DIY days = LOVE

Despite of the super rush 15 days preparation for our Church wedding here in Mexico we still managed to do some DIY projects ....

So here are some of them....

invitation

neck ties for the wedding party

mini veils for the party

mandil for the party too

bride and groom car sign & just married sign

wedding favors

It's more fun when you are together!

 somebody can cook for you something when you're starving :p

And surprises you in the mid of it! :D

My DIY cord - Nautical inspired

Hola!! As promised, I will now share my DIY nautical inspired wedding cord.... :D

Sorry but I don't have a step by step instructions on how I made it because it's just a piece of cake..I just did some tying and sewing....hahaha

I wanna create something with a nautical feel for this one to match our Nautical/Chevron theme for our wedding in Mexico....so here's what I came up with.....

My DIY cord

I initially wanted to use colored ropes for this but since I'm based in the province it's quite difficult to find materials here....so what I did is just make one out of baker's twine...

here's the materials I've used:

20 yards each of yellow and blue baker's twine - P330.00 ( i ordered online so it goes with the shipping fee)

yellow and deep blue buttons- P20.00 for 60 pieces

assorted stainless/silver charms/pendants - P180.00 (all)

yellow and blue threads- from granny's sewing box :p

mighty bond- from the household 

Total cost : P500.00

Here's a closer view of my DIY cord...

cross in the middle

steering wheel charm in the middle that bind both loops

stainless anchor

girl and boy charm ( for me it's cute) I put it in the end of each loop

another anchor charm (silver)

symbol of LOVE :D

angel with heart charm 

blue buttons I sewed in  yellow loop

yellow buttons I sewed in  blue loop

I so love the combination of our motif :D

That's it pansit!!

I hope you like it! :D

Note: This cord is also inspired by the DIY  bouquet of a w@w sissy (Michelle ni Jay) who is my cheerlearder for this DIY. ;) -Gracias Sis! :D

DIY bouquet # 3 - for my outdoor boudoir shoot

If you're a reader of this blog you may  notice how I love DIY-ing bouquets....First two down! but, wait! there's more! LOL ..... Yup I have a new DIY bouquet...this time I used  for my outdoor boudoir shoot last week...Hmmmm yes I still owe you a post for that... I promise I will soonest...I just don't get all the copies yet :P

Do you wanna see the third DIY bouquet now??? Come on! and see how  easy breezy it is to make.... :)

Materials:

5 stems of torch ginger flower - i bought  from Liliw, Laguna pa....(P5 each)
3 stems of yellow mums - (P25 each) - why so pricey in the Province :(
1 bundle of Anahaw leaves  -(P30 per bundle)
flower twine,garter and ribbons - just found in the house

yellow mums

torch ginger flower

anahaw leaves

all together :)

estimated cost: P130.00


Steps :

Just so easy, just bind them together....I'm sorry I don't have a step by step photos ... only this....

I used the twine first but it's not so effective so I double wrapped it with garter
and ribbons...effective I guess hahaha

Here's the final product, taken from my outdoor boudoir shoot! :D

i love the colors

feel na feel ko talaga :p

Don't you think it's lovely?? hahaha

I love it! - love your own right? :)

That's it pansit! :) 

Til next DIY folks ;)


Ps. I almost forgot to tell you that the next day after the shoot is my dad's 50th birthday and I really planned to bring the bouquet for him....:D

belated happy birthday Daddy!I love you!

Quick Pics week update

Okay so all my stuffs and stories are now hanging and all I can offer you now is a sneak peek of those stories I wanna share...Let me narrate it for you through pictures but pardon me for a not so good quality photos cause I often use my mobile phone's camera.....Please bear with me....

Here it goes...

So my niece finally out of the hospital and the doctor said she suffered from gastroenteritis with some dehydration. We are glad she's fully recovered now.

Isn't it obvious she can play with my shoes now?

