Keeping Up With Yosh: What's New?

So after the very eventful holiday, what happened next? There's a lot! Both happy and sad.

I got back to reading. Which for me is very therapeutic. The last book I read was this.

Since we're on the topic of reading. A lot. I've acquired a very valuable possession. Nothing can stop me from reading now. Even darkness!

But sometimes food stops me. Hahaha! Especially those new to my taste buds. This one was very intriguing for me. I was more intrigued by what my body disposed a few hours after eating it.

There's also that famous churros. For the longest time, I loved Dulcinea's. I've been trying to try this but the line's always long. Now I did.

I've rediscovered one of my favorite childhood snacks. And past time too! Why? I like to open it all first before eating. Like this -

TV also distracts me sometimes. Especially when San Miguel (my all-time favorite PBA Team) was in the championship.

It's not always happy also. I have to let go some things. Like the picture above. I still can't get over Dondon transferring to another team. Also my camera.

Our team at work also has to transfer to another building. I'm missing the view big time now.

I accompanied my sister to my old high school when she took her entrance exam. Bittersweet memories.

I got these souvenirs from an officemate that was sent to Paris. I worked hard to get that award but still someone else is always better. But it's ok, she deserved it.

I'm ok. Nothing retail therapy can't handle. I bought myself my first designer perfume. It is worth every centavo.

The husband also bought me a new helmet. I personally chose the design. Isn't this the cutest thing ever?!

Looking forward, I think my July 31st will be awesome.

Oha-oha! Achieved na ba ang #feedgoals? Practice pa more no? So that's about it. How about you? What's new?


Finally updated,
Yosh

Jiggly Jigsaw Puzzling

Now that I've been spending more evenings alone at home because the husband's work is more demanding lately, I thought that I need to start a hobby to avoid boredom and eventually question my husband's absence. Diversion technique ang tawag ko dito! Hahaha!

My body says why not devote my time to exercising? But my mind says big fat NO! Hahaha!

Then there's always my love for books. Ohh I did, I finished a bunch of book already but now I want something else.

Then there's a thought of cross stitching. But then again, I chose jigsaw puzzle first. It's actually not my first time naman to do puzzles. Naimpluwensyahan lang ako ng mga in laws ko so I bought myself my own mat and started my own puzzle. I was able to finish a 1000-pc flower puzzle but I wasn't able to frame it. Ayun nabasa so sayang lang! Then for my second puzzle, I got a meadow full of flowers but I found it too difficult because the design was somewhat abstract. Ayun tinamad lang ako. 

So one fine Sunday (which is the only free time of the week of my dearest D), we bought a 1000-pc puzzle again. This time we chose a cartoon motorcycle themed puzzle. Shempre naexcite si mokong and promised to help me build it.

Here's what I posted on Instagram the day we got it. 

The puzzle pieces below are from the one I didn't finish. Aww

D did help me whenever he's home but super saglit lang! So mostly the credit is mine talaga. Hahaha! After 5 days of doing puzzles every night, we finally finished it! Yay!

Problem is (present talaga kasi we are still trying to figure out what to do) we are missing a piece but we have 2 extra pieces which are identical to 2 other pieces in the puzzle. Ang weird lang! Here's a close up picture -

Here's a whole frame shot naman -

My not intentionally blurred puzzle masterpiece

Cute noh? We are planning to put it up in our future children's room. Weeee

Anyway, what would you suggest we do about the missing piece issue? I posted this on Facebook and my in laws said that I should return the puzzle to where I bought it. But guys, I bought it in Toy Kingdom here in the Philippines and they are not the one who manufactured the puzzle. According to the box, the puzzle is made somewhere in the Netherlands. What I'm thinking might happen is Toy Kingdom will just tell me that I might just have lost the piece. But then again I will reason out that if I lost a piece then why do I have 2 extras. Then they will see that I have a point so they will just tell me that they cannot do something about it because they just bought it also. They can offer to send it over to the manufacturer and then we'll wait for a response (maybe they can create that single piece for me). Which I think is nearly impossible or if they manage to make it happen, it will surely take a lot of time in transit. Alternatively, Toy Kingdom might also give me a fresh puzzle (same design). Wow! So it means I have to re-do the puzzle I patiently built for 5 days. NO WAY!

So what I think we should do instead is just to live with it. D suggested we create the piece ourselves but me thinks it will be difficult because we need to color it pa. What I was suggesting is to just create a border in the frame that will hide that one edge. That's one positive thing here pala folks! The missing piece sits on the edge so it can easily be concealed. Goodness gracious!

So what do you think we should do? Don't start on "You should send it back" because I already glued the pieces together. Hahaha!

Patiently crafting,
Yosh

Clear and pastels for J&R

Wedding alert! It's tomorrow! <3

D's college friends, Ramon and Joedith will tie the knot tomorrow. They are one of D's favorite couple friends so I offered to make their wedding cord also. Joeds was too happy when I asked her. Here's them now. So full of love.

And here's the cord I made for them -

It's clear with a touch of pastels. Their motif is pastels of any color daw. As in their entourage will wear different colored pastel dresses. Cool! I do not want naman their cord to be techni-colored so I decided to use clear beads then accent na lang ung pastels. Nag-work naman sya I think. You be the judge. :)

Here's my packaging. Bote sya ng Clara O'le Strawberry Jam. O diba bonggels? :P

Unfortunately for us, we cannot attend because my hubby chose work first. Aww. But I do hope they'll like it.

