tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080254885577599622024-02-19T22:35:37.386+07:00Mad Crafter At WorkI love everything crafty, whimsical and vintage ...Mad Crafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168660931425562240noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208025488557759962.post-33323789673119038332013-01-10T12:05:00.001+07:002013-01-10T13:14:34.889+07:00Back from Limbo!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yep .. the madcrafter is baaaaack! Hope you miss me ... ;)</div>
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I wanted to start the new year with something worth sharing, and I think the following story would fit just nicely.</div>
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It all began when I found a stack of old baby wraps in the storage, belonging to Nafisa, my youngest. Now a toddler, she hardly uses these wraps - they're still in good condition and actually were leftovers from others I had donated. Then, the idea hit me ... why not make them into something she could still use at her current age? </div>
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Ooookay, so first, I thought about the stuff she loves the most --> soft toys, so one possible 'future' outcome of these wraps could be one of these. </div>
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Second, she loves bunnies. Aside from our real bunny 'Olaf' that she adores so much, she has this tiny, rather lumpy 18 cm bunny softy that big sister Zadia gave her (it was Zadia's many years ago). And here she is ..</div>
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I thought it would be great if I could make her a bigger huggable bunny to play/sleep with from the old wrap, as it is very soft and nice to the touch. Perfect!</div>
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So I scoured the internet to look for a cute, whimsical bunny pattern on the internet and voila! Found it! Check it out: a Modern Folksy Bunny by Gingercake at <b style="color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="http://www.fairytalefrocksandlollipops.com/item_4134/Gingercake--Modern-Folksey-Bunny--E-PATTERN.htm" target="_blank">Fairy Tale Frocks and Lollipops</a></b><b style="color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="http://www.fairytalefrocksandlollipops.com/item_4134/Gingercake--Modern-Folksey-Bunny--E-PATTERN.htm" target="_blank">!</a></b><b style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </b></div>
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Isn't she a cutie? And the best thing was, the e-pattern was 'oh so simple' and ON SALE! Hurrah!</div>
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With my (very) limited sewing skills (I have a machine that I hardly touched), I dared myself to make the bunny doll. It was a 'now or never' situation, so with a small prayer I went on and start cutting the old wrap. </div>
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And, tadaaaa ... the green bunny from Naf's most favorite wrap (or so I thought)! Not too bad, eh?</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">[I modified the look a little bit by eliminating the pompom tail (simply because I don't have a thick yarn) and simplify the bow piece. I had this stash of flower embellishments that I bought many months ago that I hadn't use (and now I had an excuse! Yay!) So I sew together a string of velvet pink ribbon and attached the shabby chiffon flower. For the tail I stitched on another part of the wrap which I filled with polyfil / dacron.]</span></div>
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When the bunny was finished, I proudly presented it to Naf, told her I did something to her green wrap as a surprise.</div>
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She took one look at it and said, 'No, Mom .. not green .. PURPLE ...!' And then she left me, unimpressed, totting her little old bunny with her.</div>
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DANG. Completely forgot that her favorite wrap was the purple one, NOT green! Arrghhh ... felt like my heart just got torpedoed and started to sink. [Blup blubup blup blup ..]</div>
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"Can I have it, Mom?" </div>
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Suddenly her big sister Zadia asked me out of the blue.</div>
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"Of course!", I nodded (a bit surprised because I didn't think she would want it).</div>
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She then happily adopted the green bunny and gave it a loving squeeze - which made Zadia's bigger sister, Dinda, a bit envious ... and wanted another one made for her too! Du'oh! </div>
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It was then that I realised, when they were younger, I NEVER had a chance to make anything for my older girls, I spent too much time at the office. Every toys I bought for my girls were all factory made. Now, as a stay at home mom, I have all the time in my hands to remedy all that ... no wonder they were so enthusiastic about the homemade stuffed bunnies! </div>
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To make the story short, I gladly repeated everything and made a blue bunny for Dinda, and on this second try, I think my sewing skill is getting better (well, maybe just a tiny bit, heh heh)! Here it is ...</div>
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And now my house is full of bunnies - stuffed ones, real ones - hamsters, cats, and of course, kids. Lol! </div>
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My slice of heaven .... ;)</div>
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Thanks for reading friends, hope your day is as lovely as mine (or even better!)! ^_^</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">On Saturday, May 26, 2012, <b>the </b></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indonesian-Crafter/306334972784181" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><b>Indonesian Crafter</b></a><span style="text-align: left;"><b> FB group</b> had a double treat for its members - an exclusive members only</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">'Oshibana Workshop'</span><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><span style="text-align: left;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the art of making pictures with pressed flowers and plants) </span><span style="text-align: left;">with </span><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/rinafitrayana" target="_blank">Sri Alderina</a></b><span style="text-align: left;"> [founder of </span><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Oshibana.Indonesia" target="_blank">Oshibana Indonesia</a></b><span style="text-align: left;">], </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span>
