An Attempt At Food & Event Styling

So, at work they were going to shoot a PSA for HIV in conjunction with the upcoming World AIDS Day (Dec 1, Peeps! dont forget to wear your red ribbon that day!)... It's a bbq of friends who are together and close, even though one of them is HIV positive...
Me & The Hungry Hippo signed up to do their set styling & food styling. of course I did the table setting and presenting, and THH did the menu and cooking. We went with bright red and
yellows in contrast to the green lush garden that was the setting for the bbq...

here are some pictures, enjoy!

the hippo preparing:

the table is set:

And Tadaaaaa:


and the shoot:

change of heart...

ok... maybe its not change of heart...
I've just been "greeniefied" and "re-imagined", something that has been there in my mind for ages, but i intend to finally just do it.
its reducing want thus reducing waste and utilize better what i have in hand...
i suppose i have mentioned it in previous post, but i guess ill say it again...
i am finding pleasure on not merely having new shiny thing, but knowing the new & shining thing was something i already have in hand, re purposed or in some was "responsible"...
makes me feel good about making things, finding it to take creativity to a new level...

besides i already have a lot of stuff... i dont need to add more, but make the best out of what i have... yes. im pretty sure, thats the best thing to do.

while driving for the last 2 days (my personal brainstorming time) i thought about

• how to utilize water in my (dream) house,
• getting a hybrid car
• designing recycled material lamps & furniture
• working on my balcony garden
• taking apart mom's old clothes & making them new
• wearing dad's old ties as belts & scarves (ok, i HAVE been doing this, but just not so much lately; this is just a reminder to do it more often)
  
• whether to donate or garage sale my old clothes
• how to store the materials for re purposing crafts
  
• wallpapering a wall with old phone books using rice flour paste,...

well, im happy with my thoughts. its a good day & a good purpose :)
*note at 3:16pm... might just keep adding as the day progresses...

hanging garden of nala. pt 2.

so...
after a week...
the celery died...
i added some lemmongrass stalks i found at the grocery store, their roots are coming in. i plan to buy some compost, potting soil & pots and move them to the pots in a week or so. i also plan to pot and move some of my mom's pandan bushes and heliconias up to the balcony.... im still on the search of the perfect mini bamboos... thinking of being sneaky and cut a branch or two from the neighbours hahaha...
im going to convince bf to help carry some taller plants for the balcony over the weekend...
i hope mom wouldnt mind...

in other crafts:
i hope i finish my shrug/scarf office project today or tomorrow...

so much i want 2 do... no time 4 me...

there is so much i want to do, yet, the time doesnt seem to be cooperating...

there's this pile of fabric in my room(i counted around 23 different kinds), that i have to reduce to half the size before im allowed to buy anymore fabric... yesterday a dear friend just gave me 2 pieces of traditional fabrics from the trip she took around indonesia, so thats 2 more to figure out what to do with...

not to mention the box of decent sized fabric scraps that begs to be used (instead of trashing)...

i just try to keep the ideas listed in a journal, so when i have free time i can go ahead and do something i wrote down instead of sitting wondering what i can do...

so heres some excerpts from the lists...

sewing:

• black silky kerchief edged kaftan
• black cotton bias cut halter
• reversible fitted jacked using a reversible jaquard in green/grey with contrast bias binding
  
• reversible long jacket using red fabric with pillow embroidery and light batik pekalongan

fabric scraps:

• hobo bag
• quilt (using old wornd down bali blankets as batting)
  
• sewing machine cover
• old tshirt hook rug
• stuffed toys for family & friends who has kids ;)
• box pillows (buy the filling from lokal walking merchants that pass by our house every so often. give back to community. feel good, look good)
  

"recycling" older garments(yes, inspired by the show i've go nothing to wear):

• mom's yellow embroidered jacket (smaller! more fitted! so cute!)
• an oversized shift; begging for pockets, belt or darts
• that paisley top that looks like pajamas; fixed the arms, but the body is still all wrong. what to do what to do...
  

other ideas:

• a light, bright lampshade for my work room (saranwrap over wire? cut out vellum?)
  
• recycling my ID cards into a cute hanging planter inspired by the credit card planter found here (i wont cut my IDs, instead just tape 5 together and use a clear tape so i can still see the colourful IDs; the loops from the ID will be the hangers)
  
• grafittied/doodled cheap bags (actually i've made 2 of these, and one is carried around as a computer bag by a Cosmopolitan Indonesia stylist; but i still want a white one hand doodled)

not to mention ideas how to make my balcony more green. its a big balcony, about the size of my room. currently it has a few pots with adeniums, and an old satelite dish as a vine plant planter. i want to add lemongrass, aloe, small pringodani bamboos, those tiny oranges plants...

so no more shopping for me. just use what i have :)

ok. maybe buy some plants. just a few. then again i can "steal" from mom & granmas' garden...