Filipiniana Art Stamp Set

When I go to malls, first thing I do is visit my favorite stores. One of them is Papemelroti and on my recent visit there, I just couldn't resist buying this set of Filipiniana rubber stamps...

 

This is a set designed by Robert Alejandrino. It's a great addition to my rubber stamps collection and it's perfect for my postcard and mail swaps hobby. Here's a closer look at one of the stamps...

 

I saw on Papemelroti's web store that there's one more Filipiniana rubber stamp set which is also designed by Robert Alejandrino but it's all about animals in the Philippines. Will buy definitely buyit next time!

Hand-Carved Rubber Stamps

Here’s one addition to my hobbies and collections… hand-carved stamps. I started making hand-carved stamps sometime late last year. I was surfing the net for Project Life ideas and saw it on one blog (I can't even remember which one) and next thing I know I was already buying the materials needed.

Here are the stamps that I’ve made so far... all simple ones and mostly made with my Project Life in mind (the camera, days of the week, chevron).














What do you think? I still have a long way to go when it comes to hand-carving stamps. Most of these I just copied from the net. I want to try making intricate designs! And yeah, I need to buy ink pads in different shades, too or learn how to make improvised ink pads. The only one I have is a black one. I used my Prang watercolor for the colored ones. Unfortunately, ants loved my Prang watercolor so much, I had to throw it away.

Scribble Workshop

I attended the Scribble Workshop on September 20th at the Vasquez-Madrigal Plaza in Annapolis, Greenhills. The workshop was conducted by Alexis Ventura of Ink Scribbler. She discussed the introduction to calligraphy using a flexible dip pen. It was okay but I was expecting a little bit more. I was expecting at least more instructions about the alphabet like which stroke to draw first, you know, like a diagram with arrows. (Yeah, I’m a kid that needs to be spoon-fed. Haha.) I also think that there were too many students... in my opinion, workshops of this kind should only have 10-12 students max. Anyway, my purpose in attending the workshop was served, which was to jump-start this interest of mine.

The materials provided were worksheets in a folder, pencil, bottle of ink, wooden pen holder and a Hunt nib. Snack was served and there were biscuits and candies scattered on the tables, plus, bottled water was available, too. Tiny cups (for ink and water), tissue paper, wet wipes, cotton buds (for blotting excess ink) were also provided. There were also sample calligraphy pieces on the tables for inspiration.

The workshop was for three hours with bulk of the time spent on nib practices and exercises. I’d love it if it was longer but, of course, I understand that there’s a time limit. Here are some photos from the workshop...



A wall of strings with wooden pegs to hang and dry the worksheets...




Here's a view of half of the venue. Not in the picture is the other half on the left side.


The materials provided for each student...


Calligraphy notes/lists for inspiration...


That's Alexis in front...




One of my worksheets with ink blots and all...


And of course, a workshop wouldn't be complete without a token or a certificate...


Here we are… all the workshop attendees with Alexis. Grabbed the photo from Alexis’ blog, by the way.


More photos on my Facebook page. :)

Life After Breakfast Stationery Swap

Here’s a long overdue craft soirée post.

The event was a stationery swap hosted by Alessa of Life After Breakfast and it was held on August 10 at the Pipino/Pino Resto * Bar. There were 40 attendees in all and I met a bunch of crafty people who are incredibly talented, I actually felt sorry for the stationery sets that I made. Haha!

Let me show you first how my handmade stationery set looked like, else, you’ll be disappointed when you the see others first. Haha! The first photo is what’s included in my set plus plain colored envelopes (not in picture) and the second photo is how I packaged them using a brown paper bag, a paper doily, and baker's twine. I used rubber stamps to label them.





Now, onto the craft soirée… here are some photos from the event (sorry, I took very few shots).




Names of the participants in our group....


Stationery set from my groupmates...


Stationery sets of all the attendees...


Souvenirs from the event were a bag, temporary tattoo and a sticker sheet...


Robot of one of my groupmates...


Some of my groupmates and me...


The event started with an introduction by Alessa then we introduced ourselves one by one and said a little something about the stationery sets we made. After that, we distributed a set to each of our group mates, except for Alessa who has a set for everyone. So, we all gave away 10 sets and received 10 sets as well. Happy, happy me!

It was a really fun event and I’m looking forward to more craft soirées in the future. I promise to try to be more creative next time. I heard that the next one will be a jewelry swap… hmmm… will think hard about it as I don’t really make jewelries… but I can try… we’ll see.

You can read more about the swap here.

P.S. I've posted individual photos of the stationery set I received on my Facebook Page.

The one that started it all...

Here’s what started me joining postcard and mail swaps.

Late 2012, I was looking for something to keep me busy and crafty at the same time. I was surfing the net for craft projects when I came across this local mail swap. It found it interesting so I joined... it was the Hey Kessy Merry Merry Mail Swap. The instructions for the swap was to simply create something Christmas related and then send it to your assigned partner. I already forgot what I sent my partner and sadly, I didn’t take a picture. On the other hand, I was really happy with what I received… oh so pretty stuff from Tippy of Googly Gooeys.

Here are photos of the mail I received...