In my previous post I talked about attending the workshop by The LIST Group. Well, my day didn’t just end there. Actually, me and a couple of friends went straight to Greenbelt 3 for the grand opening of the Call It Spring store. I was really excited about this because I’ve been a fan of their shoe collection and also because five very well-known bloggers were going there as brand ambassadors! Yay! ♥

I found it funny the way the four of us, Carl, Margaret, and Juliette, randomly met that day at the workshop and scavenged the streets for a cab that was willing to take us from Tomas Morato to Greenbelt (luckily we were able to hire on right away, haha!). Juliette wasn’t able to join us right away, but we had a really fun time talking about a lot of stuff in the car, haha! Once we got to Greenbelt, we even met with a couple more people, so yay~!

During the event, fashion bloggers Vern Enciso, Laureen Uy, Camille Co, Kryz Uy, and Patricia Prieto represented the brand and they all bought something! And for course, being in a place full of fashion enthusiasts, a lot of people came flocking in from different directions, asking to have their picture taken with them and sign autographs! It was nice to see them reach as far as they have now ♥

One thing that made my heart float that night was the free sweets and drinks they were giving away, yipee! ♥ Being a girl with an infinite love of everything sweet and tasty, I binged on almost all the treats being given out that day. (Yay for lost diet!)

Talk about a sweet tooth, these treats were just too awesome for words! ♥

Here are some photos of them items I liked (a.k.a wanted to buy so desperately haha)

I am a fan of minimalist designs and girly-floral types of clothes, so when I saw their shoes, my jaw just dropped to the floor. I could literally see myself wearing some of the designs with my existing clothes and sporting them at parties and events! Unfortunately during that time I didn’t have extra cash on me so I wasn’t able to buy anything…but it’s not like I could afford any of it. Haha!

Now here are some people pictures~!

These are the lovely little humans who accompanied me that night ♥

From left to right, Grace, Margaret, Carl, (sorry, I forgot her name! I just met her that night and I’m really bad with names >_<), and myself

Next are photos of me with the lovely Call It Spring women~ (Please ignore my dorky face, haha!)

With Kryz Uy 

With Laureen Uy

With Camille Co 

With Vern Enciso

With Patricia Prieto

And alas, the day ended with new friends and a cup of Starbukcs Strawberries ‘n Cream Frappuccino ♥

What I wore:

White lace dress styled as a top (Japan), Brown Pants (thrifted), Floral Wedges (Parisian), Brown Jacket (Design by Crizel Ong of Credo) 

Thanks Crizel for letting me borrow your super awesome jacket! ♥

Yesterday was a very eventful day for me. For starters, I was able to attend a workshop at The Lounge, Tomas Morato, organized by The LIST Group called “Styling, Photography & Blogging Workshop by David Guison and Lissa Kahayon”. The workshop was a blogging, styling, and photography workshop that teaches each of the basic principles/tips of each of the aforementioned. Even though I’ve studied basic photography at school and I’ve had my own share of styling experiences, I still though it might have been a good idea to be able to learn a thing or two from different people in order to further expand my knowledge. I mean, it’s always a good idea to get opinions from another perspective right?

This is the poster of the said event:

And the beloved speakers were none other than the famous David Guison and Lissa Kahayon ♥ I’ve looked up to these two as some of my favorite style bloggers and it was a real honor to be able to learn from them. 

They talked about their experiences as bloggers and the advantages and disadvantages they got from leading such a lifestyle. Lissa caught my attention as a stylist and I was thoroughly impressed by the way she talked about her style evolution and how she discussed to us her own shopping tips/experiences and how it could help us in the future. Looking through her past photos made me think that she really went through a lot in order for her to get where she is today. A large improvement with style and photography could be clearly seen on her photos as well conceptualization. The same goes for David, who then taught us about the photography part of the workshop. I initially never really knew he was a photography until the middle of last year because I simply knew him as a brand ambassador and fashion blogger. Little did I know that he had a lot to share as a photographer and that he has had his fair share of experiences too. 

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I liked the fact that they were both very open with their talks and that they catered the questions of almost every person in the workshop. With friendly smiles and cool personalities, they really made the day both informative and exciting.

With my photography, most of what I’ve learned came from self-study and experimentation. My professor’s pitched in a little to teach me a few fundamentals and as well as the advertising/business side of everything. However, since almost all of them were more into photo-journalism and advertising whilst I was into fashion and portraiture, there still some information that they could not teach me as easily. For one thing, I was never told about the process of how an editorial photo shoot goes and nor was I taught how to direct models. Yet from the workshop I learned about how your photography could affect your image and what you can do to set yourself aside from the rest.

