The Little Dapitan at Ayala Malls Cloverleaf

Dapitan Arcade has been one of my go-to places whenever I need new decors or accents for the house or new baskets and crates for my shelves in Common Room. It is a shopping haven! I love shopping at Dapitan Arcade because there's a lot of options and the prices are very pocket-friendly too! Now that Christmas traffic is upon us, going to Dapitan Arcade can be a feat!

Fret not! Ayala Malls Cloverleaf is bringing Dapitan Arcade closer to you with the Little Dapitan! A bazaar featuring the best of Dapitan Arcade - from Christmas decors, home accents and decors, local handicrafts made by local artisans and more. The Little Dapitan will be open starting this October until December! What I like about it is, it's right beside Cloverleaf! You can park in the mall or park right outside it (open parking). And when you're done shopping, you can go back to the mall to shop more, watch a movie or eat at the many varieties of restaurants.

Little Dapitan at Cloverleaf is right outside the mall. Exit where Uniqlo store is.

It is in a open, warehouse-like venue. It is well-lit, the aisles are wide enough and it was easy to go around.

Can you guess what I bought? I went around three times before deciding on what to buy!

A place for you to take your photos! I love the rattan lamps!

I like that there's only about 20 stalls more or less. There's not much of repeating/redundant products which makes shopping so much easier. Better for the sellers too! I'm the type of shopper who gets overwhelmed or anxious when there's a lot of choices that I ended up not buying anything! Are you like that too?

Plastic flowers and plants for those who has black thumb like me! Haha!

There's a lot of selection for Christmas decors too! I honestly cannot decide on what to get. But here are a few that caught my eye.

This is where I got something for our house!

There's a stall that sells room spray, linen spray, hand soaps, soy candles and more that is perfect for gifting this Christmas! You can mix and match then put it a wooden box (sold separately)! I love their design labels and the scents are pretty good too!

If you are looking for crates, there's a stall selling crates in different sizes!

This stall has this gold decors that can be used for lighting or as is. They have cupcake towers and more! They also do customized works!

 There's also a wide selection of bags and wallets. They make great gifts for your officemates, staff and friends!

I also saw these super cute pots for your cactus or succulents! They are hand painted. So pretty, right?

So what did I get? Since I cannot decide on what Christmas decors I want for our home, I just bought what I really needed. I hoarded these wire baskets! I need it for my shelves in Common Room (that's 4, soon to be 5 branches) hence, the quantity! I was able to get a good price because I got a lot! I actually need to go back and buy some more!

The only Christmas decor I bought was this pair of banana-leaf like white Christmas tree! It was love at first sight so I got it na! :)

Thank you Spark It for the invite! I haven't been out on an event in so long. I also haven't written for a long while now! I enjoyed shopping and I will definitely go back for more!

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L'indochine Loves Anina Rubio

Trust the Inspiration Seekers, L'indochine's Leona Panutat and Charlene Carlos to come up with a collection so pretty and great that you'd want to take them all home because you can't decide which one to buy! This time, they collaborated with well-known local calligraphy and watercolor artist, Anina Rubio.

Anina created designs exclusively for L’Indochine stores. “The collection is close to heart and it is generally inspired by nature elements in the Philippines such as Banana leaves, Coconut leaves, Hibiscus, Urchins, Corals, and Seaweeds. My designs are also more pattern oriented - which is a deviation from my usual typography/calligraphy artworks. Each piece, despite being from the same collection, has a different pattern.”

To create her collection “I got inspiration from my travels around the Philippines. I usually visit at least one province in the country every month, and every province yielded a different stroke of inspiration. The country is surrounded by greens and blues and those two are what sparked my designs for this collaboration: Underwater and Tropics.” 

The #L’IndochineLovesAninaRubio collection is a particularly special one as it is the first collaboration that carries both home and fashion pieces. It's a 10-piece collection that let’s you live the island life in style. For fashion, there's an all around tote bag that’s perfect for traveling, notebooks for sketching or jotting down notes, pencil cases, pouches for storing your swimwear, and our best selling travel clutch. For the home, there's hand painted galvanized buckets, stools, beaded pillow cases, placemats and framed artwork.

Shelf full of L'indochine x Anina Rubio goodies. Seriously, it's hard to shop when you see that you want everything!

I want the chairs! Dahil hindi ako maka-decide which one to get, I went home empty handed. Na-stress ako! Haha! Hoping I can go back to L'indochine soon and there's still stock of the chair!

During the launch, we were able to join a mini watercolor workshop by Anina Rubio! It was harder than I thought. I never understood how watercolor works until it was explained by Anina. Patience is the key pala!

Left: Anina showing us her journal where she picks random flowers and leafs from her travels and she paints it.

Right: Anina showing us how to blend colors and a few tricks on watercolor.

Galing niya!

She makes it look so easy!!!

Thank you L'indochine and Anina Rubio! Here's us showing our work! :) Ipapa-frame ko to! Char.

Chessy, Anina, Michelle and me! L'indochine events are always fun! Thank you Leona and Char for inviting!

Sharing more photos of the collection because they're just too pretty not to share! They make great Christmas presents too! (Photos by Sheila Catilo)

 Calligraphy and watercolor artist Anina Rubio with her own designed swimsuit pouch exclusively for L’Indochine for the  #L’IndochineLovesAninaRubio collaboration.

 Pretty swimsuit pouch.

 Tropics designed all around tote perfect for travelling.

Left:  Anina Rubio holding an Underwater inspired travel clutch.

Right: Underwater inspired travel clutch to help you organize your things.

 Underwater inspired pencil case inspired by Anina’s diving adventure. 

 Pretty designed notebooks for sketching or jotting down notes of your daily adventures.

 #L’IndochineLovesAninaRubio fashion collection includes:  tote perfect for travelling, swimsuit pouch, travel clutch,  pencil case and notebooks.

Left: Anina’s  tropic designed cushion makes this stool lovelier.

Right: The Tropic designed cushion for this exotic stool is inspired by Anina’s love for nature.

Beautifully designed beaded throw pillow covers. 

 Fun and functional hand painted galvanized buckets.  

 This framed artwork is designed to inspire and lighten up a room.

 Lovely table set-up using #L’IndochineLovesAninaRubio Tropic designed placemats

Tropic designed placemats.  

The #L’IndochineLovesAninaRubio collection is exclusively available at L’Indochine at the 4th level of SM Mega Fashion Hall and at the 3rd level of SM Aura Premier.

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