My Doll Family and more

Hello lovelies!

Here is a photo of my little doll family.  They're all excited for our November 1 trip. :)

More lovelies have joined in my girls' little giveaway.  Check them out here.  You can also learn more about their giveaway guitar pendant here.

On the other news, 2 of my old friends visited this afternoon.  We had sumptuous dinner - Lechon Paksiw, Dulong, Beef Tapa, Rice (a staple, I can't live without!), and Coke.  Too bad, we forgot to take some photos. :(  We had a long nice chat and I just want to say that I'm really proud of my friend Nika for what she did 2 weeks ago. It's between us girls but I just want her to know that i'm really soooo proud of her. :)

My sister and I are still getting ready for our November 1 business venture.  Well, actually it's really hers. I'm just helping her out.  I'll be sharing more stories and photos after the dust has all settled down - hopefully by next week. :)


Oh, before I leave, I can't wait to hear stories about Red Velvet's opening day!  Elsie just opened her new shop today.  I hope it was a success! I really love her for all the inspiration. :)

I hope you had a lovely Halloween.  Tell me about it 'coz we don't have it here. :)

xo,
Ails

Best shots and a busy weekend

Hello lovelies!

My girls just featured some of the best Blythe pictures and blogs that our friends shared.  They're awesome so why don't you check them out. :)

I'll be busy this weekend.  We do not have Trick or Treat here in our place but we always spend our 1st of November in the cemetery to visit our departed loved ones.  It also turns into a family reunion since all our relatives also come to visit.  This is something that we always look forward to during autumn, uhmm, the 4th quarter of the year in our case. :)

Two lovelies have already joined my candy.  :) If you haven't done so, and happen to love papers, flowers, and buttons, you can still join until November 2!  Click here to join.  I will draw the winner on November 3. :)

See yah later!

love, ails

sneak peek - leather accessory

Hello lovelies!

I'm happy to say that I have finally finished organizing my craft supplies in the HUGE plastic box and our files in the bottom drawer of my craft table. Yay!  I was too tired after that so I wasn't able to take some photos.  Also I have finally altered a pink gown for my girls. I can't wait to take pictures of them this weekend! :)

Here are some photos of one of our craft products in our local store.  It's made of leather and handcrafted by the Igorots.

Lovely, isn't it?  I'm thinking of selling this online too to support our local craftsmen and women. :)  I'm just so glad my cousin Raymond dropped by last weekend to model for me.  I'll be sharing some more craft products in the coming days.

Btw, have you joined my giveaway yet? If not, please do so.  I'd greatly appreciate it if you do. :) Just click here or on the links at my right sidebar.

Have a lovely day everyone! :)

xo, ails

Weekend Happiness

HellOoO!

This is a late post but I wanna share anyway. :)

My weekend was really special.  Aside from being able to blog about my craft space, I got to spend quite a longer and lovely time with my family.  Of course, I took care of this little angel.

He continuously amaze us.  He is our sunshine. :) And in preparation for our November 1 visit to our departed loved ones,  I crocheted a bear hat for this baby.  Below is a peek of the in-process hat.  I was able to finish it in 1 day but I used a different camera in taking the photo of it's finished state.  And I forgot to copy the picture before we left the family house.

Then I got to practice my right as a citizen once more.  The barangay captain I voted for won the election. Hooray! I just really hate the indelible ink on my index finger.  It's sooo totally ewwww!  I do not paint my nails but this time, I'm kinda thinking of having them manicured.

Then mom and I had a bonding moment cooking.  I do not know what this recipe is called but since we used Turbo Broiler, I'm gonna call it...

TURBO CHICKEN Recipe

ingredients:
1 whole chicken

salt
calamansi
1 small can liver spread
1 medium-sized carrot
1 medium-sized potato
1 stalk celery
1 medium-sized onion

procedure:
1. Clean the chicken
2. Marinate it with salt and calamansi for 8 hours.  It should smell like calamansi juice with salt.  If it doesn't then you better add some more calamansi.
3. After 8 hours... Chop the carrot, potato, onion and celery into small cubes.
4. Mix the vegetables with the liver spread.
5. Stuff them into the chicken.
6. Tie the legs close together and use toothpick to cover the belly with the chicken's loose skin.

It should look like this...

7. Then set the chicken on the turbo broiler.  Close the lid.
8. Turn the temperature to 150 and the timer to 30 minutes.

9.  After 30 minutes, open the turbo and turn over the chicken on the other side.
10. Close the lid and turn the timer for another 30 minutes.  And it's done!
11.  Serve hot.

Oh and I have also started to plan the best way to display crafts in my local store.  Yes, my hubby and I are gonna have a little store of craft and souvenir goodies in our town! :)  We have a few inventory already.  The store is still under construction.  We are just waiting for the flooring and the shutters before we start painting the walls.  I'm so excited!

I hope you all had a happy weekend too!

xo, ails

NOT a pretty sight

I'm back!

