'You're an Inspiration' Award

Yesterday mba Pinkan Anita D. from Pink's informed me {thru my shoutbox} that she had passed on to MCAW  a 'You're an Inspiration' Award ... :O   
Thank you so much for the award mba, love you blog and first of all, your creativity! ^^
Here it is:

TA DAAA ....

MCAW's first award {grin} ... 
Q: Am I happy? 
A: Oh yes, absolutely!
Q: Does it make me want to be more inspirative (if there's such a word!)? 
A: Of course!
Q: So what will be my next inspiration? 
A: Absolutely NO IDEA!


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 :)


Now, back to the award. 
The rules of the game for by receiving this award is that I have to do the followings:

1.Thank and link back to the person that awarded this to you
    First thing I did at the beginning of this post ^_^

2.Give the award to 10 blogs which are all inspiring in their own ways. ie. fashion, religious, random, islam/religion.

 

   I'm passing on the award to:

1. http://capungmungil.blogspot.com/
2. http://ichiekaichi.blogspot.com
3. http://my3littlemice.blogspot.com/
4. http://estheticfilia.blogspot.com/
5. http://kawakibcraft.blogspot.com/
6. http://tobucilhandmade.blogspot.com/
7. http://joeneyscraft.blogspot.com/
8. http://mortyworld.blogspot.com/
9. http://apuuhandmade.blogspot.com/
10. http://idekuhandmade.blogspot.com/

Wish I could include more Indonesian craft bloggers out there, but darn ... rules are rules :P

Back to blogging! ^^

Someone please pinch me!

Remember this?

{Ideku Handmade & Capung Mungil's Feb. 2012 Giveaway}

And just this morning, this showed up in my email:

MadCrafter won one of Capung Mungil's craft books!! Double yay!!

Thank you God!

Thank you Ideku Handmade. 

Thank you Capung Mungil.

Lucky you all couldn't see me now, 

'cuz I'm smiling from ear to ear
(which is kind of scary), lol!

MCAW's 1st Giveaway!

5 months old and still learning the baby steps ...

Caranya gampang:

Write down your ideas/suggestions at the comment section below this post:

Tuliskan ide2 atau masukan pada kolom komentar dibawah posting ini:

1. what kind of topics do you want to be featured at MCAW? (min.2 please ^^)

topik-topik apa sajakah yang teman2 inginkan untuk dimuat di MCAW? (minimal 2)

2. what are the areas of improvement that you think MCAW needs?

perbaikan apa saja yang kira2 dibutuhkan oleh MCAW?

3. if a guest blogger was to be featured, who do you think should we invite?

jika ada blogger tamu yang diundang, siapa ya kira-kira yang paling tepat? 

 4. we love our readers, do be so kind to be MCAW's follower, tq ^^

suka banget sama pembaca MCAW, join yuk jadi follower? makasih ^^

5. write a comment below our FB announcement (by BBC) that you've finished step no. 1 - 4

tuliskan komentar kalau teman2 sdh mengerjakan tahap 1 - 4 di bawah pemberitahuan di FB

here's the link:

ini linknya:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=171089406315111&set=a.101206113303441.2118.100002421570752&type=1&theater

Drawing day:  November 15th, 2011

Pengundian: Nopember 15, 2011

Goodluck!

Happy Days! They're HERE!!

Hello World!

Ooo, it feels so good to be back ... after all the month-long fasting and big two-days filled-with-delicious food celebration of Eid, my head are filled to the brim with ideas and other stuffs to be shared .. =)

But first, I'd like to update you with THESE yummies ....

Remember my previous post about winning a cool zippy pouch from Zippie Zipper {and the winner is ...}?  Well, it's here! ^O^

Last August 25, 2011

Package no. 1

The first package to open {of course!}

found this circle of zipper ...

halfway there ... starting to look like a pouch ;)

aaand ... voila!  what a treasure!! {love}

What's more, my best friend from Apuu Handmadeshop dropped by to deliver this cute custom-order wristlet pouch for me --

see why I ordered this pouch? all my 4 kids are there! ^_^

Let's continue on to package no. 2 & 3 ...

These came from Shanghai!  Must be the buttons from PO-August
for Blessedly Blissful CraftStore! ^O^

OOO .. the big buttons are here!!! Aren't they GORGEOUS??

Look at the cutesy mini buttons, the ladies must be thrilled to see this :)
Oh wow, the charm dangles are here too! Yay!!

Marvelous! They look exactly just like in this pic!!

What a surprise, package no. 4 and 5 arrived an hour later!

OMG! These must be the hijamon pins from Pepo Loco & cookies from Dapoer d'Pratt!

Woot .. woot! I so dig these four hijamon pins, they look just like MY 4 KIDS, lol .. 

Awww .. bless her soul, Ibu Prat just sent me yummy cheese sticks, choco chips and cornflakes!! her choco chips cookies just melt in your mouth, always a favorite!

