tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89572814272455226812024-03-14T05:17:38.884+08:00KokopintoKathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-18397232130773576272009-07-25T15:31:00.006+08:002009-07-25T16:23:47.394+08:00{ bunny on a window sill }<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Here is the first of more to come. My archival print (giclee) collection. Mini stage, or say rooms, I made for our Playdoh friends. You can view the before shot and detail. Will be listed on Monday so do drop by then. This one is based on my original painting, the Silly Rabbit, still waiting for her best friend to come home (I'd like to think from school so as not to keep her waiting) on a rainy day. Makes you want to just stay home and cuddle. An open edition print.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6226/006zcy.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4238/002nho.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8081/004twd.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> <img src="http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2046/005zrf.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Right click to get a closer view.</span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-11634021232572036092009-07-25T11:45:00.003+08:002009-07-25T11:54:09.109+08:00{ obsession: the lunch bunch }<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">All these beautiful creations for the most beautiful deed, helping another being in need. Lunch Bunch consists of two friends that get together once a week to create home-made meal packages to pass out to the homeless of Los Angeles, CA.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img height="300" src="http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/2513/il430xn81542683.jpg" width="auto" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img height="300" src="http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9535/silence400px.jpg" width="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">These for these...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/3692276131_1e24207ff0.jpg" width="260" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3692268601_e4722bd1a2.jpg?v=0" width="260" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2579/3692271667_3f06903d23.jpg" width="260" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/3692216465_48749c858c.jpg?v=0" width="260" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Mere and Ana. Go to </span><a href="http://anabagayan.etsy.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ana's Etsy shop</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> to purchase her amazing art. 100% of proceeds goes to the </span><a href="http://lunchbunchco.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Lunch Bunch</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-39195720908460850792009-07-13T14:09:00.002+08:002009-07-13T14:18:06.019+08:00{ two way promo : blissiful and kokopinto }<span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Just made a very sweet deal with this wonderful jewelry shop, <b><a href="http://blissiful.etsy.com/">Blissiful!</a></b> Get 20% off on all items you buy from her shop just by typing </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">KOKOPINTO</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> in the message to seller box during checkout! It's that easy! </span></span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>And vice versa!</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Get an extra printable set from my shop when you buy a $5.00 printable set just by typing </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">BLISSIFUL</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> in the message to seller box during checkout as well. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6879/bliss1.jpg" width="125" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6941/bliss4.jpg" width="125" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6885/bliss3.jpg" width="125" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img height="auto" src="http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9055/bliss2.jpg" width="125" /></span></span> </div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-6900683593487611942009-06-30T09:05:00.029+08:002009-07-17T16:48:35.835+08:00{ uppin' the ante: adopt a critter }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">My Playdoh critters are in need of new homes! So I'm putting them up for "adoption". 10 printable sets ( pick your critter ) will be given away to 10 lucky followers, old and new, for three consecutive weeks. First let me introduce you to them, my adorable little Playdoh critters:<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26111507" target="_blank"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img height="auto" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.74292231.jpg" width="100" /> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26114240" target="_blank"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img height="auto" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.77425462.jpg" width="100" /> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26113046" target="_blank"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img height="auto" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.74299406.jpg" width="100" /> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26112704" target="_blank"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img height="auto" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.74444098.jpg" width="100" /> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26113887" target="_blank"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img height="auto" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.74300197.jpg" width="100" /></span></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Bird, Cow, Sheep, Elephant & Turtle</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">How do I qualify to adopt?