cookie of the day

Yeah as tea time  isn't complete without nibbling cookies, a new little business like mine won't be complete without good affiliations! <3 Will come up with great affies. still a secret but will tell you soon ;)

Ah and I did mention about a cookie, eh? Yeah I know this pic is not eligible to be posted (yeah my poor cam phone, I don't blame you baby) but say, this is just a sneak peek haha..anyway the cookie is just for accompanying the tea cup plush. sounds nice. tea cup and cookie, haha :D

Ok and I'm coming up with err..stuffs that actually I'm suppose to prepare earlier, like product tag but now I'm still ordering the design. geez I'm a dork ^^;  And I'm also coming up with new plush designs, and also some other stuffs I'm going to tell later ;)

Btw speaking of sneak peek, I gotta DIY dress project, madeout from a tee (from my boyfriend) and a tanktop (bought it cheap hehe). Yeah, another inappropriate pic and halfdone stuff. But I'm still happy to show you this:

Weekend is so nearby, have a great time! >3<

vintage memory holder

Made this in a rush for an order. Really tried to do my best in a short time since I must ship this to Pekanbaru >.< actually want to add some details with small crystals but really have no time for that. Someone whose supposed to receive this is leaving abroad soon, so gotta send this asap.

Putting the glass on the frame and made it stood still is the worst part for me. Decorating is my fave but have to skip that :( Still looks quite ok to me though..What do you think? ^^;

tea time ;)

Have you realize that everything is about tea time now? I found some dresses which is IN  now,  are  flowery vintage dresses (I just bought one today <3 )  that really looks for having tea time (at least to me). And guess what's the hottest movie in town now? Alice in Wonderland.  The hot guy Johnny Depp plays as the mad hatter. And what does the mad hatter usually do? Yes dear, drink tea :3

See the accesories in nearest stores? to me some themes are not so far from afternoon tea time. rose rings, fancy hairbands, laces, big bows, and many more. Well I can say perhaps it's not the mainstream right now but I still prefer this kinda style. Hmm I'm not that update but see...

I think it's nice to keep this tea time atmosphere coz it's relaxing. And that's why I'm making these teacups plushes! ;)

This set (1st pic with 3 cups)  is actually not done yet, will add pics when I finished the other two. This set is made for a good friend of mine, a kind hearted lady :) Will sure finish the set soon for you, my dear ;D

And I finally decided I will open an um..semi-shop I think. I am now open for orders :D anyone interested could directly mail me: halfdevil_alhemist@yahoo.com

and tell me what item are you interested in :) All items I posted before are still available to remake.  custom made items are also welcome. for custom made items, price comes by nego ;)

Btw if you're interested in the teacup plush, the price is Rp.30.000/cups. Any expressions you desire are welcome, here is the expression chart to help:

But sorry dear, due to shipping probs temporarily this is for Indonesian citizen only :( Just IF someday there are some customers worldwide I will try to find out the best way to ship across country.

And ah, I already finished the two velvet headbands for my other friend's order. She said she will wear them @ her birthday. But she already tried one of them. This is the gold chain-black velvet one:

Ok folks, see ya next time ;) Ah, and pssst, will come up with new banner soon >3<

love & craft story

My bf is back to his hometown now, but we managed to take some pics. We had some candle light dinners and in one moment I am wearing the satin tea dress I won from a giveaway <3 And guess what, I won another giveaway too! I won the awesome vintage dress from Taryn, you can check her out in her blog, style-phenomenon. The dress will be sent to me this weekend^^.

Btw, these are the pics of me n my bf dion. Both pics are taken when we are having italian cuisine :p And after several dinners we decide at the last day I will cook for him, and gladly he really liked it!! :D this is a recipee...emm you can say I found my own way to cook since I rarely read recipees from books or internet...I cooked creamy cheese spaghetti, really an easy peasy one. and all people who ate it liked it! next time, I'll try chinese style spaghetti :) Hmm and I wish he would cook another dish for me. Last time he served a salmon dish for me! X3  *drool

Alrigthy, now move to the crafts...I have several craft request..I made another custom made plush, this silly-fatty cow plush for my friend in jakarta :)

At first I wasn't sure I could made an appropiate cow because I don't have a pattern and I never made a cow plush before ^^;  but yeah..I made it XD

I still have a few orders to fulfil, and will post them too later on...psst, this order is kinda special! two custom made headbands: gold chain and peacock feather. never made this before, but I'll do my best. wish me luck ok!^^

product parade!! trademarks decided

After quite a pause...here are my new works! XD

Those are the products I made in December, some are already sold! :) The blue husky is my xmas gift I made for my bf that I said earlier before, it matches my black kitty pillow <3 You can also see my self designed - set of mini monster plushes, and also a set of version owl I made from a tutorial.

