100 Playful Abstracts
2021 was a particularly unique year to our family. And it wasn't only because of the pandemic but
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Valentine Crafts!
Three days to go before Valentines day! If you are looking for last-minute craft projects to do on
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Travel Album 2018-2019
During last year's lengthy lockdown , I delighted in looking through older family photos, specially
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2021 Planners & Journals
I would always get inquiries on Instagram about the journals I use so I thought it would be helpful
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Dec Daily 2020: Ending The Year On a Brighter Note
This year has brought so much change in our lives. Even the way we celebrate Christmas will be
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September: Garden Impressions With Claude Monet PART 2
Picking up where we left off, I am sharing two more Monet inspired projects my daughters and I did
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100 Rubberstamps in Quarantine
In the face of all the many different things that were cancelled or put on hold this year, I managed
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SEPTEMBER: Garden Impressions With Claude Monet Part 1
If David Hockney prompted us to explore the minute details of the indoors last March, Claude Monet
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August: Color & Expression With Alma Thomas
Last month, the colourful, abstract expressionistic paintings of Alma Woodsey Thomas gave us life!
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JULY: Imagine And Play With Joan Miro
My 7 year old daughter Emma selected Joan Miro for July's Artist In Focus. We studied and took
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Garden Walk DIY Activity Zine
These days, unable to explore and go on trips as much as we usually did pre-Covid, the backyard
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JUNE: Freedom Figures With Jacob Lawrence
In June, when the Black Lives Matter protests just began to escalate again in America, and we,
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Raggedy Pocket Dolls
My children often come to me with ideas for projects. Half the time, I simply help them get the
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Travel Diary: Singapore, March 2020
I made it a point not to rush into completing this travel journal entry. I like the idea of letting
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Online Creative Classes With Skill Skout
There has been a huge upsurge of online classes all over the world in the last few months. As people
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From Our Windows At Night
A Poem & A Shadowbox You set fire to the freedom we builtWhile we're home protecting our
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MAY: Objects and Stories with Betye Saar Part 2
In this second series of art activities inspired by Betye Saar, we work on whimsical projects using
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C+V AnniverZine
Last May 22nd, Kayo and I celebrated our 10th Wedding Anniversary. It's a pretty huge milestone for
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Collected and Sewn : DIY Notebooks
I love paper. There's just something very soothing about working with it. And it's precisely why
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MAY: Objects and Stories with Betye Saar PART 1
We are back exploring influential contemporary artists this month of May. We decided to skip April
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FIVE THINGS THIS WEEK: Take Care, Stay Safe
Jumping right into it, here are five (more or less!) things/activities that kept me going the last
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Five Things This Week: What Day Is it?
I'm losing track of the days, to be honest. While writing this I checked my planner and, apparently,
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My First Pregnancy
It was heaven and hell. The best of times and worst of times. Bliss and pain. This was my first
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Welcome to The Carlos and Veronica DIY Wedding Retrospective
10 years ago, we tied the knot! This podcast will document how we did it on the cheap and why we
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First Jordans
These are my first pair of Jordans. Mine is a common story: kid grows up in the 90s, watches via
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Good Pairings
If you follow my IG stories, you'll see that my weekend baking project involved making fudge
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Five Things This Week: Book Club, Berry Pickers and The Boogeyman
It is in this season of uncertainty that we really find ourselves holding onto things -- anything,
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Coming Back to Design
One of the nice things about quarantine is the opportunity to exercise old skills. For example, I
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Legacy Weapon
In the words of Virgil Abloh when he originally said that street wear was going to die in 2020,"Hey
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MARCH: Being In The Moment With David Hockney Part 2
In one of Austin Kleon's recent email newsletters, he shares about David Hockney being a quarantine
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March: In The Moment With David Hockney PART 1
Let's face it. It is difficult to escape our current situation, specially for those of us who are
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Printmaking at The Bee’s Knees
I'm lying in bed, scrolling through the photos in my phone, remembering all the places I visited
