A Homemaker’s Diary

The journalist and cameraman for the magazine Hantaran Cinta came for the photo shoot session in June.

These came out in their bilangan 12 edition..I think the cover photo is Irma Hasmie.

I made one gubahan hantaran using tin biskut which has been decoupaged. For the bunga dulang I use bunga dip in purple and pink.

This one for the gubahan hantaran I’m using a mengkuang box. For the bunga dulang, I made some arrangement using leftover songket from Bibah Songket. Thanks Sabrena 🙂

And the last one of bunga dulang was made using bunga stokin in turqoise. This time I used the combination of black and silver with the blue. I didn’t use any box or container to put barang hantaran.

Hopefully this will give you some ideas on how to DIY your own gubahan hantaran.

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This was recently completed for a friend who is giving it as a birthday gift to her mom.

I use cake board to make this plaque. The holes were drilled and tied with ribbon so that the recipient can hang it on the wall.

I will be making a second one like this since another friend who saw a picture of this cake board is also interested to give it to her parents. Viral marketing, huh?

If you want to learn decoupage, basic class with lesson on how to do shading and wording will be held in October. Check the above announcement for more details.

I received a comment from Puan Hasnia of RTM1 on Wednesday in BungaTelur.com facebook whether I will be interested to do a live demo on Selamat Pagi 1Malaysia on Saturday.

I was freaked out because first, I have never done any demo or interview for TV show and second, I was not really prepared with materials to display during the show because of the short notice.

But Hubby said this is a great opportunity not to be missed. So I called the given number and messaged her but to no avail. Well, if things are meant to be, it will happen, right?

On Thursday she replied my comment on FB and texted me on my biz phone. We were supposed to go and bring our son to see the ENT specialist but I thought just give her a call and see whether things could go well. I managed to speak with the show producer, Puan Khadijah and everything is confirmed for the Saturday slot. Mine will be at 8:20am.

So on Saturday morning while most people usually sleep in, as soon as we finished Subuh prayers, we headed to Angkasapuri, Wisma TV. It was really a great experience for me to see how they do the live telecast on the corridor. When we arrived around 7am, the camera were already set up, the crews were everywhere. I was ushered to the make up room and then once the make up was done, I put out things to be displayed.

I couldn’t sleep the night before because I was too anxious..huhu! But as I was waiting for my turn to go on TV, I kept on telling myself that this is like showing and talking to my craft students, except this time it will be aired on TV and people who wake up early on Saturday and watch TV1 could be watching me..heh!

About 10 minutes before it starts, the host came to the area and I told her about decoupage. Luckily I being a chatty person told her all about decoupage in brief because she has no idea that’s the topic I want to talk about that day. She thought it will be about gubahan hantaran bunga dulang.

By 8:46 everything was aired..haha! Phewww..you will never know how long a 13 minutes air time could be until you get to be bombarded with spontaneous questions. Puan Hasnia came and told me that they serve breakfast for guests. Once I put things back into the box and Hubby took it to our car, I brought Dear Son along into the VIP room for breakfast.

Wahh..not bad ehh RTM..the Datuk who talks about rumah mampu milik was having his breakfast as well but I was too busy entertaining my son who said the tea is too hot for him to sip..haha! We reached home around 10am and I took a nap because I have decoupage class that afternoon.

Overall it was a really good experience for us as a family. Thanks to Hubby and Son for being so supportive and cooperative that day. I won’t be doing it if it’s not for their encouragement and understanding all these years.

This is one of the many custom made items ordered by a friend. This grandkids plaque is meant to be given to the grandparents for their wedding anniversary.

I have been working on it for the past few days. I hope once the paint has dried completely I can varnish the piece.

Anyone interested to learn on how to do decoupage on MDF board like this, you are welcomed to join my basic class this Sunday 23rd September 2012. The class will take about 2 hours. You will have the option to do your decoupage either on IKEA items like plant pot, spice jar, ceramic plate, wooden frame or MDF board.

Please email me at farah[at]bungatelur.com for more info about the class.