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stuff toy elephant
i was meeting tita yoya for the adamson-admu game. i figured i had enough time to make another gift before meeting her. i decided to make her a baby elephant, smaller version of the elephant i made for mom, small enough to fit her cubby hole. one of hte fastest sewing projects i made, 45 mins. finished product turned out to be cute.
calling card case
I didn't know what to get Tita Yoya for her birthday so I figured I'd make her something out of leather. I didn't feel like working that morning so I decided I'll just make a card case while I was the office. Using the stitch wheel and awl was harder that the manual hole puncher. I was able to finish the case. I just need to figure out how to give it some form of lock. I decided to just buy garter and use it as a lock. When the manual hole punching couldn't make a hole in the leather for hte garter, I thought of using scissors to make an incision. Sadly, I made the slit so wide. And so I had to make another card case. This time, when I was done, I was careful when I was making hte hole for the garter. The project turned out okay. No one's using it though cause I ended up not giving tita the case anyway.
passport holder
Holidays are for crafting. Because my craft date was cancelled and I want to make the most of my holiday, I decided to finished this leather passport holder I saw online since now I have the proper tools (Jiddu, AJ and I went to Marikina during the last holiday to buy leather and supplies). Making the holes were surprisingly easy since hammering wasn't that hard afterall. What was tricky was lining up the holes. Sewing wasn't hard either, yung pag tancha lang ng thread para hindi sayang. I think the finished product turned out okay, the stitching could be better though.Â
French Toast
Holiday today! I wanted to be productive and decided to make breakfast. My sister suggested I make french toast. I tried making french toast before but it wasn't much of a success. This time though, I found an easier recipe. So easy, so yummy. Sister approves! Now I have a go to recipe for french toast!
The Juice Barista
I recently met my new found friends from the Flow Luxe yoga retreat last January. A month or so after our retreat, Maika and Jarah decided to quit their jobs and create their own fruit juice/smoothies business - The Juice Barista. Grabe lang, patok ang business nila. I was so excited to meet them and hear their stories. We decided to meet at Grace Park at Rockwell. Such a nice cozy place, a bit pricey though. Ang saya ng kwentuhan!
When I got home, I decided to make a stamp out of their logo. Words are always tricky to carve but it turned out okay. That is, until I accidentally nicked the "u" from Juice when I was carving out the excess. The mistake was hard to fix so I decided to make a new one. It's not as pulido as the first one I made but it that's okay. After posting it online, I got nice and encouraging words from people. Maika and Jarah liked it so much. We even decided to make more stuff for The Juice Barista. We were supposed to meet today and make some screenprint canvas bags but decided otherwise because of the rains.Â
Does this count as a craft? Singing? Haha
Stuff toy elephant
I saw this pattern of a fabric elephant online and decided to make it for mom. It was relatively easy especially since the parts are bigger than what I usually make. It was still tedious though, cutting patterns and fabric and sewing. It didn't help that my sewing machine was acting up. The elephant turned out to be cute. And mom said "yay!" when i gave it to her. So that was nice.Â
Katipunan Craft again
I was talking to Brett, one of the founders of the Katipunan Craft beer, this afternoon. He wants to meet up before he leaves in August. He says I should bring the stamp I made. Part of me doesn't want me to give away the stamp. It's probably the stamp I'm most proud of because of the details. Part of me is glad that they liked it a lot na they're even thinking of using it for their calling cards. At least, my stamp has a purpose and it's not just there in my box of creations.
Talking to Brett made me miss making stamps. I was excited to go home because I wanted to make another Katipunan Craft stamp. This time, with the brand name. As expected, the letters were tricky. The font that they used are a bit hard to carve. The end product wasn't as nice and clean as I hoped. Glad I got to practice though.
