A Homemaker’s Diary

Gosh! Time flies this year…and it’s March already.

What have I achieved in February?

Monetary wise I have accumulated around RM500 from my online and offline work. Some payments are still pending so that could be counted into March achievement..hehe!

Craft work wise, I have started doing decoupage again. This time more on research on different techniques like crackle and so on which I haven’t mastered yet.

Oh, parenting wise, I have started on the craft lesson for the little one. Not really a lesson, more to getting to know paper and marker pens..haha!

I will update this entry later with his artwork which I have framed in the crackled wood frame.

March is pretty busy month for us, with classes, seminar and family event to attend. Hopefully by April, things are getting better..after all April is my birthday month..hehe!

Have you ever heard about AMACO/Brent? Amaco (American Art Clay Co., Inc.) is the company that have been ‘Modeling Imagination Since 1919′ when they made the first American modeling clay! Since then, they have been an industry leader in classroom safety. Whereas Brent is the brand of the most popular potter’s wheels on the market known for their strength and durability.

If you check out the website, they have all kind of art glazes. Altogether they have 586 lead free glazes for school and professional use. Oh, they do ship to Malaysia as well you know!

Have you ever heard about bisque ceramic tiles? Bisque is the term used for unglazed pottery after first firing. The bisque ceramic tiles could be used as part of a lesson to make Persian tile art like this.

For those who are looking to buy your own ceramic kilns, you should consider getting one from AMACO. The AMACO kilns can last for 20-30 years. When they built their first kiln in 1931 they have started a commitment to quality that has withstood the test of time. They have two distinctly different types of kilns - Amaco® (square/rectangular) and Excel® (round).

I wish that Malaysian school system has all kind of art program especially ceramic art since the cost to buy all the materials are quite expensive. It would be good to introduce our future generation to such beautiful craft.

No, no..this is not the traffic that you guys have to drive along with, queue jumper and whatnot, those kind of traffic you encounter to and fro to work everyday..hehe!

(Please click to see a bigger picture.)

This is the problem of traffic to my blog.

I read somewhere that redmummy has 3-4k visitors daily..how does she get that? waaaa…I read her blog once but I know I could never write like her style..plus I am never going to reveal private info and pictures of my family..isk!

So how am I going to get massive traffic? Traffic = money (those you get from Adsense and all kind of ads and sponsors) plus higher ranking means you can demand more from sponsored reviews and posts..

Traffic, come to momma!

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