Denise Katipunera

DIY Valentines Day Heart Jar

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:27:00 PST

Do not throw away your mason jars just yet because you can make use of them for more fun and romantic way to decorate your home during the Valentines week. Well at least in our home. Hearts are flying all over our place. Yllac loves it. We love it.

So anyway, here's how...

you will need a spray paint, heart stickers, mason jars, and old magazines or newspaper.

scatter the heart stickers all over the jar. Stick them tight. (thank you Yllac for all the help) Nope, not really. c",)

spray from a good distance, making sure the entire jar is covered and wait for a couple of hours to dry completely.

carefully peel off the heart stickers

Place a portable battery operated LED lamp (it's safer, if only it fits the mouth of the jar) or just any candles and enjoy your Valentines Day with these decorative votive heart jar.

Happy weekend everyone! Hope everyone is having fun.

Just So You Know, I am Yours To Keep 4ever

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:43:14 PST

There are nights I just couldn't sleep. Tossing and turning and staring up the ceiling bores me to death. It's not about the coffee i took three hours before bedtime. Am sure bout that. It's those thoughts that boggles my mind. I sometimes worry. But all those worries disappear soon as my cold feet felt my husband's warm foot. It never fails to calm me down. If there's only one thing that scares me now is the thought of what if i never met my husband, what if we didn't get married? My life has no Yllac for sure. I am unloved, restless and no home, and miserable and angry. And last night that thought shook my very core once again. Every little bump and hiccup and struggle suddenly didn't bother me anymore because i know, my man and i will always figure everything out. With him, we always figure out. With him, i love my life just the way it is.

So every time some dark thoughts begin to over power me, all i need to do is to feel his foot. His warmth is God's way of saying you don't need to worry, or for a more understandable phrase for a dummy like me : shut up girl, i gave him to you didn't I? I am sure that God made his point to me very clear when Jayson first messaged me back in the summer of 2004, back in the day to a book sale trip we made, back in the day when we became friends, back in the day when we start to like and fall in love and talk for 26 hours a day, back in the day when we first kissed, when we can't stand the day not seeing each other anymore, back in the day we got married... that's a clear message that i will never be alone for the rest of my life. So worry not, I have Jayson. And he have me too. Forever and ever.

DIY Heart Bookmark

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:43:42 PST

told you am on a heart attack....

i read a lot. A lot! ebooks and real books. So when am on a real book, i need a bookmark as a page keeper or i can just fold the page right? No! Well sometimes i just fold but it' not neat. So in "honor" of the Valentines I made a bookmark especially made for this occasion. Suuuuweeeeet!

it's just easy really. Just cut out two hearts. One smaller and one bigger. It's nicer to use different patterns for each heart for a better/cuter design.

paste the smaller heart into the center of the bigger heart and let it dry.

using a cutter or any utility cutter trace the bottom half of the inner heart cutting through the card beneath.

it should look like this. Cute ei?

And that's how you make a heart bookmark. Yey!

The end.

ps,

have you seen my heart on a shoe Valentines project?

Important Memorandum

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:40:59 PST

....

in case you're busy or something....

.....am on a heart attack this week.

Hooray For Envelop Clutch! And Husband!

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:37:26 PST

I just wanted to show you this gorgeous/huge envelop clutch my nice husband bought me last December. He knew that this clutch has no place in my mommy-style right now (or ever), but it's cute anyway (he said) to convert it to Yllac's diaper clutch. Well, we both know that it's just a silly excuse to give me something not mommy-related.

I know.

Such a good guy.

I guess I am just a lucky monster.

Like yesterday, I was moody for no reason at all.

But still, he kissed me goodbye and he also said I am pweeeetty. When i looked like a monster.

I know.

Such a good guy.

top: i forgot

skirt: thrift

boots: custom-made

envelop clutch: gift from my nice guy

necklace: gift from Toni. Thank you Tonibanini!

Look Who's Ready For Valentines

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:07:16 PST

yup! someone's getting too excited for Valentines. (considering I am not/never a Vday romantic for the last 30 years) Well you can blame this Mommy-thing. I guess being a mom gave me this new excitement and a feeling of adventure for all the occasions and holidays you can name. It's all for Yllac. I don't want to be a grumpy Mom. I am so ready to wear my heart anywhere, everywhere. It's fun. It's fun. It's fun!!!!

So let's start with my shoes. My most hard working green flats needs some love....

so i cut two hearts from a glittery felt paper and attached it to my shoes using a double-sided tape.

Voila! and we are ready for Valentines!

How about you? Are you a Valentines person? Do you go out, eat out and celebrate or just stay in your homes and watch romantic movies or Valentines?, what Valentines?

Valentines Day Gift Ideas. Shop at HOBBY DEPOT

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:41:23 PST

Valentines Day is just a week away. A week away! So if you think your boyfriend or your husband is just clueless as to what to give you (aside from roses of course), you can just take him to Hoddy Depot.

