My Cat, My Crafts, My Life

Hello everyone!

A little late, but I’m still sharing this week’s Happy Planner layout. It has been two weeks since we got back from our trip and while I’ve successfully caught up with my Design Team projects, my ironing has been sitting in our living room for over a week now. Haha!

I thought I’d make a quick blog post just so I could welcome the month with a blog. Sounds funny, but here we are. Haha!

This Week’s Happy Planner Layout

For this week’s layout, I used the Happy Planner Miss Maker Accessory Book and Live Creatively Sticker Book which I think are perfect choices since most of my week revolves around plotting Design Team deliverables and actually working on them.

I added two Make Do sticky notes on the side for all the things I need to tick off this week. Yes, two sticky notes… because apparently I have that much to do. Haha!

I also included sentiments like:

Too many crafts, not enough time
Make pretty things every day
Makers Gonna Make

Tbh, those pretty much sum up my life right now. I am not complaining though!

My June pages in my Happy Planner are mostly empty. I did make a pretty monthly overview spread for June since I used it for a Traci Reed Designs project, but the weekly pages didn’t get much love.

I’m thinking of turning those blank pages into an art journal spread about our trip instead. Let’s see if I actually do it!

I also still owe this blog the remaining travel posts from our cruise, especially the cruise days and our return to Spain after disembarkation. I promised myself I’d finish documenting this trip. I still regret not finishing one of our shore excursion blog posts from our Alaska cruise last year, and I don’t want to leave this trip unfinished too.

Life Lately

So let’s do a little life lately update from when we got back.

Thankfully, there was only a one-hour time difference between Saudi Arabia and Spain, so we didn’t experience much jet lag. Unlike our family in the Philippines, some of them are still struggling with jet lag even two weeks later.

Lucky Update

Lucky, as expected, did not run toward me when we got home. Haha!

But he has been extra clingy ever since we returned, and even until now. I think he missed us… in his own cat way.

I even got him gifts from Spain and Portugal and he still gives me that judgmental stare. Typical Lucky. Hehe. But maybe the judgmental stare is also because I gave him a bath the day after we arrived back! hahahah!

Unpacking and Sorting Hauls

I managed to unpack our suitcases right away and got all the laundry washed.

Ironing, however… is a completely different story. Haha.

I also sorted all my crafting hauls, both the supplies I bought during the trip and the purchases my family brought for me from the Philippines. Gifts and pasalubong are sorted too. I took photos of everything, mostly for posterity (and because I like documenting all the happy mail and crafty goodness).

Pasalubong from Kaye from her US trip

Funny story. So, Traci's Echo Park collection just launched and I tagged Kaye to the story. A few days later, I woke up to a messenger message that she already bought it for the 2 of us. hahaha

Got a tube of this from Knoll during our Bee Happy party last year. I really liked it. So here I am, buying a box. hehe. Will buy more when we go to Indonesia! Hope it's cheaper there. It's not expensive to begin with but maybe Indonesia will be dirt cheap! haha

Ton's cousin got me this charmera dupe as she knows I've been wanting one! It has been in my Amazon cart for the longest time and I just don't buy it. Now i know why. hehe. She got me a case and a power and data cable too so I don't need to worry about anything else. She also got another cousin, Cherisse the case so the 3 of us will be matching during the cruise!

Aghhh!! so cute and thoughtful!

My usual stash of TicTacs from Ton's aunt who has been giving me a bunch everytime she sees me since she learned that I like them.

For some reason (I don't like to think it's because we're old), Cherisse has been giving us this set randomly. haha!

I haven't been to PlannerCon but this loot feels otherwise. Anik anik loot from Chummy!

Second set of poop and tissue keychains from Chummy in the last 3 years. She says it's a couple keychain. haha.

Singapore pasalubong from Nicole

Yayy! Hello Kitty in pink!

Australia pasalubong from Jackie. This came with a box of Timtams but I didn't know when I will get it so I gave the Timtams to my niece.

Ms. Marie's destash haul! Yayyy!

From Chummy (no photo - gift wrapped Christmas gifts she brought for us since we are not coming home this December)

Our faaaave! From Chummy again! At some point Messy Bessy disappeared so we stopped trying to buy this. But now they're back!

Tito None and Tita Nette excitedly gave me this and said they saw it at the mall when we disembarked in Barcelona

Ton's Kuya saw this at the grocery, bought it and brought it to our room saying he knows I caught the stomach bug going around the ship during our cruise but he knows I like it so he bought it. I felt this cured my stomach problems though! hehe!

