright fliers, bright signs, and brightly dressed people everywhere. There are record stores, comic book stores, funky clothing stores, restaurants, music and theater venues, and tons of other little places. If you're ever in Atlanta be sure to check it out especially around Halloween if you can make it to the badass parade the put on.  For these pages I also cut a slit to make a little pocket and inside there's a gift card for Savage Pizza, which is a really delicious pizza place, so that we can go there next time we visit. I'm excited to go again.

Blank templates and all the credits for the pages can be found here. If you use them there's no need to credit me but it's always appreciated. Feel free to leave me a comment with your projects if you use them because I'd love to see what you make. Enjoy :)

Dreaming Costa Rica

When my sister told me that she is planning to expand her career in Costa Rica, I was more than happy to support her decision. She has been in her travel agency for 5 years and very familiar with ticketing and tour works. It is time for her to move on with her career.



I have heard so much about the Costa Rica rainforest and its natural beauty. My sister said that Costa Rica is one of the famous countries in Central America for honeymooners and those into natures as it has vast forests, valcanos and caves to explore in. As for me, I think I would opt for a city tour like a visit to San Jose and its historical buildings. I would love to go to Mercado Central and spend my shopping there.



My sister being an adventurer herself has started to learn more about this beautiful country of Costa Rica. So if everything goes well, she will be going end of the year. Good luck to her!

Chad Love Lieberman The Art Thief: Art4Love.com Scam Link Roundup

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Art4Love.com (owned by Chad Love Lieberman who also goes by Craig Pravda and Chad Love) is stealing artists work without permission or compensation. I thought I would make a link round up of everything that's found.

Official Sites:

• The original Art4Love site. (Now down)
• A mirror of the original site. [Added 8-18-11]
• MarkYourSpot which is almost a direct copy of Art4Love (Also down) (This is a site that partnered with Chad Love Lieberman but did not know about his blatant copyright infringement. [Added 3-26-12])
• Michael Perez Gallery another copycat site which seems to be ripping off art from the real Michael Perez The legitimacy of this hasn't been confirmed. [Added 8-18-11]
• You can still reach the site here. If you want to look at specific pages replace www.art4love.com with 67.90.44.118/ (Now down as well. [Added 8-19-11])
• Art4Love Facebook page
• Chad Love Lieberman for Governor 2014 Facebook Page 
• OfficeHomes (He is listed as an associate)
• LifestYle Brokers (Another one where he's an associate)
• Evol Records Inc. (His possibly abandoned record label)
• Evol Records Youtube account (All videos seem to have been pulled) [Added 8-18-11]
• Electcollect (His ringtone and cellphone wallpaper store) [Added 8-18-11]
• Electcollect Mypace Page (The url is EvolRecords but the content is for Electcollect) [Added 8-18-11]
• Electcollect Twitter [Added 8-18-11]
• Electcollect possible Youtube account [Added 8-18-11]
• Electcollect LinkedIn account [Added 8-18-11]
• Another site linked to Chad Love Lieberman called Smartag. [Added 8-19-11]
• Another suspicious site called Art4Life. [Added 8-19-11]
• MarkYourSpot's LinkedIn Account [Added 8-19-11]

Chad Love Lieberman around the web:

• Chad Love Lieberman's LinkedIn Account
• Chad Love Lieberman's account on  Young Entrepreneur Society 
• Flickr
• Myspace (under the name Chad Love)
• Myspace #2 (under the name Chad Love)
• Myspace #3

PR Releases:

• #1
• #2
• #3 (This one is about Electcollect) [Added 8-18-11]
• #4 (Another about Electcollect) [Added 8-18-11]

Articles:

• A DeviantART news article about the thefts.
• A good article that gives an overview of the whole situation.
• Chad Love Lieberman: CEO By Day, Rapper By Night
• A post about trying to contact his alleged uncle, Senator Joe Lieberman.
• New York Multimedia Pop Artist Insures His Own Nuts (Now update to explain that he is a fraud)  [Added 8-18-11]
• An article by Chad Love Lieberman called "When Other People Make Money Selling Your Art" [Added 8-19-11]
• An article from the South Florida Chronicle calling for artist that have been ripped off so they can be featured. [Added 8-19-11]

