+alhamdulillah, finally~

 bismillahirahmanirrahim.. my last entry was in may. been away to welcome our second daughter, alhamdulillah. a little about our latest addition, ya?

her name is Farah Liyana Binti Khalil. she was born on the 23rd of july 2012, in Assunta Hospital. the special thing about Liyana's delivery date is, it's the same date as her EDD, and she was born naturally, subhanallah. Kun fa ya kun~* 

a bit busy with both Nayli and Liyana. but, recently Najiha Craft Boutique was launched. one step at a time. slowly adding new products. the main purpose is to share~ iAllah will be sharing some tutorials too! 

i am not a good teacher.. 
maybe some of En. Khalil's tricks will help!

okay, that's that! 

*all my not-for-sale-stuff will be posted here, as usual, iAllah~ hihi~

*been thinking to-move or not-to-move to other blog adress... love this blog soooo much~*

+hand-stitched scented plushies

latest craze, doodle stitching~! 

using kain belacu and some thread, stuffed with polyfill.

scented by a spoon of lavender(from Serendipity Lavender Farm).

 

they are fully hand-stitched, size about 5cm by 5cm.

 

still in the process of completing the range, it'll be fully girlish theme~*

:)

+handmade books

hi blog, i miss you~*

my current interest.... sharing vector files at vecteezy~

the hijabies~!


and some flowers~*






download them at http://www.vecteezy.com/Flowers/37186-Polka-Flowers-Vectors for free~!
*the hijabies belum lagi upload~

"No Thanks!" tibe2 keluar from Nayli's mouth.. :)

so, she's been working very hard(24/7, none stop.. unless if she's sleeping/"tutu"ing..) for the last few weeks.. trying to memorise ABC song, barney's songs, and all the videos she's been watching all day... imitating the characters.. from Ponyo to "the extra in Spiderman 2"! yeah, it's quite nyaring if it's the screaming part when octavious climb the office building~! hmm.. that's okay, Sayang.. do what you gotta do~

been busy with Oaties orders and some wedding item for an Old Bestfriend~ ;)
a guestbook and rosettes~ below is the rosettes... 50pcs.. :D alhamdulillah, siap! now kene siapkan guestbook. felt+some hand embroidery on unbleached cotton~ GO GREEN~!! :D



finally managed to make some amigurumi for Little Baby.. hasrat yg dah lama terpendam... dah siap satu, macam2 yg lain muncul dalam kepala... end up making lots of strawberries and some veggies(baby carrots and orange are not in picture*)~ she even keep the baby carrot(not in picture) in the fridge~! O_o

Mummy&Nayli

it's been a while since the last time i illustrate~ :(
today was a lovely day, at 3 in the morning.. Little Baby was sleeping.. quickly open the Adobe Illustrator cs5 program~! and that's the result.. Mummy&Nayli.. i have problem in illustrating guy/boy.. dont know why... maybe, i should make illustrating as a weekly event.. tidaklah rugi ambil jurusan Multimedia selama 3 tahun itu~ walaupun selama belajar, mmg takde pun silibus yang ajar illustrator!! :( sedih! belajar sendiri2 dengan bantuan Hubby(that time bukan hubby lagi.. masih my dear~ ) illustrator is a must know software, to me. i did ajar my 11years old sis to use the program, not just illustrator, photoshop too~.. now she's 16years old dah.. :)

okay, tukar topik!! been busy with my craft project. dah buat branding(logo, chup! blog address), iAllah maybe akan daftar dgn ssm, insyaAllah~! :)
memandangkan saya sangat suka bidang ini, will do it the right way~ iAllah, yang lain2 Allah aturkan~ for the time being, still on my oldfriend's wedding.. 50crochet flower rosette and a handmade guestbook design~ :) the rosette are all done, and iAllah will focus on the guestbook now~ might be publishing the pictures, once dah serah to her, iAllah~ :)

last but not least, i'm addicted to deviantart now!! masuk je situ, boleh hilang akal tengok those talented people~!! huhu... boleh visit my little page here~ still new, still learning~

*in Islam, in life, in business, in motherhood, in familyhood... i'm still learning..

crochet leaves~*
been wanting to make flower garland for quite a while.. been searching for some cute simple leaves to go on the garland~* i came across this tutorial here!!
now, i'm addicted to it~! great~* been working on a project right now...
*should i sell it...? or just keep it in my treasure box?!? :/


yay! finally Little Baby got her Tutu~! whoot~ whoot~*
been eyeing on the no sew Tutu for soooo long!! but, as usual... made my mind to just make something different! some crafter kind of Tutu~ hentam jelah segala teknik jahitan..


the hujung~ buat keputusan untuk biar the hujung macam ni.. kurang skit gatal2... :)


RAINBOW is our latest fav colour~! :D

yang menjadi guideline adelah my childhood memories~*
handmade nightgown, dresses, baju barbie dolls~! my first cross-stitch project~, batu seremban, chop from ubi kentang, homework pendidikan seni(yang my mom tolong~*),
and all the handmade flowers she creates~
my mom is a crafter~ she's a home maker~ been watching(kadang2 helping) her all these years..

