My Sixth Craft Book #6: EDUTOYS

So happy.. Really Exicted ^^ Finally..

Alhamdulillah, puji syukur atas semua ilmu, bakat dan kesempatan Allah berikan.. semoga menjadi amal kebaikan untuk saya dan keluarga..

Saya mendapat tawaran untuk menulis seri craftypreneur tanggal 30 Mei 2012, sebuah imel masuk ke inbox capungmungil:

Perkenalkan, saya Fachmy Casofa, editor buku populer dari penerbit Tiga Serangkai. Kami, penerbit Tiga Serangkai, memiliki imprint Metagraf yang salah satu produknya adalah menerbitkan Craftypreneur Series. Sebuah buku yang memadukan dua hal: crafting + entrepreneurship, dengan perpaduan sentuhan gaya bertutur naskah dan eksekusi visual yang personal ditunjang fotografi yang apik. 

Setelah kami menerbitkan empat seri pertama, yaitu: Flanel, Plush, Paper Quilling, dan Perca, kami berniat untuk melanjutkan seri ini. Dan kami memilih Capung Mungil untuk menjadi salah satu bagian dari penulis, untuk menggarap buku dengan tema EDUTOYS.  Besar harapan kami Capung Mungil menerima tawaran ini. Kabar baiknya senantiasa kami tunggu selalu. ;) 

Fachmy CasofaTiga Serangkai, Indonesia

 Dan Insyaallah buku Edutoys ini sudah naik cetak dan akan beredar di toko buku Bulan Maret 2013. Buku ini akan memaparkan pengalaman capungmungil secara ekslusif

• SUCCES STORY PEMILIK BISNIS
• KIAT MEMBANGUN BRAND
• ANALISIS BISNIS
• CARA MEMASARKAN
• 10 KREASI UNIK + TUTORIAL + POLA

Dan saya sangat bahagia karena mendapat endorsment langsung dari pimred AyahBunda Magz, mb Tenik Hartono :

Anak senang, ibu juga senang. Rasa ini yang didapat ketika membeli, membaca dan memraktikkan konten buku Edutoys. Ini buku yang unik! Yang biasa saya lihat, buku tentang membuat permainan, ya isinya cara-cara, step-by-step pembuatan. Tapi Dini memadukannya dengan step-by-step bagaimana ibu dapat membisniskan kreasi dari "kegatalan" tangannya.  Sebuah inspirasi untuk menjadi Mom-entrepeneur! 
Tenik Hartono, ibu 1 anak, Chief Community Officer & Pemimpin Redaksi Ayahbunda. 

Semoga buku ini membawa banyak manfaat bagi siapapun yang ingin berbisnis edutoys dari rumah, tanpa harus meninggalkan keluarga ^^

Salam Hangat dari Malang yang Dingin

Sewing Travel Case

I had never have a sewing travel case, so i decided to made one. 

It just another sewing experiment. I made a sewing tools pouch for my self, just in chase if i need to sew while travels. This pouch has lots of handy compartments to keep sewing tools organized as i travel. It was full of fun and easy projects.. So now i can take all my scissor, thread, needles, button etc.

 well.. i am not really happy with the result, but it's okay for my first try.

Salam

The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale (Book Review)

The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale
by Steven Guarnaccia

In this quirky, artsy retelling of “The Three Little Pigs,” the pigs and their homes are nods to three famous architects—Frank Gehry, Phillip Johnson, and Frank Lloyd Wright—and their signature homes. 

Moral of the Story (http://architecture.about.com/)

Just as in the original fairy tale, Guarnaccia's pigs must outwit a big bad wolf who keeps huffing, puffing, and blowing their houses down. First the wolf demolishes a house made of scraps (the Gehry House by Frank Gehry), and then the wolf destroys a house made of glass (the Glass House by Philip Johnson). Finally the architect-pigs find safety in a house made of stone and concrete (Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright). Now you might wonder how it is that Fallingwater, with its legendary structural problems, proved stronger than houses by Gehry and Johnson. Is the author telling us that Wright's vision is more enduring? That modernist architecture is flawed? Never mind. Guarnaccia's Three Little Pigs is meant for children. A search for deeper meanings would spoil the fun.

And this book is fun! Guarnaccia's cartoon-like illustrations are engaging and the antics of the three pigs are amusing and inspiring. The moral - as in the original fairy tale - is that bullies can be defeated if you are clever and hardworking.

  http://www.archdaily.com/

 http://weeklyolive.blogspot.com/

The Curious Garden (Book Review)

Title: The Curious Garden
Author & Illustrator: Peter Brown

Publisher: Little Brown and Company

Publication Date: 2009

Format: Hardback, 40 pages

Genre: Ghildren's book, Picture book

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2009 | Grade Level: P and up

One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.

While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.

This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book. http://www.amazon.com/

(source: http://crookedpage.wordpress.com/)

The book is about a young boy named Liam, who one day goes wandering through his very industrial city. A city without trees, or flowers, or any sorts of growing things. As Liam is exploring he comes across some railroad tracks that have long been abandoned and notices a small patch of wild flowers growing there. The wild flowers are dying, and in obvious need of some TLC so Liam comes back the next day and tends to them. He comes back everyday after that and through his careful attention and ministrations his little garden begins to grow healthier and larger. Very soon his garden has gotten a mind of its own. Once again, no spoilers for the end! Read it and see what happens.

(source: http://crookedpage.wordpress.com/)

(source: http://www.helpreaderslovereading.com/)

(http://anabundanceofbooks.blogspot.com/)

Brown includes a note at the end of the story stating that the inspiration for this story was the High Line Park in Manhattan.  Once an abandoned elevated train track, it's now a city park with community programs and gardens. 

