TGIF

 

the office pantry, at 10:00am today. aircon’s too cold. no, make that waaay too cold!

scene I:  me pouring brewed coffee into my mug. enter manong guard.

scene II:  (pours cold water into his bottle) and he sings:

LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA LA

LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA LA, LAAAA-MIG…

DOO-BEE-DOO-BEE-DOO, aaaah-haaa-haaah.

bongga si manong! 

here’s the layout I submitted for SM idol09 round 2. the challenge was all about the 3Rs: reuse, reduce & recycle.

in my quest to save mother earth (ok, ok, I’ll stop na), I only used very meager materials: 1 cardstock, 1 patterned paper, 1 embellishment [used 2 ways], and 1 re-purposed scrapbooking material (i.e. packaging, etc):

… and I made it to round 3! yay

see the details of my entry here and all the other amazing entries on this round here. pinay creativity overload! woohoo!

studio azul’s scrap buffet tomorrow!

HAPPY WEEKEND, PEEPS!

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he’s only human

 

checkin’ out the boo-tay!

a TGIF layout coming right up in a few…

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3 months na…

 

si bailey today!

so I only found out the month when she was born about 2weeks ago. well, I always thought about this teeny, tiny detail but never got around to really ask my benefactor cousin the exact date when bailey was born. april the 9th, during nighttime. sweet

can you spot the iron pig and dear’s tsinelas in the picture below?

this photo session last week took all of 88 shots. I tell you, she’s really a handful (ay, super playful! OVERRR.)! there’s a lot of shouting and chasing and foot nibbling involved. and this is the lone, decent shot I got of her that I used for this layout.

hey! saan ka punta, bailey girl!

for the record, bailey IS the one nibbling on my foot, ok? maige na yung malinaw. hahaha. 

TRIVIA:  I almost named her “halo”, as in an angel’s halo. since I love this song of beyonce, and her video featured a doxie! watch at 1:51:

bailey had her second dose of the 5-in-1 shot last saturday, and got her nails clipped, too. I’m just not quite sure if I want to go back to her vet. she’s so, uhmm… un-”vetty” to me. it’s my first time to meet this vet, since the first shots that bailey had with this particular vet, she was with my benefactor cousin.

and this is my pooch after every shower. doesn’t she look sooo cute sleeping the same way like her human*?

*that’s me!

yeah-huh, puppy love

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not a day older…

 

has it been a year already? huwatt…?

 

HAPPY 71st BIRTHDAY, MUM!

thank you for being our family’s guiding light all the time. we love you!

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TGIF

 

my kaya 26 entry didn’t make it to the pinoyscrapbookers’ gallery simply because I didn’t pay attention to the instructions (sorry, janis!). which really makes a whole lot of difference if you ask me. darn it.

anyways, the challenge was to use pearls in any way within the layout. can you spot where I put mine?

you might have seen this picture in another layout of mine already. but I swear may konting diff… mas matigas ngiti namin ni dear dito

and here’s my SM idol09 round 1 entry. the challenge was to create paper pieces to use in our layouts + three pictures:

 

cute ni bailey girl ko, noh?

to view details of my layout and journaling, jump here.  and for some serious paper piecing inspirations and techniques, go here.

and I made it to round 2! woo-hoo…

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random wednesday 47

 

it hit me much too late, I guess.

as I was driving alone last sunday, I heard michael jackson’s song “gone too soon” over the radio. almost instantly, I turned up the radio’s volume, put both my hands back on the steering wheel at 10-2 position and listened. before I knew it, I was already misty-eyed. I don’t want to sound corny to you and all, but man…. THE michael jackson is DEAD. and no one can ever replace him, not even after my own generation’s wiped out from the face of the earth. 

like lola madonna, MJ also figured quite indelibly in my young life. we danced to the tune of “smooth criminal” back in senior high – I was the only girl in a group of 8 boys (seriously), and I was in costume no less, for total performance; I knew the dance steps to PYT* (pretty young thing), and I watched a good friend rehearse “thriller” every other night back in the day. even helped fine tune the tissue masking for his make-up to achieve the zombie effect for his performance gala. aah… memories. sigh.

* PYT inspired layout from 2007

and I want to get hold of this TIME magazine limited edition issue on MJ. hitting newsstands in the U.S., 29 june:

for those of you who’s not familiar with the song “gone too soon”, go here 

ok, tuning out of the sad mode now.

this guy is the world’s smallest bodybuilder:

pint-sized muscleman aditya “romeo” dev of phagwara, india is curently the holder of this title. kung ako ikaw, I wouldn’t mess with this guy. kaka-afraid.

