Tag: Christmas

  • Giftwrapping: Recycled Plastic Bags and Lay’s Potato Chips Packaging as Wrappers

    Now that I’m not so busy with Christmas preparations, attending Christmas parties and anything Yuletide-season related, I will share how I wrapped my Christmas gifts for friends and colleagues. I have long stopped buying giftwrappers (unless I use them as sheets or cut-outs for scrapbooking or cardmaking) and prefer recycling whatever’s at hand.  And since…

  • Missing Daddy at Christmas

    photo credit Christmas used to be a very festive occasion for me. It’s my daddy’s birthday so it also served as the day when the family got together. Everyone in our street also got invited for lunch. Daddy’s a known cook and I just loved hearing our guests rave about his famed bakareta and hamonado.…

  • Christmas Card: Quilled Angel and Quilled Star

    Background: The top is plain dark blue paper crumpled and creased then sprinkled with Leeho glitter glue in turquoise and blue. The bottom is yellow gold corrugated cardboard. Main design: Quilled angel. On the upper right corner is a quilled star sprinkled with gold glitter, also by Leeho. Accent: Four light yellow sequins placed on…