27 September 2011

Second collection: Beads and Chains excite me










Yay! My second collection is out!!!
These are only some of the items from the collection. Visit Jana Kathryn for more and go buy some-some! 
There are also items still available from my Trial collection (first collection).

On a side note, I'm glad I need not to go to work since there is a typhoon hitting Manila and some parts of Luzon. I've spent too many hours just lying in bed/sleeping because the cold weather is just too tempting and conducive for rest. Buuuuut, I pray for the safety of everyone though. Manila is badly flooded, there are some houses, streets and establishments ruined and there are some people being evacuated already. Stay safe, people! Let's all pray for this typhoon to stop and just dissipate without causing too much casualties.
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Christmas Wishlist aka 2012 Listography

I had already mentioned in my former entry that I will soon post my birthday wishlist. Well, I have decided that it's better to make a Christmas wishlist since in 3 months time, it's December already! Yay! But first, let us go through my Christmas Wishlist from last year and see which among them was achieved/accomplished... or bought. Hee. :)

Successful:
2. Work

Sort of:
1. Books - I haven't bought books that I specifically wanted but I got books and e-books from my uncle.
2. Closet, wardrobe and room upgrade - Closet: X; Wardrobe: On the process; Room: X
3. Go or move out of the Philippines - On the process. I'm on Step 1, a very loooong Step 1.)
4. College of Saint Benilde/School of Fashion and the Arts - I didn't get in for SoFA's scholarship and they don't offer weekend schedules for degree courses soooo I will be enrolling in a different school HOPEFULLY before the year ends.
5. Shoes and bags - Shoes: YES! I actually bought more shoes than I usually do in a year. I happen to have bought recently one of my dream shoes! :) Bags: Not really.
(EDIT -19 December 2011)
6. Business - It wasn't in my plan at all. I just randomly thought of it. So far, my business is up and running for 3 months now. It's not very mainstream (yet?) and only my few closest friends, workmates and my mom's friends are my regular customers. It isn't bad so far. The money keeps on rolling and I'm having fun doing things. :D

Fail:
1. iTouch - changed my mind when they released iPad. Haven't bought iPad though.
2. Modified sewing machine - Since my room upgrade isn't done yet, my grandma's sewing machine won't fit in my room. It will also be useless for now because I haven't enrolled in fashion school yet and mom wants to buy a new one.
(EDIT -19 December 2011: Last week, Mom bought a new sewing machine! :) Technically, it's really hers but we'll share, of course! For now. :D)
3. Bike - My mom said she would accompany me to buy one, I don't know what happened that we haven't bought it. I think I actually forgot that it was on my list until I reviewed it now. Haha!
4. Fujifilm INSTAX Mini - X

With that, I think I have a 50% success rate in my list, don't you think? :p

As you've noticed, when I make my Christmas wishlist, it's good until the next year because some of my wishes are not material things and cannot be achieved instantly. So now, I am referring to it also as my listography. :) Anyway, let's move on to my list for this latter part of the year until next year. I made my list less materialistic this time. :)




2012 Listography


(I made the list not chronologically. I still included some from my former list.)

1. TRAVEL
I prefer travelling locally first (since they're cheaper and affordable for me) before I go internationally, unless my uncle will treat me again. Hee. :)

2. The following are pricey because I prefer custom-made furniture so it can fit just right to where I want it to be in my room. It'll take two years for all of these to appear in my room! My mom will not pay for all of these because of course, I am now working.

NEW CLOSET
Our house cannot accommodate even a small walk-in type a la Carrie Bradshaw (although that's what each in our family needs, haha!) sooooo I am going to maximize the space in my room by having a customized taller and narrower closet.

BOOKSHELF
I'm thinking of having two, a wall-mounted one on top of my bed and one taller and narrower standing on the other wall (in  exchange of my wider and stouter one). I'll have the wall-mounted one made first.

DRESSER
Believe it or not, I don't have one. I didn't actually have one. Ever. I prefer a desk. Then fill it with things that are supposed to be in a dresser. I know. WEIRD.

NEW DESK
I don't like my computer table at all. I don't want a computer table. It was just given to me last year and I intend to move it to my brothers' room. Haha!

WARDROBE UPGRADE
I believe I need more 9-5-ish look, pieces that can go either casual or formal or from a morning event to an evening affair. More bags and shoes also. Although I might probably trade half of my supposedly expenses for this for  my tuition fee in fashion school. :)

(Speaking of shoes, I bought myself 2 pairs of shoes for Christmas. :D Plus one set of outfit. And tons of accessories. And I got myself the first of three shots of cervical cancer vaccine. I know, "what happened to trading it for tuition?" Hahaha! Spare me, this is my first Christmas as an employed person so I rewarded myself a bit (?!). And hey, I need that vaccine! :) Hee.)

