EXTENDED! A&D is 5 Years Old + #ADis5Giveaway!

This post is one month late, we're yaya-less again but here it is now! I started this blog to document my firsts with motherhood. 5 years later, the blog has evolved as I am as a mom. Honestly, I can't believe I am still here, blogging after 5 years even when there are times when I get too lazy to blog anymore but then I think of how I met some of my closest friends today through blogging, how blogging gave me opportunity to work with different people and different brands and I would not deny I love receiving products to try and most especially sharing all my experiences to my readers. For 2016, my wish is for this blog to grow even more. :)

Apples & Dumplings turned 5 last January 11. So... shall we celebrate A&D's 5th with a giveaway? I would like to thank the brands who have supported this blog and giveaway! And there will be five winners of great prizes and surprises! Yay! Thank you in advance for joining and hope you continue to read this blog!

Check out the prizes I'm giving away!

One (1) winner of prize #1 - Project Mom Book, Mom 24/7 Planner, Paper Chic Studio Goodies, a set of McDonald's BOGs (Be Our Guest Cards) and Girlstuff Forever Nail Polishes. 

One (1) winner of prize #2 - Project Mom Book, Mom 24/7 Planner, Paper Chic Studio Goodies, a set of McDonald's BOGs (Be Our Guest Cards) and Scents and Sensibilities Soy Candles and Home Fragance Oil.

One (1) winner of prize #3 - Project Mom Book, Mom 24/7 Planner, Paper Chic Studio Goodies and a set of McDonald's BOGs (Be Our Guest Cards).

Two (2) winners of prize #4 - Project Mom Book, Bloom 2016 Desk Calendar, Paper Chic Studio goodies and a set of McDonald's BOGs (Be Our Guest Cards).

Joining is easy! Just follow all the mechanics on the Rafflecopter widget below to join or if the widget is not working, you can go to my Apples & Dumplings Facebook Page to join! Thank you for joining and good luck! This giveaway is open for residents of Philippines only.

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A&D Turns 4: Project Mom Book and Mom 24/7 2015 Planner Giveaway!

This blog turns 4 this month (January 7 to be exact!) and I'm celebrating this blog's birthday with a series of giveaways as a thank you for all the support! Mwah!

First giveaway is a Project Mom Book and a Mom 24/7 2015 Planner, a great bundle of mommy goodies.

Project Mom is a guide for pregnant moms to the FIRST year by Amanda Griffin-Jacob and Bianca Araneta-Elizalde.

(From Project Mom FB Page)

PROJECT MOM is a straightforward guide designed to make motherhood a little bit easier and a little less intimidating. Amanda and Bianca draw on their personal parenting experiences to inspire women to discover motherhood in ways they may not have envisioned. PROJECT MOM is packed with useful information to navigate pregnancy all the way through to the baby’s first birthday. The book also covers bringing your baby home, breastfeeding, how to give your baby a healthy food start, and a section just for moms (including their tips on how to get your body back). They have included a comprehensive local directory that makes this book an essential part of your collection to make motherhood a little less overwhelming.

Mom 24/7 2015 Planner is one of my favorite planners to use! It has everything from your spaces for your schedule and your kids'. MOM 24/7 also has special forms such as Health record pages for mom, dad and each child (up to 3 kids), menstrual tracker for mom, family vacation planning page, party planning page, and more. To help us run an organized home, there is a grocery list form, menu planner, yaya/ household help record page.

It also has special discount coupons for several brands at the back of the planner!

This bundle will be a great partner for any mom! I'm excited to give these away! Don't worry, mechanics will be easy! To join, just use the Rafflecopter widget below to join!

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Giveaway is open for Philippines residents only!
Giveaway will end on February 2, 2015.

Good luck!

A&D 3rd Anniversary Giveaway: Mom 24/7 2014 Planner

Yes another giveaway!

This time it's a Mom 24/7 Planner! I love using this planner! I used the 2013 planner and what I like about it is I can write down all of my schedule, events and even my kids'! But this time, they made it even better.

The 2014 edition of the planner maintains its promise of being “The Ultimate Mom Planner” by getting our modern moms organized and on track through its specialized pages. It contains a family vacation planner, health record trackers, an expenditure monitor, Child’s Info Sheet, Grocery Essentials and more
All of these keep moms on top of every detail.

Apart from all the hustle and bustle of everyday errands and responsibilities, the Mom 24/7 planner bears pages of inspiration. The planner’s contents will also nurture a mother’s well-being. Get to read through other motherhood experiences and learn from simple joys that enable other women to reflect on their individuality and emanate positivity.

I'm giving away 1 copy of Mom 24/7 Planner 2014! Joining is easy-peasy! Just use the Rafflecopter widet below!

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Good luck!!!