(http://anabundanceofbooks.blogspot.com/)

The Little House (Book Review)

A very touching book about changes over time.. 

but i see it as an early awarness for youngreader to understand about the effect of urban sprawl and lost of the sense of place.

The Little House [Paperback]

Virginia Lee Burton (Author)

Once there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built. The man who built her so well said, "This Little House shall never be sold for gold or silver and she will live to see our great-great-grandchildren's great-great-grandchildren living in her."

source: http://blog.preservationnation.org/

source: http://moqmemo.exblog.jp/page/2/

So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1943. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go, by from the first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial lights are so bright that the Little House can no longer see the sun or the moon. She often dreams of "the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Children will be saddened to see the lonely, claustrophobic, dilapidated house, but when a woman recognizes her and whisks her back to the country where she belongs, they will rejoice. Young readers are more likely to be drawn in by the whimsical, detailed drawings and the happy ending than by anything Burton might have been implying about the troubling effects of urbanization. (Ages 3 to 6).

source:  http://www.amazon.com/

Story:

The story centers on a house built at the top of a small hill, far out in the country. Her builder decrees that she "may never be sold for gold or silver" but is built sturdy enough to one day see his great-great-grandchildren's great-great-grandchildren living in her. The house watches the seasons pass, and wonders about the lights of the city, which grow ever closer.

Eventually a road is built in front of the house. This is followed by roadside stands, gas stations, and more little houses. Next, the small houses are replaced by tenements and apartments. Streetcars, an elevated railroad, and a subway appear to surround the house. Finally, two gigantic skyscrapers are built—one on each side; now living in the city, the house is sad because she misses being on the small hill in the countryside and that her exterior looks shabby due to no one living in her and the city's environment.

One day the great-great-granddaughter of the builder sees the house and remembers stories that her grandmother told about living in just such a house, albeit far out in the country. When the great-great-granddaughter discovers that it is the same house, she arranges to have her moved out of the city, to a hill in the country where she can once again watch the seasons pass and live happily ever after.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_House)

source: http://tamoliver.blogspot.com/

Source: http://www.mikeettner.com/

source: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/

source: http://schulzlibrary.wordpress.com/

source: apps.artbaxter.com

or maybe you like to wacth it on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqCXFCKiB18

Happy Reading Folks!

Iggy Peck, Architect (Book Review)

I found this book couples months ago, recommended by a friend. Because I am an ex architect, it really touch me deep in my heart :D. With a classic and super cute ilustrastion.. I have to say it is really something addorable story for me as parents and as an ex architect ^^..

Iggy Peck, Architect 

Andrea Beaty (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2007 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up

A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing

Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.

Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they’re sometimes surprised by his materials—who could forget the tower he built of dirty diapers? When his second-grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. He loves building too much to give it up! With Andrea Beaty’s irresistible rhyming text and David Roberts’s puckish illustrations, this book will charm creative kids everywhere, and amuse their sometimes bewildered parents.

source: http://bisforbooks.ca/?p=280

source : http://csdart.blogspot.com/2011/02/iggy-peck-architect.html

source: http://bisforbooks.ca/?p=280

Iggy Peck, Architect, written by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts, reminds us how important it is to motivate and encourage our children’s passion and talents. Iggy has one passion: building. He really loves to use unconventional materials, like when he was two and he built a tower using dirty diapers and glue. At home, Iggy gets lots of encouragement and motivation from his proud parents. But, it’s a different story when he gets to grade two because his teacher, Miss Lila Greer, couldn’t care less about buildings – architecture, you see, has no place in grade two. (source: http://bisforbooks.ca/?p=280)

Well..

Happy Reading guys..

and Keep your passion, dreams, talents alive!

DIY-Lotus Bag

I made this for Indonesian Crafter Reg. Malang's Gathering last Sunday..
It is quite simple, easy to make but extremly cute :)
I made it from a piece of napkin and put a little touch using felts...
and the best part is... YOU DON'T NEED SEWING MACHINE!!

you can see the tuto here :
http://www.liaspace.com/2009/12/flower-pouch-tutorial-translation.html
or
http://www.liaspace.com/2012/02/flower-pouch-from-handkerchief.html

try it yourself.. and have fun ^^

New Exclusive Products for aLun-aLun Indonesia

Lately.. I get bored easily with my design :D
so i decided to try a new exclusive design of my edutoys products for wahana kids Alun-Alun Indonesia..

I  made sets of vegetables, fruits and vehicles..
i took a picture and edited with pickmongkey

hopefully the kids will love this ^^, what do you think?

[sneak peek] 50 Felt Illustration for Children Book

Happy Friday everybody..

As I said before...
I have been busy doing some crafty stuff lately..that is sewing some Illustrations of a children book ..

some? no.. not really.. :D there are 50.. yes fifty illustration to be sewn.. and alhamdulillah all of them are done!! I spent almost 6 month to design and finalize the details. I am writing and illustrating this illustration ^^b... yes I did it finally..

Hopefully it will come up in book store soon..

keep on dreaming, keep on crafting, illustrating and writing . . .

Salam..

Dini Capungmungil

Capungmungil Goes to Aussie

wooow!! Finally.. capungmungil goes to New South Wales Australia.. yipppiiiie... Alhamdulillah

One day, I received an email from mrs. Dounia Lahourlie.. famously known as a winning taewondo Australian athlete.. She is a muslim, and now opening moslem toys in Australia after resigned from taewondo

Hopefully.. Australian Muslim kids will love it
Thank you mrs. Dounia for stopping by