But one of the special item is the mini black cat plush with a red ribbon. It is made of soft black velvet, and I made that for my friend's order, so I will only sell 1 item I think^^. I am making more owls as the respond is good, but I am only planning to sell that 1 set of monster set to make it limited. And that way I also have more time to start new plushes designs! Later on I will buy a dark purple towel to make  a bat plushie :3

Last but not least, I already decide my trademark for plushes:

- soft towels are my pick for the main material <3

- embroidering will be mostly done by silk threads

- face such as eyes, nose etc will be made mostly by fabric, hand sewed to the plush and not glued.

that's all for now, will figure out what next :D

joy for all the fun! :))

Hey everyone! Finally I have time to write again!^^ It's almost Christmas, I know.  And that's why it's time to spread the fun!  :D I have a few fun things to share here. First, I won a giveaway, yayyyyyyy XD

Carly J.Cais from chicsteals was  helding a DOUBLE giveaway, a satin tea dress like the one in the left, and haliwell top like in the right :D And I won the dress!! OMG just can't believe that right? I'm just over excited :p

Second, I finished my Christmas project creations >3< I had a project version (the owl), but I made myself a series of mini monster plushie! ^^ Plus, I also designed some accesories such as brooch, moonstone necklace, etc. Will add better pics soon ^^;

Will  be back soon to add the fun pics (product parade!), but I hope you like these! :) Merry Xmas everyone! <3

charms and dreams

Hey there  :) it's been awhile since I didn't post anything...hmm today I feel like sharing some of my charms and dreams.. >3< I am now sitting in my room at the 2nd floor, just nearby the balcony. but I feel like sitting by myself underneath a clear blue sky with smokey clouds :3

Have you ever feel like you want to sing all day? Well, that's what I feel right now ^w^ Such a rare feeling I got, as usually I am a flat-feeling person (and always gets complained for being lack of expression and feeling).  But oh well, I'm enjoying it. I am actually gathering inspiration for my thesis. I really need patience for it, because I constantly get complained for lack of details in my explanations. It's probably because I have a habit of pouring tons of ideas and stuffs into my writings, and it makes me lazy to write each details. But now, seems like I've been trapped in temptation of patience T_T

So...for today, I just want to pretend that I'm alone in a place surrounded by purple crocus XD

 

Hmm have you also notice that the only thing in the pic above which have colors is only the flowers? All of the others are shaded grey. Well philosopicly I pick this pic because the simplicity (I put beautiness in 2nd) and the depth of meaning. It shows when we have a dream, we have to focus, even it's the nearest thing within,  any other colors beside purple could distract our mind. So just focus on the purple. And that's what I need to do now.  FOCUS :)

Okay. let us now share my charms. This is a seashell I bought in Cijin Island, southern Taiwan. You can reach this beautiful place by riding a ferry from Kaohsiung^^. I visit Cijin with my friend Jessie during the school's spring break. It was very sophisticating, we walk along the way and visit some local shops. The price were great too, so this is one of the thing I bought: a bottle (told you I'm obsessed with bottles, haha) filled with purple crystal sands and a beutiful seashell.

And no, this is no ordinary seashell. This is called murex venus (I've been searching for this since I was stunned with the encyclopedia pics-like-um...14 years ago). The sea shell is a part of a Greek myth, people believes that this seashell is a comb of Venus the Love Goddess, and it is a symbol of eternal love. Apparently,  I bought two of these and give the other one to my boyfriend <3 only his bottle's sands are blue, not purple like mine.

Lately I spent my days with my thesis, as I told you, and also some designs. I just finished designing a brooch and have all materials except the brooch pin. I remember saving some pieces somewhere..I'll go seek them later. So here are some of my projects (uploading pics after I'm done with them):

1. my hun's xmas present (still sketching design)

2.  rose&crystal brooch  (design done, preparing materials)

3.  kitty warm pad (done with pattern and materials, ready to start)

4. other designs: plushie, cabochon, bag, etc.

and..(maybe) new art lamp design, since people keeps constantly asking me to make a new one so they could buy it ^^; (my, it's hard to maintain good qualities when the demand is high)  And I haven't gather items to sell either >.<

Aiya, forget to tell. I decide to gather some items and samples to sell next year! But it's my boyfriend who'se gonna sell them, not me >3< here's one of the half done item, a kitty pendant:

Will add some beads, paint and stuffs to boost up the sophisticating looks >3<  btw I made a 4 panel comic strip too! But it's still an ugly scan so I guess I need to edit it a bit to make it look better (had a prob during the scanning and it shows mistake such as paper folding etc).

alrighty, I'm gonna share my 2nd charm later, just want to let you know both are  my fave stuff made from crystal!  I think I'm gonna post the pic along with the rose&crystal brooch :3 Ok folks, cya later then^^

bad mood teddy plushie and joining a giveaway!