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Good Mourning
As I am reminded by my Google Photos app of Hong Kong -- it being the place where I was a year ago
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Kusama-esque Paper Mache Sculptures
We are in Week 3 of community quarantine! To those of you who have kids at home, I totally
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Little Creative Goals: Februllage 2020
Making a point to celebrate every accomplishment right now no matter how small or trivial. Something
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February: Making Dots with Yayoi Kusama
I was quite excited about tackling Yayoi Kusama with the kids because I find her to be a very
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So Much More Than Just A Drawing Class
Entering the venue opened up a series of disarming moments. Walls filled with skillfully drawn
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January: Picasso & Cubism
One of my goals this 2020 is to learn more about the lives and styles of different influential
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Let’s Be Explorers Planner: A Closer Look
One of the things I love about beginning the year is that I get to use a brand new planner or
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2020 Vision
Summer tells me that it's the first time she ever saw me cry. 2019 has been such a mixed bag. Losing
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No 4 Craft For Christmas: Wrap With Scrap
This countdown would not be complete without gift wrapping! It's another reason why I love this
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No 5 Craft For Christmas: Glitter Jars
My kids could barely wait for the day to work on this project. After a failed attempt a few months
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No 6 Craft For Christmas: Activity Zines
This may be the simplest, quickest and most carefree project in the countdown -- Christmas activity
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No 7 Craft For Christmas: Jingle Bells!
Our seventh craft project this Christmas is something that sounds sweet and cheerful to the ears… We
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No 8 Craft For Christmas: Shape Shaker Pins
Every year, I acquire a new pin to add to my Christmas pin collection. It's a mix of store bought
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No 9 Craft For Christmas: Silly Hats
All the children in our Unschooling squad were encouraged to come in Christmas hats at our Christmas
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No 10 Craft For Christmas: Festive Stamps
I've been busy with threadwork the past half year so I've really missed stamp carving. This is why I
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No 11 Craft For Christmas: Wreath Make Over!
I bought this bare Christmas wreath a few years back which I decorate differently every few years.
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12 Crafts For Christmas 2019
Six years ago, I did a project called 12 CRAFTS FOR CHRISTMAS where I worked on twelve different
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On Courage, Creativity and Completing 100 Embroideries
On Oct 31st, I completed my 100th embroidery as a sweet ending to my 100 Day Project this year! I've
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Closing in on Opening Day
Its been a pretty wild year. Two months to go, and these 2 photos kind of show how far we've come
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How We Did Halloween This Year
This year's Halloween has turned out to be a blast, for the kids most specially! I think it's our
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Jo’s “Street” Party
It's never easy putting together DIY parties. In fact it's a lot of work. But one good reason why we
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Me-Time in Taipei
One of my goals this year is to go on a solo trip somewhere I've never been to before. I'm so happy
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Handmade Paper
A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Berry, came over our shop to teach me and the girls how to make
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Tracking A Moving Target
It's a major problem with "being yourself." Happens all the time, happens every day. And it's really
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DIY Activity Booklets using Everyday Explorers Stamps
One of my daughters' favorite games to play is I Spy. I usually join. We take turns picking an
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After-midnight chicken run with the girls
I wonder if they'll remember this? So much importance is loaded on the cliché watershed moments of
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Make or Break
This is one of those projects in which the process far outweighs the product. A few months back, my
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No More Hobbies?
At the end of a pretty intense week, I think I had a pretty perfect lazy Sunday. Slept in, spent
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Golden Hour
Our family spent the long weekend in surftown to celebrate Summer's birthday and be with family. It
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Looking Back at 2018 and Celebrating The Little Details
I have been doing Project Life for five years now. I had just realized that! I started scrapbooking
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Summer Highlights Mini Album
This year seems to be slipping by so fast and the season has definitely shifted. We seem to be
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I’m a World’s Most Experimental Bartender Finalist!
