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February 29, 2012

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Diane Von Furstenberg for Gap Kids and Baby Gap

By Heart2Heart | For kids, Summer, What's New at Rustan's | One Comment

Gap is proud to announce the launch of its first collection by Diane von Furstenberg for GapKids and babyGap for Spring 2012, for girls from newborn to age 14.

Launching exclusively in Gap Shangri-La Plaza and Gap Boniifacio High Street this March, the collection captures the essence of a little girl’s dream wardrobe, as imagined by an icon of American women’s fashion. Diane, alongside the design team at Gap, has created a collection true to her unique style, while her experiences as a mother and grandmother have informed designs that will delight girls and their Moms alike. Iconic prints, signature silhouettes and a bold color palette are translated into magical dresses that aspire to Mommy’s style as well as provide a girl’s Summer wardrobe essentials including easy t-shirt dresses, tanks and shorts, capris, leggings and swimwear. Accessories, including sunglasses, espadrilles and sandals, provide all the wardrobe building blocks that empower a young girl to playfully experiment with her evolving style and individuality, from pretty girlish dresses to rough and tumble essentials.

At the heart of the collection are vintage Diane von Furstenberg prints, including the instantly recognizable hibiscus and leaf motifs. Diane’s signature prints meet Gap’s relaxed style, and are playfully mixed, encouraging young girls to be bold and play with their personal style. The legendary wrap is re-invented with a child-like higher waist detail, in structured cotton or as a jersey romper shape for babies and toddlers.

The dress collection continues with a series of exquisite cotton shift dresses that incorporate print with a refined appliqué daisy detail or delicate layers of cotton voile, as well as an elegant white cotton eyelet style that’s perfect for the Summer months.

At the heart of every collection from Gap, the t-shirt, in pink and heather grey, bears a new Gap DVF motif, that also appears on flip-flops, ballet pumps, jersey tanks, leggings, sun-hats, beach bags, sunglasses and hi-top sneakers,

as well as the lining of one of the star pieces – a navy stripe seersucker blazer, customized with a “Diane von Furstenberg” crest and badges calling out “DVF Gap” and Diane’s personal mantra “Love is Life.”

For Moms and the youngest babies, vintage prints appear on onesies and rompers.

Diane von Furstenberg comments, “I am thrilled to collaborate with Gap on this playful collection for girls. It is timeless…colorful…effortless. That is very DVF!”

Gap is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by Casual Clothing Specialists, Inc. (CCSI), a subsidiary of Stores Specialists, Inc. and is available at SM Mall of Asia, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, TriNoMa Mall, Glorietta 4, Bonifacio High Street, Alabang Town Center, SM Megamall, Robinsons Place Manila and Abreeza Mall in Davao.

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February 28, 2012

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Summer Etiquette Workshop for Children and Teens

By Heart2Heart | For kids, Summer, Workshops | 5 Comments

Summer is coming up and Heart2Heart is very excited to start with this very interesting workshop by my very pretty and graceful friend, Pauli. I wish there were workshops like these when I was a kid.

Enroll your kids now!

Greetings from Etiquette de Manille!

We are pleased to announce our 2012 Summer Workshops to develop your child’s confidence in school, at home, and in many other situations.

Silver Etiquette Workshop for Children

Gold Etiquette Workshop for Teens

Etiquette de Manille offers a comprehensive program of corporate etiquette and international protocol training, as well as children’s etiquette instruction. We conduct life-changing, confidence-building leadership programs for corporations, universities, public and private schools, and individuals.

Below is the outline of a four-day program filled with fun and lots of learning this Summer!

Day 1. Proper Visual Poise

Day 2. Practical Wardrobe for the Right Occasion

Day 3. Table Etiquette and Dining Manners

Day 4. Graduation

Attached please find a tea-menu of the topics for each workshop and a profile of Etiquette de Manille.

“Etiquette de Manille believes that children will develop polished social skills, a sense of decorum, a keen regard for others when they discover situational etiquette and practice them in an enjoyable setting”

~Pauli Antoinette

Start Date

March 26, 2012

Finish Date

March 29, 2012

Workshop Hours

2012 Silver Etiquette Workshop for Children (Boys and Girls ages 5-12)

The workshop will run from Monday to Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. There are a total of eight sessions for the entire duration of the workshop.

