QKD: Sale!

Did you know that there are always fabulous sales happening over at the Queen Kat Designs store?

You have just a few days more until the end of the month to enjoy 35% off on ALL acrylic stamps. And if that's enough, there's also 50% off on Clearance items!

Check it out today!

Dada's Day

After everything AR's done for us, especially with the recent move into our very own home, I knew I just had to show my appreciation somehow. Unfortunately, these past years that I stopped working, I never felt right of "buying" him a gift. Why? Because wouldn't it be like AR buying the gift for himself?

So, unfortunately for him, my only humbe talent is making him something. And here's what I came up with:









All acrylic stamps are from Queen Kat Designs: Aged Text Background Stamp and Bubbles Background Stamp on chipboard cogs and house; Coffee Stain Stamp; Space Bots Stamp Set; and Many Thanks Stamp Set.

For Father's Day, we went to Robinsons Galleria and had a simple dinner out at Alex III resto. The food was a special request from AR: barbecue. We picked the right resto since the food was delicious.

To AR, thanks for being the best husband and dad. You are just the most incredible person and we miss you very much. Love you.

(AR'll be back from Germany this weekend. And already, Matt and I are bored to tears without Dada around. Miss you, Dada.)

A place to call home

We moved over the course of three days this past weekend. But it feels that we've been preparing for this move ever since we got married.

Ever since we got married, AR and I've been literally living out of boxes, luggages and things which are easily moveable. In fact, when we rented a moving truck, our stuff barely contained a third of the truck.

P.S. If you need to rent a moving truck, I highly recommend Francisco Trucking. It's listed under Movers in the Yellow Pages. You get an 8-wheeler closed van (although it looks more like a truck), a driver and two workers for P2,000. And that includes diesel for the truck. You can contact Ranilo at 0915-291-7850 or 535-9011.

It was pretty easy to pack everything up, which thankfully, most already had containers assigned to them. Of course we still waited until the last minute to pack everything up.

Here's our new home in Pasig. It's called Riverfront Residences and is a beautiful, organized little piece of paradise.



This is our building. All the buildings look alike, which are five-storey condominium units.



Our kitchen. The unit comes with the cabinets.



The two bedrooms' doors.

And last but not the least...



The view from the balcony.

Matt adores the small playground area and pool beside the clubhouse. And I'm currently using the free Wi-Fi of the clubhouse.

Honestly, it's barely a week since we moved. And it still hasn't really sunk in.

I feel incredibly guilty that AR is the one who really made this possible. Thanks to his Mom, we had enough money to even consider making a downpayment to this gorgeous place. And then his Papa and Lola were the ones who helped us move and even leant us additional funds to buy some of our initial furniture and things.

Yesterday, Matt and I went on our first foray outside the condo village and found some of the basic services we needed outside -- laundry services, water delivery services and small sari-sari stores. 7/11 and Jollibee is just a tricycle or jeepney ride away. And from there, we took an FX to Robinsons Galleria.

Although AR and I've been on edge with adjusting, making our budget fit, prioritizing which things to do first, which things to buy first, what kind of appliances/furniture to buy, I think we can finally breathe a sigh of relief and say: We're home.

Memories

Delusion Angel
David Jewell

Daydream delusion,
limousine eyelash,
oh, baby with your pretty face,
drop a tear in my wineglass,
look at those big eyes,
see what you mean to me,
sweet cakes and milkshakes,
I am a delusioned angel,
I am a fantasy parade,
I want you to know what I think,
dont want you to guess anymore,
you have no idea where I came from,
we have no idea where we're going,
launched in life,
like branches in the river,
flowing downstream,
caught in the current,
I'll carry you, you'll carry me,
that's how it could be,
don't you know me?
don't you know me by now?

When waiting feels like forever...

Happy birthday, Queen Kat!

Today is the birthday of a classy lady, a wonderful artist and a brilliant entrepreneur. A real-life Queen you can say.

Here's wishing more blessings of peace, love, joy and all good things to the wonderful Queen Kat!

Here's a little card I made using one of the old Queen Kat Designs Stamps but is one of my absolute favorites. The Lady's Face was designed by QKD herself.



I also used my fave Aged Text Background Stamp as well as sentiments from the Elegant Sayings Stamp Set.



Hope you hopped onto my blog from Helene's blog here. And if not, you might want to start Queen Kat's Blog Hop from the QKD Blog here.

Now on to Taylor's blog to see her birthday wishes for QK! Click here.

Have an awesome day, Vicki!

P.S. If you want to make Queen Kat's day, do check out her blog entry here.

QKD: Release Day!

It's always a fun, amazing day when Queen Kat Designs releases its new stamps. Today is no exception.

If you're stumbling onto my blog post for the first time, be sure to check out the QKD Blog to start today's Blog Hop to see all the new, fun stamps with matching eye candy created by the Royal Court.

If you did come to my blog from KellyJean's blog, then you're on the right track.

Here are some of my creations with Queen Kat Design's brand-new Russian Dolls Stamp. Isn't it just the cutest thing?

Fun, easy ATC made with Queen Kat Designs Russian Dolls Stamp.

A quick layout of me as a baby and also featuring QKD Russian Dolls Stamp.

Do head on over to Kelly's blog for the next stop of the Blog Hop.

Some other things you should totally check out:

In honor of QK's birthday, stamps are on sale at 40% off at the QKD Store!

And if you can't get enough of challenges, do check out today's challenges over at the QKD group over at the Papercraftplanet site. Find it here.