</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> (Do one of these mechanics or all)</span></span></span></span><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Become a follower of this blog (via Blogspot or Google Friend Connect). Comment here or on my fan page wall so I can verify if you are joining this giveaway. (+2 entry)</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Become a fan of my Facebook fan page at </span></span></span><span><a href="http://facebook.com/kokopinto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">facebook.com/kokopinto</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> . Comment here or on my fan page wall so I can verify if you are joining this giveaway especially to those who became Facebook fans before this post. (+2 entry)</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Tweet about this on Twitter (+ 1 entry) Copy-paste this sample tweet I have here or make your own just include <b>@kokopinto</b> so I can find it, here's my sample tweet:<br /></span></span><blockquote></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Do you want to win a Playdoh critter printable stationery set? They're pretty awesome! Join here: http://bit.ly/qQEAA @kokopinto #handmade</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Go to my </span></span><a href="http://kokopinto.etsy.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Etsy shop</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> and add to your favorites the items you like (printables, paintings, recyclables) then tell me why you like it by commenting here. If you don't have an Etsy account, just leave a comment here and/or a comment on my </span></span><a href="http://facebook.com/kokopinto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Facebook Fan Page</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> instead telling me why you like it. (+1 entry)</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Each retweet earns you another entry. each entry will be assigned another number to draw from Random.Org (thanks Kikay Designs). The more you retweet, the more chances of winning!</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><span><s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">First draw:</span></span></s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><s></s></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><s></s></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><s></s></span></span></b><s><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> Sunday, July 5 (ET), July 4 (ET). 3 winners</span></span></span></s></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><span><s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Second draw:</span></span></s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><s></s></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><s></s></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><s></s></span></span></b><s><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> Sunday, July 12 (ET), July 11 (PT), 3 winners</span></span></span></s></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Last draw:</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> Sunday, July 19 (ET), July 18 (PT), 4 winners </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">No one will end up empty handed. To those who won't be so lucky, you still get a giveaway of my printable bookmarks, they're pretty awesome too. So come on now, get following!!</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span></span></span></span></span><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></div></div></div></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-54380241670327089522009-06-27T17:17:00.019+08:002009-07-16T16:23:50.764+08:00{ advertise here for free }<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Let this be one of those things you'd treasure! if you're an artisan like me. FREE AD SPACE! Aside from featuring my favorite finds around the world wide web, I thought why not utilize that extra sidebar space as well. So for the specs:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span><div><div><ul><li><b><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">190 x 80 pixels, JPG, PNG or GIF:</span></span></b><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> If you're NOT a graphics-slash-photoshop-slash-html person, you needn't fret. Just email me regarding this issue so we can work something out. Yes, I can also make this 190 x 80 pixel banner for free. But if you can do it on your own, then that's also okay. As long as you stick to the size and file format. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">No animated banners please.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> I also have to approve the banner designs first, I'm quite particular with typography. Again not to worry, if I think your banner could use a little tweaking, let me tweak it and next thing you'll know, it's up and runnin'.