APRIL-MAY CRAFT HAUL

Yay! This is the last post for today. I'm going to share the stuffs I bought for the months of April and May. 

The first set would be for stamps I bought from Bee Happy Crafts in April.

Prima Marketing Cling Rubber Stamps and Clear Stamps and postcards

The second set is from National Book Store.

Paper pads, diecuts and clear stamps from Rosie's Studio.

I bought a couple of pin buttons, wrapping paper and a box from Papemelroti yesterday.

FEBRUARY-MARCH CRAFT HAUL

Hello! Here are some supplies and tools that I bought last two months. I bought the following from Bee Happy Crafts.

1. Shrink Plastic 2. Project Life Paper Pad 6" x 6" Adventure Edition 3. Baker's Twine 4. Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Provincial 5. Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boho Dreams 6. Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Blue Bay 7. Crate Paper Clear Stamps Heart

I also bought canvases and a pack of water brushes from Deovir Arts. 

 

Lastly, a couple of pin buttons and paper products from Papemelroti.

JANUARY CRAFT HAUL

Hello! March is almost here yet I have only started posting on my blog. I actually drafted several posts last January, but my laptop is in a coma. Ugh. I didn't get to finish them. So here I am trying to catch up.

First off is the craft haul for January. I had ordered twice from Bee Happy Crafts. The first package included the following:

The cute pen is a freebie that came with the package.

I'm happy with this haul because I finally got my hands on a Crop-A-Dile eyelet setter. Yay! It came in handy when we made name tags for Benot's nautical-themed party. I haven't played with it much, but I will one of these days.

Take a guess of what one of my major projects for this year will be. Heh. It is pretty obvious I must say. Well, I'll start a Project Life album documenting our travels and happy moments last year. I just have to get a printer and a binder to get it going. Woohoo! I'm so excited!

On the other hand, I hoarded some brushes to use on my canvases and art journal. I've been waiting for NBS to get new stocks. Gad. It took them forever to re-stock. I can't use the other ones they have. Apart from being too expensive, the bristles are not to my liking. They are not for the projects I am thinking of. I am just too particular with the tools and supplies I use. I'm glad they have new ones because I plan on working on my spreads every weekend. Ooh. Speaking of which, my gesso and molding paste are almost out. I'll need to save up for them. They are not cheap. [Sigh.]

Next up is a bunch of pin buttons. I only saw eight designs which I could use for future projects.

The last set would be for some more journaling cards and four bottles of distress stain (and a free coloring book which I gave to my sister). Ate Maggie and I shared two sets of journaling cards. They are so lovely.

As for the distress stains, they work great on my notebook. I wish I had more of them. I think I will get the spray stains next for the colors I don't have.

You'll see them used in my art journal spreads on the next posts. I hope you check them out. Thanks for stopping by!

DECEMBER CRAFT HAUL

Hello! I'm back after several weeks. I am so busy running errands and what not that I am so exhausted. I will be MIA again after a couple of posts. I will be spending the holidays in the province. I'll finally get to greet the new year at home after six years! 

Anyway, I'll start a series of posts with the last craft haul I had for the year. There was still some left over pocket money from our Macau-Hong Kong trip so I splurged a little on some supplies. Yay! Here they are.

The Department Store had re-stocked their paper flowers. I just love the light pink ones! I'm going to use them on a canvas or two. And of course on several cards. Yay! I'm so excited!

You know very well where the next ones are from. Heh. I ordered a couple of clear stamps, manila tags and a paper pad from my favorite craft supplies shop Bee Happy Crafts. Gad. I wanted so many other stamps, but I have to wait till I have some more extra money. Wait for me babies! I'll get all of you. [Sigh.] I have to strategize for next year so I can go back to accepting commissions again. I am super pressed for time I don't get to do much crafting. I have not been that productive this year. I hope 2017 will be a great year for awesome projects. 

I guess I have to end it here. I won't add individual photos of the products. Maybe next time. Bye for now. Thanks for stopping by today!

JUNE AND JULY GOODIES

Hello there! How are you? I know. I am terribly sorry. I didn't get back to you for like three months. I've been busy having breakfasts after work with my friends which extend to almost noon every time (I have to travel around 30 minutes or so to get back home.). When I get home I'm already too exhausted to do anything but sleep and at times I can't even do that. Though I feel sleepy I just couldn't drift off to sleep, but I'm too lazy to move! [Sigh.]

