A makeup bag for a diva mak andam....

Salam to all..sorry kerana lama sgt menyepikan diri...ha..ha..ha..same old excuses..lots of works n lots of orders...harap semuanya sihat walafiat n diberkati Allah...and hati ini tersentuh dgn peristiwa tanah runtuh di rumah Rumah Anak-Anak Yatim dan Anak-Anak Hidayah Al-Taqwa di hulu langat....sedih sungguh ...16 nsyawa terkorban...alfatihah untuk mereka semua...dari Allah kita datang...kepada Allah kita kembali..dan kita juga akan menjejaki mereka satu hari nanti. Kepada keluarga semua mangsa yg terlibat, semuga diberi kekuatan untk menghadapi segala dugaan dari Allah. Sesungguhnya ia merupakan ujian keimanan...Al-Fatihah..



Ok..cake story now....this cake was specially made for..siapa lagi kalau bukan untuk mak andam diva from Delima andaman...cik andam Erin...It was a suprise for her..a very big suprise...Actually before this I dah dua kali reject order dia...biasalah tu, walaupun dia rapat dgn i ...still kena reject juga coz i had things to do on the dates given....and lagipun dia ni selalu order waktu subuh...n cake to be delivered waktu zuhur...lol..sebab tu le kena reject...And she tak putus asa..ordered her own birthday cake ..she sms n msg me via FB which I tak balas langsung...I just simply ignored her, n she was so geram....Ha..ha...ha...I told my hubby let her geram...she can geram sepuas2 hati sampai her birthday...and at the same time I berpakat dgn Ella..adik erin..dialah agen KGB I...to check where about she would be on her bday...and told her make sure she didnt order any cakes....she can order cekodok for her bday..but not cakes....lol.

So for the cake, i chose a very special cake for her sesuai dgn kerjayanya yg vogue n glamor...a makeup bag. Actually it was a delayed project...Aunty Rozana ordered a bday cake for Erin a year before but tk kesampaian..maklumlah diva was shopping for her wedding in Bandung...So...akhirnya sampai juga hajat I untuk membuat this makeup bag...



Why did i chose blue n pink polka dot? Well , actually she wanted it to be on her wedding cake...blue n pink polka dot...but i told her tak best, nanti kek dia tak glamor...So sbagai untuk mencapaikan hajatnya, I did it for her bday cake...and the most challenging thing was to get the lid of the bag berdiri tegak 90 darjah...Mati2 I mesti nak ia berdiri tegak...baru real...Actually the penutup is dummy..tapi walaupun dummy, mencabar juga nak tegakkan sebab bila dah letak fondant ia jadi berat. I gunakan lidi satay yg panjang untuk tegakkan..cucuk hingga ke bawah...n had to be done very carefully coz i ada ruang yg limited..Salah cucuk akan cacatkan kek...begitu juga dgn balancing. Actually being a cake decorator or designer...we are also engineers at the same time....have to know the technical aspect...salah perkiraan, our cakes can collapsed..and somtimes we also have to take into account the proportion issue...bnyak benda yg harus difikirkan bila kita ingin construct a cake...bukan simply suka2...And this cake lebih challenging lagi coz i buat dlm masa yg singkat sangat..maklumlah nak mengejar si diva kita..if lambat,maknanya I kena hantar ke Muar le...





Real or not the zip? Senang aje buatnya...tak perlukan modal yg mahal...RM0.50 aje n nampak lebih halus jika dibandingkan dgn mold...Harga zipper mold boleh tahan juga mahalnya..Tak salah if nak gunakan mold tu...but if kita tak selalu menggunakannya biarlah kita guna " mold yg jauh lebih murah" .He...he...he..beli aje zip yg dijual dikdai dan tekankan aje diatas fondant yg digelek and potong ikut saiznya, dapatlah kesan zip yg kita mahu...




And as for the kesan jahitan, I gunakan roller tukang jahit..i do not know what's the name...but dia ada roda yg bergigi dihujungnya...so gelekkan aje...and dapatlah kesan jahitan tu...




