18/12/2025
December 2025, marked with another milestone: first bazaar ng Bead-A Bead-A but the journey that led to this is rooted from the question, “What if gumawa and magbenta ako ulit?”
February 2024, unang latag namin sa open field ng Golden Horizon na may kasama pang post-alok sa community pages. Medyo nahihiya pa that time pero there’s the thought na “Huwaw, mukhang may papatol naman sa paninda ko.”
Then April 2024, itinatag ang Bead-A Bead-A. Main reason at that time: para duon na lang lahat ng pictures hindi na sa personal facebook account ko. This is it, wala nang atrasan ito. Unti unti,nag evolve ang physical pop-up set up namin and lumalawak na rin ang aming reach online– umabot na sa point na may naipadala na kaming products to Manila, Bulacan, at Cagayan Valley.
However, sometime in early 2010s, nangangapa pa ako sa paggawa. Then on December 2013, the elementary grader me ay isinali ng aming class adviser sa school exhibit namin. Marking the unforgettable milestone of the younger me after crafting orders para sa mga classmates, kamag anak, kapitbahay, at kumare ni mama.
Anong connect? Bukod sa this is the biningging, it is some kind of reflection that things may pass pero if it is meant for you, mag u-u turn iyan pabalik. It will be up to you at that point if you’ll take that chance to start again.
Big thanks to my Aunty Teray na nag-introduce sa akin ng beading and to Ate Mhir na nagturo sa akin on how to do it. Sa mga elem classmates ko and kumare ni mama na pumapakyaw and umoorder dati ng products ko. To Ma’am Estanda, thank you for guiding and not minding me tuwing nag aalok ako ng paninda rati sa kaklase ko, and sa pagsali sa akin sa school exhibit. To my boyfie, Cyrus, for understanding and supporting my craft. Sa aking pogandang kapatid and apprentice, Aj, na sumasalo sa chores ko tuwing may rushed orders and also for helping me sa paggawa. Sa mga customers, supporters, and followers namin, thank you po. Thank you so much, most especially sa tiwala and support ng aming parents. To Mama sa paghelp sa aking gumawa and to Papa na ‘ go lang nang go’ sa pag hatid sundo sa amin tuwing latag, and building/providing my storage area. Thank you, God
God is good, all the time