Card Sale #2

I love children's drawings; there is always something whimsical about their drawings. That sense of innocence and wonder can't be captured even by the most experienced painter. KidPix is an awesome drawing program with loads of cool tools to create amazing digital drawings. You can turn this digital drawings into all kind of products: blank cards, postcards, bookmarks, place mats, books, t-shirts, totes, posters and more! The list just go on and on.If you need to do fundraising go with the blank cards with your students' drawings. We sold 100 cards last Friday during a special event in our school.

The Apple Tree & The Apple

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Yes it's true that my daughter Dena & I both love to draw, but there are 2 things that set us apart. First, when she sketches she already has the image in her brain and knows exactly where things should go when she draws it; when I sketch I go through trial and error with a series of thumbnails and then work on the final layout. Second, she loves drawing her imagination, I love drawing ordinary things around me.

The other day she let me look through her drawing journals and scanned some of her drawings. She was surprised to see her imagination turn into a handmade drawing journal in her favorite color!

Speaking of tree weeks ago Dena was working on a poster project for a green campaign and asked my opinion on ways to write the message. She ignored all my ideas and came up with her own. I love brainstorming ideas with her, her ideas are so free & fearless. Shh...don't tell her, but Yearbook 10/11 concept was conceived during one of our brainstorming sessions.

Blue Bird

This morning I left my mobile in a Blue Bird taxi. The taxi driver, Pak Nur Hendy, went out of his way through the congested morning traffic to return it to me in person a few hours later. When was the last time I give a random act of kindness to a perfect stranger? As a tribute to Pak Nur I'm giving away my handmade journal to the first person who comment on this post. {Yes! I will cover the cost of shipping and ship it to anywhere in the world} 

Tribute to the 80's

I grew up as teenager in the 80s. I shiver in horror when I think of hideous shoulder pad, big hair, high waist pants, stretch pants, ridiculous leg warmer. But I do cherish the analog world of the 80's. To preserve the memory I turned my cassette collections into mini notebooks. Great for to-do-list, doodle, ideas, poem, & bragging that you experienced the good ol' 80's!

Left Brain vs Right Brain

Sweet

My morning tea ritual is now sweeter. I usually take my tea without cream or sugar, but starting from today I will add one sugar sachet from Gulaku just because the packaging is so cute! I get sugar rush just from choosing which color suites my mood of the day: psychedelic pink, yummy yellow, pop-art purple, baby blue, or glam green? Such sweet dilemma.

A letter to Sikka

Meet Aristo, my sponsored child, who lives in a village in Sikka, East of Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. I've been supporting his education through World Vision Indonesia. For IDR 150.000 or USD 17 a month you can make a difference in a child's world. Aristo loves math, writing & sweet potato. His dream is to become a teacher.

  

Today I received a progress booklet filled with photo, drawing, and the latest update about Aristo and his home village. Yay! A once in a blue moon chance to write a letter! I made him a booklet letter filled with stories, drawings, photos & crafts. Hope he likes it.