tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14863797577565739502012-02-16T15:22:42.844+08:00Your Guide to Creative LivingIssa Sarzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00981619230270450167noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486379757756573950.post-12091537194126122082010-02-04T11:16:00.000+08:002010-02-04T11:16:08.222+08:00

This blog has been moved to:  http://issasarza.com See you all there!

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Exactly one year ago, I said goodbye to what many people cling to -- Corporate World. (I can hear oohs at the back of my head haha) So far, this has been the best decision I ever made in my entire life because I freed myself from many things and have allowed myself to grow and learn. I freed myself from the moral, social and political norms of the corporate structure. I freed myself from a

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I've been looking for a notebook or even small pieces of paper I can write on and I noticed that we ran out of notepads! Eeek! It's one of the most dreadful thing that we can lose in our home-office, at least for me. And since I honestly don't want to head out to the nearest bookstore and simply purchase notepads, I thought I'd get a little creative with Mr. Snuggles' old, unused planners and

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I've been reading Osho's book entitled Love, Freedom, Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships and I think his concepts are revolutionary. I wonder how many people are experiencing and more importantly, "giving" real love these days. Guilty of unreal love myself, I am dead set on changing my ways. :) I'm getting too serious, yeah? I don't want to bore you so let me just quote one of my favorite

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One more week to go before February and we are welcoming it with so much love! I've set up banners inside our home just to welcome the month of love :) Freebie Download: Valentine's Day Banners

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Here's a great way to give out those mini chocolate hearts or other trinkets to your lovey-dovey. You can slip inside small pieces of chocolate or a love note. Or better yet, if you are planning on giving a big surprise gift to someone special, you can use these cute pinwheel boxes as a countdown calendar to tease him/her before giving out the surprise. You can fill each box with trinkets,

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Gardening has been listed in my to-do list since 2008. I haven't gotten around doing it yet but last year I planted my own tomatoes. I was pretty good at it until my kittens played with it. My tomato plant grew to about a foot and a half and then one morning, I just found it in shreds. And to think that it was really organic. Boohoo. Anyway, I made a garden soap which I can hang on the faucet.

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Making fortune cookies is really addicting! I can't believe I want to do more of these everyday. Haha. Well, I'll probably try a couple more ways of making fortune cookies. For now, I have tried making them using glycerine. It looks absolutely darling! Here's what I came up with. I made my fortune cookie soaps in red simply because it's my favorite color.  You can get instructions on how to

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I've been looking for great favors for my birthday this February (hush hush). And since the Chinese New Year will be celebrated this coming February as well, I am going for Fortune Cookie Party Favors. :) I have tried making the cookies out of paper today and tomorrow I'll be using soap and a few days before my birthday, I'll try to make the real, edible fortune cookies. That way, the cookies

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Ever since I started sewing the other day, I've been dead set on finding a nice spot for my ancient Brother sewing machine (thank you Aunt Erna!). I'm looking for a cute little table that can hold my heavy machine. In the meantime, I am looking for accessories like pin cushions. My mom's old hand made pin cushion is just... well, too old now (imagine, she has had it since I was 5 years old!).

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This is actually my 2nd sewing project ever. haha. My first one was my lunch bag way back in highschool. I think I may have sold it at some garage sale Mr. Snuggles and I join each quarter. My mom was great with anything that has to do with a sewing machine. Come to think of it, she's really good with so many things. I wish she was here so she can help me fill this blog with creative ideas.

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My brother and Mr. Snuggles just loves Fish and Chips. I, on the other hand, love making it for them. I followed Tyler's Ultimate Fish & Chips and I guess it turned out really yummy because everything was gone in 15 minutes or less! Of course I tweaked the recipe a bit. Below is Issa's Ultimate Fish and Chips Recipe. Ingredients: Olive Oil, for frying Potatoes 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking

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Apart from being busy with crafting and doing marvelous handmade stuff, I am also a proud owner of an organic skin-care line called SPA Ingredients. Tsk tsk tsk, I know, shameless plugging. Haha. Every so often, we get clients who want to use our products as giveaways. Using organic products as giveaways is actually a great idea because you're spreading the organic love and you're helping the

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Before 2010 even began, I made Mr. Snuggles (aka boyfriend haha) a recycled planner. I actually made him two kinds of planner. The first one was from a 2007 Starbucks planner. It didn't turn out the way I actually wanted because I basically changed the dates (by either slapping a brown kraft paper with print on it or I used a matching oil pastel to cover the dates) and that's pretty much it. So

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It's my first time to blog about something that I am truly passionate about. I have had blogs here and there but I have only written stuff about well... myself (haha) and stuff that's related to my life. Well, it's time to come out of my shell and write about something that I have the heart for. If today was my last day on earth, I can honestly tell all of you that I am loving what I do. I live,

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