Liebster Blog Award...

The Liebster Blog Award is for blogs with 200 or less followers, a fun way to help spread the word about smaller blogs and get them more readers and followers!

When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions from the person(s) who nominated you. You pass the Award onto 11 other blogs (make sure you tell them you nominated them!) and ask them 11 questions. You’re not allowed to nominate the blog(s) who nominated you

 

And this is my first blog award! Thank you Tonnomura for the nomination! This is great and fun! :)

11 Random Facts About Me:
1.   I am always hungry LOL
2.   I have very low tolerance for people with NO common sense
3.   I eat Neapolitan Ice Cream together with crunched Potato Chips (like it's a cereal LOL)
4.   I had a total thyroidectomy done because of Thyroid Cancer.
5.   I pretty much cannot live without my phone
6.   I love Agnes b.
7.   But Louis Vuitton is my first and forever love
8.   I listen to my Father's old recordings (with my late uncle on keyboards) to de-stress! Click Here if you would like to listen to one of them :)
9.   I have multiple dizzy spells each day
10. My handbag will always be a coin purse itself LOL
11. I love winter boots... I wish I can wear them all year round hahaha

11 Questions I Was Asked:

1. What's your favorite sport?

- I don't really do sports LOL! But I like watching cheerleading competitions, swimming, gymnastics and soccer games

2. What's your favorite Fall nail polish?

- Mac's Vintage Vamp

3. What's your favorite movie?

- There are too many to mention, but to name one what I can watch over and over again is Troy.

4. Do you prefer tea or coffee?

- Neither 

5. Do you play any musical instrument?

- Just a little bit of Piano and Guitar

6. What country would you like to visit soon?

- First on my list at the moment to go back and visit is Hong Kong

7. Are you quiet or outgoing?

- Depends on the person I'm with, I can adjust myself LOL

8. Do you like candles?

- Very much

9. What will you be for Halloween?

- I can pass as "Michelin" (of michelin tires) without doing anything with flying colors LOL!

10. Do you prefer winter or summer?

- Neither LOL (so yea, half or so a year I'm just pissed off with the weather temp! LOL)

11. Ice cream or Yogurt?

- Definitely... Ice cream

My 11 Nominees:

1.   Margaux of YoungNestors

2.   Annie of It's Just My Life

3.   Vanessa of iLoveCrzy

4.   Lindsay of Just 4 You

5.   Chelsea of 3...2...1...

6.   Chalene of 32 and counting

7.   Niki of Being Scrappy

8.   Nikki of Marbles On Glass

9.   K.S. Young of KSYonline

10. Michelle of Learning To Be A Mom

11. Pinay Ramblings

11 Questions For My Nominees:

1.   What is the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?

2.   If you were a character on a TV show, which one would you be?

3.   If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?

4.   What would you do if you had a million dollars?

5.   Would you like to know the day you’re going to die ahead of time? Why or why not?

6.   Would you rather have super strength or super intelligence? And why?

7.   Would you rather have the power to be invisible or the power to read minds? And why?

8.   Name one thing are you most proud of?

9.   What are you most looking forward to in the next year?

10. What is your ultimate dream vacation?

11. What would you do if you were a man for a week?

Weee!!! That's it! But don't forget to stop by my nominees' blogs! I promise they are great and talented! :)

Social Thursday...

I just got tagged...
Time to get to know me... 

And would love to get to know you... 

If you're up to it...

Copy the questions...

And paste onto comment area with your answers...
(or post this on your blog)

Let's begin?

GAME!

Questions...

1. If you could only have one type of drink starting today for the rest of your life, what would it be?
2. Name one of your favorite song of all time.
3. What place/country is on your list to visit next?
4. If you could marry a cartoon character who would it be? Why?
5. Do you think it is okay to lie? When would it be alright?

And here's my answers...
1. Vita Lemon Tea
2. Goodbye To Love
3. Hong Kong
4. Tsubasa Oozora LOL!!! He's an awesome soccer player at that japanese anime LOL!
5. It is never okay to lie and it is never right to lie. But we all do, mostly, for good intentions. And sometimes, for the benefit of peacefulness LOL!

