CAMERA STRAP COVERS ORDERED BY THE PHOTOLICIOUS

This is my first time sewing camera strap cover. I never thought that I would be sewing this since my own camera is just a regular camera with no strap like this. I first thought that it's so simple, but it was quite tedious. I want it to be firmly fit with the camera strap yet not sewing onto the strap.

This is also my first time using designer fabrics cotton imported from US. Eventhough I have the collection a while ago I just cannot use it because I love it so much. And this time, I've made some other good mark in my craft journey because I sewed it for The Photolicious, a newly appeared photo team in Berita Harian few weeks ago.. Congrats Kay! You guys can visit her website, full of awesome pictures!

Kay wanted it to look very 'photolicious'. So I decided to use designer cotton fabric, for quality & design. I bought the fabrics from US which I think a good combination, LOVE by Amy Butler, Paradise Garden and PLAYDATE by Patty Young, Candy Stripe in chocolate. I love the combination.

Thanks Kay and team for the opportunity! Enjoy the pictures (taken by not so photolicious crafter)

Front view

At the back

FLOWERY HAIR SCRUNCHIES!

These are four hair scrunchies for my Damia, and my other 3 nieces - Aina, Amni & Husna! Took these pics long time ago, just managed to upload it. I love this imported vietnam cotton a lot. I wish I could sew a blouse for me. But maybe too flowery to a mommy with 2 kids like me.haha..anyway, I'll definitely sew a dress for Damia with this lovely fabric! She already have one skirt mama's handmade out of this fabrics. ehehe

FAHMI & PAPA

Masa gi US haritu papa beli satu sut baju kelasi ni kat Fahmi..rasa ye kot..kalau mama tahu mmg mama tak bagi papa beli, sebab membazir. Bila la Fahmi nak pakai. Tp papa kata saje je, cute pakai amik2 gambar (padahal masa tu dia rindu sangat kat Fahmi..ehehe). So ini gambar ragam dua beranak ni. Punya susah nak suh Fahmi ready betul2 nak amik gambar. Ape pun mula2 dia da kena tarik rambut oleh adiknya Damia Tasnim ni. (masa tu Tasnim pakai baju nenek beli kat Pangkor)..ehehe..shekshi gitu..So, layanzzz..

Fahmi, dgn ragamnya tanak dok diam nak amik gambar. Actually dia amat pemalu depan camera.

Tengok ni adik lak lebih2 tarik abg suh dok diam2.

" Abg Ami (Fahmi) ni, dok diam2 mama nak amik gambar tu,"kata Tasnim sambil menarik rambut Fahmi dgn muka nya yg selalu serius.

Fahmi lari kat Papa sbb adik nak tarik rambut lagi...alala..anak papa..


"Ok, Fahmi dok diam2 ye..ni papa pakaikan topi ni yer..baru ensemm.."

"Ok, tukar posisi lak yer..duk ats kerusi ni lak..Ok, ready yer.."

" Aisey, sempat lagi dia geleng2 kepala..nak jatuh topi tu..aduh pening kepala papa"


Moral of the story:-

Spending time with your kids is a no end joy & happiness

PLEASE DRINK A LOT OF WATER, A LOT!

Ramai yg da email, sms, comment & call tanya kabar saya. Terima kasih atas ingatan semua. Saya rindu untuk menulis di blog dan update my life, my hobby etc. Tapi memandangkan saya baru terminate broadband dan dalam proses nakmasuk streamyx, so saya tak dapat online masa kat hospital.

Actually macam ni. Saya sakit tekak after one week puasa. Dan saya teruskan puasa seperti biasa sehingga saya ada ulcer mulut yg serius dan sakit tekak yg kronik (berdarah). Sehinggakan saya berbuka sambil menangis sbb takboleh telan makanan dan walau setitik air pun. Rasa macam ada bara api dalam tekak. Doktor bg mc dua hari tuk berehat sbb badan saya lemah. Tapi dalam mc tu badan saya menggigil demam suhu 39 darjah celcius. Bayangkan 3 hari takmasuk makanan & air, rasa macam nak pengsan! Masa hari warded tu hubby bawak gi hospital selepas saya akhirnya willing untuk menyerah diri ke hospital. Masa tu jalan terbongkok2 sbb badan lemah sangat2, sendi semua sakit.