</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I have two kinds of free ad space:</span></span></div><ul><li><b><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">60-day ad space: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">To keep things simple, I've decided to just keep your ads for 60 days. I will notify you when I'm about to remove your ad, just let me know by then if you want another round of 60 days of banner exposure, much like you would with classified ads spaces.</span></span></span></b></li></ul><div><ul><li><span style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Ads trade:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> You keep my ad for as long as you like and I will keep yours. So basically if you want your ad to be permanently up on my blog, you should try out this option. If ever there will be updates on the design of your banners, just tell me and I'll gladly upload the new banners. Hopefully you'd do with mine too. Just grab any of these banners I have here and link it to this blog </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">http://kokopinto.blogspot.com</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> . If you need a particular size, just let me know. I'll be adding more sizes, square and bigger and button sizes.</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9880/kokopinto.gif" /> <img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9974/eleslr.gif" /> <img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2503/kokopintoindiead.gif" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">An image (yourbanner) that would link to (yourwebsite) when people click it. The banners will appear at the right sidebar of this blog. And you don't have to pay per click! So if you are interested in the free ad space, just email me at kokopinto@gmail.com so I can answer any more of your questions, or make any suggestions or we can just get on with the uploading of your banner!</span></span></div></div></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-88313610665887714122009-06-16T23:45:00.006+08:002009-06-25T18:52:26.026+08:00{ who's excited to meet the teachers? }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">It has been a hectic 2 days, first 2 days of school for my brother Jak. He is now in 1st grade in <a href="http://woodridge.edu.ph/">Woodridge</a> (a very huge on discipline and character building and very clean and very much green school) was also my school then from 1st grade through high school, should explain why I'm a very disciplined and environmentally aware being ;D</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3428/wc1.jpg" width="270" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1766/wc2.jpg" width="270" height="auto" /></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">His teacher said he's too young to be in 1st grade because he's only 6 but too big that he could be admitted for 2nd grade. :D Had to go and stay with him for 3 hours, we woke up at 5AM and got ready just in time for the school bus that arrives at 5:45 sharp. But tomorrow he goes on his own and would be home hopefully not later than 3PM. Man, that's 9 hours of no Jak, no annoying but can't help to be adorable little brother, no ambush kisses and hugs. But then it's good that I can focus on my work. 9 hours should be enough. Then when he gets home, I'm all his again until doze off time at 9pm. This should really fix my body clock now. Now for more documentation of discipline and green.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8417/wc3.jpg" width="270" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6650/wc4x.jpg" width="270" height="auto" /></span></span></span></div></span></div></div></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-62636001783989304932009-06-14T17:31:00.005+08:002009-06-14T23:31:50.101+08:00{ obsession: fleurografie by ronald ceuppens }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I don't understand Dutch (Belgium right?) but I do understand process art. Etching is a very old printmaking process (dating 500 years) but a very sophisticated yet quite a fun process indeed. I have tried my hand at printmaking using rubber panels and we "etched" designs on it using cutters and carving tools. When the design was finished, we put ink on the rubber and pressed it against the paper. Talk about instant gratification, much more with this type of etching at this level of detail and layers. With the use of a metal plate and acid, the possibilities are endless! A new Etsy shop keeper, Ronald Ceuppens (<a href="http://fleurografie.etsy.com">Fleurografie</a>), also on the verge of making his first Etsy sale, offers us the most intriguing etchings. You can also check out his own website offering larger prints at </span></span><a href="http://www.ronaldceuppens.be/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">ronaldceuppens.be/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4724/fleurografie.jpg" width="550" height="auto" /></div></span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-82491288390122825312009-06-14T16:27:00.007+08:002009-06-26T10:33:03.919+08:00{ obsession: rachel marsden photography }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Did you dream something so beautiful last night and yet you couldn't remember it? Well, <a href="http://rachel-dennys.blogspot.com/">Rachel Marsden</a> did a long time ago but the dream stuck and now she shares it with us with the dreamiest photographs I've ever seen. She did everything she can from planning how to make a mattress float to actually try making a mattress float with balloons tied to it. Well Rachel, leave the mattresses to us and just keep on making these dreamy balloon sets for us to put under our pillows (or well on frame by a bedside table). Her <a href="http://rachelmarsden.etsy.com/">shop</a> | <a href="http://www.rachelmarsden.com.au/">website</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/RachelDennys">twitter</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4066/marsden4.