Now I know my ABC's

I worked on this project early in February as a birthday gift to the sweet little girl of a friend from work.  Due to the busy work sched, I was unable to make it in time for her birthday, but I heard that she liked it.  She especially liked touching it, which was so gratifying for me because I specifically picked all the different elements for their textures.  The bright pink post-its are placeholders for the family members' photos: "N" for Nanay (mom), "T" for both Tatay (dad) and Tala (the birthday girl's name, and such a pretty one at that).  I really had fun with this one and was glad that it can be easily finished in one weekend: one day to choose what goes into it (as I have a lot of stuff that needs sorting through and putting away) and another to put everything together.  Here's the finished project:

This was actually inspired by this project on scrapbooksetc.com:

...which I thought would be a great handmade gift for a baby/toddler.  The only difference probably is that mine was made to be touched, instead of being just on display.  I hope the glue holds up :).  Good thing that I used DCWV Adhesive Paper Prints for all the patterned paper, just needed to be cut into squares and then it sticks readily to the canvas base.  Alphabet stickers and many of the other shapes from All About Scrapbooking, the rest are from Craft World, Darice, K&Company, Making Memories, Michael's, Papermelroti, and Yellow Violet House.

Back to blogging again

Instead of dwelling on how long it is since I've posted anything here (a little more than a year and a half), I will just dive right into it. Since the past school year (plus the months leading up to it) have been incredibly busy, there really hasn't been much room for creativity so I'm determined to be crafty this summer break. I've already worked on a couple of projects: Crafty Summer Project #1: Altered pencil (or paint brush) holder

This was a gift given to me some Christmases ago. Sorry I forgot to take a before picture. But it's the same baby pink shade with one side painted and glittered in a sort of psychedelic retro design. I wanted to recycle and maybe re-gift it and the design was actually inspired by a stationery pad I got from Papemelroti.

I love the tree and the little bird perched on it. The chipboard one I had was not-so-little, but I guess it's okay since the flowers were just as big and bold. Crafty Summer Project #2: Blinged-out pencil holder

[As viewed from the front]

[As viewed from the side] I had another pencil holder I wanted to recycle. It was painted with paw prints on the sides and the front was embellished with flowers and lady bugs. So I just covered it with pretty patterned paper and put bling wherever I can. I seem to be obsessed with it lately and I might've gone overboard here. Hahah. But I'm actually happy with it.