Oh wow, what a day! It was just like having a visit from Santa .. God bless you Mr. postman/courierman/um .. whatever! :))  and I think that's all for now.  {actually I have two other deliveries but I'll just save it for my next post ;)}

Promise to catch up later! :)

ZippieZipper: the winner is.....

Reading the post title at ZippieZipper's giveaway winner announcement made my heart pound with excitement, did I win the pouch???

My eyes quickly scanned the photos + winners, first there is the pencil case and the winner is Intan. Wow, congratulations Intan! :)

Second, there is the ketupat thingy, and the winner is Dwi Putri! Congrats Sis! :)

Third, there is the zippie bag, and the winner is Piena Mustika! Woohoo! Congrats!

And fourth, the last prize ... the zippie pouch ... (my heart almost stopped!) 

and the winner is ... ME!!!! 

SOMEONE PLEASE GET ME A CHAIR!!!! 

*I'm almost fainting here!*  

Oh, wow! My first participation in a giveaway and I WON! Yippeeee! Can't tell you how excited I am!

Thank you Mba Nia from ZippieZipper! I'm sooooo happy! Muahh muahh!!!

I promise to take good care of it .. and call it 'Zippy', lol!

Lesson for the day: 'Never be afraid to try!' :)

And now, I'm back to celebratin' .. !

Let's do the 'bloo', people! Oh yeah, oh yeah!!! ;)

Here's the link to ZippieZipper's post: ZippieZipper: the winner is.....

DIY - Designing your own name card ep. 3 (final)

They're HERE!!! Yay,  BBC's namecards have finally arrived!

Thank you Sis Shela Nie!

Ooo, I love happy endings, don't you? :)

Here's me wishing you a great weekend! Cheers!

Links to my previous posts:

DIY - Designing your own name card

DIY - Designing your own name card ep. 2

The Angry Birds Experience *_*

THE GOOD NEWS

Just last week I got an order for 60 pcs of 'Angry Birds' keyrings as birthday goodie bag filler from my favorite customer - yay! Officially the first big order for BBC! ^_^   

{well, maybe not much for a wedding souvenir supplier, but for a single fighter like me, this was quite a BIG job plus I hadn't done this before, heh heh}

And sure enough ... I was pushed almost to my limit since I had to divide my time between doing the motherly and wifey chores, caring for my 4 children (including a 2 year old little miss want to know it all plus a nosy brat of a cat), and meeting the deadline for the birds.

Deadline ... Ooo, what a scary word .. and this is my closest brush with Mr. Deadline :)

THE DOs AND THE DON'Ts

I know that this will not be pretty, but I had to admit that I did procrastinate in the beginning {ouch!}. 

I shouldn't have done it - cuz if I hadn't, I would have more time to sleep, less crankiness in the morning, well, you know ... the whole package that comes with them. Worse, there were several times that I panicked - like when the pickup guy was supposed to arrive in 3 hours and I haven't even started on the last batch (the bomb bird). Oh dear!

But then I remembered seeing this saying at Shabby Blogs so I repeated it several times in my head:

After taking a few deep breaths, I finally calmed myself and carried on ...

and finished all 50 birds and 10 pigs! Tadaaaa! What a RELIEF!!

 

My moral of the story: 

Rule no. 1:  NEVER ... with all capitals ... PROCRASTINATE! 'Cuz if you combine it with DEADLINE and your other RESPONSIBILITIES, they don't mix well together ... :P

Rule no. 2:  DON'T PANIC, you may make mistakes when you do. I did attached two keychains on the birds' butts, not the heads, lol!!  So, remember to always 'Keep calm and carry on ...'

Rule no. 3: WORK WITH A SYSTEM, i.e: when working on big orders like these, cut all the basic patterns first.  This will make it easier (and faster) to assemble later. It may be a little boring at the beginning but you'll appreciate it later.

Well, I think that's a wrap, hope you all enjoy reading this post :)

Happy crafting! ^_^

Have Faith in What You Do ...

At first I was pessimistic, who would buy the stuff I made? Would people like them?  I saw many mass-produced crafts that got a lot of orders especially those of the wedding souvenir kinds whilst mine are mostly limited editions (hey, I only got two hands! ^o^)
But then, during one of her visits, my Mom told me not to worry too much and have faith in what I do ... Sooo, finally I put up some stuffs for sale at Blessedly Blissful Craftstore and  .. VOILA!
People are buying MY stuffs!
I almost fainted ... *O*
Therefore, I would like to thank Sew Stories, Sis Lila Imelda Sari, Sis Annie Hong, Sis Heni Wu, Sis Benang ManiQ, Sis Rina Darwayanti, and Sis Yulia Purnamawati for being my first customers! ((Big Cyber Hugs!)) ^_^