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8186/marsden3.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></span></span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6731/marsden1.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> <img src="http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/584/marsden2.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></span></span></div></span>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-12463383977811727042009-06-14T13:28:00.009+08:002009-06-26T10:40:05.303+08:00{ obsession: monograft by gladys phan }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This </span></span><a href="http://kikeinosocks.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">plush</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.goodto-share.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">maker</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> caught my attention when we were all just chatting away in an Etsy chatroom yesterday. She has still to make her first sale so visit <a href="http://monograft.etsy.com/">her shop</a> now. Her plushies are ridiculously adorable and man the dude in the 3rd pola, looks a bit stern. Huggably stern. Hahaha! I know by now you are a fan so join her </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/socks/79039771752"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Facebook fan page</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> now!<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6782/monograft2.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> <img src="http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5137/monograft3.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6425/monograft4.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1971/monograft1.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-78150335184039099022009-06-12T11:11:00.008+08:002009-06-26T09:50:15.459+08:00{ much ado about sophia }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.. my puppy Sophia, 5 months and counting. She's a Lab-Pitbull-Shitzu mix, so I guess she'll be a medium sized pitbull. She became part of the family when she was just 2.5 months old. She's what we call a runt. Her mother didn't like her, kicks her during breast feeding. Well that was a lucky strike or else they wouldn't have given her to us.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1479/sophie1.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1091/sophie2.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">She's one nibbling machine (nibbling, not biting) but her teeth are just really sharp and rough, so I've got scratches all over but thank goodness she's not rabid although she still hasn't got her rabies shots, I've just maintained a really sterile environment for her. No much contact from visitors, when they come, I'm like the mopping machine, following their tracks, and those curious stray dogs, not so curious anymore and vitamins! Very important, her vitamins!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3530/sophie3t.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/469/sophie4.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></div></div></span></span>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-91952112863669240662009-06-12T02:18:00.013+08:002009-06-27T16:20:27.643+08:00{ we're back }<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">So I have been gone in a very long time. Thought I'd give this blog another shot. I have been just updating my Tumblr blogs because they're really easy to use. But with the custom layouts there, I couldn't install Disqus and without that, people can't comment. Hopefully Blogger would be able to adapt Tumblr's uploading ease or maybe integrate the two sites so that everybody will be happy-er.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Anyhoo, it has taken me this long to repair this relationship with this blog. Why, you might ask. It's because of this! I've recently launched my new product line, printable stationery, on my </span></span><a href="http://kokopinto.etsy.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Etsy shop</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">! The designs are made from PlayDoh. Yes, (read that again) PlayDoh. I have been surrounded with PlayDoh for 5 years now, thanks to my brother. Took that long to have the idea catch up with me. Haha, oh well things like this don't pour on us like rain. I'm really glad I was out with nothing but a thinking cap on when inspiration struck. Or rather I was fed up with cleaning up all those PlayDoh muck on my desk. Might as well join in the mess and I couldn't have had more fun. Here they are!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/583/critter1.jpg" width="130" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1120/critter2.jpg" width="130" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7240/critter4.jpg" width="130" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2252/critter3.jpg" width="130" height="auto" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>The First Four! