by Yellowbug | Sep 10, 2012 | Blog, Decoupage, Labs
And let’s welcome a new week with a preview of what our craft elves are preparing for us to exercise our creative powers on… Decoupaged clocks! (ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ)–pardon our French–goes beyond just sticking pieces of paper on a surface. It takes...
by Yellowbug | Sep 5, 2012 | Blog, Book binding, Meet the Folks, Workshop
And September began with Along the Spine, a bookbinding workshop led by none other than Craft MNL’s workshop manager, and Junk Studio queen, Nikki Abelardo! Yee-haw! 😀 The workshop was previously scheduled for August, but Nikki got sick, so we’ve...
by Yellowbug | Sep 5, 2012 | Blog, Patterns, Printmaking, Screen printing
Checking out patterns closer to home, you see the ever-increasing ikat-inspired patterns that decorate home decor and dress prints. What proves to be a geometric fascination though are the weaving patterns from our local palm leaves. My graphic designer heart leaps...
by Yellowbug | Sep 1, 2012 | Artists, Blog, Patterns
Patterns are fun. Repeating images provide visual harmony, and seeing the entire picture–noticing how perfectly placed each element is, and stepping back to see how everything comes together–can be quite the pleasant experience of visual delight and...
by Yellowbug | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog, Craft Party
After getting the call from FedEx yesterday about the package, I unfortunately wasn’t able to drop by the workshop to actually open it. Ayay. This afternoon, my first order of business was figuring out what exactly lay inside this mysterious package (sorry...
by Yellowbug | Aug 28, 2012 | Blog, Upcycled
Contrary to its dictionary definition, we figured to call our “Upcycled Saturdays” MakeSHIFT, because we want to show the world what a little creativity and resourcefulness can do in putting old items back into the classification that covers both the...
