pink saturday :: wrapping paper

needed to wrap something for a little girl.

i spotted these pink papers.

these are rejects from my brother's printing press.

i asked him to bring me some rejects

for the kiddos to doodle and cut.

 but hey, it is pink !

i sure can use it to be creatively frugal.

  

so i taped 4 pieces together and wrapped the gift like this...

cut several circles and did this...

 

and this...

 

placed a tape at the back...

and voila!

i think that turned out pretty neat.

what do you think?

p.s.

in time for the season of hearts,

a heart shaped tag can be used instead of circles.

  

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Happy Pink Saturday!

Please visit Bev at How Sweet the Sound for more pink goodies.

And let's show the power of pink by way of leaving a comment

to two very special pink saturday posts over at Bev's

and Kelee's The Katillac Shack.

It's for a worthy cause.

come... play with us

... in our humble playhouse. yay!

tweet, tweet

been meaning to sew a coaster. i can use thick scrap fabric or old thick clothes. then my sister sent a box full of old clothes. some of it were sent to the province, and some, well, i saved them, for future repurposing. two small sized corduroy pants were included in the saved items. i saved them with this in mind. when i saw it, i made a mental note to make one. it's just sooo cute!

okay, so i went ahead and cut 5x5 pieces. the upper portion was saved for chiko's shorts when she gets older :D.

then i made a pattern for the tweet. not quite like the chirpy pattern but still a bird. traced it on to the fabric and sew along.

i fell in love with the bird! it's chubby and cute, yes?

i proceeded making the project, used poly fiber batting to give it some body and to add thickness to the coaster.

my plan was to have a bird on one side only but i was stupid, and sewn a gap when it was already done. of course the other side was sewn too! grrrr! so i ended up sewing the bird again. i was quite pleased though that it gave an embossed look.
here's the other side.

i did not stop with the bird. i made a flower pattern. but because of excitement, (or stupidity, again?) i used ballpen instead of pencil to trace it onto the fabric. and i used a different thread color and a different stitch. it came thin, so naturally, the ballpen traces were evident.

hmmn... never mind those boo-boos. more coasters came along. another flower was requested by chiko and the car (that looked more like a pig! :D) was requested by kuya .notice the bird? the first patttern was lost by the little one. i made another one but could not quite duplicate the original so i ended up with a pregnant bird with tails!

i was able to make 6 pieces.

finding nemo

when she saw kuya's bed she went "mami, let's go fishing!" oh, we can do that baby. so, mami looked for a blue grocery bag, and some materials for our fishing trip (stick, magnet, string, papers, paper clips, pen, scissor). we're gonna make this an educational fishing trip. i made sure i drew different sizes in different colors with letters on one side. when everything's ready, she started fishing for a big fish, small fish, yellow fish, red fish, A fish, C fish, etc. she had loads of fun!

pink saturday :: goodbye summer

... goodbye kite flying!

...goodbye pink plastic flying :D

... goodbye homemade popsicle

cookies and cream, mango, choco, orange?
take your pick.


Happy Pink Saturday!
Please visit How Sweet the Sound for more pink events!

play kitchen

gather empty boxes and other thingamajigs

in short, junk! :D reverse the boxes to use the clean side
cut, tape, cut, glue, and...
tadaaa!
few minutes later...
top view

love how it looked like almost real in this shot
the table and chairs turned out so nice

the littlelady was so excited to play

i even caught her trying to sit on the chair.

i had a good laugh seeing her struggling to fit her behind on that tiny chair.

imagine a scene like this...

pot holder from shoulder pads

i'm itchin' to sew something. hmmmn... let's make something useful out of unused shoulder pads.

unused shoulder pads

scrap fabric
trace and cut
a little detailand... tadaaa!

i lovet!

been tryin' to shed those unwanted fats i gained during my last pregnancy. need to do something to fit into my jeans again! so, what have i been doing to get rid of those flabs?

the moment i wake up (before i put on my make-up {heehee}- i love that song!), i prepare my alkaline fix - juice of 3 calamansi or half lemon in 1 liter of water (normal temp). i drink that while preparing my son's packed lunch, before taking coffee or any solid food.

i eat a really heavy breakfast. because i skip lunch. if i get hungry, that usually comes around 2 pm, i eat crackers or whatever we have for merienda. could be bread but usually root crops {sometimes, from the garden}, like, camote, cassava or gabi, or banana, and 1 cup of hot green tea or coffee.

at around 4-5pm, i play badminton with kuya for 30 mins or more. and as much as we can, we eat dinner before 6pm. i eat whatever is our viand with a half cup of rice. right after dinner, i drink a hot cup of ABS (bitter herbs) tea or lipton milk tea.

i'd like to believe that i'm getting positive results. because i was able to wear two of my smaller sized jeans already! yehey! but hey! i still need to fit into that size 26 much smaller sized jeans! (harhar...dream on!)

and oh! about the calamansi rind - i blend it with lotsa water. and use it for any of the following:

• *watering some of our potted plants
• *washing the dishes by mixing it to the dishwashing liquid
  
• *washing/rinsing my hair/body
  
• *and this, my favorite - for my footspa! i do that at night while watching. then, because my feet tend to get dry most of the time, i apply petroleum jelly just before going to bed.
  

recycled dish towel

it's a smock!
it's a frock!
it's a... bib!

i bought 2 pcs of dish towels at Php25.00 each
1 towel was divided into two and became this...

i'm still working on the other one... i patterned it here

what do you think?
pwede na ba?
the other towel became these...

recycled top

i found kuya's old small shirt

and transformed it into a

cute and sexy little top

for my little one.

last sunday,

she wore it for sunday mass

and partnered it

with her tommy skort

that we got from a surplus shop.