True enough, there are certain photographers that really have a distinct style. Once you see their photos you immediately think “Ahhh [insert name here] shot that. That’s how he/she shoots”, and this is something I think most photographers nowadays are lacking. Not everyone can come up with a style right away, but at the same time it doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t make an effort to grow skill-wise. As for myself, I am still trying to improve my own photos and I still don’t think I’ve captured that style that I want yet, but I am definitely trying as hard as I can to achieve this.

On the photo above, you can see a lot of clothes and accessories being laid out. These were used for the blogging activity we had at the end of the day. Using everything they taught us, we were supposed to come up with an outfit using the items laid out to us and come up with a mock blog post in 30 minutes. They gave us thirty minutes to finish everything and explain it in front of everyone. 

In our group, I was the one who styled the clothes and at the same I was the sort-of leader (for some reason that I still do not understand). This is a photo of the styling I did:

I shot these first three photos for our clothing details shots.

Our lovely model Mika Garcia wearing Leopard print midrib crop top, turqoise palazzo pants, snake print necklace (Cole Vintage), Heel-less platform shoes (Parisian x Rajo Laurel), Gray net leggings made into a head band (Leg Love) 

Shots by Pia Alviola

I am happy to say that this look/blog post of ours won us an awesome prize! We were chosen as the group with the best mock blog post. I guess because the major factor of this was because we all got along really well and for some reason all of us were open to suggestions. No one fought and nobody stepped on anybody, so in the end we were ablt to come up with something really nice.

At the end of the day, I was happy not just happy to have attended the workshop, I was ecstatic. The people were friendly, the talk was straight-to-point and it was an overall fun event. 

I want to say thank you to the The LIST Group, David Guison, and Lissa Kahayon for this experience. Also I want to say hello and thank you to my new friends who I hung out with afterwards at the Call it Opening at Greenbelt 3 ♥

Me with Lissa Kahayon and David Guison

Dark shot is dark! T_T

Photos of our team! (I wasn’t able to take all of their photos, huhu!)

Thanks a lot to everyone for this wonderful experience ♥



P.S. I got a lot of freebies during this event! But I won’t be posting them now. I’ll post them once I’ve used them ;)

Alas, my first month as a volunteer at the Ayala Museum St’Art Workshop is half-way done, and so far I’ve been having the most fun I could have ever had with kids in my entire lifetime. I’ve just finished with my fifth session as a volunteer at the workshop, discussing the famous Pablo Picasso’s work to the kids while teaching them how to distort images and use the concept of cubism in creating their artworks.

Click here to see my previous post about the St’Art Workshops.

Showing the kids a few of Pablo Picasso’s samples.

Some of the kids though had a hard time absorbing the concept of cubism which is “objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.”  (as quoted from wikipedia). However one cannot really expect eight year olds to grasp this idea completely, right? So we continued on and tried to simplify it for them, give them activities that were at their own thinking level. 

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This was a sample I made to show the kids an idea of what we wanted them to come up with.

Luckily for us, the kids didn’t make much of a mess this time and they all stayed as neat and tidy as humanly possible. Phew! 

Anyway, most of the kids found the activity challenging at first, some of them couldn’t even conjure up even the smallest doodle. Yet with just a tiny bit of patience and some pep talks, we were able to let out those free and fun little ideas in their heads. I can even say some of them made some very interesting works; see for yourself!

It was worthwhile to hang out with the kids and help them hone their artistic skills. Seeing young kids show an interest towards the arts is very heart-warming. Carla Muñoz, the instructor and organizer of the whole workshop, was very patient and attentive to the kids. She was running around from table to table, checking on the kids and asking them about their artworks, i.e. what inspired them to do it, what they wanted to draw about, etc. There were even some kids who willingly went up to the mic to talk about their artworks whilst during the first few meetings almost everyone was too shy to even stand from their seats!

This little boy was shy at first too, but then he willingly walked up to Ms. Carla and spoke about his artwork.

And since the workshops were both informative and affordable, I decided to enroll my little sister too! She was very ecstatic about it and even reminded me of the workshop days before she would be able to join. So far she says she’s looking forward to attending the workshop until the last day, and I’m happy that she’s enjoying herself this way.

My little sister Mica. When the workshop was over, she even helped the interns and volunteers clean up! And when there were some kids who were waiting for their moms, she gladly entertained them and played with them, making some new friends. How cute! ♥ P.S. She helped me take some of the shots here on this post, teehee~!