As promised, I'll be showing you my new craft space.  So I thought, I'd let you see some parts of the house where my hubby and I live right now.

This is my mom's ancestral house.  It used to be pure wood but my Aunt, who owns the house now, decided to have it elevated because of flood that regularly happens 2-3 times a year during typhoons.  All it needs right now is to be painted...

and a little interior re-designing. :D

My aunt is now above 70 years old and I am happy to share that she has the same hobbies like me. She loves miniatures and she has a Barbie collection.  She even took care of my old Barbie dolls.  She returned one of mine just recently.  It's a Takara doll that dad bought me in Japan when I was little. I'll introduce her in another post.  My aunt sews really good, 'coz sewing used to be one of her job while she was studying high school and college.  She sews Barbie clothes and lots of other household stuff.  I'd be glad to show you some other time the lovely treasures I have found in the old house.


Hubby and I now occupy one of the rooms on the 2nd level.  It's just enough to fit His computer and My craft stuff.  We could occupy another room for those if we choose to.  But for now, since the whole house is unpainted yet, I prefer that we keep all our 'important' stuff in our bedroom.

This is my part of the room...

 except for the weights, of course.

This is my table top.  I still have a lot of unfinished projects.  Like that 2 binders on the right.  Those are from my online classes that I haven't finished yet.  My stamps collection are also here along with the Goo Gone, Prima flowers, glue, and pencils.  The boxes contains some ribbons.

This left drawer contains my journaling and coloring pens, crop-a-dile, stamp pads, acrylic block, edge puncher, shape punchers, some paper tapes, glue sticks, and a pregnancy test (so totally out of place here).

The right drawer contains crayons, Japanese tapes and masking tapes, more flowers, embroidery floss, buttons, and other embellishments.

The file box contains all my papercraft magazines, craft books and some craft magazines I've won this year from Katie.  It also has some of my projects made.

 The lower drawer contains files and photography magazines that I have yet to arrange.  The BIG plastic box contains my 12x12 paper stacks and boards - most are Kleir's craft gifts, and some of my new craft purchases.

And this bookshelf has been a total mess for 4 months now.  My aunt positioned it beside our bed but I will transfer it near my craft table.  The top layer contains my textile and felt stacks.  The second layer is my Blythe house, for now.  Just yesterday, I saw an unused shelf in my Aunt's room that can pass for a doll house.  It was her dolls' before she bought a new one with glass doors.  The 3rd layer has my Smena and some of hubby's camera stuff.  The fourth layer has some of my yarns, Blythe's clothes, ribbons, Blythe hangers & stuff.

These are the things needed organization in my room.  Hubby and I plan to paint it by ourselves, and the whole house too one part at a time.  We wanted our room white to suit our wood furniture and fixtures.  What do you think? I'd like to hear your thoughts. :)

xo,
ails

long weekend happiness

Hello, hello, hello! :)

It's a long weekend!  Tomorrow is a holiday because of the barangay election so I have another day off to spend with my family and this cute little angel...

My family lives 3 kilometers from where my hubby and I are now staying.   We visit them during weekends.  I brought my 2 girls this weekend to meet Seth.

He wasn't so happy hugging them.  He prefers Barney. :)

I'll be posting a little tour of my new craft space in a little while.  It is NOT a pretty sight yet but I would like some opinion on how to make it cute and inspirational. :)  I better get back to cleaning the house, the baby will be back soon after attending the mass.  See yah later!

xo, ails

2 candies for you

Giveaway CLOSED.  See the winner here.

Hello lovelies!

I would like to apologize for my absence and uber delayed giveaways.  I have been very busy with my new life, new place, new job, new community service, and new business.  I couldn't squeeze in blogging during my free time.  But last night, I finally finished arranging my craft space.  I feel more settled and secured now.  Inspirations keep on coming and I believe that with my newly organized mind and personal space, I can finally go back to creating once again. yey! :)

I plan to revive this blog starting tonight.  And I will start this revival with 2 sweet candies.

I have been blissfully married now for 5 months now. :)  Adjustment period is not yet over but we are coping and enjoying every step that we take.  So for my giveaway, I am sharing the following:

• Hallmark's His & Hers Paper Sheets
• Hallmark's Stiquotes (His & Hers and Friends & Flowers)
• 3 bunches of pastel flowers
• 2 dz flower buttons

All you have to do is leave a comment below by giving me the link of a crafter/artist's blog that inspires you the most.  You can join this giveaway until November 2. :)

But if you love and own a Blythe, I have also prepared something for your girl.  :)

• Crocheted white dress
• Crocheted red bear hat
• guitar pendant (not shown in the picture)

*Doll and shoes are not included
You can join this giveaway by leaving a comment in this blog that I have started for my 2 lovely girls. :)

Winners of the 2 candies will be chosen randomly on November 3, 2010. 

I am so excited! I hope you like my first ever giveaways. See ya around! :)

hugs, ails