Fabric print paper tape stickers, photo corner stickers, and planner stickers. Cute and very affordable. 80php - 500php

I love this elegant pencil case or you can use it as make up pouch. So versatile. 400php.

And how cute is this vintage airmail camera case pouch???? 600php

Wooden stamps. 500 - 1000php

Super cute memo pads, notebooks and planners. 185 - 600php

Try giving your coins a nice nice home with these triangle coin purse. 230php

You can get all these and more from Hobby Depot - the new cute business of my very cute friend Lloyda Lim Tan.

LIfe Looks So Much Cooler On Instagram

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:07:44 PST

all photos taken via instagram

I looooove instagram. Or just any portable tiny camera that I can put inside my pocket to capture every "perfect moment" of our ordinary little family. These instagram photos are like flash cards to me now. I can tell you exactly what happened at that moment the photo was taken. I love how we're able to document a little bit of everything of Yllac's growth. I mean, it's been a little over a year this boy made us his parents. And it's such a blessing - this parenthood thing. I wanna think we're good parents because, look at him, still breathing and healthy and happy. He's got the most adorable tooth gap (both up and lower gums) in the whole wide world. There's nothing like it. And as a mom, i am willing to do the best I can to make this baby of mine happy all the time. And each time he flashes those tooth gaps, wow man, that's my accomplishment right there.

The Amazing Maxi Skirt

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:06:43 PST

I am 5'2 today. At least that's what the height guide stick at the Post Office told me earlier. I believe last year I was 5'3. So maybe I lost a lot of weight on my soles. No shoes discrepancy either. Wore same shoes as last year.

Anyway, i remember back when there was a so called rules in fashion (until bloggers was born, of course, yes you!, all those rules became a dinosaur, a casette tape and a floppy disk) that when you're a midget, anything kind of maxi won't work on you. Well, first of I am not a midget. My son is the midget so I really have a strong conviction that this skirt won't work on him in anyway. So i guess that rule still applies today.Or not really. What Yllac needs is a ten foot tall chucks and he can pull off this skirt easy peasy.

Have a great week everyone!

top: Charlotte Russe

skirt and bag: thrift

boots: custom made

8 to 9

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:15:08 PST

Hi!!!! I am letting go some of my shoes today at my second-hand store. I love love LOVE them still but they don't fit me well. They are either a bit tight or really big on my foot. I tried my very best, i know i did, to make my foot bigger or smaller but nothing seems to happen. So if you're an 8 (24.5cm) or 8.5 (25cm) or 9 (25.5cm) you might wanna check them out HERE.

Pink Heeled Loafers

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:19:20 PST

Picking this pair was easy. At first. Then it dawned on me that am having a difficulty wearing a pink shoes. If you're a hardcore girly-girl you won't have a problem with this shoes. Maybe give me a pink dress ill wear it with ease. But of course a dress is different from shoes. Yup! You can quote me on that. Ill go on a full debate against anyone who tries to argue with me on that theory. c",) But then again, it's PINK! You don't question a girl in pink. You can't argue with pink. It's a color you can easily forgive. It's like Kim Kardashian. Annoying but forgivable. Either you love her or hate her. Just like what I said, it's pink.

dress: thrift

cape: Memo (old)

Pink heeled loafers: Go Jane

necklace: Quiapo

Happy 32nd Birthday To My Favorite Husband

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:06:55 PST

Jayson, back in 2007 wearing a ridiculous necklace and bracelet.

Happy birthday husband! You're simply the best of the best of the best of the best. I want you to know that You're my favorite husband among my other celebrity husband. You're my numero uno, so no need to be jealous over Ryan Gosling or Matt Damon. And because of your pure awesomeness, am sure you are Yllac's and Koffy's favorite daddy too. I love you before and I even love you now as you take the role of a daddy. I love how you listen to my nonsense and quick to forgive all my shortcomings. Yllac, Koffy and I are so lucky you landed on us.

Happy birthday love.

ps,

...thank you for Denise Katipunera.

Not Red. It's Fuchsia.

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:04:31 PST

I love this dress even before I cooked it. Maybe because it was the last dress I wore back when I was pregnant. (See here) And then a couple of days ago i dyed it red. But it didn't turn out to be the red I was hoping for but am okay with the result. It's fuchsia! And I can't even spell it. c",) How about you? can you spell fuschia/fuchsia?

Seriously colors that are nose-bleed to spell are the least of my favorites.

dress: diy

purse: gift

"Sofia" oxfords: Shoe Etiquette

ps,

i just posted new items on my dress shop today. Check it here.

pps,

I will update my dress shop every Monday. it's gonna be an every-Monday-thing-at-9pm. Promise.

Our Long Weekend According To iphone

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:52:54 PST

all photos taken via instagram

Our weekend started five days ago. It was our looooongest so far. And got a very good use of it. So that means there's a lot of cooking for breakfast and lunch and eating out for dinner. And oh! I got to cook one dress this week too! And the awesomest part of it all is this Momma got the best looooong sleep during the night and extra bonus sleep in the morning too. We got to do a little home organizing. Meaning, well am just talking about my sh*t. My boys are neat. Proud of them. I love it when my husband is home for days. Everything feels just fine. Like nothing can go wrong. Do you ever feel that too? And i get to relax, that's the best part. I just sit all day, watch him and yllac play and talk and eat crayons, paper and paste. c",)

So, Hi you! I hope you are having a great weekend too.

