Confessions of a Chronic Crafter has moved!

I am so excited to announce that this blog has a new home! Come on over to www.beadlady.info and check out the new digs! Let's continue the crafty goodness there, shall we? 

How to organize your craft room

I wrote and styled an article for Good Housekeeping Magazine about how to organize your craft room! Yay! This was way back in March, and as usual, I didn't have time to blog it here. So how about a throwback post?

In the March 2013 issue of GH Philippines, I share tips on how to organize your craft materials and supplies using regular objects you can find at home. If you're like me who's a hoarder of crafty thingamabobs, you're probably on the lookout for storage solutions! Well here, I share some nifty tricks about keeping craft clutter at bay.

This story was shot in my own craft room. :) I posted about my little corner here and over at Saccharine, my baby blog. I super loved working on this article! You can probably find GH back issues in Book Sale or Filbars. Or you can get the digital edition on Zinio. This issue has Christine Bersola on the cover.

Please let me know what you think! And I'd love to see how you organize your craft supplies at home, so post a link in the comments, ok?

New polymer clay pendants

So I finally got to play with my clay back in April. Woohoo! But I haven't clayed since. Just wanted to share these lovely little things I made over the summer. I am so in love with them - the colors and details. I love how they turned out!

I wanted them to look like mini collages of ribbon, lace, and strips of paper. But they're all made of clay. Everything is made from scratch (except for the square bezel, lol). I did not use any molds. Labor of love!

These pendants I call Inchie Winchies are inspired the lacy details on my daughter's clothes, my fabric stash, and by the mini mood board notebooks created by Holly Becker of Decor8, my blogging mentor. (Thank you teacher Holly, for the inspiration!)

They look so happy and cheerful, don't you think? I imagine wearing them on a thin chain, with a simple sunny dress. Or they could brighten up a plain t-shirt.

These Inchie Winchies are available on Luna Lollipop on Facebook. Luna Lollipop, my new line of products, deserves a separate post. I'll blog about it once the official website is up. For now, please like the FB page.  Follow me on Flickr to see more.

Follow Beadlady Manila on Instagram

I just love Instagram. I love the convenience, the simplicity, and the visual way you can connect with people around the world. I share a hodgepodge of snapshots there, both personal and craft-related. Follow me there, I'm beadladymanila. :)  Or you can view my instagrams online: www.instagram.com/beadladymanila

See you there, ok?

Yummy cart makeover

I miss my Lolo.

Today, I gave the Yummy Cart a fresh coat of paint. In pink this time. I'm not yet done, and I'm hoping to finish it on Sunday.

Thank you Lolo for building this beauty for me. This will forever be treasured. I miss you!

The Beadlady Online Workshop

Hello crafty friends!

I'm so excited to announce that I'm finally offering an e-course! I am teaching an online polymer clay workshop, yey!

The Beadlady Online Workshop from Angeli Del Rosario on Vimeo.

This online class is two years in the making. I've been getting some requests for something like this over the years, from people outside Metro Manila and abroad. When I got preggy in 2011, I finally decided to go ahead and develop this course. Because I couldn't leave the house anymore, and there were still people wanting to take my classes, I thought, an online workshop would be convenient for everyone! If I hadn't gotten pregnant, I wouldn't have gotten around to finally designing an e-course! Haha!

If you're interested, head on to www.beadlady.info/onlineworkshops. The first class starts on March 30.

Craft room update

Hey crafty friends! How's everyone? While most of you are busily working on your inventory for holiday fairs, I've been busy not working. Haha. Still no crafting for this full-time mom.

I did get to spend a few hours in my craft room this week - I was trying to purge, de-clutter, and organize!

Check out my latest post over at www.beadbaby.blogspot.com to see what my little space looks like so far! What do you think?

What does your craft corner/table/bed (haha!) look like? I'd love to see your work space! Please leave links for me in the comments!