I love coming up with cute and creative ways to organize my stuff. This Wall Organizer is definitely up that alley and will add life and color to any space. Making it involves a little bit of sewing but don't worry, cause it's super basic! Allow me to guide you through... Read More
This was a Valentine's project I did for Instax last month. It's very cute and can definitely be made for any or no occcassion at all! It even cones with a hidden treat inside! Here's how to make them: Read More
A week into Advent and we've been busy! In keeping with our family traditions, the girls and I made an Advent Calendar to help make our countdown to Christmas memorable and meaningful. We set aside an afternoon at Kendo to work on it together. I must say, this year's may be my favorite one so far! Just like what we always do, we made use of stuff we already had at home: an empty cardboard box, assorted board paper, markers, washi tapes, ribbon and crepe paper. I took care of creating the little compartments inside the cardboard box (which turned out to be a lot trickier than I had imagined!) Read More
My first Christmas event of the year was with Fujifilm Instax last week at The Atrium in Megamall. They invited me to conduct another Instax & Crafts. This time, we made table top Christmas trees which can also be used as Instax photo holders. Again, I was amazed at the participants' crafting skills and how they maximised the materials given them to make these adorable miniature trees! I think they're perfect as a holiday dinner centrepiece. Plus, they are super inexpensive to make. Make them in different sizes, colors and go classic or crazy with the ornaments - anything goes! The Read More
I've always said that arts and crafts is for everyone. And we proved just that at the Instax Coffee & Crafts event that happened last Oct 14 at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Convergys Tower, Ayala Avenue. We were happy that the place was packed despite the rainy weather that weekend and also surprised to see a very varied mix of participants. There were young students, teenagers, yuppies, mothers and a good number of men! That afternoon, I prepared two craft projects. First, we made Instax cork board displays and then after that, we decorated journal covers. Both activities involved some Read More
It has been an eventful summer but I'm glad we at Craft Party PH managed to squeeze in a Meet and Make last month with our crafty friends! It was also a little celebration for several of us who had our birthdays the last few months. We decided to eat out this time and held it at Makansutra PH, Megamall, where it's hard not to enjoy the food — everything is a good idea! It was a summer themed Meet and Make and though it was not meant to be a Craft Swap, an exchange of gifts took place. Kate of Kate Baked brought us some of her delicious homemade cookies while Mabby had everyone gasp for Read More
Kayo and I first met when we were about twelve years old and from that very first day, we had already been making art together. We were both part of a childrens ministry group back then and were assigned to paint a backdrop for a church event. We found ourselves working together many times since then and eventually as young adults, became officemates at a small design studio. We became really good friends and I think also recognized that we worked really well together as a team. Fast forward to a few more years, we fell madly in love, got married not too long after, had kids soon after and now Read More
Why am I still talking about Christmas in February?!? I'll tell you why! It's because I haven't had time to sit down and blog so I'm so very late in featuring this one…BUT the things I'm sharing with you in this post deserve to be acknowledged and adored no matter the delay! And I'm talking about the lovely handmade letters and cards I received from the ladies who joined my Christmas mail swap last December. I love organizing swaps because I'm interested in people and in people's original ideas. In having craft swaps, participants are challenged to come up with something nice regardless of Read More
Phyllis Theroux said, "To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart." And I do feel like parts of me went to different places in Manila a few months back when I sent handmade cards to the group of ladies who joined my mail swap. And just the same, I was touched to have received thoughtful messages and works of art from the same women. The theme of the swap was "Favorite Movie Lines" and I really had fun collecting film quotes which stuck with me the most through the years. I realized I had a lot of them so I narrowed down my movie selection to five: Read More
Receiving mail from friends (and my go-to online craft stores!) always makes my day! I love the thrill of finding something on our doorstep or in our mailbox and the entire process of opening it and discovering what's inside. All the more when I receive something that had obviously been carefully and lovingly made and written by hand — it's like receiving a part of that person, fragile and precious. It's intimate without being invasive. It's upbuilding and a breath of fresh air. So I thought it would be good idea to make another person's day and have a bunch of others join me in Read More