Yesterday, Tomorrow, dan Today

This writing is so enlightening my day. I've ever read it before somewhere, but never been copy-pasting in on my blogs before. Well, the writing below I received from my Korean colleague.

This is it : An evening sharing ^^ 

Life is...

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. IF you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

How?

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

Don't let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us together.

Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn to be brave. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a gift; that's why we call it - the Present.

I'm Serious - Part 2 - Tutorial

Ini dia bagian ke-2 dari I'm Serious. Sebenarnya ini lebih ke memenuhi janji ke diri sendiri dan lagi ngukur keseriusan sih :D I'm Serious - Part 1 ada di sini ya.

Sekarang saatnya berbagi tutorialnya, dan ini adalah tutorial pertama yg aku bikin. Plok plok plok..
Bukan aseli hasil penemuan sendiri sih. Idenya dari Mbak Indah yg punya merk Mochie2Felt. Tp udah ijin untuk sharing ilmu kok ^^

So, are you ready? Here we go baby :)

Langkah 1 : ALAT DAN BAHAN.
- kain flanel warna biru
- kain flanel bermotif bulet-bulet biru
- kain flanel warna krem
- kain flanel warna coklat tua
- tali panjangnya 40cm
- manik hitam
- kancing bunga
- gantungan/ring kunci (tanpa rantai ya)
- benang yg warnanya sesuai/serasi dg kain flanel
- plastik bekas cover proposal, hehehe.. Kalo mau kasih usaha sedikit lebih banyak, aselinya mah dibikin dari kain laken/kain keras. Bisa dibeli di toko kain :)
- lem
- gunting kain
- jarum



Langkah  2 : POLA
Ini pola yang kita perlukan.
Pola yg paling kiri : pola untuk badan bagian belakang (a)
Tinggi : 15cm.
Lebar bagian atas : 6cm
Lebar bagian bawah : 7,5cm
Pola yg tengah : pola untuk baju bagian depan (bikin dua buah pola (a), lalu gunting menjadi  dua bagian seperti gambar di samping)

Pola yg bulet : untuk wajah

Karena ini 'cuma' pola, jadi aku pake kertas bekas aja. Maklum, profesi sampinganku pengepul barang bekas (yg masih bisa dimanfaatin lagi, tentu sajaa ;)
Kalo temen-temen mau, bisa juga jiplak polanya di kardus/karton susu, jadi ntar bisa awet dan bisa dipake lagi.


Langkah 3: Pola utk pengeras bagian badan

Ini fungsinya biar kain flanelnya nggak lemes banget.
Kenapa aku pake plastik bekas cover proposal? Soalnya side job aku adalah 'pemulung', hahaha... Just like what I wrote above, Kalo mau kasih usaha sedikit lebih banyak, aselinya mah dibikin dari kain laken/kain keras. Bisa dibeli di toko kain. Cara bikinnya tinggal tempel pola di langkah 2 di plastik cover/kain laken yang akan kita pakai.

 

Langkah 4 : MEMBUAT BADAN BAGIAN DEPAN DAN BELAKANG

Yang untuk bagian belakang, tempel flanel biru di seluruh pola yg dari plastik cover tadi :p
Untuk bagian depan, yang bagian bawah (rok), tempel kain flanel biru.
Yg bagian atas (kerudung), tempel kain flanel bermotif.
Semuanya ditempel di pola yg dari cover plastik tadi yaa ^^











Langkah 5: MEMBUAT WAJAH

 Sekarang kita akan bikin wajahnya.
Flanel warna krem (ato coklat muda ya?) : untuk wajahnya
Flanel warna coklat tua : untuk aksen rambut & poni. Yang ini terserah temen2 juga. Mau bikin poni lempar ato poni lurus juga boleh.

Tips biar simetris komposisi wajahnya, gambar titik pake pensil di lingkaran wajah. Tipis aja. Dua titik untuk mata, dan bentuk bibir. Ini fungsinya sebagai penanda aja kok.
Jangan sampe kebalik ya pake benangnya. Hitam untuk mata, merah muda untuk bibir.




Langkah 6 : MENYATUKAN TALI

Masukan ring gantungan kunci, lalu satukan bagian ujung tali, jahit sampai cukup kencang. Kalau bisa, sekalian jahit juga kancing bunganya ya.
Kancing itu berfungsi utk menutup bekas jahitan (dan biar keliatan cantik tentu sajaa :p), sekaligus biar ntar talinya nggak merosot waktu ditarik naik-turun :D
Untuk kancing di sisi lain, tempel aja pake lem. Yg simetris yaa ^^

*Di photo session yg ini aku lupa masukin ring-nya dari awal. Tapi ngga masalah dong. Bisa tetep dimasukin kaya masukin kunci aja kok.
Oia, itu benang yg di bagian belakang cuman bayangan yaa. Maklum, photo sessionnya dg penerangan lampu kamar doang :p



 Langkah 7 : MENYATUKAN BAGIAN BADAN DAN TALI

Sekarang bagian jahit menjahit untuk menyatukan bagian badan depan-belakang & talinya.
Jahit feston seluruh bagian, kecuali di bagian atas kepala dan bagian bawah rok. Gambar di samping cukup jelas kan ya?
 
 Untuk jahitan di bagian atas kepala, ukur dan pastikan supaya tali ngga terlalu seret pas ditarik naik turun, atau malah terlalu longgar dan merosot :p


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Now, we're one step closer to the finish line.
Sekarang, aku belum postingan hasil jadinya dulu ya. Mau liat hasil karya temen2 juga. Boleh di-share di Fanpagenya Gallery Cah Ayu di FB ya..

Biar nggak penasaran, ini hasil yang udah aku bikin sebelumnya.
This is mine. Where's yours? ^^

Happy felting,
WiRani

Firework

Pernah denger lagu ini belum? Aku sih dengernya udah agak lama. Tapi nggak tau kalo itu Katy Perry, dan dengernya pun cuman sekilas ajah. Ternyata yaaa.... Lagu ini keren banget, dan Katy Perry tentunya :)

Siapa tahu belum nonton, ini link videonya di Youtube.

Mau nyanyi bareng? ^.^

Ini lirik lagunya :

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?

Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there's still a chance for you

'Cause there's a spark in you?

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine

Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby, you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go, oh

As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go, oh

You're gonna leave 'em falling down

You don't have to feel like a waste of space

You're original, cannot be replaced

If you only knew what the future holds

After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed

So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow

And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine

Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go, oh

As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go, oh

You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

It's always been inside of you, you, you

And now it's time to let it through

'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go, oh

As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go, oh

You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

Kita adalah kembang api. Kita bisa bercahaya, lebih terang dari bulan, malah.

Yang perlu kita lakukan adalah menyalakan sumbu semangat di diri kita.

Juga, nggak perlu berlama-lama patah semangat dengan "keburukan dan kelemahan", karena

"After a hurricane comes a rainbow"

 Motivasi - apapun bentuknya - sangat bisa kita dapetin dari luar (orang-orang terdekat, sosok sukses di luar sana, buku-buku bacaan, bahkan dari lagu-lagu sejenis ini).

Tapi kalo kitanya nggak segera menyalakan sumbu semangat di diri kita sendiri, trusss siapa lagi?

Nyanyi lagi yuuuuk :D

Cause baby, you're firework.

Come on, show 'em what you're worth.

Regards,

Wirani