Double coloured garland

After learning the boondongling technique, which calls for no quilling tools, I tried making garlands. The first garland I tried was single colour but after I gained confidence I made a double coloured garland which I used to decorate the Ganesha during Navarathri.

Kumkuma Chimizh made for order

One of my friends asked me to make a few kumkuma chimizh. She asked me to design it as per my wish and I did it. 

My first kumkuma chimizh

I never thought that Kumkuma chimizh can be made in quilling. But when I saw images in net, I decided to give it a try and my first try was not too good a one. Though it was not clumsy I was not happy with the outcome.

Ganesha fridge magenet for an order.

When one of my quilling friends asked me whether I could take up the order which she have got for Ganesha Quilling magnets, as she is having other orders to be completed, I agreed to do it and the client ordered 60 Ganeshas and as they had a forest theme she wanted the Ganeshas to be in Green. And thanks to my kids who helped me in completing them and packing them in green gift wrapper too.

Contest entry for Indian Quilling Guild

Indian Quilling Guild conducts contests regularly. Though I want to participate, I feel that I am still not equipped to participate and I am not up to their standard. But I did try participating once when the theme was quilled heart and here it is heart o hearts that I made for that contest. The entire thing is made of Vellum Strips that I had purchased from Itsy Bitsy.

Wind Chime in quilling cone shaped

When there was a competition in one of the quilling groups in FB, I tried out my hands on traditional cone shaped wind chime in quilling. Though it did not win a prize, I got a few orders to make the same pattern to be gifted. The colours I used were vibrant orange, yellow and brown. The five layered cones made a perfect dangler with sounds.

Perler Beads craft work from Swarnaa Creations

When I first saw a few Perler Bead work in Facebook, I thought it to be mosaic work in Quilling coils. But later came to know about these beads and on enquiry found that one lady is supplying it. Got it from her and we all were excited in making it. With the limited boards available we  managed to make a few designs and the first design the kids made was a heart for their dad to be gifted on his birthday.

Enthralling multi colour set

When you try something out of single shade strips it always ends up enthralling. And that set I gifted it for the winner of the contest in my Face Book page. The set became even more elegant after it is studded with multi colour green stone.

Angry bird set made by my daughter

Whenever she gets into her mood to create something (that mood comes when she had to gift something for her friends) she is on her mark and is set into action. The she is my daughter. I have to proudly say that she has the capacity to recreate whatever she sees without seeing any tutorial. And this is what she created for her friend. An angry bird set. When I asked her why this in particular, her reply was that her friend is like this red bird when she is angry.

The set might seem simple. But the way she painted the eyes I was impressed as she never does a good level of painting. 

Red Roses the show stealer

when I announced a contest in my facebook page, there was one clear winner and that person asked me to make a red rose set for her dear daughter. And when I varnished those roses they became so shiny and that made that little girl love it so much.

After seeing my fridge magnet collections and my Ganesha collections one of our relative asked me to make two Ganesha fridge magnets. And the colour specification was red and gold and it definitely turned out amazing.

Rose danglers.

One of my friend turned customer wanted to gift something for her customers. She ordered 50 pairs of quilled rose hangings. As ever making roses was a fun and making danglers out of them was even more. Tried different arrangements. All the danglers had 7 roses.

Quilled Rakhis

Time to celebrate and cherish the bond of brothers and sisters and my daughter decided to make rakhis for her brothers by herself. She loved doing it and her brothers loved it. Anything done with love even though it is small and simple is definitely cherished by the receiver.

Quilled chocolate hangings

Who don't love chocolates and that too kids love it so much. A few of the quilled creations can be converted as and how we want them to be. They could be made as a hanging, a magnet, a key chain, pencil topper or just a mobile dangler. These are versatile designs and one such design is quilled chocolate.

Quilled parrot hangings

Kids get happy when they see the birds and animals. One of the favourite is parrot. So when my friend asked me to make a pair of parrot ear rings for her grand neice, I just tried to replicate it as much as possible.

Mice pencil topper for kids

Kids love small embellishments to be attached to their pencil back or pens. These make a wonderful return gifts too. The first one that I tried was mice toppers. they were so cute and my son grabbed them immediately one for him and and for two of his friends.

Trial of curtain holder

When there is flexibility for creativity, you can do anything in quilling is what I learnt after doing it for almost an year. A simple but useful piece of work in quilling is the curtain holder. But it also looks grand and elegant when it is matched aptly with the curtains.

Made two for my parent's home one with a flower and the other with a butterfly. To make the ring I used the biggest available size bangle and 10mm strips was wrapped around the bangle to make the curtain ring.