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<span style="text-align: left;">and a free for all </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'Matryoshka Key Chain & Key Cover Mini Workshop'</span> </b><span style="text-align: left;">with </span><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/IndahApsariIndryastuti?ref=ts" target="_blank">Indah Apsari Indryastuti</a></b><span style="text-align: left;"> - YAYY \(^o^)/ </span>
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These free workshops took place at the FX Mall Senayan, where the Indonesian Crafter also participated in the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NirmanaAward" target="_blank">Nirmana Award,</a> an appreciation for the young Indonesian designers ..</div>
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And let me tell you, both workshops were very interesting, enjoyable and most of all FUN, FUN, FUN!</div>
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Well, enough talk, just enjoy the pics below:</div>
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After having a short lunch together with my family (yep, every IC workshop is a family affair for the Subastians :P), we continued downstairs to visit the IC Booth at the Nirmana Award:<br />
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There were a lot of interesting things to see, and the kids and their dad went bonkers when they saw these, paper replicas from <a href="http://www.perikertas.com/" target="_blank">Peri Kertas</a>:</div>
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At about 4 pm we left FX Mall since the kids and hubby were dead tired, and this was the after-workshop scenes that I wanted to share with you:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zadia asleep with her Foxy Mask on [made by a fellow crafter, Enno Hayano Handmade]</td></tr>
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Ahh, what a productive day it was .. so, don't blame me for being an IC Workshop Addict, cuz' you bet I'd do this again .. and again .. and again .. ^_^<br />
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PS: err ... maybe some of you were wondering why I wore such a bright outfit (it's ORANGE for heaven's sake!), well the dresscode for the workshops were 'bright and flowery', turned out I wore the brightest and have the most flowers on :P)</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With whom Winter conceived;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">To announce the coming of light;</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">At eventide I join the birds</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">In bidding the light farewell.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">My beautiful colors, and the air</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">As I embrace Slumber the eyes of</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I am the memory of a moment of happiness;</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I am the last gift of the living to the dead;</span><br />
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</div>Mad Crafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168660931425562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208025488557759962.post-70894335873070207792012-04-28T18:34:00.003+07:002012-04-29T08:32:45.573+07:00Preparation for a Craft Fair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As you can tell I'm very excited with my upcoming participation in the <b>June Festival Palang Pintu Fair</b> in Kemang (Jakarta, Indonesia). I</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">t's going to be my first craft fair - and I'm glad that I'll be sharing the booth with 3 other crafter friends (with me being the most inexperienced one). </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know it's way over one month away, but being the Mad Crafter, I always LOVE to prepare ahead of time. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, after a bit of researching here and there, here are the list of things that I'll need later:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cash - in various denominations - need this incase I need to make change - plus a waist bag or apron to hold them.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Receipt book - to record my sales, duh ...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Business Cards - lots and lots of 'em .. and/or other promo items such as a DIY bookmarks/mini calendar as giveaways, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Cardboard sign </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Notebook + pen + scissor - a </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">must</span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Calculator - I'm not my best when it comes to math, will certainly need this</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Merchandise bags - I'm planning to use recycled paper bags for this, got to order some soon :P</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tape</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rubbish bags</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Camera for documentation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wet & Dry tissue</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile phone - can't do without it</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Containers/Cardbox/Suitcase to carry all my stuff</span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Table cloth</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Display sign & Price Tags</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Displays to showcase my items</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chair/Stool</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Food and water</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Craft Work - that I can work on to pass the time</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inventory list</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> + of course, the stuff I'm going to sell + extras</span></span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Now, for the number 15 and 16, I did a couple of research on several olshops in FB to get some displays for my accessory items, but heck ... the prices just blew me off the roof! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">God, they're expensive!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">SooOOOooooo ... ooooo ....</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">to make the story short I <i>made my own</i> <i>thang</i> ... (so to speak) ;)</span></span><br />
