Apologies

I have been unable to post due to my NLE review.  I'm so busy doing paper works and reading books.  I'm telling you guys I might not post for almost 3 months because the duration of my review is 3 months, But after December 19 I might post some of my travel activities during my review. 


Hope to catch you all soon!
xoxo

tips for scrapbook hauling

I've been doing scrapbook since 2009 and I know how it feels when you need to sacrifice some of your allowance just to buy new stuffs for your scrapbook, especially when you're still a student like me.  We are all aware that scrapbooking stuffs like the embelishments, papers and tools are so expensive and you really need to save money if you are planning to buy some new stuffs.

For this reason I have some tips for you on how you can get a cheaper scrapbook stuffs without compromising the quality.

1.Check list

• Go to your craft room/area, list all the materials that you needed specially those necessary things that are running out.  Bring the list with you during shopping, in this way you can avoid buying unnecessary things. 

2. Sale

• Wait for the sale or Mid year sale for a bigger discount.  Malls offer up to 70% off in every product they have.  A saleslady even told me that when they have new products, old products tend to be on sale.  

3. Changge/local stores

• Don't forget to check your local stores or changge (as we call it here in P.I) and curtain/fabric stores.  You just don't know that they sell good qualities of fabrics, laces, trims and even buttons that you can use as an embelishment in your scrapbook page. 

4. Don't just look at the price

•  Before putting the "thing" in your cart paused for a second and think.  "do you need it?" "Do you have plans for it?" Don't just grab everything which is on sale even if you have the money, because you might end up wasting your money with the unusable product that you purchased.

5. Check the Quality

• This is very important, take note that if it is not season of sale sometimes they are just putting products on sale because there is something wrong with it.  Before purchasing it be sure that you had checked the quality and sure that it is still functioning specially on scrapbook tools.

6. Be Friendly

• Make friends with the saleslady or even with the owner of the store.  If you are their regular customer and a friend of the owner, specially on small stores they might give you discounts.  You can also request them to notify you if they have products that are on sale.

7. Get testers

• If you are fond of using lace or fabrics.  It is better for you to buy maybe a yard to use as a tester, and if you love the end product of the fabric tester you can already buy it in a bulk so that you will not waste your money buying massive fabrics and at the end of the day you don't know what to do with those.

8. List of Contacts

• It is also good if you have friend connected with your interest.  Follow their blogs, subscribe to their youtube, follow them on twitter and add them in facebook. In this way you can also get ideas where to shop or order goodies with good quality and good price.  

9. Yard/Garrage Sale

• looking for a cheap price? This is the perfect place for you!  You can find things here that you can use in your scrapbook.  if you are here in this Philippines, I know this thing is not popular and very rare, so what you need to look for is an "UKAY-UKAY".  There is a place I found in Baguio that sells tools and other things even ribbons and laces and they are really in a good price.  Just explore your place.

10. SAVE MONEY

• The secret of buying a good product is saving money.  If you want something save money for it, so that you will not compromise your home budget or your allowance.  Don't rush on buying what you want, buy what you need and not what you want.  Always remember "The best thing in life is worth waiting for". 

Tell me what you think and leave a comment below.  Happy crafting and shopping!

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a walk in the park

Hello creative hands!

The tears of heaven licks my window pane.
The sound of raindrops is like a lullaby that makes me close my eyes again.
The cold weather invites me to lay down on my bed.

Everyday, there are so many things to celebrate. The rain with a lil' rays of sunshine, the mud on the road and the leaves that had fallen.

Twitter + facebook + Youtube + scrapbook = perfect Sunday
Let me show you what I did during the stormy day and night.

I made those denim flowers

I made these tickets

If you want me to post the printable tickets here and make a tutorial about the denim flower just leave a message below.

Thank you for reading!

happy crafting!

Peace be still

Good morning dark clouds!

Stormy night is over, Typhoon Mina spared us from its wrath. Thank you God for saving us.

I woke up this morning with a cold weather and a sound of raindrops from our neighbor's roof (we are in a condominium building).  It makes me want to close my eyes again and go to sleep, but I remembered my camera.  I went out from our unit and took some snapshots at the back of our building to see what happened last night.

Dark surroundings, due to the absence of sunshine

Waters are every where! There were mud on the road, pweh! Some of the vegetables of our neighbors were also destroyed. :( Students can't roam around even though it's a long week end for them.

