Craft Soirée: Meet The Crafters

Get to know the super creative and talented crafters who participated in last Saturday’s Craft Soirée! 16 crafters + 15 crafts to exchange = amazing loot and an extremely happy crafting bunch! Read on and see the crafters and their creations up close.

www.desigsofartisanblog.com | https://www.facebook.com/designsofartisan

Twitter: @iam_artisan

I’m April, a graphic designer with a small studio named Artisan Design Studio. I also managed our dainty coffeeshop, Yellow Hauz, which is just beside my studio. I design and print anything with paper, from custom wedding invitations to creating my own paperline, Artisan Paperie. I very much inspired with chic and vintage style. I love doing DIY’s and just simply playing all sorts of crafts like, paper flowers, polymer clays and jewelry.

papergoods for the exchange like stationery, greeting cards, gift tags, etc., with paper flower attached to the packaging.

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www.facebook.com/paveee 

I am a 3rd year college student, currently taking up Clothing Technology at UP Diliman. Arts and crafts is something I’ve always enjoyed, ever since I was a little girl. 🙂 I especially like painting using water color, scrapbooking, making accessories out of beads, string and paper, and making my own prints and patterns. I am fond of making bracelets and accessories using textiles like string and fabric, especially since I have recently learned more about it in my degree program. I also like making prints and patterns for different projects and paper materials such as cards, tags, and the like. 🙂

Handpainted fabric wallets/envelopes for the craft exchange

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www.quaintdesk.com | http://www.facebook.com/quaintdesk

Twitter: @quaintdesk

I’m a relatively new crafter, venturing into this art form only last year. My interest in art usually takes the digital form (like website and graphic design). I got inspired by KWernerDesign and decided to give card-making a try. It was refreshing to finally make something tangible and I was hooked ever since. I’m mainly a papercrafter though but aims to try other materials this year.

12 Tissue Tassel Garland

12 Matching Cupcake/Food Topper

12 Matching “Thank You” Favor Tags in 3 designs

6 Food Labels

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mansillianasunday.tumblr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/mansillianasunday/

Twitter: @mansilliana

Loves to make collages, handmade postcards, to collect dried leaves and flowers, to take pictures of patterns and shapes whenever she goes to different places

brass rings and brasslettes

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facebook.com/junkstudiocrafts | junkstudio.tumblr.com | handmadeinmanila.tumblr.com;

Twitter: @junkstudio

Upcycled Goods, Home Decor, Crafts for Book Lovers

Bottle Cap Rings + Necklace

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Twitter: @Kaichypoo

Crafts: knitting, some crocheting

cup warmers/sleeves

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Twitter: @kokokrunchie

I’m interested in paper crafts because i love paper and i think they’re very accessible. I don’t usually make crafts or make a particular craft regularly.

Personalized Alphabet Crayons

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thebestkindofnice.blogspot.com | facebook.com/macysfields

Twitter: @macysfields

Baking has always been my first love, but sometimes I also try my hand at other crafts like friendship bracelets, nail art, and accessories recycled from stuff like paper bag handles.

Cupcakes! Kahlua Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting (:

http://itrydiy.me | http://facebook.com/itrydiy

Twitter: @mikkomix | @itrydiy

Growing up, my mom was a stay-at-home mom. She made sure I never ran out of creative things to do. I love anything to do with thread, beads and paper. The past year, it’s been all about friendship bracelets.

Friendship Bracelets in handmade paper pillow boxes. 🙂

http://yellowbugloves.blogspot.com | http://www.facebook.com/CraftMNL

Twitter: @yellowbuglove @CraftMNL

I’m a graphic designer, crafter, weekend videographer who likes scribbling children’s stories and poems.  I make accessories, as well as fabric flowers and bouquets.  I love doing the DIY details of lovely events like weddings.  I paint, and watercolor is my medium of preference, though the recent projects I’ve been dreaming up have been more mixed media–sewing and paper!  I’ve been doing more projects on my sewing machine too.  I do embroidery, crochet and other happy crafts, as well as some printmaking!  I inherited quite a lot of fabric from my Mom and Lola. They’ve been awesome influences.

palm-weaving inspired accessories!

facebook.com/anna.achacoso

Twitter: @aningskii

I graduated from U.P. Diliman in 2010 with a Diploma in Creative Performance of Music Arts, Asian Music. I’ve been singing with an all girl jazz trio called Baihana for 4 years and counting. I taught Preschool and Elementary music classes at the Raya school for two years and am currently studying to get licensed as a Kindermusik educator. I got married last year and have a beautiful baby daughter named Noelle (“Christmas” in French) Carminia (“Song” in Latin). I started playing with clay when i was pregnant. I wanted to make clay charms because the ones i would buy were not meticulously made. So i started researching online and on YouTube on how to make miniature food clay charms. After days of learning, and shopping for materials and tools, i finally crafted my first cupcake. And that’s when my love for clay began.

A set of Brunch inspired charms- a bread loaf, a bread bun, Nutella, a muffin, and a french macaroon.

Twitter: @wanderdrifted

Noelle is a self-taught graphic designer. She has been dabbling in graphic design since her college days at Ateneo de Manila University where she graduated with a degree in AB Humanities. She has also pursued further studies in Contemporary Art at Metafora, Barcelona, Spain. She has done numerous logo identity and print design projects for retail companies, restaurants and small businesses and has produced a line of paper goods and stationary. She also does surf and ocean-inspired artworks using ink as a medium. Noelle has also attended design seminars abroad and participated in group art exhibits in Manila and Barcelona, Spain. She is currently an Art Director and partner at Leung De Leon Marketing Services Inc.

Silkscreened canvas bags with my artwork on it, stickers, pins, postcard

Owner, Artwine

www.shopartwine.com | Facebook.com/shopartwine

Twitter: @shopartwine

Having won several awards in painting her whole life, she thought that she’ll be into fine arts when she’s as big as mommy. But one recommendation to substitute an absent DIY stylist in a magazine led her to this path of arts and crafts. She hasn’t stopped tinkering with cloth, paper and glitter since then.

DIY monster plushies : )

www.alessandralanot.com | www.lifeafterbreakfast.com

Twitter: @alessandralanot

Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved paper and making crafts. After highschool, I started Art Adventures, a mobile arts and crafts workshop for kids. Although I currently work as a graphic designer and co-own vegan restaurant Pipino, making jewelry (using non-traditional materials, silver clay, thread, rope and gemstones) will always be one of my favorite things to do.

www.thecuriousstudio.com | thecuriousstudio.blogspot.com

Twitter: @CuriousWiji

I’m a self taught freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Makati. I’ve been tattooing for almost 2years now, under the guidance of award winning tattoo artist Dyun Depasupil. Having grown up in La Union, I am inspired by organic elements: the ocean, the sky, gardens.

freelance designer/illustrator and preschool teacher

http://lorraelena.tumblr.com | http://www.starsfordreams.com

Twitter: @lorraelena  @starsfordreams

Lorra is a baby crafter. Nope, doesn’t make babies but is fairly new to the crafting scene. She’s always been interested in different kinds of things like painting, drawing, rubber stamp making, sewing, jewelrymaking, and just designing knick knacks, but never fully explored the possibilities until now.

Notebooks with illustrated covers