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">They're Birdie, Baaa, Turtloo, and Ooglephant. They're the oogliest critters in the world, with their most beady peepers and the brightest colors! I'm now working on new critters so look out for them. The stationery set includes gift tags, flat and folded notecards, letterhead or rather letterfoot and available in US and European (A4) templates. So drop by the shop and oogle on this critters.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">PS: I know it's ogle, I just can't help to not add that extra Ooh hence I say it 'oogle' so please bear with me. ;D</span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-70790325207581550652009-01-27T14:13:00.008+08:002009-06-13T17:12:20.801+08:00{ silly rabbit }<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRabVF6xjdqz0rtEVsiB6L1lL_L3yvPlxv8u6CO-QfMJSI6ubrBsX6Md7QIOg-SwDLM4TpkMYGFdTQqJQw8G3dWa7ywTKAfO5QegJilpK3N_xUcdz5guAlgauhhDR3gbSOdgm9L2C4-K0/s320/IMG_5081+72.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYwfBm_7mMn9zz7d6biYLnjP6363i6F8ZyvwXNWqlv-FLvqtqMSA0udGHG4rJRctQ-5YmqAbJKKGUHxUQb-TnBq9397ztY8U3wMr_GQuZmYgQcKJuCAe429rluw1qdmdHFpLpl5TdNrs/s320/Silly+Rabbit+72.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; ">SOLD</span></div></span>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-62437956831423393862009-01-07T17:39:00.013+08:002009-06-13T17:09:58.633+08:00{ moon ash }<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs520LUrxQB2NGxuO7vY_X5Xlpf3ONUtAxHKPxjBzMvsvYjLaXBzyJfZUntTRvc14cmTCy-ryxmB8-MCcUBks-B9l5xpXTUauJZYZXliHZcmUUsS1wgNz1knJgF-OE7phSL5lPU0dB-0/s320/IMG_5059+with+label+72.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqAfxxb72yULBls2_vf2b7nytmhwWX99VLKV5dlfQPHWr3tRNkew62sxZiPF7qCSmoqTZ_qIweNK19PXp58a4wyKKoRHtcxB3Pd2r7pHHKoF-Vu74s7566XbAVZSeRmYTaNy166z76Fo/s320/Moon+Ash.jpg" width="260" height="auto" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24632118">$40.00</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> in stock</span></span></span></div></span></span>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-83330683895612852009-01-05T15:08:00.016+08:002009-06-13T17:05:51.912+08:00{ the patio }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Here's the finished paint job. We play, we work, we eat, we lounge.<br />We do pretty much everything out here.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCCKotc4f_u5p9MlaCIb_jfOdiciaDN5Jr0oLIUAHkuRIsmGEhqNSEKVjKFSgQjoUhhge7x7YcodsAuW_E-fU7ETIql7XIq5lNGPy0ILsrM3HviBWKcI3vbB-qLFvBVHzIMyutjKxSgE/s400/the+wall.jpg" width="auto" height="375" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbhtNzaKmbeVatDTsK8YK0IroTP20JjR9kf_2MNuHpx15so0S24JiB4eeacl5YymjW1vuAy_uhui0zlAu5CIp3JZJ8Fd_WjAuUYRmwKoccYLuKEKJQOGCGfPxMqskQsnMuXkY_jUWpHo/s400/the+garden.jpg" width="auto" height="375" /></span></span></span></div></span></span>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-8378432856175373522008-12-20T20:39:00.007+08:002009-06-12T00:10:00.491+08:00{hold all the tubes, still stuck with cans}<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Yes, cans and cans of paints. I'll be painting like crazy for these remaining days before Christmas. On walls that is, not on canvases. This is one big Christmas gift for my mum. I just hope when she comes back this afternoon she'll like the little changes I made. Haha.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This is the color swatch I really liked but having brown, yellow, grey and white made it look a bit messy and not at all together.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZC6IMjzokpYiZQ2iQA-7Hr1myko-v95OUiLlANjie9RIXCcCgh_8N0ARuH-IU7-62_X-E77tW9byTqk43yNlEOZKKwYL0T2llNj2TWMzAgNpDZ9TYyddzcpR-fviAARqGQPYAdxykv8/s400/Facade2.jpg" /><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">So back to the doodling pad and I came up with this. Traded the brown for the black outlines of the sorta </span></span><a href="http://fifi-lapin.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Fifi Lapin</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> doodles. The white, yellow and a darker grey stayed.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxhpYwFbZ1DYXi_MQpaqJga9OyFXGyfxI1g-CvbNb0M37Xx1zFjBA4v2m4XbccMi72ptxoe3o-hpQTuUDX4fczK9RPDOYk8chIQvqJaRkIks2rzGRussQsvmeUNdsms1IdEg-wpmKX8s/s400/fifi.jpg" /><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here it is so far..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WShzheX-5Gdy03a-OXz4MfHhJUL-zDas5_UOkZVWZDudXArNzdcnRB4kqzZIns1aP0vlEZ_07EQyX_EnKkpR6uOmjB8GSCrbCeDyr9w_yo-j2J7SiwvmrP4ESXc8HDSxRMim2HMJ0GY/s400/IMG_4472.JPG" /><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I may finalize the drawings before Christmas or may opt to just do it after because it is just freezing out here in Cavite, but then it is fun to work in the cold. We don't even put on the air conditioner or fan at night anymore. That's just how cold it is. Ooh yeah new floors, we had the whole exterior space renovated. We had tiles for the front porch and just smooth red cement for Jak's very large play area, hence the colorful backdrop. Will post more pics of it soon.</span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-72342068091274956632008-11-16T11:20:00.005+08:002009-06-12T00:12:58.198+08:00{ to white or not to white }<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjng0TOUWjcggOHVXfHEEBUUMEg5b1-bSfhzMWXFo5hMmzcY1KDay9ji8T5f-OgWweh8ovWlffJgkBrqSvad1tkoG4ktkao-iqZDphcF4aB-u7W2ZtzJ_LxhJDBc7lDGbRGIxyxeXdZWuw/s1600-h/IMG_4299.