Archive for the ‘DIY’ Category

What makes my daughter’s heart leap for joy? It’s art materials. She is the type who can sit for hours if given the right art materials. Like most parents, I am also proud of my daughter’s achievements and would take pride in witnessing her learning milestones.  Just imagine her surprise when I handed her art materials from Enfakid this morning, it was priceless

We always make it a point supply her with all the materials she needs to fuel her passion. She has this book which she uses to draw and paint whenever she likes it.

If you are a proud mother like me and has a daughter who’s fond of drawing, you have a chance to win a trip to Singapore, a collaboration between Enfakid A+ and National Geographic for Kids!

Calling all moms and dads who have kids ages 3-7 years old. Submit  submit their illustrations of anything fascinating they learned from the January-February issue of National Geographic Little Kids (included with Smart Parenting magazine), or from the website http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/littlekids/.

The entries themselves should be submitted on http://www.seewhattheylearn.com where they will be displayed for public voting on the site until March 30, 2012. After the votes are in, the top 10 entries from participants 3-4 years old, and from participants 5-7 years old, will be shorlisted. A panel of judges will then select the two (2) Grand Prize Winners from the top 10 of each age category.

Each winner will receive a trip for four (4) to the Singapore ArtScience Museum, inclusive of airfare, accommodations, museum entrance fees, and pocket money. The winners will also be featured in a future issue of National Geographic Little Kids.

You may also promote your child’s See What They Learn entries through Facebook, Twitter, and email to encourage support from your relatives and friends. Submit their drawings now, and you could soon be on your way to one of the best learning experiences.

For details, visit http://www.seewhattheylearn.com/index.php/mechanics.

I’ve always wanted to start scrapbooking but like everyone else who have no extra money, scrapbooking is already a luxury so I ditched this plan and instead focused on its digital counterpart. Just install Adobe Photoshop, buy or download free kits online and voila! Scrapbooking na!

But recently, a fellow baker from Filipina Homebakers Online introduced me to Lasting Impression, a scrapbooking store located in San Juan, Metro Manila. They have all sorts of scrapbooking materials, from papers of different textures, cutting tools, punchers, ribbons and what-have-yous.

For my first purchase, I got the Fiskars Squeeze Punch in scallop (P875) and the Fiskars Squeeze Punch in round (P735).

For sure I won’t go full time in this line, with all the garbage at home and how pricey these stuff are, I doubt it! But for sure I’ll order again from Ms. Vivian, she’s so nice and very accommodating.

Lasting Impression
Website: http://www.lastingimpressionph.com/
San Juan, Metro Manila

Yesterday, my daughter and I, along with several mommy bloggers got the chance to enjoy cupcake and cookie decorating in Marta’s Cakes. Thanks to the Bisolvon’s Alagang SuperMom Kid Photo Contest launch.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Marta’s but I never thought of visiting the place because you know how expensive a visit to Serendra is. ^_^ But I was surprised to know that cupcake or cookie decorating kits in Marta’s Cakes only costs P130!

Marta’s also has the cutest cakes. Here are some of their cakes.

Twilight!!! One of the best

Casino Cake

a fancy lop-sided cake

Somebody give me this cake…NOW NA!

Princess, Knights and Dragons

I was hoping to see a Sony VAIO cake but I didn’t see one

The next time you want to take your kids out, try something sweet and creative like cupcake and cookie decorating at Marta’s Cakes!

Marta’s Cakes, Serendra, The Fort, Taguig City

As you all know, I’ve been thinking or rather “planning” the relaunch of Posh Baby – an online clothing store I gave birth to back in 2008. I stopped working on it last year because of some financial difficulties and because I got hooked with my online job in oDesk. And now that I am totally free from any oDesk obligations, I have thought of relaunching it this month of September – as soon as the stocks are ready.

But one of my dreams is to really put up a boutique for Posh Baby, it will double as my office so I no longer have to meet with my clients elsewhere. I want a boutique like this:

Of course the location will be on our home I have to convert the front yard into this haha! My husband is so not against the idea because he knows that I’m putting the space into good use.

The color has to be all pastel since Posh Baby is all about baby clothes and some other stuff. The door should be white or pink or yellow with a kid-friendly door knob, specifically a teddy bear one (ain’t it cute?). I have so many plans but for now I need to look for resources to make this all come true ^_^

Let’s face it, times are rough and with my little girl now being in school, hubby and I have  to work harder to augment our family income.

