Give Love on Mother’s Day!

Being a mother is one of the most challenging yet the most rewarding jobs in the world. As each of these precious women is  unique,  each one has her own way of showing her  unconditional and tireless love to her  kids. So we honor our moms during this particular time of the year by showing our love for them through the most special way that we could think of. 

On Mother’s Day, we put them under the spotlight and make our moms feel the prettiest and most special. We give them sweet solutions like a trip to her favourite hangout spot, a day off from her usual household chores, a box of chocolates, a salon makeover or a bouquet of her favorite flowers. But have you ever thought about giving such a special woman in your life something that can last for more than a day or a week? 

Instead of going to the store and buying her a predictable gift,, why not sit down and take time to write an old-fashioned  note to express your gratitude for everything she has done for you? Rather than a store-bought present, let your heartfelt love notes fill her heart as you take time to thank the woman who has gotten you out of bed and made you breakfast every morning, picked you up and patched your wounds, kept a vigil by your bedside whenever you were sick and stood by you all these years. 

After-School Assignment: Brighten Up Your Summer with Scotch® and Post-it® Products!

The bell has rung! School’s out, summer’s in! Along with the graceful exit of each academic year comes the question: “What am I supposed to do now?” Because, let’s face it, after being busy all year at school, the months of doing nothing seem to stretch on and on. For you to make the most out of this season, we have cool tips on how you can make the most of your free days, remain productive, get organized and become creative!

1. Plot the Plan

Think less of it as a to-do list and more of a wish list! Pen down the activities and experiences as well as tasks and errands that you want to do for the summer. You may simply jot them down on a Post-it® Ruled Notes such as: learn photography, clean up your computer hard drive, marathon the latest season of your favourite series, have a sleepover, and tidy up your room. A list will serve as your guide throughout the whole summer so that you can be sure that you don’t miss out on any adventure.

2. Out with the Old!

As each academic year concludes, there comes a room full of assorted school supplies, books and notes.  Ignoring the nagging mess in your room will just create roll a ball of junk as time goes by. Survey your books and school supplies; take the time to fix or de-clutter them.

Gather those files up and label them per subject and then per semester. You may use Post-it® Flags for this. Their various colours will help you color-code and get better organized. After you have sorted and stored your things, you now have an option to preserve them for future reference, hand them down to help out younger siblings or your juniors at school or even donate them to a public school or charity. Doing this has a double-edged effect: you have saved your room space while helping other people in need.  

Inspect every corner of your room and categorize the things that you want to keep and the ones that you have to throw away. For those belongings that you wish to keep, place them inside stylish and patterned boxes. Using Scotch® Packaging Tape, you may easily secure the storage boxes and stack them neatly in one corner of your room. 

3. In with the new!

Now that you are officially mess-free, you may move forward to the more fun part: Decorating! Imagine the room as your canvass; let loose of your artsy side and express how happy you are for summer. And what better way to do this than to fill-up your wall with summer memories?

These memories are things you will one day look back on fondly. Treasure these recollections by turning them into a collage on your wall. For this, you can use Scotch® Reusable Mounting Strips to mount colorful cartolinas to your wall (without having to worry about damaging the surface) and then tack your summer snapshots there using Scotch® Double-Sided Tape. It is coated with photo-safe, permanent adhesive on both sides. 

You can also keep a scrapbook for this purpose. You don’t need to confine yourself to an album-type either. Get loose and creative! Summer memories can be kept using an envelope collage – various envelopes of different sizes and colors can store items and keepsakes to easily pull out and recollect. You can also use a long length of cartolina, fold it a la accordion type and secure  the mementoes you want to keep on either side then fold it back into a box for safe-keeping. To fasten your important items, you can use Scotch® Magic Tape which cuts easily and seals cleanly. It also has a transparent finish and resists yellowing or cracking with age so you can keep these memories safe for longer.

There are so many cool room ideas that you can do with the help of Scotch® products and you may share the thrill of these activities with your friends as well!  Make this summer count and may it be the best that you’ll ever have! 

3M, Post-it® and Scotch® are trademarks of 3M

Command™ a Fresh Looking Home this 2012

Time flies so fast that school ends before you know it and summer is knocking on your doors again. Be sure to be prepared as your children will be staying home for vacation. This is the time for some reorganizing, redecorating and if necessary, renovation. 

3M Philippines, which offers a wide array of home space solutions, gives you ideas that will inspire you to make a fresh looking and “vacation-ready” home stay.

“At 3M Philippines, we inspire new ideas, creative transformations and powerful innovations that make life better for our customers. This summer, we are encouraging everyone to take full command of a new and balanced life – be it family, friends or career – as we empower you to initiate creative and efficient changes starting in your home spaces,” shares Vivian Faustino, Head of Construction and Home Improvement Division for Consumer and Office Business, 3M Philippines.

