Sawer

Not swear or sawer or whatever but this is called "uang saweran". Have you ever heard about it?

I don't know much about it either but let me share.

On my upcoming wedding this June 16, I'll throw the money (together with rice and few more 'ingredients') to the air and let the family members gather the money for themselves.

It is part of Sundanese culture which I found really interesting. Indonesia has got many tribes (sometimes I think too many) that have different rituals or simple things to do on the wedding day as part of culture which is used on that day.

On the picture, it is IDR2,000 (more or less US$0.20). There'll be around 100-150 money origami thrown to the air.

Did you do something similar to saweran on your wedding?

It is closer to June 16. The big day's coming faster than I think it'll be. 

Aaaaaa!

Shine Bright...

...like you know what...
Years have passed and I finally made an Etsy Treasury!

June Big Day

Dear, readers.

I am still here. Alive and kicking!

It's just I have my big big biggest day in June so that I seem to stop blogging but actually I'm not entirely off from the online world.

You can check my Etsy regulary. I try to add new listing every one week.

http://maulani.etsy.com 

Look at my jewelry collection on Flickr. Just contact me if something catches your fancy.

http://flickr.com/maulani 

Listening to me singing songs

http://noisetrade.com/monochromaticmc 

I am here and probably will be back next month. :)

Yes, I'm getting married on June 16!

Time flies so fast! I'll be my favourite artist's wife! 

You can see Kicky on the first picture and Putera (Putera Rizkiawan on Path,etc) on the second picture. He's the best photographer we've been working with this far.

I'll be in Thailand for 10 days from June 18-27. So if you live or having holiday at the same date(s), email me and let's meet up! I don't speak Thai so I guess this is going to be a challenging honeymoon experience.

I'll post more wedding photos! Enjoy these jewelry I posted on my Flickr. I love playing with gemstones and stone beads lately.. Thank you for sticking aroud and supporting Handmade Nest!

Painting

Kreativitas itu nular ya..

Creativity is contagious :)

Dari awalnya bikin gelang kayu biasa, sampe nyoba bikin aksesoris lainnya... And painting! 

Playing with Wire

My first attempt of wired necklaces. These are really simple but I kinda like it :)
I use natural stone (if that's the name) with leaf charms.
They look pretty good at the end.. I think so.

What do you think about them? If you saw these kind of necklaces, how much would you like to pay for each necklace?

// Karya pertama kalung kawat! Sederhana tapi saya cukup suka hasil akhirnya. Saya pakai batu alam dan gantungan daun. Menurut saya sih kalung-kalung ini cukup bagus :P

Kalau menurut teman-teman gimana? Oya, misalnya melihat kalung seperti ini di toko, kira-kira teman-teman mau membeli kalung ini di harga berapa? //