When designing display used in retail environments, I love to conceptualize something that is multi-functional- or has a dual purpose. I probably enjoyed making paper flowers so much that all along I just made them to become decorative. But looking back last year when I started work herein the US, the frugal person in me decided to make a picture frame from scratch for my desk. The result was an unconventional Paper flower picture holder. This is probably the first paper flow

Dun dun dun dun.... The best Cricut® for paper flowers is.... Well, ok let's keep the suspense in the air first. Before we get to that, I want you to check first the chart below from https://home.cricut.com/ : By looking at this chart, the best Cricut® machine to make paper flowers with then is... Well, it will largely depend on you, the USER. (who will be making the flowers or project). The biggest factor to consider here is: The use of the machine for you. So, What will you

Autumn is fast approaching, and I am somewhat lamenting that summer's about to end. From someone who spent most of her life in a country that only have two seasons– summer and typhoon or monsoon (or as I have researched it, we only have wet and dry season), I remember loving autumn when I first experienced it two years ago. However after having experienced my first full blown winter this year and the last, I am finding myself not really comfortable that autumn is fast approac

Intricacy: Is something I must have picked up during my first year in design school "nth" number of years ago. One of my professors in a design subject has this "Level of Difficulty" Criteria when she grades our plate or project. Being the grade obsessed student that I was, most of what I did before tend to be kind of intricate in order for me to achieve high grades (with that particular professor). Nth of number of years after, (Now that) I am trying my hand at something I d

Last Feb 23 (2018), Friday I flew to Dusseldorf, Germany for a business trip. The company that I work for participated in EuroCIS 2018 which was held in Messe Dusseldorf and because of my main role in exhibits or trade shows, I was very fortunate to have an opportunity to join the trade show over at Germany. This was actually my first time in Germany, Let alone Europe :) Prior to my trip, I was thinking of ways to include my flowers in my trip, one of my followers in Instagra

Why does my title sounds like a thesis title? haha. Sorry Can't seem to think of a proper "fun" name. But kidding aside, I have been endorsing and encouraging fellow crafters for days now to join me in my advocacy of minimizing waste by using filler patterns, one with a cutting machine such as Cricut or Silhouette (Cameo) to use when cutting. So to further elaborate, when you cut a big pattern with a cutting machine, you cannot use every space in the paper and often than not,

In a nutshell, my craft, Deaney Weaney Blooms was born out of, first, my non preference for fresh flowers and my love for crafting. and here is the story so far: The origins At first, I was supposed to to name it Forever Blooms, however, upon looking it up, it was already in use so I first named it Fresh and Forever Blooms, As I was posting pictures in instagram and facebook however, I don't think the name is memorable enough and it was also hard to use in a hash tag, then su