The One About My New Craft Loot for 2013

New year, new craft loot!  I have not visited Divisoria since I was preparing for my wedding and that has been more than year.  As I walked the dingy, hot streets to buy supplies for some crafts that I'll be making for a friend's wedding, it dawned on me why I used to love it there.  The streets and pasilios are full of crafty finds!

 These scrapbook papers in the yummiest designs were selling for P50/dozen.

 

 These wooden alphabet stamps were selling for only P100 a pop!  I couldn't resist so I bought all kinds!

 I was dubious with this telephone stamp the first time I saw it...

 ...but I grabbed it (P60!!!) after I learned it could make this.  Don't ask me the connection between a phone and a sewing machine.

 I bought a hundred of these wooden spools only because they were too pretty. :)

 

I know I'll someday find use for these wooden beads.

 

 I can just stare their prettiness all day. :)

Happy crafting - and craft materials hoarding!

The One About My Craft Loot

Last week, I found some pocket of time to visit my favorite craft supply store downtown.  I was just about to go crazy with all the lovely supplies and the craft ideas that were starting to form in my mind when I told myself to practice some restraint and just buy the essentials.

Clockwise from left:  1. I just mentioned buying the essentials and now I'm starting with an impulse buy!  Haha!  I spotted this big paper crimper and I just couldn't resist!  No more folding paper just so it'll fit in my small crimper!  2.  Watching all those Martha Stewart shows have made me long for an X-Acto knife.  Glad to have found it finally!  3.  This has been another quest for me.  I have been searching through sewing suppliers for a rotary cutter that cuts through fabric in vain.  Now I can cut straight and non-straight lines with (almost) 100% precision!  4.  Now, I just realized I didn't find this in my downtown craft store.  I stumbled upon this set of Crayola Fabric Crayons when I went to Bulacan for work last week.  5.  Now back to my downtown craft store.  I got a set of fabric markers in basic colors.  If I had enough moolah, I would have bought all the shades!

I can't think of a way to insert this in this post but...

...I wanted to show how small my old paper crimper was so you can understand (and also so I can justify impulsively buying it!) how ecstatic I am now that I have a biggie!  You may remember that I used my baby crimper here.

I can't wait to start using them!  Till next time, lovelies!