Doktor: Awak tak sakit ke? Kalau saya..hmm
Saya: Sakit doktor. (dalam hati, hanya Allah yang Tahu)
Doktor: Tau takpe. Sbb ulcer ni pipi dalam macam da koyak & bernanah. Tekak awak merah & luka
Saya:Diam. (air mata menitis..sakit tidak dapat digambarkan dengan kata-kata)

Itulah lebih kurang perbualan saya dgn doktor. Duduk di ward 3 hari, saya paksakan diri minum air sbb fikir anak2, rindu kat diorang. Lagipun doktor masukkan air dalam 10 botol. Kiri kanan kena cucuk nak masuk air..tekanan darah rendah mengakibatkan saya pening sangat. Masa hari pertama demam tak kebah2, doktor bagi dua jenis antibiotik baru jalan. Kena inject bukan telan ubat. Sakitnya ya Allah, sampai ke bahu sbb ubat tu likat & pekat dan bila masuk urat, fuuhh..pedih & sengal lengan..huhu~~

Alhamdulillah, setelah 6 hari terpaksa tinggal puasa, saya telah kembali berpuasa. Rasa pening ada lagi. Ulcer & sakit tekak ada lagi tp sudah beransur pulih. Masa berbuka saya minum air sampai kembunglah rasanya..ahha..masa bersahur saya makan biskut tat yg menyebabkan rasa terlekat kat tekak dan itu mendorong saya minum air yang banyak. Masuk office asyik nak buang air kecil je..tp takpe, sekurang2nya masalah dehydration dah tak ada.

Alhamdulillah anak2 ok dgn hubby pada waktu malam. Thanks to hubby for taking care of our kids. We love you so much!

Moral of the story:-

1. Air adalah satu nikmat Allah yang besar & berharga untuk diri. Minumlah secukupnya. Cuba bandingkan dengan negara yang tak cukup air, air kotor pun diorang sanggup minum. Alhamdulillah, kita amat beruntung dengan nikmat ini.

2. Semasa boleh makan, baik kita makan toksah pk nak diet ke ape sebab makan tu adalah sesuatu yg wajib untuk kita teruskan hidup, bertenaga untuk menjalankan aktiviti lebih2 lagi untuk beribadat kepadanya. Bila da terdampar sakit takboleh makan & minum ape2, berat turun pun takguna sbb badan da lemah.

3. Jagalah kesihatan sebab bukan kita sorang yang memerlukan kesihatan itu, orang2 disekeliling kita pun memerlukan kita sihat.

GIVEAWAY TUDUNG BY TUDUNG MANIA

Alhamdulillah, I am back to normal, and I miss sewing so much. (i'll blog what has happened to me soon). Anyway, I came to know about this giveaway. But this time it's very different. The giveaway is organized by a tudung maker, and the prize is a tudung! and what I love so much about this giveaway is the colour of the tudung, which I always wanted. So gorgeous!! I already have one, but in a bit darker. Awesome right?

These are the conditions to join this giveaway:-

1) Jadi Follower Tudung Mania (DONE)
2) Link Blog Ini Dengan Blog Anda (DONE)
3) Buat Entry Tentang Giveaway Ni Di Blog Anda (DONE)
4) Tinggalkan Satu Komen Tentang Entry & Link Giveaway Masing-masing (DONE)
5) Period Date From 19 August To 26 August 2010 (ALHAMDULILLAH, sebbaik da kuar hospital, sempat join..ehehe)

And these are some of her handmade. This blog provides varieties of tudung and I love the chosen design especially these. A lot of choices, so gorgeous!

If you guys would like to join, please feel free to click HERE. Its worth

joining!

I WAS HOSPITALISED, NOW I'M BACK.

Dear friends, I'll reply all emails as soon as possible. I am so sorry..I was hospitalised and only now I am able to access internet. Thank you.

FAMILY DAY 2010 Part 2

It was actually not Damia Tasnim's birthday ok! It was somebody's birthday. We celebrated during our family day. The mom was kind enough to have extra happy birthday headband. Tasnim asyik nak cabut je..ehehe..but she's so cute I must say! (puji anak sendiri tu..ehehe). Do you see the hair clip? That is Mama Tasnim's handmade! (uwekkk)

Papa was so excited taking care the kids. See Fahmi & Tasnim were enjoying the birthday goodies. Wah, sama besar! Beza 2 tahun..aisehh..

Uncle Rushdan sedang melayan kanak2 riang!

Tasnim was escaping, she didn't like Uncle Nazri huh?

Alala, comeynya birthday girl..or should i say birthday girls?haha..

We were having a great vacation! Got some more pics..to be continued...

