The Breakfast Journal

Note to Self: You Belong In This Moment

You are where you are meant to be. Give it your 100%. More craft experiments and posts on my instagram account: @lifeafterbreakfastph P.S. Wood tape & white ink is love!

Breakfast & Watercolored Tattoos

I'm having another Temporary Tattoo Party this Saturday! We'll be using this special type of tattoo paper that feels like second skin. It's really amazing! :) AND super fun. Everyone is we...

Download: September 2014 Printable Calendar

With a hangover from last weekend's watercolor workshops, I made two floral calendars for September! Download the September 2014 Calendars below in Purple or Yellow   I'm so excited...

From Blobs to Bulbs

Played around with my Dr. Ph Martin's hydrus watercolors. Most of my paintings start out like this, as blobs. It's only when I add the second or third layers that it starts to make sense. This ...

Craft L.A.B: Masking Fluid + Flexible Nib

One of the first things I do in the morning is play with some of my art supplies. It's not a conscious effort; there are just some ideas that need to be executed before I can proceed with my real ...

Thank God It's Monday! :P

Just got back from a week in San Vicente, Palawan where Kat, PJ, Bevs, and I helped Mayor Pie Alvarez and the local municipality set up a livelihood project for unemployed women. In between ...

Pattern Design Crafternoon ♥

The daydreams my mind favors wandering to are ideas for new prints and patterns. I think it's the meditative repetition of making and looking at them that soothes me. Almost every crafter is a...

Lily's Craft Party + A Watercolor Crafternoon for Kids

Daphne's daughter Lily celebrated her 8th birthday at Pino and we made crafts all morning with her sisters and friends. We made stamped scarves, braided leather bracelets, and shrink art jew...

Download: August 2014 Printable Calendar

Carved these patterned raindrops for the August 2014 Calendar. It's obvious that I'm addicted to carving rubber stamps, but my favourite part is the actual printing to create repeat patterns. :...

Around Mindanao - July 2014 Snapshots

-------------------------- S I A R G A O -------------------------- Went island hopping, and PJ and the guys surfed a break out in the open sea. Kai paddlin' out with D...