Crafts make me happy (duh)! And I have mentioned countless of times how making things in my own personal time, alone in my home, is therapy to me. But through the years, I have also discovered by joining workshops and, more recently, holding my own, how arts and crafts shared and done in a group setting can also be very enjoyable and fulfilling. So for my 31st birthday, I decided to gather together new and long-time friends for an afternoon of coffee, cakes and crafts. We held it at our very own space, Honeycomb: Manila Coworking , located in Edsa Beverage Design Studio, which Read More
No 10 Craft For Christmas: DIY Advent Calendar
In anticipation of Christmas, Kayo and I have decided to start a new family tradition and make our own Advent calendar this year. It's a great way to make countdown to Christmas fun and meaningful. Countdown begins this Sunday, December first, and I thought it would be a good idea to share how I put together our calendar. Maybe you'll get ideas on how to make yours! There are many different ways to make an Advent calendar and there are also various activities you can do for each day leading to Christmas. I think it's really just about being creative and thinking of ways to help your Read More
No 11 Craft For Christmas: “Oh What Fun” Paper Mobile
This fun DIY paper mobile can be done with the help of your kids. If they're old enough to use scissors or know how to glue things together, there's a lot they can do to help. My Summer is still too young to do those things properly but I let her paint the paper I used to make the trinkets for the mobile. Here's how it's done: 1 Paint sheets of white paper or manila paper using classic red and green Christmas colors. One to two pieces of letter size paper will do for one mobile. But you can make as many as you like. There are no rules. Just have fun painting! 2 After the Read More
12 Crafts For Christmas!
I love Christmas time! I love it because it's a season when people take time to do something beautiful for each other. Whether it's dressing up a Christmas tree, wrapping up presents or cooking a sumptuous meal for the family, everybody's doing something to celebrate and make the season special. To join in the celebration, I have come up with a fun and exciting project for my family and for this blog, which I'm calling 12 Crafts for Christmas. I'm basically putting together 12 different DIY projects which I'll post on the blog within the next five weeks until Christmas day. I've thought of Read More
DIY Thank You Cards
I read somewhere that consistently grateful people are happier and more satisfied with their lives. It also helps create a generous spirit in us. Therefore, gratitude is a virtue I would definitely want to develop in my children. Summer, who just turned two, cannot even pronounce "Thank you" properly yet. She says "tenchu" or something like that, but it makes me happy every time she says it without me having to remind her. Being consistently grateful is a quality even I have not perfected but I'm working on it and learning along side my girls. The week after Summer's birthday party, I Read More