Happy New Year - Taipei 101 fireworks

I debated whether I should go out and see the fireworks at Taipei 101 since it was my first time here during New Year's Eve, but I decided against it and watched it on TV instead.  It was impressive and succinct, and I thought was a lovely way to usher in the New Year.  Different from watching the Sydney fireworks every year!

Around 101, the shops stay open till 3am to allow revellers to shop and eat till the wee hours, which is a great idea for those shops!  The rest of the shops in Taipei open on public holidays at normal times - eateries open early (like at 530am) and the shops open for business (which make sense, because shops are everywhere here, and a lot of of family businesses - shops are downstairs and their homes are upstairs, so they can open till late because they only live so near, and also if they want to make money, they have to work so they might as well work).

Craft corner: Sizzix Big Shot

I decided to spoil myself and buy myself a die cutter. The great thing is they can do embossing as well, and I love embossing stuff!  So I shopped around and I ended up buying a Sizzix Big Shot in teal.

I told my daughter and told her all the fun things we can make - we can make lots of cool cards and it's so easy to use, even she can do it.  She's as excited as me!

I got it for a good price ($119) and it came with 5 embossing folders so I played around with them.  Now I've gone crazy and want to buy lots of embossing folders for card making and scrapbooking!

This video shows you how easy it is:

Stay tuned for my daughter's first proper card making project using mummy's whole compendium of scrapbooking and cardmaking supplies.