Blue, Red, Green and Taupe

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:56:26 PST

One thing i look forward doing every week is my trip to my favorite thrift shops and finding unique and vintage inspired pieces. Like this dress??!! ooohhhhlaaaah! I love thrift shops. I do! I do! I do! Am gonna marry one soon. If they'll have me. c",)

dress: thrift

purse: SM Dept. Store

booties: Make Me Chic

scarf: gift

Fun Brights

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:53:37 PST

If there is one thing I've learned : is to never be embarrassed about something you like and never compare yourself to others. Because no two people are alike plus admitting and declaring what makes you happy even makes you happier. Such a breather.

So ill come out clean and show you the list of things i like that makes me terribly happy lately...

reheating my starbucks latte at home the following morning
looking at my shoes. Just looking.
ukay-ukay (thrift stores)
instagram
yllac's delightful scream
rubber ducks
Handy Manny
husband and baby boy's duets
scrubbing bathroom tiles
i love lucy
collecting small jars
free ebooks
hardware stores
cheap paintings
watching make up tutorial on youtube
googling Ryan Gosling
colors. prints. Yellow will always be the color after my own heart and orange lately.

How about you? What makes you happy these days?

jacket and dress: from Mom

bag: Hong Kong

leopard wedges: Make Me Chic

Dress Shop Update

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:14 PST

Hiyyah! I've put up some of my beloved dresses on the shop today. It's breaking my heart to part with them, but I guess some of them are not "me" anymore. Maybe you, someone with a big big heart would want to take them and be a part of your closet.

Check them out here, if you like.

Over The Weekend At Star City Part 2

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:02 PST

having a nice time looking at these photos from last last weekend. Wishing everyday is a carousel ride.....Life is always fun inside a theme park don't you think?

and if you wanna see, here's the first part of our weekend at Star City. Happy Monday everyone!

Hey Boy!

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:18:42 PST

I want you to know..

that...

...You're pretty much my most favorite of all time in the history of ever!

love and kisses and hugs,

your favorite maaah-maaah in the history of ever

Not Summer Ready

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:59:40 PST

It should be cold by now. I wonder what happened to the world this time??! Pms-ing much?

So, I wore this dress yesterday I am saving for summer and my diy color block boots. And looks to me, I got myself more than a color block boots. As i looked down i saw a two-tone shoe collar. See here. Nice ei?

dress: thrift

color-block boots: diy

necklace and ring: Sm Dept. Store

Over The Weekend At Star City. Part 1

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:49:48 PST

It's been a decade the last time we went to a theme park with my friends. I am not a fan. Until Yllac of course. It's nice to see that he's all aware now of his surroundings and such a sight to see him take everything in. Parenting is a serious job but you shouldn't take it oh-so-seriously. Just take your kids to theme parks and they'll love you forever. I am looking forward to more theme park dates with my friends. It's more fun now. True story.

It's Been A While

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:14:00 PST

The Thriftaholic Shop is back!!! The triple exclamation point is not supposed to scare you, am sorry. But it's BACK! Check it out if you want and if there's anything you like, call meeeee. Okay just email me at harukijayden@yahoo.com

Goodnight.

The Yellow Cardigan

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:22:05 PST

Hi everyone!

Please check out my dress shop tonight, The Thriftaholic Shop, around 9 pm. 12 chic dresses will be up for grabs.

Am really excited for this.

So see you all there?

dress, black knit cardigan and yellow cardigan: THRIFT!!!!!

Once Upon A Time There Was a Boy Named Peter Pan, Who Decided Not To Grow Up.

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:45:16 PST

February 2009

deeply, deeply sad tonight

it's one of those days..... i wish i (we) don't have to grow up.

Our Life Lately According To iphone

harukijayden@yahoo.com (Denise Katipunera) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:13:15 PST

all photos taken via instagram

here goes:

am glad koffy is a huge dog or yllac squished him a long time ago. He's Big and sweet and gentle. Yllac looooves him.
our friends Iz and Lara got married Tuesday of last week. It was a beautiful one. Yllac practiced walking all throughout the whole ceremony till the party only to make a stop to eat. And Jayson borrowed his tie.
i love that my baby boy can busy himself and play alone now, so it's good that I can do so much even it's just the two of us.
my diy striped shoe. c",)
aaaand we ended our week so good. we saw our friends over the weekend so naturally Yllac saw his friends too. We rode the carousel, the plane and ate a lot of not-so-yummy looking-hotdogs. But it tastes good. And i craved for a green tea and craved more for a red chucks so i can match my boy.

well, that was our week. Hope you all enjoyed your weekend too.

Happy Monday!