Bead Earrings Designs (December 2012)

These are the earrings designs for December, 2012.

Simple, yet chic and versatile.

I prefer simple designs I could wear anytime.

Necklace Designs (December 2012)

Create an Art Work Using Your Cellphone Camera Effects

This beautiful flower in my office's hallway caught my attention and while waiting for a friend; decided to be the star of my next creative piece.

Left my digital camera at home so I opted to use for my humble but always ready Nokia C3 phone to capture this beauty. However, the lighting inside the area was so poor that I couldn't capture the rich color of the plant. Then I observed that I could play with the camera's effects: greyscale, normal, sepia and negative. When I get home, I collage the pictures, place it side by side and a simple art emerged from what was an experiment just little later.

Try it for yourself. Get one thing and take photos of it using your phone's different camera effects. Have it printed and then frame. Simple but a statement piece worthy to be place in your room.

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*** Craftaholic Pinay ***

Portable Weighing Scale

Bought a portable weighing scale; an online seller's necessity. Least I am not clueless anymore

with the weight of my shipment when I bring them to my courier.

I posted it on my online tindahan www.ladynyx14.sulit.com.ph just in case somebody is having 

issues like I'd encountered.

Guess a five kilos capacity scale is enough as of now. I am praying for bigger shipments so I could upgrade my weighing scale to 20 or 30 kilos and digital like what Mail and More have 

in their store. Oh, maybe someday that will happen. Praying. 

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Create a Xend Express Account

 

I decided to give Xend Express a try coz I need a cheaper courier for my items.

I will post a follow up article if it keeps up with my standard and hopefully able to pirate my loyalty from expensive but trustworthy service of  Air21.

To fellow online sellers, create an account at http://www.xend.com.ph

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*** Craftaholic Pinay ***

Ribbon Flower

The ribbon flower I make for a friend's DIY kit.

I instructed her to put it in the brooch.

If she will be creative, she can place it elsewhere like in a headband or ponytail.

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Craftaholic Pinay's First Ever Accessories Manual

 

 My first ever DIY accessory manual which was given to my first DIY kit client Ms. E. B.

Thanks for the trust, my friend.

I hope to see your finish project and have it posted here in my site.

Pencils and Pens

Pencils and pens
Paper and boards
Scissors and Cutters
Ruler and Eraser
 One night of crafting my first DIY manual 

xoxo 
 Craftaholic Pinay 

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Bead Bracelets Designs (November 2012)

One Sleepless Night

Received an order in my sulit account; www.ladynyx14.sulit.com.ph and instantly said yes to buyer's order of 50 pairs of simple earrings. Good thing his instruction was assorted designs so I rummaged my box of materials and checked if I can create fifty pairs with my remaining supplies. Not convinced though, coz I wanted to deliver assorted designs to my buyer that I have to run to my nearest craftshop, CAROLINA's at MegaMall to get some new beads.

How long does it take me to finish the fifty pairs? A lenghty SEVEN hours. How does that happened? I watched television, texting my friends and eat in between thinking of designs and creating them. So that's it, I never sleep for a whole night and must go to work the following day with an online training waiting for me when I returned home. If I focused, fifty pairs including packaging might only take me three hours, including design thinking.

Lesson learned: Move faster and focused.

But after all the hard word and sleepless night, when my buyer finally called so he could pick up his order and I received the payment right away, I feel great. Oh, I honestly feel great. My buyer is a guy and his giving it as a gift to his girlfriend which is a very sweet gesture, I couldnt help to tell him his such a sweet partner ;-P

Post this same picture in my facebook page and friends were happy about my new "raket". Keep on receiving inquiries and questions and small orders as well. 

(Sweet) Realization : My talent is a gift. (giggles,LOL)

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*** Craftaholic Pinay ***

My Customized Doll Box Measurement

I've finally decided to sell my hand-crafted doll gown. I enjoyed sewing my dolls their dresses but I'm living in a shared apartment and could no longer display them all, so my lovely dolls and their gowns are just in boxes. 

I contacted a local seller of acetate boxes to check if they can customize me a box with my own measurement. After I received a reply, now I have to decide the measurement of my box. Funny, for the longest time I never knew what is a typical Barbie doll height is, so I have to rely on Google again to give me the answer. According to Wikipedia, a standard Barbie doll is 11'5 inches tall and I have to convert it to centimeters so I could give it to the supplier coz that is what they ask.

Note: 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters

My box will be: Height (34 cm) x Length (22 cm) x Width (13 cm)

Will update this blog if my acetate boxes arrive and will be posting my doll gowns as well. 

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*** Craftaholic Pinay ***

                                                                 

Bead Earrings Designs (October 2012)

Found time playing with my beads again. So here are the designs for October, 2012.

Hope you like them. 

Bead Earrings (September 2012)

These are just some of my latest creations I've been creating bead earrings for years now and never think of compiling them. I hope I could continue updating my designs and hopefully learn new techniques in customizing beaded earrings. 

Make a Gift Wrapper Wall Frame

Mona Lisa's wall frame had been sitting for quite some time in the corner of my room in my parent's house. I like the replica of the world's best known art work- Mona Lisa, with her enchanting smile, an enigmatic model, with a charm I wanted to describe as beautiful, yet I also wanted to describe as simple, plain and ordinary. Somehow, it seems I experienced the same dilemma art interpreters, art enthusiasts and fanatics felt when they saw this uncanny piece of art. 

The Joy of DIY and an Advice to Parents with Kids Curious About Everthing

I'm not a newbie in making different crafts. The fascination for creating stuffs has been an obsession since childhood.