Sunny Sunday

This is a kind of sunday that when you woke up
sleepy but when you decide to push yourself to
get out early from your house and you were
so glad you did that. Yes, it was that kind of Sunday.
Making art with the girls after a quick trip to that
one particular big second hand market.

I hope your Sunday was as rad as mine, peeps!:)

me and my sisters : creativity number three

I spent yesterday at my parents. And look what I found on
my youngest sister room! Oh my! How proud I am of her!
And that vintage top is one of my gift to her for being such
a rad young woman:)

me and collages : Headless Songstress CD

One of the most amazingly talented best friend of mine, Tika,
just launched her second album after five years. This long
awaited album means so much to me in so many ways.
Not only I wrote one song in it but also my collages are in the
CD covers and sleeves!

But the best part of this CD is how beautifully packaged it is!
It's in a form of a note book inside a floral fabric pouch.
Way pretty. I'm so so happy to be involve on this gorgeous
piece of art. Congratulations, Tika! Thank you so much!

More of her music at www.suaratika.com and
you could see some of my collages in it too:)

me and collection : vintage envelopes

I have never thought of old envelopes before until I joined etsy
and then found some beautiful ones at my favorite post office.
This one is sold for its stamp actually but I fall in love with the
whole envelope design. Inside of this there is a certificate of
authenticity of the stamp that especially made for Welfare Day
Celebration on February 10, 1966.

me and collage: another new piece!

finished this last night while waiting for the boy
coming home from his band's practice. what an
interesting mix of color. it will be in my shop today
with the other new ones. oh happy friday, dearie!

me and etsian: caroline paquita

i'm crazy about her works since i found one of her print

at etsy artistic endeavor. and i'm so so happy that we

are friends now. for more of her awesome arts and life

go check here: http://www.carolinepaquita.com/.

me and collection: old postcards

I found these two tiny postcards at a thrift shop from Semarang

at an annual craft festival in Jakarta. I wish they are bigger.

Because I couldn't find any frame to put them until now.

And making a small frame is definitely much more difficult

than making a big one, although it may be cost less.

work and wednesday

I finished these two among piles of works, endless brainstorming

sessions and of course one after another glass of iced coffee

cream. The more stressed out I am the more things I do

and make in between. How about you? What do you do

when you are in that moment?

Sunny Sunday

one busy and sunny sunday indeed. went to the office,

then to the shop to be the shopkeepers with miss raw

and had some good friends came by. afterwards, we had

a big dinner together at this eastern restaurant. wow!

and yours? how was it? good, i hope.

PS: I'm going to launch a new collage column next week!

So excited!

me and collages: those lovely lessons...

* i tend to work in series either i plan it or not
* i fall in love all over again with stamps and post office
* i am still reluctant to make bigger piece although i have started
this month and i'm pretty excited with the results
* i wish i have tried to use more fabrics
* i love trying out my collages on different medium and turn
them into new stuff.
* i found that my lover is a way better collage artist than myself
* i still haven't try to use more cutting boards and card boards
* i wish i could make more ACEOS
* i love swapping my collages with other collage or craftworks
* i have found some awesome friends through swapping

So, what have you learned from your own craftworks?

Sunny Sunday

I'm still playing a shopkeeper role at my craft

shop and help a buddy to decorate a present for

his girlfriend. Interestingly, that one sad sunday

too for me although I couldn't tell you why exactly.

So how about your Sunday?

me and collages: ACEO for Valentine's

Some new original ACEO that I made in the name of love.

Yes, they available in my shiny little colorful etsy today.

me and collages: take a peek on a new series

Remember my Nina series? This one called the Mimi series.

It will be about five pieces as the start. But I really like what

I've seen so far so we'll see how they all will turn out:)

There are some original pieces on my Nina series available

also two of its postcard set at www.vantiani.etsy.com.

Oh and my apology for the lighting, Jakarta has been having

a really really heavy rain for the last couple of days. Brrr!

me and collages: a customized series of ACEO

So the idea is a series of ACEO with this boy as the main

character. One series consist of 3 ACEO. YOU pick the word

on each ACEO that consist of three letters only. The font is

exactly like this one. Actually, I'm thinking of Valentine's

when I made this. Interesting, right?

So go to http://www.vantiani.etsy.com/ to order yours today:)

me and collages: a giveaway!

She is part of my collage series called Origami Balloons. Her size
is 8,5 cm x 13 cm lovingly made of an old music book pages,
origami papers and an art clip collection of mine. Perfect to be
frame and decorate a pink lover room. Don't you think?

I will draw the winner next Monday, on the 12th of January.
This is my second giveaway and I'm really excited!
Just leave a message below and I will draw from there.
Good luck, Love!

Me and collages: A new series for kids!

It's interesting to realize that when I made this series

I keep having kids in my mind. Kids room, kids party,

and other kids related activities. I am so glad to always

have a pile origami papers around my chaotic studio

because I find out that each origami papers set that

they sell here has totally different set of colors!

Some of these will be available at my etsy and

some others will be made into postcards! Yay!

And actually there are other new series that I made

during last long holiday. I will share them with you

later this week since I have another interesting

collage project on my blog this year starting this month.

Wait and see dearie!:)

me and that punk boy : things we love today

Our house. That old dusty and messy palace of ours.

Where you can see origami papers scattered around

and vintage pillow cushions in our poor lighting bed

because of this rainy season. Oh how wonderful!

So,what do you love most about your palace?

me and drawing

"Sometimes it's hard enough just to find one that has
the same passion like us."
On my desk for a couple of days now.
The lines are from one moment a couple of nights ago
when I met a gorgeous old friend.
And how we talk that night! Love you, buddy.
Can't wait till we meet again in February!

PS: I won an amazing give away yesterday. yay!

I keep making these lately..

First it supposed to be the tool for me to make a

round shape on the fabric before I cut them to

make yoyos. But then I start to realize how cool

they are! Cardboard is awesome.

And last week I found an idea what I am going to

do with these. I will show you later on, meanwhile

I am in search of colourful used cardboard with

interesting fonts today.

Have a good week everybody!