I still clearly remember that moment when I was 6 years old. I was staring at a bunch of stationeries and art materials. I told myself that someday, when I grow up and have a job, I will be able to buy all the art materials I wanted! That was the time when I would […]
If I ever have a go-to gadget, that would be my phone because I can do anything from writing a blog post to answering e-mails, taking care of all our social networking sites, coordinating things and chatting with friends. But there are also things I do that make me hate it so much: 1. Mindless
This is pretty much a summary of my life during the past few days in New York aside from the NBA! I’m currently at the Hong Kong airport and I just survived a 16 hour flight! I’m still feeling a bit woozy from fighting jetlag. Haha. I’ve been up since 6am Manila time while everyone
Hello There! If you’re here to sign up for workshop news, click here. But, if you’d like to take a peek at what goes on during our Watercolor & Lettering Workshops, read on. 🙂 ______ As soon as we got home last year, our schedule just went woosh and it’s as if I just woke
I still can’t believe that we’ve been to Iceland. It still feels like a dream except for the fact that I have pictures to prove to myself that we were really there! It has been on my bucket list for the longest time but it always seemed impossible! Booyeah! Anyway, I’m incredibly paranoid while I’m
This is my second to the last entry for the Big Blog Exchange and like I told my partner Marcela, I honestly think I was given the best assignment. Sure I sound like I’m so biased but there’s just so much inspiration I could soak up in the ten days that I’ve been in Italy!
As I’m writing this, Ponggo & I just had the craziest December ever. First, we won a couple of tablets (and yes, doncha worry, we will be giving one away soon), at one of the recent Christmas parties, we won a couple of Bingo games and the days before that, we actually won free tickets
Hello from the picturesque Tuscan Region that’s why I’m calling this entry Postcards from Tuscany. This is my favorite part of my Big Blog Exchange trip! Above: The typography was done by Ella Lama. When I was in Naples, I sent Ella a bunch of photos with negative space in it. I’m just happy
Hello Guys! Prepare your eyes, crafty hands, tummies and phone cameras! We’re excited to announce that the next workshop venue is Scarsdale! Scarsdale Artisanal Delights is named from a town in one of the Northern suburbs of New York city. From the same team that brought you Go Nuts Donuts, Scarsdale is a relaxing & quirky
Thank you so much everyone for the overwhelming response to all the workshops, we’ll be holding another session on January 10, Saturday. The Fully Booked BGC Watercolor and Lettering workshop will be from 2-5:30pm. This will be in cooperation with the School of Fun Things (SOFT). *I smile every time I read the name. It’s
Why You Should Travel Alone Before I left for the Big Blog X trip (to Italy) and what we now fondly call the Big Blog Xtension (the Paris, Iceland + Amsterdam leg), I met up with most of my friends as if I was going to be away for a couple of years. Hahaha. One
Note: This blog post was written last November 7 while I was on a train en route to Florence. Thank god for trains! Here in Manila, when I have to go on roadtrips, I need to stay awake as Ponggo’s navigator / driver but for a change, you will find me sitting down, staring into
You know you’ve truly fallen in love with a country when you still dream about it almost every single night a week after your trip. I swear, this is weird but when I wake up every morning, my last vivid memory is that of myself at a random place in Iceland looking for a shoot
Hello! I’m back! It feels good to be home. Well, technically, I’m not yet in Manila but in cyberspace, I am finallyyyy hoooooome! Anyway, the Big Blog Exchange asked us only to blog thrice but containing all the awesome places in Italy in 3 posts is a bit impossible for me. To start with, I
So I pretty much have a week to go and I’m off to Italy thanks to you & the Big Blog X! So far, my life has changed in fun & funny ways. First, I’ve been meeting up with high school friends, old and newfound kindred souls on Instagram. I’m actually amused that I will be back in
I was recalling how I stopped eating chocolate cake for a week after visiting the cake studio where my wedding cake was being made. Ponggo’s aunt asked me to sit down & wait as she mixed her ingredients. Then, she opened a box from the freezer & took out a cube of butter. By cube,
Hello Everyone! I’m excited to announce the Inky Doodles Workshop schedules for October! 🙂 This workshop will cover basic watercolor & inking. The materials included are as follows: 8-color Prang Set 1 Round Watercolor Brush Calligraphy Pen Holder Copperplate Nib 270gsm / 300gsm Watercolor Worksheets Ink Worksheets 1 HB Steadtler Pencil 1 Dust Free Eraser
A year ago, after reading an article about travelling in Frankie Magazine, I told Ponggo that maybe we should write to the government of Iceland and tell them that maybe we could visit their country and blog about it. Then, we both laughed so hard because it seemed such a ridiculous idea. Fast forward to
This is what has been going through my mind over the weekend: There are certain things that money can’t really buy: sanity, inner peace, inspiration, hope and LOTS OF SLEEP! Hehehe. Well, what about happiness? I don’t know. I didn’t want to include happiness yet because I still tend to associate it with that fleeting
I’ve always been daydreaming about the day that I would just be staying at some random place in the world, travelling, blogging and working. So, when I stumbled upon the Big Blog Exchange website approaching the long weekend in August, I got really excited. Well, at first, I panicked. How do we get everyone to vote when
