Sweet Sweet Snack

I found myself craving for something sweet today. I know we still have some vanilla ice cream in the fridge. It's too plain so I thought, "what could go with it?". 

I saw some bananas and chopped some.

added some vanilla ice cream...



some cinnamon...



and nutella.





I mixed a little bit, and here comes a sweet tooth sensation for my afternoon cravings.






























Yum! =)

DIY Bridesmaids' Ask Gift

I did not really know that there are such a thing as bridesmaids ask gifts. Apparently, it is like a proposal gift to your bridesmaids-to-be. And since not all of us have huge budgets for stuff like this, I decided to just DIY my ask gift in such humble manner, I only spent a few minutes to get the materials and DIY it into these.

What are these?

These are bath salts that I got from PCX for less than a hundred bucks each. It came in quite a big size and presentable enough jars. 

What you need for this project:

All you need is the bath salts, laptop or pc, colored printer, paper, glue, and some imagination.

Here I had printed out a round label, that says "will you be my bridesmaid?". I included our (me and hubby-to-be's) names and the date. You may want to say it differently like in a poem or something. I kept it straight forward and this is what I came up with. I made the design using Microsoft PowerPoint. But, I got the inspiration online. It is just a few circles of different sizes and a round broken line on the outside. Then, I added the text. Print it, cut it out, and voila! I just used normal bond paper here.

I used very little amount of glue to adhere the paper on top of each jars.

Carefully, stick it on top and avoid creases. :)

I loved the outcome. Although, I think I could have increased the size of the circles just to cover the whole area where the jars' labels are. Nevertheless, I still find them cute. :)

DIY COLORED POWDER

Hello, DIY Brides! Let me share with you how to make nice colored powder that you can play with if you want a different touch of color for your save-the-date and pre-nup shoots.

It is nice because all ingredients are edible and therefore you should not worry about getting your skin irritated with the colored powder in case (and is most probably the case) it went to your face and skin.

Here are what you need:

1 cup water

1 pound cornstarch

food color of your choice ( I have red, yellow, pink (from red food color), blue, and green)

The amount of the food color you will use depends on the potency of the food color that you have. I have here a powdered food color which is quite strong. So, i just needed to use a little bit.

This is what my yellow food colored looked like in water. Just dissolve it and combine with the cornstarch a little at a time.

It will develop color as you mix. be patient when mixing as the colored starch tend to settle at the bottom. Limit your liquid to 1 cup so it would dry up faster.

Once mixed thoroughly, set aside or let it dry under the sun. You can now continue with the other colors.

Hubby-to-be getting "hands-on" in this project

Then you all you have to do is let the starch dry. I would recommend doing this on the morning before you intend to use it as it would take time to dry.

The colors turned out to be so lovely! :) Though, I think they could use a little bit more drying before using it.

Worry Free Painting with Colored Powder :)

Holiday Inn Makati

We had a day and a half training at Makati's Holiday Inn. It is conveniently located beside Glorietta 1. The place looks and feels comfortable. 

                                      

More than that, I got to sample their buffet. :)

There is a maki and sushi counter. 

This is their version of a popular street food - the fishball!

The Beef Stroganoff is good.

Tried some veggies too, it's good for you. (didn't mean to rhyme, though)

Their creme brulee is nice and sweet.

Sampled a few desserts. They look nice but I didn't find anything special, yet.

 

Then, I tried this. So good! It's their bread pudding.

                                      

Some more photos of desserts

I'd say they have good choices for a buffet and the ambiance is okay too. As I am unsure of the price, I Googled it and found out that it is at Php1,177nett. Not too bad. :)