charmed life♥

I have this thing for piling or layering my arm candies.  (actually not just bracelets but also necklaces once in a while)  I love bracelets!  For me one isn't enough but 2 or 3 even 4 would just be fine! (*wink)  Though sometimes it really bothers me because of the clacking sound it makes especially when I am wearing resin bangles. (tiis ganda na lang). Beginning this year I will try to share my accessory/jewelry styling hopefully I can do this weekly or monthly. (crossing my fingers here) Bangles and cuffs are still a trend this year... No bracelet charms for the meantime, except for Pandora that is very popular these days. Here are my picks for the month of January 2015: 1. My top pick! These are my current fave! H x H: Loving the color yellow + black for an added drama.  Pink is actually my favorite color, but nowadays I really love yellow things from bracelets, clothes and even bags.  Maybe because yellow is the color of sunshine, it will r...

I join the whole nation in praying for the 44 PNP-SAF members killed in Maguindanao.  My deepest sympathy to their loved ones.  "Eternal rest grant unto them oh Lord. And let your eternal light shine upon them... May they rest in peace... Amen."

I miss doing this!  It's been a while... "Hello again! To my crafting tools, charms and especially my creative mind." (hi hi)  But honestly I missed doing what I really love to do: CRAFTING!  Making and designing my own accessories... That's how Fabulousity by Chiq♥ started, I sell items that I personally make and design (handmade) from bracelets, necklaces, bag charms and headbands.   Last year, I was really contemplating of going back to... (where I really started): well, that is doing new designs.  But due to busy schedules I wasn't able to squeeze it in. Maybe it also depends on my mood, sometimes I feel so "tamad" and my mind does not work. Can't think of what I really wanted to do.  I was thinking of something that would really inspire me.  Since everybody is going ga-ga over Pandora bracelets... I need to do something that would tell one's story or personality and it should be versatile. Versatility is important to me when crea...

It's a week before the first month of the year ends... Time really flies fast.  This is also one of the things I forgot to share last year.  Got to do this now or else... (nde na ito puede next year! haha) As a way of saying " Thank you" to my loyal customers/clients I custom-made my own 2015 complimentary calendar.   So for every purchase on my online boutique you get a one for free.  Actually I also gave these cuties to my cousins, friends and office mates.  It's a desktop Paris-themed calendar in pink and black (traveling to Paris: is always a dream!) with my favorite quotes of Coco Chanel.  The calendar is very me! Well I am the one who made it! (*wink!) I am not good in using Adobe Photoshop, for an old school computer wiz like me: I used paint to edit the month and date.  I really visualized the calendar on a plate stand, so the next problem was: Where can I get one?  Luckily, I found the perfect transparent mini plate st...

I almost forgot to write about this: was supposed to share this dining experience last year, but because of the hectic holiday season I did not find time to do it.  It was our Department's last quarter meeting x Christmas get together rolled into one.  Every year my boss makes it a point that we have a simple celebration before the year ends.  Last year we dined at Patio Vera in Calumpang, Marikina City: a very intimate, cozy,  eclectic place that is just a couple of meters away from where I live. (not familiar with the place until that day)   I realized I am out of the coverage area already. (hahaha)  I never really expected that it was beautiful inside. (It's within a neighborhood where you see tricycles lined-up and sari-sari stores around the vicinity)  It was an old house turned into a resto bar.  We weren't able to take a lot of photos since it's a little dark and I did not have a chance to go around the place since there is a ph...

Still have the "Francis Effect" in my nerves... that magnetic SMILE! (Photo credit: Google) Even though I did not have a chance to see him in person, I realized one thing... I don't need to see him to feel the presence of God.  Seeing him on the television or even on my pc through live streaming still gave me goosebumps and always end up in tears.  Yes, in tears (tears of joy).  His smile... his words... would really affect and move you.  Importance of the family :  we all experience this now globally, through the growth in technology.  People tend to just play or tinker their tablets and ipads instead of checking or talking to their parents, siblings especially their children.  I admit I am a bit guilty on this sometimes... When you see people around you at the mall, restos and etc. you will see all of them looking down at their tablets instead of talking to each other.  Going back to basics, I agree with Pope Francis on this.  F...

Been busy updating all of the paper works I left last Christmas holiday.  Whew! Need to push the speed and reality button: "Hey girl! It's already 2015, time to work, work, work!" That's my mantra every morning.  A bit on the vacation mode still.  Year-end is something very hectic in every accountant's life (of course I am used to that already).   Yes, January is my favorite month... Lot of things to celebrate this month!♥ Aside from my birthday which falls on tomorrow (15th) and 22 years in service (can't believe that I have been working that long: since Jan 11, 1993), the most important event that will happen this year is: Pope Francis' visit here in the Philippines: Manila/Tacloban (January 15-19).  I am really hoping that I could see him in person.  The only problem is me having "vertigo": ever since I had this I refrained from going to crowded places, oh how I wish I could go to my Alma Mater (UST) on the 18th to see him.   W...

My first post for 2015! I wish I could do this more often this year. 2014 has been a good year for me, though there are some bumps on the last quarter of the year I still believe that everything will be alright.  Hoping that this new year will bring all of us more blessings and good health.  I am not used in making resolutions: I just try to do what I think is right.  I know that it's easier said than done.(*wink)  Yes. There are times that we don't go to the "matuwid na daan" but actually if ever we go astray it makes us more wiser: because we learn from those mistakes.  We are only human that sometimes we do things impulsively and later on regret it.  But the most important thing about it is that we LEARN from it and try our best not to do it again.  Don't have resolutions but I do have wishes for this year.  World peace! Very beauty pageant answer.(hi hi)  Kidding aside, we really need to wish for this.  When you watch local...