Tweet Tweet! Fabric Scraps Art

Summer is here!! And it's really hot in here. Daytime can reach almost 50˙C!! *pphhiiuuhhh*. Since the kids can't play outside, we have to prepare for some projects and activities at home. And thanks to Lisa Tilse for her brilliant idea :).



Inspired by : Lisa Tilse - Australia

You will need:
Newspaper or (dita - paper scrap)
Scissors
Sticky tape (dita - paper tape) and PVA glue
Fabric scrap

Birds:
For each bird you will need to make the following pieces: a beak, head, body and tail. As well as 2 long flat folded strips. The head and body are spheres and the tail is formed by shaping a ball into a cone shape with flat ends. You can see the shapes in the photo.



Attach the head to the body and then the tail to the body with sticky tape. Then roll a small strip of newspaper up to form a cone for the beak and attach it to the head. Next take two squares of newspaper (that you’ve previously scrunched and flattened) and fold them into long strips. Wrap one strip around your bird where the head joins the body and one where the tail joins. This will hide the joins and enhance the body shape. Use lots of sticky tape to make the joins smooth.



Cut fabric scraps into small squares 2 -3 cm in size and follow the cheat’s papier mache instructions to cover your bird. Set your bird aside to dry.





Cut 2 wings from fabric. If you can, find a shape on your fabric that mimics the shape of a wing.

IF Adapt

Cathy the cactus busy painting herself
Trying to adapt with her friends

Artist : Pinot
Software : CorelPainter X
Hardware : Wacom Intuos, MacPro

Food Photography Collages

Some of my food photography works since 2007.









More food photos, here.

Artist : Dita
Camera : Canon EOS 350 D
Lens : 50 mm f/1.8, 28-135mm f/3.5, 17-40mm f/4L
All photos used natural light

IF Cracked

Elly the elephant is such a wimp
Even she's the elephant king's daughter

She is just too afraid to swim
Sooner or later,
The crack will help her

Artist : Pinot
Software : CorelPainter X
Hardware : Wacom Intuos, MacPro

Food Photography : Cookies

It's been a long time since I submitted my last entry to CLICK competition.

And here's my entry for CLICK May 2009 - Cookies, hosted by Bee and Jai.




Camera : Canon EOS 350 D
Lens : 50 mm f/1.8 mm
Artist : Dita
Lighting : natural light

IF Intricate

Leia is snitching a little carpet
While the cats are playing with her yarn

But now the cats are intricated
Twisted, tied by the Leia's yarn

Artist : Pinot
Software : CorelPainter X
Hardware : Wacom Bamboo, MacBook

Food Photography : Red Chili Sauce

Many Indonesian can't live without sambal or chili sauce :D. We usually make our own fresh sambal not the kind packed in a bottle. There are countless recipes for chili sauces in Indonesia (sambal kacang or nut chili sauce, sambal kemiri or candlenut chili sauce, sambal bawang or onion chili sauce, etc). Indonesian sambal usually come as a thick paste, and are used either as a dipping sauce or in stirfrying.

One of the most common sambal recipe use these ingredients : bird eye chili, sometimes cayenne, dried shrimp paste (terasi), coconut sugar, tomato and salt.

And here's my entry for CLICK : January 2009 - RED



Artist : Dita
Camera : Canon EOS 350 D
Lens : 50 mm f/1.8

Vote Us for IKEA Hack of 2008

What a good start in this new year! Such a nice surprise for us. We are in top 20 most favorite IKEA hack of IKEAhacker and nominated as IKEA Hack of 2008. And you can vote for us by clicking here. Voting ends on 15 January 2009. Thanks Jules for the opportunity!



And the other cool news is.....
We're featured on 248am, the most popular blog in Kuwait! :D. Thanks Mark & Nat!

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Mural Day

Lovely Hats

What can you do with usable plastic bowl....voilaaa...I made these carnival hats for Arwen and Leia. It's so easy, just make a flower from colorful crepe papers and then glue it to the bowl, put some button and ribbon. Easy peasy but fun!



Materials :
Crepe Paper
Plastic bowl
Ribbon
Assorted button
Artist : Dita

Flower Power

"Mamin....I want to be in that carnival!" Arwen said.

So I had a hilarious idea to make this cute gigantic flower for Arwen & Leia.



Artist : Dita