Prayers of Praise
Two little eyes to look to God;
Two little ears to hear his word;
Two little feet to walk in his ways;
Two little lips to sing his praise;
Two little hands to do his will
And one little heart to love him still.
I would like to share this paper cut-work that I did last Sunday.
I was able to do it though I just made its last line.
It made my heart so glad that I wanted to do more of these.
I hope you love it too.
I went to Bloggers United last June 1, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center with my good and adventurous friend Charlotte. It was another happy shopping and bonding experience with her and the super fashionable and approachable bloggers at their respective booths. This was another Bloggers United to remember.
Let’s take a glimpse of our booth-to-booth adventure through my photo diary.
This photo was taken after purchasing at Lissa Kahayon’s booth. I am happy that she was so hands-on to her booth and she was nice too.
This was a photo of I and Ms. Ava after visiting and purchasing something at her booth. I really love her simplicity and kindness. Happy.
This was a photo of I and sweet Dani Baretto. She was indeed a lovely person.
I was really extremely happy together with my friend Cha the moment we visited and finally loved the adorable items at Tracy Ayson’s booth.
I with the lovely actress Laureen Uy at her booth.
I and my friend Cha had fun at Reese Lansangan’s booth. I was such a fan of her pop-art inspired button earrings that I can easily buy at Elan. It was a memorable moment to meet her finally! 
Bloggers United was not complete without greeting and meeting Ana again. I was thrilled and so excited to buy at her booth. I will post soon the the twisted-wire ring I got from her collection. Yey!
This was a photo of I, Cha and the journalist Lia Manalac at the @DiksyonaryoAtbp booth after donating my old books from my HS to their booth. Shout out: Happy to help!
I just had a quick fix of my outfit last BU5. I always end up choosing a comfy shoes and a floral skirt for the bazaar hopping!
Chiffon top (from my sis closet (teehee!:))
Skirt (Thrift Store)
Flats (Parisian)
Bag (Thrift Store)
Necklace (from Lissa Kahayon’s)
This was me after the tiring but fun BU5 experience! 
I with Cha my shopping-mate and my super friend!!! I’m really grateful to be with this witty and pretty lady last BU5 . 
We got tons of energy throughout the day taking photos, meeting the bloggers and even finding the right&stylish item in each booth. Cool.
Till next Bloggers United… (winks!)
Photos courtesy of : Charlotte Badidles
Hi there! It’s already June and does it mean Summer’s already over? I know there will be an eternal sunshine that glows in each of us since we’ve been recharged from the summer break. I hope you enjoyed summer as much as I do. I was into a lot of fearless adventures and craziest experiences since the sun started to be the earth’s spotlight. I had to deal with some life matters like my approaching grad studies, attending fashion events, fueling my artistic tank and even with my endless responsibility as a teacher. Above all the busy schedule I was able to have this outfit post!
The little red dress that I loved because of its easy-breezy chiffon lightweight material.
I had fun with the dress on this fine weather.
I even played around with nature just to spent the most of the sun’s heat.
It was a bright day indeed. Thank you Mr. Sun for a fine day for me to play around the last few days of Summer.
Love this look? I hope you do.
Hope you all had a great Summer!
Little Red Dress (Topshop)
Wedges (Forever21)
Necklace (Butingtings)
Gold Belt (GG)
Photography by Cjane Ginez
“I never thought dreams do come true in an instant.”
I was so happy that I was able to attend a formal fashion show. It was my long-time dream to attend one most likely the famous Philippine Fashion Week. The funny-up-side-down story behind these chances was just a click away at one of my fave blog (anagonzales.com). And that was history!haha
That Wednesday, I thought of plans on how I can reach MOA in an instant because I have work till 5:00pm and the show starts by 7:30pm. I was grateful I had my sister, Jess with me in action all the time. haha I can’t believe I was able to catch up the show and saw the famous ramp;”catwalk”. It was an awesome experience to be in a fashion week. I was mesmerized with the collections and even with the fashionable people in the gala. I am really thankful for it until now.
Here’s my Philippine Fashion Week photo diary:
These were the pfw tickets from Ana Gonzales.
Philippine Fashion Week: Holiday2013
Pardon for not having a fine photo but I can picture lots of memories here.
I had a neon punch outfit that night that took me 15 mins. to dress-up.
Neon top (Forever 21)
Lace skirt (Bayo)
Box-shaped bag (SM Dep’t Store)
Necklace (Girlshoppe)
Sad part: I was not able to prepare a cam so I end up taking photos in my phone. ( I left it because I was chasing the time that night. o-oh)
I and Ana in front of the Super Sale Bazaar. haha:) I grabbed the opportunity to take a together with Ms. Ana:) Without her this will not be possible, I am really grateful with this experience. This was indeed unforgettable!
Photos taken by Jess
Art is still part of life and always will be. It means forever. I was into paper cutting literally—- letters especially for my classroom since I am a teacher and for some nifty crafty things. I was really into cutting, tearing and pasting papers since I was a kid. Not having dolls and dollhouses, I as a kid made my own. I use to have my own drawing of paper dolls with their unique dresses and of course their houses.