With so much love,
Yosh

My Fairytale Cord @ J&K's Wedding

Another Effortless wedding! This time it's our resident model/cumlaude's Fairytale wedding. Ohh yes not a very usual combination of description diba? Pero si Jophen talaga yan! Beauty and Brains lang! :)

Tama na ang chika. Here's the couple's picture grabbed from the photographer's (Nicolai) FB timeline -

Yup! She married a foreigner! A real-life prince charming. We really are so happy for you Bitz!

From the bottom of your Effortless' friends hearts!

Note: Hindi namin friend si Kuya Waiter na nakawhite sa likod. Haha!

D and myself's hearts most specially.

Wait! Here's my cord - 

Errr assembly time pa lang yan. Here's the finished product packed in a cutesy glass bottle to complete the fairy tale look - 

A little closer - 

I cannot find letter charms anymore so I improvised the J& K using polymer clays. Cute naman diba? Tedious task if you ask me. But I'm happy to do this for my friends. <3

Naiisipan ko na ngang gawing business to e, what do you think? 

Happy ever after,

Yosh

Wellmanson is now open on Sundays and Holidays

Hooray!!

It's confirmed! My favorite bead shop is now open on Sundays and even Holidays too! Yey! Ang saya ko lang. Before kasi Monday-Saturday lang sila and they were closed on Holidays. Now open everyday na. Ang saya talaga! More time for my bead crafts na!

I called them last Tuesday to ask if open sila the next day which is April 9, a holiday here in the Philippines. The one who answered me said yes. I wasn't able to go anyway but I was there last Saturday and I saw the sign with my own eyes.

The store hours is even extended from 6pm to 7pm na. Yehey ulit! Hindi naman halatang ang saya ko lang talaga. Hehe!

Happy crafter,
Yosh

Coral and Peach

It's 2014 already! How are you loves? Argh I do hope you miss me. :)

Because it's a new year, the first post you will read in my blog will be something nice. Ok, I will not prolong it any more..

Presenting, Windie and Onatz' wedding cord -

I said something nice right? IT IS! Because I made it! Kung kontra ka, pakiclick na lang yung ekis sa taas ng page na to please. Hehe.

Anyhoo, going back, my college friend Windie will tie the knot with Onatz this coming Saturday. And if you remember, I vow to make all my friends wedding cords (if they like).

It started as this -

And now, it's packed like this -

I hope they like it! :)

Love, love, love,
Yosh

Our baby boy

Happy Monday loves! Oh yes I decided to start the week with joy in my heart! Haha!

First off, I finally found time to take proper pictures of Pepper, Roji's son. Our first baby boy in the family for more or less a decade now. We are all excited! Even until now that Pepper is on his 2nd week.

So picture galore!

How's that for a Monday? Ok, I will let Pepper convince you to smile. :)

Happy on a Monday,

Yosh

Roji's Joaquin

Hello! Long time no post. Haha! Anyway, it's November already. It's my birth month. Yay! But before that, I will talk about Roji's pregnancy. Any minute now my cousin will give birth to the baby boy we've all been waiting for. For more or less a decade now, our family was deprived of a prince. Palagi na lang prinsesa! Ayun sunod-sunod na girlies. We call them Kwatro Marias.

Let's first talk about our prince's name -

Joaquin is the name given by his Tita Jayna. Yun kasi ang name ng crush ni bagets sa school. Ang landeee! Our bottleneck was with the second name. I suggested having it start with A para matuwa si Turing, our lolo Arturo. But Roji made it even better, she decided it will be the english version of Arturo, Arthur! Nice!

Photos galore on your next scroll :)

My best friend's bump

Ohhh-k! Now we have Lloyd's approval to post Lorie's maternity shoot pictures. Yay! Just a little background - Lorie (or Pac, as I fondly call her) is one of my first ever best friends. We were friends since grade school days. We lost touch during college but we managed to keep up with each other just a few years back. I was her Maid of Honor and she was my bridesmaid. Lloyd, meanwhile, is another grade school classmate. It was a little surprising for me to find him as my friend now since I knew him to be the bully back in grade school. But hey people change. Hehe

I will bore you with pictures on the next slide down so brace yourself! :)

Oo na, hindi nga ako kagalingan magpicture! At lalong hindi rin ako magaling mag-edit. Pero in fairness ha, I was way above my personal expectations in this shoot. It's really hard to erase skin imperfections, lalo na if your subject is a pregnant woman. 

Anyway, it's my first so it's good enough for me. More practice pa for my cousin's shoot naman. 

Happy bump day! (Happy Wednesday I mean :D),

Yosh

Hello September!

PASKO NA!! :)

Kidding. But for us Filipinos, September is the start of the BER months which also means we are nearing the Christmas season. Yey! I think we can postpone buying aircon til next year. Or maybe not. 

Anyway, since Christmas came to my mind, I can't help but think that I still have not started my Christmas funds! All I saved as of this moment are what inside of these - 

Mine's the orange one. D's is of course the yellow pig. Haha! I hope I can make 5,000 this year. I was able to save 4,000+ last year. It covered all my gifts! That's what we are planning to do this year also.

Also, this started our September -

I did my bestfriends' maternity shoot yesterday. I'm still editing the whole bunch of pictures. I just made this one a teaser. I'm so excited for both of them! I'm going to be a ninang again soon! That means additional gift for Christmas! Haha! I really need to save now.

Happy September!

Yosh