Mei's loss

In the midst of my excitement on my blog spot, i was suddenly engulfed by sadness. I just received a text message from one of my closest college friends, Mei. Her dad died. I am sure the whole family is hurting. I am so sorry for their loss. May God rest his soul.

Josh's Mug

Remember i mentioned that i've been making and selling personalized mugs? Well, I made one for my nephew Josh. He wanted a mug with a dinosaur design and voila! i made him one. My mom says he loves it, and wants another one with the "long neck" dinosaur. Ok, josh will make you one next time, right now, it's just the T-Rex, the raptor and you :)

Having a Party?

If you're planning a party, first you have to think of is the occasion. The theme depends on what your reason for having a party is. Next, find a location. It may be in your own house, a restaurant, a clubhouse, or anywhere you think would be best. Next, you have to have a way to invite your friends over. How? you can simply talk to them personally or over the phone or to make it more memorable why not make an invitation. You can do this manually if you are artistic or better yet, find someone who makes them to make the task easier and faster.
Next comes the food... you can cook your own or have someone cook or cater for you. Cakes or desserts are a nice addition too.
Other things you can have are party stuff like balloons, tables, chairs, tissues, and other things you need.
Last, so that your friends will always remember that they were at your Fabulous party, why don't you give them giveaways? you can do personalized gifts or order some very nice tokens as giveaways. For kiddie parties, they will always expect a lootbag or goodie bag.

Gift Ideas

if you're thinking of what to give to your friends as gifts or keepsake, you might like this...

personalized mugs and other personalized stuff. people absolutely love them.

check out this pics of samples of mugs i made.

How to make a Holloween Costume

I was looking at old pictures and it reminded me of a few occasions.
I can still remember last year's Holloween. I had been thinking what costume to make for my son. You see, he always joins costume contests during this time. He had been super heroes and zombies in the past, just had variations to make each year different.
Well, last year, it was indeed different. I made him wear a casket! Would you believe?! and luckily, he won 3x! one in school, another in a mall, and at a Nickelodeon Holloween Show.
So, how did we do it?
It started with my wild imagination.... hahaha. I bought large carton boxes and hired someone to paint and cut it into a casket shape. I had them put a hole so that we can see his face and he wore it through a large opening at the bottom. His hands were able to hold his pumpkin pail because of the holes on the sides. I dressed him up with a "Bangkay" attire (here in the Philippines, it was how old folks dressed their dead). I even had a white cloth tied to hold his face and cotton inside his nostrils to make it authentic. We used fake blood some bandages and we even had plastic spiders, fake spider web and centipedes.
People freaked! We walked around the mall for Trick or Treat and my son became an instant celebrity! Everyone couldn't get enough pictures of him and they even posed to have their pictures taken with the walking corpse!
When i thought of that, I immediately thought of another costume for my friend's daughter, we searched through youtube and came up with the head on a plate idea. How we made it? I'll put that in another blog.....
I'll post some pictures and videos next time when it's nearing the Holloween season so that you can have a good picture of it.
Hmmm, what will i think of next?!

Hectic Day

Such a rush! Have to finish the revision on a tarp design for my client. Yesterday i totally forgot to tutor my student. Feel sad, I heard my nephew was brought to the hospital yesterday. I hope he's ok!

So, in a few minutes I'll be going back to designing two mugs and a tumbler for printing later. It's a gift for a son's birthday and an order from my sis.

About the King of Pop

Until now, people are still talking about MJ, his music, his life, his death...

As always, people remember you and what you've done in your lifetime only when you are gone. But then again, let's hope there are still those who appreciate us while we are living and not the other way around.

I am glad to announce that MJ lived during my lifetime. He was a musical genius and indeed a great entertainer. His songs and dance moves were one of a kind and will never be forgotten.

I am a fan. I even watched him perform live during his concert here in the Philippines in the past. I watched his videos, listened to his music, collected the cds and so on and so forth.

He was great. He was truly amazing. He was the best he could be.

My hat's off to you MJ!

May you now sing with the angels and entertain God in his Kingdom.

rainy days....

it's another rainy day, just got back from picking up my son from school. hmmm, cold weather is nice. they say it's the nicest weather to sleep, but then again, i've to finish a design, i've a student to teach, review my son for his quiz tomorrow, and so on.... oh well, seems like my day isn't over yet.