Evidence:

• A side by side slideshow of stolen art on Art4Love and DeviantART
• Screenshots of the sites before they were pulled.
• Even more screenshots.
• A large list of artists that have been stolen from.
• An article he "wrote" about copyright which was lifted from this article.
• A side by side comparison of the plagiarism in a book he "wrote".
• An article in which he poses for pictures in front of stolen artwork.
• Information about Electcollect's revenue, contact info, etc. [Added 8-18-11]
• A group on DeviantART started to track all of the stolen artwork. [Added 8-18-11]
• An email a DeviantART user received from "Craig Pravda" claiming to know nothing of Chad Love Lieberman's thefts. [Added 8-18-11]
• Images of all of the artworks from the Art4Love website. [Added 8-18-11]
• Evidence that Art4Love has changed names/ merged with Smartag (here, here, here, and here) [Added 8-19-11]
• More screenshots of stolen work. [Added 8-19-11]

Misc.:

• Contact info (Facebook and Twitter) for a journalist (he goes by treez) from the South Florida Chronicle who claims to be a friend of his and has posted multiple (here, here, and here) positive articles about him.
• A new article by treez about the theft.
• WhoIs site info. 
• A list of Art4Love's clients. 
• A thread trying to urge Stephen Colbert to feature the thefts on his show. [Added 8-19-11]

All personal information about Craig Pravda has been removed. [Updated 3-26-12]

If you recognize any artwork please alter the artist! Also you can use TinEye to reverse image search and find the original artists to alert them. 

If you are one of the artists that was stolen from you can contact the Better Business Bureau and/or file a complaint with IC3, part of the FBI. (Info thanks to JopezStags and Dametora) 

Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming...

What do you do with your leftover cucumber? What I decided to do with my leftover cucumber is make an underwater themed lunch for Eliana :) 

The Fish is a chicken and cheese sandwich on a sundried basil tortilla.  The fin is made of chicken, the eyes are edible candies and the mouth was drawn with edible marker.

The "bubbles" are Cheerios

The "seaweed" is cut up cucumber

The "rocks" are cut grapes

Throw in some goldfish and you are looking at an edible aquarium :)

Until Next Time... :)

Quirky Love: Music

My boyfriend and I are super passionate about music. So passionate in fact that we'd like to learn more about making it. He goes more of the digital route and is learning a bunch of music making programs where I would be happy just to learn to play the keyboards again (I taught myself when I was younger but it was so long ago that I have to re-learn everything). I think it's the perfect thing to learn together and help each other with. I love being able to share creative outlets with the people I care about.

In the polariod frame on these pages I wrote the poem Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy. You may recognize the first couple of lines from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

We are the music makers,

And we are the dreamers of dreams,

Wandering by lone sea-breakers,

And sitting by desolate streams;—

World-losers and world-forsakers,

On whom the pale moon gleams:

Yet we are the movers and shakers

Of the world for ever, it seems.

I also got my boyfriend an iPod to go with this page and had the back engraved with "We are the music makers."

Blank templates and all the credits for the pages can be found here. If you use them there's no need to credit me but it's always appreciated. Feel free to leave me a comment with your projects if you use them because I'd love to see what you make. Enjoy :)

Music in her

I find it amusing and surprising at the same time when my 5 yo girl suddenly popped out a few lines of lyric when we least expect it. Like Christina Perri's Jar of Heart. It is rather a sad song and definitely not a good song to start off a day.



Little girl sang:



You're gonna catch a cold,

From the ice inside your soul,

So don't come back for me,

Who do you think you are?



I don't know why she sang the song last Friday while sending her to school, but she always a quick learner when it comes to songs and musics.