3. LEARN SEWING
I believe it coincides with my plan to go to fashion school next year so this is a needed and must-learn skill. So I can also have something new to write or answer when asked, "What are your talents?" Haha!

4. NEW YORK!!! :)
Yes, the concrete jungle where dreams are made of and where the girl who made the line, "You know you love me," famous is hiding. :)
There's no place else but New York.
I believe I have just moved on to step 2 in processing of my papers. :)

I am hoping it will happen late 2012 or early 2013. :)



5. FASHION INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Alleluia!!! I'm just deciding on when to enroll. :) Definitely early 2012. :)

6. REUNITE WITH BOOKS
After graduation from college, I bought gazillion of books. I don't know why I only finished reading just one. I haven't even reached halfway as for some of the books I tried to read. Pffffft. It's scary to think that I might be developing that trait when you hoard books just for the heck of it. AAAAACK! Noooooo! Soooooooo I thought of listing books to read per month. I will post the list once I have divided my unread books accordingly per month and will try to update you also of its 'progress.'. :)



7. IPAD. OR ITOUCH. OR...
I said earlier that I changed my mind. Now, I'm thinking again. HAHAHA. I'm both a music lover and net surfer so both are okay with me. I believe they almost have the same features. Ipad just have a bigger and wider screen; iTouch is smaller and more portable. Yeah, I'm confused. Portability vs more friendly to my four-eyes and fingers and requires less zooming and less scrolling movement.

8. TIME MANAGEMENT
JUST BECAUSE I SUCK AT IT. Need to explain more? Haha! 
I love my time and I don't want anyone messing with my time by hustling me all the time! Yet sometimes, I waste more than I have and need to and I compromise others' time -- especially my friends -- who eventually got used to waiting for me. Hee.

9. BUSINESS GROWTH
I started my business early September, a before my birthday. As I've stated earlier, money keeps on rolling and I'm having fun doing things. It makes me happy and I feel a sense of appreciation when I see my customers wearing the accessories that I make. I don't have much customers yet but I wish to have a bit more by this year. :)

10. MORE EVENTS TO GO TO (AND EXPERIENCES TO EXPERIENCE)
Well, it's a new year so cheers to new events and experiences! Cheers to a new journey! Cheers to a better year ahead!
(In the photo above, there's a Coldplay and Madonna photo. Yes, IF EVER THEY ARE COMING TO MANILA, I INTEND TO GOOOOOOO. But so far, the news of Coldplay coming to Manila was pure hoax. How cruel! Haha! As for the Madonna event, I was just told by a friend. If ever this is a hoax as well, God bless the person who spreads news like this! HAHAHA!)

11. EXERCISE!
To be healthy, duh? And vanity purposes! Would it be so wrong to wish for a more better body? No, of course not. Haha!

12. GOOD HEALTH FOR ME, FAMILY AND FRIENDS
I have always said that I prefer living a simple life with just enough of everything or if luckier, with a little amount of excess to spare for luxury, if that would mean a healthier family and friends around me. We all know the saying, "To whom much is given, much is expected."

13. ALWAYS CHOOSE HAPPINESS
I think I tend to be bipolar-ish (Why on earth am I self-diagnosing myself publicly? Hahahaha!). When I'm sad, I tend to be suuuuuuperrrrr sad that I keep on rethinking things, what went wrong, and more, until I grow tired. Then I become a bitch. HAHAHAHAHA! Kidding. Well, this only happens when I'm heartbroken.

Apart from that, I'm only sad when I'm disappointed or when I lost a love one and that does not happen everyday so I have a lot of happiness here in me. :D

14. MORE BLESSINGS FOR ME, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
No explanation needed. :D

I have a lot to be thankful for this year 2011 (Hmm, I think it'll be a good entry to make. Haha!) so I just wish the blessing will just keep on coming. THANK YOU, GOOOOOD! :)


Basically, that's just it. :)
Now, what's yours Christmas wishlist and things to do for 2012?
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24 September 2011

Post Grad



Last night, I was able to catch Alexis Bledel's movie, Post Grad, on Star Movies. It was a feel-good, light movie which, I think, should be watched by fresh graduates. The film will somehow give you a glimpse on how reality will hit you in the face after you stepped out of the university or college, enter the harsh world that is professional or career life and despite having clear goals. 