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[Note: I got a lot of inspirations from the pins I saw on Pinterest. It's truly a key to a lot of great ideas where we could work on, not to copy, but if possible, make a better version of (that's the spirit!)]</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Made my own DIY - Display Tag from stock card, a jumble of vintage images plus printer</td></tr>
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here's the <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/218776494368551319/" target="_blank">link</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">also made this DIY - Accessory Display 'Tree',<br />
(although I still have to wait for my daughters to come home w/ a perfect light weight tree branch to put in, lol!)</td></tr>
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here's the <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/62768988526694031/" target="_blank">link</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">aaand, TA-DAHH .. <br />
a DIY - Makeshift Display Board from my son's 7th grade art assignment!</td></tr>
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here's the <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/170362798373620737/" target="_blank">link</a> </div>
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Next step, make a simple cardboard sign for my part of the booth, or if my other partners in crime agreed, a communal board instead! ^^<br />
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Stay tuned! ^^<br />
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</div>Mad Crafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168660931425562240noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208025488557759962.post-90565138394673238892012-04-23T06:06:00.004+07:002012-04-23T06:29:25.024+07:00Adieu Picnik :( ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, it's official, Picnik is <b>NO MORE</b> since April 19, 2012 ..<br />
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Boo hoo ... I really love using this free online photo editor as it was oh-so-simple [and we could store our images up to 100 pics if I remembered it right (w/ premium membership)] - I hope I did remember it right, if not my mind is already slipping :P .. I had created numerous designs using Picnik, including pictures I edited for my blog and of course, my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/blessedlyblissful.craft#" target="_blank">BBC</a> shop ...<br />
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But never fear, <a href="http://picmonkey./"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PicMonkey</span></a> is here! (thank you Picnik for the recommendation!)<br />
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So ... last night I made some trial run and here's the result:<br />
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Inspired by a pin from <a href="http://www.landeeseelandeedo.com/2011/08/i-just-want-to-make-beautiful-things.html" target="_blank">Landseelandeedo</a> that I saw on <a href="http://pinterest.com/forgottenelf/" target="_blank">Pinterest:</a></div>
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Heyyyy, not bad ... not bad at all!<br />
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Oh my, if only we could store our pics like Picnik, it would be <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">oh-so-purrfect!</span><br />
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I followed an advice from a good friend of mine, <a href="http://capungmungil.blogspot.com/2012/03/capungmungil-on-feltingcraftgossipcom.html" target="_blank"><b>mba Dini Capungmungil</b></a>, to submit it to Linda Lanese at the <a href="http://felting.craftgossip.com/2012/03/25/felt-label-just-for-the-fun-of-it-tutorial/#comments" target="_blank"><b>Craft Gossip</b></a> and here it is! [mba Dini had her own tutorial featured <a href="http://capungmungil.blogspot.com/2012/03/capungmungil-on-feltingcraftgossipcom.html" target="_blank">here</a> earlier]</div>
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Every Friday we share crafting tutorials in the Indonesian Crafters group on Facebook, and today I'm going to share mine.<br />
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You have probably seen my store updates on the latest Sister Love Collection glass pendants, and this is how I made those darlings:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">awesome, this had just arrived yesterday!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my favorite supplier always give a top notch service. i totally {heart} this</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">if you had purchased one or a couple of my glass pendants, and had accidentally took them for a swim/bathe, just peel everything OFF and place your favorite photo/picture as replacement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">... and now back to work people! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Crafting!</span></div>
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I uploaded these darlings onto BBC's album last Sunday, March 11, 2012:</div>
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and just couldn't believe at the response they had been getting! My goodness!</div>
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Unfortunately, there is only one of me - and a couple of hundreds of these beauties, all to be assembled by hands with TLC. </div>
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Hence, I couldn't help but shut down the Sister Love albums starting yesterday (after airing 2 days) so I could take care of the orders received .. sniff ... a girl had to do what a girl has to do - it must be done - I need time to finish everything the way I wanted it to be.</div>
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So thank you God, Reni, and all BBC's wonderful friends and customers out there ^^ XOXOXO<br />
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the elusive <b>18mm adjustable antique bronze rings</b> {heart}!</div>
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Here's an old post that I sometimes visit to read and laugh silly at, that I wanted to share with you :)<br />