Maybe it is time to enrol her in a music class. I have been procastinating for quite some times. Whose know, she may have some hidden talents inside her.

Larry the Turtle

Today (October 4th) is World Animal Day! So celebrate today with an animal lunch!

Larry the Turtle

My sister in law loves turtles, so we made this lunch for her and for Larry, who was a turtle she pet-sat for a friend a year ago.  Eliana still talks about Larry the turtle as if it were yesterday and as if he was part of the family! Her memory never ceases to amaze me!

This is a really easy and simple creative lunch :)

I spelled Turtle out with Scrabble Jr Cheezits

The Turtle is a ham and cheese sandwich made with a spinach tortilla cut with a turtle cookie cutter. The turtle shell is a Granny Smith Apple, and the eyes are edible candies.  I drew the mouth with an edible marker.

The "water" is made up of blueberries.

I had actually forgotten to detail the turtle shell so to me it looks a little plain.. but Eliana loved it and ate it, and ultimately that is all that really matters :)

Click on the button below to hop on over to Shannon at Bentolunch.net to see another animal in our World Animal Day Hop!

What I used to make this lunch:

I link up.

My breakfast

Once a while I would treat myself to a heavy breakfast. Like this morning, after a cold raining night, I craving for something different, other than the usual Sarawak kolok mee or laksa.



Since I woke up pretty early today at 6am as need to wake up hubby for his Sibu trip, I have a very early morning after sending off the kids. So I invited my mum for breakfast in King's Centre for curry chicken rice. Love this curry chicken rice especially the curry gravy and its char siew.







You may wonder why my rice is dry. It is because I requested for seperate bowl of curry gravy, did not want it to be overflowing on my plate. Lol! RM4.00 per plate.



Now I am a bit sleepy after the early morning and heavy breakfast. Wish can take a little nap in the shop.... zzzzzzzz



Happy Thursday, everyone!

"C" is for...

C is for....

Cat! A cute Calico Cat.

The border is made of organic fruit leather flowers and cucumber vines and flower centers

The Cat is a ham and cheese sandwich, with the marbled Colby and Monterey jack cheese on top, edible candy eyes, a pink confetti sprinkle nose and whiskers drawn with an edible marker. 

The "C" is a Scrabble Jr. Cheezit

The "is" was made from cut up cucumber

The "for" was made from cut up tortilla

So next time I will just use chocolate jimmies [i.e. sprinkles] for the whiskers since I was not too happy with the way the marker came out on this cheese. Next time i might add some pink to the ears too, with either a confetti sprinkle or ham so that you can see the ears more clearly, but it still came out great and Eliana loved it.. so the minor changes are more for my satisfaction ;)

Enjoy!

Until Next Time... :)

Back to work force

What would you do when your ex-boss called you up and ask you to work for him again? That was the case when I got a call from my previous boss. Funny of him to think of me although I just work for him for about 3 months. I guess my experiences and work quality impressed him as he thinks high of me. Lol!



I told him that I would think about it because I definitely would not leave my business to staff to handle without my supervision. And if I do join him, it would be next year story. See what he has to offer first, but I see how thing goes by end of the year.......

Update

Life goes on........



Little girl is heard coughing since yesterday and it gets worse this morning when she woke up, so quickly give her cough syrup. Hope she will recover soon.



Baby Jay is very clingy to me lately. When in the shop, he will hold on to me and when ever he wants to wander around he will find and hold to my hand, pulling me to follow him. Still not much words coming out from him, but he is learning to count with his fingers now. He can recognise and say "two" and "three" now.



House's renovation is starting this week. Finally!! They will do the extension to our wet kitchen.



Hubby has a bout of bad luck lately. First his aching tooth, then follow by his Blackberry (which died off after accidentally in contact with water), then his aching foot, dead computer desktop and lastly this morning, his reliable wrist watch! I wonder he is going to get any 4D soon because when he checked yesterday's result, his car numbers are jumbled up but he did not "pau" them! Sigh!



