The First Tuesday, September Calendar Giveaway!

Hi back again with me hayouroxa ^^

I went to Lizz’s crib the other day and brought home with me a lot of new material for my works :)

She gave me our old crafting material that i even forgot i ever have it :D such as felts, water colour, a pallete, and some papers to paint on.

Look at their colour. I love it! They’re so bright i could hug them forever.*giggles*

This is them!

These are them!

I already made a tag for this store! yay!

The hardest part is ofcourse to find a name. And it ended up with using this site’s nama :D quite simple, and I added “Craft Studio” after the name.

Look at the result…

It says, "Laxmee craft studio"

It says, "Laxmee craft studio"

I am using a “pixel” style here. It’s nice cause i find it like a sewing stitches. cool :D

And here the are, already on our wrap!!

Our tag goes inside the wrap ^^

Our tag goes inside the wrap ^^

And not to forget, I want to greet everyone again for this beautiful Tuesday!

It’s the first Tuesday for us writing on this blog, and also the first Tuesday of this Month!

Yes, this is already September, and i wanna embrace it by giving u one of my design.

I use my old sketch, the mustached-man. (hoho). And combine it with this month’s calendar.

Hope u like it! ;)

A mustache-man calendar

A mustache-man calendar

If any of you are interested with having this image as your calendar, you can start by giving us your comment to any post in this blog.

And we will pick one comment randomly. The winner can have this calendar  in the form of print!! And we will anounce the winner by the next Tuesday.

The print size is a 4R-photo-sized. Perfectly match with your notebook or binder!

Have fun commenting on us!! ;)

xoxo

<3 hayouroxa <3

Motivation Wallpapers

Hey everybody!! it’s free monday! im gonna give you two free motivation wallpapers for your desktop! u’re welcome to use em :D don’t hate monday, just treasure it :D

1. a Bikey bike

choose ur screen resolution to download: 1024x768, 1280x800, 1440x900

bikey

2. Woodalike :D

choose ur screen resolution to download: 1024x768,1280x800, 1440x900

woody1280

That’s all for today! thx for visiting :D !

★L

Bizzzeey.. Weekend!!

What a busy Saturday!!!.

I haven’t got any time to blog today. Luckly i don’t have any saturday night appointment or any date right now :P so i can finish my post this time.

Before i start to share all my works today, i wanna take my chance to Wish everyone Happy Ramadan ^.^

it’s the 7th night, wow! and i hope the fasting is going well for everyone :)

This is a postcard design i want to give you for free! isn’t that great?! all u need to do is just right-click the image and open the link, then save it :)

You can also change the name below as you want.


Holiday Greeting Card

Holiday Greeting Card

As i mentioned about my super busy weekend. I spent this day full of stitching, cleaning, and coding.

Pheww!.. Thank God I still have time to do this post and show you guys my achievement so far for this day.

My felt work for today!!

My felt work for today!!

These items are:

  1. green mousepad with the ‘nature pattern’ border
  2. double-sided cute flower keychain (orange/red)
  3. unfinished blue cloud with a yellow badge (keychain wannabe)
  4. half-stuffed heart li’l cushion
  5. and.. my newest set for this ramadan.
    it’s a postcard-sized Ramadan Mubarak felt! (i haven’t finished yet. i’ll post the final look by the next post)
    use it as your note-book cover, a greeting card, anything challenges ur creativity! ;)

Friday i can’t sleep

Hey there!

It’s me again (Liz) \(^_^)/ and i’m back to my fryyyday-blaaagh-posting! Thank god it’s friday (does it even matter?)! FYI, i haven’t slept since yesterday! For some of you who take a glimpse on my YM stat, u probably know what i was doing all night long.  I didn’t smoke or poke. I was painting. Yes, i used to paint back then and that i’ve stopped, but now im back :D I turned my meditate spot into a chaotic studio space :D .

train wreck spot

train wreck spot

I use mostly acrylics (for the background) and a white dermatograph pencil which i luv cuz it has a rope in the pencil that can be torn so it doesn’t need to be sharpened, for my 5 pieces of painting. Okay, let’s just cut the crap and have a look, i put em in order ;)

1. I’m a tweet freak is my first painting of the day. I made this right after i read people’s tweet. Oh yea i almost forget to mention the oil pastels. I use em to color the alphabets (only for this painting) and then i wiped em off with facial cottons to give it a washout or chalk effect.

