Showing posts with label Crochet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crochet. Show all posts

Monday, November 12, 2018

Our Christmas Tree is Up! {2018}


It's only 43 days before Christmas. Finally, our 10-year old Christmas tree is up!

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My two boys put up our Christmas tree just like the previous years. With the same design as last year. Although I am planning to make DIY Christmas decors again when I took my 3-day leave this November.

Christmas, Christmas tree, Christmas countdown, DIY Christmas decors

And when a photo from last year popped up, I was surprised how big my son is now. He grew up so fast!

Christmas, Christmas tree, Christmas countdown, DIY Christmas decors,

Finally, I saw this unfinished crochet Christmas tree from last year. 

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It just need a few more leaves and it's done. Hopefully, I can show you this crochet Christmas tree once done.

Christmas, Christmas tree, Christmas countdown, DIY Christmas decors, crochet Christmas tree

Daddy A is working on our Christmas lights naman. So, have you put up your Christmas tree already? 
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Monday, October 1, 2018

Back to Crocheting


Last month, I started to crochet again.


I finished one cellphone pouch for my new Samsung A6+. (Read: Unboxing Samsung A6+ Smartphone)


Then, I felt I want to crochet more. So I started to crochet headband.


After almost two weeks, I finished this crochet headband with interchangeable flowers.



Crocheting has been my stress reliever. Nakakawala ng stress after a long busy day at work. It's my "me time". Hopefully, I have more free time to do it.

How about you mommies? What's your "me time"?
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Friday, April 22, 2016

A Busy, Productive Week That Was


Hello everyone. How's your week? I have been busy these past days kaya wala na ako lakas mag-blog. My apologies dearies! 

Sunday palang busy na talaga. Daddy and I were working on samples order of crochet amigurumi owl.


While our little boy was watching and eating pop corn. Sarap lang ng buhay, haha!


For weeks, wala talaga kaming mga MTOs. We spent nights cuddling while we're waiting for the time to sleep. But this week is very different. Sabay-sabay ang orders! After the owl, I worked on felt cloth letters naman.


But I am not complaining because these are blessings! Yun lang, we have less cuddling time na with my little boy. So I need to divert his attention to this.


Look at his masterpiece!


My 5-year old is really good at it. I told you, he never get tired with coloring and drawing his two most favorite superheroes, Iron Man and Spiderman.

After that, I will tell him naman to read bible stories. He will, but after that wala na sya magawa so he will start to get uneasy and tried to play with us. Kaya lang we need to meet deadlines so kahit masakit, I will tell him to lay down. Kwentuhan na lang muna kami. However, I regret doing that because my little boy will innocently ask the most painful questions.

Matthew: Mommy, bakit po nagwowork na kayo sa araw, pati sa gabi nagwowork pa din?

Natigilan ako. I looked at hime and he's seriously waiting for an answer. Bakit nga ba? I told him, sayang opportunity so we can save more.

Then he asked another question.

Matthew: Bakit po mga mommies ng classmates ko kahit hindi magwork may pera sila?

Aw! Maloloka na ko sa batang ito. I answered him with another question, "Gusto mo ba magwork din sa malayo Daddy mo para sa bahay na lang ako?" He said no, then there's silence. Yun lang naisip ko na sagot sa tanong nya because while his classmates have their moms at home, their Dads are away naman. I want him to understand that his classmates' families are sacrificing too. That sometimes we need to be away or to have less time with our family to provide all their needs. 

I really want to stay at home. I am looking for a part time online job but that hasn't come yet. But God is so good that He made me see that the solution to this is on my hand already. My crafty hands. There are big opportunities coming in and praying that this opportunity will be the start of everything I dream of.

For now, I need to wait. I need more patience. Heto muna! Meet the owl family!


And let's welcome Mr. Crab too!


Happy weekend!
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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Very Busy August Recap


Two weeks ago, I started to get very busy at work. This is because our admin assistant gave birth and I decided not to hire a substitute because her maternity leave is just one month. With this, I took the responsibility of doing reports, following results, among others. It was my decision so I have no one to blame for my busy-ness but my self.

Now let me do an August recap because in 2 days we will say hello to September. August has been a very busy month for me. Aside from the reason above, August is the examination month.  As you all know, I am a Nanay teacher to our little boy. I see to it that I am the one who reviews with him his lessons, especially on examination weeks. I admit it was difficult because as I working mom I often go home so stressed. And sometimes, because Matthew is such a hyper boy, I easily lost my temper. Nevertheless, we make it through this month and I am proud to reap the fruits of my labor.


