another pouch

I just needed another pouch for other paper stuff.I don't like papers getting soggy and creased in my bag so I had to find my stash of pretty swatches and I got these cute design and it turned out really fun.I had to add the lace and the blue button, similar to my make-up brush pouch-it's like I made a theme for these pouches. I could probably name it the lace and blue button pouch collection haha

my very own Nautical bracelet

Got the inspiration from here:

from http://ablissfuldream.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/diy-nautical-rope-bracelet.html

What I made was very simple, from just what I have around the house- a cute gold elastic kind of string from a free recipe I got from the supermarket,some beads from a broken necklace, a clasp from a broken key chain and voila!

Quality Street memories

Quality Street dream...I love them...I love eating them all,the toffee, milk choco block, caramel,orange crunch etc. all the types, it doesn't matter.When I was young I shared them with my younger sister and cousin(I think reluctantly).We would eagerly open the balik bayan box and eagerly look for chocolates especially large and small tin cans of QS. My sister got a small can for Christmas and I think we acted very nice around her so she would give us some. I remember opening a large rectangular box and we would sit in the corner and eat it straightening the foils after each bite and piling them up to see how many we've had.Very delicious I love those times.

white crayon and water color card

Got this for Rendz and I just draw shapes using a white crayon and painted gold water color over it ,it looked like a wedding themed card though.

DIY stuff 2012

I just signed up in Pinterest and there were a lot of DIY ideas like the 5 minute vest from old t-shirts (which I also did-recycling my URU cowl neck that I can't use coz it's ill fitting) and gift wrapping and other things and then I just got this idea of making my own make-up brush pouch.It took the whole afternoon for me to finish it and I just used old fabric swatches for it and I think its cute.

Trick or Treat:Ebony and Ivory Party

It looked like I have a big hair do on this shot. Everyone seemed to have fun dressing up a bit and playing charades.We had black and white food too most of them sweet, and the hit was the chocolate pork of course!It was delicious.

Now to the spooky part of this post ...reminiscing some of my own ghost stories...

When I was in 5th grade, I heard this story my classmate shared with us when we were talking about ghosts and the supernatural.If I remember her name right, it think it's Nerida. She said that she was playing with her friend in the swing when suddenly her friend vanished then reappeared, she was quite spooked even as she recalls the incident.

I never really believed in ghosts until I moved in to the sister's household at Project 3 QC back in 2008.

I had slept over in that house a couple of times before when I was not able to go to the bed space I used to rent back in Boni because it was pass the curfew.The ghosts did not manifest themselves during those times.

After a few weeks or maybe even days of my stay in the house, I started hearing creepy sound.Because of my graveyard shift, I would be up in the wee hours of the morning reading, doing my laundry or watching DVD's.One morning at around 3 am after I'm done with the laundry,I heard foot steps of someone running playfully,I didn't pay attention to it although I thought to my self who would be running in that hour?would there be enough room to run around when there's like 9 people in the house and most of them sleep on the floor?I didn't mind.

When everyone was up to get ready to go to work,I told them that I heard someone running a few hours ago.Then Lyn tried to describe to me how it might have sounded and I agreed and she said that it was the boy kinda haunting the place.

I also had this instance when I had to use the toilet and I heard 2 people talking softly, hardly noticeable then gradually it's becoming audible.In my mind I was thinking it could be the neighbors but when I thought about it,it seemed impossible because it's concrete,right then and there I think my hair stood on end.

The other time was when I was reading in the other room because we were about to vacate the place due to leaking roofs and clogged sink, it's simply in bad shape already.While reading I heard Hilde call my name and I thought she just forgot something but then when I rushed downstairs no one's there so I think It's her doppelganger who called me.Em said she'd seen her hehehe.

We just ignored them.I think the sisters have names for the ghosts there too but I forgot them. Some of the sisters lived there for years and I think Hilde stayed there for about 10 years since her college days.

Chocolate cake

I suddenly had a flood of memories of Landayan, San Pedro Laguna. We moved there when I was around 6 or 7 and stayed there until my 3rd grade.One of my fond memories was coming home from school and being excited to get a slice of our favorite chocolate cake with several layers.Me and my cousin Cris often had a slice of chiffon cake for our school snacks.My mom used to bake them,she would bake upside-down cake with pineapples,banana cake,loaf bread,other sweet breads,cup cakes and even single size pizza which she also sold to neighbors.

I think I got the baking skill from her although I rarely bake nowadays except for the communion bread I make each Sunday for the church.She has several baking tools and my papa would also buy her the same things so she would have 2 of each LOL.I asked her for some of her old tools and that's what I use now in my own kitchen.