January 27, 2010

My Little F.A.R.M.er

He inspires me to do and write about wonderful things! I love the way he says, "These are buttons!"


Happy birthday Abram from F.A.R.M. and your fabulous mommy-F.A.R.M.er that is me :=)

January 20, 2010

Fabulous Mommy-F.A.R.M.er

As much as possible, we don't play favorites here (Favorite, adj. - getting too much exposure on the F.A.R.M. blog).

But how can we not? Our superstar F.A.R.M.s on her birthday holiday in Mexico! And lookee, she's fabulously pregnant! And looking good as ever!

Beautiful! Ok, ok, we DO play favorites. And Emily's definitely the one!

Picture Perfect!

Thank you prettylicious Jacky Joson for sending us your F.A.R.M. photos!

Yellows and browns look uber nice on you!

No lies - we lovette!!!!

Gear up for 2010!

Sorry guys Buttons to Hope isn't meeting this month. Just so many things up our sleeves lately. And the blogs are few - apologies.

But we gotta see you on February 6 for the first official meet-up this year. Save the date, please. We hope you have rested enough. Brace yourselves for the real hardwork in 2010!

January 10, 2010

Inay in America!

No, it's not true. It's not true that F.A.R.M.'s closing shop.

We may be in the midst of shortage and deep urge to F.A.R.M. again. But let's leave her alone right now, and at least for a few more weeks. Look, our Inay is having the time of her life...



Exploring America with F.A.R.M....

Sharing private joys...

Reminiscing and renewing bonds...

Let's give it to her. Let's be profusely happy for her well-deserved R & R.

Now start readying your lists. For when she comes back, it's a whole different story.


Cheers to better, refreshed F.A.R.M. in 2010!

January 5, 2010

Emily Morales F.A.R.M.s to Stardom!

Emily Britanico-Morales, a true-blue BaaoeƱa, is paving her way to Broadway stardom as a very stylish young celebrity. She's got talent. Class. Style.


Leave the comments to the experts. All we know is that she is the best.



On Miss Saigon performance:

“As the Vietnamese woman Kim, forsaken by her American serviceman lover, Emily Morales is an appealing dramatic powerhouse. Her voice is as intense and powerful as her acting, and she controls it well over the extremely wide range demanded by the role.”

-The Post Standard, Chuck Klaus



On The King And I performance:

“It’s impossible to overpraise Emily Morales’ lovely and lyrical Tuptim, enchanting in “I Have Dreamed” and “We Kiss in Shadow” with handsome Richard Manera as her doomed beloved.”

-Chicago Free Press, Lawrence Bommer




She knows fashion. And a F.A.R.M.er, she absolutely is!

January 3, 2010

F.A.R.M. in 2009

Before the Christmas season comes to an end, let us, from the BUTTON OF OUR HEARTS, thank ALL OF YOU for making F.A.R.M. shine in 2009. Thank you for buying and wearing F.A.R.M. and supporting our workers. Thank you for the raves (and occassional rants from our critics) and the encouraging words that were overflowing. Thank you for Buttons to Hope and for helping us dream and endeavor to send Baao youth to school. Thank you for religiously following the F.A.R.M. blog and anticipating new stories everyday. Thank you that we made it!

Accept these dainty little Christmas trees made of F.A.R.M. buttons. They are symbols of a very successful and fruitful year that passed.

F.A.R.M. button Christmas tree made in Baao, Camarines Sur, Philippines

F.A.R.M. button Christmas tree made in Monterey, California, USA

We hope to be bigger and better this year. And we will continue to count on YOU! Happy new year F.A.R.M.ers! Happy new year everyone!

F.A.R.M.ers in a Posh School Homecoming!

Baao's premier Catholic school St. Monica Academy held its 2009 Alumni Homecoming on 29 December 2009. If there was something new this time, it was the fact that the affair caught our attention and it is worth mentioning.



Red carpet, paparazzi walls, and the designer outfits of the hosts passed our idea of 'posh'.

What made it more stunning and interesting was - the organizers and guests that you're getting a glimpse of in this post are F.A.R.M.ers, too!



They were the best-dressed, most good-looking ones that graced the evening!

F.A.R.M.ers donned their favorite F.A.R.M. pieces.

And hit the limelight! Time and time again, F.A.R.M.ers rock!

Congratulations to Mia, Rommel, Eena, Menchu, Martha, Mariesyl, Gina, Yayet and the rest for fabulously and absolutely pulling it off! We lovett!