2012 Gold Etiquette Workshop for Teens (Boys and Girls ages 13-above)

The workshop will run from Monday to Thursday, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30p.m. There are a total of eight sessions for the entire duration of the workshop.

Workshop Venue

The Penthouse Function Room, Antel Platinum Tower, # 154 Valero Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City (Near Citibank)

Format per Class/ Day

First session: How’s and Why’s of Etiquette

Snack break: 15 minutes

Second session: Practical and Situational Applications/ One-on-One Coaching

Investment Fare | For early birds

PhP 3,000

Policy on cancellation of classes due to bad weather

In case of bad weather, the session will be cancelled and will be rescheduled on another date

Dress Code

Wear casual to smart casual wear. Slippers and sleeveless attire is not allowed.

Things to Bring

1. Water tumbler

2. Snacks

3. On the 2nd day and 3rd Day, the child has to bring three sets of clothes and accessories (Casual, Sporty and Formal) for the Wardrobe Class.

Reminders

Guardians or Parents are encouraged to be present during the workshop.

Presenter: Pauli Antoinette Porquez-Genuino is the Founder and President of Etiquette de Manille with more than 15 years of hospitality experience in the hotel and airline industries.

Her training modules for children and young adults motivate them to improve on their personality and over-all image. Her expertise in coaching has inspired individuals in the way they carry themselves, act and project to the outside world, giving them confidence, creating more satisfaction in their lives and improving their businesses.

Sincerely,

P a u l i A n t o i n e t t e

Pauli Antoinette Porquez-Genuino

Founder and President Etiquette de Manille

Etiquette . Service Etiquette . Protocol . Social Graces . Visual Styling . Corporate Imaging .

Suite 1904, Antel Platinum Tower, #154 Valero St. Salcedo, Makati City, Phils.

Etiquette de Manille Training Services

etiquette.de.manille@gmail.com

0917 8000 572

(Current) Contributor, Redefining Service Etiquette and Protocol F & B World Magazine

(Current) Trainer and Image Consultant John Robert Powers Manila International

CAS, Center for Aesthetic Studies (Current) Trainer and Image Consultant

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February 19, 2012

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A French Carnaval for Alessi

By Heart2Heart | Celebrations, For kids | 4 Comments

Another breathtaking party by my good friend, Grace! This girl is truly amazing in organizing and creating memorable occassions!! How she transformed the ballroom and how she put together all the details of her party. The contents of the Patisserie were even bought abroad and she put them all together to come up with the theme. All the moms ( especially me ) were the ones raiding the Patisserie of Alessi 🙂

Happy Birthday to the little Princess, Alessi!

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February 17, 2012

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Your Baby’s Cord Blood The Gift of a Lifetime

By Heart2Heart | For kids, Great Inventions, Health and Fitness | No Comments

I wish they had this technology when I had my two sons. My sister told me about this when she had her third daughter and she enrolled 7 years ago. In fact, her storage is still in Singapore and I had mentioned to her that they already have storage facilities here. She says they will fly it over if ever. For future Moms, I highly recommend this

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February 16, 2012

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Mission Its Possible

By Heart2Heart | Celebrations, For kids | 6 Comments

Many years ago, I told janet that she should be a party organizer! I am so happy that she is one now!

Previous entry: ( Click to go to link ) Christiana is 1 and Joshua’s 4 March 17, 2008

Educare Celebrates Halloween October 20, 2008

A Wacky Sports Double Birthday Bash March 8, 2009

Educare Celebrates Easter April 11, 2009

I recently hired Janet to organize a small party for Javier’s birthday. He wanted to just spend time with his friends so I thought that something supervised would be better than just them trying to figure out what to do or they might just end up playing videogames.

Janet will work with you on what your kids like and she will create a unique and one of a kind experience for the kids. She is really amazing! She is for me a “boutique” party planner because she will really taylor the whole party of your child

I heard she did a 39 Clues party for our friend Nicole so I thought that something similar to that Javier would like because he is very playful and needs to keep moving around! So we did a Mission Impossible theme taken from Tom Cruise’s movie 🙂

She even made the invite for me!

While waiting for the kids to arrive, they had some snacks and they had to make it themselves! 🙂

Janet turned our basement into a lab! After eating they did some science experiments which they really enjoyed

Janet’s super loveable and cute son Joshua, helped his Mom and is part of the team!