Another page in my never ending quest to do yet another thing, here I am behind the bar at one of
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Single-Day Vacay
As much as I'd like to, It's not always feasible for us as a family to go on weekend getaways but
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Drinking Solo On the Last Night of Flying Solo
9 years ago tonight, I went to a bar by myself. Over couple of Estrella Galicia 1906 dark lagers, I
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Project Life: Kota Kinabalu 2017
At long last! After a year and a half, I've finally completed our Kota Kinabalu family vacation
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Craft Easy DIY: Summer Scrapbooking
This summer, I'm sooo thrilled to be working with Craft Easy Philippines to share with you some fun
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Craft Easy Picks + 15-min Projects
Who's always on the lookout for nice and affordable craft supplies? If that's you, then you may just
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Road to Disneyland
Our trip to Hong Kong Disneyland last month was about 15 months in the making and my girls' biggest,
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Adventures with Summer, Emma and Jo
Summer and Emma, with their Papa, put together a video about how our family celebrated Emma's sixth
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Art Fair 2019
I only had a couple of hours to spend at Art Fair PH this year. It definitely wasn't enough time to
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Februllage + Junk Journal
I found a fun excuse (not that I really needed one) to keep making collages last month when I
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Thoughtful Valentine Crafts
Two sleeps left days before Valentine's Day! If you and your kids are in search of a craft activity
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Singapore Photo Diary: Minimalism, A Revelation
At the top of my hitlist visiting Singapore last month was a trip to the museums. We were able to
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Singapore 2018 Photo Diary: Coffee Shops
Kayo and I went to Singapore last month for a weekend convention but we made sure to dedicate the
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On Celebrating Wins, Recognizing Losses and Starting Fresh
I remember beginning many years of my adult life already feeling overwhelmed, way before anything
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After a real busy crunch through 2018's Q4, it's great to have time with this crew and be 100% with
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All The Christmas Fuss
For this year's Advent Calendar, I let the girls have complete artistic control. We used scrap
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Merry Making at Quriocity
Making ornaments with my kids during this time of year has become one of our much-anticipated family
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Instax & Crafts: Felt Mistletoe
There are many stories and versions of how "kissing under the mistletoe" came to be. One of the more
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Who to Bring to a Battle
I spent the last week working with this talented group of artists as they built their respective
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Made to run. Built to fly.
Jo turned 4 years old a couple weeks ago. She's growing up fast, and considering that she's the
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Not So Fresh. Thoughts on Work Wear.
Build day! (Follow along in Instagram stories.) Something I've been experimenting with is upcycling
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Play No Matter Your Skill Level
Follow our journey on Instagram (@kayocosio) this week as we build and roll out interactive street
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All The Different Things I Bleed
Despite of the short time I had left to work on my part in this piece (because crammer!) and
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Pop Culture, Street Art, and Moments in our Memories
Fascination with pop culture never ends. This afternoon we took a moment to check out EXLD's newest
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Collage Day!
Last week, I had the privilege of putting together a collage day at Kendo entitled PAPEL AT
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Seven Years of Summer
Today, Summer turns seven. All my girls are dear to me but Summer coming into my life is significant
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Papel at Pandikit: 100 Tiny Collages
I finally completed my 100 Day Project for this year and I enjoyed it so much that it makes me a
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Curious Kids at Quriocity
Last week, my sister in law, Martine, and I decided to take our kids and their cousins out for a
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Micro Scrapbooking with the Pioneer DIY Planner
One of my favorite things to do to unwind is memory keeping. I enjoy taking stock of things we've
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Every Detail Counts: An Afternoon at Heleyna
"Who are the people in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood..." is the song that comes to mind
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Little Makers at Hey Kessy Pottery
I always find my kids making things -- whether it be cardboard tube dolls, a shoebox spy gadget or a
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Museum Day!
Clean white interiors, neoclassical architecture, ample natural light, a rich and colorful heritage
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Favorite things: my Pesado system
One of my favorite things these days is my Pesado 58.5 Tamper with Depth Adjuster. Paired
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Riso Printing with Bad Student
I often conduct workshops but very rarely do I get to be a participant these days. So I was really
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Looking Back: Wedding Details and DIYs
In a few days, Kayo and I will be celebrating 8 years of marriage -- eight years! Can you believe
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