So..if bag makeup, kenalah ada gadget2 nya...so the blushers, eyeshadows n what so ever yg berkaitan...semuanya dari fondant...I love doing these things...

And tak ketinggalan juga, lipsticks n facepowder..but notice my lipsticks lembik..coz tak cukup kering...kesuntukkan masa....rasa tak puas hati sangat..but what to do..keadaan memaksa...ha..ha..ha..excuses...By the way, I selitkan 2 batang cucuk sanggul as symbol of mak andam....if not bukanlah makeup bag for mak andamkan..


And not to forget the brushes too...itu yg menambahkan berat kepada penutupnya..and bagi sesiapa yg tertanya2 what does "da" stand for...it stands for Delima Andaman...milik cik diva kita...and pada bakal pengantin melaka, boleh checkout for Delima andaman di facebook...Erin is a gifted makeup person..dont worry yr face tak akan bertukar jadi mcm pelakon opera Cina...As for the brushes...i gunakan extruder...


So finally..the whole cake...rasa puas hati sgt can do this special cake for the diva..walaupun kurang kemas sikit...The cake was sent petng itu juga...Punyalah jenuh me and my agen2 KGB...Ella, Anty Rozana n also the sporting husband of the diva..Anty rozana pakat dgn Piee supaya buat2 sakit perut..and sanggup suruh Piee merelakan dirinya disapu minyak angin if terpaksa...Wktu I smapai, si diva berada didapur n she thought makcik mana lah dtng kerumah dia wktu maghrib...hmm..makcik...Dia benar2 terperanjat when she saw me n the cake....ha...ha..ha..hilang merajuk n kemarahan dia sebab i ignore sms n msg dia...We had an early celebration but the cake wasnt cut ...i pun tak sampai hati nak potong..


Well to cik diva kita..semuga dipanjangkn umur, dimurahkan rezeki , diberkati Allah and thank you for the beautiful friendship..ha..ha..ha..taun depan kek buat sendiri ya...kek gunung berapi meletup....lol..And to all my agen KGB..Ella, Aunty Rozana n hero filem Tamil..Piee..terima kasih daun keladi coz turut bersusah payah melaksanakan program underground I.


To all...salam sayang buat semua...semuga kita sentiasa produktif n positif dlm semua perkara..always believe in yourself...sampai kita ketemu lagi...take care n salam sayang buat semua...

Something classic Istimewa untuk Darling Mami...

Salam untuk semua ...semuga hari ini akan menjadi hari yg cemerlang dan produktif untuk kita semua...alhamdulillah i managed to menghabiskan masa pagi ni dgn mendengar nasihat ilmu dari Dr Fadzillah Kamsah n i want to share sebaris nasihat buat pedoman untuk kita semua..Kata Dr Fadzillah Kamsah..orng yng banyak bercakap akan membuat banyak kesilapan dan akan menyebabkan ramai membenci kita....bila hendak bercakap..berfikir dahulu..jgn sebarang cakap. Well, agree with him...sometimes bila kita terlalu banyak bercakap especially together with emotion, ia mungkin akan menyebabkan banyak kemudaratan.....so dear friends..sometimes kita kurang bercakap but orng akan bercakap untuk mem"provoke" diri kita..supaya kita turut sama membuka mulut..well in this situation, biarlah kita terus berdiam diri..berdiam diri bukan bererti kita mengaku kalah..tapi ia dapat mewujudkan lebih banyak kebaikan and keamanan....insyaAllah. Talking about keamanan..alfatihah untuk pejuang Allah..Bro Osama bin LAden yg kononnya sudah dibunuh oleh tentera Amerika...seandainya benar dia sudah dibunuh semuga Allah menerimanya sebagai hamba yg syahid ...and insyaAllah rohnya diletakkan bersama roh2 yg dikasihi Allah..but benarkan statement...dgn matinya Osama maka dunia akan aman...? I laughed when i heard the statement...siapakah sebenarnya dalang kepada keamanan dunia?



