Fun Floor Photography

Inspired by an article in Timbuktu iPad magazine, in the weekend we're doing some fun floor photography. Here are the results.











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Pictorial (Refashion Project) : Cute T-shirt with a touch of flower

tadaaaa!!!

Pictorial (Refashion Project) : Stripey mini skirt from a stripey dress

here's the pictorial :

(DIY) How to Make Draped Cardigan

It's spring time and it's time to wear a light cardigan....yay!! I've been wanting to buy light draped cardigan, but this is not the best time for shopping. We have to save more money because this year Leia is going to school. So I had an idea, why I didn't make my own draped cardi. All I need is only my old t-shirts or just bought some chepo t-shirts :). Easy peasy!!

I will show you how to make it and I hope it's clear enough to be followed

Step 1 :
Cut vertically in the middle of the t-shirt



Step 2 :
Cut diagonally across the bottom of the t-shirt



Step 3 :
Do it both sides and save the triangle scraps



Step 4 :
Cut out the neckline



Step 5 :
Sew the remaining triangle scrap to the vertical side of the t-shirt. Cut out the fabric excess.

VOILA!!!



And now I'm so happy because I have 3 new draped cardigans.

A Moment With Watercolor & Our Children

Every weekend now is a watercolor time! Every time I prepare the gears, Arwen, Leia & Neo are enthusiastically gather around and looking at his father's painting, flooding me with thousand questions.







Then Arwen & Leia are joining me, painting with their brush.



Kids are nice & sweet. There are no disturbances whatsoever, though sometimes Neo bouncing himself to my arm. Fortunately, the brush is outside the wet painting area. Oh and Leia almost pour the water on the drawing pad. *phew!*
Definitely, being a family man is a new art.



Related stories:
- Painting When The Kids Around
- Watercolor is my poetry

Our Nomadbrush Has Arrived

... in Jakarta. Too bad. We have to wait for another month to coming to Kuwait. Can't wait!

(photo by @widakso in Jakarta)

Watercolor is My Poetry

The water is the word.

The color is the paragraph.

The smear is the rhyme.

Painting the water.

Painting the color.

Keeps me away from digital addiction.

It's my therapy.

It's my poetry.

note: photos & video done on iPhone 4

Kids Doing Video Reviews

iPad is more than an educational tool for Arwen (6yo), Leia (4yo) & Neo (1.6yo). When they interact with the apps inside it, the whole world is changing. What they touch, see & feel now will shape their tomorrow. Their future. Our future.

Toca Tea Party

We select some apps & make video reviews (these videos are also our personal documentations about their development stage.)


Teddy's Night

The innocent expressions, laughs & smiles are the parameter on how is the app doing to enhance the creativity & curiousity. This is important for the app developers & also for us, their parents.


Teddy's Day

This is what we think about iPad role in our family. Our future.

Challenge Myself: Painting When The Kids Around

Back in the college, watercolor painting was a sacred activity. It was a therapy, meditation, requires concentration & specific mood.

But now, is it possible for me to do it with 1 baby, 1 toddler & 1 kid around? Today, I challenge myself.

Option 1: Distracting the distraction

Much easier if I play movies & let the children watch it while I'm painting. But that's not the point. I don't want to create a virtual sphere with me inside & my family outside. And yet, children tend to get curious to the adult's activities, especially art & craft activities. I don't want to ignore their curiousity.

Option 2: Joining the distraction

I challenge myself by opening the door of my virtual sphere & let the children come inside & join me painting. We're painting in the living room, on a dinner table. We're sharing the paints & colors. The main distraction is coming from our 1,5 years old Neo. He really wants to join the fun with his sisters & dads. Sorry Neo, only milk & cookies for you this time. When you're a bit older, you can join the club!

It's fun actually. Though I need to give it a litte more time to get used to it. Of course, it depends on the project. The simple the better.
And this is different from what I did in the college, because being family man itself is a new art.

Another experiment with Auryn Ink for iPad

This one I have to add the stroke in Photoshop, due to the low-quality stroke in Auryn Ink app.

Another works here.