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjng0TOUWjcggOHVXfHEEBUUMEg5b1-bSfhzMWXFo5hMmzcY1KDay9ji8T5f-OgWweh8ovWlffJgkBrqSvad1tkoG4ktkao-iqZDphcF4aB-u7W2ZtzJ_LxhJDBc7lDGbRGIxyxeXdZWuw/s400/IMG_4299.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269092150777995650" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I have been trying to decide for weeks now whether to paint these chairs full white or leave the seat as is. Mum has been nagging me to paint them all white. After much deliberation, I've now come to a decision. All white it is. It would just look good in both dark or light walls. And the walls have been in constant makeover for a month now. From light gray to dark gray and now I think we are making it a rich purple or a light yellow. It's crazy, I know. But it is all for Christmas.</span></span><br /></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-91968531080195933482008-11-15T22:50:00.007+08:002009-06-12T00:13:28.545+08:00{ made new friends }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I found a new best friend. His name is Jonathan Fian. He is now my wood panel supplier. He has a son my age, but they look funny together, they don't look like father and son. And I thoroughly enjoyed their messy, messy shop.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Well I know it is still early to say but you discern things and chatting with him for just under 30 minutes in his palochina wood workshop, I already learned a lot and you could just sense his passion and craftsmanship when it comes to wood. Palochina is pine wood. Unfortunately, that's just what I could find for now. And man, I even thought it was local because there is a lot of pine in this country. It is apparently being imported and it even just gets delivered by season. Next delivery they'll have will be on January. I wanted birch wood but that's out of the question. But for now, this would certainly do. I pick up my wood panels on Wednesday. Yey! Have to do a lot of studies still! But now it begins..</span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-12757022580840998572008-11-11T23:05:00.006+08:002009-06-12T00:31:33.050+08:00{ how do you handle inspiration overload? }<div><a href="http://decor8blog.com/2008/10/16/how-do-you-handle-inspiration-overload/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Source</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I’m still feeling the warm glow from yesterday’s inspiration that came from Living & More magazine and Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer. I wish so badly that I could share each and every page of this German decorating magazine with you as the photos are just so super stunning and I really enjoy the crafty projects as they are easy and fun to do. I’m off to the craft store today to pick up some doilies to work on a small project that I saw in the magazine, if it comes out well I will post photos tomorrow so you can see it. I think that if you have a magazine in hand that gives you inspiration for days, fuels your imagination, and gets you moving in a forward motion you have found a great resource. Rarely do I feel this way from magazines these days. I was buying each and every issue of home magazines from this country and that country and now I’m not feeling it anymore. I need MORE. Often they still feel so snooty to me, like I’m not part of the club. I need to connect with other readers or the homes that I am seeing and not feel a huge gap between THEM and ME. I don’t feel as inspired by rooms I know I’ll never be able to live in — I never expect to buy a $15,000 coffee table and I’m totally okay with that. I doubt I’ll ever have the Malibu beach house overlooking the Pacific. I think that it’s important to be happy with what you have, no matter how humble, and cherish that space you’re in. Oftentimes a lifestyle is crammed down our throats that in reality, we really do not want but we think we want it because it’s being presented as ‘the’ way to live.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I want to address something I’ve found as a negative when it comes to design magazines, shows, even design blogs. Of course, I’m a silver-lined happy cloud (he he) so I have 1,000 positives for every negative meaning that despite my view being a bit of a downer here, I still continue to author a design blog and be part of a community that I love and cherish. I don’t plan to depress anyone by saying this… I think in every relationship there is always some negative aspects, even in a marriage or friendship. It’s part of life. So I’ll just put it out there. Do you ever feel like there is too much going on out there that you’ll never catch up? There are soooo many things you see, want, love, are dying to make, dying to do, but often feel overwhelmed by it all? Yeah, me too. I totally do. I was thinking today in the craft store as I was trying to find candles for this project I’m working on that it’s important to pause and not run yourself absolutely into a hole trying to get “it all done”. I think that we as women can easily turn inspiration into this twisty vine that chokes us called competition. Either with others or with ourselves, as weird as that sounds. I also think that YEARS ago before blogs and great magazines like Domino and Living Etc. I was almost content in my bubble that the way I decorated and the way my parents decorated