Playdate

Lately our new hangout includes bringing paper, pen, watercolor paints, brushes, and board games. Yesterday, we spent the afternoon drawing and me sort-of-teaching calligraphy. Haven't been a good teacher as I forgot the basic strokes and I really don't know how to teach. But well, it was a fruitful and fun hangout.

And today I manage to sketch out a couple things, that might follow up to something. C'mon strong-will and dedication, kinda need you. Ha!

Photos by Bambang Cahyoniarso (@obat_hipertensi)

Peterpan Gold Necklace

picture from Harpers Bazaar Australia

I was browsing through Pinterest, and I found this DIY chain bow necklace. I immediately grab my diy box and start making it. It's pretty easy, and the instruction from Harpers Bazzar (Australia) was so clear. I copied it here for easy resource.


Here's what you need:

- Around 1 metre of delicate gold chain.
- One lobster clasp
- 5 gold jump rings
- Beading plyers
- Scissors

1. Cut your chain into three pieces - one around 50cm, and the other two around 25 cm.
2. Create the base of the necklace out of the longer piece of chain by attaching a jump ring to one end and the lobster clasp to the other end.
3. In the very middle of the chain attach a jump ring and the two other pieces of chain to this jump ring.
4. Put the necklace on and in a mirror hold up the ends of the two pieces chain to see where you think the collar parts of chain should sit. There isn't any right or wrong here - just test until you like the roundness of the collar.
5. Attach these remaining ends of chain with jump rings further up on the necklace to create the collar shape and feel free to cut shorter if required.

And voila! This is my version of the necklace!

PS: Tutorial images are from Harpers Bazaar Australia.

Satur-diy!

A theme I ruin is growing! Spend the whole mornings and noons on these babies :) 

Cheering Pom Poms

Latest boredom//sadness killer.

Yesterday, I went home pretty earlier cause I thought I'd rather finish work at home since the pc is more convenient at home. Arriving home happy, refreshing with some new episode of favorite tv series and ready to get down to work.

Until I left my flash-drive attached at the office computer.

I got so bummed, and decided to make pom poms, inspired by the vamoose, whose creation is adorably lovely. I worked on this pom poms until quite late and find myself very happy after finishing one. Need some more practice to perfect the flow. 

Now I am really sure, crafting turns my mood downside up :)

D.I.Y Fever

I still got the rush to make another DIY, actually, this type/kind/style of necklace is what I want to make about a couple weeks ago, but hadn't really done it yet, until todaaaay!!! This one, I saw it first at Hello Giggles (instructions click here). Got another left over shirt, bigger than I used yesterday, so I could make this one!! 

Unfortunately, the shirt used at Hello Giggles was an no-seam side type of shirt, different than what is usually sold in Indonesia, so I had to make adjustment here and there. Fortunately, I found a mini-hand-held sewing machine on my drawer, so it could help a bit with my messy stitching.

Voila!

D.I.Y : Deal It Yourself

I was kinda upset yesterday, so I decided to jump on this D.I.Y to cheer myself up.

I was blogwalking some DIY blogs yesterday, and I found this very reasonably done statement fabric neclace here. So I thought, this could be a spice to my already dead-end-mix-and-match wardrobe. I basically just follow the instruction, though it's a bit tricky on most of the part (the accordion folding and the ribbon attachment). I was also reckless in sewing so the necklace wasn't as neat as it suppose to be but then I adjust it by covering this and that using the left-over fabrics. Pretty fly for a newbie, or should I say, long time not-sewing person.

Voila!

Rookie

I am a rookie on flower arranging, but I love it. I had the chance to decorate my house on my brother's Siraman (it's a javanese traditional ritual shower before getting married) and yesterday's thanksgiving lunch at home. I could spend 2 hours making around 6-7 arrangements on my brother's Siraman, but unfortunately it took me almost 6 hours making 13 arrangements yesterday.

I would love to be an apprentice to a florist, should I or shouldn't I?

To be honest, I really had no idea on flower arranging. It started when flower arrangements often popped in blog/web post on d.i.y stuffs that I often walked into. When I had the chance, I want to try it. So, there I am, picking out flowers at the flowers market. On the second run, I already knew what I want. Less type of flowers, less form and more hydrangea. I love hydrangea at the moment, unfortunately, it demands a lot of water. 

I also tried on more expensive roses yesterday, to be mixed with the cheaper ones. Money talks. The more expensive ones has thicker stem, thicker but softer petals, and when it blooms, oh dear, it blooms perfectly. It took another day for it to bloom almost perfectly. 

And now I am thinking about buying a small cactus on a small pot to decorate my desktop at the office, a little green would refresh the eyes, don't ya think?