A Homemaker’s Diary

I am supposed to write about this particular project a long time ago, but somehow I am stuck with many other (important?) things.

Well, I have done some decoupage on that RM3.90 cheapo IKEA clock. But somehow I don’t feel happy with the outcome.

The thing is I didn’t take out the clock’s long and short hands before I proceed with sealing the motif, so it was kind of hard to adjust the paper napkin. It became all wrinkly and bubbly - the worst that could happened in decoupage..huhu!

I have another 2 more of the same kind of clocks for practise. Err..whatever happened to glass painting? Will have to check whether the Pebeo set is still usable, maybe can do something for balang kuih raya this year..heh!

I hope whoever stumbled upon my blog will notice the announcement I have above all the blog entries about my 2 craft classes - bunga dip and decoupage which will be held in March 2010.

I’m sure not many know what is decoupage. I got many email and even a phone call from radio station asking me what is decoupage. I wonder do these people ever heard about Google?..haha!

Nevertheless, to make my life easier I just answer that it is an art of “gunting” and “tampal” - (cut and paste). The word decoupage actually comes from the French word “decouper” - meaning to cut. The Italians referred to it as arte povero, poor man’s art. In the olden days those who couldn’t afford to hire an artist to decorate their furniture will resort to get the almost same effects with cut-outs pasted on and covered with multiple coats of varnish or lacquer.

Nowadays, there are many women who love English style home decor. They are usually the one who came to my decoupage classes previously with the intention to come out with their own unique English theme decoupage items. Some even take decoupage orders from others or conduct class on their own now.

Oh, you don’t even have to know how to paint and draw as all the motifs you can find printed on the paper napkins. There are also choices like wrapping paper, magazine cut out, decoupage paper and labels but they will use different techniques and mediums to be pasted and preserved on the surface you choose.

I will teach you the basic techniques which you can learn within 2 hours. Even the most “tak berseni” people can do it, I promise! Come and join my decoupage class this 14 March 2010. Seats are limited!

I noticed that many people came to this blog looking for bunga dip, gubahan hantaran and bunga pahar…(at least from the analytics I got from Blog Stats and Nuffnang)

So since I will be conducting kelas bunga dip this coming March, I might as well show what you will learn if you join the class.

At the end of that 3-hour session, you will go home with this 2 type of bunga telur - one stalk of bunga pahar, complete with ribbon and net telur and another is bunga dulang mini which once you know the basic techniques on how to do it, you can add on as many bunga kecil, daun and bunga ros as you want to be a standard size of bunga dulang to be put by the side of your gubahan hantaran.

I will teach you how to assemble bunga dulang and even tie your bunga telur to the batang lidi..(you’ll be surprised to learn that not all people have the basic idea on how to do a proper bunga telur..hehe!)

Here is a close up picture of my demo bunga dulang mini. Check out that bunga kecil, you can turn that into corsage or decoration for guest favors.

Come and join my March class, seats are still available. Even if you never do a single craftwork before, I guarantee that you will be able to bring home your own handmade bunga dip after the class is over

(I have to backdate this entry since the sticky doesn’t work)

I am not sure whether I have shared this picture of bottles before. Maybe in another blog I have or in the forum..isk! BTW, the left bottle was done using decoupage techniques. I ordered the Christmas paper napkin from UK since the seller sold them in a set of 20 different pieces for Christmas theme. So I chose the motif with musical notes and stocking for this bottle.

The right bottle was done using Pebeo glass painting set. It was such a challenge since that was the first time I did glass painting as a project..(other than the one piece I have done during the formal lesson)

For those who do decoupage, if the theme and style suits you, you can try applying glitter glue on top of the motifs to make it more prominent and have the extra bling. This one was done using Plaid Glitter. But personally I prefer Jo Sonja Opal Dust as the tiny light-reflecting, opal coloured particles create glitter effects that suits my eyes..heh!

Kelas Bunga Dip Februari 2010

BungaTelur.com akan mengadakan kelas asas untuk mempelajari cara-cara membuat bunga telur dan bunga dulang mini menggunakan cecair Q-Dip. Semua bahan akan disediakan.

Jadual kelas adalah seperti berikut:

Tarikh: 6 Februari 2010, Sabtu
Masa: 2:00 - 5:00 petang
Tempat: Bilik Mesyuarat 1, Pusat Komuniti Presint 16, Jalan 16G, Putrajaya (Berhampiran Alamanda)
Yuran: RM100

Terhad kepada 6 peserta

Sesiapa yang berminat, sila email ke farah@bungatelur.com, atau sms/telefon ke nombor 012 6482121 (selepas pukul 3pm) untuk maklumat lanjut. Peserta digalakkan membuat tempahan awal kerana tempat adalah terhad. Peta lokasi akan diberikan kepada peserta yang berminat.

Deposit 50% diperlukan. Bayaran deposit tidak akan dikembalikan sekiranya gagal menghadiri kelas. Sila hubungi untuk mendapatkan nombor akaun Maybank untuk membuat pembayaran deposit.

Untuk melihat contoh bunga dip yang dihasilkan oleh peserta kelas sebelum ini, sila lawati http://news.bungatelur.com

It’s almost wedding season again (although I think people these days have wedding reception almost every weekend regardless it’s school holiday or not..heh!)

For those looking for ideas for bunga pahar, feel free to try making your own bunga dip lily.

These were done early last year for a client. She requested olive and lilac theme so I chose this purple-like and jade green combination of dip. Of course once you know the basic on how to make bunga telur dip, you can improvise and make bunga dulang for any of your gubahan hantaran.

Bunga dip class for November is still open for reservation. This time the class is limited for 10 participants and might be the last class for the year of 2009. Interested students can check out details at website bungatelur.com.