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's been a long time since our last trip to <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mekarsari</em>, if I remembered it right, we had it on July 3, 2008. The girls were brimming with excitement. They wore new pink t-shirts and girly jeans that I bought only the day before. Yes, it was actually a school field trip for Dinda (3rd grade) and Zadia's (1st grade), so, we had to ride the tour bus together with, say, about half the school's population? </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And you really, <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">really</em> don't want to know how super noisy it was! Uggh. </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">'Hey, our bus was the only one with a toilet! Woohoo!'</span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lucky for my girls though. All students were instructed to sit in the front while all parents and teachers had to sit behind them. My one and only consolation was that the person sitting next to me (who had to endure the same torture) - was the school's <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">head principle</em>, Mr. Azwir. Well, it took 2-hour </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">journey from the assembly point to <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mekarsari</em> and upon arrival, we were the only passengers left wearing sickly 'green' faces.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #374149; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mekarsari</span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #374149; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before I forgot, let me give you a little bit of background on the place, which I took from their official website (www.mekarsari.com):</span></span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Mekarsari Amazing Tourism Park (MATP)</span></em></span></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is a place where one can find the wealth of Indonesia’s fruit species gathered together in a single location. It is also intended to develop and breeding of superior varieties of fruit. Mekarsari is one of the biggest tropical fruit garden in the world.</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The garden is intended to create a model market garden which will nurture germplasm collection representing fruit trees, vegetables, and flowering plants. The aim here is to safeguard the genetic diversity of these plants. The 264-hectare garden is conceived as a tourist attraction who will enjoy the recreational facilities which include Canal Tour, Kid’s Fun Valley, Country Side, Melon Park, Snake fruit Garden, Deer Park, and other facilities."</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am sure you get the picture of what the hullabaloo was all about - <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ecotourism.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">During the session, we get to ride a mini train to tour the facilities, went to Mekarsari's own harvest market, had some KFC lunch box, engaged in the 'fish hunting' in the mud ... MUD!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[The picture of newly bought pink tshirts and girly jeans just flashed before my eyes].</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not good.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As it turned out, the fish hunt was loud and fun. All participants must catch the newly released fish in the muddy water. To be honest, I could barely recognize the girls. They were all brown and icky and some other students even had mud from head to toe. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">Dinda succeeded in catching one fish though, so at least there was some element of victory after all. She was so proud of herself.</span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After the muddy session, the kids were led to a corner where they could communally gave one lucky bufallo his bath. Imagine. 32 kids scrubbing down a fully grown buffalo. Some rode on his back, the others tugged at his slightly curved long horns. Heck, I would be lying if I say I was not concerned about the whole buffalo idea. But the buffalo just took it oh so calmly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A spa experience perhaps? </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Maybe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Drugged? </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Maybe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1. Hard <span style="font-size: x-small;">(used)</span> paper for pattern;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2. Felt <span style="font-size: x-small;">(duh, of course!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">3. Pen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">4. Hole Puncher</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">5. Embroidery + sewing threads <span style="font-size: x-small;">[if you like]</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">6. Embroidery + regular sewing needles</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 1 & 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 4</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: center;">Add more embellishment such as buttons, rick racks, lace, ribbons, use different stitch patterns and just </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; text-align: center;">HAVE FUN</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: center;"> with it!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Sue Sunbonnet creation for the Indonesian Crafter Monthly Challenge :D</td></tr>
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</div>Mad Crafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168660931425562240noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208025488557759962.post-17974224931480774032012-02-21T08:42:00.001+07:002012-02-21T08:42:20.883+07:00'You're an Inspiration' Award<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday <b>mba</b> <b>Pinkan Anita D.</b> from <a href="http://pink-made.blogspot.com/2012/02/penghargaan.html" target="_blank"><b>Pink's</b> </a>informed me {thru my shoutbox} that she had passed on to MCAW a</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">'You're an Inspiration'</span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Award ... :O </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you so much for the award mba, love you blog and first of all, your creativity! ^^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MCAW's first award {grin} ... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Q: Am I happy? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A: Oh yes, absolutely!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Q: Does it make me want to be more inspirative (if there's such a word!)? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A: Of course!