If you have not yet realised, today is 08/08/11. So if you thinking of buying any 4D or 6D, do let me know if you win it! *wink*

My Goals For August 2011

(Mimosa Tree by QuirkyLove on DeviantART)

First lets go over my goals for July:

• I want to make time to meet up with friends I haven't seen in awhile even if that just means having them over to play some board games and watch a movie. I didn't get to do this. I don't know when I will because I've been so sick lately.
• I want to make some new polymer clay charms. I have so many pretty colors I want to experiment with. I did this along with editing some photos and doing some painting.
• I would like to keep updating my blog regularly and keep working on graphics and things like that. I think I did the best I could this month and that's good enough for me.

 Now on to August!

• I want to finish posting all of the pages from my Adventure Book.
• Continue to make more charms and other art.
• Photograph my charms.
• Work on making some Artist Trading Cards. I'm not sure if I'll swap or sell them yet (maybe both).
• Continue to update my new DeviantART page. Please check it out!

What do you want to accomplish this month?   

Giddy-up Seahorse!

I made this cute underwater Seahorse themed lunch for Eliana the other day and she absolutely loved it! Eliana had just received one of her magazines and on the cover was a seahorse and so she wanted a seahorse lunch.

Tastiest seaweed ever.

The seahorse is a ham and cheese sandwich (Eliana's favorite sandwich if you haven't guessed by now) made with a sun dried tomato tortilla 


The seaweed is cucumber 


The sand is ground up graham crackers


The colorful reef rocks are small pieces of dried fruit (papaya and pineapple)




Eliana loves to eat cucumber when it is "seaweed" and I'm happy to say she ate this entire plate of food! :)


Until Next Time... :)

It's August already

When my mum told me this morning that today is my Baby Jay's Chinese birthday, I went blur. Alamak! Forget about it. Or you can said, I do not remember my kids or my own birthday based on Chinese calendar. So my mum asked me whether I boiled any eggs for him to eat in the morning, I said "No. He will have it end of the month, as I only can remember the English birthdate". Lol!

So, in 3 weeks time, it will be my birthday as well as Baby Jay's, so I guess we will have a simple dinner to celebrate our big days.

Happy Friday and weekend, everyone!!!

Tale of my fried noodle

Feeling warm right now. Still not fully recovered from tiredness and stresses, but I am alright now! Both kids and myself just recovered from sore throat and cough. Yeap, the weather sure play culprit here. It has been a very hot week. Nothing prepared me to this torturing weather, so wonder when the hot spell is over? The heat feels like piercing through my skin.

So hot at night that even the full blast of air condition does not help to cool down my two kids. For instance my boy woke up in middle of the night on Monday crying and throwing tantrum. It lasted for almost an hour after we wiped his body and changed his pyjamas.

Have you ever crave for something that you are not supposed to eat when you were sick but you desperately wanted to? *wink* Well, it was just another day when I "ingin" something and I got my wish granted. I was thinking of having fried mee hoon for breakfast in Blossom Cafe as I picked up hubby for breakfast on Monday. And when he finally turned up after 10 minutes waiting, he directed me to Blossom Cafe which is less than a minute walk from his office. So I jokingly told him I was thinking about the cafe and its food and we are heading to it now.


So when we reached the cafe, I saw a plate of fried noodle on the display panel and guess what? That plate of noodle look so yummy that I order a plate for myself! Talking about marketing to me! And thank god my judgement was correct. Look at my plate of fried noodle. So appetizing. What a satisfying breakfast I have, although I did not come for its noodle in first place, but it sure satisfy my tastebud for fried food that day. I will definitely go back for it again. As for my sore throat, it gone after few days of drinking herbal tea. Quick, someone hand me a bag of ice please!

"B" is for...

B is for...

Bear!!

This simple lunch was made quick and was loved by Eliana!

The Bear is just a simple sandwich cut with a bear cookie cutter with candy eyes, orange confetti sprinkle nose and melted chocolate mouth/mustache. (I say that because I tried to make a mouth and it just ended up looking like a mustache!)


