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It's about an hour past mid-day.. and nothing much she can do. It's a short "idle" minutes as a mom while she waiting for her children finishing their day in school.. She sits (sometimes stands, sometimes has a little chats with other moms, and sometimes takes photos.. ;p) there, ready to welcome her love ones and walk/drive them home :)

Have a good weekend, lovelies.

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I was looking at all my files and found some (not too) old photos of me.

..and here are two pictures from several months ago during my visit to 'Raminten' traditional restaurant at Kaliurang, Yogyakarta..

Here is my simple, comfortable outfit of that day.. :)

The restaurant's backyard view:

(Photos: copyright © Rania of FashFaith.com)

It is one of our family's favorite restaurants, that has been set by traditional Javanese atmosphere with a natural view at the backyard, and the food also taste quite good..

Have you been there?

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Inspiration

The scenery from above..

My latest trips are to Ratu Boko Temple and to Merapi Volcano's foot-hills. My family and I really enjoyed these trips. We call our trips 'Friday Fun' because we have been mostly doing trips on Friday, after the Jummah prayer.

On October 7th, 2011, we went to Ratu Boko's site, or popularly called as Candi Boko/Boko Temple. The temple was located up high on a hill. There were so many stairs to get us up there to the temple. But, it was worth it because up there the beautiful scenery was waiting for us to see.. :) Or, we can go up higher to the Candi Boko's view-tower for more scenery from above. From there you could also see the Prambanan Temple, rice-fields, roads, trains ran on their rails, and airplanes which about to landed on or just about took off from the Adi Sucipto airport.

And these are the selected pictures from Candi Boko (photographed by me):

The scenery from above (from Ratu Boko Temple's view-tower):
It was a part of Yogyakarta and Klaten city.

Me.. in front of Pendopo Putri (Princess' place), Candi Boko:
Behind me there was a field where some sheep being pastured. There were also some deer that put into an area bordered by fences.

(The pic was took by my 4 years old son.. ^_^ )

Then, on October 14th, 2011, we went to the Merapi Volcano's natural conservation area (or, in Bahasa Indonesia, we call it: Taman Nasional Gunung Merapi).

Last year, in early November 2010 (it's exactly one year now), Merapi Volcano erupted. It was one of Merapi's massive eruption. Everything in this conservation area at that time was devastated and covered by thick dust, sands, and also stones. Many houses and trees was buried by clinker, sand, and dust. The super-hot clouds (in Javanese: wedhus gembel) that came out of the volcano's crater passed by this area and burned everything underneath they passed.

These selected pictures are from Merapi Volcano's foot-hills where everything are starting back to "green":

Unfortunately, while we were there, the weather was cloudy, so we could not see the Merapi Volcano.

Me, my uncle, and a local man (the sentence in the picture, in English means: "Watch out to the precipice behind !")

Merapi Volcano's National Park (natural conservation area).

(Photos: courtesy of Rania © FashioningFaith Blog)

Location: Ratu Boko's site/Boko Temple and 

Merapi Volcano's foot-hills, Dusun Cangkringan, Yogyakarta.

Would you like to visit these amazing places by yourself?


Salaam,
Rania

(Photography by Rania; Location: Candi Boko)

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Yogyakarta, July 2011.

Just another visit to Tugu train station... usually for picking up or driving up my relatives from/to this station. I myself do not travel a lot.. eventhough I love travelling :o)

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Look of the day

(Not allowed to copy & paste photos.

Photo: courtesy of Rania, FashioningFaith Blog)

Location: Kwaru beach, Yogyakarta

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This post is a continuation of my previous post about how I wrap my hijab in simple style using my square scarf.

From the feedback I got, some people thought that my tutorial is rather hard to be understood because of the lack of the pictures. I'm sorry for that. That issue had crossed my mind before I published the tutorial, but I thought I had made a clear explanation on the tutorial, which in reality, some people think it's still hard to imagine without pictures.

I'm sorry, my lovely Readers. Here, I made some pictures that explain how to wrap the square scarf. Hope it would help and you love the style! :)

I will re-write the step by step on how to wrap the scarf:

1. Fold the square scarf into half (rectangle shape).
2. Put the scarf (that has been folded) on your head with one side of the scarf is longer than another side, and pin it below your chin.

3. Take the edge of the longer side of the scarf, then pull it over your head. Then pin the upper end-tip of the scarf on the top of your head (not too high) with a brooch or any other hijab accessories. 

The hijab wrap will look like this:

It's simple, right? Is this something you'd like to try?

You can see me wearing this style here.

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Daily Style

Not like the conventional square-hijab wrap that fold the square-hijab diagonally into triangle shape, this style need to fold the square-hijab into half (rectangle shape). This style is very easy and quick to do, and I love how the scarf drape in the front. It also adds more cover-ups to the bossom area.

Here's the step by step:
1. Fold the square scarf into half (rectangle shape).
2. Put the scarf (that has been folded) on your head with one side of the scarf is longer than another side, and pin it below your chin.
3. Take the edge of the longer side of the scarf, then pull it over your head. Then pin the upper end-tip of the scarf on the top of your head (not too high) with a brooch or any other hijab accessories.

Very simple, right?

This hijab wrap will look like this:

From the back:

Bring the flowing part (of the scarf) at the back to the front, like I used to.

Or, let it be like that, but if you do this, it'd be better to take a bit part of the scarf from the back and pin it on your shoulder to make sure your neck doesn't show up (especially if you wear clothes with low neckline).

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First of all I want to thank to all Fashioning Faith's readers for all their feedback, love, support, and reminders, that keep me motivated to make improvement and to do my best to be better and better each day. I really appreciate that.