was just fine — we had little back then to compare our decorating to I guess. Now it’s different. The second we finish our living room design we see something in the home of another person even on a blog or in a magazine, on television, wherever and instantly feel like we need to change something. We aren’t happy with the hardwood oak floors, now we saw a magazine with high gloss black wood floors and that’s ALL WE THINK ABOUT. Of course until we have the black floors and then we see a photo of someone else who did something ultra clever like stencil their floors with a doily pattern or something. See where I’m heading with this? It’s called a disease people and we all have it. We want our fix and there are hundreds of publications ready to give it to us. Which brings me to ask you…</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">How do you personally manage all of the information and ideas that you are exposed to on a daily basis so as to be somewhat productive?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> I stick diligently to lists and I often do not allow myself to move onto another project without first finishing what I’ve started. Mother always said that now didn’t she? “Finish what you start!” I also work very hard to filter everything I see and decide what exactly I should use and what is not perhaps practical and leave the idea alone. I think mood boards are VERY effective. Whenever I have a project, for instance decorating my apartment or someone else’s, I spend months collecting ideas and placing them all into folders and clear plastic sleeves in a binder and over time I start to see a definite pattern and then I know I have tapped into the exact look I need to begin shopping for. That’s exactly how I pulled together my current kitchen. I had a mood board, spiral bound notebooks, a very exact vision in my head and despite all the zillions of kitchens I’ve seen that I’ve loved since I started collecting inspiration for my own, I did not give in to impulse - I stuck to my guns and now I’ve pulled together a kitchen that really works for me and my husband and I like how it looks, how I stayed under budget by $4,000, and that in the end it is ME and my vision.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So again I ask… How do you turn what some consider a negative (inspiration overload) into a positive? Any specific things that you do that may help other readers? How do you feel personally about all the rooms and objects galore that saturate the internet these days, do you enjoy having so much access to design around the world or does it sometime make you want to hide your head under the covers because you do not know where to start?</span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-45018564127510683732008-11-11T14:46:00.004+08:002009-06-13T16:58:30.912+08:00{ feathery light }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Great artsy-fartsy-crafty moments for me really happens in the wee hours of the morning. Maybe because everybody is asleep and no little brother asking for a hug or a smooch every five minutes. And no matter how much I make my work area nice, I always end up working on the dining table. Well it's bigger and it's a glass-top so cutting is a cinch. But for this particular project, I just needed a clean, large space and really sharp scissors. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="insertedphoto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.artiste.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SRCkFAoKCj0AAFzdF0k1/il-430xN.8662497.jpg.jpg?et=oPo9zpUE%2BQlm9lAChtPeqA&nmid=0" /> <img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.artiste.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SRCkjgoKCj0AAGffWwk1/IMG-4209.JPG?et=VkSaA9Vy5PBhVNJsM7eZlA&nmid=0" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Inspiration (left photo) $200 in Etsy *the link has expired though <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I just found it </span></span><a href="http://www.jannypie.com/2008/10/diy-craft-desk-revisited.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> with another inspired hack of the lamp (you might wanna also check out the über cool workspace in that post). So from that 300PHP sale (right photo)...</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">... to this!<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="insertedphoto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.artiste.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SRClNAoKCj0AAHPnJ2E1/IMG-4228.JPG?et=ADezCm0fGf1dQysMxNDUuw&nmid=0" /> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.artiste.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SRDxVwoKCj0AAA1XGrU1/IMG-4231.JPG?et=Htjw1pbQm5fOKU0cWakt1Q&nmid=0" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I made it like a hat, it's removable, it just slips on and off the original shade. Commitment is such a scary thing hehe and it's paper, it might burn if I make it permanent. Actually now it looks more like a cuckoo clock. I found the clock a bit off at first (mum bought it, well sale nga naman, ang mamahal din talaga ng mga lamps), but after a few whiff of silver spray paint (it was a tarnishing gold then) it looks a bit together na. Oh materials for the shade, just a whole 20x30 inch 4-ply bristol board, enough for all the trial and errors. Ended up with cute lamp and a not so clean table anymore. Have to clean it up before everybody wakes up. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Not for boys.