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Q: So what will be my next inspiration? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, by having no idea it means I have all the freedom in the world to create whatever my heart desires - I've experimented with felt, fabric, beads, glass, digital thingy and whatnots. Now is the time to explore deeper into the 'unknown', which {I think} makes life more interesting :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The rules of the game for by receiving this award is that I have to do the followings:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://capungmungil.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://capungmungil.blogspot.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ichiekaichi.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://ichiekaichi.blogspot.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://my3littlemice.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://my3littlemice.blogspot.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://estheticfilia.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://estheticfilia.blogspot.com</a>/</li>
<li><a href="http://kawakibcraft.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://kawakibcraft.blogspot.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tobucilhandmade.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">http://tobucilhandmade.blogspot.com/</span></a>
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<li><a href="http://joeneyscraft.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://joeneyscraft.blogspot.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mortyworld.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://mortyworld.blogspot.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.myinnocentia.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://apuuhandmade.blogspot.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://idekuhandmade.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">http://idekuhandmade.blogspot.com/</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">{thank you Mas <a href="http://pagikotaku.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nunuw</a> ^_^}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">{Ideku Handmade & Capung Mungil's Feb. 2012 Giveaway}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MadCrafter <span style="font-size: large;">won </span>one of Capung Mungil's craft books!! Double yay!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Thank you God!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'cuz I'm smiling from ear to ear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(which is kind of scary), lol!</span></div>
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</div>Mad Crafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168660931425562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208025488557759962.post-32722189888192149142012-02-15T05:46:00.001+07:002012-02-15T13:48:38.725+07:00My Digital Playground - A Celebration of Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is Feb. the 15th. It is a very special day for my family as it was supposed to be Reny's birthday. To celebrate this, a couple of days ago I made my very first vintage <i>collage sheet!</i> Hurrah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is called <i><b><span style="color: #e06666;">'Sister Love - Fun Classic' -</span></b> </i>actually a mishmash of different themes in one: circus, oriental, story book, black and white picts, medieval, bird, advert, classical dolls, vintage card and finally, my own 'madcrafter' profile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was supposed to be a limited edition thingy, but wow, people kept ordering although I mentioned earlier that only 3 pcs were available for each picture -I'm now fresh out of metal frames and vintage keyrings. Talk about the keyrings, sigh .. they're vintage-licious! (if there was even a word like that)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following my <i>Sister Love - Fun Classic</i> debut, a friend gave me an open challenge - she wanted a custom vintage inspired glass pendant w/ her favorite <b>John Wayne</b> quotation written on it. It says:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Life is hard. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hmm. Sure brought some old memories to when I watched the 1968 film </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'The Green Beret'</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> featuring John Wayne himself, George Takei, David Janssen, Jim Hutton and Aldo Ray. He looked good in an army uniform, but then, he also starred in many cowboy movies and my ... he definitely looked more charismatic wearing a cowboy hat riding a horse! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soooo ... I googled around for his pic and found this absolutely gorgeous pic,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Combined with an old parchment letter and used 'impact' font style, a little vignette around the border, and ... VOILA!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did contemplate about using some western font for the quotes, but then, I decided not to overkill and go easy on this one .. and she liked it!! Double yay!! </span></div>
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Just want to share with you these stories from my other blog, enjoy .. :D<br />
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Today has been a very exciting day. The weather was great, the air clean and crisp, the wind was friendly and everything went as planned.</div>
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And to top it all, my wonderful parents came by and dropped my old Singer sewing machine at my house!</div>
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O my gosh, it sure brought back a lot of memories - all 20 years of it! No, don't take me wrong. That '20 years' label is very, very misguiding. You must have thought that I'm a sewing goddess by now, all wise and knowing.</div>
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To tell you honestly, I used the machine only twice. Pffft! Yes, I know - a stupid waste. I wasted 20 years of my life not learning how to use a sewing machine properly ... so what did I do whenever there were torn clothes, pants needed shortening, etc, you might ask? I 'outsourced' it. My bad.</div>
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So, is it too late for me? Yeeaaa .. naah, I don't think so. As now I'm a stay at home mom, I have all the time in the world to start over. Yea, that's the spirit!</div>
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<i><b>The Machine</b></i></div>