Ok...back to cake business...cake talk...kali ni cake dibuat khas utk mami...a very special and talented person....Mami is my sifu for kek lapis ...and she is like a walking food dictionary..tanya apa saja pasal makanan..semuanya dia tahu..baik local dish or international dish. My kids selalu cakap mami hebat...apa taknya, apa saja yg mereka mahu makan,pasti mami akan buatkan. To me, Mami reminds me of some one who had a very special place in my life..Allahyarhamah nenek Zaleha @ Encuk or what we always panggil dia..Queen Mother..the grandma of my munchkin. Eventhough I only had spend about 12 years of my life with her but she had a great influence in my life. The thing I admire most about her is how she tolerate and sabar dgn kerenah anak cucunya yg ramai...and she had a very special aura...i love to temankan dia pergi ke pasar..she would wear her special baju kurung kasa...n dilitupi dgn tudung bersulam dari kain kasa juga..with her purse yg dikepit..she would go to the pasar memang mcm queen mother..she would only point what she want..and the penjual will obey her..ha..ha...ha..this was the best part actually...coz mulutnya riuh..pokpek..pokpek...but they love her...And one thing yang paling i rindu is to to hear the word "bodoh" from her...ha..ha...ha...that's her favorite word and sekali sekala..kami akan terkena..but we didn't mind coz she said in a very kasih sayang mode..I miss her so much..alfatihah for my darling Queen Mother..And Mami reminds me of my Queen Mother with her kelam kabutness and selambaland membebelkan orng...So this cake was specially done for her untuk dijadikan buah tangan untuk hantaran perkahwinan anak buahnya di Sedeli...a very peaceful kampung yg masih lagi dipenuhi dgn pelbagai rimbunan tumbuhan eksotik..so based on that..i decided to come with something classis and exotic....



So...for the main flower, I buatkan slipper orchid. The most difficult part was to do the slipper...harus buat mcm kelongsong...I tried the whole day and almost gave up...and was thinking to go and get the monkey pot plant ..oops periuk kera..coz kelongsongnya lebih kurang sama ...but alhamdulillah by midnite i dapat buat 3 of the slippers..but sill not perfect according to my sifu Shahril..


The "hands" n the "legs" were easy...but have to berhati2 coz if silap the petals can break,sebab ia nipis sangat. And when it came to colouring...at first i gunakan orange luster dust mix with another color..i lupa pula color apa..But then datang keberanian untuk airbrush...ha...ha..ha..besar risiko yg i nak ambil...if the color salah, the whole flower kena ketepikan. Alhamdulillah, it went ok....lega..and i found it easier to airbrush....lagi cepat.


So the next flowers are the capers..which i learnt in Shah's class...By the way, to those yg berminat untuk ambil class dgn shah..he will be having another class..check it out in my link kat tepi..cake expression..I highly encourage u all to pergi...Ok back to capers, sgt mudah untuk dibuat...cuma masalahnya untuk mendapatkan stock pistils dibahagian tengah. Yang dijual dikedai, semuanya yg berkilat dan besar. As for this one, I bought it from shah..which he bought from Thailand.



Cantikkan bunga ni...i mean the flower itself..not my creation...It looks so simple but bila digabungkan ia menjadi pelengkap...Subhanallah, Allah teaches us a lot via His creation. Jgn rasa rendah diri dgn kekurangan diri kita bila kita bersama2 dgn orng yang hebat kerana kita juga mampu menyumbang kepada kehebatan orang lain..





Ok..the next pelengkap is the Japanese Balloon which to me it looks like one of the species of buah leletup which can be found behind my grandmas's house long time ago...and now nak jumpa buah ni punya le susah...Buah ni pun tak susah untuk dibuat...cuma kena pastikan gelembung belonnya really kembung. And yg ini pun i airbrushkan saja...