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Should have put that on top. Haha.</span></span><br /></span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-82054980558597293762008-11-11T14:27:00.005+08:002009-06-12T00:34:16.542+08:00{ end tables out of old, old chairs }<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Well I have been busy for the past weeks and been very content. Not much ranting and blogging about work. Hehe. This afternoon an idea was realized when my mum gave me a go signal to salvage her 20-year-old dining chairs rotting in the yard.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="insertedphoto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.artiste.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SPnlYQoKCj0AACblZdk1/001.jpg?et=JVG1%2BJ7cZkxIB1ho4oW56A&nmid=0" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">There are six of these chairs and half of a dining table that came with it just passing time in front of our house in rain or shine. What I meant by half of a dining table, it was a grand dining table before and they cut it in half to accommodate space and I have no idea where the other half is now.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="insertedphoto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.artiste.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SPnl@goKCj0AADMSo@k1/002.jpg?et=0UDcFTSFH7toPDCjA1dd9A&nmid=0" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Then I cut out, using a traditional handsaw (yes, i know how to use one), the intricate back supports which I will maybe turn into a pot and pan rack later. I only used two chairs for this project by the way. The other four, awaiting deliberation.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><center><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2024075&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"> <embed allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2024075&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></center></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Then cleaned it (or asked my brother to clean it hehe).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="insertedphoto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.artiste.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SPnn4woKCj0AAGtLO4g1/003.jpg?et=EI%2Ci61UOUEMdYiIdSOZjHg&nmid=0" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Then I fitted plywood in between the legs to serve as additional shelving. It was really hard in this case because the leg supports were already weak and they kept cracking when I put the nails in. I had to use a cementing agent (Waterstop) to repair the cracks. It was already dark when I finished. I'm letting the cement set overnight then I paint it white! I'm excited!</span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957281427245522681.post-44678703732228591462008-11-11T13:38:00.003+08:002009-06-12T00:24:32.586+08:00{ discovery project earth }<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">... is very interesting. Eight crazy experiments bold enough to change the world. So far I've seen the Carbon Dioxide Scrubber. It works. But there will be real issues regarding storing the extracted CO2 from the atmosphere. They plan to bury it under the ocean. Possible leakage. So they really have to make sure that it doesn't in the future. But one thing to consider would be to plant a lot more trees and maybe release the extracted CO2 gradually in the future and let the trees absorb and convert it. This is kinda like what I had been pondering on. Machines that have a little bit of souls. Because machines with full souls deteriorate on their own and go back as raw materials and I don't know if that will ever be invented. It's still up to us to recycle. Hopefully we could just stick to recycling.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*****</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I've seen Wall-E for like the tenth time and I just realized it has one big flaw. The people in the Axiom had still a lot of things to throw out. Remember the big dumpsite they have at the bottom of their ship and the big Wall-A's working in it and dumping the trash in space. Unloading trash in space means unloading load from the ship. Meaning the ship gets lighter every time. Unless they have this raw material producer that would still make plastics, metals, etc that would make those trash they threw out, that they never established (or maybe I just missed it) in the early part of the movie. One of the reasons humans still haven't considered dumping trash in space or dumping extracted CO2 in space for that matter is because it will be like making Earth poop, but the problem is the Earth doesn't eat to compensate for the lost poop (or does it?). You get what I mean? Earth has weighed the same since its creation (it does right?). Just think what would happen if we dumped stuff in space and Earth became lighter. The amount of matter that comprised Earth for billions and trillions and bazillions of years never changed. So it will be an abomination to subtract from it. Babies don't become babies just because of cell splitting. The cells still get "Earth matter" as I should term it to make more sense for them to split and become babies.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Blabbing again. Just check out Discovery Project Earth.</span></span></div>Kathea Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039799064922859345noreply@blogger.com0