One last thing, although I’ve been saying that there are other interns/volunteers who are with me on this workshop, I’ve never posted photos or information about them. They are such lovely people and despite the stress they are getting (most especially the interns), they can be the funniest and liveliest bunch ever. So as I promised them, here are the photos of the people who have helped keep the St’Art Workshop up and running:

So that’s basically all I have to blog about the past few meetings. The last two though I wasn’t able to take photos because a camera was unavailable at that time for me to borrow, haha! But before Pablo Picasso, we did Andy Warhol’s pop art paintings, and Jose Joya’s clay art. 

Thus I end this post with a couple of outfit shots and shameless vain photos, haha! Oh, and special mention to Kim Zhuang for my royal crown necklace. I love it, thank you very much for the present! ♥

Outfit details: Boots - custom made, top, bag, and shorts - thrifted, accessories - presents

What else better to do in the hot scorching sun than to go out and have a little photo shoot? 

As you can see in the photo of myself above, I’m sporting a look that I normally wear to photo shoots, save for the boots though. It’s been really, really hot here in the Philippines lately and I’ve been learning to wear things I wouldn’t normally wear such as sleeveless tops and shorts. I’m a fan on skirts, dresses and cardigans but let’s face it, it’s a very uncomfortable trend in this weather.

Close up photo of my only accessory, haha! I’m not much of a jewelry girl, but I do like a few minimal details here and there.

This shoot was basically another portfolio shoot for both myself and for Ronn. Oh and Aeroul too, the model. In almost all my previous shoots, most of my models were either girls or men who were (for better judgment) obviously gay in a very feminine manner. So this was the first time that I was able to shoot a very boy-next-door type of model. Ronn wanted to add photos to his styling portfolio and update his blog with his shoot. Since neither of us were doing anything that day, we decided we ought to a shoot with a male model.

I found Aeroul really fun to work with, and he was very hospitable and friendly! He was easy to talk to and there wasn’t a speck of unfamiliarity or awkwardness between us. A very likeable trait since this was our first time shooting together. 

It was very easy to style him since most of his clothes were very fashionable Zara and Topman pieces, j’adore!  He also owns a lot more shoes than I do, haha! 

Here are some photos from our shoot:

These are my favorite shots from the set. I’m pretty much happy with the outcome. What do you guys think though? It was new for me to shoot a guy in a non-avant garde-ish type of shoot, but it was new challenge for me because I realized I didn’t have that much photos that were catalog or commercial. Of course with this set, I still put my own little touches when it comes to personal style.

Thank you Ronn and Aeroul for the fun day!

Kahit hindi na ako nakasama sa overnight, haha!

More photos here on my facebook page!

A friend of mine and high school batch mate, Jalu, invited me to her graduation thesis exhibit entitled ‘Sirq’. It was a circus themed graphic arts exhibit displaying several mediums such as acrylic/oil painting, photography, digital painting, and mixed media art. What surprised me was that the exhibit was a five-man team job, and it was actually very entertaining considering that it was only done by five people. This was held at Paseo de Magallanes, (beside Racks).

Some of the lovely people who accompanied me, my boyfriend, Paolo and my friend Ronn. (Outfit shots galore, haha!)

And looky to who I bumped into, Kyoshu!  ♥

See these artworks? I found them to be really good! These were some of my favorite pieces during the exhibit. The area was pretty small and there weren’t much decorations, but it was enough to hold everything in and set off a circus-ey vibe.

The featured artists were as follows, Paul John Bacatan, Aicel Escalada, Ana Via Policarpio, Jalu Ramirez, and Revanna Toledo. I came specifically for Jalu though as a way of supporting her and her class’ graduation exhibit. You have to give them props for this since they spent their own money in order to come up with this. I be that given the time and budget, the could have come up with something a lot more grand.

Besides the artworks, there was food and drinks being served outside…isn’t that considerate of them? Hihi~ The menu was also county-fair inspired. There was a table of sweets and refreshments as well as a free drinks bar sponsored by Boracay Rum. What I found the most exciting though, was the cotton candy stand that gave away cotton candy in the shapes of various animals!

See? This one’s in the shape of an elephant, cutie! ♥

You would think twice before eating this. For a second I actually wanted to put in a plastic bag and display it at my bedside! Hahaha!

Just when I thought there was nothing else to see, I was wrong. When my friends and I stepped out for some fresh air, the works inside suddenly changed. Apparently there was a part two to the exhibit, which showed a darker side to the first pieces. 

There’s definitely an eerie feeling to this next set. Very dark and sinister, I love it! ♥ Hahaha!

