Humabi is a Filipino word for “weave”. All Humabi bags are made out of plastic straw ropes that are handwoven by the women at the correctional institution of Davao City, who are mostly mothers. Every bag bought helps the livelihood program of these women and a portion of the proceeds go to the scholar students of Philippine Science High School. Read more…
Archive of ‘My Favorite Things’ category
Four Eyes: What I loved about this online optical store
What I love about Four Eyes #1: Virtual Try-on Feature.
When you browse through the various eyeglasses frames, there is an option where you can virtually try on the styles. Simply upload a picture of yourself and then adjust how the frames look on you. Here’s how it worked with mine… Read more…
She Likes Shoes: Why I love this shoe subscription service
“A shoe subscription service?!” Upon reading what this new website, shelikesshoes.com, was all about, I was immediately hooked. I like shoes but I hardly have time to go shopping. When I learned that She Likes Shoes offers a unique catalog of shoes every month, I got excited. I could choose a pair that best fits […] Read more…
Look It’s About Me – Personalized books for little readers
“Look It’s About Me!” There’s a really good way to encourage reading among young kids — make the stories more personal. When I was young, my Dad enjoyed telling me and my sisters really colorful bedtime stories. “Once upon a time, there were three butterflies…” The stories were always fun, but what made them even […] Read more…
Memory Crafters: My Sunglasses Pouch
Memory Crafters is a box subscription service where a box of crafting projects is sent to you every month that you can enjoy or give as a gift. Read about my first Memory Crafters project: the Summer Bag This is my 2nd Memory Crafters project. {My DIY Sunglasses Pouch} The sunglasses pouch set came with […] Read more…
Memory Crafters: Unboxing Memories
Memory Crafters was one of my Holy Week break highlights. I was one of their contest winners last month and got sent this beautiful box of crafting projects. As soon as the break began, I opened the box and got straight to crafting! Woohoo! It’s been a long time since I did any crafting, so […] Read more…
Monday Happiness
My Monday happiness: looking forward to coming home to my husband and my son! It’s ironic that we just started the week but I’m already looking forward to going home. It’s not a defeatist thing ala Garfield’s “I hate Mondays”. It’s more of I’m using seeing my husband and my son as motivation for making […] Read more…