Happy Wedding, Imma and Uni! :)

Hello, Dolls!

How are you? It has been a really long time since my last post. Life has been so busy these days. All the works have to be done and its report should be submitted before the end of this year. Seems like my work life would be an extraordinary busier on the last semester of the year forward. 

The business routine takes me nowhere but my office (and its trip to some cities). I have no time to create new paper quilling works for about this past three months. It is sad, seriously. I am longing to make new stuff, I bought some new papers, but I do not have enough time to even make one. Even though I did not make any new paper quilling works these days but I make some others in previous months and I did not post it yet. Here I will share it to you. Pardon the bad photography quality. I shot it by my self using camera phone, so that the quality is quite low. :(

This paper quilling work was an order from a post-graduate student in our campus. He ordered a wedding greeting for his sister that also could be used as a hanging wall decoration. I received this order in September and done it for only 2-3 days while working my works on campus.

He said he came from Makassar (South Sulawesi Province) and hardly looking for paper quilling crafter in Jogja to make the wedding greeting for his sister, Imma. Imma is a paper quilling crafter in Makassar. She loves paper quilling and already create some paper quilling works there. Talking about the order, he ask that the greeting must be made in orange and stated the name, date, and greeting for the newly wed couple. Based on the request, I made lettering paper quilling and here it goes! (I am telling you, the photo quality are low. Really sorry).

I hope they will be happy receive this gift. Happy wedding, Imma&Uni. May all the goodness, happiness, and prosperity be with your family. :)

Love,

Syaifa Tania

Mathemagic: Math is Fun!

Hello, Dolls!

How are you today? I am wishing you had a really good day. As I said in my previous post, here I fulfill the promise I said to share about "mathematics simple card". Mirah and I were going to Kado Kita before we had our ultra short paper quilling course. We both loves beautiful wrapping paper, textured paper and colorful ribbon. No wonder we put Kado Kita as one of the most calming place in the world! :D

We were take a look around and my eyes seen a cute numerical wrapping paper. It is more like a wrapping paper to wrap kid's gift but I do like it. I love the combination of the numbers, colors and its glossy texture. I bought it one even actually I had no idea what to do with this paper.

On the next couple day, I came up with the idea of making mathematics card theme. I remember when I was kid, I love mathematics subject. I am not a super smart girl who is exactly excellent in math, but I do love the mathematics' magic. Since I was kid, my daddy told me about the importance of math in our life. Unfortunately, no matter how much I love math, no matter how hard I learn math, my logical mathematics' understanding ability always way lower than Dhidha's :(. You know what is the part of math that I am best of? Yes, counting the discount. LOL! :p

Even I am not a super smart mathematics girl, I would like to give an honor to all of my mathematics teachers from kindergarten to senior high. Even they may not reading this blog, I hope they will know that here is their student already growing up and no matter how many times I failed to understand some part of mathematics in past, I still love mathematics as well. :)

Here is the honor, I share my simple mathematics card!

The card is made with lettering technique, using HVS white paper strips (100gr). It covers with numerical wrapping paper and supported with a polka dot brown-white ribbon, also a red flower made by punch art. Talking about the flower, I did not punch it my self because yeah I don't have the puncher yet. LOL! I bought it from a friend of mine who sells punch art creations and scrapbook supply.

Well, enough for today. I would share more post about my paper quilling project soon. During that, I wish you all dolls are having a great day!

Love,

Syaifa Tania

Paper Quilling Card Handmade and Created by Syaifa Tania

Photographed by Christa Adhi Dharma

My Man's Birthday Card

Hai, Dolls!

It is Saturday night and mostly people go out for date, dine out, or family bond. Tonight, I am just at home with my little sister because our parents are having a trip outside the town. Well, let's call tonight as "ladies night" on here.

Today, I am going to share a birthday card that I make to my man, Christa Adhi Dharma. Actually, his birthday was on January 15, but I just get to share the card right now.

Talking about the card, it is quite different than my other cards because I apply the lettering technique to be the center of attention on this card. Mostly, I use floral decoration to decorate my cards but this one is exceptional. I prefer lettering technique because honestly I have no idea about man's birthday card. It supposed to be something simple, minimalist and no floral attached. Well, even sometimes, I think that floral things are still okay to be put on man's birthday card decoration as long as you can make it looks not so girly. And here we come with the card!

Actually, I firstly did not come up with this idea. I was thinking to letter his full name on the card's cover and decorate it with some swirl accent. I was also thinking that it would be lettered with any brown or gold color of paper. But, darling unfortunately all the things I thought could not be realized. It was any printing process issue that makes me could not print his name on my selected paper. The paper was too thin, so that my printer could not roll it well. :(


Other problems, came out on his full name that is long enough to be printed on medium size font. I have tried and it did not look good to make an ultra-sized birthday card. So, I tried to print in on smaller size font and the silliest part was that I got trouble with the lettering process because it was too small! I almost gave up, but thank God I did not. So, I came up with the idea of print his nickname -that surely must be shorter than his full name- and letter it up. Right after the idea came up, I go ahead and made it wrapped!


Well, even it was not as good as I imagine before but I was so happy to make my handmade birthday card for him. From the first time, I always try hard to make his birthday card by my self and I just remember that last year it was because of his birthday too I learn paper quilling. Sounds like I am a hopeless romantic huh? Yes, I am. :D


After all, the works was worth. He likes the card and when I show it to other people as I am looking for comments, they say they like it. Some of them also ask me the instruction on lettering the card, then now I come up with the idea on what if I make some tutorial?


Well, enough for today. Enjoy your Saturday night, Pretty Dolls! :D


Love,
Syaifa Tania


Birthday Card Handmade and Created by Syaifa Tania
Photographed by Christa Adhi Dharma