 

it’s not a problem of mine, but if it is yours, then there’s this rather odd product you might want to consider for yourself: the kush support. notice the different sizes? I won’t tell you what the product is for, so go figure it out

lastly, here’s a video of a cute kid doing a freaky dance repertoire:

 

midweek!

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‘elo, peeps… meet audrey woulard.

 

she is the phenomenal children’s photographer from chicago and I am so honored to be able to show you her fantastic portfolio. she is a natural with kids, hence the awesome photos (okay, I will use superlatives and you can’t stop me – ). she only shoot using available light and has the patience as long as the great wall of china. she’s also a mother to four energetic young boys. now if only I have even just a drop of her talent… oh yeah, and a DSLR to complete the dream.

I came across audrey’s site while I was blog-hopping. and after the jump, I was hooked! I think I was able to dissect her site and blog until my eyes were all watery from all the staring and ogling that I did. and if you are a scrapbooker like me, audrey is the best inspiration pitstop before you take your subject’s photo. immediately I emailed her, asking permission so I could post her work here. she was so graceful to tell me that I may do just that

so here are some of my favorite images in no particular order:

click to view larger image

 

and simply because the cute babe is wearing this tee…

there’s just too many eyecandies in there, so I must stop now. you can also see more of her earlier works here.

thanks for allowing me to post your work, audrey! promise, if I ever go to chicago, I will look you up (yes, I can dream). and it was nice emailing with you at four o’clock in the morning – your time

 

joke time!

 

to jumpstart your monday

 1)      para kang utot, tahimik pero malakas ang dating

2)      are you a crystal ball? coz I can see my future with you

3)      me alam ka bang good bank na pwede akong mag-deposit? kasi I’m planning to save all my love for you eh

4)      are you a racetrack? coz, baby, you’ve got the curves

5)      may mirror ba sa puso mo? coz I see myself in it

6)      police ba ako? ikaw kasi ang most wanted ko eh

7)      limang piso ka ba? kasi SAKTO ka eh

8)      para kang switch… coz you turn me on

9)      kuto ka ba? kasi I can’t get you off my head

10)   asthma ka ba? kasi you take my breath away

11)    may butas ba puso mo? kasi na-trap ako sa loob, can’t find my way out

12)   alam mo, ako ang science at ikaw ang lab ko

13)   nasaan ka kagabi? wala ka ata sa panaginip ko

14)   teleserye ka ba? ang sarap mo subaybayan eh

15)   kung posporo ka at posporo ako, eh di MATCH tayo

16)   may MMDA ba dito? kasi nagkabanggaan puso natin eh

17)   meron ka bang eraser? hindi kasi kita mabura sa isip ko eh

18)   ice ka ba? crush kita eh

19)   gusto mo ng salbabida? kasi malulunod ka sa pagmamahal ko

20)   miss, can I check your tag? coz I swear you’re made in heaven

21)   para kang table of contents, dahil ikaw ang topic ng bawat pahina ng buhay ko

22)   aanhin pa ang gravity kung kusa na akong nahuhulog sa’yo?

23)   kung ako ang player at ikaw ang bola, masho-shoot ba kita? hindi, kasi lagi kita mami-miss

24)   alarm clock ka ba? ginising mo kasi ang natutulog kong puso

25)  aanhin pa ang damo, kung sa’yo pa lang, may tama na ako?

26)   pwede ba kita maging driver? para ikaw na magpapatakbo ng buhay ko

27)   umutot ka ba? coz you blew me away

28)   pustiso ka ba? coz I can’t smile without you

29)   pwede ba kita maging sidecar? single kasi ako eh

30)   cup ka ba? kasi you CUP-tured my heart

and my personal favorite…

31)   para kang plema, di ka maalis sa dibdib ko

HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD, PEEPS!

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TGIF: so you wanna be an idol, ey?

 

I finally bit the bullet, by joining the…

 

yeah, and it’s great! loads of local talents in here, and it’s quite humbling to be playing in the same field as they are.

here’s the inspo for the elimination round (use at least 4 photos):

 

my take:

 

so why did I join only NOW, then? hmm, let’s see. my layout size wasn’t allowed before, that’s one. although I can easily shift to a 12×12 base, I was scared of the pressure, so that’s two. and three, I am too sure I’ll have palpitations as soon as I hear about the deadlines and the design twists that go with each elimination round. as if naman sigurado ako that I will survive the weekly elimination rounds, hahaha!! but I am in a great community with such awesome scrappers just too eager to support each other. so wherever this journey will take me, at least I have one less backlog to boast about. yipee-ya-yay for that

let you know if I made it

* * * * *  HOTP:  we all made it this time! yahu! * * * * *

weekend! weekend!

see you at the lasting impression sale tomorrow! 

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the reckoning of an icon

 

no matter what happened, and no matter what he did… he was like the supernova, who’s bigger than life itself.

via new york times

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