I, myself, experienced the same thing. I thought I had everything figured out. I thought that my goals will be achieved maybe not too quickly but just smoothly as I planned it. I thought that graduating from a good university is enough to land me in a decent workplace or a decent job that is still within the scope of my degree. But I hadn't and it didn't. It was a brutal wake-up call. I had too much of a fair share of slacking off that it wasn't part of the plan already (because the slack off time period I set for my self was like 4-6 months -- including work up of necessary documents and trainings for job employment). It became very frustrating for me! Not that I only felt inadequate, I felt lost, confused and useless. I couldn't put my blame to my novice status nor to the competitive business that is job search. It's just so unfortunate for me that there were (and still are) too many graduates with the same degree that I am in that it is not proportionate to the available jobs here. The chances were super slim that the battle for the job position became 'it's-not-about-what-university/college-you-came-from-it's-about-WHO-YOU-KNOW-INSIDE-the-company/organization/hospital.' I kept on sticking to my original plan, hoping that my self-optimism will bring out an energy that will conspire with the universe to make them happen little by little (On a side note, credits to the book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, because it really taught and helped me to become optimistic and change the way I think over the little things so as not to create a negative energy in my mind. The power of positive thoughts and visions, amen! :D), but none of it happened. Maybe my goals weren't too specific or too ambitious for starters so I did try rethinking and editing my goals until I grew tired.

Then one random day I realized, I should just deviate myself a little bit until halfway from my goals. The fact that my goals were making me frustrated for quite some time was already a big red alert sign that I should have seen before. Instead of devouring negative feelings over my goals and wait for my seemingly useless efforts to be paid for with the achievement of my goals, it dawned on me that I should just make things happen and make them work for me. I wasted enough time trying to make my goals work for me that I hadn't seen the bigger picture that maybe today isn't the right time for my goals to be achieved/to happen or maybe it isn't the right plan for me and I just keep on going against the other possibilities or opportunities that can happen or that I can actually create for myself. It's not that I will stop achieving my original goals. For the time being, I would just rest or lie low for a while and do things that may not be in my list but can still bring me closer to my plans. With this new perspective in mind, I thought of things I really wanted to do since time immemorial because I figured that maybe God is giving me this time to do things I haven't done yet. I also envisioned who/what I really want to be and what are the things that I can do to bring me closer to the person I want to be because maybe God wants me to reconsider and rethink other things so I will not be miserable in the end. I also thought of becoming open to trying things instead of being a stuck-up 'goalkeeper.'


Opportunities are sometimes created rather than just waiting for the window to open, I think. Even though I'm doing other things aside from my plan. I still bore in mind what I want or want to try doing, the vision of who/what I want to be and not just jump into or grab whatever comes my way. In that sense, I didn't waste any more time and I'm still going through the right path.

Now going back to the movie, the story I shared with you is more or less similar to what Ryden's (Bledel's character) story is. The only difference we had was she gained a love life after she decided to leave her dream job (that she eventually got after initially rejecting her on the first interview and followed by more unsuccessful interviews). :) With all the goals or plans we have and the success that we dream of, it all boils down to two points -- right time and letting things fall accordingly into the right places.

As of now, I may not be practicing my profession in the way and in a place I planned but I still belong to the same field. I still fall under the general purpose of my practice: helping, supporting and uplifting people with disease. I may not be formally enrolled in a fashion school but I think I still belong to the creative world where I also envisioned myself in through opening my business. I believe that one of these days, I will be a nurse-slash-designer in a place I dreamed of where I want to be SOON. Not now. But SOON. Meanwhile, I'll just enjoy where I am and whatever I'm doing right now. And maybe it's not so bad to also wish for my own love life to happen along the side later on. Or maybe earlier, why not! Haha! :)



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22 September 2011

20 September 2011

My Best-Dressed for the Emmy's



Events like the Emmy's, Oscars, Music Awards and the likes are my favorites. I tune in to them not only for the awards given out to outstanding TV shows (especially to shows that I love), but for the red carpet moment of the stars as well. The awards had already been given (Congratulations to Modern Family, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jim Parsons, Juliana Margulies and Mad Men by the way!) and of course, the fashion of the stars had already been graded by tons of entertainment websites all over the internet. I will not create my own list of supposed-to-be winners instead I will create my very own version of best-dressed (As if I am an expert in fashion critic! Haha!).

Spotted trends: 
Serpentine Cut
Bold/Solid colors of dresses
Less is more (AS ALWAYS! :D)

Back to Black
Black is never a bad option when it comes to fashion.

ANOTHER MAJOR FAVORITE!
 