Quilled envelopes

Though I have not done a lot of quilled envelopes I did try a few designs and have gifted them too. The ones that I was able to capture a picture are the ones below. I am waiting to try my hands on ornate quilling on envelopes. Hope I get a chance to do soon.

Beaded sets in blue and white pearl

When my niece saw the beaded set with golden beads  she wanted me to make one for the silk paavadai she will be wearing the next day for the function. And she was very particular that it should accompany with a matching dangler too.

And when a cutie pie asks for such a wonderful piece, how can I say NO. And here is what I made for her.

One inch Ganesha

Ganesha is one of my favourite and making Ganesha image in any size comes quite easily for me. When I got an order to make 50 Ganeshas in green colour, I just made one small Ganesha in 1 inch which I named Bal Ganesha.

I made it using 3mm green colour strips.

Ganesha in leaf

I am always fascinated by Maavilai Thoranam. So I wanted to try one. And after making the leaf I felt it to be very plain. So I made a Ganesha to fit the leaf and I pasted on the leaf. Though ofcourse i plan to make a dozen such leaves and convert it to thoranam, currently I have not made more than one. But this Ganesha can also be used as single hangling too. 

Total number of green strips used are around 15. The leaf is made using combing technique.

Used 5 mm green strips to make the leaf and a contrast combination for the leaf. And when I shared the image to a customer, she too ordered one. So here are both the images of Ganesha on leaf. 

Triple layer jhumka

The normal trend is making a two layer jhumka, but a triple layer jhumka is even more elegant with certain dresses. Though I am particularly not happy with the trial, the little girl who wanted me to make one for her grabbed it happily.

Green and gold quilled jhumka

Certain colour combinations always attract us very much. One such combination is green and gold. Be it in dress or in any other accessory this definitely is attractive and the wearer gets a second look too.

Infact when you are making jhumkas with two different coloured strips you need to be careful with the right and wrong side else there will be ups and downs. Rub your finger gently over both the sides the right side of the strip will be smooth and the wrong side will have a slight curve. Unless this is followed the jhumka will not be a perfect dome.

A perfect dome shaped red cherry jhumka

Making a perfect dome shape in quilling is always a challenge and if you are able to achieve it, it definitely gives immense pleasure. Yes I was able to achieve it and I did name that jhumka red cherry and it became one of the possessions of my sister-in-law. After varnishing and after adding the wonderful red crystal bead, it gave a majestic look to the whole piece. For a change I added the bead on top of the cone shaped bead cap and that gave even more elegant look according to me. Don't you too feel so?

Painting using Brush Tip Water Colour Pens

Take this as a review or even as a complimentary post. I am definitely overwhelmed by the colour and texture that I was able to produce using the Sakura Water Colour pens that I got from Ananda Stationery Mart, Adayar. Thanks for the suggestion they made when I went to purchase some brush tip pens. Infact I am keeping that pretty safe and have not allowed my kids to touch them so far. They seem to be too precious to me.

During last Navarathri, I wanted to do something with the paper cups that I have and inspite of all ideas that went through my mind, I atlast got the courage to paint it with water colours and decorate them in Warli designs. It was one of the star attraction during Navarathri and everyone appreciated it. The colours are definitely different after they dried. The pen was easy to handle and the pack contained 24 colours which include a grey and a black too.

Yellow Rose Necklace

On seeing the rose set I made, my niece asked a neck set for her and she was so specific she wanted only in yellow colour, and it should not have any pendant and it should be close to the neck. Phew!!! These kids.

But, I did make her one such set and after making it, I found that the yellow roses are quite plain. So added a small very small kundan stone in the middle of the rose and it gave a very majestic look to the set.

Complete set using quilled rose

Making of quilled roses never cease. That too I just cant stop making one set. When there is an order for a rose set, there is a multitude of orders coming all along and I get to do a few more sets. The first set was ordered by another blogger friend for her niece and it never stopped. But in every set, I have tried to give a difference in the bracelet, if I am asked to make one. This is a simple rose set with a rose bunch for pendant, Four roses for ear ring and a hair clip with single rose and a chain bracelet with roses in between. It turned out pretty well and the little girl for which this was gifted liked it very much.

Valentine's Special of 2015 - 1

I wanted to create something with heart for last year Valentine's day. So tried making two hearts. Infact I wanted to inter link those two hearts but could not succeed. Wasted a few strips in trying so. This year have learnt a technique and I am working on it. Will post it soon. This is something like a small heart on a bigger heart and I thought of making it as a pendant, but one of my friends wanted it to be made it as a key chain to be gifted to his wife and here it is. Used 5 mm strips for the entire work. Made tear drop shape and fused them together to form a heart. In the bigger heart, each tear drop contains 2 strips and were made as loose tear drop. In the small heart, each tear drop contains one strip made into a tight tear drop.