Hey there...just wanna tell you that I just send a package to Sabila from Pastel Girl who'se helding a giveaway!  The rule is super easy, you have to be Indonesian, and send any of your fashion-related creations to her.  Check the stuffs she is giving out:

You might wonder what I made for Sabila? But it's a secret and won't tell you until I heard from her! :D So if you wanna join just send your creations and biodata here:

Sabila

TIKI GERAI A-155 POLTANGAN

Jl. poltangan raya no.4A , Pasar Minggu , Jakarta Selatan

 

Lately I am having a super bad mood so I made a bad mood teddy plushie! her name is jeyo, named after my friend (JEssica YOnaka) hahaha XD

Made this for a trial, she is what I imagine when I am being grumpy and tired...Designed this in a rush, coz can't wait to start sewing it! :p my mum is a bit upset coz I cut her free gift towel to made this :3 Sorry mum! LOL..

plushie specs: eyes, ear and nose are from unused small pieces of fabrics. I just happen to found an easy but good method to make them hard enough and bead-looking (esp the nose and eyes) but still have soft areas to give space so I can sew it to the plushie :) So no worries, they're not glued!^^ (I don't like to use glues all over the fabric of my plushie).

alright then, cya at the next post!

PS. new art wire and plushie design in progress ;)

clandestine garden mission: done!

(I call this  "snow princess in the desert" )

finally I managed to finished this project! XD

Still remember the transparent organic leaf art tutorial I gave you? Well in this project the leaves already been colored and turned into a flower! <3

specs: coffee bottle (I use nescafe),  real dragonfly-dried, organic leaf art (flower), clay

bottom part: beach sand (white), selfmade blue snow - made of dried residu of coconut flakes.

well then, here's some clues on my next projects: lots of cat stuff..!  *w* and yeah...I'm gonna sell some, only not by online shop..I got sooo many suggestions to open a shop and maybe I should start with small selling projects :) And my skripsi (thesis) advisor liked my "summer's dusty diary" necklace and she ordered me a set of accesories. She said any design is fine, she only want red stones, and also she don't want me to sell the same design to another person. Well that's no problem to me since I always make one design for one item only. I don't like repeating, it makes me lost my passion and the product could be less artistic...

Well then, see ya later I guess...I'm off to manage the long list of projects..and um..my thesis ^^;

konayuki my kitty plushie :3

This is my very first DIY doll, I used to make my own pattern and everything..but I found a tutorial for this super cute kitty plushie, and I modify the stitching a bit so the result is a little different :)

specs: unused towel, eyes and mouth embroidered with silk thread xD I hand sew this coz I don't really like using sewing machine.

(drawing patterns on towel with my drawing pen)

( body parts of plushie-finished all cuttings)

(finished plushie, yay I <3 konayuki!! >3<)

angeling in cage (Ragnarok fan art)

Hey there! After a few days, I made this art, the idea is in a sudden but I hope you'll like it :) Those who played the famous online game Ragnarok must know this very cute character, angeling  *w* it's also a game item in a game so called Pet Society (PS), buta in PS it's a doll, named pink jello.. :D

The deco inside is made from clay, full handmade, not made by special tools coz I don't have one OTL :p But yeah, managed to make one and put it in a cage so it won't run away! >3< I tried to make more details on the wings btw..And oh, this thing have two functions:

1. You can put off the chain easily and put the cage on your table or cupboard as a deco

2. You can also put on the chain and wears it as a necklace, yay! XD

My friends suggested that I should open an online shop..but uhm, still thinking of it  >.<

(me wearing the necklace <3)

 

a drip of vintage stream

Hello! It's been awhile since I didn't post ^^; so sorry, and this time I have no excuses (I better not)..ah but I come back with new work, yay! this one is a clay necklace I just made, I made it with a help of an unused sodabottle cap..These are the stuffs I used to make it:

The blue pack is the clay pack, the little black thing is a piece of clove, I used it to make the pattern in the edge of the design. First I hammer the bottle cap until it's all flat like a coin and cover it with clay. The water color is for coloring the clay, as you see I only use green and red (only use a little so it became pink). The creme color in the pendon is the original color of the clay. Erm, I guess it's too long since I haven't touch clay, it turns out not like what I expected. But oh well, voila! This is the result (sorry for the ugly pic) >.<

And um, I hate making plain chained necklaces all the time so later when I have time to go to the DIY store (it's just far from home >.<) I will manage to buy the plain DIY chain, beads and stuffs to design the chain for this one..Also, need a transparent pylox to make this thing waterproof..(have to buy that too @_@)

Anyway, when it's all done I will post the pic in this post, and I promised a better pic of course  :3

