Easter Basket

These days, I found myself being reunited with my blog once again. Although I think I have said that before. I just feel this time it's different =) Been re reading my posts from forever-ago and I cannot believe how corny I sounded during my early years of blogging hahaha! But whatever, I thank myself so much I did. The memories captured and kept are soooo precious. Had I not started this blog, I would have forgotten most of them.

So yeah, to show you all how sincere I am with wanting to blog again, here's a little project I did recently. This may be a little too late --- or way too early. You decide haha!




I was assigned to make Easter baskets for the children of our community and I want to share how I did it.



I got these cheap bowls from Daiso (3 pcs. for $2) and altered it with some washi tapes.



Filled the bowls with  these shredded crepe paper from cold storage.



Next I made flower accents using a Sizzix die-cut machine using my leftover foam glitters.



Also with the same machine, I cut these tags and did a little brush calligraphy with my Pentel brush pen.



The fun part! Fill the bowls with treats (I'd like to thank Valerie and Jolene, sisters from the community for helping me search for these yumm chocolates!). Then wrap these bowls with plastic gift wraps I also got from Daiso.




Done and ready!



Happy Easter from us! Christ is risen!

Mini Envelope Album Tutorial

I made lots of mini envelopes and turned it into a book. Wanna know how I did it? Click HERE. 

 

Handmade Love.

This is something money can't buy. The joy of seeing someone you love smile while ripping off the envelope and smile some more while reading the sentiments you wrote in the card. 

For most people including me, the card doesn't need to be so dramatic. It can be simple.

It has to be pretty. 

Straight to the point. 

Cute. 

Sweet. So sweet ants want it too! =) 

See more of these cards I made at Thoughtful Crafts. I only made a dozen so hurry! 

 Happy Valentine =)

Thoughtful Crafts | September Workshops

Hugs & Such!

Create a 10-page, 5x6" mini-album from scratch! Get messy with paints, texture paste, embossing powders. Play with tools like Sizzix bigshot, crop-a-dile, heat embosser, punches, mini-attacher. Enjoy a 3-hour fun class and take home a pretty book adorned with flowers, trims, gems, sequins, wood veneers, washi tapes and pretty papers!

Workshop Dates: 14 & 29 September | 10:00am - 1:00pm

Workshop Fee: $50

Duration: 3 hours

Things to bring: scissors, adhesives (Beacons + tape glue + foam dots) 

Hello Sunshine - LAST CALL!

Let's talk about trends! Water colors. Paper clips. Stars. Eyelets. Cork arrows... Let's get messy (but not so!) with stamps, ink splatters! And if you wish, let's do a little bit of machine stitching. Go home with two adorable dreamy layouts with lots of fun details... 

Workshop Dates:  15 & 28 September  | 10:00 AM 

Workshop Fee: $45

Duration: 3 hours

Things to bring: scissors, adhesives (Beacons + tape glue + foam dots) 2 pcs 4x6 photos

Back to Basics 

• Do you like scrapbooking but you don't know how or where to start?
• Do you love papers + scissors + glue and all the other  pretty things that you can create with it?
• Are you a scrapper for quite some time already but somehow, sometimes gets stuck somewhere and would very much want to go back to basics? 

If you said YES to any of my questions then this class is for you! In this class, I will guide you on how to create your very own scrapbook page from scratch. Get familiar with scrapbook terms, tools and supplies. Learn the very basic but essential techniques of choosing photos + papers*+embellishments for your layout.  *papers may vary, depending of availability.

Workshop Dates: 21 September | 10:00 AM  
Workshop Fee: $40

Duration: 3 hours

Things to bring: 1-3 photos of the same theme and colors

Workshop Venue: Right HERE in my happy place! Click in THIS link to see photos of our past workshops. 

How to Register: Leave a comment in this post of send me a private message HERE. 

Private Workshop: Interested to do a private workshop at my place? Just let me know through the links I provided above :) Hope to hear from you!

Baby Talk :)

I swear not less than ten of my friends are having babies at this time. And every time I see babies I couldn't take my eyes off them. I just miss having baby! lol... Since God isn't giving our number three yet (sometimes I wonder if we will ever have more... considering my age, but I just trust His will!), I am  some kind of in the mood to scrap my boys baby photos... 

This use of Sizzix negatives was inspired by Aida Haron. I saw her make a layout using negatives and it's such a cool idea! Added trendy details such as wood veneers, cork arrows, dewdrops, paper clips... some stitching, stamping and water coloring too :) 

Doing a workshop on how to create this two layout this month at Thoughtful Crafts. Details are all HERE. 

Thoughtful Crafts | August Workshop

Hello Sunshine

Let's talk about trends! Water colors. Paper clips. Stars. Eyelets. Cork arrows... Let's get messy (but not so!) with stamps, ink splatters! And if you wish, let's do a little bit of machine stitching. Go home with two adorable dreamy layouts with lots of fun details... 

Workshop Dates:  10 & 24 August  | 10:00 AM 

Workshop Fee: $45

Duration: 3 hours

Things to bring: scissors, adhesives (Beacons + tape glue + foam dots) 2 pcs 4x6 photos

Back to Basics 

• Do you like scrapbooking but you don't know how or where to start?
• Do you love papers + scissors + glue and all the other  pretty things that you can create with it?
• Are you a scrapper for quite some time already but somehow, sometimes gets stuck somewhere and would very much want to go back to basics? 

If you said YES to any of my questions then this class is for you! In this class, I will guide you on how to create your very own scrapbook page from scratch. Get familiar with scrapbook terms, tools and supplies. Learn the very basic but essential techniques of choosing photos + papers*+embellishments for your layout.  *papers may vary, depending of availability.

