My first award !!!

Oooh... I'm so thrilled when my fellow crafter mba Fitri from Griya Hobi Fitriaa surprised me with this wonderful award:

Thank you so so much mba Fitri... kiss kiss hug hug... :)

accepting this award, i am asked to do the following:
1. thank and link to the person who awarded me this award.
2. share 8 things about myself.
3. pay it forward to 8 bloggers that i have recently discovered.
4. contact those blogger and tell them about their awards.

Now... lets see 8 things about myself... Hmmmm...
1. My family is my number one priority...
2. I love to eat... almost anything... from sweet to savoury, from East to West, from raw to well done... (no wonder it's so hard for me to loose weight :(...
3. But... I can't really cook... :P
4. I love shabby, rustic and sometimes raw-industrial-style thing...
5. But... doesn't mean that I like things dirty... :) I'm almost hygiene freak...
6. I love love love crime TV series (with lots of blood in it): Dexter, CSI, Bones, etc.
7. I sleep really late...
8. I'm not cool at all, I'm emotional...

And... I'm so happy to share this award to my beloved bloggers:
1. Toscaberries
2. Akush Abam
3. Tamimi
4. Myria Rafiz
5. Shizuoka
6. Polaku
7. Ndandut
8. Kandhitarechta

Nothing beats the great feeling of sharing... :D

Note: also big thanks for Tarlen from Design by Vitarlenology & Puri from Ideku Handmade for passing the same award to me... Love you Tarlen & Puri.. :)

Ribbon choices for pinwheel hair bows

Many of my beloved customers often ask whether I can make customized pinwheel bows with other choices of ribbon pattern. The answer is YES. This post will show ribbon choices for pinwheel hair bows. They are 7/8" (2,2cm)  to 1" (2,5cm) wide. Please mention the ribbon code when you order.

Bee & bug fan

Just received these photos from Lina. Meet her daughter Angie, one of Garden Series fans. She's wearing both bee and bug hair bow at the same time... :) Isn't she adorable?

 Thanks for the cute photos, Lina... :)

Tanya Whelan & Joel Dewberry's fabrics

These fabrics have been sitting in the rack for so long.

The bottom stack is Dolce series by Tanya Whelan.

The birds on the fabric are perfect for my daughter's bird-themed-bedroom. I've made patterns for a bed quilt and 2 pillow cases. Just haven't got time to actually cut and sew.

The top stack consists of 2 fabrics of Deer Valley in Persimmon by Joel Dewberry.

The one the left is absolutely my favorite. It's called Antler Damask in Sky color. Isn't it gorgeous? The one on the right is Meadow Lace in Persimmon. I planned to use them for pillow cases for my daybed at my office, but I might change my plan. Still not sure what to use them for.

Surely they are too gorgeous to be abandoned like that. So I have to start doing something with them. Hopefully I will post some WIP soon... :)

My Vitarlenology notebook

This came couple days ago:

Soo happy when I opened the package and found this gorgeous notebook that I purchased from Design by Vitarlenology. It's way better IRL than in the photo. Love the fabric pattern & color, and love the classic binding.

My daughter - who loves stationary and anything pretty - thinks that she must have one too. So, I will definitely buy another one... :)

Paper bag owl

This is my daughter's last Halloween craft. I should have posted it last week, but work was in my way.

Actually we've already made one like this when my daughter was about 3 years old. We were inspired by one episode from Barney, I think it was about Halloween party where they made paper bag owl, paper spider, etc. My daughter was cleaning her drawer when she found her old paper bag owl. It was dusty, torn here and there, color faded, basically ruined. So, we decided to make one again. And the timing was perfect coz it was couple of days before Halloween.

I always keep brown paper bags from places I shop: Starbucks, The Body Shop, etc. I reuse them for storing my fresh herbs. This time we turn it into a sleepy owl. Yes, you can see that it's sleepy, coz we made it during the day :) The ears, eyes, beak and wings are made of plain printing paper decorated using markers. Kids can play with it as hand puppet, by sticking their hand inside the bag. Or you can simply use it for Halloween decoration or an idea for kids activities in Halloween party. Great to teach them that recycling is fun... :)

Garden Series hair bow - dragonflies

Dragonflies loves to be in the garden too... :) Total dimension: 6cmx7cm. Price IDR 22.900,- (updated January 2013)

fruit punch dragonfly

rainbow stars dragonfly

raindrops dragonfly

Garden Series hair bow - bee & bug

Here are other lovely insect in the garden: buzzing bee and sweet ladybug.

Bee. With organza ribbon for the wings. Total dimension: 4.5cmx4.5cm. Price: IDR 22.900,- (updated January 2013)

  

Lady bug. Total dimension: 2cmx4.5cm. Price: IDR 19.900,- (updated January 2013)

Garden Series hair bow - butterflies

Butterfly is certainly the most beautiful insect in the garden. Total dimension: 6.5cmx5.5cm. Price: IDR 24.900,- (updated January 2013)

fruit punch butterfly

freshwater butterfly

pink flower butterfly - SOLD

Garden Series hair bow - flowers

Finally, I get to launch the Garden Series hair bow... :) There's no garden without flowers, isn't there? So here are the flowers:
 
Poppy in fuschia. Total dimension: 6cmx4.5cm. Price: IDR 17.900,- (updated January 2013)

Primrose in orange - fuschia - yellow. Total dimension: 6cmx4.5cm. Price IDR 19.900,- (updated January 2013)

Hyacinth in lilac. Total dimension: 7cmx4.5cm. Price IDR 19.900,- (updated January 2013)