A Homemaker’s Diary

Makin ramai nampaknya yang mencari info tentang balang kuih raya..ye la musim puasa dan raya dah nak dekat. Jadi ramai yg jenis suka prepare awal akan mula sibuk look around, baca sana sini kat mana nak beli baju raya, kat mana nak tempah kuih raya yg best, kan? kan?

Ini rupa balang kuih raya yg I buat tahun 2012. Masa ni anak sulung memang tengah lasak, kalau letak jenis kaca tu mau guling2 kuih raya atas lantai, berderai satu kerja mak nak bersihkan kaca yg terhempas ke lantai nakkk oii..

Maka terhasil la balang kuih raya versi balang plastik ni..bila dah tempek tisu decoupage, kasik shading bagai, orang ingat I lukis gitu..tak, tak, tangan I tak cukup berseni nak lukis bunga rose tu jadi secantik printed tissue, dik oii..semua gunting tampal je tu.

Kalau nak belajar teknik asas decoupage ni meh la datang join kelas 7 May ni, hari Ahad. kelas express 3 jam lebih je..lepas tu balik rumah lebih dari balang plastik ni korang boleh decoupage kan..boleh buat tudung saji jugak tau..eh eh tak caya, nak tunggu gambar tudung saji berdecoupage i..ye ye..sabo..sebelum puasa ni siap la tudung saji tu. Sekarang masih separuh jalan dok gunting tampal tisu nya.

So apa lagi, nak belajar kan? Boleh komen kat post ni, letak email address yg valid senang I nak reply, tak pon masuk la FB bungatelur.com, senang PM je kat sana..tempat terhad 6 orang je. Kalau terlepas kelas ni kena tunggu lepas raya la..boleh je kot..buat balang kuih utk raya haji pulak..eheh!

After 3 years of break, I finally conducted a decoupage basic class yesterday. It was really fun teaching those eager participants. 2 of them were my old time friends from high school and course mate from university. 2 were friends on Facebook whom I’ve never met. Another one was a daughter of my facebook friend, while another one was recommended by my previous student.

Shown here is one of the participants’ work of art.

This time I gave them some of my personal tissue collection instead of the usual stack I have for class. Most of them chose the rose motif but for this bird and yellow flower motif, I persuaded the participant to choose it. She hesitated at first because it was quite a challenging motif to work with for a beginner. I am proud to see the final outcome of her work.

If you are interested to learn how to do decoupage using tissue, I am planning to conduct another basic class on 7th May 2017, Sunday time 2-5pm. This will be the last basic class before Ramadhan and Syawal season. If you miss this one, you will have to wait for the next one, which might only be held earliest in July.

Feel free to leave comment with valid email address if you are interested to know more about this May class.

After 3 years of break from making any custom made order and conducting craft class, I think I am ready to make a comeback..haha! Apart from teaching intermediate level of decoupage, I plan to continue conducting basic class for those who are new to the craft.

If you are looking for craft class that doesn’t really require much artistic talent, come and learn my basic decoupage lesson. Apart from the very basic techniques of coloring the surface, cutting and pasting the decoupage tissue, you will also be taught on how to make shading around the decoupage motif and trace quotes and color them.

Once you know those basic steps, you can make items like door hanger in the above picture on your own at home.

Class fee is at promotional price of RM60 for this date only – 16 April 2017, Sunday 2-5 pm. After that it will be revised to RM100. Please leave comment and valid email address if you are interested. Or else you can contact me via FB – BungaTelur.com

The article about my bunga telur making is finally printed in MAS in-flight magazine Going Places September edition. It has been featured in the Tradisi segment of the magazine.

Anyone taking a MAS flight this month, do have a read. The article was written in Malay mostly with a little bit of descriptions in English.

Thanks so much to the journalist, Alex and the photographer SooPhye for coming over to my house, to interview and taking pictures of my bunga telur creation. You ladies have done great job. The bunga telur certainly looks really good in the magazine. 🙂

I have a few more weeks to go before I deliver this baby and honestly I don’t know why suddenly the mood to clean up strike me. I have another 2 custom made decoupage orders to be completed. Since we live in a double storey house, sometimes I have to go up and down the stairs several times a day to get what I need to use for the craft work.

Then I found this on pinterest. A brilliant idea since the DIY caddy is easy to make and it’s not heavy to be brought up and down. I already have a wooden, heavy caddy for my craft supplies which I find a hassle to carry when you are 8 month pregnant..huhu!

Will do this with my son soon. At least he could see that there’s something else that could be made out of the paper towel tubes apart from making race cars (he learned that from Art Attack).