Tita Beth saw this at the mall too and had to buy it for me. So sweet!

And of course, OFW must haves. From Tita Beth and Chummy.

Weekend with Friends + Crafty Deliveries

During our first weekend back, Ton and our friends didn’t have badminton because the courts were being used for a tournament.

Our friends got bored and decided to drive to us instead. Haha!

We spent the evening hanging out at home, eating homemade tapa and Raising Cane’s they brought over. I only managed to cook tapa because we had just gone grocery shopping that morning and I had nothing else prepared. Hehe.

Buuuut my favorite part is...

They brought my 23-kilo luggage they brought from Manila to Al Ahsa! haha! Door to door delivery talaga!

Which means…

My Cricut Explore 5 from Bee Happy is finally here!!!

And with it came lots of stamps, dies, stencils, and other crafty supplies from a friend’s destash.

I also received care packages from my Beshie Girl niece and my beshie friend Tanya!

Getting Sick (Unfortunately)

Ton was feeling under the weather after the trip and of course… I caught whatever he had.

I’m still not 100% as I write this, but I’m definitely feeling much better now. Yay!

Magnet Tradition

One of my favorite post-trip rituals is adding dates to the backs of our magnets and placing them on our fridge.

I finally updated the fridge with our new magnets from the trip.

There’s still space… but barely. Haha.

Distress Oxide Update

I added my new Distress Oxide Ink Pads to my Distress Oxide organizer - courtesy of the husband. Check out my blog about how he made this here.

I also updated my checklist of missing colors and unless they release new ones, I’m now down to just 8 colors left!

Not bad at all. Hehe.

Still missing:

Spun Sugar
Abandoned Coral
Aged Mahogany
Fired Brick
Wild Honey
Bundled Sage
Brushed Corduroy
Ground Espresso

I checked Amazon during Prime Day, but they’re still so much more expensive there compared to Manila.

Back to Crafting

Of course, I’ve also been busy catching up on June deliverables due after our trip.

For the newest Story Foundations collection from Traci Reed Designs, Destinations, I finished five more days of junk journaling in my TN and even designed the opening page.

Once I finish documenting our last cruise, that TN will officially be full.

I also made a mini album! I haven’t posted it yet, but I’m sharing the cover here because I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Saying Goodbye to PCC

I was feeling a bit sepanx while finishing my final project for Printable, Cuttable, Creatables this term.

I would’ve gladly extended, but Kristin is currently working on a bigger project and won’t be running a Design Team for now.

She has been very vocal about how grateful she is to Paula and me, and that’s something I truly appreciate about her.

She has been one of, if not the sweetest, most understanding, and most generous team leaders I’ve ever worked with.

My final project for PCC was a handmade Recipe Box, and I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Read about my project at PCC's blog!

New Opportunities

But as they say, when one door closes, another opens.

And I’m very excited about the new opportunity that opened up for me!

I’m still waiting for their official social media announcement, so I’m keeping things under wraps for now.

But I’m very excited.

I’ve already finished two projects for this new team and have another one due this weekend.

Can’t wait to share soon!

Random Life Update: Candy Corner

Totally random, but I refilled the candy corner on my crafting desk.

Yes, I have a candy corner.

And yes, it makes me happy. Haha.

Kendra’s Card Challenge

For Kendra’s Card Challenge, I extended for another term - yay!

We also just launched KCC#23 YouTube and Instagram Hop yesterday.

I shared my IG hop card for KCC#23 Sketch #7 and I’m happy to report that I’ve already finished all 15 of my July cards and scheduled every post for each Monday of the month!

Yes… I’m feeling very efficient. Haha!

Hop along with us by starting with Kendra's IG - @cardsbykendra

Polkadoodles Projects

For Polkadoodles, I’ve finished two cards for the new Fluffy Friends release plus two more projects.

The blog posts are still sitting in draft mode, but hey… at least the projects are done!

Progress is progress.

I still need to wait for publish date to share the projects but here are some of my colored digis!

Movie Night

Last night, Ton and I had a movie date and watched Obsession.

Of course we had to as it’s been talked about so much lately.

I was surprised Ton agreed to watch because it’s not usually his type of movie, but I think curiosity got the best of him after hearing all the buzz.

It was really good and definitely left you feeling uneasy afterward.

Not scary, exactly… but unsettling in a way that lingers.

That’s It for Now

I think that’s about it for now. Haha.

Still need to figure out weekend plans and hopefully continue catching up on life, crafting, blogging… and maybe finally tackle that mountain of ironing.

We’ll see.

Thanks for catching up with me!