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Anyway, last week we visited Brighton Beach, one of Melbourne's iconic beaches. We don’t have a plan to swim because it is Spring Season but I still included the beach on our itinerary. We visited Bondi Beach when we went to Sydney Australia so I want to see the beaches in Melbourne too. 

I love to see the famous 82 vibrant and colorful bathing boxes. The bathing boxes were initially built for the privacy of women so they could change their clothes without problem but now it is used to store beach equipment and accessories or for family get-togethers. 

The size is smaller than a standard car park but the price is around $450,000. It is the price of one bathing box that was sold in 2023. It is so expensive and only local Bayside residents can purchase these bathing boxes. It is considered a lifestyle investment for rich people so for an ordinary person like me, icraft na lang for souvenir. 

I made these Beach Huts Layered Craft before our trip and I was happy because the color and look are quite similar. I used the following SVG files. 3D Nautical Bundle and Beach Huts Shadow Box.

Then last week, I received a sample pack of shrink plastic so I decided to use it for my Bee Happy Weeklies 42. The theme is “Bloom” and I made a keychain using the images from the Wildflower Sublimation Bundle. 

This was my first time doing this project so trial and error in estimating the size and shrinking the plastic. My first trial was printing the design and shrinking the plastic using my heat gun but all my projects only curled up so it went straight to the trash bin. 

My second trial was printing the design and using our oven toaster to shrink the Printable Shrink White Plastic. Pero nasunog ko, nasobrahan yata sa heat. So I tried again and hindi na nasunog. 

And because of the successful result, I printed the design again using Printable Shrink Clear Plastic. 

I was looking at my finished projects and to be honest, my favorite is yung nasunog ko kasi parang vintage look. hehehe!

I was happy with my finished project pero napapaisip ako kung magagamit ko pa ba yung oven toaster namin o need ko ng bumili ng bago. Waah!

This cake topper is for my uncle who celebrated his 90th Birthday last month. To design this cake topper, I used two fonts; Aloha Chunky and Muthiara 

This cake topper is for my grandmother-in-law. I used two fonts for this cake topper; Balbek, and Muthiara. 

I made a Superb Sixteen cake topper for my son. And I also made a Sweet Sixteen cake topper even though I don’t have a daughter, gusto ko kasi itry yung design na nasa isip ko. I used two fonts for this cake topper Amazing Teacher and Festive.

After a few days, my aunt messaged me because she likes this cake topper, magpapagawa daw siya. But I told her, na ibibigay ko na lang itong cake topper kasi wala din naman gagamit. 

Ang laki ng age gap namin ng yougest cousin ko, ka-age lang ng anak ko. Naalala ko tuloy yung anak ng eldest cousin ko, ka-age ko naman. Anyway, my aunt only asked for a “Sweet Sixteen” cake topper but I made another one para more choices para sulit na rin yung shipping fee. This was the first time I shipped my cake toppers and I felt relieved that my cake toppers arrived in good condition. I used Samantha Craft font to design this cake topper. 

The last cake topper I made is "Juliana is 15" using the Amazing Teacher Font. This font is a combination of Sans Serif and Script Font. 

A birthday easel card for the October celebrant. The fish design is from Craft with Sarah’s website.

I only need a few gift tags but I want to maximize my paper sheets so I made a lot. I used the following fonts.

We were in Ayala Malls Manila Bay last month when we attended my Uncle’s 90th birthday at Cabalen Plus. On our way home, I found Cow Cow Kitchen Stall so finally, makakatikim na rin. It was hard to choose because I wanted to try everything but in the end, I bought the Cream Puff. 

PHP690 per box of 7 pieces or PHP115 per piece. It is cheaper to buy one box but since I wanted to try other flavors too, I purchased 3 pieces of Rare Cheese Puff and 3 pieces of Salted Caramel Cream Puff.

When we arrived home, we ate the cream puff immediately kasi may sinabi yung staff na best to consume immediately. I first ate the Rare Cheese Puff pero nahirapan ako ubusin, parang nauumay na ko but my husband and son finished their two pieces of cream puff in one sitting. 

Rare Cheese Puff - A soft choux pastry topped with a parmesan crust, filled with Nama Cream and the refreshing sourness of Cream Cheese 

Salted Caramel Cream Puff - Indulge in a soft choux pastry topped with a parmesan crust, filled with cream, mascarpone, custard, and salted caramel. 

Cheese Puff - A soft choux pastry topped with a parmesan crust, filled with luscious Hokkaido cream. 

I saved my Slated Caramel Cream Puff in the chiller and told myself I would eat it the following day. After 3 days ko na yata naalala nung naghahanap ako ng makakain sa fridge. Hehehe! I tried the Salted Caramel Cream Puff and liked it better than the Rare Cheese Puff, walang umay. And kahit ilang days na rin sa fridge, masarap pa rin. I will try their other products including the Cheese Puff we haven't tried. 

G/F Central Garden Ring Area, 

Ayala Malls Manila Bay.

So last week, natuloy na rin and we had breakfast at Ambos Panederia + Cocina. It was funny because we frequent Southwoods area but I had no idea na meron Ambos doon. I searched for it and as of this writing, there are only two branches, Laguna Belair and Southwoods. The third branch would be in Alabang Molito. 

I checked their Facebook page and learned that they offer bread, pastries, donuts, cakes, pasta, sandwiches, rice meals, pizza, and drinks. Wala nga lang menu online so I just browsed food pictures at chinecheck ko kung ano ba oorderin ko. 

Our scheduled meet-up is 7:30AM so just in time for the opening and breakfast but knowing me, 5:30AM pa lang nagbreakfast na kami sa house. So dahil busog pa ako, I just ordered bread and juice while my friend ordered porkchop and tapa meal. 

Ang laki ng serving ng rice meal nila. I liked my cheesy garlic bread PHP75, masarap na and mura din compared sa Chee-Su na nabili ko dati. Four Seasons Canned Juice is PHP70. 

We also noticed the 50% off sa ibang pastries and bread so I ordered the Ham and Cheese PHP65. Natetempt ako sa croissant pero hindi ako makapili ng flavor so next time na lang kung may 50% off ulit. Hehehe! I added a pack of ube cheese pandesal PHP145. We liked the ham and cheese but the ube cheese pandesal is just okay because ang gusto ko kasi na ube yung sa Good Shepherd. 

Food and drinks are budget-friendly so I know this won’t be my last visit. The only thing na ayaw ko is pet-friendly sila. Hindi ako comfortable sa mga dogs kasi. But they are open for pick-up or online orders.

G/F, Holland Park, Southwoods City, 

Ecocentrum Blvd, Biñan, 

Calabarzon, Philippines 

Monday 7:30 - 9PM 

Tuesday to Sunday 7:30AM - 10PM