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It had been 2 decades since the last time I used it, so had no any idea what to expect. I went ahead and opened the cabinet top. Only minor disrepairs from lack of use, but what do I know? Then I lifted the heavy machine up and propped it on top of the 'table'.</div>
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Oof, the sudden musty smell and collected dust attacked my senses, not pleasant at all. I spent a good half an hour sneezing like mad - but it was a small price to pay. So there it was, fully opened. I had totally forgotten how it looked like.</div>
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I found the pedal still encased in its original plastic wraps, but the treadle cable was broken. It was great that the spareparts box was still intact and all the stitch pattern discs complete.<br />
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<i>Stitch pattern discs?</i> LOL! Yes, there are 18 discs. Each has its own function: Basic ZigZag, Multi-Stitch Zig-Zag, Domino Stitch, Banner Stitch, Key Stitch, Walls of Troy Stitch, Solid Diamond Stitch, Pennant Stitch, Ball Stitch, Curved Mending Stitch, Spiny Stitch, Block Stitch, Faggoting (Feather Stitch), Elastic Stretch Stitch, Blind Stitch, Crescent Stitch and the last one, Solid Scallop Stitch Discs. Just place one disc of your choice pattern in the disc holder and there you go.<br />
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<i><b>A Hidden Treasure</b></i></div>
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It was when I rummaged the cabinet that I had actually found another treasure waiting to be discovered.</div>
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I found an old needle book beautifully illustrated boasting rust proof, nickel plated, 60 assorted silver eye needles and threader inside! Wow, that was a mouthful. Not all the needles were there and the threader was missing, though. But heck, it was still a wonderful find anyway. </div>
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You can see its earlier versions from <a href="http://seesaw.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/needle-packs.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><b>'See Saw'</b></a> a blog by <b>Liza Cowan.</b></div>
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Satisfied with my findings, I quickly made an appointment with a Singer serviceman to have a house visit tomorrow afternoon. After giving him ample warnings of what to expect, of course. :)</div>
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<i><b>Mr. Fixit</b></i></div>
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<span id="goog_1920523189"></span><span id="goog_1920523190"></span>The Singer 'handyman' arrived the next day as expected. Unfortunately, I was busy finishing up my cooking in the kitchen at the time, making a mean chicken stew and rice for lunch (I called it <i>mean</i> since my kids always help themselves for seconds whenever I serve this dish). I sure hope the fragrant smell did not bother him too much as it was nearing lunchtime. (If you wanted to give the recipe a try, just scroll down near the end). Not intending to be impolite, I turned down the heat for slow cooking and invited him in to have a look see.</div>
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At first, I kind of anticipated a look of utter disbelief on his face when he saw it, but the guy just kept a straight face and said, 'Not too bad, Ma'am. But would you consider upgrading with a brand new sewing machine?'. Oh dear, that was a classic.</div>
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I just smiled and told him about my 'mission', which is to give the <i>old faithful</i> a new lease in life. I also told him about my blog and how he was going to play a part in it (and then asked permission to take his picture, he he). He was a trifle surprised when I told him that I couldn't sew - Oho ... what big mouth I have. Whatever happened to 'never expose any of your weak points', eh? :P. I just stopped yapping right then and let him tinker with the machine - see what sort of repairs needed to be done.</div>
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<b><i>The Stew, The Service Guy and The Little Vinca Girl</i></b></div>
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Meanwhile, Nafisa (my youngest), was out alone in the garden picking her favorite <i>vinca</i> flowers<i>.</i><i> </i>I found myself going back and forth between the kitchen, the living room and the garden. Lucky for me the stew was finally done, so I could concentrate on the repair and my little girl. I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">f you were wondering how does a vinca plant look like, to the right is a picture I googled from</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: green; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">www.parkswholesaleplants.com. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i>"It is easy to grow, and requires little or no attention. A grower once reported that he has grown Vinca in the same location for 30 years. It successfully reseeded itself each year, with </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i>no effort on his part. This plant is known by three names: Vinca, Periwinkle (or Madagascar Periwinkle), and Myrtle. Botanists will tell you that there is also a separate strain or variety of Periwinkle. Vinca plants are native to North America, Europe, China and India. </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i>The plants are grown for its attractive glossy, green foliage, as well as its flowers. Flowers bloom all summer, and up to frost. Common colors include white, rose, pink, and red." - Source: </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: #008800; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">www.gardenersnet.com/flower/vincaperiwinkle.htm <i> </i></span></span></div>
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Enough botanical ramblings, back to the repair.<br />
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Here are the stuff in the list needed replacing:<br />
* Motor drive belt<br />
* Gear belt<br />
* Pineapple Gear or 'something'<br />
* House Service<br />
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After some calculating, Mr. Rais told me that he estimated the cost of repair to be around Rp. 260,000.- or around USD29.25! Wow, not too bad, eh?<br />
While I waited for him to remove the machine for repair, I came across this website: <a href="http://www.singerco.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">http://www.singerco.com/</a><br />
