When I had the opportunity to do a series of workshops using watercolor pencils last summer, I can’t help but check out the name written on my watercolour pencils. It said Albrecht Dürer. Every time I’m given an assignment such as create hand-lettered quotes or something, I love reading up on its story. Well, I realized […]
I am personally fascinated with the idea of marketing. That was one of my favorite subjects in college. I’m just amazed at how ideas get to spread and the dynamics behind it. When I joined the corporate world, I was a brand assistant at my first job. Okay. I didn’t really get to the
After being able to catch a couple of plays in Broadway, I’ve always been wanting to go back to New York so I can watch more. There’s something really contagious about Broadway plays. It makes you want to sing their songs and even be a part of the whole thing. Haha. So when the hubby
Last Saturday, we left Pampanga with so much words of wisdom and encouragement from Erwin Dayrit. Probably just the message I needed. Erwin or ‘Weng’ to this family is a 37-year old ballpen artist. I met him at the SM Stationery Art Fest while he was doing a demo with Dong-A Philippines. I was stunned
If there are two things that haunt me all the time, that would be doubt & guilt: Doubt that I’m not doing my best (even if I’ve already exhausted all means to create an output) and guilt that I’m not taking enough time to live a well-balanced life. Last week was my birthday week and
Voicing out opinions and ideas can be scary at times. What if I’m the only one who feels this way? Are my fears even valid? So many thoughts run through my head every day. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you might be a fellow overthinker too! Hihi. When Riley came along,
Hello Guys! 🙂 We’re grateful for spending 8 years with you online. (OMG. Has it really been 8 years?) We’ve been hopping from one social media site to another but you allowed us to continue sharing our story in whatever format available in the www! Well, okay. I must say, the blog’s birthday was last
Bright hues have been a constant fuel in my life and holding workshops for the past years have made me realize that more than the brush strokes and the happy colors *Mostly Teal at the moment*. Fulfillment also comes from getting to meet workshop participants for the first time and getting to know their stories.
We were contacted by the Advertising Students of Central Philippine University to hold a workshop coupled with an outreach and I didn’t really know what I was in for. I’ve been through so many of these outreach programs while growing up thanks to my schools and also volunteered for a few after graduation. In all
We’re very grateful to have held Letters & Colors in Iloilo together with Abbey Sy organized by the Advertising students of Central Philippine University! 🙂 We had a blast last weekend and we really enjoyed meeting new faces and lots of good coffee and food. First of, this is something that we didn’t expect to
I’ve been wanting to continue featuring artists on this blog but this time, through a video. Still in the spirit of sharing what makes me happy like how this blog started, I was really hoping that I can share with you the people who inspire me to create. 🙂 I first met Kenny Tai
Two things I wished for this year that I thought were so far from happening: (a) be able to hold workshops in different parts of the Philippines ?? (b) participate in an outreach program, specifically the one wherein I get to actually be the one to teach. I’m writing this as I’m inside the plane
This lay-out of all green school supplies takes me back to my college years. 🙂 My stuff then was mostly this color. I also remember how I would cut out letters from my favorite magazine to decorate my own notebook. Come to think of it, when I was in grades 4-6, a lot of my
Get ready to be inspired! 🙂 *Okay, that may have been too big of a promise. Haha.* I’ve been wanting to do a compilation of my favorite talks, speeches and interviews of all time. When I work on my projects, so many thoughts fill my head and I have to battle with each one of
Jean Kelly of Sea Mountain Co shares with us her process on how to make handmade watercolors! 🙂 For a couple of months now, she’s been helping me out with some of my work and she would share with me how she enjoy the process of transforming pigments into useable watercolor half pans! 🙂 Aside
Every time I get to attend the SM Stationery Art Fest, I always think how people these days are so lucky to have such venues where they can bond with their friends and family while exploring art materials! 🙂 I went to the first day of the Art Fest yesterday and didn’t realize how long a
Oh my gosh! So many exciting things happening this April and May! You’ve got free workshops, multiple exhibits, art events as well as workshops that require a minimum purchase that will help you make the most out of your summer! I will no longer delay you. Let’s go straight to the schedulesssssssss! 😀 April 19-23:
I’ve been wondering why I’m into making videos lately. Then, I realized that our blog, my supposed side project of so many years has now become my full-time work. So, in the spirit of story-telling that started this all, I am back to being constantly looking out for things that make me happy that I
I promised to stop myself from opening my blog posts with a comment about how time just flies! 😀 It’s been a couple of weeks since the Summer Art Buffet, one of the events I was just really grateful to have been invited to teach. Yep, that’s how it looked like after the class with
I was supposed to start working already today then I realized, “Wait! I must blog about this!” I’m still on a high from yesterday’s Art in the Park event. I’ve been waiting for the day that I could create a vlog about it, but yesterday afternoon, my lizard brain as Seth Godin would call it wanted
