Easy Craft Idea

Hi Everyone! I’m so happy that finally I’d be able to share all my craft ideas and links to all of the crafty lovers out there. I do hope to get a lot of fun ideas from you too and for those who just love to read on the blog sites…… we might just be able to convince you to try some of the things we do. So, ……. happy reading and posting everyone!

Summer in the Philippines is really something to look forward to. The beach is a wonderful place to hang out and spend those awful hot months. In the next few weeks, I’ll be posting interesting pix of some of the projects I made for the summer. I start of with this really simple canvass bag I bought in one of the souvenir shops in Cebu. It’s actually made by a company called Island Souvenirs (which I may add, makes wonderful souvenir shirts). I just had the urge to decorate it with trinkets of sorts, beads of colorful designs and TaDa……. I got a real beach bag! Just did simple running stitches over the letters to cover it with sequined beads and it looks fantastic. For the hanging trinkets, I had some old acrylic based clam designs (in blue) and blended it with coco beads. “Coco” beads are indigent to some islands in the Philippines as they come from real coconut wood. I guess you can find it in many different sizes and shapes in craft stores. I love using this stuff for many of my accessories. I also used some shells that I got along the beach. Moving along the souvenir shops, I found some polished but natural looking wooden beads. I covered it with ordinary thread, actually, more like crochet thread and found that you can make a very unique design of beads.

Well, hope it this will give you some ideas on how to make your own beach bag. By the weekend, I’ll be able to finish up the beaded slippers to match the bag. I’m looking forward to my next rendezvous at the beach with a total crafty accent.

Here are some samples of “coco” beads in their polished and natural colors.

Notice the apple green beads? These are natural polished coco beads covered in thread.

Some of the accessories I made in the past with the use of coco beads mixed with some other media.