R&J wedding monogram
Exactly a month ago, I received a text message from a friend asking if I would like to help out in her wedding decor. I was sooo excited I just kept pinning stuff on Pinterest even before I knew the wedding motif. Haha. A couple of weeks ago, Reese, James, Jiddu and I met to discuss wedding decor ideas. I decided to surprise them with a wedding monogram stamp. I think they liked it.Â
bruce, the pug
driving to quezon city from a visit at the lasting impressions store in san juan (must come back!!), we passed by this sign called "bruce tea". the sort of pun struck me but what struct jiddu was the pug design. i guess the advertising ploy worked since we stopped and bought milk tea. we found out from the sales lady that bruce was the name of the pug and bruce goes to the shop every morning. too bad we missed him. anyway, the store logo gave me the idea to make a rubberstamp of bruce the pug. carving the stamp was fast, the lines weren't that hard. but for some reason, i'm not satisfied with the stamp. it's not cute.. it's pugly? hahaha. oh well. good thing i hoarded a lot of erasers.
Katipunan Craft
i was chatting with raffy today about work and life. he's been busy with their homebrew beer, katipunan craft (check out http://www.facebook.com/KatipunanCraftAles). while talking to him, i decided to make a stamp out of their logo. i knew right away that the whole logo would be hard to do (the barong would be a nightmare to carve!) so i concentrated with just the kcraft guy's face and top hat. the hat was easy but the face was so tricky. i slowly took my time carving as i was afraid i'd make a mistake. i think it worked out naman. it's not perfect but it'll do. maybe i'll do the red "K" next time. i hope sina raffy approves.
by Clars
earlier this afternoon, jiddu had suggested i challenge myself by carving calligraphy words.. like love, hope or dream etc.. but i wanted something useful and what's more useful than my name. hahaha. so i wrote my name in copperplate and carved it from the eraser. i included "by" at the top because i thought it would be waste. it's clearly a rubberstamp weekend. i'm running out of erasers to carve. hahaha.
stark
no weekend plans mean staying at home and crafting. after making a stamp out of dr. who's adipose, i decided to make another one since it was too early to go to bed. i decided to make a game of thrones house sigil. i think i mentioned to jiddu before that i wanted to make one. it was really just a matter of choosing which one, one that's cool enough that it'll fit the 1.5" x 1.5" eraser i planned to use. haha. after seeing the different house sigils of westeros online, i picked the stark/dire wolf one. i guess the most iconic or known with all the "winter is coming" ad hehe. making the stamp wasn't that hard to do since the speedball linoleum cutter was very helpful in working the curves and small area. i found the fangs/teeth the hardest to carve. looks cool enough, right?
adipose
had no saturday plans so before going home i decided to stop by deovir at sm north today to buy speedball pen cleaner which i needed for my calligraphy nibs. i also saw that they had speedball linoleum cutter and i just couldn't help myself. so i bought it. crafting is turning out to be an expensive hobby. when i got home, i decided to test out the linocutter using the adipose burnished image that i didn't finish. man, the speedball was easier to maneuver which its curved blades. i also appreciate the small v tool. i guess the 580pesos was worth na rin.
3D letters
i hadn't really thought of anything to DIY for our 3rd anniversary, unlike last year when i made a squid plushie. i guess sort of na-pressure na rin ako to think of something kasi i figured jiddu was up to something, doing a DIY with all the supplies shopping he was secretly doing. sitting at the office last saturday, i remember jiddu's suggestion earlier this month of making a project out of 3D letters. sakto, i had time to spare while i wait for my trade school manila class. i printed J & C and traced that to used UPS envelopes. i also used the used envelops to cut 1.5" strips which i taped the sides of the letters to make them 3D. it was apparent early on that the ampersand would be a problem so i decided to use a heart instead. taping was manageable but tedious. so was gluing the old pages from my hollowed out book project to the 3D letter. it didn't help that the glue was smelly. i overestimated the project duration actually. but after a total of 6 hours, i was able to finish it. jid seemed to appreciate it.
happy 3rd hon! oh, by the day, the DIY project he made for me was a "book" of tracing paper.
pac man
i didn't want to let sunday pass without doing any crafts. after looking for ideas online, i figured that the pac man stamps would be easy and fast enough to do. curves are really tricky. must practice more. halatang medyo tinatamad na eh. i didn't even attempt the star wars or adipose previous ideas. ang hirap kasi. hahaha.
tried to watch the meteor shower from the manila observatory and u.p. observatory. too bad it was cloudy. at least we got to see the moon and saturn! yep, thatâs the saturn sign. so to commemorate the event, i tried making a visual diary using jidduâs old calligraphy pen and the chinese ink i bought at national book store. not bad for a rusty nib and watered down ink. hehe.