Scotch® Brand sets a new trend—Rabbit style tape dispenser

Scotch® Brand launches its one of a kind Rabbit Dispenser as the latest addition to their tape dispenser portfolio.

An essential home and office tool, the Scotch® Rabbit Dispenser is designed with a sleek shape, pointed rabbit ears, and comes in four fun colors– pink, white, teal, and black. Its lightweight, stable base and secure blade makes organizing convenient, safe and mess-free. One of the product’s functional features is that it is manageable to refill with the invisible and easy-to-cut Scotch® Magic™ Tape which then helps busy moms, dedicated teachers and students stay organized with style.   

“We see that the youth and young professionals have grown to be more expressive in their creativity and individuality, that is why 3M Philippines always comes up with innovative products that meet both personal and functional needs of our market,” says Haydee Casapao, Stationery and Office Supplies Division Head.  

Each pack of the Rabbit Dispenser contains 1 Scotch® Magic ™ Tape Rabbit Dispenser and 2 rolls of Scotch® Magic™ Tape 18mm x 15m. The stylish and economically efficient Scotch® Magic ™ Tape Rabbit Dispenser is now available in major bookstores and office superstores nationwide. 

3M and Scotch® are trademarks of 3M.

Sugar Rushed Tweens Connected with Candy Cuties through Post-it® Brand at Candy Fair ‘11

3M Philippines partners with Candy Magazine for a 2nd serving of the Candy Fair which was a success in 2010. This year, the most “note-able” Candy Cuties will yet again sweeten the Candy girls’ day at the Mega Tent Events Venue last September 24, 2011.

This year our Candy girls  get the chance to express themselves and impress their favorite Candy cuties by writing heartfelt and personal notes and posting them on the Post-it® Freedom Board where the Cuties can read them. Fun games and prizes also await Candy teens who will be participating in the fun games at the 3M booth.

HEALTHY LYF: Scotch® Reusable Mounting Products Review

3M introduces new Scotch® Reusable Mounting Products

The only thing constant is change – whether at work, home or in school. With change comes the need to update to be relevant. At home, it’s the grocery lists, chore assignments and the kids’ works of art. At school, essays, sketches and the top students lists need regular updating while at work, monthly quotas, scheduled meetings and project status.

Most people probably take this reality for granted until they see the peeling plaster and walls riddled with holes. With the need for lightweight mounting in mind, 3M Philippines introduces its newest innovation, Scotch® Reusable Mounting Products. The Strips and Tabs are pre-cut, clear, reusable, and removable adhesive for lightweight mounting and re-mounting to maximize available spaces.

“We, in 3M, saw the need of the market for a tool that can help maximize space, organize walls and even decorate homes while at the same time, protecting surfaces. What’s more, this new innovation from Scotch® Brand can be “reused again and again” and can support up to 1lb of weight thereby making it economical, convenient, and eco-friendly,” says Haydee Casapao, 3M Office Supplies Sales and Marketing Manager.

Being reusable, Scotch® Reusable Mounting Products help save money and effort while offering a more eco-friendly and better alternative to magnets, push pins, tacks and putties. They also remove easily and cleanly making them more preferable than tacks which can damage surfaces and even causes minor accidents. They can also be used on most flat surfaces including stainless steel, plastic, concrete, glass, wood and painted walls. Just clean it with water, and it’s good to go again.

Most of the offices and schools don’t allow mounting of objects, photos and posters on

walls because it might damage the paint of the establishment. However, with the use of Scotch® Reusable Mounting Products, photos, posters, and lists can now be mounted without any hassle, residue or damage – perfect for teachers, who need to change their lecture materials in a flash to maximize the time during class discussions, for professionals who need to keep their to-do lists on their cubicle walls or for moms to stick their shopping lists on the fridge. They are also perfect for securing items like picture frames or many of our odds and ends.

Apart from Scotch® Reusable Strips, 3M Philippines also offers Reusable Sheets and Tabs to address all the lightweight mounting requirements and the need to adapt to the various changing environments at home, school or work.

3M and Scotch® are trademarks of 3M.

My Experience and Verdict

The product is easy to use and also can be used with any shape. Cleaning is easy and even kids can do it them selves. Though the tape is a little thick this is actually an advantage for it to peel off smoothly leaving very minimal or no marks at all. As a universal adhesive, its perfect for home use and of course the best feature is yoi can use it over and over again!

HEALTHY LYF: GH Good Ideas Workshop

3M Philippines, in partnership with Summit Media, presents the GH Good Ideas Workshop that featured fresh and practical home improvement ideas for an organized and cleaner home. With the aim to give the fresh and practical home improvement ideas for moms, 3M Philippines and Summit Media is set to bring useful and educational household ideas through their invites space and design experts.