The border is made up of cut up carrots and green pepper


The "B" is a Scrabble Jr. Cheezit


The "is" was made up of melted chocolate


The "for" was made up of a colorful fruit rollup


These kind of lunches are always a fun way to incorporate the alphabet! I always ask Eliana to tell me the letters first and if she doesn't devour everything immediately I will spell out the animal too so she can see how it is spelled on paper. Enjoy!




Until Next Time... :)

 

Music Monday: What I've Been Listening To Lately

I haven't done a Music Monday post in quite some time but I've recently gotten into a lot of really cool (in my opinion at least) bands and I wanted to share them with you guys. And away we go!

KatieJane Garside

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I've posted briefly about the lovely KatieJane Garside before and one of her older projects, Queen Adreena. They have quickly become one of my favorite and most listened to bands. I seem to fall in love with anything KatieJane Garside touches. Her art, her style, her various musical projects are all so perfectly beautiful and speak to me on many different levels. Even though I don't know how to properly categorize any of them she covers a wide range of styles which you can see in these videos.

Pretty Like Drugs by Queen Adreena

Barebating by Ruby Throat

 One-Eyed Doll 

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One-Eyed Doll is full of energy and mega-fun, not to mention super talented. I have a hard time defining their style because they switch from beautifully melodic to loud in your face guitar riffs. Either way they rock and Kimberly Freeman's voice is pure magic. You can get a bunch of tracks for free from their Last.fm page. They're definitely worth checking out (my favorites are See Jane Run and Resurrection). There is also a free documentary about them on YouTube if you're interested.

You're A Vampire by One-Eyed Doll

Die So Fluid
 

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Die So Fluid should really get more recognition than they do. They make perfect harmonic metal. And the lead singer, Grog, just outright rocks.

Existential Baby by Die So Fluid

Porcelain Black/ Porcelain and The Tramps

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Whether she's under the name Porcelain and The Tramps or Porcelain Black Alaina Beaton delivers fun gritty pop goodness. I'm really excited to see what new stuff we'll be getting from her in the future.

This Is What Rock N Roll Looks Like by Porcelain Black (feat. Lil' Wayne) 

Japanese Voyeurs

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The Japanese Voyeurs are a female fronted grunge revival band so they're right up my alley as a lover of grunge/ the 90s.

Cry Baby by Japanese Voyeurs

I hope you found this post to be enjoyable. I'll probably do periodic posts like this to gush about my current music crushes.

A Site To See

The time is long overdue but finally there is a new Sheri Berry Designs website. Finally there is a place to find the newest products licensed with SBD art; the Products page. Finally there is a place to get the scoop on SBD happenings; the News page. Finally there is a place to view some of the classics as well as new collections; the Art page. Finally there is a place to get behind the scene of SBD and learn where this imp turned artist started and is now going; the About page. Finally there is a place to get some answers to questions or leave comments for SBD; the Contact page. And finally there is a new place for SBD to call home, the Home page.

I invite you to visit the SBD website frequently. I would love to hear your comments, interests and questions about me and my art. I would like to have you subscribe to the Sheri Berry new updates. I would be thrilled if you would encourage you besties to catch the wave and surf on over to the SBD website.

I plan to have SBD product give-aways as often as I can and want to make sure you sign up in those occasional drawings. I appreciate your loyalty to SBD, that you think of me as your friend, and that you have stayed with me, leaving kind and gracious comments on the blog.

You are the reason SBD products continue to be made and shared with the world. You are the reason I have a smile on my face each time I sketch out a new concept or develop a collection on my Mac. And you are the reason behind the constant passion and joy for all SBD creation.

You can go directly to the new Sheri Berry Designs website (http://www.sheriberrydesigns.com/) here. And you can always click on the impish photo of little Sheri to the right every time you are visiting this blog and want to be reminded of the most current SBD products and events.

Thank you for being the reason Sheri Berry Designs leaves my heart and goes directly to yours.