Then they had to train for the mission. With the help of Janet’s husband, N.E.D., he was in charge of training the kids and preparing them for the mission

The kids were grouped by 4s and were sent out on a mission to look for the treasure. Each clue led to another until they accomplished the mission

The treasure!!!

Everyone was awarded a vest by N.E.D.

And were give some gadgets as their giveaways

Thank you to the Mission team! Do give Janet a call for your parties!

Cell #: 0917-847-1765

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February 1, 2012

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Reese’s Baptism

By Heart2Heart | Celebrations, For kids | One Comment

Congratulations to Ron and Lau on the birth of their second daughter, Reese. Looking forward to the third which will hopefully be a boy 🙂

Love her name, Reese, which I thought you named after Reese Witherspoon and Ralph Lauren! 🙂 And super love the theme of your party! Reese is adorable!!

And to the birth of your other baby, the Active Fun Building! 🙂 The baptism celebration was held here at their latest business venture which is located in their building off Fort Bonifacio High Street

There are different floors and there are seven (7) function rooms where you can hold your private parties

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January 18, 2012

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CISV

By Heart2Heart | Education, For kids, Travel | 9 Comments

My friend, Barbee, sent her son, Enrique to join the CISV camp last year! Looks like the kids enjoy at CISV, aside from representing our country, they get to meet different people from all over the world, they experience traveling and being with other children their age and a sense of independence living away from home. They are so lucky to have this opportunity to experience this kind of camp.

Thanks Barbee for sharing this with everyone at Heart2Heart!

Some info about Enrique’s camp and delegation:

• Children’s International Summer Village, QC Chapter

• July 1 to 28, 2011 in Fredericksburg, Denmark (30 minutes from Copenhagen)

• His village was called “Our World Village”

• Philippine Delegation: Enrique Chuidian, Luis Trota (son of Rica Tamesis & Robert Trota), Isabel Puno (daughter of Bea Lopez & Eric Puno), Katrina Villonco (daughter of Hazel Perez & Martoni Villonco)

• with Adult Leader: Anielle Banson

• CISV summer camps are called “Villages” and each village consists of child delegates (all 11-year olds); Junior Counselors (JCs); Adult Leaders and the Camp Director

• In Enrique’s Village, there were child delegates from 12 countries (each country sends 2 boys and 2 girls, plus one adult leader)

• Delegations from the following countries participated in his Village:

o Jordan, Belgium, USA, Costa Rica, Brazil, Italy, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Poland, and Philippines

o Junior Counselors and Camp Staff were also from all over the world

The next round of CISV camps will be in July/ August 2012. But, in early 2013, the delegates will start getting together for the Saturday playdays where they will all get to learn about CISV and its traditions; learn Filipino songs, games and dances to share when they go away to camp; make some great friendships and in early March, a lottery will take place to determine where these 11-year olds will go to attend camp. Next summer, I think the CISV QC chapter will be sending at least 5 delegations (20 kids) to Denmark, Sweden, Mexico, USA, Portugal.

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January 15, 2012

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Lotte World, Korea

By Heart2Heart | Entertainment, For kids, Travel | No Comments

One of the benefits of staying in Lotte Hotel is they have a shuttle which brings you to Lotte World 🙂 It takes around 30 minutes to get to Lotte World from Lotte Hotel ( Lotte Hotel, Seoul Jan 10, 2010 )

Good thing it was indoor!!!

It’s a mini Disneyland 🙂

Since it was Christmas and everyone as on holiday, not a good time to go to Lotte world! oh my gosh, the place was jam packed and the wait for the rides were too long!

Ice Skating rink

I got to ride one ride! 🙂 the others maybe two. 6 of us in one cart. We just went around, had lunch and then left. We warned the rest of the family not to enter anymore to avoid paying the entrance fee.

and there is an outdoor park as well with rides for the more daring ones!

For more information, click below to go to their website

There is a hotel and some shopping as well in Lotte World. I wasn’t able to go around much for shopping

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January 8, 2012

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Uncle Mike

By Heart2Heart | For kids | No Comments

I don’t have many photos of my brother in law, Mike, but I have many of him with my kids. Through the years, I have been able to collect photos of him with my kids. And Uncle Mike is like their Dad or big brother who takes care of them and watches over them. If it is one thing we will miss now that we have moved houses, it is Uncle Mike whom we have lived with for sixteen years.