STILLCARVINGS WILL BE ON LEAVE

Assalammualaikum all,

I think everyone's been hearing how tired I am and how I have no time for myself and people around me now that STILLCARVINGS has been moving on accelerated speed. It feels like this ride I'm on keeps on adding its gear and frankly, I can only go until 5 (like normal people LOL!). 

So it has been decided that STILLCARVINGS will be on leave from 15 July 2012 until Hari Raya ends. I would like to apologize for any unanswered emails and requests prior to this date. I am in real need for a break! I actually need to get my wrist checked as I've incurred some kind of injury whilst braiding, hooking, bending strings, beads and other sorts of embellishments. It's a shame, I know. This decision is tough, but I think it is best that it's decided now than later (when regret is outnumbered by the many "I told you so!" comments). 

I will miss my babies for sure. Rest assured they will be safely tucked inside my box of treasures under a shady place where memories will take place. Come September I will be back with fresher ideas, designs and MORE materials to work with. For now, career, family and life come first.

Ramadhan is near. So long STILLCARVINGS and enter BEAUTIFUL FAITH =)

Jazakallah khairan for your neverending support. Will be sharing articles and ilmu for the blessed fasting month. May this coming Ramadhan be fruitful for all of us. Amin.

Xoxo

A Still Carvings Milestone

It was the best way to celebrate the end of June.

Still Carvings got invited to the first ever MiaMia StyleStudio Talk Show last night. It is also a first for Still Carvings so alhamdulillah I thank Allah for crossing my path with Mia's and to her for thinking of me for her first ever show! It was a fun and intimate set which made it easy for us to mingle and talk to each other.

The highlight of the show was probably our date with Putri Norizah. She is sooo pretty! I just could not take my eyes off of her! And her journey is very inspiring too. I just simply LOVE how she is so hardworking and despite all that can still look very fresh and unique!

I, on the other hand, am in dire need of a full-stretched rest. June was rough for me at work. I am hoping for a quiet July. Happy new month people! Many hugs from Still Carvings xoxo

Still Carvings Journey - Delhi, India

Alhamdulillah. Another Still Carvings journey. So happy and proud to announce that the Weave&Chain Bracelet has found its way to Delhi, India, in the hands of my dear friend, Dee! I am so happy because that was one of my favourite personalised creations.

Thank you so much for your support my darling. It is such an honour to fly my little baby. At least if I can't go there yet, a part of me is. Which means, this has gotten me a step closer to India. YES!!!

Tribal Braids

Heyas!
The Still Carvings Tribal Braids with different colour designs. These will be available at the MiaMia StyleStudio show tomorrow, Saturday 30 June, 2012 at the Airport Mall, Second Floor - 8PM. These are $4 and are adjustable so you don't need to worry about them not fitting or being too big. Anything is possible in the Still Carvings whimsical world! LOL!

I will be making more of these soon so if you're keen, you either head down to MMSS tomorrow night, or you can email me at nisa202@gmail.com to order your bracelets!

(Should I say "Be there or be square?")

Still Carvings Journey - KL

Alhamdulillah.Another milestone in the Still Carvings journey.My bracelets have reached Kuala Lumpur!!!Will be collaborating with my friend in July for her new releases. InsyAllah, should be a great beginning for the both of us. Thanks for giving me this opportunity to grow and expand. Such a great blessing. Am leaning towards expanding in KL, with help from lovely Wani. I hope that this will be the start of something big. 
And also, presenting the new Still Carvings collections!! Enter the Still Carvings Tribal Braid (available as they are and I also have a collection with hexes); and the Still Hex Macrame. It was a special request by Wani, herself, but now I would like to include it in the official Still Hex collection!!  Thank you, Allah, for giving me the gift of time and strength to push myself forward.
I will be releasing more of the Tribal Braid ones in the next post! And more about Still Hex Macrame in the near future.
Such a great day amidst how busy I have been with le career *jumps in colourful joy*

Knowledge

Of any kind is still useful for the mind and the soul.

Hence obtaining knowledge of those who have the tendency to use you for their own benefit can be quite endearing. Sometimes I don't quite get why a person would have that lack of compassion for other people's feelings and just push things to go their way. And doing this without giving credit to those who has helped them so many times before. Why so cocky?

Just read a great quote from someone that reads: Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. This was by Muhammad Ali, the boxer. And can definitely be applied by people from all walks of life.

When you desire for something, work hard for it. Do it on your own. Because that's the most rewarding.

Well this only teaches me the lesson of always treating others the correct way and not otherwise. The fruit of your own produce is much more tasty than the ones you may have pretended to help the other person to plant but the other has had to go through the sowing themselves.

Fierceness of Mia!

Miss Mia Suria of MiaMia StyleStudio seen wearing Still Carvings' creations - the Still Hex Bracelet, Still Carvings 'Mia Glam' taken after Mia's own robust personality and an unreleased Still Carvings Jungle Beads.

It is ALWAYS an honour to see faces strutting my creations, especially when they are as fierce as Mia!

Would also like to congratulate my darling, Mia, for the opening of her studio of style - MiaMia StyleStudio. Couldn't be happier looking at the success of someone who started from scratch. Now that's real hard work, ladies and gents. And on top of that, she is promoting modest fashion to the ladies of Brunei! How can you ever not be smitten?

Wishing Mia all the best and good luck for the future. May Allah bless you with abundance of rizq and may you be rewarded hugely for promoting modesty to others. Amin.