 

 

Brown, Bronze, Gold

 

Neutrals and Pastels

 

 





















                                                                              Purple and Lilac

 






















                          Ladies in Red
Personally, I believe that when you are in doubt and you don't want to be safe with another LBD, red is the color to go for.  

THIS ONE IS ONE OF MY MAJOR FAVORITES! I envy you Nina! Not for the dress, but for owning Ian's heart. :( Haha!


 

Coral

ANOTHER MAJOR FAVORITE!

Blue


White

ANOTHER MAJOR FAVORITE!

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19 September 2011

Thank you, Chicisimo! :)


I opened my mail today and I saw this! Yayyy! Haha! I'm a newbie in this 'fashion blog' thing so this little thing makes me happy. :)

You can check out my fashion blog accounts by clicking through the thumbnails that you can find on the right side of my blog. :)

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18 September 2011

Family bonding! :)

Fam bam GIF
*IF THE GIF IS NOT WORKING, JUST CLICK ON THE IMAGE. :)*

Since I haven't blogged much, let me share to you some photos from our recent family bonding time during my brother's birthday last August, me and my little brother (even if he is not soooo little anymore, haha!)'s birthday last week and my uncle's arrival from a short vacation from US yesterday. :)


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09 September 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE! :)


I have just turned 23! Yay! Haha! I just want to thank again all the people who greeted me on one of my favorite days! My hands might probably have carpal tunnel syndrome any second now due to replying to wall posts on Facebook, tweets on Twitter and text messages on my phone all day but I don't care. I love it. Haha! Thank youuuuuu soooooo much! <3


I don't own these photos. I just used them to show how happy and grateful I am today.  Sorry, I didn't use my own photos, I look so tired and sleepy as of this very moment. :l


Of course, I want to thank my family as well, especially my mom who cooked a special dinner for me and for surprising me with a lipstick as a gift! I was sort of expecting that she would give me flowers or a cake because that's what she usually do. She arrived home and I saw that she didn't have any bouquet or cake with her, I just thought that she didn't buy me anything which was fine (Yes, really. I'm not the type who expects gifts. I love and prefer surprises. Yet I didn't expect a surprise either because my mom is an 'occasional surpriser', if there is such a term. She surprises us very, very randomly.). She said she just bought something to cook for dinner. While eating dinner, my mom gave me that lipstick! Haha! It is sort of bubblegum pink/not-so-light pink (Okay, forgive my hapless attempt in describing the color. Haha!) in color and it's the shade that I've been wanting but haven't had the chance to buy because it was kinda hard to look for that exact shade. I love my mom! Hee. :)

Anyway, it's already past 1 am. I'm tired. And sleepy. I have to hit the sacks, still have work in a few hours.

Thank you all again!
One last Happy Birthday to me! :)


This birthday blog post is very different from what I normally do for the past few years. I normally post my birthday wishes/wishlist. Since I'm sort of busy nowadays, I forgot to make one. Even a mental list (But I think I made a mental Christmas wish list). Hahaha. Well, if I come to think about it, I think I have nothing much to wish for so far (Probably because I'm already working and I can pay for what I want and the rest of my wishes are something to be prayed for. :))
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07 September 2011

Jana Kathryn

Soooo finally, after 3 months...

Click on the picture to take you to the site

My online shop is now officially open! Yayyy!!!
Come one, come all! Share my own endorphin, my little creative outlet. :D
(The site address will probably just be a temporary one though since I might buy a domain or change host. We'll see.)

Jana Kathryn was created out of a random idea for creative outlet and expression and love for crafts and art on June 2011, releasing its first exclusive designs by this month.

Jana Kathryn is divided into 2 lines, namely:
Jana Kathryn Dexterity - My accessory line
Jana Kathryn Moodswings - My clothing line (SOON-TO-OPEN!)

Both lines are produced in limited quantities, one to three pieces per item to be specific, unless stated otherwise, because I myself, prefer not bumping into anyone who would have the same piece as I have. Dexterity showcases either handpicked or exclusively handmade that are originally designed or inspired by DIYs and other accessories. Moodswings will be exclusively designed and handmade by me or for me. Though I take note of the trends, I basically create my collection randomly, depending on what I thought of and what I liked making at the moment.

Jana Kathryn's design philosophy is all about simplicity with distinction, creativity yet wearable, subtlety with statement, classic with oomph.


Please feel free to check it out, browse or better yet...

Buy in my TRIAL COLLECTION! 


Yes, it is my first and only a trial-slash-preview collection. I hope you'll like it.

Again, I only sell limited items. Please read the Guidelines and Terms and Conditions first before ordering.

The release of the next collection is yet to be announced so please wait for it! :)
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