Short Update!

I'm really sorry for not updating this blog for such a long time.

Got really busy with uni work.

We take entrepreneurship course this semester, which means we need to form a group and begin a business.

Guess what my group did for our business?

FELT PRODUCTS!

It is indeed such new experience for us all, as no one in my group know how to do it form scratch. And yes, it was my idea.

So I learned all the necessary steps from the internet, as usual, and taught them. It is not so hard after all, but still it needs perseverance, like any other crafts do. I really enjoyed making them.

Our company name - D'Epsilon Felt Handicraft. Why Epsilon? Just before the entrepreneurship class, we learn about the term 'epsilon' in Genetics lecture.

We mainly took orders from friends and other students, aside from making some ready-made ones to be sold directly to customers. It's really popular among my younger brother's classmates. They said these are cute and would like to make a collection haha :D. We had a 4-day carnival for all groups of students taking this course as a business practical week. Only 4 days, minus Monday as it was a break due to the PRU.

Just some random shapes.

Alhamdulillah, we managed to make profits and no loss. But the important thing is not just about the money, it's the knowledge and experience in business. My course also deals with food product development, so in the future, our business skills may come in handy to get our own products in the market.

Another important thing now is

FINAL EXAM!!!

Wish me luck!

Previous Quilling Works

Today I want to share with you some of my quilling works I've done previously. Most of them were made by using self-cut paper of 5mm width, so they look quite thick. 

Sunflower

This one is the first quilling I made since I began my second year in university. Very simple, just some teardrop shapes of yellow and cream paper (I combined both paper) and black tight coils for the center.

Simple flower

I made this one just to use up the excess paper from the sunflower quilling. I made teardrop shape also, but I bent the end of the paper coil. For the leaves, I used comb technique.

Husking flower

This was my first attempt at husking technique. I use simple coils for the leaves.

Orchid

One of my favorite works :) Two toned petals.My mom like it too. I also used comb technique for the leaves. (excuse the flower-leaves placement)

Malaysian flower

My second attempt at Malaysian flower. This technique is very interesting to try on, and the outcome looks really nice. Again, I used comb technique for the leaves. Will try it to make flower petals later.

Oranges

This was inspired by a picture I found in the internet. I applied glue on them to make them hard. The bottom one was made a week before the top one haha. I added the top one much later, got something bugged me a lot last week (which is why the bottom one looked ugly compared to the top one. Just look at the coils! Not smooth at all)

That's all I have for now. Surely will make more in the future :D

Royal Flower

Finally I managed to make the royal flower today. After the cupcake earlier, I was still bored, so I made another quilling. It is easy to find time to do this right now, since it is still early in the semester and the schedule is still manageable. Just wait for the end of the semester - assignments, carry marks, finals. Headaches.

Back to the story. I used hot colors for this flower, orange and mustard. It looks quite 'firey' so I want to call this version as the 'Phoenix Flower' :3

I used my combs (as shown in the earlier posts) to make the petals, like the husking technique. Afterwards, I used the slotted toothpick to roll the edges and shape them. While for the center, I made a tight coil using pink strips and pushed it upwards so it formed a dome shape.

Shaping the interior loop with toothpick.

Finished petal.

For the leaves, I kept them easy, since the petals are already complicated enough haha (but still fun). I made the basic leaf shape using dark green and light green paper. For the other pattern, I just cut, fold and bend the paper as I pleased and just stick them on the paper. Already tired for more complicated stuffs! 

Next time, I will certainly make the royal flower again, but different petal style. I also ordered some more quilling paper strips from SF Quilling Craft on facebook, and she is kind enough to give me a cheap price. Will be here this Monday, I think. Can't wait to try more! 

Cute Cupcakes

Nope, not edible. Do not expect real food in this post. hehe

I made cupcake quilling today. It is quite easy actually, but I still need to master the pinching technique correctly. 

Need to hold the shape in place while waiting for the glue to dry.

For the 'papercup', I made 3 triangles and arranged them as shown.

As for the frosting, I made various sizes of teardrop shape
and stick them in place. Love the colors :)

Finished product. See, I used the corrugated paper ^^

My Art Supplies & Tools

Let's take a look at my simplistic art tools and materials. Just cheap things haha.

The tools

Cheap hair combs as substitute for quilling comb. The blue one is RM1, while the orange one is 60 sen.

Toothpicks , a 'needle thing' I found in local superstore, and cutting blade.

The toothpicks are used as a substitute for slotted tool. I use the blade to cut the end of the toothpick to make a slot for the paper strips. that needle thing, I'm not sure what is the exact function, but I found it is very sharp, and great to be a substitute for an awl or needle tool. Very handy in book binding to make the holes.

My trustworthy mechanical pencil of 3 years :3 and white glue from Popular bookstore.

Corrugated paper

I bought this corrugated papers a long time ago when I was still in school. It is in a pack of 5, with the colors bright red, maroon, black, green and blue. Stayed in the boxes for a long time since I didn't know what to do with them LOL. Now I am doing more craft I will surely use it.

Mounting board.  I use them as book cover in book binding.

Mounting board of A4 size. Only 70 sen each. The simplest material for book covers in book binding. Not really sure what is the exact material used by the professionals.

A4 colored paper of 130gsm.

And now, the colorfuls :D

Ribbons, cotton thread and quilling paper.

This one is variety pack from Honey's Quilling.

I ordered this several weeks ago. I liked this size (3mm) because the outcome seems nicer than other wider widths. I cannot do the 1.5mm though, it will surely be ripped by my fingers LOL

Cotton thread for book binding.

Bought this last year when I started learning book binding, coptic stitch in particular. Found it in local wedding supply store where you get all the stuffs for hantaran.

This is ribbon sample pack from Fabric Fanatics. I love the chicken one. So cute :3

Another online-bought product. Very nice ribbons they are. Some are of wider widths, plain color or patterned, and there's also gross-grain ones. Should be very expensive, but this sampler pack is only RM18.

Circle template and metal ruler.

Been searching that circle template for ages since I left my old one at home. Found it in local bookstore, only RM3.50.

Well, as you can see, I use so many substitutes for my art work. Since I am just a student, and my source of money is limited, I need to be creative and find anything cheap and can work like the designated tools. When I have the money, I will surely buy the right tools needed :D

Disclaimer: This post is not to advertise any company and I am not paid to do such thing. 

The beginning

Hi~ Now I'm making a blog, just focusing on my 'artventures', particularly quilling. 

Been quilling for fun since early 2012 (in the middle of an exam week at that LOL), and currently still practicing to get my skills right, and learn new techniques as well. I was inspired to start quilling after viewing simplerhyme and miezcraft blog, and started to try it with just ordinary A4 paper, cut by myself to 5 mm width and UHU glue. Started with basic shapes, and just suka hati terus lompat buat Malaysian flower. Still did not understand how I could figure out how to make it without viewing any tutorials beforehand.

Got the pre-cut quilling paper strips from Honey's Quilling several weeks ago, and I'm excited to use them! I learn from the internet, of course, by searching for quilling pictures and tried it by myself later. But still, I am only work on my quilling when I am rajin to do it haha. Tak de mood tak jalan~

Okay peeps. See you later.