Tweet Freak

Tweet Freak

2. Animal-that-quote. I’m thinking to make a set of it and sell em out :D on etsy!

Elephant that quote

Elephant that quote

3. A grunge Bird.  My first grunge painting. The bird was for the tweet shape on the first painting.

a grunge bird

a grunge bird

4. Penelope Cruz :D . My favorite painting of the day. I’m so glad i still keep the i-guess-it’s-a-last-month-Mango catalog magz. It fell to my feet when i was painting the grunge birdy. I take that as a good sign ;)

Penelope

Penelope

Penelope and the real penelope :D

P. Cruz

P. Cruz

5. 88? i was woolgathering during the making of this piece. I let my fingers do their job. dance :D

88

88

Done with the making dirty stuff, it’s time to take a quick nap, i got many things to do today. Hope i wont collapse. what about my room? who wants to help me clean my hey-it’s-not-a-studio ? anyone?

✌L

Beautiful Felty Thursday, Everyone ^.^

Hey!!.. Now it’is my time to post something in this blog, and i’m sooo excited to share some of my felt collection pics. ^,^

I have a few more for you, but i’ll save them for the next post. Ha!.. :D

But don’t get disappointed, coz i’ll probably share u the DIY tutorial also! Isn’t it great to color your holiday mood? ;)

Right now here is mine…

keychain and purse

keychain and purse

And some of my favourites, i found on Etsy :)

Japanese Sushi Set by julyhobby

Japanese Sushi Set by "julyhobby"

Tea Party by julyhobby

Tea Party by "julyhobby"

BoulieBag - Pretty Lavender Felt by chichiboulie

BoulieBag - Pretty Lavender Felt by "chichiboulie"

And some un-usual creative pattern n shape i loove so much <3

NES controller Keychain ... Nintendo Geek, Retro, Fun by ChocolateMintCrafts

NES controller Keychain ... Nintendo Geek, Retro, Fun by "ChocolateMintCrafts"

Felt Movie Set - Popcorns, Cola, Candy Bars from umecrafts DIY sets

Felt Movie Set - Popcorns, Cola, Candy Bars from "umecrafts" DIY sets

Fun iPod / iPhone / iTouch Case by SydneyAngel

Fun iPod / iPhone / iTouch Case by "SydneyAngel"

FELT iPHONE DADDY CASE by plushism

FELT iPHONE DADDY CASE by "plushism"

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnd…

This one is uuuunnnbelieveable…. [*raised eyebrow*]

Felt Bakeries Miniatures Pattern book from KawaiiLovelyFabrics

Felt Bakeries Miniatures Pattern book from "KawaiiLovelyFabrics"

I really want to do some of them later when i have much time ;)

Later on with the progress, All!

<3 hayouroxa <3

Introduction :D

Greetings from me, I’m Liz the new admin of this blog 8-). For my first post, I’d like to show u guys two of my latest crappy sketches :D i made them using pencil colors! those are my favorite! i luv it so much. Just don’t hesitate to drop us a critical comment or two :) . enjoy!

1. Lame moldy quackish

duckies

2. Scary emo sketch

don't bother

♥L

Broken Strings

Let me hold you for the last time
It’s the last chance to feel again
But you broke me, now I can’t feel anything

When I love you and so untrue
I can’t even convince myself
When I’m speaking it’s the voice of someone else

Oh, it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it’s not enough
To make it all okay

You can’t play our broken strings
You can’t feel anything
That your heart don’t want to feel
I can’t tell you something that ain’t real

Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?

Oh, what are we doing?
We are turning into dust
Playing house in the ruins of us

Running back through the fire
When there’s nothing left to say
It’s like chasing the very last train
When it’s too late, too late

Oh, it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it’s not enough
To make it all okay

You can’t play our broken strings
You can’t feel anything
That your heart don’t want to feel
I can’t tell you something that ain’t real

Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?

But we’re running through the fire
When there’s nothing left to say
It’s like chasing the very last train
When we both know it’s too late, too late

You can’t play our broken strings
You can’t feel anything
That your heart don’t want to feel
I can’t tell you something that ain’t real

Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
So how can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?
Oh, you know that I love you a little less than before

Let me hold you for the last time
It’s the last chance to feel again

James Morrison feat Nelly Furtado

lax dan analogi “Ngapel”

Sebelumnya Saya minta maaf ya.. kalau ada kata2 yang sekiranya nanti dapat menyinggung suatu kelompok, perorangan, atau agama tertentu..

Tulisan ini cuma perenungan saya dalam menyiasati diri saya sendiri yang masiih susah khusyuk dalam shalat atau sering ada rasa ‘malas’ menjalankan shalat.

Harapan saya sih semoga temen2 juga bisa ngasih masukan yang membangun buat aku nantinya, trus.. lebih Alhamdullilah lagi kalo saya bisa memberi masukan ke temen2 dengan adanya posting ini. Ok?!

Sebenernya beberapa waktu lalu aku udah mulai mencari2, esensi apa yang harus saya temukan dalam ‘pertemuan’ saya dengan Allah melalui media shalat itu.

Lalu akhirnya muncul pemikiran (he he..ini ala aku doank lho yah), biar waktu shalat Saya itu ’soul’nya lebih DAPET, aku meng-aplikasikan dengan dunia nyata.