A day before we admitted Meg (my niece) in the hospital I was so busy with my US B2 visa application.It was my first time applying b2 though I've been using a C1 visa for almost 7 years now. Normally my agency do it for me so I can't get of cramming and tension when I was doing it plus getting an interview schedule really requires a lot of  patience in waiting. You can't actually choose a date because you have no choice at all but to get the only date you can see in your monitor and a schedule probably made for early birds, you have to choose between 6:30 am and 7:30 am schedule (an hour difference?yay!). Can you imagine how many Filipinos are applying for visa here and so punctual and leave me these schedules? oh well lucky them but of course I took the latter one. LOL

now confirmed! finally.
Now, please pray for me.

I am working for a DIY pomander decor for a month now I guess  and it's not yet done.I am trying to finish and hoping I can share it to you soon..

I am stuck doing this. HELP!!!

I finally enrolled and started my Jeet Kun Do  class! Yey! and now I am loving kick boxing :P

for an affordable offer, why not? right? :P

Early this morning me and Mom went to the wet market to buy something for lunch and we saw a stall selling fresh and alive crabs. Craving hits your writer so I bought almost a kilo to prepare a delish seafood dish.Well, I guess this crustaceans realized that I am his predator and without a minute after I let them out of the plastic bag, grabbed my right thumb finger quickly using its claws and yes now I am injured! Pity me!

Spell C-A-R-E-L-E-S-S!

So there's the quick summary of my week...Hope I can blog for a more detailed post/story soon!

Oh well, let me start eating my late lunch first because I need to take a revenge with Mr.crab... Hmm I'll make sure I'll grab the claws first! LOL

Have a great day everyone!!!

DIY: Kids activity book

We actually wanted our wedding day  to be a "for adults only" event but since it's kind of impossible, we just decided to have a kids corner for them where they can eat and play.

We have six kiddos in our entourage 3 flower girls and the 3 boys as bearers so automatically 6 kiddos. Maybe I will just add 4 more or less for the total count and hopefully that's enough, I don't want our wedding to looks like a kids party. :/

To keep them entertained we made a DIY work book with the help of our lovely indeed source. :D

Muchisimo gracias for this!
Alan sent me the printable file and I'm the one who printed and sewed it out.

See below our finished products....

I made only  8 pieces for the meantime

lovely made for <3

of course I put shells for a beach-y accents as always :p

1st page

2nd/middle

last

And that's another labor of love. :D

Aside from this we will provide them crayons, pencils and maybe some sand castle building tools too.

Hope it works....We need to keep them busy and happy so adults can partey- partey! Yey!

DIY edible bouquet

Hi there! :D

As promised here’s one of my updates.
I want to share with you my DIY edible bouquet.
Oh well I dunno why I do it while I'm on a diet (LOL). Actually I am thinking of an edible bouquet for our prenup shoot and this idea popped up my head...

Just a piece of cake…

coke is hidden on the side. haha

All you need is a small round styro (P4.50)

Ribbon

A pair of generic chopsticks/BBQ sticks

Macaroons (I used the one from Goldilocks) (P65.00 per pack)

Some leaves from granny's pots

Tooth picks

How I made it? Hmmm just see the picture  below and you’ll see how easy it is to make…. :)


Bon appétit! 

Just insert the chopsticks in the middle of the round styro.
 Wrap the sticks with the ribbon  and put the leaves somewhere
 in the middle while wrapping.

Stick the macaroons one by one using the tooth picks.
(sorry I don't have the photo of the inserted tooth picks around it before putting the macaroons on top)

There you go!

Hush! But to be honest 1 pack of macaroons is not enough.
I guess 3 more pieces needed...I just don't show the unoccupied space. :P  

Of course making it edible is useless if I will not gonna eat it! wahaha

I hope you enjoyed it! Because I do with matching cold coke on the side... :P

Good luck to my diet then! Yay!

Note:
I ate like 4 pieces of it and share the rest to my lil bro and my niece! They love it too! delish <3