The Breakfast Journal

Paper Dreams on Southern Living Magazine

Just got my copy of the May 2014 issue of Souther Living magazine, my first time to get a copy since its redesign. I love the look and feel of the magazine! There's a special feature on paper cra...

Watercolored Tattoos

Back in grade school, my favourite thing to buy at our school canteen were the candies that came with free temporary tattoos. Later on, gel pens were all the rage, and we used them to draw tattoos ...

In Between Crafting

So this is how the past few days have been like: I slave away in front of the screen half of the day for design work, and spend the other half either crafting or teaching workshops. My neon orange ...

The Watercolor Weekend Getaway in Tagaytay

Whenever I want to get away from the city for some alone craft time, Tagaytay is my go-to place. Solo craft time is so important for me because it's the time I get to experiment with my new materia...

New Workshop Schedule: Rubber-cut Stamps

Join us on May 20 at Bungalow300 in Alabang for the next Rubbercut Stamping Workshop with me and Mansy of HeyKessy! Each participant will get a set of carving blocks, carving tools, stamp ...

Shrink Art Craft Party!

This summer marks two whole years of crafternoons through my LifeAfterBreakfast blog. I celebrated it with a Shrink Art Party with friends! We started off the afternoon with a brief lesson...

Download: May 2014 Printable Calendar

I've decided that I will take each new month as an opportunity to experiment with new art materials. Last month, I went brush pen shopping in Japan, and came home with this loot: My favourite i...

Watercolored Funghi

A few of the things I bought hoarded during our recent trip to Japan are watercolor pads and brushes. Decided to play with new materials last night. 300gsm Matt Watercolor Paper and a 10/0 liner...

Out-of-the-Blog: The Spring Fling

I love how this blog pushes me to do something creative every day, and how a simple log of the things that I make and the places I visit allows me to connect with so many like-minded people. But li...

Happy Easter!

These are some of the striped and floral eggs that I watercolored over the weekend. They make me doubly excited for our hunt this afternoon! Wishing you all a Happy Easter! :)