And I look forward to reading your answers!

Have a fab day, loves! ツ

New Cute Items Alert!!!

Hello my loves!
Happy October!

I'm excited to sell these new cute items in my shop!

New Month... New Items... So much fun! :)

So Come and check out what's in stock... 

Love it?! Hop on over to Party Prints & Pieces for more details!

Have a great one loves!

The Pieces...

Hi guys! Hope all's well at your end... As for me... I'm alright but guess what?!... I am currently working on the pieces for my shop...

LOL! I get asked many times about that... And I just want you to know... though I'm behind... that I'm getting there... The giveaway was for sure a start! :)

I'll be selling more fabric tapes in different colors and patterns. Stationeries, Baking supplies... bit by bit... slowly but surely! So make sure to watch out for that! :)

Thanks for being patient! :D

Let The Giveaway Begin...

Yay! My first ever giveaway has begun!!!!

A total of 6 rolls of DIY Deco Fabric Tapes to one lucky winner!!!

 

For a chance to win, CLICK HERE to enter :) 

I'm Working On A Giveaway...

Yes!

I've finally made up my mind!

And I will host a giveaway within a day or two over at my online shop!

Sure it's not like you'll win a big expensive prize...

But it's a little something from me and most importantly...

useful, fun and cute!

And here's a sneak peek...

Oooohhh! Patterns! hehehehe (I don't know... maybe I'm the only one who's excited! LOL!).

 

But nevertheless my dears... keep checking back for updates about this giveaway! :)

Shoo fly, don't bother me...

Why does some people have to be such a pest?
Like flies... they're so annoying when they're around you! And as much as you want to respect God's creations... you can't help but want to swat the crap out of them!

Seriously though... how can one not know or sense that you do not want to be bothered? How can one not feel that they're talking way too much? How can one not take the hints of monotonous responses and no eye contacts?

This honestly really frustrates me to no end!
So can anyone please tell me what is the nicest way to tell someone to shut up? Or is it even possible to tell someone off without them getting hurt?

Or just suffer...

Motherhood: When you want to be alone...

Every Stay-At-Home Moms have a different story to tell. Not many of us are financially blessed... not many of us have a "hands-on-daddy" working husband... and not many of us have behaved children.

Everyday can be different for us but surely doesn't get any easier. Day to day we cope and each day we get mentally stronger. But the stronger we get, the faster we get burned out.

And when that happens... we just want to be alone...

Unfortunately... we can't get our "alone" time whenever we need it... or better yet, we could never get a guilt-free alone time LOL!!!

So how do we deal with it? I won't speak for others... but in my case, I usually just wait till my daughter is asleep and have my alone time then and vent to my friends like no one's business! LOL!

How about you? How do you handle it when you have had enough?... Maybe we can learn new tactics from each other LOL... do share your tricks LOL!

Question...

You wake up one day and find yourself back in time... back to your teenage self... back to the day where you wished you were older and was thinking how awesome it would be to be older...

After freaking out... will you see it as an opportunity to live your life better or would you get all upset and hate to have to live your life twice?

Just a thought... one of my many what ifs question... something to think about...

How To Change Blogger Simple Template Sidebar Background Color Part 2

Previously, I shared a little tip on how to change your sidebar background color with the new blogger interface's simple template. I was going to share more infos on that but I got really sleepy LOL!

Anyway, I will get into a little bit more details today and share how to change the background color of a certain widget only rather than the whole sidebar.

Again, this is for the New Blogger Interface "Simple Template"...

First: Go to Template >> Edit HTML >> Proceed

Second: Press "ctrl+f" for windows or "command+f" for mac and find the code below
<b:section-contents id='sidebar-right-1'>

Third: Right below that code, look up the widget id name for that particular widget you wanted to change the background color on. For example, if it's the followers widget, then the widget id is "Followers1"... Take note: It is case sensitive.

