My day as a talent juror

View from the jury box:

(Audie Gemora, Cherry Pie Picache, Arnel Ignacio)

Who knew being an artist would land me a stint as a juror ?  Lol.  Read about it on my blog.

Ayala Greenfields Bazaar

Lovely, lovely affair.

Picket fences, quartet and choir performances, cold afternoon breeze. Super fun.

The event was held last December, at the sprawling Ayala Greenfields Estate in Calamba.

Thank you Mr. De Los Reyes for inviting me!

Handmade Pilipinas posts

I'm posting handmade ideas in Confessions of a Chronic Crafter.  Here's a rundown of the recent Handmade Pilipinas entries this month.

• Introducing: Handmade Pilipinas
• Polymer Clay 101
• Where to buy polymer clay in the Philippines
• Baking polymer clay: things your teacher didn't tell you
  
• Sustainable design
• Think green: sustainable polymer clay jewelry
  

Entrepreneur Nov 08

I started reading Entrepreneur Magazine when I was 17, and it played a big part in my journey to becoming an entrepreneur. I never thought that six years later, I'll be in the magazine! Dream come true! Thank you Entrepreneur Mag Philippines!

It took so long to upload this because I do not have a copy of my own, I gave mine to my lola, who didn't want to give it back! lol. She can't even read anymore, her eyes have grown blurry. That's her in the last pic.

*Fellow crafty entrepreneurs from Microminds were also featured, woohoo! Congrats!

Umagang Kay Ganda

Call time was 4:30am, I didn't sleep a wink of course!

Shot at the ABS-CBN compound, and aired live on January 8, 2009.

Will blog about it soon, can't right now, I got sick from the rain :(

Thanks to Ms. Ria from UKG.

Some photos stolen from BBB, http://baublesbanglesnbeads.multiply.com/

Handmade Pilipinas: Crafting for Sustainable Development

And so it begins.

In an effort to inspire others as others have inspired me when I was starting out, I am launching a project called Handmade Pilipinas. Basically, the project entails a series of blog posts that deal with crafting as a viable source of income and crafting for sustainable development. I hope to post short articles discussing ideas on marketable craft projects you can do at home, DIY tutorials, inspiring stories from several professional crafters (aka people who make money off their crafting hobby), and practical business how-to's for the indiepreneur.

As of date, I have contacted several inspiring individuals whose stories may inspire you to start your own handmade adventure. Watch out for this series of interviews!  I have also written a series of Polymer Clay DIY tutorials and articles which will be released part by part over the coming months.

Please head over to my blog, Confessions of a Chronic Crafter.

Happy New Year!

Hello everyone!

I am taking a break from creating stuff, I badly need to rest my fingers.  I had to make over 150 cupcakes plus the twilight stuff, my body's protesting. Hope you understand!  I won't be able to post new stuff until the end of January.

For those who were interested and have placed orders for the Twilight series, do not worry, I will try to finish everything soon.  If you no longer want your item, cancel your reservation so I may offer them to others.  If you still want your items, they're still reserved for you whether you have paid or not.

For those who have pending invitations, I have no time to go check the invites page right now, plus there are 1101 invites to go through, if you want to revoke the invite, it's okay and i'm sorry!

I wish everyone Happy Holidays and a peaceful and blessed New Year!

Angeli