An Invincible Summer

A TON of pictures from the graffiti sessions we had in preparation for the summer display!

It has been a month-long arts and crafts draught for me. No drawing, no color, no splashes of paint or sprints of lacquer. Some photoshopping, but not enough. Some looking and watching, but hardly any real digestion. A stark contrast from the graffiti artists in the photos above, so in their own zone, in their own untouchable world.

Soon, I will make myself involved again. Some more doodles, some more pictures. Some more life, some more color. It's summer after all! What better time to do anything, everything, to be invincible, too.

The most heartfelt of thanks to Pilipinas Street Plan for these walls! And to Marco Limjap and Sarie Cruz for documenting their each and every move. :-)

Love in 2011

I'm celebrating one full year of doing display projects with this Valentine's Day wall!

It's really never too early (or too late) to start remembering and cherishing the people you love. This is our reminder to you (and to all our customers!) that love really is all around.

In windblown memories,


in our heart of hearts,


in the silent whispers,

in the caves of emotion,


in the bits and pieces that make up our everyday lives.


May you experience all the love in the world ♥ ♥ ♥

Happy hearts!

Home Sweet Home

Decorated a furniture showroom last week. With only two days to prepare, it was very reminiscent of my old shooting life! I'm still amazed that despite what I thought was a little number of things on hand, they all seemed to fit in the end.

Reds

A month til Valentine's Day, and I'm already setting up the stores! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ♥

One More Day 'Til the Happiest Time of the Year!!! :-) :-) :-)

I don't know about you, but where I'm from, it's snowing!! :-)

One more day 'til Christmas!! May you feel the warmth of the season, no matter what part of the world you're from. Whether it's sweltering (as it is sometimes here), or you're shivering, this is the time for hugs, joy and love!!

Some pictures of the havoc I created in the stores during setting up. Still doesn't compare to the chaos in the store this past week!

I remember writing a very wishful entry a year ago, with pictures of my favorite Christmas decorations in homes and in malls, being inspired to spread the spirit of my favorite time of year. It was just a random thought, something I had always wondered about before, but never really knew how to go about fulfilling. Though I know I'm in nowhere near the level of those places whose decor I still look forward to seeing today, it's quite a comforting feeling that I've accomplished something I've always wanted to do.

I just want to remember this place I'm in, of feeling like I've come the right way, and at the same time knowing there's more to life. :-)

A last minute graphic I made for our contacts.

Happy Christmas everyone!! ♥ ♥ ♥

My friends are crazy! And so is my mom.

1. First things first, congratulations are in order.

My production friends have a running joke that our friend and director King Palisoc is slowly going crazy. Hahaha We mean that in the best way possible, of course, as his concepts have become more challenging, and at the same time, more fulfilling to help bring to life. From action scenes to sequence shots, and now, stop motion, if you don't believe us yet, here's the video that just last weekend won him his second NU 107 Rock Award for Best Music Video, and that might just convince you. Someone give him a movie to make already!

Congratulations King! You and your team deserve all the accolades!

Video embedded from http://vimeo.com/kingpalisoc, where you'll find his showreel and more of his work! :-)

2. Not only is King crazy, but so is Mon Sebial, the production designer who helped concretize his idea. With the simplest of objects - a pillow, a mattress, a piece of cloth, a colored paper strand - she created a whale, an ocean a toilet, a forest, among everything else in the video.

This Halloween, she also helped our book store create a haunted tour for kids to walk through and have fun in!

Entitled "Sprits of the Page," the tour was put together by the simplest of objects, but came out as a great experience as well! Thank you, Mon! :-)

Our staff was also able to have their faces painted for the weekend! Along with these characters, others I saw where of Spiderman, the Joker and even Ironman!

3. And lastly, I'm finished! Finished with the Christmas decorations for the year and ready for them to be picked up tomorrow. I always post pictures of how my house has been turned upside down because of my displays, or of the boxes piled up all around the walking space in my living room, but I'm quite sure this project has invaded my family's personal space in a way that is most unwelcome. It's really a wonder how my mother puts up with this, and how anyone can even exist in a space that's been taken over by boxes like this has!

Though I've gotten most of the work done, the stress and tight schedules aren't over yet. Thank you to everyone who helped out, made the decor, and was patient with me as I ditched plans, invaded spaces, and interrupted lives! Despite missing out on the outside world for the past two months or so, I'm still very thankful for this all...

Good night! :-)