Showing posts with label fascino balloons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fascino balloons. Show all posts

Thursday, December 03, 2015

A Hundred Years Birthday Celebration



Welcome to the 100th year birthday celebration of Lola Meding!



From kiddie pillars to taller towers!


Balloon chandeliers, hearts, and the like!

 Youth is the gift of nature, but age is the work of art. Such a great blessing to reach a hundred years! Happy happy birthday, Lola Meding!


Venue at Bethany Gardens Hotel and Restaurant.  Balloon arrangement by Fascino.  Thank you Jalalon family for trusting us! :)

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Fascino's Balloon Art Deco

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Lablab for Kids Christmas 2015 :)

Since today is Thanksgiving Sunday, let us give thanks to our Lord with an ever grateful heart!  God has been so good to us for keeping us away from harm and sickness.  By the looks of it since you're reading this, you are perfectly in a safe place and in good health.  There are plenty to be thankful for!  The moment we open our eyes this morning is such a great blessing for us to enjoy another day of life God has given us.  We are all blessed in every aspect of our lives may it be mentally, physically, or emotionally.  However, we sometimes forget to give thanks because we tend to stumble upon the daily battles we might be fighting.  May it be a tough job, an unfriendly colleague, a dwindling economy, or a missing part of us.  We tend to focus on such things, making us forget to count our blessings.  So for today, let us pause for a while and be reminded of the goodness God has bestowed upon us.

In this matter, a simple "thank you" would already mean a lot.  It's the thought and act of being grateful that count.  But would it be nicer if we give back?  As the children's action song goes, "It's just like a magic penny.  Hold it tight and you won't have any.  Spend it, share it.  Give it away!  It will come right back to you."  I'm amazed I still memorize this song from grade school taught to us by Mrs. Carmen Guangco!  And what was the first stanza of the song?  Hmmm.....  "Love is something if you give it away.  Give it away.  Give it away.  Love is something if you give it away.  It will come right back to you."  Yes!  I exactly memorize the lyrics of the song!  I do believe that love is indeed something if we give it away!  Thank you, Ma'am Guangco for not only teaching us this song but also teaching us the value of loving and giving.

So that means, we can also say "thank you" by giving.  Since we are tremendously blessed, let us also share the blessings we had receive from God!  I know each one of us has his/her own way of sharing and giving but if you would like to give more, you can also allow us to be the way for that.  In continuation to Fascino by Maria Rosalia's project last year which was entitled "50 days of Christmas:  Singko Mo, E-Regalo Mo", we are again opening up another one in collaboration with a dear benefactor.  For this year, we name it as "Lablab for Kids Christmas 2015 :)"!

Image from Web
  
That's the product of our brainstorming last week 'coz we envision to put a smile in every kid's heart for Christmas starting today until we grow old.  "Lablab" is the baby talk for love in Cebuano language.  We used the slang instead of the proper word because it sounds sweeter, nicer, and kid-friendly.  In short, it's more malambing.  'Coz everytime a child makes lambing to us, our hearts easily melt.  

So we make lambing to you too.  Hehe.....  If you have old children's books, children's clothes, children's shoes, and children's toys that can still be used, we're willing to adopt them for the little community we are currently eyeing at Baybay Maningcol.  Donate 'em at Fascino starting tomorrow until December 24, 2015.  If you still don't have kids and don't have the aforementioned stuff, you can also have your share by ordering your balloons at Fascino.  Yes, your purchase can also be of great help!  For every dozen of balloons ordered at Fascino Store, you will be able to donate 5 pesos to the said community.  But take note, prices of our balloons remain the same.  There are no add-ons for we will only be getting a portion of it for kids' joy!

Then our Thanksgiving Sunday becomes a meaningful one.  Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks by sharing your blessings!  Let's jumpstart the holiday season by spreading love love love!  See you at Fascino! :)

*Prices for every dozen of balloons are still P180 for assorted colors, P190 for choice of colors, and P200 for cartoon character print. 

