Creative Hemispheres

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Manikako is truly going global.  =)
La Pomme, an etsy artist, has been using Manikako DIY kits for her “Super Good Luck” dolls since early 2009.
And now Manikako is regularly available all the way in a little designer shop in Spain called, “Little Miss Maimun”
Take a peek at the Manikakos she has in her shop right [...]

My friend Cris and I went to volunteer for the Walls of Hope over at the Children’s Hospital in Quezon City.
The Children’s Hospital was built in the 1980’s, one of 3 medical centers built during the Martial Law regime of Marcos. It had many murals painted on it’s walls to make it look friendlier [...]

Christmas is less than a week away! The biggest challenge this year was to think of what to give the Spawn’s classmates at school. There are too many of them to bake my mini cupcakes for and handmaking a present for each and every one of them would take us forever. *_* [...]

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Christmas is just around the corner and not too long after that, a brand new year. A brand new decade.
At around this time each year I select my “theme song” [...]

Last summer, I made a major decision. I banned the TV from the Spawn. He was, of course, upset by it. He would find ways to sneak in even just a few seconds of Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon. Although I unplugged the TV in his room and tied up the cable, [...]

Spied this tweet from @goproject today:

Take a gander who the 6 year old they are referring to is? ^_^
Take a peek at more things the Spawn wants to say over at his blog: Things I Want to Share.

As a follow-up to a post I had previously written about Homeschooling in the Philippines, I have been doing some more research into the topic as I play with the thought of homeschooling the Spawn next year.
The decision is still up in the air and one of the major stumbling blocks I’ve encountered was [...]

As a follow up to my previous post on helping my 6-year-old Spawn deal with the issues he’s been hearing about on the news, I found some great websites with tips and support for parents dealing with the same tough situation of talking to their kids about violence and traumatic events in the media. [...]

The Spawn had a very disturbing dream the other night. We were being chased everywhere by the police. At first we had the upper hand, but eventually, our car broke down and the cops caught us. When they did, we were trying to defend ourselves but they dragged us out of the [...]