what keeps me going is Mr Hubby yang sgt2 supportive... tak sangke dapat suami yg appreciate hal2 craft ku ni... :)

Little Baby pun membantu jugak, sebab sentiasa happy kalau Mummy pass her some handmade stuff~!

love to share all my craft with my adik-beradik(7girls!!), masing2 ada talent masing2 in craft world~! so, that's a bonus for me~*

as-salam.

wanted to share something..

kalau tengah marah(tahap dah nak mengamuk, nak pukul orang, nak buat bende2 lain yang syaitan suke~), cuba this one small easy step:

tapi yang ni sesuai kalau ada baby/toddler near you~

go to the baby/toddler and tickle them until they giggle~! all the anger will go away~! iAllah~

Little Baby's camera~
- she's been wanting our camera.. after some no's going on... finally~!
her own camera! made of felt, with some button+stitching~!
mula-mula taknak main dgn camera ni.. i know, it doesn't look like a real camera~
but, after a few days... she starts hanging the camera somewhere and say something like "you did it!", but yeah... only Mummy+Pa could understand you, sayang~
it took me few hours to complete it.. not quite complicated project...
didn't make my tense nerve go stiff O_O


wild strawberry~
some red felt's corner+some green square+some stitches~ i've made myself a wild strawberry..
planning to make some more~!! a jar full of wild strawberries~ hmm.. how nice~~
just discovered a way to make a simple strawberry hull~




sleepy sachet~ in progress
-been eyeing some lavender pillows.. decided to make some for our home~
i use some back-stitch and some french knot..
first i draw the pictures on an unbleached cotton using my artline pen..
then, stitch all along the lines... found this sleepy doll at Whip Up~ super cute!
since i dont have any pattern fabric in my stash... i HAVE to stitch the patterns, rite...?


sleepy sachet~ done!

As-salam all~! been quite busy over the week... all for Oaties.. received orders from old friends, sambil meniaga sambil bersilatulrahim~! love it~~

while recovering from the penat, i made this for Little Baby~
felt+some embroidery+buttons~

always love embroidery.. belajar sendiri from a book i bought at payless bookstore, RM10. kebetulan got the no.1(it's a series book), yg ada all intro for all thread+scissors art!! :D
embroidery, cross-stitch, crochet, sewing, etc~~ slurrrp~

have to brush up my skill.. that means, need to do more~~~ haha!
kinda addictive~! welp! need to make more of those!!
*while Little Baby tido~

+Little baby starts bercakap this month, alhamdulillah~ some of the word yg make sense:

1. duduk
2. jatuh(ja-tooh, sgt baku~ hihi..)
3. mummy(mem-mee)
4. nak
5. nanak(tak nak)
6. baby(bee-bee)
7. oh-oo(ah-oo)
8. moon
9. star
10. cantik(an-teek)
11. susu(tu-tu)
12. Pa(yeah, her first word!! wayyyy earlier than Mummy!?)
13. that
14. ini
15. wah!/wow!(both for the same sound~)
16. tu!(yg ni perkataan bahaya... kalau digabungkan dengan "Nak"~ you know what i mean..)
17. cat
18. moo(if i say cow~)
19. no(noo-w!, her "no" sounds very sedap~!)

and if she sees letter "A", she'll say "B".
if i say "one", she'll say "Two"~

mudah-mudahan menjadi hamba Allah yg istiqamah.. Mummy needs to belajar to be one too~

plan to make some more

order from my beloved sister, abbie and friends~!




order from my ex-school mate~! it's been 10years~!
happy sebab Allah buka jalan untuk eratkan silatulrahim.. :)



order from farah hamizah for her dad.. tQvm~!


here's the close-up!

before
Lavender Sachet gift set... ordered by my MIL. jumpa teh bekas dalam kotak mainan Little Baby.. size macam sesuai.. masa ni belum buat apa2 lagi, sebab nak tunggu response from client.. 7 Lavender Sachets in a box.



first draft
masa ni dah balut using tissue papers, also some paper flower(see the black flower? that's paper flower..)
then, add the felt flowers..



final design
after some feedback we agreed to buang the paper flower and use the felt flowers instead, but the bigger flower kene jadikan kecik skit... sebab macam besar sangat pulak~
add a card, balut dengan tissue paper. baru tau yang chalk ink works best with tissue papers!! yippie!! so happy how the ink stand-out~



Oaties for favors... 330pcs, wrapped in aluminum foil+custom pattern papers.. :)
the Oaties.. most people call them oatmeal bars/granola bars... kami namakan dia Oaties..
oaties secara umum adalah biskut yang mengandungi oats.. macam "munchy's oat krunch" tu..?
kami pilih nama Oaties for our oatmeal bars ni sebab senang nak sebut~ hihi!
for this projeck, mula-mula plan nak balut guna tissue paper, tapi tak jadi. sebab tissue paper tu koyak bile i nak pintal both ends.. :(
dengan cemas, terpaksa cari alternatif lain... nasib baik mmg suka buat mock-up.. kalau konfiden je haritu..? tak ke stress lat minute..? i tak suka stress, ya? :D
so, calculate punya calculate... end up dengan foil+wrapper... :)
alhamdulillah, bila hantar visual, the client suka sgt... kebetulan, she loves polka-dots...
kebetulan...? i dont think so... it's rezeki Allah~
alhamdulillah all the aunties pun suka presentation Oaties ni.. alhamdulillah ya Allah~ :')
all went well, Little Baby sangat baik... cuma cranky bila nak susu and bila all her little aunties kerumun dia... kene biasakan diri... :)

bismillah...