Having said that, I got an idea to put up a home-based online bakeshop Project Happiness Bakehouse. I’d be selling cupcakes and bars for everyone’s sweet cravings. I have classic chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, Nutella cupcakes, revel bars and more.

All of these are freshly baked and made using the finest ingredients so you get your money’s worth

With very few online bakeshops here in Cavite, I am positive that I will succeed in this endeavor.

Click here to visit Project Happiness Bakehouse site.

Thank you!

I couldn’t get enough of Michelle Phan’s make-up, beauty, and fashion tutorials. In fact, her D.I.Y videos on YouTube is part of my everyday.

Michelle Phan is a Vietnamese-American make-up artist and spokesperson for Lancôme. Her 98 D.I.Y videos on YouTube to date have been viewed for over 150,000,000 times making her the guru of all beauty gurus!

My personal favorites are her videos on lip and face exfoliating, moisturizing, and hydrating using organic ingredients such as sugar, extra virgin olive oil, honey, jasmine rice and more. Her skin is very clear, something that I envy. For sure she has no pronexin reviews on her channel as she doesn’t need it.

Follow Michelle Phan and meet her potty-trained bunny Mr. Bun Bun

YouTube, Twitter, Michelle Phan

I have made several posts about Enchanted Kingdom’s newest attractions but never on how to commute to the magical place from Manila. Here’s how:

• Ayala Center Terminal in Makati - A special shuttle travels from Ayala Center to Enchanted Kingdom and vice-versa. Special ticket rates apply.
• By Public Utility Bus – At Taft corner Buendia, ride a bus going to Balibago Complex and get off at WalterMart. From there ride a tricycle to Enchanted Kingdom.

We are from Cavite so what we did was ride a bus to Dasmarinas, Cavite, get-off at Robinson’s Dasma and ride a van to Sta. Rosa. Easy-peasy. You’ll know that you’re already in Sta. Rosa because you’ll see lots of used rvs for sale along the highway.

Here are the park’s latest attractions:
Zoori Adventures
Dora & Diego’s 4D Adventures
BiKi Waterworld

Park Schedule:

Enchanted Kingdom Park Schedule from April 3 – June 6, 2010
Mondays – Fridays: 2PM to 9PM
Saturdays – Sundays: 11AM to 9PM with Fireworks at 8PM
For more details, you may call 584-3535 or 584-4326 to 29

http://www.enchantedkingdom.ph

We’ve been cleaning since Sunday evening so things were transferred from one location to another (sa tagalog pa, inikot yung mga gamit sa bahay). This is a major clean-up actually since my family are celebrating Christmas in our small home. Okay na eh, we transferred our sofa, dining table, etc. with no problem. It was hard but I did not break anything! Ang galing! I am so clumsy so it’s so surprising that I did not break anything.

But as I was resting I thought of transferring our old wall clock…unfortunately yes, I broke the clock! One stupid move.

I can’t leave home just to buy a new one so I used a little creativity to make it look pretty again.

I gathered enough stars from an old Christmas hat, a portion of the hat was used to make the letters in Yona’s stockings.

At first I thought of using my ever reliable Turbo glue, but it was so runny that I decided to use a glue gun to stick the stars to the clock crack.

Here’s the final product:

Now our clock is happy again! Festive mood pa

Last night we put up of little Christmas tree. It’s just a small tree we bought for less than P100 ($2) last year. We prettified it a bit this year because Yona’s already demanding that it should have ribbons and chains PLUS the Christmas skirt. Yes, she liked it with a skirt.

Our theme this year is metallic red. We adorned the inexpensive tree with red balls, ribbons of red and gold, and chain.

How about you, care to share photos of your Christmas tree?

I found some old Christmas stockings and thought of putting it to use this year. I bought these plain stockings two years ago for an office program, but I never got the chance to use it.

So, do you have old stockings that you want to prettify? The entire process may take time but it’s really easy and simple!

Materials:

- old Christmas stockings
- extra cloth or old Christmas ornaments for the design
- black thread or green for contrast
- glue gun
- pencil
- cotton

For the letters, I use fabric from old Christmas hats that we can no longer use as some portions are already tattered.

Cut out the letters for your kid’s name, stuff it with cotton and hand sew the sides.

When you’re done, glue the letters to the stockings and you’re done! Easy, right?

If you are not comfortable with sewing, you can simply glue old Christmas ornaments on the stockings.

On this one, I used the star I used for our Christmas tree last year. This made me think on what to put on the tree this time. Hahaha!

Now, who says Christmas decors have to be expensive?