Happy Third Blog Anniversary!

A&D is celebrating it's 3rd blog anniversary today! I've got a few blog giveaways lined up just for you! I couldn't be more thankful for what this blog has brought. I gained friends, opportunities, blessings and more.  I hope I'll have more years in blogging to share my stories and mishaps! I hope you don't get tired reading this blog

I've set some blogging goals this year. First business is to give this a blog a make over, shift to another platform and nicer look. And hopefully hindi ako tamarin! With so much things I do in a day, sometimes the last thing on m mind is this blog. Second, to write better so I can tell my stories better! Third, take photos using my camera rather than my iPhone taking over most of the photos here. Ok, that's it. Doable goals!

Don't forget to join my Rio Mints giveaway! And stay tuned for more giveaway!

Happy anniversary to me!

Mommy Fleur Day!

The very first mommy blogger that I've met personally was Fleur and Aimee. It was about 2 years ago. To this day, we all are good friends and get together sometimes :) Fast forward today, Mommy Fleur is now a mommy blogger superstar! As in parang Sharon Cuneta levelz, may fans club! And I have to admit, I am also fan! Kung ano si Fleur sa blog niya, ganon siya sa totoong buhay! I think a lot of us can vouch for that and that is why a lot of people love her too!

And last August 24, Fleur celebrated her five years of blogging with a party as a thank you for all her readers! Ang bongga lang! I don't think may pupunta kung magkaron man ng Apples & Dumplings Day ahihihihi! 

Fleur brought her blogging desk! And Faye did the decors! Super nice! 

See all those planners, paper bags? Pinamigay yan lahat ni Fleur! Of course,may Paper Chic!

And just like any celebration, dapat merong cake! And this cake is made by none other than Tazzy Cakes!

These are just a few of cakes that were sponsored by Benz (Tama ba ako Fleur?)

Mommy Fleur Novelty Items hihi!

Here's the lady of the hour :)

And here's Fleur's Unica Hija, Anika!

And because Fleur is very dear to me, I, Donya Paper Chic (walang kokontra!) happily sponsored the plates, cups, straws, etc. A simple table setting that I love love love! Kahiya lang kasi nagkulang ang plato! Sorry Wowa and Fleur! Thank you also to my fellow mommy bloggers who helped me set up the table setting!

How pretty! I'm really proud of this haha!

Thank you dear mudras for helping me set up!

Fleur made sure na hindi kami magugutom! There was so much food!

And my little girl was happy with the tray-ful of hotdogs!

And soon people came na!

Thank you Party Crafts by Ava! Y enjoyed the craft and can't stop painting them!

Noms!

Fleur hosted a short Mommy Fleur trivia game and boy did her avid readers answer fast!

I want that book but sadly hindi ako nanalo but I won Maga's Kitchen Tuyo and a Mommy Fleur bag tag! Yay pa din!

It was a great afternoon! I got to meet new mommy bloggers, chat with them and even the kids had a graet time too! Thank you so much Fleur for hosting this!

Riot!

Ate Sabine and Y. 

Next year ulit Fleur? Hehehe!

Thank you! Not sure from who I got this but credits to the owner!

Thank you again Fleur!

TSN Blog Anniversary Sparty!

I met the girls of TSN last year November at the Babypalooza Bazaar. They're the noisy girls beside our booth hihi, peace! They're friends of Mommy Fleur and their blog is super funny! I love love reading their blog, nakaka-adik!

The pretty ladies of TSN: Sophisticated, Provinciated and Domesticated

Last July.. or June ba yon? Yes hindi ko na maalala sa tagal. #momnesia Hih! They celebrated their first blog anniversary with their special friends, yez. And Paper Chic Studio is one of them! It was small and intimate gathering lang. The mini sparty was at St. Nails at Petron Gas Station along Edsa cor. Pasay Road.

I was so happy to be invited because I get to be with my mommy blogger friends as well as meet some personally who I've only met online lang. Food was also served!

Ang sosyal lang!

They gave out disposable slippers for us to wear!

 Kulit ng photo diba? Along with it was the services offered where each of us can choose! Of course, washi tape by Paper Chic Studio ang pandikit!

Let the pampering begins! I chose mani-pedi-foot spa!

I was choosing between the matte navy and grey. Can you guess which one I chose?

Busy-busy ang mga muthers! That is Mars on the left of Planet Marsy  and Sha of Kikay Mommy Sha

Hand Paraffin treatment for Em of Akira and Everything Nice

No need for introduction, ang ever sikat na si Mommy Fleur!

Some brought their kids, I wish I did. But I had a morning event kaya I didn't bring Y.

And here's all of us!

Thank you TSN for a wonderful afternoon of chika and more chika! I love love my nail polish that day!

So soshal! Thank you P, S, and D!