Summer has hit Manila, and kids need something to do! I’ve recently been asked if The Friendship Bracelet Book was still available. I did some research, and found all the places you can download the craft books from. Yay! I’m finishing up a few more mini-zines, so just keep an eye out here on the site!
I regularly hold Pressed Flowers workshops, and each participant gets a printed copy of my Pressed Flowers Mini-Zine (available on iBooks, Etsy and the I TRY DIY Shop). I’ve been asked if I have the zine printed somewhere. Of course not, silly. I Try DIY. Here are two ways you can print and bind books or mini-zines yourself!
Here’s a throwback to our childhood, sure to bring you back to days at summer camp. Revive the use of craftlace with this modern take. All you need are a few bangles and some leftover craftlace (also called gimp, rexlace, plastic lacing or boondoggle).
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Aside from the Easy Peasy Friendship Bracelet craft kits, I also prepared fabric bowtie kits for an activity we had in Japan. The kits came with the cutest checkered and plaid fabric, ripper, safety pins, hairpins, needle and thread.
Last month, I prepared 50 friendship bracelet craft kits for an activity in Japan. I wanted to keep things easy, so I decided to doodle a little how-to zine on how to make the Chinese Staircase friendship bracelet pattern. It’s definitely one of the easiest to make!
I can’t draw, even if my life depended on it. Save for a few A-for-Effort drawings on the game Draw Something, my skills rival those of a five-year-old. In an effort to push myself and try out new things, I decided to attempt making a one-pager manual for a basic paracord bracelet design.
So, I sketched a few things while making an actual bracelet.
Tweaked the colors to my liking, and added instructions.
I even went so far as using one of my own fonts!
Here’s what I came up with! A quick guide to making the cobra stitch with paracord. I’ll be adding this with every paracord purchase from the store!
Oh, and pin away!
