papemelroti gifts - inspiration | art | crafts | design

A big thanks to everyone who joined us at the papemelroti Postcard Making Workshop at SM City Bacoor! We hope to see you in our new location there soon! Much love Cavite, stay CREATIVE!

ROBERT JOHN A. ALEJANDRO
https://robertaalejandro.myportfolio.com/

A graduate of Fine Arts from the University of the Philippines, Robert is an award winning graphic designer. He is a founding member of Illustrador ng Kabataan (INK), an organization of children’s book illustrators.

His varied projects include design and illustration for books, magazines, and advertisements as well as designs for shopping malls, retail shops and entertainment centers like Eureka at SM Mega Mall.

For papemelroti, Robert makes designs for stationery, bags, figurines and a variety of decorative accessories, often using his popular "Official" characters and Filipiniana themes. He was once the host of the popular television show "Art Is-Kool" on Channel 7, a children's art workshop on TV and formerly one of the correspondents for "The Probe Team" with Che Che Lazaro on Channel 2.

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Yehey! It's FREEBIE time! We know how you love doing DIY and crafting on your own! I hope you like these free coloring bookmarks. They are sure to fill up your time with colorful creativity!

Size of bookmarks - 12 inches height

I made a design for the girls and another one for the boys. Which one do you like better? What colors do you want to see these with? You may use colored pencils (so you can add shading) or crayons, pastel, acrylic, watercolor... etc. Add a bit of glitter too!

For advanced artists, you can put in textured paper into the larger spaces and paint over them for a really special effect. We can even share your work here if you send it to me. Just message me via the contact form in the side bar at the righthand side of this blog!

To make it sturdier, laminate this after coloring. Just punch a hole and insert a ribbon to decorate.

Feel free to share this with your friends so they can have some coloring fun as well!

I would love to know what you think of these and it would greatly encourage me to make more freebies!

Download Girl in a Garden Bookmark

Download Dreams Bookmark

*Please take note that these are for personal use only.

CALEJ
https://calej.blogspot.com

Being the youngest in the family, Calej started "working" with papemelroti when she was 7 years old. At the time, she was already gift-wrapping for customers. She used the floor as her table because the counter was just too high for her to reach.
Today, she makes designs for a wide range of products, making illustrations for stationery, books, home decor and more. She also loves to create original fonts, poetry and music.

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In 1976, we opened the first papemelroti in Ali Mall, Cubao, Quezon City. During the opening, Muhammad Ali cut the ribbon and there was a huge cake that almost filled the lobby. One could watch the proceedings from the 2nd floor where our little shop was located.

It was during the summer vacation, so we manned the shop, from making the things to selling it. Tina, (the "TI" in papemelro-TI) who was 7 years old, wrapped the gifts on the floor because she could not reach the counter yet.

A writer from a women’s magazine wrote 3 full pages about our family and the business. Because of her article, people would come up to the 2nd floor, point to our sign and declare, “I know what that means, Patsy, Peggy, Meldy, Robert and Tina!”

Yesterday, my husband and I attended the rebranding of Araneta Center to Araneta City. They featured our store as one of the pioneers (and amazingly the only one left of all the businesses that opened in Ali Mall at the start!!!) Thank You Lord for that miracle! And thank you to the people behind Ali Mall who took a chance on a little craft business like ours!

PATRICIA ALEJANDRO PATERNO
https://patsypat.blogspot.com

Papemelroti's owner and artist Patricia Paterno has been married for 21 years to a man with a good heart. They have one son who is as funny as his dad. She has been working in the family business since she was 11. When she gets home from work, she stays in her craft room and makes collages, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, and thinks of ways to re-use things normal people would throw away. Visit her arts and crafts blog. She wants to be passionate about God's passions so she also made a blog, Hebrews 13:3, about their service in the QC Jail.

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Love. Learn. Grow. Bloom with the NEW papemelroti Bloom & Grow Collection!

Here's all you have to do to enter:⁠

1. Go to contest post links below to get to the contest page. Repost to your Instagram / Facebook story and comment there on what this collection says to you⁠.

2. Tag a friend in your story⁠.

3. Don’t forget to tag papemelroti so we can see your entry⁠.
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That’s it! Contest ends October 30, 2019

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We are on SALE!