been trying hard to make this blog as an Islamic Crafts centre... but, it's hard i tell ya! :(
sometimes we plan and work towards this way, but rezeki datang from the other~ :)
planning to make Islamic Craft as my main source of income, but my other passion gets in the way... yeap, my cooking passion... i'm not so good at it, but alhamdulillah i managed to make money out of it.. i'm in the cookiss(choc chip cookies) business for 4years, and alhamdulillah every aidilfitri i manage to make profit around RM2k for raya shopping~~ hihi.. yeah, those were the days...

then, i got pregnant.. and making the dough+baking+packing those cookiss is a hardwork for someone like me.. we've been waiting for Little Baby to nestle in my rahim for 4years.. i dont want to take the risk... :/ then, the baby comes in our daily routine, and having her here with us is something we've been waiting for our whole life... i want to spend my whole time with her.. and of course, she needs me... :')

Little Baby dah 1year now... she love time of her own.. and me baru sedar yang kadang2, i do miss her... i pulak jadi the busybody mother yg suke butt in... X)

okay, long story short... i have plenty of time now... and i started to take orders from close friends... my very first official project is from my best buddy merangkum saudara bau-bau bacang..

Miss Dalila(june2011)... she ordered some flower crochet brooches, guestbook, and iAllah some packed oaties<-- this one hopefully jadi... ;)

second Khalil's cousin, Miss Fitrah(january 2011) tempah oaties for her engagement day, iAllah... specially wrapped in custom made pattern papers... :)

and from mymother in law, lavender sachet for *rahsia!!<-- iAllah and recently order from college-mate,

Puan Farahi... she ordered oaties for her cute son's cukur jambul(i think), iAllah in feb~ the oaties will be packed and i'll add some custom deco according to her theme colours... :)

alhamdulillah.. oh, iAllah will be sending some order from London soon, iAllah.. they ordered the lavender sachet... will post some samples for starting.. and hopefully will have some repeat orders, amin~

the Oaties~

*that's the beauty of Rezeki Allah... you just have to usaha keras, yang lain2 Allah tentukan, iAllah~ :)

Little Baby's first birthday!

we celebrated with family (mine and his), alhamdulillah all went well...
Little Baby as usual sangat co-operative, mingle around dengan tetamu... sampai me banyak kali keluar dialog "Nayli mane?".. and there she was... borak dengan tetamu.. ;')

she is such a girl now... dance to elmo's song, laugh at Mr.Noodle's Brother Mr.Noodle's jokes!, smiles at Mr Hubby every now and then...

for her 1st birthday, i dedicate myself to this project, since she's in my tummy~
yeap, the felt token.. i made them when i'm 7months pregnant, i think~ b
but, of course.. the "Nayli" part was sewn after i habis pantang~
and the sweets, they are not edible...~ yeah, Little Baby's big cousin did try to kopek them from the envelope.. she thinks they are real sweets~~

the watch(on the left) was mine way back in 2000...
10years oled watch... that's her birthday present.. from me...
she loves it! :')
the moment i gave it to hear, terus sarung tangan.. and the hand dah takleh gerak... kalau gerak pun sikit2 je.. takut the watch tercabut kot... haha.. teringat masa kecik2.. my dad/mom suka belikan watch.. jam tangan ni macam the ultimate present~ setiap kali periksa, kalau score or dapat top 3, mesti get to choose one watch!! i have a lot in my kotak old watches... waiting for Little Baby~~ haha!!

will update on the deco... some felt+unbleached cotton~

oh no!!! baju dah bertanda!


here's how to baiki:


cut one felt into daun shape


place it on another felt..


cut-out with some outer gap


tutup the kotor with it!! :D


use your stitching skill... french-knot..? sila~~


stitch sesuka hati... ikut citarasa~


done~~

selamat mencuba!! huh.. have to make some more!! as BANYAK baju yg dah terkotor~~ :(

salam all,

something to share~



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salam, latest update~~



something to share

a potpourri using Little Baby's old baby mitten.. paired with her first mitten bought during our trip down-under~
i filled the baby mitten with lavender and fibre...~


another recycle material used in this potpourri.. Little Baby's sock~
same as above, lavender and fiber filled this pink sock~


Blue for Zaki.. :)


using different material compared to Adam's Blue... :)
this is the jumbu crochet flower i made earlier today~ managed to get it done before we leave for PJ to meet Zaki's grandPa~


making some softies for Little Baby... surprise~


lace i found in "kedai bunga" near our living area~ happy with the price~


yes, this is the unbleached cotton i've been talking about~
love 'em!!
can't wait to start making this new project!!!

*starts with my To Do List today, hope everything goes well~

Little Baby turns 11months today!! yay! alhamdulillah... :)