Ahhh and again, before this thing is even really done somebody (this time my sis) already said: "wow, it's cute, can I have this?" All I can say is, "Sis, you serious? that's a FAIL product!" >,<

la petite paris: update#1

Heyho! It's been awhile since I haven't posted the update, still can't manage to get whole material so I guess I will just post the working progress and early design here! <3 I'm soooo sorry but I search in many place and all of them are still out of stock >.<

the blueprint a.k.a sketch design

As you see I am highliting the word PINK there...I will have to reveal that I am making a fairytale version of the eiffel miniature...which is FULL PINK! yayy X3 Only I have to admit that I have to rush with a few things now so I am only done with the rough basic pattern, so it's like 45% done >,<

Eiffel miniature - the basic frame

I know the pic isn't nice, but the moment when the miniature is done, I will surely post a better pic^^. And yeah, the miniature still looks ugly as well, but don't worry I still have a lot of decos and stuff to add, this is only the very basic frame. :)

Oh my, I guess I just need some refreshing you see, I am a bit stiff with the messy schedule here, so now I am going for some window shopping (^^)/ I am deeply in love with mineral stones, and even it's expensive I am collecting them! <3 Now I already have swarovsky necklace with a snowflake shape, pink crystal bangle (bought it in Ken Ting, Taiwan) and some others as well :3  Guess I'm just too crazy about it, so when my good friend lia from thediarytimes opened an online shop selling them I just can't resist >.<

It's a very enchanting birth stones in capsules, people says when you carry your birthtone it will bring luck to you! :3 I am born at march so my birthstone is aquamarine.. ^w^

Here is the capsules I am going to buy,  and the 2nd pic is the bottled version, it looks nice but I dunno where should I put that..besides, I am already in love with the watery capsule, and if you look closely the capsules have one whole piece of stone while the bottled one have  smaller stone pieces :D

Guess what I will have to wait quite long I think, since these stuffs are from japan and Lia had to manage to get more of those. She said it's been 2 months since the stocks last >.< It's always sold out, I hope I can get one T_T

Erm...so guess now I'll go to sneak some food, I'm starving @_@ I had more designs upcoming and one by one I will post the design plus the result here <3 cya later! XD

(my random drawing, draw this to express

my big lust for salmon onigiri, ROFLOL) XD~

la petite paris: future art project!

Hello all! I am planning to collect item for my france miniature project! This is a long term plan, that's why I name it project and not a quest [bad in naming, sorry ^^; ]  And I am picking more photos here, just in case I had the time to design and made those for this project...Ah..and if you're questioning why I started another artwork before I even finished my clandestine garden mission, it's because I am still in a quest of one material, besides this "la petite paris" will take more time than the "clandestine garden mission" because well..to be honest I have to collect items first, and I need damn a lot of them >.< But btw of course as it is Paris, I won't forget the eiffel miniature!  (^^)~

So..while collecting photos and editing I am starring at my boyfriend's pic, hihi..afterall Paris is a city of love, right? <3

dion@christmas holiday 08 >3<

As you know Paris is the city of mode, and there are a lot of fancy stuffs, ruffles and all awesomeness in fashion! >3< So here I posted one of my favorite stuff I bought in Taiwan,  not typical Parisian but I am sure in Paris you will find a lot of cute stuffs like this (even this one is typically Asian, like Taiwan/Japan/Korea.) So as it is just cute, I think I am adding something like this to the miniature! :D *wish I could really learn crochet someday, the best crochet I can do now is a flower, lol*

It is my fave cute crochet jewelery box! <3 so cute...Perhaps this is a good inspiration for my future la petite Paris! After I'm done with Paris I am going to make little Venice..oh I am so in love with Venice, I wanna ride love gondola with my bf someday.. ^^ Ah, and here's some game items (Pet Society) that may help me get inspired for the design (credits to Michael Simbolon, thx for the pic!)

So the plan is to make several art items related to Paris (still need a lot of reviews and ideas though). The first one to make is of course, the eiffel miniature!  The original design (the one in the pic) is by zakka handmade though, I am going to make something similar to it, only of course, with my modification and design. I already finished the rough design so in a minute I have to flee to the supremarket to buy some materials.. :3 The eiffel miniature is the smallest pic below, you can see how cute it is compared to the real eiffel :)

Next thing to do:  finish my sketch design so I can post it here!  But I think since I have to do my thesis too, I will post the whole design sketch in the post updates, not in this post, sorry! >.<

*just got back from store* ahhh and the materials I'm supposed to bought are out of stock, I only managed to bought the ice cream stick :(  I will have to wait till this weekend for the stock...I really wish there is a proper DIY store here x___O Erm, so I guess I will have to post the progress work around this weekend (I will work on the sketch and the eiffel miniature first.) :3