Sunday, June 16, 2013

Your Own Notebook

It started out as a hobby...
 :)

Well, designing or altering/renovating some things for me is easy, I highlighted the word  because I know it's not true to all.
not that I'm overconfident.
 hehehe.
 
Isn't it great when you'll just do what you love whole day and turn it as a work or business because your previous work didn't work out for you.
yeah, I know the feeling. I sound bitter :p
 
and since I don't like feeling that way I decided to make my hobby as my mini business.
 
Making a Personalized Notebook!
 
                                                             
  Tadaaaah!!...
 

This is the just a trial but I guess this will do. hahaha! 
It's my own notebook anyway.
What I did to this is change the cover only using cloth, added the lace and flower. I did the flower by myself since buying a ready made flower sometimes don't get what we like, right?
 the notebook itself I bought it in National bookstore, so here's the thing, since I can't do the notebook leaves because I plainly cant do it I just buy a notebook and change the cover the way I like it. :)
 
If you want one for yourself you can buy a notebook and ask me to alter the cover, which I will be willing to do so, with your own design or ask me to design it for you.
If you want me to do it, I need to get to know you personally.
*wink*
 
It took me three hours to completely change the cover. 
depends on the size actually. the size of this one is like this:
 
 
                               
3 1/2 x 5 1/2

...and no, that's not me holding the picture.

What about the price?
 
If this notebook is for sale it would be 
120.00 php - 150.00 php
The price actually varies on how big or detailed you wanted the notebook cover is so there's no fixed price.

don't worry the prices will not go over 300.00 php
I mean, what kind of notebook is that anyway? is the paper made out of ancient tree? was the cloth used coming from an extinct predator?
 
more photos :)
 
 
 
 
If you want one you can go ahead PM me in my facebook account
which is:  http://www.facebook.com/michelle.gaston.581 
 
 or 09335212242
 
just like that! :)
 
 
Photos by Cyrelle Layawan
Model by Wendi Tan


Live life
Love more
Laugh Hard
 
 
 
 



 
 

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Where Did My Saturday Go?


The answer to the title is: In my Head.

I got a few realizations from the beginning of my day and I want to share some of these to you. some of these, i think, are silly but hey, aren't we all like that sometimes? :)

1. I already decided to PERMANENTLY remove my retainers. 

I was actually wearing braces for two years after that I was expecting this to hear from my Dentist: "Yes, you're going to wear retainers for one year."
NOT.
what she actually said was this "You're going to wear braces for five years."
the only thing that my brain processed was the word five. I asked my Dentist in my 19 year old way before. "WHAT?! FIVE?!" 
long story short I can't do it. so, this is my third year and my last year with my retainers i mean, my teeth did not return from its previous state of calamity so its fine, I guess. (LOL)

2. Parent-Children-Grandchildren-Love.

I was on the Jeepney this morning and heard three elderly people talking about how their children grew distant with them since they got their own children.
"Well, that's how life works." Granny said.
"My love for my children did not change but it was them who changed." Grampa said looking out on the road.
"The love between my children and grandchildren is the same but the love that they give back is really different" the third Ganpa said while tinkering with his bag.

Well, that's deep. I mean, i don't know what to say since I'm not a grandparent myself, but will be soon. hearing them saying those things in their end made me sad and think of my parents also. what is their feelings as to what I'm showing them? do they know that that is my way of showing my love to them (by annoying my brother and sisters, Kidding!)? are they feeling the same as these three grandparents here? would I like them to say these things when I have children of my own? the thought scares me but whatever, it crossed my mind.

It's like I'm having mind time travel in the Jeepney. I'm seeing myself with children and thinking my what my parents will say to me and what would my children say to their Grandparents...etc. like my life flashed before me but not really. I don't know! 

3. Shades and headphones.

This is the best way to ignore people reasonably! you pretend you don't hear what they're saying or pretend that you're not looking at them and pretend you didn't see them. like being invisible. I'm not an anti-social here but we do have times that we just want to be alone with ourselves and be invisible in the crowd just because you want to and being alone with yourself in the bathroom is just ridiculous. 
Doing that today, and will be doing that in the following days to come whenever I'm alone in the crowd, is nice. I can look straight into someone's face, specially if he's worth the second look. I just overheard people (those three elderly) not noticing me noticing them while having a serious discussion with myself with what they're talking about. 
They leave you alone.
Thank you to Bausch and Lomb for their Ray-ban Aviator shades.
Thank you also to Nathaniel Baldwin for your Headphones.


4. Random Songs I Heard Today.

I remembered my teacher in English gave us a homework to list every song that I heard that day, not through my playlist but just around me. that was the most creative homework ever! hearing random songs from different genre and artist while waiting for the chorus thinking that probably I'd remember that title from there. haha! don't ever tell me that I'm all alone in doing this.
the songs that I heard today may it be from the radio, or someone singing are:
The Prayer- sung by my bored friend.
Superbass- Nicki Minaj
Medley songs- Pentatonix
Sunday Morning- Maroon5
Freedom song- Jason Mraz
 

5. By the end of the day...

I got this:





A muddy converse. 
having these sunny events during the day, the rest of the afternoon rained. let's welcome the rainy season with random realization of everyday events with our trustee umbrella and a heart that never back down during life's heavy rain. because by the end of the day it's always night, Haha! but seriously, have you seen a person being beaten down with every shitball that came through with crappy and ill-gotten moments in life that emerged weak after those events? I have never seen one. 

we tire after those kind of events but we don't remain tired. we rest then we make another step that soon will break into a run.
so get those shoes dirty with mud and make sure it leaves a mark.


Live life
Love more
laugh Hard

 
 

 

 

 


 
 

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Random Thoughts

Now what?

I really don't know what to say, Haha!

I know it says random thoughts in the Title but to be honest there's nothing in it -yet. I just want to have a blog in case I want to write something, anything about everything. Post photos in the future or video to whatever that interests me or to the places that I've been. everything under the sun actually so please forgive if I'm just explaining what I'm going to do in the following days rather than doing it today, but whatever. it's not yet the end of the world. 

Then here's the first question that I would ask to myself:

What brings me here?

Passion to write!


no, too cliche.

 Passion to rant!


Partly. Hehe.

Freedom of Speech!


hear! hear!

Actually I was just testing how to add Photos there.

Gotcha! :) 



 Okay, I'm getting the hang of this blogging here.
like.

the next time I post here maybe it would make more sense than what it is now, Haha! too Elementary.
 maybe soon I get into more serious blogging, not that I'm saying that I'm not serious here, I am actually.
trust me.



I will close this blog by saying:







 Live life
 Love more
 Laugh hard