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Fun and Rewarding Discovery July 3, 2008

Posted by jewel in Internet, Misc, Money, Resources. add a comment

When I was browsing couple of days ago *like always ^^;;*, I found this interesting service. It’s a search engine service, but it’s not like the usual one. If you use this search engine, you’ll be rewarded GBP 0.01 for each of every search you made. Cool, eh :D? I’ve signed up with this service and I’ve made GBP 0.27 till now. It’s not much, but it’s fun ^^ Oh, here’s the tips, you can increase your earning by referring friends to use this service. I use firefox as my browser, installed the widget, and set it as my default search engine. So, if you want easy money, sign up here ^^

Free Knitting & Crochet Pattern June 17, 2008

Posted by jewel in Crochet, Hobby, Resources. 3 comments

Today I was busy surfing on the internet. Hehe…not a good employee I guess ^^;; I think it’s okay to do sometimes if you really don’t have anything to do *hey..I’ve done all my jobs ;P* So, these surfing and searching activities turned out to be usefull for you guys who love crochet :D I compiled some great links that I found below. Happy surfing :

www.Berroco.com
This website is actually a branded yarn website. They offer lot of free knit & crochet patterns, from handbag, accessories, belt, shawl, purse, amigurumi, scarf, poncho, cap hat, etc.

www.DIYLife.com
This is some kind of heaven for DIY Lovers. You can find many DIY projects to work on :D If you specifically looking for crochet, you can go to this url : http://www.diylife.com/tag/crocheting
If you like Kero-chan from Card Captor Sakura, you can crochet him to life with this pattern : Kero-chan Crochet Pattern

But there’s a catch. All of this pattern is written pattern, not the graphical one ^^;; So if you don’t understand how to read it, good luck in learning it ^^;; I must say the same to myself, as I can’t read it too ^^;;

Craft Book Resources May 29, 2008

Posted by jewel in Crochet, Hobby, Resources. 3 comments

It’s quite hard for me to get a nice quality of craft book but with cheap price here in Jakarta. If money is not a problem for you, then you can easily get various craft books at Gramedia, Kinokuniya, Hobby Craft, and other big bookstores. At Kinokuniya, you can even order a specific book if it’s not available in the store. Please be advised that Craft Book that I mention here is Japanese Craft Book.

Recently, I went to Gramedia Matraman, I found out that they just updated their collection of craft books, especially crochet book. I found many new book which I haven’t seen before. As usual, I only read the book quickly, and hope that my old brain will be able to absorb them all ^^;; Gramedia is quite nice now cause they provide some seats for the happy camper like me ^^;;

Other source to get craft book is from Pasar Senen. My sister told me there are many used books and you can bargain the price with the seller. Besides Pasar Senen, you can find used books seller at Pasar Jatinegara too. But the collection is not as many as Pasar Senen though.

Last resouce I knew is online store. But I haven’t tried it myself cause I don’t have a credit card :P At Amazon.com, you can find many many craft books which are written in english. Currently, I only put them on my wish list and wish someday I could buy it ^^;; Other great store is YesAsia.com. This store provides many japanese craft books. Actually you can buy japanese craft books straight from Japanese online store to get cheaper price, but the problem is, they are all in Japanese! So, unless you can speak and read japanese, then YesAsia.com is your saviour ^^;;

Oh, I forgot, there is one more source, that is your friend who lives in Japanese and plan to go back to Jakarta in a short time :D I’ve done it once and it works great :D I gave her the url of the book, she bought it for me and have it send to her place. And when she arrived in Jakarta, we met and she gave me the book :D I paid her in rupiah according to current rate, but I usually give her bigger rate cause she has been so kind to me ^^;; That’s definitely cheaper than other offline stores in Jakarta ^^

That’s all I know. If you know other great places, you’re welcome to share it here :D

Free Blogger Templates Resources April 17, 2008

Posted by jewel in Blog, Internet, Resources, Tips. 1 comment so far

I have many blogs which are powered by Blogger. You know that the default templates provided by blogger have been used by million of peoples out there. It sure makes your blog not unique and appealing to visitors. To help you find great templates for you blog, I have compiled a list of free blogger templates resources. Here they are (in no particular order):

Hope you find it useful :) If you know other great sites, please inform me so I could update this list.