Haworthia passion!

Hello everyone... Laguna, Philippines is still on community quarantine and it has been 4 and half months since then. So much has been done and cleaned around the house, while watching the phases of the pandemic. I am done with my backlogs in scrapbooking and Project Life, sewing, tidying up my little kitchen, scraproom, closets and cabinets, cooking and now, gardening.

People now a days are hocked on gardening-- vegetables, herbs, cacti and succulents, orchids and ornamental. As they say, we are going back to basics?! I have been a weekend gardener for almost 3 years now. I started with a few cacti and succulents, and a lot of cups and bowls to repot and repot them. I started to replant their babies, until I fell in love with Haworthia. Haworthia came from land of South Africa. They are closely related to the Aloe and Gasteria families. Haworthia, Aloe and Gasteria are all members of the Asphodelaceae family. But according to the world of succulents.com, Haworthia is a genus of small succulent plant within the family of Xanthorrhoeaceae. 

Here are a few of my kept Haworthia... I just love them!

The most common here in the Philippines is the Haworthia glabrata or the Tiger Haworthia. I see this plant to be strong and has firm leaves. I remember during my 50th birthday, my cousins Janice and Maan gifted me with this on white cups as my party giveaways. I wish to find some more varieties right after the lockdown. For now, I am enjoying my rares Haworthia coarctata and reinwardtii. 

The world is now battling over economics and health safety. One thing that this pandemic taught me is to HOPE for change. The world made its natural course of cleaning, detoxifying and healing. We, people must continue to change our ways in order to make this place a better place for the next generation. Its great to know that we are all planting! I am in wonderment to see them all in the social media. My only regret is the price... they are getting soo expensive. I just have a mind set that a few is enough to please my soul. And so, when I got my metal shelves last Tuesday, and my two loves were showcased -- my owls and Haworthia had a better place in my little home.

Thanks for looking... Got a few more plants to repot!

I Love ARROW!

I've been doing the Scrappin' Moms' challenge eversince week 1, but this week's challenge is one of the best... the power of arrows! Its week 16 and I made 2 layouts for my boys. Still catching up with their pages and here goes...

Chuy's Braces Experience... His braces was out since February this year. I'm glad we no longer have the monthly checkups in the middle of this pandemic. Inside the plastic pocket on stripes are his actual brackets given to me by his dentist, Dra, Chochay Ilagan-Bautista. I used We R Memory Keeper pps, cardstock, a journaling card, DMC threads, chipboard, foam and cork arrows, and some white paint. I enjoyed doing this page because of the arrows, it gives directions to the page and makes a great boy layout.

Luigi's NYC Experience... this is one experience of a lifetime, the feel of New York City. I'm glad my kids saw this before the pandemic, because I do not know when we can be back to NYC. I used here a white cardstock, assorted pps scraps, washi tapes, Memories Mist yellow ink, Kaisercraft paints, Ranger distress inks, Fancy Pants transparent letters, buttons, chipboard, foam and cork arrows, and DMC threads. Even my journals are arrows too!

It's my first weekend without work... At first I enjoyed the "stay at home" idea of ECQ, GCQ and MECQ. I get to do home chores and house projects, cook, pray and deal with my anxiety. After 2 months, I was on a "work from home" mode, where I finished all my tasks as a teacher and a program head. Now, I don't have official functions for the coming 45 days. I wanted to rest, relax and recharge! So this is keeping me up... and I'm loving it pa rin!

TFL! Let us cherish our memory making moments...

2019 Project Life!

Hello Everyone!

Yes, I am still on quarantine! I don't know if I will be happy or what, but I don't have work for the coming 45 days. It's day 108 since the lockdown here in the Philippines and I am just at home doing absolutely anything. I have some home projects done with my husband... general cleaning of my closet, kitchen, dirty kitchen, bedroom 2 and my scraproom, termite treatment and inspection, album cabinet covered, scrapbook pages and albums repaired, gardening a bit and a lot of catching up on my 12x12 pages. I feel so accomplished!

Now, I am finally done too with my 2019 Project Life. 2019 was full of happy memories for our family. It took me awhile to document it because I could not go out to have my pictures and journals printed. And so here it goes...

I used a lot of scraps... from papers, cardstocks, buttons, ribbons, washi tapes, stickers, chipbord embelishments, inks, journaling cards, and of course, simple stories kits and memorabilias. I enjoy browsing on my pages and go back to our memories! So I have more days to relax and stay in my scraproom, no more Work from Home for now.

Can't wait to do my Covid19 Pandemic experience... hmmm!

TFL! Happy memory making peeps!