my Father's day

my Father's birthday again!
this year He is 60 years old, very healthy and hopefully always happy.

Like his birthday before, I always make him some rooster themed creation,
because he is " mon papa poule" and I love to call him "ayamanda"

I was busy taking care of many things, I almost unable to make anything this year.
but thanks to Anna hrahovec's book, I borrowed her Idea to make a tiny amigurumi,
so it could be done in few hours.

I made the rooster using my own pattern tho there's already a chicken pattern in the book, so it would looked more personal.
I still used the same design, based on the famous chicken bowl, red and black.
and this time it's more for a flash disk charm.

I think there would be at least 40 more rooster for the next 40 years (or more), so I hope my Dad would stay healthy forever :)

by the way, my mom is 60 too, I never made her amigurumi not because I love her any less than my dad, it's just because she's my knitting teacher, and it's not funny to give her my creations.

PS:  there's also another good thing just happened today, some of you may already know, but let's keep it until tomorrow

Orangutan #10: Doutzen

it's orangutan's time again!
my friend Prue requested to adopt a yellow orangutan

Prue is my friend since elementary school, junior high then college
if it weren't because of her suggestion, I might not take the school art test for the second time after failed the first one.
I might finished the management school, become a manager or marketing person.
Thanks to her now I'm actually an animator and made this blog :)
Prue is a news reporter, a twitter-holic, and recently has a blog too.
and by the way, she's a good painter/ artist too, hopefully one day she has a time to paint again.

so here's Doutzen, the Yellow orangutan
I've made a yellow orangutan before, so this time I used another kind of yellow

Doutzen is a shy orangutan, but she loves camera a lot!

 

Doutzen's favorite time: Daydreaming time!

You could also adopt your own orangutan dolls in your favorite color or in the original color (brown-red brown).
By adopting an orangutan doll you could help real orangutan at the conservatory
read here for more informations or read the post under orangutanku labels for updated news.

Aku ingin (jadi) Beruang

"Aku ingin Jadi Beruang" means I want to be a Beruang (Bear)
while Beruang can also means Ber-Uang or having money.

I want to be Beruang Beruang (I want to be a rich Beruang)
I'm not a shopaholic but I love spending money, that's why I want to have a lot of money.

it would be cool if the flower petals were real money $-)

"Hi, little turtle, what should a bear like me do to be a real beruang?"

and If you watched Disney's Bear (in Jungle Book or Winnie the Pooh), you'll see being a bear is a lot of fun

"hum hum dee dum, hum dee dum dum
I'm so rumbly, in my tummy
time to munch on early lunch on,
time for something sweet"
-Winnie the Pooh

Genie in a bottle

there are so many things to do, and another week has passed.

I barely made another tiny amigurumi yesterday.
yup, another tiny, because the time was not enough to make the regular amigurumi.

a genie in a salt bottle.
set him free, he'll grant you three tiny wishes.
if he really could grant my three wishes, I would wish for a permanent job, wealth and to put him back in the bottle.

I found the bottle in a supermarket without genie, so you'll know who trapped the genie into the bottle. Me.

tiny addiction

do you ever been so busy, you had many task, but instead doing the task you are doing something else you knew it's not urgent thing to do?

I did. just did.
it was because of the Teeny Tiny Mochimochi book.
Making tiny amigurumi is very addictive!
I made the tiny phone when waiting for the slow internet connection,
and later I found that I can't stop making tiny amigurumi.
instead of finishing some commission, I made tiny android and later tiny twitter bird.

here's the big android I made weeks ago with the tiny android.

 the big Android with a phone with tiny android

well I have made some android dolls before, and making the tiny android is the first thing I wanna do as I learned the tiny technique from that book.

and here's the knitted tiny version of my twittering bird.

 love so tweet <3

I made crocheted twittering bird a long time ago (and shared the pattern)
embroidery is just not my thing, so I could only made one heart at one side, and leave the other side empty :p

the tiny amigurumi size is so perfect as phone charm, all I need now is a new phone

The Teeny Tiny Phone

when my friends looking at my amigurumis, they said my amigurumi are too small.
they mostly suggest me to make something bigger, at least use bigger size of yarn.
Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochiland says the otherwise.
She is the author of the Teeny Tiny Mochimochi (knitted amigurumi book)

since I learn to make knitted toy from her first book, I'm so happy to find that her second book is also available at Times Bookstore Indonesia.
I'm not a good book reviewer, cause I would wrote that I really love the book, but really the book is fun to read and also inspiring.
it's a must have book for knitter (or knitter to be).
instead writing a long review, I made a tiny telephone based on the pattern from the book.

instead knitting the dial, I used button and add some beady eyes.
the finished size is unbelievably tiny, what is also unbelievable is that I could make it!

 a perfect size compared to my miniature

now compare it to the telephone I made months ago, do you still think my amigurumi is too small? :)

Mak Ndes Homemade (Amigurumi) Cookies

if you were living at Bandung, you must knew about Maicih

Ma or Mak is an informal title to call woman especially old woman.

(hopefully) I'm not that old, but if I were that old, maybe I would refer myself as Mak Ndes.

Ma Icih making hot and spicy cassava chips, Mak Ndes making sweet but low sugar cookies.

I have a lot of time to spend at home so I made a lot of cookies.

Kue Gem, the classic cookies with colorful sugar icing at the top

IDR 125.000/ jar

available 4 jars (24 cookies in every jar)

Nastar, cheese based cookies with pineapple fills and cheese sprinkles

IDR 175.000,00/ jar

available 1 jar

leave a comment or send me a message if you are interested :)

the cookies are packed in small glass jar (about 10 cm or 4 inch height)

WARNING: no matter how cute or sweet those cookies, it's not edible, and it's not safe for small children