Despite of the uncomfortable situation we still Thank God for bringing rain at least we're not suffering from El Ñiño.

Have a safe and happy long weekend everyone!

Digital Scrapbooking

Hello crafters!

I just want to share with you the things that I'm doing this past few days (aside from preparing for my board exam).  I opened my account in twitter and I've been using it for quite some time.  I followed some crafters there who are really talented and amazing.  Then I found out about daisy trail, I followed their page in facebook and ask question about how to start digital scrapbooking and what software is needed, fortunately they answered my question quickly and gave me the link of there website and their tutorial videos in Youtube.

I admit it I'm already hooked to it ^_^ the software is so nice you can even download some kits which contains embelishments, backgrounds, frame, materials and more.  The best part of this is the software and the kits are completely FREE!!! Yeah you read it right its FREE!!

I really enjoyed exploring the software and if I didn't know something, I just post questions in their facebook page and they answers very quickly, the tutorial video is also a big help for me.If you are using adobe photoshop the software will be easier for you because it has similar principle with the photoshop.

Let me show you some of the pages that I made while exploring the software.

This page is made from mother's day kit and some other embelishments from valentines

kit

This is my very first page using the summer craft artist kit

I hope you guys will give it a try in making digital scrapbook, if you are not yet "in" to it. 

WARNING: digital scrapbooking is very addictive ^_^

If this blog helped you please leave a comment below and share also your page.  Leave me your blog link so that I can also visit yours.


Happy Crafting!


hugs,
joie

websites that I love!!

Hello bloggers! So today I'm going to share with you some of my favorite websites which help me in blogging, photography, travel and specially in scrapbooking.  I hope you'll love them too.  ( I am not paid for this I just want to share these with you guys )

1. Scrapbookpresentations

•  In this website you will find some great printables for your scrapbook pages.  They are categorize in terms of their kind so it is easier for you to find what you are looking for. They also have free fonts.

2. Mrprintables

• 
  This site has a lot to offer.  Perfect for family scrapbook ideas.  They even have printables that you can use for your child's learning process. 

3. Kevinandamanda

• This site is AMAZING!! It really helped me a lot in blogging, scrapbooking and even in photography.  They are offering FREE fonts that you can install in your laptop that you can use in your scrapbook.  They even have massive tutprials for all your needs.

4.  Bisous.biz

• They have free printables, they share so much ideas to make better scrapbook/cards/tags.  Their products are also good.

5. Everything-about-scrapbooking

• The best tips for scrapbooking that I found, specially for beginners like me.  Go check it out and you'll never regret. 

6. scrapbookscrapbook

• Some of the papers that I used in my TP roll project are from here. I had so much fun in browsing this site, the papers are categorize nicely and it is so easy to download and print. This is really my favorite site.

7. Lakwatsera de Primera

• The best site about traveling! I really really love it! This site inspired me to explore places specially those places that are in remote areas.  They offer tips on how to go to a place safely and cheaper.

8. Making Handmade Cards

• I love this site! after subscribing to this site I receive a newsletter that contains free printable and a video tutorial.  The subscription is completely free! You just need an email add and a password and woolah your free printable will be sent to you!

That's it my favorite websites.  If you guys have favorite websites too, post your blog link here and I will also visit your blog!  Thank you for reading!

hugs,
joie

Our Lady Lourdes Grotto

Hello crafters! Let's take a break from crafting and let me show you some of my pictures during my adventure in Baguio City.
August 8, 2011 when we went to baguio city just to look for an apartment for our review.  After inquiring we decided to visit the grotto, even though we are not catholic we just want to visit and take photos x)).

From Sison Pangasinan we rode a bus with an ordinary fare of  P50-60.00 and we travelled for almost an hour.
From the bus terminal we rode a taxi going to lower lourdes with a fare of P68.00.
If you want to go to baguio and your from manila you can ride some air-conditioned bus that has a BAGUIO sign.
without any further ado these are the pictures!

view from the top

My travel buddies: Vinz, merl, and julius

this rocks are located at the hidden part of the place but when tourist saw us taking photos here they waited and also took pictures! xD

Just in front of us are the people praying that's why the place is so silent, even though we are not catholic we were also silent to give respect for the people praying. 

this part of the place is restricted area

If you have any travel experience or tips please dont hesitate to share it with me and leave me a comment for me to visit your blog.

For any other information about this place just leave a message and I'll try my best to answer your concerns!

Have a safe travel!