Assalam,

Hello, it's been forever! 

Feels sooooo weird posting like this again, I feel sorry for my blog like I've cheated on her for someone else (I mean, other new social media haha). I always want to share my daily days here but my life's seriously won't let me do it easy.

This time I want to let you guys know about my newest D.I.Y project, a 'home made' passport holder. It first came out in my mind when my mom got mad having our passport switched because the damn similar cover. If in any case we travel with family or friends and accidentally grab the wrong passport, this could be a huge problem. I was thinking of buying some new different cover that day, but hey, it's just for a cover, why not making it myself? The old one will only be some trouble anyway if you can't either use it nor (mubadzir) to throw it. Things that I am about to share today can be one of the cutest way to slide this problem away. So, let's start!

Boring with my original scrapbook cover,

I play around with Photoshop and made this!

APPEARANCE | t a d a ! hehehe

This book containing my personal stuffs, everything about me, hehehe :p

Salam sisters, it's already been a month since I posted the last entry, hehehe. Ive got a lotta busy days, and was having a paramyxovirus attack earlier last month, I got 'mumps' (Google it for more info) heheee and yes, I got my cheek swollen down to the upper neck, it was torturing me for two weeks, but Alhamdulillah I'm now entirely recovered :)

It's so nice to be back, posting again, I miss this blog so much! hehee. Anyway, two weeks ago I visited my friend, she's older than me, she's a friend but we're so close like she's my spiritual sister, halah, hehe. I'll show you her face  below, let's call her Teteh Aisyah :D

Very sunda face, rite? rite, she's from Tasikmalaya. Well, she's just had an engagement a week before and a 'bride-to-be'. When I visited her, she told me that she's going to marry soon, uhuhuhu \(^.^)/ I was so excited when I heard that! and I think she hasn't told anyone yet about the d-day, I dunno whether she wanna make a surprise or what so I'm not gonna say it here, but like I said 'soon' means 'very soon' ^.^ uhuhuhu!

But, there's a story, about the wedding dress fabric which her fiance's cousin choose for her, hehehe. It's a teal blue brocade fabrics and already on her hands rite now, and of course it purposed to be made as Kebaya dress, but she told me that she's kinda not-sure about it, cus kebaya is rather tight and ordinary, hehe. She actually wanted a soft sweet colour and a syar'i elegant design like the fascinating Irna La Perle collection, which most material are chiffon, sateen, or velvet I guess, hehe. But she definetely couldn't put the brocade away, bcause you know, just no way. So, after talking and more talking, we both ended in confusion, xixixi.

At home, I was laying on my bed that the idea came by, hehe, some brocade dresses design flashed in my brain. I took my scrapbook and pen then start drawing, hehe. I had tons of pictures in my head but I also consider her chubby face and her bodyshape (hahaha sorry teh if that comes too sensitive :p) so I made them as fit as possible. I would be really happy if she could wear something I made specially for her on her special day :) hihi. Well, here they are! :D

'Teh Ais' that is what I call her, was very happy when I brought my scrapbook to her :D She adore the first and the second pics, but she couldn't decide yet, I know wedding, so many things to consider, hihi, I'm wondering when my turn is, hmmmmm, hehehe, I hope it would be much more wonderful :D halah, amin InshaAllah. I gave those sheets to let her consult to the boutique where she will make the dress, I rather excited how my design would come into real! :D hihi, "BARAKALLAH TEH AIS", I hope it would be a wonderful one, AMIN.

still not good enough, i know, heeee, but this is what I can do...fdbck pls :)
tamtam, xoxo

I always have sparetimes, so i made this dress for my "Fairy Tale Obsessed" sister. Ive never bein taught sewing, even my mom never did, but i can do it, idk, hehh :D Since i was a baby, my Mom's used to make something that involve sewing and stitching by herself, soooo maybe, my unplanned ability comes naturally from her, maybe, hhe. Well, in this entry, i wanna share few things bout my kerjaan iseng, hope u like it, and my lil sister also does :)

Jadi ceritanya, aku punya adik perempuan--umurnya 4 tahun 6 bulan, yang terobsesi banget sama fairy tales dan seisinya. Termasuk penyebab dia tergila-gila sama warna PINK adalah si fairy tale inih. Gak cuma warna, yang menonjol lagi dia suka banget sama baju-baju terutama dress yang panjang sampai ke mata kaki, kayak princess gown gitu. Suatu saat aku beliin adikku dress batik selutut pas belanja sama si ibu di Malioboro gara2 kesengsem sama motif dan warnanya yang kalem. Kebetulan baju adikku juga jarang banget yang batik, nah waktu dibawa pulang, udah deh adikku gamau pake karena pendek selutut. Waduh, nambahin kerjaan aja, namanya anak TK mana mau dipaksa buat nerima. Jadi besoknya aku mikir buat me-rehab itu baju. Panjang cerita aku beli bahan katun buat tambahan itu dress supaya bisa di-imajinasikan jadi kayak princess dress ma tu anak :D here's the procedure...

1. Dress utama, bahan, dan perlengkapannya

2. First step mulai di foto kedua :D, ya dedel bagian atas ma bawah biar misah

3. Wujud setelah kepisah

5. Karena pengen bikin model selang-seling antaramotif dan polosnya, kain polosnya kubikin potongan horizontal panjang, begitulah.

6. Gunting kain motif yang asalnya dari rok bagian bawah yang udah didedel tadi, dibagi dua secara horizontal, trus dibikin potongan panjang juga.

7. Abis dipotong disambung deh sampe panjaaaaang.

8. Setelah semua dipotong, disambung, dan disiapkan, jahit deh sambungkaan ke baju bagian atas (yang pertama disambungin kain yang polos yah) gak lupa agak dilipet-lipet biar hasilnya rimple (maklum buat anak kecil)

9-11. Ya gitu deh kira2 caranya buat ngebikin kesan rimplenya.

12. Pasang tali pinggang samping yang terpaksa kepisah dari baju karena pendedelan tadi. hehe

13. Wujud setelah terpasang.

14. Tambahin karet elastis di bagian punggung supaya bajunya ngepas dan nyaman di badan anak kecilnya.

15. Tampak bagian dalam setelah disambung selang-seling antara motif dan polosnya.

16. Tampak luarnya, terus fininshing (obras, gejahit lipatan bawah, dll) laluuuu kira-kira cukuplah sudaahhh :D

Dan kurang lebih gini deh hasilnyaaa...

Waaa, so glad that my sissy loved it so much :D she fit in the dress and she liked it. Dipake jalan muter-muter kayak putri lagi dansa, halalah, yaa gini nih serunya punya adik cewe, bisa didandanin macem-macem :D hehehe. There are still few more dress i made for her, but i'd never been able to post them, so this one's already represent all, heheh. Alryt, guys, saya mulai pegel ngetik lagi, hehe, jadi kayaknya sampai sini dulu, thanks for reading :D and last. i present to you this picture for closing, enjoy...hehe...

xoxo, tamtam