Saving for School with Insular Life
It’s back to school again. As a mother I’m quietly doing the happy dance. Yay! Kids are back in school. I get to pack their lunches again. We will be back to a more productive routine. Kids will be in...
View ArticleCrafternoon with Bento Mommas
And Crafternoons are back! We were finally able to convince The Bento Mommas to come to the south and offer their Bento Tutorial Classes for us in Alabang! Hooray for Bento! We had a great turnout of...
View ArticleLunchbox Ideas
I love packing lunch for the kiddos. Truth: There was a time that my kids didn’t want to bring lunch. They would complain and say that none of their friends brought lunch anymore to school and that...
View ArticleDIY Sesame Street Birthday Party
I love small, detailed, DIY birthday parties. For me, the fun is not just in the executing, but also in the planning. Gelli has expressed a serious fondness for her buddy Elmo recently, so this...
View ArticleRainy Day Cookie Swap
It’s really rainy today. I sometimes pretend that rainy season marks the beginning of what I was used to as my winter, in New York. The rainy days are always welcomed here in Manila. But the terrible...
View ArticleDIY Magnet Board
Nino and I like to get crafty… We get crafty in the kitchen together. We get crafty in the house together. We get crafty when we party too! We like to do things ourselves, and we like to get the kids...
View ArticleDIY Halloween Dessert Table
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it when a good plan comes together. Whenever Gia and I start pinning ideas on to my Pinterest boards for themed dessert tables, we get so excited for all of the fun things that we can...
View ArticleDIY Holiday Gift Guide 2014
When it comes to Christmas, making each of your gifts is not realistic but you can certainly make a few things that the recipients would surely appreciate. Check out this list of gift items I have put...
View Article#AfternoonBites with Braun and Severin
I have shared before just how much I love appliances in the kitchen that make my life easier. Easy is good. Easy is very good. I like EASY because I have four kids, a husband, a job (sort of) and a...
View ArticleDecoupage with Heisl
I have always been interested in learning how to decoupage. Truth be told, I have a Pinterest board full of crafts I would like to make, and many of those pins are about how to decoupage. Alas,...
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