FAMILY DAY 2010 Part 1

Alhamdulillah, we had a great family vacation @ JandaBaik, Pahang last week. That was our first family vacation with four of us! Thanks to hubby for having us involve with his division's family day! That 2 days 1 night was awesome! We stayed at Al-Sakinah Resort which was super duper great! To be continued. Ok guys, enjoy the pictures.

Lepas berendam sungai, 4 of us, alhamdulillah for the blessing! (wuhuu..mama da makin gemokk)

I love you all!

Fahmi & Tasnim were so excited! Fahmi was smiling all the time!...

TRY TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CHALLENGES!

I've actually got some questions on the frozen food. Haha..thanks for asking guys, I used to be like you all too before. Thanks to my friend Fith who has been living in Japan for years and this frozen food is so synonym with her already.

We first have to keep in mind that we have to look for opportunities in challenges (as I always try to do some sewing on my way to work with the traffic jam, my hubby drives ok!). And it's never too late for a change! Go mommies! Especially for those who work fulltime, at the same time have to be a mama. Not enough cooking time, go home late, etc. Well, it's true that we can just buy the food. Yup, but we could have cooked a better food! If the taste is good, then we're lucky. But if good but with tonnes of oil (recycle oil some more), ajinomoto, and what not perencah/perasa, buat apa kan.. If we got no choice that's ok, or sometimes is ok but not everyday.

There are some tips to to do this frozen food (with my not so long experience):-

1. For me, I've tried to freeze meat, chicken & base (sambal,sup,singgang,masak kicap-NO NO to santan, veggies ok!)

2. If I were to freeze meat or chicken, I'll make sure that stocks finished in 3 days only and the base can be up to one week only (some say more).

3. For the base, I'll try to make it varies, enough for a week for example sambil bilis, base sambal, base for sup, singgang, masak kicap, etc. So, it's easier, we can just fry the telur/chicken/ikan (that we have perap a day earlier or in the morning before going to work) and when we go home, defrost and reheat the kuah.

4. As a Kelantanese (and hubby from Terengganu) we do love ikan rebus with kunyit+asam keping+lengkuas that we can reheat for couple times and that will last more than 3 days. (lagi lama lagi sedap..haha). We can cicah budu (preferred)/sambal belacan/kicap with chilies or we can just fry that ikan rebus..huhuhu.

5. I also tried some other menu such as ikan cencaru sumbat (for the best taste, please keep not more than 3 days). The most important thing is the fish should be the fresh one from the beginning. The isi sumbat I made from cili kering+kunyit+serai+salt+a bit of sugar. Make sure to belah at the back of the cencaru for the full taste of that isi sumbat.

6. If we want to have more lauk for the day, just use one type of frozen, and the rest could be something that are easy to be cooked such as telur dadar, ikan kering, pekasam, ikan terubuk masin, ulam-ulaman +budu, cencalok, tempoyak (saya tak makan ni, hehe), sayur goreng etc.

7. If we have enough time, we can try to fry ikan bilis garing and mix with some bawang+chilies+udang kering (optional). This can last garing for at least two days or more. No need to put in the freezer but to be put in a bekas kedap (i prefered Tuppaware). Also, we can sometimes try to cook rendang tok, tahan lama lah! hehe..

As for the kids, I tried to avoid giving them so much frozen food. Maybe can try a lil bit only. Or maybe the fresh frozen food only.

Alhamdulillah, I have a peaceful weekdays if I have enough stocks. But I do buy sometimes ye.. And hubby fully supported me on this, and I'm lucky because he's not fussy at all when it comes into food.

So guys, let's try these, ok! Selamat berbuka!

RAMADHAN KAREEM, ALLAHU AKRAM!

Salam Ramadhan untuk semua, alhamdulillah di atas nikmat untuk bertemu lagi Ramadhan kali ini. Semoga Ramadhan kali ini lebih bermakna dan memberi seribu keinsafan serta peluang untuk beribadat kepadaNya. How's your Ramadhan preparation? As for me, this Ramadhan is different than before. Last year I was pregnant for Tasnim, in fact I gave birth on the 19th Ramadhan - 09092009. I was so blessed for having that chance.Alhamdulillah.

Yesterday, I've prepared some frozen food, easier for me to have iftaar at home. At least enough for one week until the next weekend. Last night I managed to cut Fahmi's Baju Melayu & Tasnim's Baju Kurung. I've to kelim & sew it this weekend, insyaAllah. Wish me luck ye!

