Posts Tagged by crafting

Celebrate Colorfully: Hero’s First Birthday!

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Hello, everyone! I finally get to posting about Hero’s first birthday (I’m warning you, this will be long). And you may be asking about what theme I chose for her. I knew that I didn’t want to go dainty and pastel-y, mainly because Hero’s personality is far from being a girly-girl. She’s loud, feisty and…

DIY Calligraphy Photo Props

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I was so bent into crafting my way into Hero’s first birthday. I went to this store called Lasting Impression – a craft store that was heaven, black hole and Care-a-lot all at the same time. For the first ten seconds I think I was literally trying to keep myself upright and prevent hyperventilation. I…

The Crafting High from the 2nd Craft Soiree

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I stumbled upon Alessa’s blog, Life After Breakfast, by jumping from one craft and design blog to another. I’m super glad I did. The post there was about a Craft Soiree. My eyes twinkled. Wow there’s such a thing?! HERE?! I WANT! So imagine the level of happiness when a post went up on her…

The CraftMNL x Hocus Screen Printing Workshop

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When the crafters I follow started posting about this workshop, I was so excited. Read about their sessions HERE and HERE. Anyway, it was a huge YAY! A printing workshop! Thank you, CraftMNL, for this and for keeping handmade alive. They said to bring a one-color design. I drew a banner and wrote calligraphy. I…

The Cutup Cartridge Trimmer by American Crafts

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When I saw this instagram tweet from Melissa Esplin, I knew the inner cutter-fanatic in me was sparked like a newly gunned motor. Yes, I love paper. And yes, I love cutting them up. When my husband and I were still dating, he actually gave me an exacto knife, a steel ruler and a cutting…