A little more Diwali

Hi….I hope you had a lovely Diwali….
In my last post “Diwali Decorations 2013”, I told you about how I made some stuff to make our Diwali a little extra special…..Today I’ll tell you about some articles I made last year for my Diwali workshop…..I had conducted my first Diwali workshop for kids and adults, where we made a bunch of items, about which I’ll tell you now….

Every Diwali begins with the installation of an “Akash-Kandil” or a lantern as we call it…..So, we started by making a lantern…We used handmade paper which was quite translucent…..We cut it according to our template, and then assembled it….We left an opening on top for passing a lightbulb in it…..We also stuck small shiny punched flower on each piece…..This was the final product…..

Paper Lantern

And, this is how it looked when it was lit….

Akash Kandil

We then proceeded to our Rangoli…..Rangoli is traditionally used to adorn the doorstep, as it is considered very auspicious….It was traditionally done with rice flour and some natural dyes…But, with the availability of various commercially available colored powders, rangoli has become an art……What we made in our workshop was a rangoli with a twist…..We made a permanent rangoli using some cardboard, Rainbow/ Iris paper and some rhinestones……We made a 6 piece rangoli which can be used in various ways……This was our fruit of labor…..

Rangoli

Then, we started with our “Toran” aka garland…..We used a gold ribbon, construction paper, rhinestones, 3D glitter and key rings to make our Toran…..We made leaves and flowers and glued them alternately on the ribbon and put key rings on either ends to hang them……This is how our Toran looked…..

Flower Garland

Toran

Finally we moved on to the last item in our workshop, the integral part of Diwali- a “Diya” or the Lamp…..Rows of oil lamps are lit and placed outside the doors and windows during Diwali….How could we forget those….I gave a choice of two designs to my class and each participant made one as per their liking….We used paper, terracotta lamps and acrylic colors to make these….This is how they turned out…..

Terracotta Lamps

Festive Diya

Hand-painted Diya

And, this is the whole package!!

Diwali workshop

Hope you had a good time reading about this…..Don’t forget to let me know your opinions and feel free to contact me through the comment box if you have any questions…..Till then, keep crafting and come back soon for more !!!

DIY Painted Metal Butterfly Wind- chime

Yayyyy......
I am back!!!
I missed blogging so much.....
Anyways, Today I will show you how I turned a cheap wind chime into a fancy one!!
I saw this metal Butterfly wind chime at a dollar store recently, and I really liked it....
Butterflies are one of my favorites :)
I bought it instantly......

Butterfly wind chime

However, I was not so happy with the tan and orange colors it had.......

Butterflies are supposed to be colorful and vibrant!!!

So, I decided to revamp it.....

I colored it with acrylic colors- yellow and Violet and acrylic pearl color- blue.....

Metal Butterfly

Lastly, I embellished a little bit with my favorite 3D glitter outliners and Voila......

My pretty little wind chime was ready.....

Here is how it looked when it was done....

Aint it cute????

Painted Butterfly wind chime

This dainty butterfly now chimes merrily on my patio......
Hope you liked it....
Please comment to let me know if you do.....  :)

DIY 3D Photo Frames

Photo Frames

Hi....

Today I would like to share with you the 3D Photo Frames I made with my son for

gifting his teachers on the occasion of  'Teachers Appreciation Week'  :)

We bought some blank wooden frames by Plaid.......

My son painted the frames with acrylic color- yellow.......

He did two coats of paint and, we let the frames dry for an hour......

We had also bought wooden cut-outs of a sun and a ladybird......

We glued the sun on one frame and the ladybird on the other.....

We even glued some googly eyes on the sun and the ladybird....... :D

Then my son stuck foam stickers of flowers and butterflies on the frame......

I gave it the finishing touches with 3D glitter for the butterfly trails......

And......Our Frames were ready......

My son was very happy to make such lovely frames on his own.....

And, I was so proud of him !!!

