A Homemaker’s Diary

Demo gubahan hantaran oleh BungaTelur.com di atas kotak mengkuang menggunakan bunga stokin sebagai hiasan dan set bunga dulang.

Harian Metro, Rabu 11 Januari 2012.

I finally got to clean up all the photo shoot stuffs. I was down with fever, flu and cough for the past week and the week before taking care of my sick son. The photo shoot for the magazine went well and I really hope to see all the materials coming out in their next printed edition.

Now, more house cleaning tasks need to be done before Ramadhan so that I can really relax and enjoy my Ramadhan this year in bliss.

Bought this the other day when we went to MPH bookstore. Took me about 2 days to finish reading it at night. I would like to quote what I read on page 207.

Ibu Yang Berjaya Selalu Realistik

Ibu yang berjaya adalah ibu yang sedar kenyataan hidup yang sedang dihadapinya. Dia tidak hidup dalam khayalan.

Memang setiap orang memiliki impian dan cita-cita dalam hidup tetapi kita perlu ingat, tidak semua impian dan cita-cita dapat kita capai. Setiap orang mempunyai tahap batasan sendiri dan itulah kenyataan yang perlu kita terima.

Seorang ibu yang mengetahui ada impiannya yang tidak boleh tercapai tidak perlu menyeksa diri dengan melihat ataupun terus mengharapkannya. Apabila seorang ibu dapat hidup dalam dunia nyata dan berusaha bersungguh-sungguh, insya-Allah, dia memperoleh apa yang diinginkannya dan apa yang mungkin dicapai dalam keterbatasannya.

Allah mencipta manusia dengan kemampuan yang berbeza, malah semuanya berbeza. Tidak ada manusia yang betul-betul sama. Tujuannya supaya manusia saling membantu, saling memberi dan menerima.

You can also get a copy from a WAHM friend’s blog here : Beli Buku Online.

The photo shoot for magazine Hantaran Cinta went well last Saturday so I finally get to share some of the gubahan hantaran I made. Of course if you were to see the step by step DIY pictures you have to wait until it comes out in the next printed issue.

I am still practicing the doily stencil technique so I thought it’s a good chance for me to try on the empty tin biskut. Yes, this was made on Danish cookies container.

If you are interested to learn the basic of decoupage, hurry up and sign for the next class on 15th July. I think that will be the last decoupage class until after Hari Raya. The fee is RM60 for 2 hour lesson.

I also made bunga dip as bunga dulang in pink and purple color combination. These pictures were taken right after I completed the whole arrangement a few weeks ago so there’s no barang hantaran shown in the picture.

For those who want to make their own bunga dulang from bunga dip, lesson is available as well. Next class will be in September unless anyone interested to come for lesson during Ramadhan.

The step by step on how to arrange bunga dip to be bunga dulang and how to arrange the tin biskut into bekas hantaran should be available in the magazine (if the editor agrees to accept the materials..haha!)

It’s been a while since I last wrote about my other plants in the garden. I know..hehe..I think my rose obsession is getting under control now. The gardenia bloom again in May. I found this edited picture in June folder and thought I might as well write something.

It has been a pretty busy week since last week, or rather I am tired because I started to fast daytime to replace my puasa. Funny how when I am not fasting, I don’t really feel that tired or hungry or thirsty no matter how much house chores I do but when I fast, I start to feel really out of energy..mind game, huh?

Oh, coming back to the topic of my bunga cina plant, I saw today that there’s a new bud coming from the second plant. Early this year I started to propagate the gardenia and most of the cuttings survived. Maybe it’s time to propagate for the third one, what do you think?