December 4, 2008

me and collages: a new series!




I have been looking for used and vintage maps for sometime.
But not until last Sunday I accidently found some on a tiny
used book shop where my punk boy used to shop too. That's
where his map collections come from actually.

There are three pieces so far, made of a used postcard as the
backup as my other collages. I haven't decide either to put these
three first on my etsy or wait for more pieces being made. But
how I love these three! Yay!

What do you think?

December 1, 2008

(Sensationally) Sunny Sunday







It feels like a really good revenge after I have to keep
spending weekends at the office for the last two months.
did a two straight days of vintage and crafts shopping together!

Look what I found! Two tin plates and soup jar that I adore
so much everything about them. Some accessories to decorate
the shop, some stuff for our craft bar, and of course some good
local food experiences.
We end the day with a huge glass ice cappucino at Kedai,
Miss Tika cafe on the first floor of our soon-to-be craft shop.
What a glorious Sunday that was! Yay! How's yours?

What a Saturday!





Why it was a superb saturday?

1. I don't have to go to the office like I used to lately.
2. It's not raining until we finished our shopping trip.
3. Ate a homemade ice cream on this old and pretty
ice cream restaurant.
4. Finding some gorgeous fabrics includes an African batik
table cloth, other table cloth with gorgeous plants
illustrations and other little pretty finger power pieces.
5. Take Miss Raw to this amazing old post office building
with some interesting sellers of old ads, photographs
and other paperie.
6. Ate a mango sticky rice at the first day of my period.
7. Checking out one of our inspiring furniture shop.
8. Having to walk for several hours in several floors at
the same time with bundles of stuff in our hands.
9.Spending less than we planned it should be.
10. End the day with playing scrabble for hours with my
punk boy and meet some new punk friends from
Germany.

November 28, 2008

Me and my bag: being tagged!


Yesterday, I was tagged by Nina http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/
on the content of my bag. Being a more-than-one-bag lady
all the time, I decide to just show you what inside
my PRIMARY bag. Yes, because I usually have a secondary
bag too. I should thanks Nina for this tag, because I have never
realized how much I love to keep my stuff in small compartments
like tin can and crochet or knit pouches before until I do this.

Allright, now the first batch here are as follows:

* My screen printed fabric pencil case. I put every single collage
and writing tools in it and don't ask how heavy it is because
I keep buying more and more tool every time I see something
that I believe might useful.

* Under the pencil case, there is a small tin can with Sid Vicious
picture is for my toothpicks. Yes, it supposed to be a cigarrette box
but since I don't smoke, I just use it for other purpose.

* That red knit bag is my camera pouch. Can you believe that
I bought that pouch first way before I bought the camera?
I found it at this huge vintage market in Medan, North Sumatra.

* Next to my camera pouch is my wallet. Black leather and
simple wallet with a tiny gorgeous detail of a very expensive brand.
I bought it really, really cheap from a friend on her garage sale. Yay!

* That round crocheted pouch is keeping some keys to my shop
and my parents house. Yes, I have tons of keys everywhere I go.

* Those two Lurik (Strips Javanese fabrics) pouches held
my name card and my flash disks. Those two are gifts from a friend.



Okey, now for the second batch:

* That red and white checkers cotton organizer keeps my favorite postcards, bank books and credit cards. I found it in one regular big flea market for
a dollar.

* Below the cotton organizer is my sewing kit and measurement tape where
I put them on this traditional Portugese wallet that I found in a second hand
market for 2,5 dollars.

* Next is my red moleskine as my daily organizer.

* Below it is my handphone pouches, made of batik.

* Allright, there are three stuff on one group there.
1. An envelope of zines that I trade with Cherry Bombe.
2. My house keys.
3. My comb.

* And the last patchwork pouch keep my digital camera
cable.

Ffuih! You have no idea how long I create this post
and this could be my longest post so far on this blog.

I pass this tag to:
* Marjorie at http://www.marmeecraft.blogspot.com/
* Fiona at http://www.cafecartolina.blogspot.com/
* Tika at http://www.dendangjemari.blogspot.com/

The rules are:
* Take a picture of the contents of your bag and tell a bit about what's visible in the picture;
* Link to the person who tagged you (that would be me ;));
* Pass the link to three other bloggers and link to them in your post;
* Tell them!

November 27, 2008

me and my soon-to-be-open craft shop: crafters wanted!


Me and two crafty ladies, shali and tika, are opening our craft
and vintage knick knack shop very soon. we are inviting all of
you crafty creatures and vintage lovers out there to join us in
our shop called Bikin Barang ( www.bikinbarang.blogspot.com).
Apart from making crafts we are also making crafts workshops
and exhibitions to encourage people to do more with their finger
and find their own finger power.
If you are interested to sell your stuff at our shop or just to meet
over a cup of good coffee and crafts making moment, please email
In the name of finger power,
Ika-Tika-Shali
(The Bikin Barang Ladies)
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