My crafts in August

My rainbow charms

The one using clothes hanger

Hi everyone

Lately, I had plenty of me-time in between of dropping and picking up my girls from school. So I have been busy myself fiddling around my art and craft corner. Sometimes, I really had no idea what to make (yes – there are lots of ideas popping on Pinterest but my art supply wasn’t that complete huff. It’s time to visit some stores to stock up) but this month, I was quite fixated on holders and rainbow looms. My girls were having their first exam on this new term and I wondered myself, how they could study properly with so many stuff piled on their table. Rather than studying, I often caught them playing instead. So to ensure that they study without distraction, I just had to move those small toys and trinkets somewhere else. That aspired me to make a hanging holder to store all their knick-knacks and luckily – I got the right material to use \(> . <)/ 

The stackable one

Since I forgot to take pic during the process, so I made this illustration. I hope it helps  :-)

Material used for the clothes hanger version

The step for the clothes hanger version

Material used for stackable version

Steps for stackable version

This is the finished version of the single pocket

Beside the holders, I am quite addicted to rainbow loom. Yes, it has been around for few months already however, when the loom hit Jakarta for the first time, my girls weren’t that interested. They even didn’t want to wear the bracelet, saying that it wasn’t comfortable (itchy) to wear. But, lately, my girls talked about the loom again and again, kept telling me that her friends were wearing them and so on. So, I picked up those looms and started looming till my hands cramped. I don't take credit for the idea nor the design since i was very much copying from the tutorial *grinning* I love the tutorial on Panda Hall, the YouTube video of PaperPastel, Made By Mommy, and of course the tutorial video of Rainbow Loom. Now, every morning, my girls would choose which bracelet that they were going to wear for that day…ehm…should I make some more???

Some of the rainbow loom that i made

 

My hanging photo frame made from The Body Shop box

Merry Christmas everyone and happy holiday :-)

Hello…it’s me again :-) I’ve been neglecting my blog for sometimes but no worry, it’s holiday and holiday means lots of story to tell  :-)  We are in our second week of holiday here…so you guys probably can guess the reason behind me-missing-in-action. So, what is your plan for this holiday? Me? I have plenty to do during this holiday.

Since today is Christmas’ eve and Christmas wont feel like Christmas at all without a gleaming tree. So the very first thing that we did on this holiday was creating a Christmas tree (yes…making a tree instead of decorating it). Basically, we simply wrapped the art wire around a cone (you could make one from thick paper) and glue the decoration and ornaments onto it. See…simple…cheap yet stunning  (^.^)

Next on my list was to finish several romance fictions in paperback (I salvaged those from a second hand book shop) and my ebook collection as well. I have spent days just reading the fiction…on the beach…on my flight…anywhere. This time, my choice fell upon romance stories around Christmas like Harlequin Holiday Collection as well as historical romance fictions. Dont you think that Christmas is a perfect time to be swayed by white-knight-riding-a-horse-kind-of-story   *winking

And during this holiday, we went to my third hometown, Bali yay (>.<)  It’s been 4 years since our last visit…quite a long time and Bali in a way had changed a lot. I will tell you bout our trip to Bali on my next post so stay tuned.

Happy holiday everyone and have a miraculous Christmas…hohoho   

xoxo

(^ * ^)

PS. Since I have problem with my inet connection (I couldnt seem to upload any pics thru my laptop), so I am using the mobile version. Too bad, it didnt allow me to arrange the pics like on the web version (T_T)