about me

Hi, my name is suci, but you can call me utski. I am an Indonesian citizen, 33 years old, married to Indian in 2002 and blessed with 2 children. I trully believe that my hubby (I call him habibi which means lover/sweetheart in Arabic) is my soulmate. I couldn't imagine living my life without him. My children is everything for me. I am crazy about them, and family is the best thing that ever happened  in my life. They are my inspirations.

I graduated in Library Science in 1999. I love books but couldn't really put my self to sit behind the desk from 9 to 5. I am no routine kind of person. I used to work as a private teacher, cashier (in book exhibitions), library project leader for some pocket money, and the best part was, I used to work as a Flight Attendant in Saudi Arabian Airlines for a couple of years (2000-2002), I resigned when I got pregnant. That was an amazing experience, because I would never have seen the world outside my country if I never joined them.

I have passion for designing. I studied interior design recently. I love to sketch my own clothes. I and my sisters have this rough plan of running children clothes bussines very soon, but well, we love talking alots and kept changing plan, lol. I am also an amateur writer. I've wrote 2 compilation books with my friends and right now I am working on my very first novel, wish me luck!

I started designing digital scrapbook in 2007 somewhere in august. That time I was in India. My first favourite shop was shabby princess. I was crazy about them and still until now. In the begining of 2008 I started selling my designs in... I guess around six or seven shops. I enjoyed it very much and made pretty much friends too, until I have this personal problem within my family (we moved alot, and my kiddos were still very small that time) and it made it difficult for me to commit with any shop, so I resigned. I occasionally designed once in awhile and even created an online class for some of my Indonesian friends who were interested in learning scrapbook. It was fun indeed.

Now, I am staying in Jakarta, Indonesia, and just got a great internet connection (mind you, great internet speed is a luxury thing in this country), so I am seriously thinking of getting back to bussines. So, here I am. I use Photoshop CS2 (in creating style, brush and actions) and Photoshop Element 5 (not really using it, I just got it for free when I got my tablet), and also I use Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator CS4 for designing everyday; with a Canon Powershot A400 digital camera and Power Stylus CX5500 Printer and Scanner, not the best ones, though, but it's enough for me. the only 'luxury' equipment I have is Wacom tablet Intuos 3, a b'day gift from my dear habibi :)

I love to learn. I dont get offended easily. If you think you have something, anything to say about my design to help me get better, you are always welcome to write me, I'll appreciate it very much.

I write lot in this page, lol. The reason is because this is the only page where you can get to know me better as I dont blog much about my self. I hope you enjoy my humble blog, contact me at utski@ymail.com


disclaimer: the LO designed using a kit by Pixel Canvas