The best part was that, his teachers adored their gift as well :)

Sun Photo Frame

Ladybird Photo Frame

You can leave a comment here to let me know if you liked the 3D Photo Frames.......

DIY Punch Craft- Inspirational Plaque

Punch Craft

Hi and welcome to my post on punch craft .......
Its been a little busy for the last few days and hence the delay :(
But, I have made quite a few new things this week, which I'll be uploading in the next few days :)
This plaque was made at the spur of the moment for a friend who was visiting us.....
I used cardboard as the base, which was covered with a light colored paper.....
Then, I made various colored flowers and leaves with flower punch and leaf punch respectively......

I also made some spiral roses...just love them ...
Finally, came the fun part..... assembly !!!
I assembled the leaves and flowers in a L-shaped border along the left.......
Then I used 3D outliners to make the centers of the flowers.......
I cut a small rectangle from blue colored felt as the base for the message and glued it to the board....
Then, I wrote a message with 3d outliner/ puffy paint on the felt base......
A last ribbon border on the side of the message and, my plaque was ready.....
The myriad of colors and the message sure made our friend happy !!!
Hope you liked it too :)

punch craft

"Under the sea"- 3D Key holder

3D Key Holder

Hi and welcome to my post on how I made this "Under the Sea" key holder....
This was a completely hand-moulded, made-to-order piece for my cousin......
I used a wooden piece 3x6" in size, as the base for this key holder.....
I painted the base with acrylic colors in shades of blue and left it to dry.......
Then I hand-moulded epoxy to make the fishes, shells, plants, turtle, octopus, starfish and 
the bubbles.......
After arranging the creatures and the foliage, I moulded some epoxy pebbles for the 
base and some epoxy borders for the top corners......
Then came the fun part.....coloring !!!
I used bright acrylic colors for all the creatures....I wanted them to look happy!!
Then I added some 3D glitter for the waves and the design was complete.....
Lastly I added some hooks to hang the keys....after all thats what it was for ;)
It turned out pretty cute, and my cousin absolutely loved it !!!
Thank you for reading, and do let me know if you liked it .... :)

Greeting Cards

Hi there.....
Welcome to my post on greeting cards.......
I had made some cards with my son,  for his school party, which I would like to share with you....
These are cute little cards, and me and my son had lots of fun making them....
We used construction paper, foam sheets, glitter foam sheets, felt, 3d glitter, sequins, rhinestones etc and played around with scissors and different types of punches....

My sons classmates just loved these cards......
Hope you loved them too :))

                             

DIY Denim Painting

Denim Painting

Hi...Today i would like to show you the pair of jeans that i painted for my niece.....
My cute little niece is a tomboy who loves flowers, so while thinking of a gift for her, i narrowed down to painting flowers on her jeans!! :)



I grabbed my bottles of fabric colors, armed myself with brushes and got down to work......I started working freehand directly on the jeans.....The flowers bloomed first followed by the branches and then those teensy- weeny leaves........Then came out my 3d outliners......I am so in love with 3d outliners that they feature in most of my works!! The tiny blue flowers and the floral definitions were done last with the outliners....
The whole piece turned out cuter than i expected.....and the best part of it.....my niece totally adored it!!
Hope you like it too :)

DIY 3D Symbolic Saraswati

3D Saraswati

3D Saraswati

Saraswati is the Indian goddess of knowledge. She is specially worshipped on the hindu festival of Dussehra...

Traditionally this picture i.e the symbolic form of Saraswati, was drawn on slate or paper and then worshipped....Thus a new picture was drawn every year....I have made the same one in a permanent form and added it to a frame....

I have made the linework with 3d glitter- gold(puffy paint ) and then added rhinestones to give it a more embellished look....The leaf at the bottom is symbolic of actual gold which i have painted in a contrasting green...........

Some final work with the border and my 3d saraswati was ready :)
Hope you liked it....you can leave a comment below to let me know you did....
Thanks for visiting....See you again soon :)