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A Fun Catalan Christmas Tradition: El Caganer & Caga Tio

November 21, 2020

I love learning traditions in different countries when we travel! And the most memorable so far is the strange, fun and funny Catalan Christmas tradition of having El Caganer (“The Pooper”) & Caga . . .

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TALA Ornaments from @loveclarisse_ Look Like Mini-Parols

November 20, 2020

If you aren't Filipino, you will first ask me, "What is a Parol?" I did an unboxing on my IG because I was really happy with it's packaging that had very minimal plastic plastic and high . . .

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Decorating with a 5YO Makes for a Not-so-perfectly White Christmas

November 20, 2020

If you saw my earlier post about Creating a White Tropical Christmas and even our Christmas Decor in Berlin, I was able to totally curate our Christmas decor all these years to white and gold. Now . . .

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How to Pack Glass Ornaments With Reused Giftwrapping Paper

November 19, 2020

The amount of waste produced during Christmas is staggering so I want to share some ways we reduce our waste after opening Christmas presents! Even though our building recycles, we know that not . . .

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How to Put Up Christmas Lights Tangle-free & Simplified

November 17, 2020

Say bye-bye to tangled Christmas tree lights! I learned about this technique from a book called Real Simple Solutions. This is a great book that I bought in Jakarta many years ago when we were . . .

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Toddler-Friendly White Christmas in the Tropics

November 16, 2020

I originally wrote this post in December 2018 on my Minimaluxe website, but I'd like to transfer it here since we use it every year as a basis or guide for when we decorate here in Manila. WHITE . . .

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HAY DESIGN Colour Crate & DLM table + DISCOUNT CODE

November 10, 2020

I came home from our Tagaytay AirBnB vacation with a really nice package waiting for me from the exclusive distributor of my favorite Scandi brand called HAY DESIGN. I was so intrigued that even . . .

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Minimaluxe Halloween Decor

October 13, 2020

I didn't think we were going to put up Halloween decor this year because we are still on lockdown and trick or treating is definitely cancelled this year! But a few weekends ago DiploBaby was . . .

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Minimalist White Soap Dishes That Save Your Soaps

September 14, 2020

I've always felt let down by most soap dishes, because either the soap is sitting in a puddle of water and getting wasted or even if the water is strained out, it's still stuck in the bottom. So I . . .

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What To Do With Orchids After They Bloom

September 3, 2020

For Mother's Day I received the most wonderful white Phalaenopsis orchids from TD. It lasted a few months and I really enjoyed this plant. It made our space more beautiful and really made me smile. . . .

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Hello! I’m Ayessa, trailing spouse to a diplomat, mama to DiploBaby and DiploDog and founder of Declutter MNL. I love talking about how to achieve a minimaluxe lifestyle one step at a time.

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