ang munting salu-salo

Though I often looked for one, I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris. ~ Hemingway

 

"That Paris exist 

and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world

 will always be a mystery to me."  

~ Midnight in Paris

 

yes, that Paris exist, temporarily in our home...  

I painted this Paris scene mural and had this diy Le Tour Eiffel replica...

in her favorite shade...pink. 

Thank you for our neighbor's bougainvilla haha

I don't have enough budget so might as well give all the effort... oui! bien sur!

 

..Ang hindi maipaintang mukha ni Mona Lisa

 Mona Lisa smile

 

after I painted the "Mona Lisa". 

I decided to make the extra styrofoam into a vintage frame

and I am glad they like all these...

  and my fave shot of  the girls, they look like they are having a blast :)

merci beaucoup

joie de vivre

Parvati's bite-sized french macarons from Petite Patisserie

 

diy...makes you want to try everything, so happy that these pompoms turn out really well :)

 

Keep Calm & Enjoy

 

KC was in charged of the cake, she had a friend that takes cakes&cupcakes orders, which saved me a lot as well from discounts. ooh la la love it :)

my birthday girl

 

I had a pretty set up for the cafe until the fondue suddenly decided to become an active volcano and erupted splashes of chocolate lava even before I could take a picture. (pag wala nga namang dating ganito sa barrio

 

checking how my paper mache teacup will look like as party favors. I think I paper mache'd 

around 50 teacups, didn't meet my 60 teacups goal :( 

but Ann Wood's  teacups did save me a lot from buying expensive party favors

 

   teacup+cupcake=<3>

 

@le cafe zadee: free teacups for everyone with heart marshmallows or chocolate rice crispies

my not-so-pretty diy paper bags, and zadee's merci-giveaways :D, something that I bought 15 pesos each @ toyrus :) and lest I forget, my diy cake stand 20 pesos platter, 35 pesos doily but got it for 30 pesos and 25 pesos bowl at our public market

& oh well I will never be somewhere in the bg, if I could divide myself into three, one in the kitchen, one in decorating, taking pictures...etc etc

like having tea with Alice

" Up above the world you fly, like a tea tray in the sky..." ~ Alice in Wonderland

I think I have set myself a record for not being online for such a long time. I think this is what having a busted internet connection could do to me and ugh!!! finally my telpad problems have been settled, them telemarketers arrgh, just to have a sale, good riddance. But mostly doing paper mache teacups have kept me busy...I enjoyed so much doing them. I already made 15 cups and will make hmm 45 more lol

many thanks to ann wood's tutorial. nagkasilbi rin ang mga kamay ko :P
here is the link...Ann Wood
and yes I still have some judging to do on my AP contest

it feels somewhat like a distant memory...

so it's been two years

not until now that I realized that it has been two years since I started this blog. I could still remember myself bemoaning about my dysfunctional computer, so many things have happened...some happy, some sad but everything is worth writing about...very thankful to jac for introducing me to blogspot since I find it hard to be so active in allpoetry nowadays especially when my muse comes to me like a once in a blue moon epiphany

and for my babydoll whom I share this blog with...

 it sure feels good to sing together to a song that we both love :)

my apologies for the laughter and giggles

and the incorrect lyrics at the end

these are your gifts...

love, bayo

love it

my new dress :)

it's my second one for the record.Thanks Ken

and my pink watch is a gift from my cousin Monique

I am so blessed :)

Zadee's all smile with her new chucks

her old ones are dingy and too small for her

She wants to say thank you too:)

pictorial roses

roses by kooky tuason

The roses

in your tongue

pass through my lungs

reaching

for butterflies that flutter

freely

in my stomach

staring at you

staring at me

beaming smile

your scent

caress

you impress

my arms

to produce

a well-watered garden

feeding

on your roses...

[I found this poem at KC Concepcion's multiply account. it wasn't actually this poem that I am looking for but an info that I've read in a newspaper about Romancing Venus and then I got into her blog, saw this poem

and love it

so today's venus in transit, huh]

rosas by Hensley Banzales

Yes, you freeze the pain
like nobody else does. 

You are the most fragile that blooms --

a flower that sits as a flower,

fully-blushing, almost red,

naked as a lover waiting to be loved.  

[it's one of my favorite poems from him, I wish I could write a poem about a rose the way he do]

I am happy when my roses are blooming because I don't have that so-called green thumb

so every time  a  new one blooms

I'd like to capture it in pictures

red velvet and a no bake cake

back to no bake stuff  now that ate Rachel’s back in Dubai.

Zadee and I shared this oreo dessert during Mother’s Day

no bake oreo dessert

Zadee with Ate Rachel's red velvet cupcake

te quiero taqueria

finally…

satisfying my taco craving, hala

basta kung ano na lang ang meron sa kusina

Pat-a-Cake

Watching ninang Rachel for a little baking 101...So it is much easier to eatthe frosting than to decorate it on a cake

still getting familiar with the new blogspot

oh changes!

summer playtime

I gave zadee an old camera and was surprised to see these shots that she took with her friends...

can't believe that these pictures were taken by the kids themselves :)

di nga lang tama ang pagkakaset ng date hehe

frostie session?