Recently, I got an email from one of my readers, Rosi Vela, who said that there were too many posts about luxurious things/clothes on my blog that most of us can't afford to buy. I introspect myself... and I think perhaps it because I wrote too many Chanel or Irna La Perle on my blog... ^_^

I didn't mean at all to encourage my readers to buy luxurious things. My posts about 'luxurious things' such as clothing line from the runway fashion, celebrities or 'whats in style now' were intended to show various styles/designs out there that I love, and these are ONLY for STYLE/DESIGNS INSPIRATION.

I just want to show various possible style that we can adapt to our own style, and show that we can also be 'ourself'... be 'original' in our hijab... :) 

For our daily outfits, we can pick up something we love from the style, and then implement it on our daily style with some 'make over' or 'adaption' to meet/fit our own taste and our own concept/standard of modesty. For example when we want to design/sew our own abaya/dresses, or when we want to mix-match pieces of clothes in our wardrobes.

I'm an ordinary woman too, just like most of you, who can't also afford to buy luxurious things. I just love to see designers' clothing line and people's style on the street... :)

And I agree with what Jana of Hijab Style has said that

‘Fashion’ is not necessarily about what’s ‘hot’, or the latest fad, or having the most expensive designer gear. For me it’s about being creative within my limits, those primarily being price, availability and hijab-appropriateness of clothes. It’s about combining things tastefully and experimenting with fabrics, cuts and colours. It doesn’t have to be ostentatious.

I think it's about build up our own style that is comfort for us with pride and happiness.

Regarding to the email, perhaps I need to try to do more posts that are more 'down to earth', that are closer to our daily life, styles from 'real-life' Muslimahs (I mean not from Runway or Celebs). Perhaps more posts on muslimahs' style on the street or posts about tips/style from my own outfits, and how to mix-match clothes?

But, I do think that I might continue to post article/photos from Runways and Designers, or models on Magazine which I love that can be a source of style inspiration for Muslim women.

Anyway, thank you for the feedback. Hope you can always give your feedback to me... :)

So, today I post about my daily outfit. The piece of clothes that I wore to the wedding party yesterday. In Indonesia, particularly in my city, we usually wear 'Batik' to attend wedding parties or formal occasions. And here I am in my favorite 'vintage' Batik dress from my Grandma with 'wayang' picture on it.

It's an 'original' batik ('Batik Tulis') which means that the picture/patterns on that dress was made/drew by hands (uses a manual wax-resist dyeing), not by computerized printing techniques or machines, and the fabric is 'kain mori' (that is so comfort to wear).

I added an off white belt made of coral stones look-alike and a long earing to spice up the look.

 

Hi... hii... :) I'm not so confident for doing this. But I hope it would be helpful :)

Note: Wait for my review about Mahi Gown (from iLoveModesty.com) on my next post! :)


"O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition! (Al Qur'an, Surah 7: 26)

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It's been soooo long since my last post. Over the past few weeks, there's a problem with my notebook and the internet connection. I can't send anything... messages, email, posting... all must be delayed. So, while waiting for the technician fixing my problem this couple of days, I decided to spend some times with my family... :)

My sister had planned to go to the beach. We all agreed, and... this is it. Very happy and excited... enjoying the sand, the sea waves around my feet, the coral reefs, and the sun... really looove being on the beach!

These are few pictures I had taken, and I'd like to share with you.

A friend of mine

(Photos: Courtesy of Rania @ Fashioning Faith)

What I wore: 

T-shirt: a simple long-sleeved cotton t-shirt.

Skirt: a super light-weight skirt. It dries so quickly when it gets wet. Perfect to be wore to the beach. Underneath the skirt, I was wearing a pair of swimwear leggings, so the legs will stay covered if the skirt was blowing up by the wind or by sea waves.

Belt: an elastic coral-white belt, built of small coral-stones.

Headscarf: a purple square scarf, folded into rectangle and wrapped in a loose wrap style as Hana did with pashmina, but I pinned the long-end of the scarf onto my tee (because the scarf is shorter than pashmina), so it will stay in place. Here is the tutorial.

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Daily Wear

These videos I found from HijabTrendz and YouTube show the simple and practical way to wrap your hijab for daily wear.

These hijab style are also the common style I used to wear on my daily life. But sometimes, if I have to go in a hurry, I just wore my ready-to-wear hijab... ^_^

(Source: HijabTrendz)

Rectangular Wrap Around Style:

(Source: MakeUp Adikt)

Lined-Edge Printed Scarf

Lately I fell in love with Zafirah's scarves and the way she wrap her scarf. You can see her style on her blog: Bits of Beads. Zafirah always wears branded scarves, like scarves from Christian Dior, Iv's, Gucci, with a line/list/frame (what should I call this?) print along the edge of her scarf.

Lined-Edge Printed Scarves by FashioningFaith featuring Givenchy accessories

I don't know what we should call this kind of print on scarf in English, so I just call it "lined-edge printed scarf"... :) Is it right?... Sorry for my poor English ;)

Unfortunately, Zafirah didn't make a video tutorial on how she wrap her scarf. I tried and tried to wrap my headscarf just like the way she did, but I can't have the same look.

While I browse her blog, once she's ever said in the comment section that the headscarf she wore is in rectangular shape... Oooh, so no wonder that she can wrap it just like that (like she usually did).

The hijab with lined-edge print that I have in my closet is in square shape. To create a hijab style just like her is not easy. So, I created the hijab wrapping by myself, using my 'un-branded' square scarves.

And this is the look inspired by her; Look like hers, but not exactly the same... ;)



I love 'the impression' the double lined-edge made to my face... ^_^

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