catching up

And as much as life has been a whirlwind of sorts, I crafted these for Crochet Along:

Christmas present: tiny tea set

 (never got to post this since I did not have internet in the ranch)

Granny-Along: granny squares

(this is going to be for a little throw for a baby :-) )

And I embroidered these designs I picked up from an old embroidery book my mother had lying around the house:

This is for the cover of my 2008 planner book. I love planners :-) and I love embroidery. I am taking this opportunity being in the city this weekend to download some vintage patterns to embroider. And learn some new stitches. 

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY tO ME!!!!!

27 and a Hope Chest

I turn 27 in 15 minutes.

And what do I have to show for it? 

A diploma.

A Barangay Kagawad seat.

A husband-to-be that just read me the passage for my birthday from his copy of "Our Daily Bread" before saying goodnight.

And a wonderful flutter inside me.

Yes. My life is going according to His plan.

meringue dreams

1. Meringues au cacao, 2. mini key lime meringue cupcakes., 3. Picaday Day 3 of 365 - Meringue!, 4. Ricotta Almond Cupcakes With Citrus Meringue Frosting., 5. Lime Meringue Tartlet, 6. Lemon Meringue Pie Cupcake, 7. Lemon Meringue Pie., 8. meringue innards, 9. Meringues., 10. Apple Meringue Avant Passage au Four, 11. Meringues., 12. Meringue Variations (6/6), 13. Lemon Meringue14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

No wedding cake. Wedding meringues sounds so much yummier. 

Small wedding. Small. Miniature even. 

And this seems like a wonderful idea for a centerpiece. Cause there are branches everywhere. And Martha Stewart has the pattern to make cherry blossoms. 

I got this photo from eco-chic weddings, a wonderful site by Emily Anderson, author of the book by the same title.

Challenges update

As if wedding planning is not time consuming enough (specially when I only have like 3 weeks to plan), here are the new themes from the crafty challenges:

1. Crochet Along - Granny Squares
2. Pincushion Challenge - Try Something New
3. The Purse Project - Recycled Linen (deadline: March 1)
4. Tie One On - Polka Dotted Lovelies (deadline: Feb 1)

And I have to get out of bed right now so I can take a shower, finish mom's dress and get rid of this flu. 

From Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler.

Cebu B

I'm in Cebu for my cousin Chaveli's wedding.

• Downloading updates for my software whilst listening to country music downloaded from Lori on New Years.
  
• Updated my links.
• Itching to get Photoshop and Illustrator on this new baby so I can shoot and work :-( (and maybe join this?)
  
• Sewing mom's dress for the wedding. Bought the cloth in Quezon, Bukidnon. Doing beadwork on it the whole day tomorrow.
  
• Updated my zakka magazines (and yes, the National Bookstore in Ayala Mall has a wide collection at the same price of Php 85.00/each).
• Acquired a Clover Heart Yo-Yo Maker (Php 450.00 at Country Crafts, Ayala Mall)

SummerdayStudio will re-appear on 2008. With a few twists. And turns. 

And in all of this, I have my wedding coming up. SURPRISE. 

Breakfast will be served after the ceremony, a guest list of 60, and the entourage is: one best man (for me and him) and 8 flower girls. 

And have been veering towards this color palette (from Style Me Pretty):

Oh and P.S. I am wearing my mom's wedding dress.

Bacccckkk

Merry Christmas Lia.

Well.
So much has happened.
And more about to happen. And it's going to be okay with a MAC.
I am 16 always.

Happy Birthday Diego and Abuelito.

Into the woods

Yesterday I took a walk in the woods to take some photos. I brought along the three ranchhands (Omil, Bobo and Jep) to assist my shoot and help me identify some species. It was a nice day, though a bit hot. We brought a huge mirror to reflect the light since it gets pretty dark inside the forrest (and I just love mirrored light heheh).

The mirror split into two by the end of our shoot cause of the heat! Very scary. We learned a lesson: Do not carry a mirror with the mirror side facing the sun! Very stupid and dangerous. Luckily (in a broken mirror situation), the ranchhand Omil was safe from the shreds of glass that fell around him.

On our way home, we chanced upon this scene. :-) One of the cowboys had left his saddle and horse on one of the fields. I wonder where he went. Probably had a late lunch.

I have more photos that I would love to post of my past few days but the internet is quite relaxed around here. Tomorrow I'm going down to the city, I shall post then.

Bummer&Bummer's Puffer bride

our puffer bride
Originally uploaded by Rowari

The making of bummer&bummer's "Puffer Bride" is now available for viewing on my flicker :-)
This was supppper fun to make.

We went thru nearly 2 kg. of fiber-fill to create this. and lots of disassembled earrings for the headpiece. And lots of sleepless nights.

I designed the knitted top. We gave it to the model as a gift so I can't take a good photo of it. But should there be some free time, I will recreate it and rewrite the pattern and post it here as a freebie. As of the moment, the pattern is hard to understand hehehe I was just making up my own abbreviations as I went along since I had to finish it quick.