Last but not least, please pray for me to have more strength in my daily life to to do my usual activities with the two kids, and at the same time to have more time to do 'ibaadah i.e tarawih, etc.. insyaAllah.

Take care and thank you for your time.

Ramadhan Kareem, Allahu Akram!

DUGAAN BERNIAGA ONLINE..

Saya tgh frust sangat2, down..ada sorang my customer tak dapat pos ekspress. First time jadi macam ni..When we tracked, it was on final delivery. In fact when I called Pos Malaysia's Customer Service (after 25 minutes menunggu) tp sbb nak track menda tu tunggu gak. So orang tu pun cakap da delivered. Ikut sistem memangla kan. Pastu dia bg nombor pos office kat area tu, call2 lama tak berangkat. Call lagi ada orang angkat tp takleh bg jawapan plak. suh call lagi stgh jam. mmg saya tahu kalau pos ekspress tidak memerlukan penerima. Kalau masuk box yg betul takperla, tp kalau masuk box yg salah macam mane? Tadi cakap2 dgn Kak Jue Al-Imrans dia cakap adik dia pernah kena, rupanya posmen yg salah masukkan menda tu dalam box orang lain. (?*&%$#$%!??).

Mmg saya ada letak condition ni dalam blog saya, Important: We will not responsible for any loss or damage during delivery. Dan saya rasa semua orang pun akan letak menda yang sama sbb itu bukan bidang kuasa kita. Pembeli saya tu seorang penjual online juga, saya harap dia faham keadaan ni. Saya rasa stress yg amat skrg ni. Menda2 macam ni telah membazirkan masa saya (menjahit dsb), wang customer, masa saya nak track menda2 ni, buang duit call pos office yg tak berangkat dan lama nak angkat.

Dahla tu, dari minggu lepas saya dok pi singgah pos office sana sini, semua kehabisan stok RM7 pos ekspress nya box. Mmg lepas ni saya tanak guna pos ekspress da, kena habiskan box yg da ada and that's it. Mmg da gave up sangat2 da.

Harap mood saya akan ok sbb esok da nak puasa, saya nak berpuasa dgn tenang. Amin..

TOO WITH TWO!

Too many things to do with two hands..I have some orders pending that need to be finished by August, especially for mommies (pijut & wanie) still got their babies' barut pending and some bags too. Also, Iam preparing the giveaways prizes, taking pictures, packing, etc. On the same note, this is my first time sewing baju kurung and first time to sew it for my daughter, lil Damia Tasnim. Same goes with Daniel Fahmi's baju Melayu.

This weekend will be our first family (of 4) vacation, in conjunction with hubby's division's family day.Yeeyyy...good news for the kids, huh? That also means my weekend will be burnt without sewing which i don't mind at all..well for the kids lah! I need to think of booking some biskut raya (not enough time to play dough with Tasnim & Fahmi), applying for raya leave, choosing the best clothes for my both intan payung for their raya..

This year should be more exciting because we will be celebrating hari raya with both families unlike last year I gave birth during Ramadhan and we were at my kampung the whole 1 month confinement before going to my MIL's house. So our hari raya last year was spent in my mom's house, alhamdulillah my husband did not mind at all. Thanks dear. I promise you, this year will be one of the best celebration insyaAllah..

Somehow, came accross on my mind the time when I really missed my family. That was years back, in US. During Ramadhan we have so many activities, one of my most favourite was a slot in lecture session where I had to give a briefing on Ramadhan & Fasting in a lecture hall. That was awesome! Can't you imagine a lil Tini talking about Ramadhan & Fasting to non-muslims which mostly Americans! They were so curious and asked sort of questions. That was one of our programmes during Ramadhan.

Another programme that we had was a Fast-a-Thon programme, whereby you were promoting to non-muslims to do fasting as for them to experience the fasting month. They had to sign a pledge that they would obey the rules & regulation (no eating, no drinking, no bad acts/words etc). We then brought this to local companies and they will donate to our Tucson Food Community Bank. We had a fabulous feedback on this programme.

Well, too much sweet memories in US in Ramadhan..but I leave you with some pictures:-

My first time raya in the State..just got back from EidulFitri prayer. That was my most favourite cactus, at the back of my house.

2nd year hari raya in the States. That was the tallest cactus in my campus. (tinggi dari pokok kelapa tuu)

This was right before the fast-a-thon event. My roomate was so eager to take this picture as she said that was my best & better hijab (other than black, if you notice I used to love black hijab). I bought that hijab & abaya when attended the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Annual Conference.