Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Homemade Cards

'Tis a season for parties in August, and the Bees had been really busy being socialites and decorating homemade cards. We had never needed to buy birthday cards, all thanks to my Bees' avid interests in creating their own cards for birthday friends and relatives. 

In this fortnight, we attended 3 fantastic parties: Little Bee's best friend Alecia's 4th birthday party as well as the Bees' cousins Chloe's and Val's 3rd birthday parties. It was immense fun, and they were wishing for more parties! Pictures of the parties will be posted in another entry. 

Meanwhile, the Bees had also been really busy preparing cards for their friends and cousins. Big Bee had been making cards for years, and I guess this bug caught on with Little Bee, who had started making cards with great interest for all kinds of occasions at home. Hence, she was elated when she could make her debut entries for these 3 parties officially! Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of Chloe's card that Big Bee created, but I am sure I will be asking my cousin Irene for a photo soon! 


Little Bee's card for Alecia, her best friend. She enjoys decorating her name with curly swirls to make it prettier, something she learned from her beloved jie jie. I wrote the words "Happy Birthday" and she decorated the entire card on her own. She drew Alecia in a long straw dress in a garden with a big flower and butterfly. 


This is a card for Little Bee's friend Hsin Yann, whose party she missed due to her flu a month ago. The letters "IUVL" actually meant "I LUV U". She knows the letters that made up this phrase but would always mix them up, hence "IUVL"!


Little Bee's card for Val - this time, she wanted to write Happy Birthday herself, so she copy wrote the phrase from me. Again, the curly letters for her name prevailed! 


Big Bee's card for Val - she is now very adept at creating cards with pop-up effects or flaps, enhancing the interactivity of the card for the little ones. 

5 comments:

Rachel said...

Little Bee fine motor skills are fabulous! She can draw so well at her age, great job that you are doing to nurture her interest in craft and the arts :)

Yellowgiraffe said...

Great cards! Very well drawn and well decorated!! And I am a card person so I am a good judge of that =) Sigh... When am I going to meet the girls? How about before my birthday so I can try to charm them into making me one? Or con? Kekeke...

The Beauties In Our Lives said...

Rachel: Thanks for your compliments - Little Bee will be very happy to hear that! She had been very interested in art and craft since young, so all I had been doing is merely pandering to her interest :)

Yellowgiraffe: Thanks! I will convey your positive appreciation to my Bees :) Sure! I will seriously make them create a birthday card for you ok? They will love it!!!

DG said...

I love the 3-tiers cakes and the way she drew her name. So cute!

The Beauties In Our Lives said...

DG: Thanks! She actually learned to draw those curly whirls around her name from her big sister, who is a wonderful teacher to her as well!