God bless, Niña!

Niña's christening fell on a Sunday, a wonderful day to finally welcome her to the Christian world. I was one of her godparents, whose role would be to guide and mentor her as she grows in faith. 

The invitation I designed for Niña's baptism.

Mommy Tina, Daddy James, and Baby Niña after the Baptism Ceremony.

Mommy Tina was my high school classmate. We got much closer during our LiaComm days back in College. We would watch her swimming practice in the afternoon (an excuse to check out and study her male teammates' anatomy..hehehe.) We loved her mom's fettuccine and will, certainly, always do. She pursued Law right after graduation, and will soon be taking her Bar exams. Meanwhile, she devotes her time to her new work and, yes, her new family.

Tope, Vanessa, Tiffany, and Ellen... all smiles for the sumptuous lunch at Tina's place.

Oops! Sorry, I missed the food photos. I was too excited to eat that I forgot all about food documentation. Two words: Yum, Yum!

The pretty ninangs, me, ellen, tiffany, vanessa, enjoying a short photo opp. Cupcakes were made by Frances Jingco. Souvenirs by Tepsilog. 

White and pink motif for Niña's baptism.

Souvenirs all boxed up! Personalized candles for the godparents, and rosary bracelets (which my mom made) for all the guests.

 I am happy to have been part of Niña's christening, more so to be a part of her life.  May God bless her with abundance of joy, love and peace.

Personalized Candles

Personalized candles add a touch of style and inspiration whether you want to brighten up your friend's day with a gift, or warm up an intimate get-together, or lighten up your heart with a little prayer. Make ordinary days warm and special with something from the heart. ♥


I made these candles for my friend who asked me to do something personalized for her baby's christening souvenirs. After a while of brainstorming, we came up with personalized candles. So I bought some vigil and votive candles, stamped a design on it, added decorative flowers, and pinned the beads and pearls.

The Niña Collection

The Tepsilog Series

Tepsilog is derived from Tapsilog which is a popular  Filipino combo-meal of tapa (dried or cured beef), sinangag (garlic-fried rice), and itlog (fried egg) primarily served during breakfast. But I usually enjoy eating it after I've had several drinks--before heading home to sleep, and waking up with a hang over (which by the way is very occassional, hahaha). 

There are other -silog combos, like hotsilog (hotdog), cornsilog (corned beef), tosilog (tocino), longsilog (longganisa). chosilog (chorizo), spamsilog (Spam), etc... Oh, speaking of other combos, here's one thing I learned today, Pakaplog--a combination of pandesal, kape (coffee), itlog--which sounds a bit funny because kaplog in our dialect means prostitute.  "Hey, try the pakaplog in the plaza!" hahahaha, kidding.

Anyway, Tepsilog is not about food however (or perhaps not so much about it as I love to eat too). This is not about breakfasts either because I, being a nocturnal, miss a lot of breakfasts in my life and will probably miss some more in the future. Just like I did today.

But like this combo-meal, I love crazy combinations and accidental perfection. I like to play around with words, ideas, things, paper, colors, mess, this and that and whatever... When I do my art and crafts, I am like a child at play. I love things in random. Staring at patterns. Counting lines. Skip-counting lines. Invent colors. Etcetera.

I'm sharing with you the Tepsilog Series. When I was learning the photoshop and digital illustrations, I was able to come up with these.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

Breakfast in Bed

Easter Egghunt

Eggxhausted

Egg Relay

Eggplant

Had enough of eggs? Haha, there's more to come.