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Wednesday, November 05, 2014

5 5 5

5 is for quintessence.  5 is the number of Islam.  5 is greater than four.  And 5 is the number of the day because today is November 5 bringing in high 5 of good tides!  First and foremost, today marks the launching of my ever favorite blogger, Patty Laurel's newly-dressed website.  So if you want to get good vibes for happy lives, do waste your time with her at www.pattylaurel.com.  To my idol Patty, more power!  You're always an inspiration to many.  I'm looking forward to read and see more of your adventures with your hubby, Patrick Filart! :)

Second, today is 50 days to Christmas!  Yepey!!!  It's now start of the season to be jolly!!!  So with this, I am also launching a new project for the little community me and my family are supporting at Brgy. Bongbong, Ozamiz City.  In cooperation with Fascino Body Essentials, we are naming this project Singko Mo, E-Regalo Mo wherein for every dozen of balloons ordered at Fascino Store, you will be able to donate 5 pesos to the said community.  Proceeds of this fund-raising project will be used to let the children of this community experience a happier Christmas.  We envision to give them a Christmas party with lots of food, games, and gifts!  Wouldn't it be great to share a little monetarily and give big joy heartily?  But let me have this clear with you.  Prices of our balloons remain the same.  There are no add-ons for we will only be getting a portion of it for kids' joy


So let's start the ball rolling!  Starting today up to December 25, we're gonna have 50 days of Christmas through Singko Mo, E-Regalo Mo!  Your 5 pesos will definitely go a loooong way.

Now that's my 5 5 5!  5 for 50 days.  5 for November 5.  And 5 for 5 pesos that when saved up would become bigger and make every child smile! :)

You may look up the following blog entries for our little community's story:


*Prices for every dozen of balloons are still P180 for assorted colors and P190 for choice of color.

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Fascino Store @ 5!

Exactly five years ago, we opened Fascino along Gomez St., Ozamiz City.  Time just flies soooo fast as I always say and here we are, still standing proud of keeping the biz at pace.  From a cramped little corner at Centrum Department Store which we opened last June 5, 2009,

Blessing at Centrum
to a cute pink shop in our former little house, Fascino had gone through the tests of times.  (For the complete history, see Here Comes the Fascino Store of My Fascino.)

Inauguration and Soft Opening
Truly, running a business is not an easy task much more to a non-business person like me.  I never had any business training and I didn't have appropriate knowledge in putting up one.  What I just had was a dream - a dream of giving my family better living.  So despite the downside of the business, I fought for it and we also triumphed the trials by God's blessings!

Fascino's First Christmas
Fascino's First Valentine's <3
With that, we had a thanksgiving last November 6, 2010 wherein we also had a relaunching of the brand and a shooting for Fascino's first TV ad as well.

Relaunching of Fascino's New Look
And so the store became known not just in Ozamiz but also the whole province of Misamis Occidental.  However, we were still striving in marketing our products and in making sales.  Well, it's reality that apparel and fragrances are not needs but luxuries especially to people in our city who are only earning just enough to meet daily commodities.  Sales were not really good so we added party needs and balloons to our merchandise on August 25, 2012!


Party Needs and Balloons Added to the Store
Luckily, the idea of including party needs and balloons saved Fascino from going into its downfall.  I couldn't say that it's totally a downfall because we were not bankrupt.  It's just that, we were only break-even with the fragrances and apparel.  And fortunately with the party supplies, we began profiting!  People came to recognize and we also entered balloon arrangement.


Extension of the Store to Accommodate Balloon Orders 
From a bare, clean, pink store in its opening in 2009 to a lush, embellished, blue store in its happy days in 2010 to a messy, dusty, rubber-smelling bigger store in its bountiful days at present, Fascino may have different looks but still instills its goal by heart.  And this is to be a channel of blessings to others.  


Fascino and Friends
So apart from my family who are always there to support me since day one, thank you so much to all my storekeepers - Hayde, Len2x, Glaiza, Tata, Mary (who served for only a week), Mispha (who served for two months whom I kicked out for not remitting all the balloon sales), and Cecile who just came in today.  A big "thank you" to the in-betweeners who had filled up the store in my absence - Christ, Annalyn, Deo, and Alvite.  To my forever suki Ann2x and my frequent visitor Hannah.  To my MUHS gang - Yieldeza, Irish, Cheryl, Ate Aida, Rhea, Rene, and Charelle.  And of course, to my MUHS kids who are so kulit every time they pay a visit to the store.  Last but not least, special thanks to that special someone who had made this store a once happy place. :)  It's not that this place is not happy now.  It's just that, here is an empty seat, an empty store, and an empty me.  Though I had planned for a renovation last year, I couldn't move yet because I don't have that fuel to do so like before.  You know where to find me.....

And above all else, thank you so much to Papa Jesus for the realization of my dream and for all the bountiful blessings that you had showered upon us!  Thank you for the creative mind and creative hands you had bestowed upon us and these we use for your glory!

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