ginger bread doll

we were asked to join the dress up a ginger bread doll contest for a cause and of course hindi kami tumanggi. i thought na this could be an activity na magkakasama sama kaming magkakapatid since most of my siblings are studying in manila. i was bothered kung anu ba talagang gagawin sa doll. i was thinking of dressing it up literally. ung susukatin ang kamay, braso, chest, etc tapos pagtatahi ng damit. kaso i asked for my siblings' opinions din atsaka kung anu din ang masasabi ni mama. my mom gave us an idea, she said na we should pin sequins daw and beads sa doll. at first i didn't get the idea. tumatango lang ako. hehe

i was excited kasi nga may idea na, there was one problem though. a very very big problem. nginatngat ng pusa or kinalmot ng pusa ung doll! wakwak yung ulo atsaka yung likod. swerte parin kasi one side lang ang sira. we could still use the other side in case. nalungkot akong sobra kaso wala nakong magagawa. nag-isip akong maige on what to do with it and it struck me, i have a friend pala who makes life size cartoon characters atsaka iba pang party paraphernalia's. so i asked her if she could help me fix it. talagang kinulit ko siya. ayun, she helped us. nung una wala kaming maisip kung papano siya irerepair tapos naisip ko bigla na gamitan ng sponge yung tipong panghugas ng plato. so inayos namin yung uneven edges nung wakwak na likod ni ginger, sinakto namin na kakasya yung sponge and voila! ok na, hindi na halata na muntikan na siyang mamatay.

sira-sirang ginger bread

while making the design for the doll, maraming tao ang nakisawsaw at nakisali. yung mga pinsan ko at mga tita ko. ok naman kasi we really need a lot of hands kasi matrabaho ang konepstong naisip ni mama. ipipin namin isa isa yung mga sequins and beads sa katawan ni ginger.

tita josie, tito jhay, kuya rain and mama

eto na nga ang finished product. maganda cia, pero mejo nerbyosado parin kami knowing na wala kaming ka-alam alam sa ganyan. saka first time namin. basta we did our best yun na yun. the lights during the ceremony complimented the beads and sequins. lalong nagmukhang buhay ang kulay. mejo kumkinang pa nga e. hindi tulad ng sa iba na dull ang kulay. maxado kasing maitim si ginger kaya talagang pinag-aralan namin ang kulay na gagamitin sakanya. we used bond paper pala as a pattern din, we found out na it will lighten ung mga kulay ng sequins.

akala ko hindi kami mananalo. wala akong idea na we'll get the 1st place award dito. masaya naman kaso lang mas masaya kung cash ang premyo! hahaha.. GC's ung mga nakuha namin kaya ganun din babalik din sa SM yung premyo. anyway, this event helped us to be closer again. bihira nalang kasi kaming makumpleto eh. thank you gingerbread! HEHEHE

pat, jem-jem, kakay and papa