My Mom Conchita's Christmas Crafts

I am always proud of my Mom's handmade Christmas crafts.  When she was younger, she would always prepare for Christmas.  She'd open boxes full of colorful retazos, yarns, ribbons, colored paper, balls, sequins, Spam and sausage cans, Pringles canisters, glue, colored pens and pencils,...what-have-you.

She would come up with her own creations to make our house look festive for the holidays. The last one she'd put up would be the Christmas tree.  This year, she did away from putting up that tall Christmas tree.  She says she doesn't have the spunk anymore to climb and hang balls and lights around it  But, of course, she is still brimming with the spirit of Christmas.  She still has those EmoSantas she made years ago and the unique Santa Parol.  I am keeping two of her EmoSantas in my own house.  They never fail to catch a glimpse from passersby or visitors.

Take a look!  Happy Holidays everyone! 

Oh, my Mom's name?  Conchita de Leon Blanco.

Mama's Santa Parol

This Santa Parol is my hubby's favorite

Mama's EmoSantas (made out of Spam and sausage cans and Pringles canisters).  

Aren't they cute?

Mom made the Christmas table cover too.

These Christmas decorations made by Mom Conchita gleefully welcome visitors to the Blanco abode.

877 liked "Tubig, Tubig...Nasaan Ka?"

Yes, 877 clicked "like" and 290 shared our video.  THANK YOU for all the support. 

INCAT Natan-ok Joins "Danum Para Biag" (Water for Life) Infomercial Contest

INCAT Natan-ok's entry is on the facebook page of Ablan Foundation: "Danum Para Biag" (Water for Life) Infomercial Contest.  The video is actually titled "Tubig,Tubig...Nasaan Ka?" and was promptly uploaded on Youtube.  For the contest, Ablan Foundation uploaded it on their fb page with the entry number #01.  Online voters are urged to click "like" upon spotting video entry #01.  Ratings will scoop 20% from the number of "likes". The contest will end midnight of Dec. 9,2012.


My team feels good for coming up with a vid without the help of professional video editors.  It's all hard work done in a jiffy to beat the original deadline which was set. After submitting our entry, we found out the submission of entries was extended.  Whew!  We could have had more time!

Well...God always blesses the work of our hands.  

 Visit the site now and vote (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ablan-Foundation-Danum-para-Biag-Water-for-Life-Infomercial-Contest/114822428669222?ref=ts&fref=ts).  Let INCAT win!
 For a short back story re our video, read my previous post
( http://skyblueactivityhub.blogspot.com/2012/11/tubig-tubignasaan-ka-incat-natan-oks.html)