Anyway, I am trying to bring my creative mojos back and be productive crafts-wise. I've made a couple projects over the past few weeks but I just didn't get to take photos of them. It was always raining and I hate it when I take photos of my projects in my room. They turn out super dark and it is so hard to edit them. You know how crappy our internet connection is so I just get even more frustrated. Hmf. 

Even though I didn't make much, I still hoarded craft supplies. I am such a hoarder! So, I'm going to share the goodies that I bought from June to last Saturday (my package from Bee Happy Crafts has not arrived yet. I'll add them here when they come in. I wish I'll get it today.)

First off is this set of pretty origami papers. I didn't buy them. Chie gave them to me. They are actually from Jas. She brought them as pasalubong to Chie when she went to Japan a few months back. They are just lovely! I'll most probably use them on a card or two.

Then I went to divi with Donna, A and A's siblings to buy the materials we needed for Reema's birthday loot bags. Before going there, Donna and I went to Wellmanson's in Quiapo to get some metal charms. I seriously needed to purchase a lot because I've used up most of my stash. I indeed bought a lot, but I didn't find bigger circle charms. Gad. I spent over P2000 at the shop!!! Aside from the metal charms, I also found three Eno Greeting paper pads, a sketch book which is perfect for my art journal, and some wooden buttons. I still wanted to look around but Donna stopped me. Thanks to her I didn't spend all of the money I brought with me. Whew!

But, well, on my way home (via SM North), I detoured to National Book Store where I bought four sticker books and a bottle of Tacky Glue. I must say I love this adhesive. I haven't used it before since it was a bit pricey and they are always out of stock in craft stores, but after using it on my recent projects, I think I will be hoarding 1 or 2 more bottles before they run out. NBS seems to be adding more and more craft supplies to their store. The Tacky Glue is cheaper there.

We have planned on having a little farewell party for a friend and colleague who recently left the company. That being said, of course, I was assigned to make the card and decorate the box where we will put some stuff. I went to Papemelroti to buy a box which turned out to into several boxes! They've re-stocked their boxes with the black print. The sizes I need with this design are always out when I visit their store so I decided to buy a couple of them apart from the one for the party. As I was looking through the other items inside the store (I also bought a mini notebook and a key chain to go with the card.), I saw these small pin buttons which are just so me. I mean they scream vintage and mixed media!!! They were P20 each so I had to control myself for a minute there. I could only have as many as 10 and no more. Tsk. I was in a tight budget but when it comes to craft supplies I just can't resist. Phooey. I also bought a paper pad and two packs of DIY kraft post cards. I can make my own post cards, but these may save me some time when I am in a hurry.

I also bought two 8"x10" canvases a few weeks ago along with a bottle of Mod Podge and FolkArt Acrylic Paint. I bought the paint because I had an inkling of making something with purple and green and/or blue. I've used one of them last week. You'll see it on my next posts.

I also bought a jar of Molding Paste. I still have some left from mys first jar, but it would not last for a couple projects. Besides, it has already started to harden making it harder to use with stencils.

I have mentioned in my IG post earlier that I prefer this over the light molding paste. The finish is just different. I love its smooth opaque finish. It is heavier though, but I still think it's perfect for working on canvas and on most of my cards.

I'll have to end it here for now. I'll update this post ones the package I'm waiting for arrives. Thanks for looking today! I'll post my recent projects tomorrow. Have a great week!

UPDATE: The package that I was waiting for arrived last Monday, but it came in at almost 6PM so I did not get the chance to open it. As you know, I had to get some sleep before going to work. 

Here is what it contained.

I want to have more clear stamps and stencils, but they don't come in cheap. I'll be in an even tighter budget in the next few months so I have to hold it in until I have some extra money. Gah. I'm currently working on my art journal and some more projects. You will be seeing the clear stamps and stencils put into use. I hope you check back for them once I finish them and have them posted here. Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

FEBRUARY-MARCH CRAFT HAUL

Hi! I know. I have neglected my blog again for over a month. I am here to show you what I missed to show you last month. Sorry. I've been busy catching up with my social life (which is close to being non-existent). Hah.