Very useful site! It even has some free designs and project for its users. Here is one of them:<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.singerco.com/images/projects/5190-SS_PrjSht_SewMachCvr.pdf" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">here</a> for the full instructions. Dare I even dream of trying to make such a beautiful creation? He he ... dream on ...<br />
When I finally snapped out of it, the machine was off the cabinet at last and out she went with Mr. Fixit. It would be 2-3 days before I could see her again.<br />
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Oh, and I really, really looked forward to that day. :)<br />
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Bon Appetite :)</div>
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<a href="http://mycozyland.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-old-singer-resurrection-project-part_12.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">My Old Singer Resurrection Project (Part III)</a></h3>
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Oh, bummer! </div>
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I had been lagging in my posts lately, so many things happening around here that almost made my head spin! (but not like Linda Blair in Exorcist III, I assure you).</div>
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I edited and republished two of my posts from this blog, entitled '<a href="http://www.wikinut.com/the-one-special-bunny-who-loved-to-throw-tantrums/w1q4vfd8/16nx1.mb/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Our Dear Pets</a>' & '<a href="http://www.wikinut.com/buffalo-shower-at-mekarsari-hold-the-soap!/krq.jj65/15ua6mo9/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Buffalo Shower at Mekarsari (Hold the Soap!)</a>' in a <a href="http://www.wikinut.com/in/zjdcf/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Wikinut</a> website. I had to admit that it was quite a new experience - I met lots of professional writers from all over the world whom I received wonderful insights, useful guides on how to write great articles, and many more. </div>
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And there was also this end of semester exams for my older children, DOUBLE BUMMER ...</div>
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Fortunately for me, the kids had all went to sleep, so I got a few hours of my needed peace n' quiet, just perfect for winding down and write. With my ever present mug of hot cappucinno, soft music playing in the background, I let my fingers to dance on the keyboard. What bliss.</div>
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<i><b>The Big Day</b></i></div>
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At last, Mr. Fixit arrived with my Singer cradled on his motorbike. Oh, goody, goody! I couldn't be more happier. I quickly let him in to reinstall the machine onto its cabinet. And while working, he showed me the parts which he had replaced at his shop before. Here they are:</div>
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The <b>pineapple gear</b> (don't know which part resembled a pineapple!)</div>
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The <b>motor drive belt</b></div>
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The 20 years old black <b>gear belt (</b>which could have easily snapped on my first attempt to reuse it).</div>
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And finally, just finally, the machine is back to where it belong, back in the house, all 'rejuvenated' and ready to rock n roll!</div>
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After showing me not once, but twice on how to feed the thread, he proceeded and sew a straight line on a piece of blue cotton scrap cloth. Hearing the <i><b>'thudda thudda thudda'</b></i> sound made my heart to go pitter patter. I felt so happy it worked again so I continued to pay more attention and absorbed as much information from him. He showed me how to refill the small thread spool, set the different pattern width, replace the needle, and so on. All the while, I had a picture of <b>me</b> fixing my children's clothes, making useful things for the house (i.e. cover for my hubby's electronic piano/keyboard, runner for the dining table, sofa pillow cases, and many more!) <b>Ooh, so exciting!</b></div>
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</div>Mad Crafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168660931425562240noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208025488557759962.post-34856139433091899832012-01-29T16:39:00.000+07:002012-01-31T05:26:37.754+07:00End of 2011: A Rollercoaster of Emotions - A New Passion was Born<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I knowww, I know ... guilty as charged ... it's been quite awhile since my last post - so many end of year happenings happened last 2011 - some good and some <strike>bad</strike> sad. Very sad.<br />
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Maybe some of you knew that last November my dear sister Reny passed away - the hurt from losing someone so dear to my heart was so great, it stopped me from writing for almost 3 months ...<br />
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It was from this life experience that my 'Sister Love' collection came to be (a dear friend later told me that it was a beautiful way of remembering my Reny). Instead of using my usual media of felt or cotton fabric, I used glass and digital images ...<br />
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Here are some of them:<br />
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My inspiration came from <a href="http://fyeahlolita.blogspot.com/2009/07/cabochon-ring-tutorial.html">here</a>, a tutorial from <b>F Yeah Lolita</b> blog, later on I learned more techniques from the tutorial videos found on YouTube (yay for YouTube!).<br />
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One thing though, as I prefer using transparent glass dome instead of epoxy resin, and glass by nature, is a fragile material prone to chipping or cracking, so my pretties here are <b>NOT suitable for children :P</b><br />
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Up to this time, I used ready made collage sheets that I purchased online, but being the madcrafter, I wanted to create MY own digital images, madcrafter style! hehehe ... so here they are - some from my own design and some using altered cliparts from other artists, hopefully they're not too bad for a newbie ^_^ <br />
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It's actually easy, you could do it too ... [so here's to you Reny, love you always Sis!]<br />
