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Saw this in the pages of my favorite shelter magazine:
And next thing you know this is how I am making up my bed:
What you need for a home blessing:
A priest!
A bunch of candles!
Candies and coins to throw around the place for good tidings!
A shutterbug to capture the moments!
A friend of your heart!
Saw this in Regalong Pambahay in TriNoma over the weekend. I like the slim LOVE bird box, but I’m not too sure how I’ll feel about it in the long haul. It would make a pretty addition on my work desk or my bookshelves, but since I have neither of those yet, I guess that means this will remain unpurchased for now. I decided to post it here and look at it from time to time to see if it grows on me. I love the bird, and the particular shade of weathered green. The BELIEVE box is taller and bigger, but I don’t dig the yellow.
I also saw this display table by the shop entrance. I really like shapely table legs like these. I should find out what they’re called. I should have also asked if this table was for sale, but I didn’t. Boo to me!
This is interesting to no one but me, but I finally found the perfect dish drainer! Yabba dabba doo!
Found it in Landmark Makati last December 24, in the same floor where I’ve searched for plates and props countless times.
It is perfect because it occupies the space to the left of my kitchen sink to the letter! And I love that it’s dual purpose! It works both as drainer and as storage. Best P500 bucks I spent this month!
I guess I’ve been in a creative mood. Aside from making the li’l frame of peace, I’ve also been going through my 2009 photos and selecting the most interesting ones to Poladroid. Poladroid is a free downloadable software that gives images that polaroid finish. Genius!
Here are some shots that made it into my 2009 album. True, I am one sentimental fool.
To view the full set of photos, click here.
What? Craft project?! Yes, that’s what happens when you find alphabet chipboard at the local bookstore and you’ve got unused white NYTTJA frames from Ikea. I was surprised by how much satisfaction I felt over this little D-I-Y project. Here’s a visual step-by-step guide. Not that it’s necessary really. This project is too easy!
Step 1: Think of your word or message. Mine: Peace. I added the ampersand for a unique signature.
Step 2: Select a background. I went for a dark brown gift paper so the letters would be very visible. Got this roll from Team Manila last Christmas. It’s one of a set of five designs they made. I wish they would make more! The designs are pretty but retain that Manila-street vibe, and the paper quality is superb.
Step 3: Choose your frame. Said inexpensive Ikea frames, in my case.
Step 4: Trace and cut the background paper to fit the frame.
Step 5: Attach the alphabet chipboards to the paper in your desired layout. Sorry, no photo here! All my hands were busy.
Ta-dah! Here’s the final product, plus a shot of it on display on my bed frame. (The other frame is occupied by a postcard I picked up from City Bakery in NYC. It’s a map of that area of the city, West 18th and nearby streets.)
Last Thursday night, I saw this in P’s house.
It’s the belen she hand-carried home all the way from Rome last November. I am so in love with it! It gave me a new dream: to have a belen in my home someday.
It’s made by Thun (google it!) and apparently they make all sorts of adorably chubby ceramic figures. Hope P gets to add a new figurine to her collection every year.
This is one of two overpriced throw pillows or cushions I got last weekend at a bazaar. I say overpriced because really, any monkey can stitch together a simple square fabric cover for a pillow. But I’m not one of those monkeys and I have pathetic bargaining skills thus the overpriced purchases.
The blue fabric and the bright lime green border don’t really go with my color scheme but I couldn’t resist the teardrop design. I decided to just get it and worry about it later. Yesterday, I finally opened it, threw it on the bed with all my sleep pillows, and voila! I think it looks cute. What do you think? I remembered I wanted to add to more pillows on the bed anyway so this solves the problem.
The other one I got has a pink floral print with a brown border. That one gets couch duty—crossing my fingers it works!
A few days shy of my first month flatnniversary, I finally open my multicooker! Ta-dah!
This happened last night. I received a bunch of food baskets at the office yesterday (it’s really Christmas already!), and one of them contained a pack of whole-wheat ciabatta “slippers” and a bottle of tomato-chorizo spread. Yums! So when I got home, I went straight for the box that held the multicooker. The time had come to heat food. (Cavewoman beat chest!)
My dad gave this gadget to me back when I was living in Singapore. He hauled it all the way from Manila, so excited for his noncooking daughter to finally have something to sort of cook with. He knows of my great fear of turning on gas and lighting matches. (I never once used the stove and oven in my flat.) Turns out, I really enjoyed using this multicooker. How truly multi it is! I could make soups, toast bread, cook french toast, steam vegetables, even roast meat and deep-fry whatnot (these last two I have yet to attempt).
So last night, I plugged it in, gave it time to preheat, then tossed in a loaf of ciabatta. I opened the jar of chorizo and tomatoes, scooped it into the bread, and had my first real warm dinner. Ahhh… I didn’t heat the spread because I didn’t want the pot to get too dirty just yes. It’s kind of a drag to wash because I get so worried about the pot not drying thoroughly and causing some sort of electrical malfunction and making the whole thing burn and explode.
So last night, I also remembered how terribly anxious this multicooker makes me. I worry it will overheat or short-circuit or self-combust in some way. This, more than any other reason, is why I don’t cook.