I have several projects that I haven't uploaded yet. You will see them in my next posts. There were four cards and a mini that I was not able to document because I was in a hurry when I made them. I think I still have some snaps from the person I gave them to so you would still have an idea what they looked like though I would not be able to show you more details of the projects.

Anyway, for last March, I had a couple of purchases and some free stuff from a friend which were added to my horde of supplies.

The first batch is from National Book Store. I was only supposed to buy some pens for a friend, but while passing by one corner of the store, I saw these boxes of rubber stamps. When I went nearer to survey them, I saw some more awesome stuff. Gad. There were tags, ink pads, acrylic blocks, clear stamps, die cuts, stickers, paper pads and what-not which made me cooing in delight. If I didn't remember that I was at a store with other people around I might have screamed a series of Oh my gods and mumbled a lot about the new found treasures which would be transmitted to non-crafty people as incoherent and senseless. Okay. So I managed to calm myself while rummaging through the boxes on the shelves. I was with another friend at that time and asked for 10-15 minutes to go over all the cool stuff before hitting the counter. I am a total spendthrift when I see craft supplies in local stores whose price isn't that much compared to the ones online. I am so glad NBS is offering more and more scrapbooking products which I could use on my projects. Hooray for that! So here they are.

Tsk. I should have also bought the butterfly wood veneers. I hope they still have them. 

The next set of supplies is a purchase from one of my favorite craft stores, Bee Happy Crafts. I noticed that the prices on the usual product categories that I buy went up, but I still think that they offer the best deals when it comes to crafting products here in the country. That being said, I was able to get the following:

   

DCWV 6x6 paper pad The Kidosaurus, Recollections 12x12 paper pad Black Jack and DCWV Vintage Essentials 12x12 Newsprint

Heidi Swapp 6x6 paper pad Mixed Media

     

                    

EK Tools 3/8" Circle Punch, EK Tools Corner Rounder and EK Tools 1/2" Circle Punch

                  

Heidi Swapp Clear Stamps Music Notes, Heidi Swapp Clear Stamos Script and Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Stitches

           

           
Nellie's Choice Multi Frame Dies Straight Tags, Ranger Embossing Powder Frosted Crystal, Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot

And I bought a 1 1/2" scallop circle punch for Robert's girlfriend.

Last but not the least is a load of beads and other random supplies in making accessories from Ate Jen. She's been wanting to give them to me two years ago, but something always comes up when we try to meet up. Finally, last March, I was able to visit her at her father's house in Makati with Ate Jolly and get the long-promised beads. Like I have mentioned, I have been busy so I did not have much time to sort the beads out. When I pulled them out from the old organizers that went with the bunch, I was stunned to see so many beads in different colors and there were other items too. I have started to transfer some of them to my remaining organizers, but I need to get more since I want to group them by color and by shade. I don't think I will have to arrange them by size as well since I could still pick out the size I want from the same color and shade. I hope I am making sense. I'll add the photos when I am done organizing them.

Here are the beads.

JANUARY CRAFT HAUL

Hello! I thought I posted the supplies I bought last month, but upon checking my previous entries, I wasn't able to see it so here I am writing about it.

I placed another order at Bee Happy Crafts.

Woohoo! I finally have the Vintage Lane Stack! I love the papers. They are just awesome! I would probably use them to cover my future mini albums.

Here are the rest of the supplies.

Pink Paislee Snow Village Kit

 Clear Stamps: Imaginisce Happy Traveler Plane and Scooter, Pebbles Snowman and Snowflake

 Clear Stamps: Kaisercraft Little One and Pink Paislee Merry & Bright

Ranger Archival Ink: Viridian, Aquamarine, Chrome Yellow, Vermillion, Plum and Sepia

Ranger Distress Ink Mini: Antique Linen and Pumice Stone
Ranger Embossing Powder Weathered White

Martha Stewart Punch Elephant and Paper Smooches Wise Dies Baby Shower

Also, I bought a couple of resin embellishments, some more wooden flourishes and 3D stickers.

The haul ends here. Thanks for looking today!