I used old magazines, glue, scissors, used paper materials like folders, coupon bonds, balikbayan boxes and even our telephone directory. It was funny though that I went through those childhood experiences. As I grow up, I gradually evolved my cutting business. I tried cutting letters the moment I got older and let go of the paper-y dolls. I used those letter cuts from scrapbooks to my own classroom decors. I usually call them my handmade-decals. (I usually broke these BIG&COLORFUL scissors whenever I cut these days.) I think that’s part of my cutting life.
These hot and dry summer days I planned to have an art-sy activity to do. And the moment I saw Hey Kessy’s post, I was purely excited and curious to learn another craft most likely with washi tapes.
This was the post for the workshop. (Hey Kessy)
This is my crafty photo diary of the workshop happened last Sunday.
The crafty tools & materials were all organized and set for action! I was happy also with the personalized mats with our name on it that was made by Mansy.
(Thaaaank you Mansy! )
I love these hanging papercuts!
Mansy’s hanger of adorable washi tapes.
It was too hard to choose from these washi tapes. The designs & patterns are all so pretty and cool.
After several practices of the cutting patters, here’s my very first try. I chose to cut the word “teach” .
3.) Get up and… teach
These were our creative masterpieces!:D #proud
This was my memorable papercut for my first ever coaster. I am very thankful for the creative ideas I got from the workshop. The ‘teach’ coaster was also for our patient crafter-maker-teacher-rolled-into-one amazing person—Mansy Abesamis. It was nice meeting and learning with her. She inspired me to make MORE!!!
The crafty afternoon was truly FUN and meaningful though there were dark clouds the moment I stepped out Sweet Ecstacy cafe. haha!
“Let’s make more…ART”
One of the things I am grateful for is that there are so many incredible people behind these life adventures. I’d been into all-kinds-of-everything-rolled-into-one-kind lately. I really can’t explain or even describe the feelings I had with these laid and sudden pack of experiences I went through all days of summer. I missed posting entries here even celebrating even my blog anniversary. (Yey! turned 1 already) But I guess there will be a whole lot of room for celebration. Actually, I had the days filled with whirlwind of ’turning-points’ in life. (I’ll share THESE real soon.)
I was happy I was able to dress-up and take photos again. I’d been away with that kind of nature for sometime the moment I started to juggle my scheds literally!haha:) I just love how I came back with this tribal print long-sleeved polo and with these old-pair of oxfords. Those pieces were so laid-back and at the same time meaningful since the top was actually from my bestie based in Canada. (Thanks Kimmmy! )
I realized how each trendy piece has a story to tell. Every sweet grin has its wonderful reason for the world to know.That every passionate and determined views of life could make a difference. That every time that the sun shines there’s no way to be blue at all.
Here are some of the photos:
Top: Forever 21
Sunnies: Forever 21
Oxfords: Cole Vintage
Timepiece: Parfois
Ring: Thrift Store
Photography by Cj Ginez
It’s been a couple of months since I entered my thoughts and enthusiasm about everything under the sun and the sky. I had been through life turning points that made me dare my self to be courageous to go places, to interact with old and new people and to do things beyond. I really missed this site so much that I will be planning to have a blast-full comeback.Yea.Altogether,let’s count few days from now and fingers crossed it’ll be just a natural transition. There will be burgeoning posts about my passion,art,style & life.
soon. xx
“Begin the year with a clean slate.” I usually hear this quotation for the “nth” time since new year resolutions were getting stickier than ever. I could compare it literally to the fact that everything in this world are constant changes. We all learn to think about how we are in the past, realize and then analyze what we should maintain and probably change. Change is better whenever we change for the better. I thought of having plans and set priorities for the year than having resolutions that would run down my journal without knowing I already forgot them. I thought of having decisions and finally would become actions real soon. I hope that soon is now. Having a fresh start after a year wherein I realized how time passed by without me even knowing I already did many things beyond what I thought of. Cramming for research, reading notes of a piece I’m about to sing, schedules of org meetings and finding the precious time together with my family and friends was so last year. Now, I’m doing brand new things. Maybe, I’m still me but there were changes, really. I hope these are for the better. And beginning this year there will be more.
I just started the days of the year by sitting in my favorite spot of the room and guess what I’m doing? I was gripping my pencil and sketch all over the white sheets. I had a lot of fun choosing color moods and even recalling designs I really love. Probably these are some of the styles I wanted to have for the year. And I was literally celebrating from the first day until now because the color of the year: Emerald which is another shade of my favorite color green. Isn’t that cool?
Hope you love these sketches from my SKETCHBOOK2013 Yey!
What do you think of these works of art?:)
Comments and more comments are really LOVED and APPRECIATED.
Have a happy weekend!
Happy New Year world!
Jump start year 2013 with a bright smile and a peaceful heart.
How did you spend the first week of the year?
Hope you had a blaaaast!