He got high and perfect scores on his quizzes, first quarter long quizzes and exams. Because of these, he deserves a reward.


Actually, I stopped from expecting too much from him. That's because until now, our little boy his very hyper in school. But that doesn't mean I don't believe his capability because for me he's very smart. He can read both in English and Filipino now. Also, he can understand English and can speak too. I'm sorry, I'm just a proud mom here.

Aside of being a Nanay teacher, I'm a mompreneur too. I am also busy managing our small online shop and we also accepts made to order crochet baby accessories too. Though I promise not to accept too much, this month we have finished 4 batches of MTOs.


The two boots are bound to Italy! Buti pa ang boots, haha! We are also making felt cloth letters.


These isn't possible without the help of Daddy Allan.

Also, this month we decided to split the contents of Our Family Blogs About blog, which will now concentrate on home and improvement, and DIYs.

So now we have two new sites: Mom and Dad Crochet where our crochet projects will be posted.

and Daddy's old blog Captured Moments by Chemist Dad where his photo arts, naks naman, will be posted.

Yes, I know it will be very tasky and time consuming to maintain many blogs. It's also expensive though the two have no domains yet. But I think it's doable naman. We also have plans of moving to WP and having our own hosting site. Crossing our fingers we can make this possible next year.

Moving on... My sister, who temporary cares for my mother and son, left us earlier than expected. It was another burden for me, physically and emotionally. I understand that she has her own life too but I just hope she considered the fact that I am working and there's no one left to look after my son and mother. It was another day when I really wanted to quit my job. But God is really good...

That day, my mother-in-law came with a new replacement. I was hesitant to hire a non-relative person but Daddy A tell me to give it a try. Her Tita who is my MIL's friend assure us that we can trust her. So I trust their words and she's with us for 3 weeks now. She's a not a total package of a good house help but I can forgive her lapses as long as she's taking good care of my mother and son. For me that's the most important.

So there, I keep my faith that our new house help will not leave us too soon. Daddy A and I already adjusted for her and I hope she appreciates our effort in showing her nothing but our kindness, hehe. Anyway, the other day, I asked Daddy to go to Matthew's school and asked what will be their costume for the Buwan ng Wika celebration. The teachers congratulated him and he doesn't know why until they told him that Matthew's on the top 5. I was surprised as I really don't expect this, but at the back of my mind, he got high scores in all his quizzes and exams so I must expect something kahit paano. Haha!


Behave pa more daw ang bulilit and it's not impossible to get a higher rand in the next grading period. Oopps.. I should not expect but I will do my best to teach Matthew and I will be more patient.

That's our busy August recap! See you all next month! Have a blessed long weekend!

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Birthday Wishlist 2: Checked!

Two days ago, I received my birthday wishlist #2 - Clover Soft Touch Crochet Hooks set.

Clover Soft Touch Crochet Hooks set
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Friday, April 24, 2015

A Week's Recap + The Military Diet

It's Friday at last! Or Friday na naman. Sobrang bilis no? 

April is almost over na and May is here. Ehem, it's my month na Daddy? Haha. Hay so much had happened this week and even the week has not started yet, pagod na ako. That's because of some cleaning and re-arranging that we made at home last Sunday.

Good thing we don't have MTO to finished kaya we were able to do the much needed cleaning at home, especially at our living room. And it looks like this na.

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

My Craft Projects for 2015

Mandala floor rug

Hello everyone! It's mid-week already and we are down to the 3rd week of January. Time flies so fast talaga ano? Since I cannot do something about it, I'll just fly with time. Lol.
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

On Crochet Cramming + PLDT Home Bro Ultera Horror Experience

Hello! How's your week na? It will be a holiday tomorrow here in Bulacan as declared by the Governor. For NCR naman today until Monday are holidays because of the Papal visit. Speaking of the Papal visit, I really want to go to Manila to see Pope Francis, however, I know it will be hard because of the expected huge volume of people who will go to see the Pope as well. So we will just content ourselves with watching the Pope on TV.

Besides we still have many fixing and cleaning at home to do. That is because of the this bulk orders of 400-piece of crochet mini booties we have finally finished yesterday.

Crochet Mini Booties, Chucks and Boots
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Back to A Week's Update

Sorry guys. 

Seems like I cannot sustain the daily posts I did last week. This week was a super busy week for me. From Monday to Wednesday we had workshops and meeting. It was indeed a very stressful week for me.

