Bored & Crafty

Feb 2010

sushi break

When the boyfriend was still in art school, I could spend hours watching him paint. These days, it is easy for me to forget work, Facebook, and online shopping when I watch him draw stuff for his clients.

He’s talented, this guy. Most of his designs these days are of the bloody-guts hanging out-zombie variety. But he whipped this one up several nights ago:

I really really REALLY hope Design by Humans print this. I would so wear this. In fact, I already have an outfit in mind that beautifully incorporates this shirt. I’m thinking black leggings (the zipped one would be awesome), silver accessories, and booties.

OR gray skinnies and a cropped blazer for a bit of a Lorelai vibe.

Category: domesticity Tags: design by humans, sushi print shirt, uzi art 6 Comments

Feb 2010

goodbye yoville

By Meream

I am moving out of Yoville. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Yoville is a Zynga game that you can play on Facebook. It’s annoyingly addictive. I’m a frustrated home stylist and you can see how this game reeled me in.

Several months ago, I managed to leave Yoville to pursue activities that are not of the virtual kind. However, when I checked back, I saw that one of their new products is a sewing machine.

“Gosh, why don’t I turn one of the rooms into my dream craft room?” I said to myself. Unfortunately, the machine could only be bought with Yo Cash and I can only have Yo Cash by using real money.

Oh well.

So I’m leaving Yoville for good.

Here are screen shots of my rooms, by the way.

my pet is about to die. have not fed him in months.

this was the kitchen that i made into a garden. because i could.

the bedroom has got that victorian vibe going on

the hallway of friends turned into a kitchen. seriously, the hallway of friends felt too much like a shrine for dead people

second bathroom turned into dining room

and yes, the flat screen is in the bathroom

Category: this crafty life Tags: how to design in yoville, yoville, yoville decoration, yoville garden, yoville living room design 6 Comments

Feb 2010

scraplink saturday – yourpaperheart

By Meream

How amazing is it that Scrapblog has a sticker of the Mad Hatter? Nothing left to do but to make a scraplink for Your Paper Heart.

Sam was a high school classmate of the boyfriend. I often stalked her Multiply blog. And now I will hide my stalker self in shame.

But really, Sam writes beautifully. No surprise there since the boyfriend tells me that they were in the school paper together. Besides, it’s not hard to like a girl who loves turquoise, Johnny Depp, Spongebob, and good art.

Category: scraplink Tags: samantha costanilla, scrapblog page, scraplink saturday, your paper heart 2 Comments

Feb 2010

perhaps i was blessed by martha?

By Meream

Ah, Ayala Center Cebu. My castle.

And this is my throne. Second and third photos show my own room (AKA National Bookstore).

Silly fantasies aside, what is up with the mismatched public chairs in this mall? Some are your standard wooden white benches. Some are modern and sleek. The new addition is this baroque 4-seater. Methinks a public seat with cushion is a disaster waiting to happen.

While analyzing the furniture choices of this mall, I have also noticed that mall-goers no longer gawk at you when you wear patterned pantyhose in public. Progress, I say.

Outfit was worn a few hours before I settled at my sewing machine table to make the bowed pencil skirt I blogged about yesterday. I have a feeling that the Matryoskha dolls were not the only ones who helped me win that battle. I communed with the craft books while I was in National Bookstore and Martha may have given me positive mojo as well. I love when that happens.

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Category: this crafty life Tags: ayala center cebu, martha stewart encyclopedia of crafts, national bookstore ayala cebu 6 Comments

Feb 2010

bowed in disappointment to geniosity

By Meream

The last time I went fabric-shopping, I scored a meter of Lecien Matryoshka doll fabric. I love a skirt with cute and fun prints and I decided the fabric’s fate even before I paid for it. I was aware that it called for lining but I didn’t care. How hard could it be to line a gartered skirt, right?

Not hard but the end result was pitiful.

The plan was to sew a skirt that screams fun and cute and trendy. Hence, the huge bow. But the skirt did not fit right. To make myself feel better, I spent the remainder of the night taking silly photos with the ribbon.

There was only one thing left to do and it involved zipper. Shorter and form-fitting were also inserted into the plan. But the ‘zipper with lining’ part had me worried. No help via good ol’ Google. So I took out a few ready-made skirts from the closet to study how they were made. A real head-scratcher, this zipped and lined skirt creation.

I needed a good night’s sleep to tackle it properly.

Thankfully, with the guidance of the Matryoshka dolls, I had a few moments of pure geniosity. I did not even curse! (Okay, I did. ONCE.)

I know it looks simple. But seriously, I feel like I deserve a badge.

And to congratulate myself, I will buy new shoes. I kid, I kid.

Category: clothing Tags: japanese fabric, Lecien fabric, lecien fabric skirt, lining a skirt, sew a skirt with zipper and lining, sew zipper to a skirt, skirt with huge bow 12 Comments

Feb 2010

how to make a dream catcher

By Meream

Most of the things I know how to make I learned by looking at an actual product. A dream catcher is one example. When I was still a sophomore in college, a roommate’s sister brought several dream catchers to our apartment. I remember being bored one Saturday afternoon (we had no cable then) when I noticed the dream catcher hanging from the main door knob. I crawled (yes, crawled) to it and studied how it was made.

Now I know that dream catchers are not exactly hard to do and that this is a craft taught in schools or other outdoor camps. However, let me post a tutorial here. I did CRAWL to learn this and I feel that that kind of hard work deserves to be recognized.

Or, you know, I need to record this in case I forget. Which is often the case.