Thank you Jalu for inviting me! I had lots of fun. Congrats with your graduation! I hope you do well with your career  ♥

A former batch mate of mine from college (who’s now a graduate), wanted to do a shoot with me recently for our portfolios. Since I wasn’t really doing anything and I wanted to update my own portfolio, I decided to go through with the plan and have our shoot together! Pau de Ramos did the styling and the hair styling for the shoot. She’s really talented! I saw her thesis in the past and I fell in love with her shoe designs ♥ She has also been featured in stylebible.ph and she has recently joined the Philippine Fashion Week’s Lee Denim Contest. (Awesome cakes right?)

Usually for my shoots, I do the photography, hair, make-up, and even the styling, but for this one, I only did the make-up and photography, which was HUGE breather for me because I had more time to concentrate on setting up the equipment (and also it meant I didn’t need to bring that much stuff, haha!).

The gowns we used for the shoot were designed by a good friend and fellow batch mate, Djorella Vicente. Her designs consisted of six pieces, but we only used four for this shoot. The concept of her works were gowns that could be converted from formal full-length gowns to semi-formal cocktail gowns. So you could literally go from the wedding to the reception without having to completely change your outfit. It’s perfect for those who like to party after a formal event. 

An example of the conversion from full length to cocktail length is the design below:

See how the gown transforms from a short, movable dress to a lovely flowy long gown? And the details, material, and the way it was sewn was at a professional level. You could already sell these pieces for a hefty price. And to think this is only a student’s thesis! ♥

My favorite shot of the day ♥

I really enjoyed this shoot, the team was just a pleasure to work with. To add to that, Kia, one of my best friends and favorite models, was able to model for me again! Haha! It’s been a while since the two of us done a photo shoot together, so having her agree to do this with us made me really happy :”> (Even though most of the time we did our usual chika and teasing, haha!)

The team! Daryl Catungal on the left, Pau in the middle (isn’t she pretty? Hihi~), and Kia Axibal on the right.

And here I am dressed like a farm girl, haha! I’m so small compared to these two, hahaha!

Thank you Pau for inviting me to shoot! And thank you Daryl and Kia for modeling, it was a lot of fun to work with you guys! :)

Last week, Ronn and I attended the i love koi event at the Privé Luxury Club in the Fort, Taguig City. This event caught my eye a few weeks ago and I was really looking forward to going. I’ve been a fan of their high-waist designs (being a 50’s fashion junkie and all) for the longest period of time and I’ve been continously stalking their facebook page for any new items to be sold! I don’t own a single item from their store though, hahaha! The irony right?

This was the outfit I wore to the event, sporting my favorite floral wedges from Parisian and my dress from Bossini. I didn’t dress up too much for the even since it said that we should be in our best ‘summer’ attire, so this is what I came up with. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take so much photos during that day because apparently cameras weren’t allowed inside the club, so I only have a couple of outfit shots of myself and Ronn. (Stupid me for not taking photos beforehand!)

Ronn’s outfit during the event. He actually had to change into pants later on because apparently shorts weren’t allowed inside the venue. Too bad, but we were able to get a pair of pants elsewhere.

I won’t divulge too much on that little story, haha!

The designs during the event featured the newest swim wear and luxe wear collections for i love koi. I was immediately in love with the edgy cuts and designs of the swimsuits (if only I were thin enough, haha!). My special favorite was the luxe wear, and unfortunately I don’t have any photos to show which piece I liked. But the designs were pretty, trust me.

One of the main reasons why I went was to see their collaborations with bloggers, The Plump Pinay, Patricia Prieto, and Tricia Gosingtian. Partricia Prieto’s design looked exactly like something she would wear, with cuts and sheers that hugged the body like a tight net. Her designs were edgy and cool, just like her! The Plump Pinay, of course as we know them, are full-figure women, so their designs were made for plus size women. It was pleasant to see plus-women strutting the runway in nicely fit suits, not just skinny girls. Tricia Gosingtian’s designs on the other hand, looked exactly like something she would wear to the beach. I especially loved hers because it looked like something I would love on a swimming vacation. Her two pieces were inspired by vintage looks and the other by the infamous, gothic lolita style. (Love! ♥)

I want to thank Ms. Tricia Gosingtian for inviting me! I wouldn’t have been able to go without her invitation, haha! Thank you Ms. Tricia! :)

As you can see from the photo above, my boyfriend knows I am a Rilakkuma addict.

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My boyfriend went to China for a few weeks and decided that he’d give me a whole bunch of Rilakkuma items. To cut the long story short, I vomited rainbows. 

This is a card holder that can even store different memory card sizes.

