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December 2012 ~ Dec. holiday travels, before and after Christmas events , up- coming New Year's celebrations ... busy, busy, busy....OMG ! So many events had passed and I was never able to write anything about any of them... awwwww. I was even supposed to write a blog about the outcome of the X-mas tree my daughter and I had set up for the 1st time here in Perth. We had been living here since Aug . 2010 and never did I ever put any Christmas tree  or trimmings anywhere in the house for Christmas. So Dec. 2012 was somehow a bit different than the previous years.

It's because of the existence of a Christmas Tree ! Wow ...

 A promise is a promise ...as a continuation of my previous blog,  here are some pics of the Christmas decors and the Christmas Tree itself :




Color theme was Red & Gold

Brand New X-mas Tree was out of the box for assembly ... Tacha was excited to help me set it up .

Almost there ... good job Tacha !

The tree in its spot ...

with a bit of trimmings ..

hmmmm this tree needs more decor in it ...doesn't it ?

Now it's looking much much better !

Looking much much better after all the nice things hanging in it ...

but still, this tree is missing on something ... can u guess what ?
Of course, how can we miss the life of it ... the lights what else ?






Yeheeeyyyy... now the Christmas Tree is finally complete.



I hope everyone had a great Christmas with their families & friends . I had .... and I even got 2 lovely gifts from my cute 2 year old grandson and a nice Diary from my daughter Tacha. Ohhhh.. my son Tristan got me a nice bag for Christmas gift too.

 Thank You !



 

Nov. 30, 2012 ~ I'd been missing seeing new places. Been a while since I'd been on a holiday.

 Last trip I had was out of Perth to Philippines, to my hometown last July 2012. About almost 6 months ago. I had fun and was very busy keeping my cute 2 yr old grandson some much needed company during my stay there.



 I miss the little guy and I know that he's missing me too. Siggghhhhhh ....

Anyways, I am now again gearin up for the next upcoming holidays . Few weeks from now is Christmas and here in Perth, I can see the festive season approaching real fast. Malls and shops are now filled with glittering x-mas decors , well packaged x-mas goodies , giftwrapped chocolates and other delightful gift items ranging from perfumes, bath items , candles, etc. Oh how i wish i could get some .... it would be nice for sure !

What kept me busy wandering around over Perth over the last 3 weeks is my mission of  scouting for & collecting some decors & x-mas tree items to put in the house. Funny part is, most of the things i had checked in shops are either made in China and guess what ... Philippines ! Well,, I'm proud of my country being able to compete in the international market. Good job fellow filipinos ...



 I never decorated the house for christmas since I arrived here in Perth last Aug 2010. We never had a x-mas tree here in Australia .But , for this year, I'm gonna put up one x-mas tree i had bought in BigW shopping center. Just a cheap plastic tree but hey... it makes a lot of difference once all the trimmings and lights are there. You will see once we had set it up ... I'll show you the outcome  in my next blog comin in the next few days.

183cm Albany Pine Tree (Tree No. 3)

Just a simple x-mas tree that is a bit taller than me LOL.  It will be filled with red and gold trimmings / ornaments. Some of them I had made myself out of plaster of paris painted with gold  acrylic paints and wirewrapped beaded items like wreaths I accented with ribbons and gold strings.



 I'm sure my kids would be very excited to hang the trimmings and decorate the tree themselves for the very 1st time here in Perth..

My beading had come to a slow pace this time of the year due to my back ache which is until now not being healed by my physiotherapist. So I was not able to make any Christmas themed jewelries much due to my back pain . Nevertheless,  I made sure I had made a few pieces for this year 2012.

 Nothing can just stop me from doing my passion... ... so with or without pain, somewhere along the way I would  still be here with my beads & crafts to cheer you up ...

 

Oct. 31, 2012 ~ I had been trying to rest after the hectic schedule I had over the last weekend. 2 Fundraising events were  done ( A garage sale / Subiaco Community Fair ) and my handmade angel creations  didn't fail to raise some money for the poor like as usual. I was so happy even till now.



 I had created several items with angel theme like key chains, bag chains, car charms and earrings.

Key Chain $10 / each




Car Charms $15 / each


 Setting up the table for the UWA fair last Sunday was a lot of work but I was so proud to see my banner hanged up there inside the tent for the very 1st time in a fair .




I even overheard 2 ladies  while they were browsing that they feel like they're in paradise the moment they stepped in my tent LOL!



There was a moment when i watched 3 young girls aged 7-9 y/o commenting  beside one of the jewelry tables that their most favorite stall was my jewelry stall and one of them even dragged her mom to buy her a bracelet for her birthday gift . The girl was so happy holding the bracelet as I took a final picture of it before I let it go . She left with a very happy smile ...





 My happiness was shortlived by the fact that the made up tent almost flew away after a strong passing  wind. After everything was already displayed and  we were starting to sell to buyers.  I was hanging to 1 of its legs to keep it dowm Oh Dear !  I was very thankful to all the people who helped picked up the jewelries flown unto the floor and my broken mirror and some broken beaded jewelries. Lucky no one was hurt when it fell on one side too. Well , jewelry damage was no big deal though .. lucky me noone got hurt except for a damage of 3 broken necklaces that's all so it was ok. I just need to re- string them again.

All the loading and unloading and walking here and there before and after the fair , my  backache was now far more painful than before and I had to rush to BigW to buy this massage mat I saw online last Monday in their new catalogue . I told myself it's a must to get hold of one of these  inorder to relax myself  at home . 30 mins of pure bliss when I'm on my own in the morning. Yahhooooooo !

Conair Relaxation Massage Matt- Silver

 Costing me $60 is not too bad for  a piece of tool that can somehow help trigger my nerves to pump my blood all over the place and ease my spasms that had piled up on my upper right back. I had been having a hard time with my right back and it triggers a stiff neck and numbness on my right arm. I can't sleep well at night for  several weeks now coz of the pain and I felt horrible. Neurofen/ Panadol is now my constant companion at night before trying to get some sleep. It helps ease the pain temporarily during the night.

Anyways, back to my beading events, the fund raising for "The Backpack Of Hope Project " for the poor  kids in Kenya  is starting to do well. I admire the kindness of my friend Anne Janssens who had organized this fund raising to help the poor kids who can't go to school due to lack of school supplies. Anne had been to Kenya last year and saw the plight of the kids . I do support her for this endeavor as much as I can .

She had organized a garage sale in her own front yard to raise some dollars for the project with the help and support of her loving adorable husband, Paul. She personally made delicious homemade curry paste , chilli paste & achar sold during the day aside from some old and new Knick Knacks donated by friends and of course some of my handmade angel earrings too !

Achar  $10 /  Big jar

Chilli Paste $8 .00 /Small jar

Curry Paste $10.00 / Big Jar

Nowadays, I can always say that , It's not what you have that would make you feel complete at the end of the day. The real paradise is when you have a light feeling in your heart  when you know what you had given away  for mankind.

A simple token of affection goes a long ... long.. way !

Let's keep up the good work Anne ... I salute you my friend !

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