HAPPY Twenty Ten!

My vision board courtesy of Polyvore.com

My 2010 Vision Board by maritessb featuring Red Herring Maternity maternity

Items in this set:
Norma Kamali Ruched halter neck swimsuit, 340 GBP
Bloomer Corset Shorts, $40
Hot Mommy Maternity T-Shirt > Hot Mommy > Hot Momma Maternity T-shirts, $29
Maternity grey stripe jersey top, 14 GBP
Christian Louboutin Spritney Suede Peep Toe, 565 GBP

I want to be fit enough to be comfortable in a bathing suit, shorts, and wear heels. I want my legs to fit a knee-high boots. I'd like to work out hard enough so when my NYC trip comes around I'm well prepared for all the walking. I want to find a hula home again. I feel so insecure about hip hop dancing so I'd like to take classes again in it again. I'm getting into the party coordinating business with my bestie. I hope my health is up to the hard work we're about to endure and love. I want my design to be successful and gain more clients this year. I want to be a mom soon. I want to mind my health so when we are blessed I'm ready.

Doing a vision board is a fun way to start the year. I have a lot of things to look foward to this year. My HR director said 2009 was a bad year because if you translate 9 in German what does it mean? I had no clue when she told me that 9 is neun prounced "non".

Let's make it a good one folks.

Happy Holidays

A holiday card design by maritessb; Photo taken by ed pingol photography

Hello out there. I do plan to return to blogging, soon. I do have lots to share, I really do. It just that I've been sick for 2 months so I haven't had the motivation other than trying to figure out what is wrong with me. The reality is... I quit smoking a year ago. I did have 1 more pack (not a whole pack) 6 months ago. Now I'm really feeling the realm of the damages I have done to my lungs. My allergies are heightened, my simple cold feels never ending, and today I finally saw my doc after countless emails to get what I thought I should've gotten in the first place. Blah!

So hopefully *pray to God* I'm good as new in a week. It really sucked to be out of commission for so long. House chores, work efficiency, and socialization had to be sacrificed. I started to lose it a bit at times.

I did manage do some holiday design. The one below is for An Inspired Event's (a coordinating event business) holiday card.

Front


Back


**photos used in front card: row 1, ph 2 ed pingol photography; ph 4&5 rich yee photography. row 2, ph 2 gh kim photography. row 3, ph 1 lex tamayo. row 4, ph 1 ed pingol photography and the rest of an inspired event. card design and illustrations by maritessb.com**

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!! And may the new year bring you and your family brighter and bigger things to look forward to. Talk to you soon.

Our Wicked Birthday

Wow... what a day. I need to blog when I have the photos available. We had a photographer for the night :)!

Our Work: Mrs. J and I

**cheering** We love parties.. yes we do! How about you!?!?!
Here's a sneak of a Super Hero party we did last week! We're waiting for a few more photos to come in from the pro-photographer of the event.



What is "An Inspired Event"? You'll know soon.

My 2 bff's and I are throwing a very intimate dinner and musical. I'm excited. It was my first and already my favorite musical ever. I've watched musical movies... not the same as seeing it live. Here are some teasers of our party planning for you.


We took photos to decorate my place and use for out "countdown". I'll post tomorrow our "one".




I'm a big Pacquiao fan and I didn't know we scheduled it on the same day. I'm glad 8 girls are still going with us to celebrate our bdays. What a way to welcome "32" in a special, unique way. I feel extra special that they are still attending even though our boxing rep from the motherland is honoring our country that day:). Love you ladies! You're the bestest!

Things to do: Gingerbread Clothing & Ri Couture Trunk Show this Friday

who: Gingerbread & Ri Couture
why:... because shopping for clothes while sippin champange is guaranteed good times!
More info below
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Gingerbread & Ri Couture is having a trunk show this friday!!!! Bring Some Friends & Forward this to everyone you know in SF! Come by and support!!!

Friday, November 6 (10pm-closing) @ Atmosphere, Northbeach (SF)

- Free general guestlist till 11 pm (For free guestlist visit www.a3atmosphere.com )
- Trunk show and designer showcase
- Champagne reception and h'ors-d'ouvres 10-11pm

Produced by Leah Hutt, this trunk show/designer showcase will feature Gingerbread Clothing (www.gingerbreadclothing.com) by Heather Guevarra Arcega,
Ri Couture (www.ricouture.com) by Heather & Janu as well as other established & up and coming local designers.
DJ Chucky Brown will be playing all your favorite hip-hop, party bangers, and house classics.

For bottle service inquiries contact Gary Vinson 415.722.2530
For large parties/bachelor/bachelorettes/birthdays ping jay@a3atmosphere.com

Personal Spiel: I love awesome costumes part I

Source of image here

I love awesome costumes. I've seen some out there. I'll post when I see them. This one I saw browsing through Craftzine.com's blog. Check out the whole article for more info: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/10/princess_peacock_costume.html

Happy Halloween!!

I can't believe how fast this year has gone and I've been so dormant. Hopefully soon I have time to blog what has happened. I felt my life had been turned upside down for a moment. *SIGH*

But I saw the absolutely cutest thing in the 'whole wide worldz' (<---inside joke, that phrase from one of my friends once and can't resist to repeat it). Anyways, just as much as I've been neglecting blogging I've skipped a lot of reading blogs. I wanted to see what Bakerella has cooking for Halloween because on top of making costumes I want to bake cupcakes. Because... I don't have enough to do.

Anyways I went back a few post after reading her Halloween treat instructions and saw the cutest proposal story EVER. Ok, not ever, but pretty close. I love big, grandeur proposal and this takes the cake. Literally.

Read the proposal here then the whole story and results here. And here's the snippet:

You could give these cake pops for:

An engagement party
A wedding shower
Wedding favors
You could even propose with them
Imagine how cute they would be with some sweet little tags.

Okay, forget imagining… let me just show you.

All images and quotes from here.

I literally had tears. I'm impress he really does know his gal. Bakerella you're a genius as always!

Have a HAPPY and SAFE Halloween and weekend folks!