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10 Gift Wrapping Ideas for Christmas

I love wrapping Christmas gifts with kraft or recycled paper. Although cheap, simple and to some extent, even ugly, I think using kraft paper is the best way to exercise one’s creativity. To make something so plain standout is a challenge I always love to take on. If you’re interested, here are some ideas to get you started.

Rustic Christmas

The “most wonderful time of the year” is almost here but I have not even started to put up my Christmas decors yet. For this year, I don’t want to spend money on new decors. I’d rather use our old ones or make my own (if I ever have the time, that is). I’m almostContinue reading “Rustic Christmas”

Back from a Quick Slumber

Sorry for being quiet for the past couple of weeks. I was away for work. Can you guess where I’ve been? Food for Thought …the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. -George Eliot

Coat Rack and Roll

1. Creative way to deal with a surplus of wooden hangers 2. Branches for your coat to perch on 3. Yardstick Coat Rack made from recycled yardsticks 4. Scribble Coat Rack patterned after a scribble mark drawn with a calligraphy pen. Food for Thought: “…the [coat] rack above his head like a javelin. On the otherContinue reading “Coat Rack and Roll”

Pinoy Comfort Food: Ginisang Sardinas

Ginisang sardinas (sauteed sardines) reminds me so much of my childhood. We didn’t have much when I was growing up. And since a can of sardines was cheap, we would have ginisang sardinas often. I used to tease my mother just how much sardines I needed to eat before I grew scales. “Bakit? Ayaw moContinue reading “Pinoy Comfort Food: Ginisang Sardinas”