Get the best deals on your favorite products! It's so exciting!

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Now you can get your papemelroti products faster than ever!

We are excited to let you know that Express Order feature is up starting today! Get ready for quick and easy ordering! Instant add-to-cart feature!

This online function is best for bulk ordering so you can choose items with one click!

Ready, set, go!

Shopping just got so much more convenient with Express Order!

SEE HOW IT WORKS

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Ever wonder how to beautify your home on a budget? Ever wanted to fill your room with greens but had a brown thumb? Well here is a craft that anyone can do. It will also save the world from more trash!

I don't know about you but I have a brown thumb and I have known to smother plants with too much love! That means I could not stop myself from over-watering them so I have to content myself with cactus plants and succulents which I leave out in the elements for God to take care of. These are the only plants that have survived.

SOURCE: INHABITAT

According to Greenpeace, the Philippines was found to be 3rd worst polluter of the world's oceans. Isn't that just awful? It's all because we use plastic only once and then toss it. The Philippines is home to some of the most biodiverse habitats in the world. We Filipinos are unaware of the harm we do when we keep using and not reusing. Plastic can be deadly as it is mistaken as food and entangles wildlife. Can we start making baby steps to help save our oceans and marine life? Can we do it to save ourselves from trash?

This project is just one way we can re-use plastic bottles. Let's not throw those bottles away and try to use our creativity to make something beautiful out of it!

This was my first attempt so... I know it's not exactly flawless but it's a start, don't you think?

DIY Plant Recycraft

Materials:

empty (used) plastic bottle
razor
scissors
marker pen
green spray paint or green nail polish
face mask (optional)
wire clips / wire hangers
glue gun
soil or rocks for base (optional)
glass bottle or vase

Instructions:

1. Empty the plastic water bottle and remove the label.

2. Run through a razor to make a slit on the bottle. Please be careful.

3. Cutaway the bottom portion of the plastic bottle. Cut across (turning it into a curved sheet) to make it easier to work with.

4. Remove the bottleneck portion too. This is the hardest part of this project so if you do not want to remove it, just cut as close to it as possible or just skip this step.

5. Draw leaf shapes on to the bottle using your marker pen. You may need to make a pattern underneath if you want them to be the exact size.

6. Make a lot! After you have marked the whole bottle area, cut out the leaves.

7. Cut little strips to make into the stem. I used the ridges of the bottle as my guide.

If you want to make guides for the stems with your marker, you can do that as well. Make vertical lines along the plastic bottle. Make them as long as possible.

8. See if you can bend the leaves a little (to emulate real leaves).

9. Cut about 10 stems depending on how many you want.

10. Attach the leaves to the stems using a glue gun. Once again, be careful not to burn yourself.

11. This is the part where the magic begins and the plastic starts to look like leaves! Sharing with you my boo boo. I thought the acrylic would adhere to plastic but the ridges were making the process take too long. So I recommend using spray paint instead. I did nail polish since it seemed the most common material to find.

Mind you, the nail polish is toxic so you should do this outside and ideally, with a face mask.

12. Hang to dry. You won't have to wait long yay!

13. Once dry, put it all together. Find a vase or in my case, a repurposed glass bottle (which used to hold olives).

This plant is quite handy and can be put indoors or outdoors. I want to try different leaf shapes. I want to check how different a smooth plastic bottle will look.

Do you use plastic bottles only once? Want to join the movement of recycling enthusiasts? We hope you will! Show us your project and we will feature it here so others can be inspired and follow suit!

Tell us in the comments below what you think of this project!

See what's new at papemelroti!

Here are just some of the newest products from the Bloom and Grow Collection.

CALEJ https://calej.blogspot.com

Being the youngest in the family, Calej started "working" with papemelroti when she was 7 years old. At the time, she was already gift wrapping for customers. She used the floor as her table because the counter was just too high for her to reach.
Today, she makes designs for a wide range of products, making illustrations for stationery, books, home decor and more. She also loves to create original fonts, poetry and music.

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We want to share with you what's been going on at the papemelroti Artisan's Workshop. It's been fun getting to know about food art, pottery and recycling paper! So many more chances to learn arts and crafts!

Thera-"putik" Handbuilding Ceramic Workshop

by Alyssa Kangleon