The Sudden Breeze

Friendship bracelet for my bestie i.i.s "My best friends are the people with whom I feel safe to talk about mad, sad and hurt feelings. Most other relationships stay at the feeling levels where everything is 'fine,' although we all know that's not true. But my best friends never shy away from those times when we feel the neediest—when our feelings have been hurt, when we are so angry we could spit fire, when we are grieving and depressed, when we feel unacceptable. Over and over, those are the times that have made us feel more bonded." — The Rev. Ed Bacon

This year i have joined "Thing-a-day". Thing-a-day is a yearly creative sprint where participants commit to creating one new thing a day and post it on a collective blog. You can post anything in any media but remember this is an exercice in creativity, it's about the process of making stuff, not making finished impossible stuff. Your main challenge is to stick to it for all 28 days of February! Pick a theme for the month or for the week, spend around 20 minutes a day on your piece and send it out!   thing-a-day.com I decided to choose the theme flowers :) and I've made another blog  suddenbreeze.posterous.com to post all my creations. Since we love the idea so much, a couple of friends and I made our own little collective blog called  arisan.posterous.com where we divide the days of the week and share our creations with each other :) I am hoping we continue it throughout the years! Happy Crafting! :)

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A great article in The New York Times about Etsy! www.nytimes.com

I've been hearing people lately telling me to go out, meet people, hang out, and I do! Buy the truth is... I actually really enjoy staying home and being a hermit especially in Jakarta. At home I create. And when I am creating, I feel peaceful even in those darker days. It's like therapy (I really wish one day to have my own crafting studio, crossing my fingers) I stayed home all day today and actually most of yesterday doing work, watching dvd's, chatting with an old friend and crafting. Watched the movie about Coco Chanel and also Julia Child (Julie & Julia) makes me want to create and cook! Their enthusiasm, creativity and obsession for their craft is so inspiring. Well this past few months I started a new venture with my best friend making hair accessories. So far we've been taking orders for wedding parties, and hopefully next month our website will be up and running... hopefully :) Love this line from Julie & Julia when Julie Powell explains her reasons t

Loving this tattoo from A cup of Jo