Workshop Dates: 11 August | 10:00 AM  
Workshop Fee: $40

Duration: 3 hours

Things to bring: 1-3 photos of the same theme and colors

Doll House (LAST CALL - 4 kits left!)

Make a perfect gift for someone who loves dolls or keep it  as a keepsake for yourself! This is an album at first glance but when you open it up, it transforms into a 2-storey, 8-room mansion! With pop-up dolls, tables and chairs and more miniature things like sewing machine, baskets, slippers and more... This is such a super cute project you will really enjoy making! *papers used may vary*

Workshop Dates: 31 August | 10:00 AM

Workshop Fee: $50 

Duration: 3 hours

Things to bring: scissors, adhesives (Beacons + tape glue + foam dots), bone folder,  score board (optional)

Workshop Venue: Right HERE in my happy place! Click in THIS link to see photos of our past workshops. 

How to Register: Leave a comment in this post of send me a private message HERE. 

Private Workshop: Interested to do a private workshop at my place? Just let me know trough the links I provided above :) Hope to hear from you!

Project Life Week 22 + Staycation Insert

I am officially an iphone photographer (I think). I have been taking photos, editing them, using it for blogging and product updates for the shoppe. This is not by choice. I have no choice (for now). I really suck at using my DSLR (thinking of selling it, as it frustrates me all the time -- no patience at all and lazy haha) Sigh. 

I do hope that one day I will be able to get photos that I really love. Those stuff I see in twopeas, Crate Paper and AC blogs... wish.. wish... 

Here's a PL page that looks better in person actual, I promise you :( 

I still got lots of really good photos taken by hubby during our staycation which I will make into an insert... if my time allows. Right now there's just so much on my plate and enjoying every bit of it. July was awesome and I'm already super excited for what August has in store for me! Thank You God for all the blessings, empowerment, guidance and strength... Amen. 

What HOME means to me ...

I used to dream home as a little white bungalow house, with white picket fence, a huge lawn with a playground for the boys, a garden with lots of vegetables and flowers...  beside that pretty house is my studio where I make and sell pretty stuff and do scrapbooking classes. And this has to be in Bacolod, Philippines. My hometown.

Over time, I want to think that I have grown (maybe just a little bit) into a mature Christian. Because my perpective about all these dreams changed. Radically. 

Right now, home for me is any place God wants me to be, doing the things He wants me to do, being in communion with the people He sends my way (the last one is tough but in His grace, little by little, I will be able to achieve it). I also realised that this world is NOT my permanent home. All these things I can see and hear and touch are temporary. What is essential is invisible to the eye, they say. True right? :)

So now, although part of me still wants that little white house with a garden in Bacolod, I have come to enjoy every bit of what God is giving me... here and now. It's simple. Less complicated. Less disappointments. No more rat race. More time with family and community. More time enjoying the moment. Living each day as if it's my last. More peace. More happiness. Just like home. Just like heaven. Thank You God!

Did this page using Project Life - Midnight kit + Teresa Collins + My Mind's Eye + Paper Market's Singapore kit. Thanks to my friend Nur for counting me in to get the kit! :) 

Project Life | Week 21 : Oh So Yellow!

• Banana Cake. No-brainer baking.
• Kuya won the Stride Rite photo contes
• Miguel's first bulleye.
• Our NC Way community participating in the Street Challenge at the St. Anthony Parish. 
• Cotton Power!
• Family time at the park. 

I made these pages when yellow was my least favorite color of all. Lol. 

No one's pressuring me at all. But I want to challenge me a little bit more and try to do some catching up... so I kept it simple.  Thanks for checking out my blog! I want to visit your blog too so do leave a comment below with your blog link.. See you! :) 

Project Life - Week 19 & 20

Slowly... 

But surely doing it and I have no plans of stopping :) I'm just frustrated with how to take nice and crisp photos of my projects (that's the one thing discouraging me from blogging, to be honest. I badly need to know how to take and edit photos!) Anyway, that's my week 19 & 20! I don't wanna apologise for being late. Because I want to believe, in projec-lifing, there is no deadline. Ha!

... close ups of my very favorite things! Crafting & being with crafty friends. #blessed. 

See you again soon... probably with my 21st week :)

10-minute craft

A few minutes ago, as I was about to write something on my plain and boring Popular-bought notebook, I just felt the need to pick up a piece of My Mind's Eye paper and cover my notebook partially...

Then cover the front part with an MT tape, a lovely present from my friend Min (Hi my friend.. it was nice chatting with you this morning. Hugs.)

Finished it up with "made with love" tape --- also a present from my friend Aida :) 

It amuses me that it just took me a few minutes to alter this notebook. Because most days, it would take an hour to a couple of days. Seriously. 

pink & black wedding

I should post this on a Thursday and title it: Throwback Thursday because these were made more than a year ago. My goodness. For reasons I don't know, I failed to post these projects that are so significant because I made these for people so close to my heart --- my sister and brother-in-law for their wedding day!

... invites made using Sizzix embossing folder, Maya Road twines and some other pretty stuff from my stash. 

... party favors are a bottle of beverage with hand stamped label  and a luggage containing sweets. I used four different kinds of Sizzix dies. Yes hand-stamped and typewritten. All 250 sets of them!  I typed and stamped and cut all these till my fingers went so numb. lol. That's how much I love baby sister. 

... these are tags for guests to write their wishes. 

... wedding guestbook where the tags will be placed. I used my Polaroid to take photos to be placed on int he album.

... blank tags. 

I always always love creating. Can you imagine how much more love I'd feel when I create for a loved one? I can't wait for my other sister to get married! Paging... Dit2!