Seasalthair: craft

DIY | Cheap Heart Shaped Ring Light

art 8:34:00 PM

Heya guys! What a great Saturday it is!

I recently made a video on this cute and unique DIY Ring Light with just an LED strip light from CD-R King. The rest of my materials are accumulated at home and basically from my dad's tool box. Well, it's actually pretty easy, I bet you all can do it with your eyes closed. Just kidding!

Anyway, if you're just like me who doesn't want to spend that much for a ring light then this video tutorial is for you. Imagine I only spent more or less Php 880 pesos for this project compared to the Php 7,000- Php 8,000 ring lights sold by Glad King. I could literally make 7 led lights
with that money don't you think?

Okay, enough with the blabbering. Watch the video tutorial below and let me know what you think.

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Buku Buku Kafe: Basic Pointed Pen Calligraphy Workshop with Dom Rodriguez

artisan coffee shop 4:36:00 PM

So how do I go about this? It feels like my first time to write a blog post after so many years. Lol Forgive me for my sudden hiatus my friends. Perhaps, this is the start of something new. (Uy!Napakanta sya!haha)

So guys, as you can see, I've attended a Basic Pointed Calligraphy Workshop at Buku Buku Kafe recently. It was my second time from a different artist namely Dom Rodriguez, who is actually a teacher in profession. Cool, right?

Initially, it was my friend Chessica Mirasol who is attending the workshop but sadly, she was not available on that day so instead she asked me if I could come and sit in for the class. Of course, I said yes! So, read on.

There were times that I pass by this coffee shop before but I never really had the chance to dine in. So just imagine my excitement that day. In my mind I was like "I will take lots of photos. Repeat.".

Buku Buku Kafe, is a very nice place and I bet you wouldn't leave without even a single photo inside. Everything is just soo cool! From the hanging books, the artisan pastries, the interiors and the food, everything is so worthy of a picture.

Well, my inner artsy self is amused. I feel like I can live there. Seriously. haha! It's like a dream, well my dream coffee shop! Everything I love in one place. Kudos to the owners for creating such beautiful place!

Buku Buku Kafe is located at G/F The District, Anabu 1 D, Imus, Cavite and soon they will be opening their second branch at SM Southmall.

Early birds for the class with my seatmate CJ, Ms.Dom who's preparing the materials and surprisingly there were 2 kids who joined the workshop. Soo cute! We're a total of 9 students that day including my dentist! Didn't know she signed up for the class as well so I was quite surprised to see her that day.

Dom first explained how to prepare the pointed pen and the nib but we started our activity with familiarizing how the weight of every stroke has to be by using a pencil. She even taught us how to remove the oil coating of the nib by using our saliva and tissue to wipe it off. Everyone was like "Do we really need to use our saliva?". We can actually use soap or toothpaste to remove the coating but since those aren't readily available, we can go after the saliva technique. Totally weird but it works just fine. We also did that from the first workshop I attended. Anyway, when we have already been familiarized with the strokes, we then went on and used the pointed pen and ink.

Included in the kit are activity sheets that we should follow and it's so nice because I FINALLY learned how to do the letters properly by doing it stroke per stroke (meaning slow down gurl!) which was illustrated by Doms. Truth is, I am the type of person who likes doing things as quick as I can to save time and energy. So, all this time I've been doing it wrong. haha

My excuse was always "I'm doing modern calligraphy" so it doesn't necessarily have to be consistent. Well, that is correct at some point. But, I noticed that whenever I write paragraphs, the letters are always inconsistent. In this workshop, I learned how to create more dynamic strokes and letters. Lined worksheets also help.

During lunch time, I was served Calabaz Latte and Longganisa Sliders. Super yummy! Pramis!And can I just say? Their food are all Instagrammable! I'm loving the fact that these are the ones they're calling snacks. Can you believe that? A full meal only for you while in some workshops it's either you munch on a piece of Ensaymada or Brownie. San ka pa Bes? Super sulit na ito! Haha

While everyone is busy eating. I sneaked in and took the opportunity to snap some photos of the place. Pagkakataon ko na ito. Okay be ready mga Bes!Marami rami ito.

You can also borrow books from them.. So bookworms out there, rejoice!

Buku Buku Kafe, you had me at "we support local artists". *Slow clap please*. My first reaction was "sa wakas may malapit na sa South". Yes, yes! Thank you for having this corner in your coffee shop.

If you are an artist and you are interested to consign your products, you may email or message them on Facebook.

I really love the hanging books!

And there you have it! Thank you so much Buku Buku Kafe and Ms. Dom for having me. It was really a nice experience.

Of course the workshop will not be complete without a class picture so here it is together with Ms. Jess (owner of Buku Buku Kafe) :) Sorry Dra. Cecille! This is not my fault. Teehee!

See you soon!!

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DIY : PAPER WALLET

craft 10:01:00 PM

Hi guys! Today, I'm going to teach you how to make a paper wallet! Very simple and easy to make so get your materials ready for this is fun! But first let me just show you this awesome book that I bought from the World Trade Christmas Bazaar last December. I got this for P200.00, lucky me! This is actually used for covering books but the designs are too lovely to waste! We will be using this book for this project. Don't worry you can also use other printed papers too but it is best to use this because it's water proof.

Prepare the ff. materials (Scissors, Fabric tape or Washi Tapes, Pen and Water proof paper or any colored/printed paper).

ONE : Choose desired paper design. I chose this vintage looking script paper.

TWO : Cut the paper in half (this is only if you have the same book cover as mine because it is folded in half so the actual size is double). In case you don't have this, 8x11 papers will do.

THREE : Fold it in half then fold each sides going to the center.

FOUR : Open it again and draw lines on the sides. As you can see I also drew a diamond shape on the third rectangle. Use a ruler or a business card for this to make the lines straight.

FIVE : Now, cut and fold the sides just like the image above. The third part with the diamond shape is where your cards will be stored.

SIX : Poke a hole on your diamond outline and start cutting from the inside.

Now you should have something like this!

Next...

SEVEN : Fold it back again like the third step.

EIGHT : Fold it again in half. CUT the white unfolded part.

NINE : Get your fabric tape and measure the sides where you'll be sticking it. Cut it and stick the half outside and the other half inside to secure the sides of your wallet.

TEN : And you're done!!! Simple and easy!! I told ya!

TIP : you can also stick some fabric tapes on the inside of your card holders to make it more cute!

TADAH!!!

What I like about this paper wallet is that they're slim, customizable and unique. You can also use it as a secret storage which you can insert on your book or planners. It's such a great disguise for thieves!BWAHAHAHA! Great idea *insert light bulb here*

Yay! Hope you enjoyed this tutorial, let me know if you worked on this project too!

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