Fourth: Once you got your widget id, find this code below again to start working on your css.
]]></b:skin>

Fifth: Right above that code, copy and paste this code below
#Followers1{ background:#ffffff; }
*Remember to replace your widget id where it says Followers1 and change the color where it says ffffff*

Last: Click Preview or Save Template and you're done! :)

So there you go! Hope this has helped in some way... somehow! LOL! Please be advised, that again, I'm no expert... I'm just sharing what worked for me! So if ever, do take your bitterness elsewhere! LOL! Thank you and have a good day/night :)

How To Change Blogger Simple Template Sidebar Background Color Part 1

This is so random but a friend of mine was having troubles changing her blog's sidebar color using the new blogger interface's "Simple Template" and have asked me for help since I'm also using the new blogger interface's simple template for my biz blog. Well, ok, so I'm no expert LOL, but I thought I'd share how I edited mine just in case anybody else out there is having the same problem.

Again, this is for the New Blogger Interface "Simple Template"...

First: Go to Template >> Edit HTML >> Proceed

Second: Press "ctrl+f" for windows or "command+f" for mac and find the code below
]]></b:skin>

Third: Right above that code, copy and paste this code below
#sidebar-right-1{ background:#ffffff; }

Fourth: So it should look like this
#sidebar-right-1{ background:#ffffff; } ]]></b:skin>

Last: Click Preview or Save Template and you're done! :)

And yes, it is just a simple css code but with this simple code, you can really do so much more! Change the background color to your desire, add border if you wish and all that jazz! LOL!

Nothing fancy but hopefully, it's how you want it and will work for you too! Good luck! :)

For more details: Check Out Part 2!

My Party At Hostess With The Mostess...

A few months ago, I posted Nyomi's Sesame Street party over at "Hostess with the Mostess"...

And just earlier today??!!! I am very delighted to see it on the front page as one of the inspired events!

 

There are so many great themed parties out there that of course, it feels great to see your party was appreciated and that it is picked amongst so many other wonderful parties! And I must say, this has helped promote my online business, Party Prints & Pieces!

Thank you for making me happy today, HWTM! :)

The Past Few Months...

The past few months had been great for my online business! Both on Etsy, as well as, our Blog site! This, of course, makes me very happy! Thank you shoppers and supporters for believing in my creativity!

I've also been working on some custom orders too, one of the reasons why I have not blogged (again LOL!). Then there's also suggestions that I'm actually considering... yes... GIVEAWAY! But I'm still thinking on how to go about that LOL... so make sure you stay tuned!

At the meantime, if you haven't yet... like my biz on facebook! Hop on over and show my biz some love at http://www.facebook.com/PartyPrintsandPieces

4th Of July Printable Freebies

I've been catching up on a lot of Asian movies lately that I forgot it is almost the 4th of July! LOL!

Nevertheless, just in time, something for you to do over the weekend... I got you a greeting card, multipurpose tags and sparklers holder!


Get it at: Party Prints & Pieces

Father's Day Printable Freebies

Every time my child behaves... I so take advantage of that! LOL! And today was one of those days...

And since Father's day is just around the corner, I decided to work on a freebie for my little shop! :p I came up with a greeting card, fun coupons and multipurpose tags.


Get it at: Party Prints & Pieces

My First Sell...

Wow! I totally forgot to blog about it! LOL!

But yup! I have sold an item over on etsy! And you have no idea how that first sell felt like... it was just truly exciting! LOL I Love it! (who doesn't like getting paid, right? hahahaha...)

Anyway, I have created a blog for Party Prints & Pieces! Hop on over and bookmark it and visit regularly for updates and new items!

Thanks dears! Lezzdodizzz :):)

Party Prints & Pieces...

Weeeeee!!! I have an exciting news to share!!!

My friend, Hanna Boyle, and I have finally opened our lil online shop over at etsy!!!! And yup! We're Party Prints & Pieces!

Although there's still loads to do and tons to work on... we are just very happy to announce that this is it and got "what-just-a-plan" started!

As of now, we have one listing for sell which is a DIY Printable Sesame Street Miniature Hershey's wrapper... and will add more very very soon! 

So be sure to hop on over at http://www.etsy.com/shop/partyprintsandpieces and show us some love! And of course, check back here and our shop regularly for updates!!!

Thanks guys!!!! Lotsa love :) :)

Nyomi's 2nd Birthday Party...