Gini, Hmm… Jadi awal2nya aku menganggap Allah adalah sesuatu yang sangat aku sayangi. Paling gampang mengambil analogi paling dekat misalnya pacar, lah. Soalnya saat2 ini, rasanya orang lebih sayang kepada pacarnya yah daripada kepada Tuhannya sendiri.

Misalnya begini, waktu2 shalat ini aku ibaratkan saat aku bisa “ngapel” dengan yang aku kasihi sayangi atau apa istilahnya. Dalam hal ini karena membahas shalat, jadi shalat itu adalah sarana “ngapel” ku dengan Allah. Disaat itu kita bisa serasa berkomunikasi dengan-Nya.. Maksudnya hmm.. connected gitu deh.

Klo udah perasaan kita aja connected dengan-Nya (seperti biasanya kita menganggap diri kita konek banget ama pacar tuw). Pasti rasanya nyaman saat “pertemuan” itu. Saat2 ngapel akan kita nikmati, kita jalani aja tanpa berfikir. Tau2 acara ngapel selesai dan nggak pengen berakhir aja. Hayo, bener gaa?..

Nah, sekarang paradigma ketemu pacar itu tadi yang kita alihkan ke shalat. Seharusnya kita menyayangi Allah lebih besar daripada kita menyayangi pacar kita kan? Itu seharusnya.. Tapi dalam prakteknya memang sulit banget. Manusia kalo udah ketemu orang yang disayangi, wuih.. bisa lupa waktu. hehehe.

Rasakan dalam hati kita bagaimana kalau sewaktu ngapel, pasangan kita itu nggak fokus. Entah sibuk ama jam, lah. Lalu dia kepikiran pekerjaan terus lah, padahal udah seminggu berkutat dengan pekerjaan dan hanya waktu ngapel itu dia ada kesempatan ketemu kita lho..

Dia ada di depan kita. Tapi hanya fisiknya aja yang ada di hadapan. Pikirannya sudah entah kemana-mana. Resah dan gelisah nggak tenang (sambil nada2 kepengen pamitan pulang terus, hehe). Pasti kita ngedumel kan?

“Huh, ni anak niat gak sih ngapelin Gue?!! Masa gak bisa nyediain waktu sedikit aja buat aku, sehariiii aja di weekend. Sehari itu pun nggak cuma sehari. Paling beberapa jam!! Huh.. sebel..” (hehe, biasanya cewek nih yang kayak gini)

Nah begitu juga ketika kita melakukan shalat. Pernah nggak sewaktu shalat kita kepikiran: “Aduh, kerjaan yang tadi udah Gue upload belom ya?”, “Kalo if-nya begini, nanti looping terus, kalo pake while aja gimana?”

Hahaha.. kalo saya sih bukan pernah. Seriing bahkan. Tell me you’re not :P

Jadi sewaktu pertemuan kita yang hanya kurang dari 5 menit itu dengan Allah, yang sudah mengasihi kita nggak berbatas, jauh dari kasih sayang yang pacar kita berikan aja kita sempet2nya mengingat pekerjaan, hutang, dan urusan duniawi lannya selain mengingat-Nya.

Bagaimana perasaan si cewek tadi ketika cowo’nya resah dan gelisah sewaktu ngapel? Bagaimana sikap kita seharusnya dengan Tuhan yang sangat menyayangi kita di pertemuan yang sangat singkat dan seharusnya kita rindu-rindukan itu?

Ada baiknya kalo temen2 juga merenungkan hal diatas..

Kalo perenungan a-la saya tadi kurang “masuk” dan kurang “bekerja dengan baik” buat temen2, temukan perenungan a-la temen2 sendiri yang kalian anggap paling “masuk”. Agar acara “ngapel” kita, momment tempat kita bisa memberikan pujian dan sanjungan kepada-Nya dan Rasul-Nya bisa berfungsi dengan maksimal dan sampai ke tujuan utama.

Bukan bersikap jaim waktu ngapel karena ada camer lagi duduk2 didepan rumah. Hehehe, bukan juga dengan melaksanakan shalat dengan baik ketika ada yang melihat.

Tulisan ini tamparan buat saya ketika udah menyadari esensi solat tapi masih melakukan yang nggak baik diatas. Tapi itulah Allah, Maha Pengampun. Mudah mudahan kita ditunjukkan yang mana yang baik selalu yaah…. Dan dihindarkan dari godaan2 setan bowk so pasti ;)

Amiiin…

Report, ketika ibuk2 go to the mall

Wow.. udah tanggal 7 . Hehe udah lama ya sejak pergi jal jal sek ama ibuk2 kemarin. Soalnya baru mood bikin reportnya sekarang nih :p

Kemarin acara dimulai dari jemput Dian ke Gresik, malemnya kami stay over at Liz’s house, trus paginya Nila dateng menggobrak2 kami yang baru mau akan mulai bersiap2.

