Workshop In A Box : Simple Silhouette

Last Sunday we (Aira & I) joined the Workshop In A Box, a craft workshop held by the ever creative dreamesh and sewmanics. Every box that we given to us was filled with fun stuff to make simple silhouette. We then made silhouette decorated cards & pendant, printing silhouette using freezer paper and then print it on a tote bag. We also printed the silhouette on fabrics and framed it using embroidery hoops, something I've been wanted to learn to do in a while now. We had so much fun, Aira even got to tried to sew using a real sewing machine for the first time.

The workshop was held at 1/15 Coffee in Gandaria, and I just love the place. By the way, until August 15th Kopi Keliling is holding a charity exhibition called ACT at 1/15 Coffee. So we look around a bit too while we were there.

pic of Aira & me was taken from Quick Click.

Weep-fest on Web-fest

I watched The Amazing Spider-man on the very first day it showed in the cinema. Spider-man is my all time favorite super hero, so I don't really care who played the character, I just had to watch. I love Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, but after I watched this one, I gotta say I love Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker equally, well maybe a bit more. I mean the character was so human and ordinary. Everything  was just enough, not over the top, even the romantic and action scenes, IMHO.

The silly thing is, I watched The Amazing Spider-man when I was on PMS. Big Mistake. I know it was an action movie, but let me tell you, I cried almost through out the whole movie. I cried when his father left him, I cried when he held his father briefcase and when he put on his glasses, I cried when he had that fight with Uncle Ben, and of course on the scenes that followed that fight, I cried when Gwen standing under her umbrella asking him that one question. I even cried on the simplest scenes like Peter facing the sink with his back on Aunt May, hiding his battered face and when he showed up on Gwen's place, knocking her window with his head, all bruised and battered. I basically cried like a teenager watching lovey dovey drama movie. And it was Spider-man.

But still, I'm so glad Sony Entertainment is the owner of the Spider-man film franchise. At least they kept it grounded, and make sure it got a great story to tell, not just some action packed super hero movie for kids. :')

pics taken from here, here, & here.

Another Simple Photo Booth

A simple photo booth and some home made props could always bring lots of fun. Love love love. :D

Supersonic Birthday Celebration

Ulang tahun Aidan tahun ini jatuh di bulan Ramadhan, jadi setelah obrol-obrol sama Aidan, saya memutuskan untuk dirayakan dengan berbuka puasa di rumah Mama Ella. Itu pun gak ramai-ramai. Sementara nanti di sekolah hanya bagi-bagi goody bag di kelas saja.

Aidan senang sekali ulang tahun. Dia senang terima kado, dan senang kue ulang tahun. Tahun ini kue ulang tahun pesanan Aidan dihiasi dengan karakter Sonic The Hedgehog dan temannya Shadow. Pemilihan karakter ini pastinya setelah beberapa kali berubah pikiran. Awalnya Aidan mau kuenya bentuk Gorillaz. Tapi batal karena saya gak yakin si toko kue akan bisa membuat karakter Gorillaz mirip dengan aslinya, browsing di internet pun nyaris gak ketemu referensi gambar cake Gorillaz yang bagus. Lagi pula mungkin para nenek akan shock lihat Murdock hanya pakai celana dalam diatas kue ulang tahun anak umur 5 tahun. 

Setelah Gorillaz batal, Aidan sempat mau bentuk Hot Wheels, tapi berubah pikiran begitu dia ingat Sonic. Aidan memang lagi seneng banget main Sonic di X-Box Oom Abang Adik. Hanya pemilihan teman Sonic yang lumayan makan waktu, antara Tails, Shadow, Knuckles, dan entah siapa lagi. Untung mbak di toko kue sabar. Akhirnya piliha pun jatuh pada Sonic dan Shadow. Bukan hanya bentuk karakter, tetapi warna butter cream dan rasa cake juga spesifik sesuai pesanan Aidan, butter cream hijau dan cake mocha.

Mengingat waktu ulang tahun kakak saya menyiapkan props untuk photo box, maka kali ini saya siapkan lagi. Memakai props kakak dulu, tinggal ditambah beberapa dan diubah-ubah sedikit. Lalu Oom Adik membuatkan poster bergambar Aidan dan Sonic & the geng yang kemudian dipajang di dekat spot foto. Aidan senang, semua juga senang. Selamat ulang tahun Mister Aidan! :)

Minggu berikutnya saya menyiapkan goodie bag dan bento box untuk dibagikan ke teman-teman sekelas Aidan di TK B. Goodie bag-nya berupa tomatoes grow kit, yang isinya sudah termasuk pot kecil, media tanam, dan bibit tomat. Kemudian saya menyiapkan bento box Project Obento pastinya, untuk dibawa pulang anak-anak. Berhubung bulan puasa, kami tidak bagi-bagi kue ulang tahun di sekolah.

Acaranya simpel saja, kami nyanyi-nyanyi dan baca doa di dalam kelas. Si anak tengil itu pastinya nyanyi sambil bergaya dengan muka girang luar biasa. Lalu teman-teman mengucapkan selamat dan Aidan membagikan goody bag dan bento box. Saya tahu goody bag saya berhasil ketika banyak dapat kiriman foto progress pertumbuhan tomat yang ditanam teman-teman Aidan dari ibu-ibu mereka. Juga cerita bagaimana anak-anak setiap hari mengintip pot mereka untuk melihat pohon tomat muncul dan meninggi setiap hari. :)

for more pics please click here.