Christmans tree in 2010

Album link: 2010 X'Mas

Christmas season has always been my favorite holiday. Indeed, I'm not a Christian, and don't know much about the origin of the Christmas, but I just love it's atmosphere soooo much. When I was a child, I loved to watch those Christmas movies, talking about love, joy, gratitude, belief, and the warm feeling; it's just like Christmas season is the best thing in the world.

And that's why I decided to share the joy and my love for Christmas to my friends few years ago. For years, I'd made various of Christmas gifts for my team members, classmates from the Course of Light.

2007 AP team	2008 AP team	2008 Course of Light
2009 AP team	2009 Course of Light

And this year...due to the big change of my life...I decided to pick few people from different parts of my life who I want to thank the most to be the lucky ones.

The picture on the top is the full presentation of my gift this year, but it's also the composition of 8 gift cards. Each card has a X'mas ornament magnet attached, and it's also a part of the Christmas tree. The receivers of the cards made different influences on me, which make the whole me today, and that's the concept I want to present -- One is All, All is One.

The cards had been mailed two days ago, and I wish all of them can arrive to the receiver successfully.

Oh...almost forgot...it's my first Christmas in the new company, and to add more joy and warmth to my work place, I also made one tiny Christmas tree putting on my desk...so it can remind me that it's Christmas season, and everything will have a happy ending~~

Merry Christmas to all~~

Sweet Wedding Gifts

Album link: Wedding Gifts

Wedding is one of the most joyful and sweetest thing in the world. Two people loving each other decide to live the rest of their life together; it takes true love and huge courage to make this commitment.

My first wedding gift is made for Cary from the note paper printed with the cartoon image of Cary and his wift. Since then, I started to make wedding gifts when attending my friends' wedding...if I have time.

This time, it took me a while to come up with the idea of this wedding gift, since I want to make it special. Both the groom and the bride were my good friends when we worked at the same company. The bride was my first good friend in BenQ, and the groom was an even better friend which walked me through some ups and downs.

They "truly met" after the bride left the company, and soon enough they fell in love with each other...well...it's a pity that I was informed the relationship via other colleagues rather than the lovers themself....sigh....

Anyway, I believe that their meeting each other, falling into love, and marriage are god-blessed, and somehow I played an important role at the begining; so here is my blessings for them, and wish their love can last forever~

Family Time-Album

Album link: Family Album

Two years ago, I found several of my headshots when cleanig out old stuffs. Those were my graduation photos since I were in a kindergarden. The photos were so memorizable, so I put them in my schedule note and carried with me.

This year, I found my father's headshots when gathering his stuff after he past away, and again, I carried them with me every day in my bag.

For me, these photos are just like the snapshots of each stage of our lives; you started to remember your life, your friends, things aroud you at that time when you look at the the photos.

For a long time, these photos are just hidden memories which were picked up when I sometimes glanced at them. However I'm not the kind to hide my past behind; I love to present it instead...so...here comes the idea of the "time album" for my family, which consists of the headshots of my beloved family.


For each family member, I picked a kind of plant as the symbol. Me, of course, is the lotus since my name is "蓮"; my yonger brother's name "和", also can be written as "禾", that means the standing grain. "蘭" was my mom's nick name, and so orchid is her symbol. The symbol of my father is a tree, since a father is always like a tree, watching over the whole family, and also his name is "中", just like a tree standing in the middle of the ground. Last but not least, my elder brother has the name "行", don't you think the shape of this word is similar to cacti?


Everyone has his/her own cardboard, and the photos are attached to the unfoldable sheet, so you can display it as timeline style.

These works have special meaning to me, not only because they are valuable family albums, but also because they were the dedication to my father's death half-anniversity.

I love you, dad!!

12 Signs of the Horoscope

Album link: Horoscope

There's no need for a reason to make handicraft; all you need is some inspirarion. Using 12 name cards, covered with tissue papers, and colored with 12 different colors (which is the color of light related to the star which guards the sign).

The 12 signs are made by different materials and techniques using the "lucky" color for each sign. Also, the materials I used are matched to the quality of the sign which I want to represent. For example, the wool give us the warm feeling, which is what a Caner brings to his friend; and Aries mark is drew by red crayon representing the childlike personality of the Aries.

12 signs imply infinite possibilities, and different aspects of our life. Just like to "WHEEL of FORTUNE" card in the middle, the 12 signs are our life...with various presenting ways.