A sticker~

This one’s really adorable. It’s a push-back toy car! Hahaha! I don’t plan on opening or using it though, LOL!

My favorite of the bunch; a Rilakkuma pajama set! I am definitely using this one of these days, hahaha!

A mug with a rubber lid, cute!

…just a little something different to set aside from all the cutesy photos, haha! This is a small bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey mixed with Cola. I haven’t tasted it yet ‘cause I’m waiting for a special occasion to devour this, mwahaha!

Thanks Paolo! I love you~! 

Remember in my previous post when I said that I shot with a new model, Jirbie? Well, I am going to be showing you the rest of the photos from our set! I used different layouts and graphics for these photos because I wanted to try something new since I don’t heavily post-process my photos. So I decided to make use of simple editing by zooming in on the details of the designs and incorporating it into the photo.

I love these stockings ♥ The details on it are just AMAZING!

I really like the designs my friend Crizeel made for her fashion design thesis, Credo. We had a previous shoot for her collection, but I only did the hair and make-up for that day. After her thesis defense, I promised her that I’d shoot her designs for both our portfolios, and hence, I did so. Coincidentally, I was contacted by Jirbie (a starting model), and I thought…why not shoot two birds with one stone? She sent me photos of herself and I thought she suited the theme of the shoot as well!

This was the first time in a long while that I did a one-man job for a shoot. My past shoots have always been either I was the photographer, make-up artist, and sometimes an assistant stylist, but for a few months I wasn’t able to shoot due to school issues, so this shoot for me, was a HUGE breather.

Plus this was the first time that I did the hair styling for my own shoot, yay~ ♥ I only started to learn hair a few months ago, so I’m still not that good yet. But at least I could practice whenever I have my own photoshoots, hihihi! ♥

Just look at those multitudes of beads! 

Model: Leanne Go

Hair/Make-up/Styling/Photos: Kristin Cornejo

Dresses by: Crizel Ong (Credo)

If you want to see the entire set, visit my facebook page. 

Thank you for reading!

A few months ago, I was contacted by Jirbie, a starting model who wanted an update on her portfolio. She emailed me about this and I didn’t hesitate to accept ♥ Leanne was so nice to talk to and she was very friendly. 

Before I show you guys the whole set from our photo shoot, here are a few snaps:

Stay tuned!

Model: Leanne Go

Clothes: Crizeel Ong (Credo)

HMUA/Styling/Photography: Kristin Cornejo

As some of you may know from my previous post that I volunteered for the Ayala Museum Summer Workshop, St’Art? To continue this story, I’ve already started a couple of weeks ago and I’ve helped out with their first two classes. The topics were about Fernando Zobel’s syringe painting and Henri Matisse’s drawing with scissors. 

Being a fine arts student, I found this workshop to be so far one of the most educational children’s workshops I’ve seen. First of all, they not only teach kids different artistic techniques, but they also teach them about the lives about the certain artist that they were using for inspiration that day. I was really amused when most of the kids actually took note of some of the information being taught to them, even though it was just a short discussion.

Also, besidescreating their own works of art, they also talk about it in front of the entire class. I find it a great way to allow kids to express themselves and somehow learn how to explain their works, but in a fun way of course. Although some of them were really shy and preferred to keep quiet, most of them talked about their works and some of them even volunteered to talk. It was so cute! ♥

This is Ms. Carla Muñoz, the brains behind the entire thing. I emailed her before the workshop, inquiring about the volunteer work. She was really nice when she interviewed me, and during the workshop she was surprisingly awesome with handling several kids.

Below are some photos of her at work!

It was very fun to watch the kids be so enthusiastic about experiencing extremely different ways to create works of art. I mean, c’mon, who would have thought you could paint with a syringe? (Which by the way, no one got hurt thanks to our watchful eyes, haha!) When I watched these kids freely express themselves or even doodle, it brings me back to the time when I was their age and I also just kept on drawing whatever I felt like. Of course when I got to college, I was very enthusiastic about being able to study fine arts, but as the school years went by, the passion to just simply “express myself” slowly deteriorated. Seeing the kids in the workshop though reminded me why I wanted to study arts in the first place. It was a very personal and heart warming experience for me :)

If you guys have any younger siblings/relatives/friends or whoever, and they want to join an art workshop, then I strongly recommend this workshop for them. Fun, exciting, educational, and it’s a stone’s throw away from Greenbelt and Glorietta Malls so the kids could hang out with their families afterwards!

Here’s the flyer:

Hope you guys could join!

Now for some extra photos~

So yes, it’s kind of messy, but they’re kids, they’ll do what they want when you give them paints and whatnot. Hahaha!