{Craft Workshop} The DIY Bride

It's that time of the year again! :) The DIY Bride workshop is now open for registration. 

I'm soooooo excited because this is my first workshop for the year! Yey! Similar to my previous workshops as seen here and here, I'll be teaching brides (non-brides are very much welcome to join as well!) to make different styles of paper and fabric flowers. This will be the basic for making bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, headbands, etc. 

Hope you can join me! :) Click on the link to register: bit.ly/TheDIYBride

See you loves! :)

Clocks and Contradictions

  

I am never the type to post selfies on my social media profiles but I enjoy posting my handmade musings online. I can sometimes be quiet and not give my thoughts but I wear my heart on my sleeves in sharing my life's adventures and misadventures. I can be timid and extremely shy but when I'm in the groove, I become quite the opposite. Just like what you'll see in this clip. Yep, that is me all excited and giddy. :)

I hope that you'll enjoy this video segment I did for GMA News TV's Good Vibes.

xoxo,
Koni

{Craft Workshop} Craft Tambay Part 2

Our first ever Craft Tambay was a lot of fun! I met new friends of different ages and had a blast sharing my craft expertise. I saw how people who are eager to learn new things, regardless of their current abilities, will learn a lot and will enjoy every minute of the process.  It was a very exciting and fruitful session indeed.

With eager hearts, my friends and I are back and will be hosting another Craft Tambay! This time we will be teaching 4 crafts in 2 different venues.  Learn paper flower making, decoupage, brush calligraphy, and lettering.

I hope that you can share a fun-filled afternoon with Cathy, Ella, Geli, and me. Let’s Craft Tambay!

To sign up, you may email me at candidlypretty@yahoo.com or fill up this form.

See you there! :)

The DIY Bride Workshop

A couple of weeks ago, at a quaint tea shop on Maginhawa Street, 10 girls met, made pretty things by hand, had fun, and drank yummy milk tea. :) This aptly summarizes The DIY Bride Workshop last June 21.

The workshop started early. It was a warm and sunny Saturday morning, a perfect time to mingle and learn a thing or two about arts and crafts. As always, everybody was very friendly, giggly, and excited. After all, not only was the workshop intended to teach handmade wedding details, it was also a venue to meet acquaintances and make new friends.

Each participant received a kit filled with craft materials such as pretty cotton fabrics, lace fabrics, garterized and hard headbands, alligator clips, brooch pins, covered buttons, rhinestones and embellishments, scrapbook papers, and a lot more.

It was indeed a busy morning. Everyone was enthusiastic to try and make as I teach them techniques I learned over the years. The girls made 3 different styles of fabric flowers and a paper flower. I showed them the basics of making headbands, boutonnieres, bouquets, wedding garters, and corsages. To encourage them more to make and create, I also shared tips on preparing a DIY wedding and where to source craft materials.

It was a surprise that 8 of these lovely ladies came from the south, as far as Cavite, Batangas and Mindoro! You don't know how happy and touched I am that you traveled far and shared your precious time. It was such an honor to be your teacher. :)

To Sam, Hannah, Ahzel, Yela, Prim, Charie, Vine, Jen, and Boni, it was a pleasure crafting with you!

Until we see again, all the best! :)

Much love,

Koni

P.S. 

Gratitude to the talented Ella Lama, for our pretty poster and for giving our participants a 10% discount on customized wedding invitation suite, to Tea Please, our venue partner.

I never would have done this without the love and support of my better half, thank you Mr. Esteban! Of course, to the Almighty Father for always letting the universe conspire to help us achieve our dreams. :) 

{Intimate Event} Christian and Angela

Christian and Angela's wedding week was one filled with cloudbursts. Looking at weather forecasts, chance of rain was very high. Though I associate rain with gloom, I see it as God's love being showered on earth. I have nothing against precious water falling from heaven just that Christian and Angela's wedding flowers were made from paper!

Despite experiencing thunderstorms from Monday to Saturday, it was a miracle that the sun was shining brightly on Sunday, their wedding day. It was a big relief. Thank you Father for giving us sunshine, the gift of family and friends, and letting us enjoy these paper flowers!

Here are some of my paper-folded lovelies. Kudusama bouquet for the female entourage:

Chest corsage for the female principal sponsors:

Key to your Heart boutonnieres for the male entourage:

Me and Mr. Esteban being secondary sponsors to the couple, it was my pleasure and gave me joy to be a part of this beautiful union. Congratulations to Christian and Angela! Cheers to love and life! :)

{DIY Love} Yarn-covered Wooden Utensils

Hi loves!!! :) It's been ages since I posted a tutorial on the blog. I had been very busy with craft misadventures and got a bit lost (intentionally) in daydreaming. Well, I'm back and will try to make it up to you ladies by sharing this pretty table setting idea.

I swoon over lovely florals and pretty pastels but I'm also a huge fan of bright colors, bold prints and patterns. I've been chevron-crazy lately and when I started working on these turquoise chevron placemats, I just can't help but want to splash more colors! Enter one of my favorite craft materials, yarns!!!

Hope you're hands are ready to craft!

Materials:

- wooden spoon and fork

- yarn/s

- scissors

- glue gun

Step 1: Put a little bit of hot glue on the back side of the wooden spoon.

Step 2: Start covering the wooden spoon with yarn.

Step 3: Once you've covered your desired length, secure the yarn by putting hot glue.

In 3 easy steps, you will be able to create an inexpensive decor and necessity for your tablescape!!!

Go ahead and experiment using more than one hue, create an ombre, play with a rainbow of colors. :) I'd love to see how you're project went. Ciao for now! :)

The DIY Bride Workshop

I've completed one item in my bucket list! Hooray for taking chances and following ones' heart!!! Last May 25, I conducted The DIY Bride workshop at my favorite craft store, Lasting Impression. With an excitement I can't contain, I met happy and wonderful ladies who were eager to learn crafts. Everybody greeted everyone with a friendly smile.

We started the workshop by making lace headbands for flower girls and/or entourage.

Craft lesson #1: Be in the zone and always get your game face on.

Next project was to make your own wedding garter.

Craft lesson # 2: Always be careful when sewing, use a thimble if possible.

Yarn pompom was next. The colors are soooo pretty! The pop of different hues gave us even more inspiration. :)

Craft lesson #3: Don't overlook simple materials. It is from simple things that beauty grows.

This is me doing yarn pompoms arrangement ala Candidly Pretty. And oh yes, I'm proud to wear the headband I made!

Perhaps this is the most tedious of all the crafts we did - the kudusama flower.

Craft lesson #4: Paper is pretty. Paper is lovely but it can cut, oooh that's an ouchie!

These is us all giggly! Funny how I can still hear our chuckles just by looking at this photo.

It was a very productive day. Thank you ladies for sharing your precious time. I hope that what you learned will inspire you to make and create.

Gratitude to the Lord for giving me the courage to take chances,  trust my instincts, and follow my heart. None of this will be possible if not for the love and support of my husband. Thank you Mr. Esteban! And as always, the photos you took are beautiful. Cheers to my friends, Ella for hand-painting the poster and participants' canvass bags and Geli for the yummy Red Velvet cupcakes!!!

Until the next workshop! :)