So let me just share the highlight of my super busy week, which is not over yet.

Just like what I said, I started the week with a workshop. It was job related and we talked about laboratory improvement. It was a 2-day workshop, which gave us a lot of information on good laboratory practices. Those new information gave me inspiration to work more for our laboratory's improvement.

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

A Week's Update

Divine Mercy Church, Marilao Bulacan
Finally! I get a chance to make a post. Cliche it may be, I had a busy week. Let me just give you some updates through photo.

Sunday is always our Church day. We do our best to go to Church to thank God for all the blessings, and even trials that come our way. For I know, He will never give us something we cannot bear.

Aside from our work, crocheting keeps us busy. Again, my never ever thanks to God for giving us this skill and patience so we can have another source of income and to save too. Here are what we have done for the week.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

My Not So Busy Week

Hello guys! Finally, my long week is almost over. Almost because I still have one meeting today with my group. I know, kinacareer ko na ang work ko. Hehe. I commit to give myself a chance to love my work again. 

You know, ever since I became a mother I always think about ways to be a work at home mommy. That made me hate my current work that has been a great help with our finances and expenses. I forgot that before I became a mother, I am a Chemist. So since two weeks ago, my every work day has been very busy. Time runs so fast that I failed to make a post regularly but at least I am trying to balance everything.

But surprise me is that even with my so busy day, I don't feel much stress and in fact I am enjoying it. Though it's still my number goal to become a work at home mommy. Anyways, enough of reasoning, haha. Let me just share how my busy week went.

I have never been this busy with my work and I can feel as the days passed by, lalo akong nagigising busy. It's all started when we started to have a weekly meeting. Because of that I have discovered that we need so many things to do, to document, to organize and to revise. Then last Thursday we had a group meeting. Of course, that means additional work to do. But like I have said, I like it. Ewan ko lang kung bakit, hehe.
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Friday, September 20, 2013

Photostory: Learning to Crochet

Who says crocheting is just only for girls? Look at our son, he's learning to crochet too just like his Daddy Allan.

Learning to Crochet
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Photostory: Tiny Buds + Crochet Peep-toe Ballerina Booties

Good day everyone! Looking forward for another holiday tomorrow! Last na ito for August so pagbigyan nyo na ako.

By the way, I am yaya-less na. Matt's Tita asked for a 2-week vacation because she said she's tired daw. It seems malabo na sya bumalik so we are looking for a replacement na. Good thing my sister is available but she said she can stay with us for just two weeks lang. I'm starting to worry na nga because until now we haven't find a replacement. Anyway, I am hopeful that God will help us go through with this one.

On the positive side, Tiny Buds sent us their Natural Baby Care Products. 

Tiny Buds Natural Baby Care Products
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

I'm Back after a Long Weekend =)

Hello momsies! I have been missing in action for days already. So please expect this to be another long post. I know you had your long weekend too and I will share with you what we have done last weekend.

We spent our weekend at Daddy's in Nueva Evija. Actually, we are still undecided to go home because of the weather. Luckily, the sun went up on Saturday. Yey! Since we still need to go to work on Saturday, we tagged along the little boy so we will drive straight to home na right after Daddy Allan's meeting.

Look we have a new OJT.

Our new OJT
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Photostory: Crochet Booties for Souvenir

After almost three weeks of sleepless nights, we are finally done with these crochet booties for souvenir.

Crochet booties for souvenir
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Monday, February 4, 2013

Photostory: Done over the weekend

Weekend is over! And here are the MTOs that we have finished over the weekend.



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Thursday, January 17, 2013

DIY: Crochet Rose Headband

Have you tried crocheting already? If yes, you might want to yarn this pretty rose headband.


You get the free pattern here. Or if you love it and you can't crochet yet, let me do it for you. Just go here.

Happy Crocheting!
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

DIY: Crochet Braided Strap Doll Booties

One of my goals for 2013 is to make Crafts by Momaye site alive. My target is to make at least one post everyday.

For 2013, this is our first DIY.


Crochet Braided Strap Doll Booties


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Monday, December 3, 2012

DIY: My Crochet Projects

Since Daddy posted his crochet projects, I decided to post mine too. Like what he said, he is doing the hats and I am doing the booties, sandals and headbands.

So here they are...

Character Booties

Converse Booties

Doll Booties

Sandals

Headbands

These keep me busy and I really love crocheting. In fact, I am addicted to buying yarns. I will post the latest set of yarns I bought online.

And if you want to place your order. You can go HERE.

What design you find cute?
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