The next one is the berry..my favorite..sebab senang sangat nak buat...gentel2 and siap dah...and dicantumkan satu persatu..Mula2 i luster dustkan..tapi bila dah banyak, boring pula....ha..ha..ha..if my munchkin baca ni mesti dia gelak...Maybe u all tk sangka yg i ni seorang yang lekas bosan bila membuat sesuatu yg sama tak kiralah dlm masa yg lama or sekejap...kadang2 i boleh menguap bila buat benda yg sama..tahap ketahanan kebosanan I amatlah rendah...lol. So bila dah boring, terus i capai airbrush...ha..ha..ha..selesai masalah kebosanan I..



Bila ada bunga mesti ada daun..tanpa daun kurang le seri jambangan kita..begitu juga dalam kehidupan kita...kita saling memerlukan diantara satu sama lain supaya hidup kita lebih bermakna. So jgn pandang rendah pada orng lain..hatta pun dia seorang tukang sapu or tukang angkat sampah...I always told my kids..sebab itu Allah jadikan manusia ini berbeza akal fikiran dan keupayaannya...if semua orng pandai n kaya , tak da siapa pula yg mahu jadi tukang angkat sampah..and jes imagine if tiada orang yg angkat smpah..bagaimana busuk n kotornya dunia...so fikirkanlah....always appreciate other people...hormati lah orng lain walaupun tinggi mana darjat kita didunia..semua manusia sama saja darjatnya disisi Allah..yng membezakannya adalah keimanan kita...Ok..back to the daun or creepers...amat mudah aje untuk membuatnya...no cutters needed...semuanya done manually. What we hv to do is to bentukkan bentuk pearl drop, cucukkan dawai n then lenyekkan ..Ia akan jadi bentuk love yg leper..then tekan le atas veiner leaf yg sesuai...senang aje kan..


Main leaves are daun puding...yup,those are sugar leaves..bukan daun betul. Rasa bersalah pula I coz untuk menghasilkan daun puding ni..he...he..he...tiap2 pagi i pergi petik kat sekolah anak I sampaikan classmate dia perasan. HE..he..he...minta halalkan ye. For my work, i prefer to have the real " model " infront of me...so kita boleh buat dgn lebih accurate lagi. I hand painted these leaves..gunakan wilton color...tak pandai nak airbrush..My dad tertipu,coz dia ingat daun betul i gunakan.



Ok..the final arrangement...tada !! Pls excuse my expensive beautiful vase...Sakit juga tangan bila buat arrangement ni...I really want it to be so exotic and akan dipadankan dgn cake yg look very classic...so sebab tu I chose orange as the main color..u will know why later on.


So..here comes the flowers with the cake...Since I wanted it to look classic and exotic..i decided to choose brown..dark brown...he..he..he..and it was airbrushed with americolor..so to my rakan bakers, I found out the brown americolor is very good for airbrushing...but for dark brown..if u wanna lighter brown,kena mix dgn white color..



Mami is 65 years old..and when think about her..i terfikir about corak broked...something very elegant, expensive, valuable and classic...So i applied kan the broked look via my new lace flower mold...and i warnakan dgn gold sheen...guna brush kali ni..and i gunakan gold dust yng dicampur dgn sedikit lemon juice...



Suspen juga bila nak cucukkan bunga tu..but alhamdulillah it fit nicely macam yg i planned. By the way, always balutkan bottomnya dgn aluminium foil before dicucukkan..



Mami was so happy with the cake...tak habis2 pujian dari mulutnya..it's not the pujian which i wanted...My penat membuat the whole thing berbaloi melihat kegembiraannya..and she made me miss my Queen Mother even more..This cake was brought back to Sedili..n according to Mami, the mak andam pujuk pengantin to give the bouquet to her...Well, I rasa happy sgt dapat buatkan this special cake for Mami..and to Allah,please sihatkan Mami and panjangkan umur Mami...she is so special to lots of people..she is like sunshine to us...tq Mami ..we love u so much...