Last Saturday, I went to Inacraft with my parents and sister. Inacraft is an annual handcrafted items Event which is held at JHCC, Jakarta. Just like I predicted, we needed almost 1.5 hours to get there and secure a parking lot *usually it only takes 30 minutes* The place was really crowded with people.

We started our stroll with the handcrafted items section. There were many variety of craft’s materials like wood, fabric, brass, rattan, paper pulp, etc. My mother was interested in some flowers made of kasa fabric *I don’t know the english word for Kain Kasa ^^;;* She was pretty sure that she could made it by herself :)

After contented with this section, we go to the handbag section. Omg, the fact that Indonesian are very creative nation is proven here. You could see how beautiful those crafted items. I visited The Sak booth, and met the wife of current Sultan Hamengkubuwono there. I was surprised that this branded handbags were made in Yogyakarta. This brand aren’t even sold in Indonesia, you can only found this brand sold in USA and Europe. Although the bags sold were export remnant, many people crowded around this booth. Why did I interested in this booth? Because they sold crocheted bag, and crochet is my current hobby :D Before, I only made amigurumi out of crochet, and now, I’m also interested in making a crocheted bag. Note to self : I must hurry to buy some nylon yarn this week to make this bag.

Then we continued to the garment section. Almost everywhere you could see batik, batik, and batik :) Maybe this year batik is the trend. According to a national newspaper, the most sold type of batik dress is the baby doll dress. And when I typed this post at my office desk, walk passed me are a man & a woman. This woman is wearing a batik baby doll dress. And I overheard the man’s comment on her dress. He said “You look like wearing a pajamas” *hehehe…what a mean guy ^^;;*

Tired of this section, my father insisted on going back home. Because I was still searching for some items to be bought, I urged my mother and my sister to go back to handcraft section while my father waited at the front door. And guess what, for about 3.5 hours at Inacraft, I didn’t buy anything, nor my mother, nor my sister ^^;; I don’t know whether I’m too picky or stingy, but my DIY spirit kept me from buying those items ^^;; We kept saying that we could make it by ourself ^^

And that Saturday trip was ended with a dinner at a restaurant near Kampung Melayu. At first, we wanted to eat at Sate Bang Mansur. But sadly, it was already closed T_T So we go the nextdoor restaurant called Nasi Goreng Babat Semarangan. Thank god the food isn’t dissapointing. It’s delicious :D And with full stomach, we went back home happily :D