Tuesday, August 5, 2014

My Loom Band creations

It has been almost three weeks then when I started up to get into loom band making. At first, It was really overwhelming when you finished a bracelet even the simplest one.

Glow in the dark single fish tail loom band by Genesis (son)

I was once thought that loom band was originated in the US because I saw western foreigners in Youtube who had videos for loom band tutorials, until such yesterday when i knew it from a friend who has a daughter who got a present for loom band last year and they didn't know how to do it. She said that it was originated from Asean. And to confirm it, I asked Google on that and found out that it was a Malaysian national--Cheong Choon Ng of Rainbow Loom who created it. Here is what more of Wikipedia has to tell more.

This time, i'll give a sneak peek of what i created because I am a proud mom into crafting :)

How to make fishtail loom band bracelet (trile fisf design), now you can do it your own :)



Glow in the dark starburst bracelet 
Spirilla loom band bracelet




























You can also make a bracelet partner with ring! Here is the Citrus bracelet and ring that is perfect for girls!
Click here to see how it is done.

Aside from bracelets, rings and small pieces you can make, here is the phone bag that i have learned to do from Crafts Life.

My creations of loom band phone bag.
Well in fact, these small bands can actually create a lot of things out of it if you just have the perseverance and eagerness to learn the craft, then you can!



Sunday, August 3, 2014

I got the cheaper set of good quality loom band!

In my previous blog Loom Band craze, we joined 'em, i have shared our excitement when me ang my kids started to make the popular crazy crafty loom band making. And i promised to buy a set of it for our weekend leisure. For a practical mom like me, i consider the price when buying quality loom bands-- of course! cheaper price with good quality. Mall price is obviously pricey! Like this one that i saw in NBS, that i bought one in Alabang and saw again in Divisoria!

NBS - P116
Alabang - P75-P80
Divisoria - P25
Last Friday when I was in Manila to meet a person, i decided to go to Divisoria after. Different loom bands are everywhere! They were in the same packaging as what you can see in malls but here in a friendly pocket price. I was surprised when they also sell it in separate items, from storage box, crochet hook, loom board, clips and a per weigh bands.
This assorted metallic bands cost P30/50gms. Same with the glow in the dark bands.
The ordinary bands is P20/50gms (Divi price)
In Alabang, it cost P50/50gms.

Loom board P50 (Divi)

C clips P35/pack

Crochet hook P20

Tada! Complete in less price :)
Storage box - P160-P180
Complete Set of Loom Band - less P500
In my next blog, I will show you how exciting and interesting to make this artsy crafty loom bands..of course! --the very famous bracelets--and some more!