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Last Sept. 19, I posted this picture of my <b>'On the Go' Mini Pincushion</b> on BBC's status, entitled <b>'Recycle - from trash to treasure'</b></div>
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<i>'Dari rol karton bekas gulungan benang smok, sisa kain katun print dan flanel, satu kancing kayu uk. kecil dan kertas karton, hotmelt glue, sedikit dakron dan jahitan, jadilah kreasi seperti ini .. :)'</i></div>
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<li>Collect the materials that you have on hand: scrap cotton fabric, used cardboard tube, 2 pieces of felt scraps, leftover lace for decoration, wooden button (if available), and some polyfill (dacron) and a length of thread;</li>
<li>Measure one of the felt to fit the bottom of the core - trim it nicely;</li>
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<li>Line the inside of the core with hotmelt glue and tuck in the excess fabric, be careful when using your fingers to do this as the glue is very hot (duh, that's why they call it 'hotmelt glue'!), I prefer to use a stick to press down the fabrics instead. When done, add some more hot glue on top of the tucked fabric and pop in the round felt 'ball'. Push it in and check if the glue had secured the 'ball' perfectly - then finish up the other end just like the first;</li>
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There, all you need to do now is add some embellishment as you like (I used a stretchy lace that I bought from Irmawati Sewcraft, an FB onlineshop!) plus a green wooden button to add more charm and ... VOILA!!<br />
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And check out what our friend Mba Ichii from <a href="http://ichiekaichi.blogspot.com/"><b>Goodthinks</b></a> had created, for her version of the mini pincushion:<br />
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I don't know when did I start liking vintage things - but I do know that my collection is growing more and more each time. For sure, my mom's antique gallery-like house has the biggest influence on my artistic expressions/collections, if I might say so ...</div>
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It so happen that I didn't marry a billionaire (which is okay by me) - even if I couldn't buy expensive artworks - the solution is actually very simple. </div>
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I<i> <b>make</b></i> my own art.</div>
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For me, there's nothing more artfully satisfying whenever I succeeded in turning an empty 'canvas' (or even a packet of white cement) into something beautiful, something that I could appreciate and cherish ...<br />
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{aaawwww ... starting to get mushy here! Some one please get me a swimming pool!!!}</div>
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My first choice would be this little garden statue - she was born from a mold that I purchased directly from England. Isn't she a real beauty? I just love every details on her.</div>
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And here are some of the collages/artwork that I had done in the past few months ...</div>
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Mad Crafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168660931425562240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208025488557759962.post-72628786584439353622011-09-18T10:57:00.001+07:002011-09-18T14:58:13.861+07:00Lazy Sunday Crafting - Bird Mobile<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There's something about Sunday mornings that I can't quite pin down - is it because Sunday is a family day, where each family members can fully enjoy each other's company from sun up till bed time? Could be, well, at least it happens in my family :)<br />
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It is during this blissful time that I could sit down and browse fresh new ideas from other crafters' blogs for my craft inspiration, and today my attention got snagged on this work of art - it was a bird mobile project, an old post by Laura from <a href="http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/2008/05/16/bird-mobile/">Spool Sewing</a> last May 16, 2008.<br />
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Check this out:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird mobile project from <a href="http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/2008/05/16/bird-mobile/">Spoolsewing</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail on the birds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use of various patterned fabric for the birds</td></tr>
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Luckily, I had previously ordered some fabric pieces from a fellow Facebook onlineshop, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001325325285">Juvin Art Souvenir.</a> They were supposed to be my 'guinea pig' for my headband project but they turned out perfectly cut for building my soft birdies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the recently bought printed cotton fabric (and buttons)</td></tr>
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Laura's blog also include the free PDF pattern for the bird [<a href="http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/birdpattern1-1.pdf">click here</a>]. This is for <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">personal use only</span></b> and not for selling.</div>
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So I cut the patterns and trace it on my fabric with a fabric marker - [tip: during pattern cutting, I always cut on the sewing line, the additional seam line can be added later during fabric cutting; hence I get a precise trace from the fabric marker when I sew the pieces together. my rule: trace on the wrong side of the fabric]</div>
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For the fabric marker, I used my Giotto Decor that I bought from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cici.konde">Cici Konde</a>, another fellow FB olshopper who also sells her beautifully made whimsical crafts online. I use whatever tools I have on hand so the Giotto Decor will do (and to my delight, it worked perfectly!).<br />
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Without further ado, I got to work, adding a little piece of scrap trimming and a 17mm heart button ... and VOILA! My very own bird softie! </div>
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[i know, i know .. I still need to work on the other birds but it's very exhilarating to get your first 'baby step' done, lol!)</div>
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