Kris Aquino's Halloween Holiday 2008

This post is long overdue. This was my first project for a celebrity and how lucky I am that I did  it for Ms. Kris Aquino! 

My friend, Dedet who is the editor in chief of Working Mom Magazine (ABS CBN Publishing) recommended me to Sheila Quieta, who is the managing editor of K Mag. Since then we've  already made 4 projects for the magazine and we are very thankful for this wonderful opportunity. Unfortunately, my second traditional scrapbook project for Kris was never published at the mag. This was during former President Cory Aquino's illness and Kris had to take a break from the magazine. I did Bimby's 2nd birthday album. My only regret was I never took pictures of my layouts before I gave it to Sheila because I was hoping to see my layouts published in the mag. Anyway, God is really good because before the year ends, another project of ours will be published in the said mag!

Here are the layouts I made for the Nov/Dec 2008 issue of K Mag. The layouts are originally 8" x 8" in size or 8" x 16" (spread). When I got a call from Sheila, I only had less than a week to do this project and to top it all the pictures are still not with them since Kris just recently came from Hongkong. I was just told that the vacation took place in HK Disneyland during the sembreak/Halloween.  I assumed that the photos are Halloween themed. I looked through HK Disneyland's website to have an idea of how the park looks when it's dressed up for Halloween. I already made few layouts when I get to see the photos.

I went to ABS CBN Publishing office  to choose the pictures for the scrapbook. I spent more than 3 hours going through the photos! I also brought my stuff so I can make some layouts.

My layouts were then photographed and the pictures were added digitally by their graphic artist thus I have no hand on the cropping of the photos. I never even get to see the finished layouts till I bought the magazine : ) But it was all worth the wait!

I believe that these aren't my best layouts. I was really pressured while I was creating these. I knew I had to let go when I'm working under pressure. Hopefully there would be lots of next time to do better ; )

{Countdown: 72 days before Christmas}

-Pia
10.14.10 

Fright Night

It's the start of October already and I'm so excited to dress up Ethan for Halloween! I'm not so sure what costume he will like this year though - he's such a fickle minded guy.

Anyway, here's a Halloween layout I'd like to share with you . This is Ethan's first time to do Trick or Treat taken in 2008! He really had fun going around the village getting candies and meeting other Trick or Treaters!

 

To make the journaling lines, I painted the edges of my plastic ruler with red. I then pressed the ruler on the paper to make the lines. The title (Fright) was accidentally pressed with red paint when I was putting borders around the top photo. I couldn't erase the paint so I decided to smudge/drop few paint on the title : )

title: Fright Night

patterned papers - Fancy Pants, Sassafras Lass and October Afternoon; die cut paper - My Little Yellow Bicycle; stickers - Cloud 9 Design and Prima; brads - Chatterbox; paint - Making Memories; pen - Uniball Signo and Zig

journaling: From the beautiful Snow White, to a forever young Peter Pan, to a wise-cracking Freddy Kruger, to the scary Grim Reaper, to the brave Roman soldiers and to the feared Spartan soldier ... Pirate Ethan had the time of his life in just one frightful night.

{Countdown: 84 days before Christmas}

-Pia
10.01.10 

The Loot

materials used: Fancy Pants Rough and Tough, Sassafras Lass - Vintage Yummy and Monstrosity, 7 Gypsies word stickers, mesh, buttons, googly eyes, Zig pen

I used non-Halloween themed papers for this layout. I noticed that the base paper matches the racer costume of Ethan.

Since the puzzle paper (Sassafras Lass - Pleasantly Puzzled) looks busy, my friend, Iris suggested that I cut the paper. Actually, I don't know what she meant exactly but I proceeded  to cutting, anyway. After cutting a few pieces later, I randomly positioned the paper on my base  paper and what do you know ... I love how it turned out! Thanks too to Iris for the mesh. Scrapping side by side with the Master has always been an experience ... Iris can always come up with so many ideas running in her mind!

An update on my Project 52, I already created 14 layouts todate! Project 52, I believe is the best option for me to finish 52 layouts - something that is realistic and fits our lifestyle. 

-Pia

Of Halloween and A Birthday ...

It's that time of the year again. We are so excited about the holiday season because we are celebrating it on our own house for the very first time. As I put down all the Halloween decors, I'm starting to plan our Christmas decorations. Ethan has been telling me to make the countdown calendar as early as the first week of November as soon as I finished the countdown to Halloween! Anyway, I'm still thinking what to do with the Christmas calendar this time. The Halloween calendar was a hit to Ethan not to mention it was also an educational material. Since they are doing addition up to number 20 in school, the calendar was sort of a reminder of the numbers 1-20 (and even beyond that) and it was a way to teach subtraction too which they are taking up right now.

I started to put down the decorations from the wreath and I'm beginning to plan for the colors that I will use this year. I usually have a theme each year. I mean I have specific color combinations to use inside the house. Talk about OCness hehehe!

The other day, we bought our first ever Christmas tree and we are all so excited to put it up this weekend!

But before I start posting my Christmas projects for this year. Here are some photos I didn't get to post last month.

The Halloween wreath I made ...

Big ribbon was made from crepe paper. Purple and orange balls were tied with Daisy Bucket paper ribbons. Skeletons, bats, skull, spiders are plastic toys from SM. The pirates, the zombie and monster are finger puppets ; D

... and the treat bags I made for Ethan's classmates for Trick or Treat:

I filled the pumpkins (I bought them from Divisoria) with lollipops and chocolates. I wrapped Mentos candies, Kitkat bars and Choconut with Halloween themed patterned papers (mostly scraps). I placed all the goodies inside a plastic bag and tied it with Daisy Bucket ribbons. I made the tag shaped like a coffin and stamped Little Monsters (also from Daisy Bucket).

And here's Ethan as racer. As soon as he fitted this costume, he told me, "I want this already"!

(sorry for the blurred photo)

I have a five year old in the house now. Ethan turned 5 last Oct. 22. We had a simple "Out of this World" birthday party at his friend's house.

That's it for now. Christmas layouts and projects will be up ... sooner or later hehehe.

-Pia