If you happened to have read my previous posts, then you'd know that my little angel, Nyomi Anne, had just turned 2 the past Tuesday, the 24th, and had her birthday party the past Saturday, the 28th.

Before I continue though, I wanted to first share a picture of her actual party invitation card since the last one I posted on here was an e-invite image.

Anyway, the card says it all... The party was a Sesame Street inspired party...

In the hopes for at least a cloudy day, we still went ahead and decorated and set up the front and backyard...

But as expected, it sure wasn't a sunny day that swept the clouds away! LOL! The sun only came out for a bit and then mostly rain and it was really cold. So we had to move a lot of stuffs back in the house. And even though I've been stressing about the weather, thinking that it's gonna be too crowded inside the house... It actually wasn't so bad and we all had a great time!

Here's her Sweet Table that had to be set up at the garage LOL!!!

Remember my vent about the cake? LOL... Well, I still wish it had been done... I still wish the cake designer did not back out on me like that. But I'm glad that I found a not-so-bad one at Wal-Mart! LOL! I have to get two separate cakes though to make it a two-tiered cake myself because if you ask for a two tier cake made, they consider it as a wedding cake and it costs a whole lot LOL!!! Weird and stupid but oh well... I found something ok so I'm not gonna throw a fit.

Ahhh the sesame street cupcakes... simply made out of colored icings, candy melts, peanut m&ms, oreos, chips ahoy and bugles chips! LOL!!!!!

Here's the lamp post that Noel made and the backdrop. I got this image from Aaron over at flickr, with permission to edit and use of course. I am also planning to sell the backdrop too but I have to go to the post office to check the shipping prices before I do. So if you're having a sesame street party in the future... let me know! I will definitely set up my etsy soon ;)

And yay! The happy birthday girl! She really had a blast! And I'm glad she did!!! Everything paid off! And thanks to those who came and joined the fun! If you're wondering where are the pictures of the food... uh... LOL... I didn't get to take much shot of it... a lot of our friends came early so as soon as the dish is ready... serve! LOL!

Now before I sign off... And aside from my family that helped made this party happened, there are certain friends and vendors that I want to give credit to...

1. Rhodora Suematsu (Nyomi's Godmother) - For the party decors!!! I couldn't have done it without her support LOL!

2. Hanna Boyle (Nyomi's Godmother) - For the large street signs and the backdrop.

3. Shop Sweet Lulu - For the pretty packaging supplies
4. HeyYoYo - For the cupcake liners

For these printables, you can go to: http://www.etsy.com/shop/aubzielation
For the backdrop and street sign, you can go to: http://partyprintsandpieces.blogspot.com

Quite A Bummer...

I've been monitoring the weather for this Saturday, oh say, more than a week now. It has been saying that it's going to be sunny, to mostly sunny, to possible showers and now, 50% rain.

That's of course a downer... But heck, I'm sure we're gonna have a great time regardless...

Unfortunately, this is not the end of it!

For the past month and so, I have been looking for a decent cake artist that's not going to charge me a whole lot since I wanted a certain design cake and have no time to do it myself with all the stuffs I have to prepare.

Well... A friend of mine offered and that her friend is an artist and willing to do it for me. That was all set until today...

The artist decided to back out and didn't have the time to do it! SAD! Why do that the last minute...

I wish I was told a little sooner...

But I'll live LOL... I just needed to vent...

Anyhoo... Got more stuffs to work on... Rain or shine, we'll have a blast! Till I blog again! :)

Two Years Ago...

2 years ago around this time... I was terrified, in pain, miserable and exhausted. But I must've done something good in my life that God gave me a beautiful baby girl.

Having her made me want to be a mother... having her helped prepare me to fight my battle with cancer... And having her made cancer itself seem feeble.

And now she's 2, I am grateful that I get to live this far and get to watch her grow and witness all the things she does (yes! That includes the stress LOL)...

And to you, Nyomi Anne Ledesma, my wonderful angel and princess... Happy happy birthday! I wish you lots of love and all the happiness in this world. You just make me so proud and i love you so much!

/end drama LOL!