Get FREE tickets to 7107 International Music Festival from SMART!

Smart, along with its online music portal SPINNR, has just announced its partnership with the 7107 International Music Festival, the music event of the year that everyone has been talking about. 

Which only means, if you are a Smart subscriber, you may be one of over a thousand lucky subscribers who will get the chance to experience the 7107 International Music Festival for FREE on February 22 to 23 at Global Gateway Logistics City, in Clark, Pampanga.

Headlined by the best international acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kaskade, Empire of the Sun, and Kendrick Lamar, and the most talented local bands such as Up Dharma Down, Taken by Cars, and Radioactive Sago Project, to name a few, the 7107 International Music Festival is poised to become the biggest music festival in the country, ever.

Smart’s Media, Trade Activation and Touchpoints Group Head Darlene Chiong and Data and International Services Marketing Head Michele Curran with Tina Herrera, Executive Producer of the 7107 International Music Festival, Smart Innovations and Product Development Group Head Melissa Limcaoco, and Smart Prepaid Marketing Head Joel Lumanlan

In the coming weeks, Smart Prepaid, Postpaid and Broadband subscribers will have the chance to earn the privilege of witnessing some of the best international and local music acts just by being with the leader in mobile. 

“We are making sure that our subscribers will have the best music experience during the 7107 International Music Festival that only Smart and SPINNR can provide,” said Charles A. Lim, EVP and Head of the Wireless Consumer Division at Smart. “We have made a promise that our subscribers can ‘Live More’ by being with Smart. And we believe that the 7107 International Music Festival is a perfect avenue for that.” 

More than just providing a number of ways to get access to this much-awaited music event, Smart has prepared a wide array of exciting events and attractions exclusive to subscribers that will truly make their 7107 experience one for the books—including a dedicated Smart headquarters where subscribers can lounge and hang out for the duration of the entire event. 

Lucky Smart subscribers will also get the chance to meet and greet the artists back stage, take home exclusive merchandise, and get exclusive perks on the festival grounds. 

For a truly interactive 7107 experience, Smart subscribers will also be able to instantly share with the rest of the world the best of their 7107 moments. Smart, which has the ‘nationwidest’ and most reliable mobile and broadband network in the country, is providing free WiFi at the music festival, which will enable everyone to stay connected to tweet and post photos and videos for all the world to view and love. 

These and other surprises await Smart subscribers at the 7107 International Music Festival next month. 

To get the latest updates on how you can hop aboard this one-of-a-kind music experience brought to you by Smart and SPINNR, visit smart.com.ph/7107 or follow @SMARTPromos on Twitter and like Smart Communications on Facebook. 

SPINNR, powered by Smart Music, is the country’s biggest online music portal with more than 3 Million songs from a wide range of local and international artists available for download. For as low as P49, users can enjoy unlimited music streaming from SPINNR on their PCs, smartphones and tablet with no data charges for 30 days. For more information, please visit www.spinnr.ph. 

Chrysara NEST in Mandaluyong

I first discovered Chrysara, a Pampanga-based export company specializing in home decors, accessories and gift items back in October 2012, at Manila FAME. 

There were so many booths that I fell in love with then, and as you can guess, one of those booths was Chrysara. I loved their vintage-y toys, home decors, religious icons inside bell jars, I even ended up buying these doll busts right on the spot.

When I asked them if they had a store I can visit after the exhibit, they said they had none, but I could go visit their factory in Pampanga. 

Not wanting to make the trek to Pampanga, the following day, I just had to go again to the SMX Convention Center to pick up a mermaid lamp that I put on reserve. I truly was smitten.

Ever since then, the Chrysara booth has always been a pit stop for me every time Manila FAME rolls around.

Sometime last July 2013, I found out that my ballerina friend Rhea Dumdum Bautista was consulting for Alice Reyes Van Doorn, Ballet Philippines (BP) founder turned creative director of Chrysara (who named her company after her kids Chris & Sara). 

Rhea had invited me to the private sale of the newly opened flagship store in Pampanga, and I was like, "OMG, I can totally see myself going to Pampanga just to shop at their store!"

Lucky for me, by November of 2013, I didn't even have to go all the way to the North.

Because Chrysara Nest opened a store right here in Metro Manila, on Col. Buenaventura Stree in Addition Hills, Mandaluyong.  

The store is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm, and by appointment on Mondays.

As expected, it is chock-full of finds, and you can easily pick up something interesting for you to decorate your beach house, kids' room and restaurant with, in one fell swoop.

"Weather worn" oars, surfer dudes, and 20s bathing babes for your Batangas beach house

Vintage-inspired toys for the boys' room

Oriental-inspired decor for a modern Chinese restaurant

It was also fun seeing their pieces, such as the fat lady here...

...in a Wisteria catalog, dressed just a bit differently. Chrysara has been exporting their wares to specialty home stores for close to 30 years now. They even supply my favorite home store Restoration Hardware.

1920s Classic French Glass Cloches, as seen on the Restoration Hardware Catalog, are handmade in Pampanga, by Chrysara

A version of the glass cloche with angel wings ala Restoration Hardware

The santos that Joseph Altuzzara talked about in the New York Times?

Chrysara has versions of that too. I want one, or maybe three. I would totally do an Altuzzara and have these ladies wear my necklaces when I am not wearing them.

Apart from busts and santos, I found that they make gorgeous sunburst mirrors too, that can be customised to a client's specifications.

As well as dome glass jars. Chrysara NEST has these in all sizes, with the medium one costing Php3,500 only.

These are just but a fraction of what you would see in the Mandaluyong store, and practically a drop in the bucket of their Pampanga flagship store, but at this rate, it's hard pressed to walk away without a couple of these gorgeous, and yet surprisingly affordable pieces for one's home, office or store.

For more on Chrysara, visit their website, http://www.chrysaranest.com/ or email chrysara@chrysara.com.

Chrysara NEST Pampanga
Angeles Industrial Park
Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm (closed Sunday)
Tel: (02) 246-8347 ; (45) 636-6036

Chrysara NEST Mandaluyong
776 Col. Buenaventura Street (formerly East Street)
Mandaluyong, Metro Manila
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-7:00pm (closed Monday)
Tel: (02) 724-0172

Chrysara Nest Private Sale

I always make it a point to go to the Chrysara booth everytime Manila FAME comes around. So, it is with glee that I share with you Chrysara NEST, Chrysara's very first retail store, a flagship one at that! 

Chrysara NEST is inside Angeles Industrial Park in Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga. It is worth the drive to the north I assure you. Especially because there's a 2 day Private Sale (you my dear readers are invited of course!) happening this Friday and Saturday, July 26 to 27, from 9 AM to 5 PM.

 

Print out this map so that you don't get lost on your way there!

 

I am excited to see what treasures Chrysara NEST beholds. As Rhea Dumdum Bautista says, make sure you have lots of room in your trunk when you go!

PS - have you read about designer Joseph Altuzarra's inspiration from Chrysara?

via The NY Times

Chrysara has been exporting their home items for 30 years now to the US, Europe and Australia, and at high-end stores such as Wisteria (wisteria.com) and Ballard Designs (ballarddesigns.com). Many of their local customers have been requesting that they open a store, the clamor so strong, that they finally opened this year! Don't miss it! Bring your family and friends!

Chrysara NEST

Phone: (02) 246 8347
Email: chrysara@chrysara.com
Website: http://www.chrysara.com