Laluu.. biasa lah para wanita2 yang telah beranjak dewasa membicarakan tentang apa saudara saudara??!! Yap. Make Up!!.. :p

Sambil dandan sebelum berangkat, kami saling coba mencoba make up yang jumlahnya masih ga seberapa itu (maklum newbie, hikiki). Trus bagusnya, karena saling sharing, dapet banyak masukan banyak nih bout make up dari ibu-ibu yg involved (Nila, Dian, and Liz).

Lanjut, perjalanan dilanjutkan dengan Dian yang cari2 make-up di dept store terkemuka di kota Sby ini, trus kami2 ikutan nyoba2 (hihi untung mbak2 penjaganya sabar2 yah).

Ternyata di M****hari lagi dapet kupon belanja tuh, potongan Rp.50.000. Tapi ya itu, sayangnya, kudu dipake di hari itu juga. Udah gitu banyak syaratnya lagi, huh, menjengkelkan…

Waktu dah menunjuk2 di jam 8 malem sedangkan kupon diskonnya ditutup 1 jam lagi (ya iyalah, waktunya tokonya tutup). Trus daripada sayang kuponnya ga dipakai, akhirnya kami muter-muterrr….. ga jelas… sambil “hunting” apa aja disitu yang sekiranya kami butuhkan and bisa dipagkass harganya!! ha ha.

Wuiiiih…. bener-bener.. pengalaman tak terlupakan.. (hiperbola dikit ya? :D ) soalnya waktu itu benarr-benarr ketahuan baju2 di M***hari makin MAHAL MAHAAAL…. udah gitu gak worth the price!…

Hmm.. sebelumnya kami iseng masuk ke Z*ra, wow… harganya malah lebih murah dari baju2 di M***hari!!

Wow.. wow… cobain deh. Bagi ibu2 silahkan membadingkan :D

Meski seneng belanja kita juga harus smart doonk… Saatnya beli di pasar ya di pasar (ha ha). Tapi kalo di Z*ra ada yang harganya lebih worth dibanding yag ada di Departement Store ya kenapa enggak? Ya tho buu…. (weits.. gayaku ngomong udah ibu2 rumpi banget :P )

Wokey, sekarang saatnya pulang.

Sebelum pulang aku ama Lizz sempet mampir ke toko dulu buat beli clana-nya Lizz. Dian, Kayla si kecil, ama Nila yang dah kecapekan, nungguin di warung kopi :D

Setelah itu kami meninggalkan mol dengan capeknya… langsung bertolak ke Gresik lagi (untung supirnya masih kuat (haha, ampun Lizz :P ) untuk mengantarkan Dian n Kayla yang sudah bubuk dengan damainya..

Waah.. hebet lho Kayla betahh diajak jalan! Wah nampaknya ada sinyal mirip2 ibunya nih *laugh*

*peace yan!* (^^)v

Lalu kami mengembalikan Nila kerumahnya, dan tararaa.. Kemudian kami berfoto2 dikamar Nila n tak lupa mendandani Nila!! (mau aja se). *evil laugh* hohoho. Jadi lah Nila korban pencarian “angle” kami. Nanti di upload deh beberapa dari hasil pimpin’-up jeung Nila malam itu ;) okayyyh??!!

Kapan2 lagi ya buk ibuk yaah.. (tapi jangan sering2 rek, bokek *gigles*)

Mo Jalan2 Ama Ibu – ibuu!!!…

Hmm… udah lama nih ga jalan2 ama ibu2 angkatan 2002!!…
Yang pastinyaa… bentuknya nih udah ga sama ama dulu waktu masih di STIKOM jaya merona ;) )

sekarang ibu2 udah ga sekurus dulu lagi *hihiihi*

okeh… besok kami maw kemana aja yaa..
hmm… yang jelas aku lagi pengen refreshing aja. Abis terkena deadline yang naudzubile…
Trus sempet sakit juga terkapar seharian lemes… ga bisa ngapa2in selain update status di fesbuk :D

bosann….
hwaaaaaaarggh!!
sekarang pelampiasan!!

okeh, mo jemput Dian dulu ni di gresik.
Ni nulis sambil menunggu ibuk Lizz menjemputkyu..
Trus besok critanya buk Nila maw ikutan jalan2 juga. he he he.
Siapa yang ngiriii…. Hayo acungkan tangaaan…
hehhee kapan2 yah guys ibuk2 yang laiin!! kita jalan2 lagii..
kumpulkan sebanyak2nya ibu2 2002!! :P

ps: buk Femmy klo lg bosen dirumah mungkin mo ikut juga kapan2??