Quilled Angry Bird 3D

I am sharing a few of the older projects that I have made last year. There were some items that I made for order and a few were made for gifting purpose. When a customer ordered a lot of rose ear rings I thought of gifting her something which she can either have it in her counter top or use in her car as a dangler or stick to the dash board of her car. But she did a great gesture of gifting the same to a special child who was very happy in having it. That very thing gave me even more happiness than she using it personally. A 1000 and more thanks to her. And that really made my day when she shared it.

Used 5mm strips for the entire piece. There are 25 strips of red and 25 stips of white. The ears were made of 2 and 1 strips each. The nose were made of 1 yellow strip each. The white part of the eye is a 1 strip of 5 mm and the black part is 1 strip of 3 mm.

Quilled Ganesha for Dangler

#Project366, Day12

After making the crimped dangler, I felt it looked very simple and plain. So wanted to add something to both the sides.  A small and cute Ganesha is ready to be struck to one side of the dangler. Thinking of what to do for the other side. Before doing it, here is my cute Ganesha. For the reference of size, I have added both the original picture and the zoomed one. Making of Ganeshas always are fun and give me peace too.

Quilled flowery magnet

#Project366, Day11

A small flowery magnet to stick the essentials to the fridge. The 10 mm woody colour strips which were just a few left came in handy to make this flower. Simple but useful.

Quilled Kumkuma Chimiz on leaf

#Project366, Day10

Another first try of this kind. Though I have already made Ganesha on leaf, wanted to try something to be given to every one in Thamboolam when they visit our home or during festival occassions. Ofcourse this is just a try so I am not that much worried about the outcome. I missed the quilling comb tool somewhere (only to find it after making the entire thing), so used normal comb and so the outcome of the leaf was not that satisfactory. Still this have given me an idea and soon you will see something new and different with the same concept. 

Crimped dangler

#Project366, Day9

Wanted to make something as dangler. Though I have not added any bells to it, I wanted something to sway with the wind. So have tried with crimped strips. Though these are 10 mm strips, after crimping, I was not able to make a tight coil with them. Ofcourse that is also something good as I was able to shape it out with ease. I made a triangle with a slight bend at the top. The pink and cream colour mix is something new. You can infact see some glue as I tried to apply to make it tight. 

The smallest and cutest Teddy that I made

#Project366, Day8

I wanted something to stick on to the front page of my kid's school project as a part of the decoration. So tried making a small teddy face. It definitely turned out real cute. And here it is. It was just the face alone. I am sharing both the close up view and also the normal click for you to understand the size of the teddy.

Quilled Coasters

#Project366, Day 7

It all started as yet another day and I was making circles out of the strips that was strewn around after making a project. The colours were mainly yellow, orange and brown. So made circles out of them and attached together and encircled it in a square of brown strip and here it became a simple tea light candle holder or can be used as a coaster too. The combo of yellow, orange and brown gives a enchanting effect.

A simple quilled fridge magnet

#Project366, Day6

With a few lot of work around, I was able to do something for today's project only by the end of the day. Was planning to make a few fridge magnets to hold up the things that I normally stick to in my fridge. Fridge magnets are the one that I often miss. So started making one such fridge magnet.

Shall I call it a plate of roses yes that will be the apt word.

Made a small plate using 5 mm white strips. Added 3 roses. Two in baby pink and one bright pink to enhance the other two. All these was ready in just 15 mins. Thanks to the rose making bug in me.

Embossed Painting of Aalilai Krishna

#Project366, Day 5

Another embossed painting. Aalailai Krishnar, painted using water colour pens. These kids definitely come in handy and easy to paint too. The water colours dry faster and they give a good effect too. This I am planning to frame and gift to some one.

MDF Cut out painting

#Project366, Day4

We have been waiting to do something for holding all our keys. Though there is one key holder currently, me and kids wanted to use one of the Ganesha cut outs that I had got earlier last year to make one holder for us. And we got time to do it only for this project 366.

Painted the mdf cut out with water colour pens and decorated it with Fevicryl 3D Cones and glitter cones. It turned out really good.

Embossed painting using Water Colour Pens

#Project 366, Day-3

We get printed black sheets with different designs. The colour that comes with the kit is mostly glass painting colours. I wanted to try some thing new in those sheets. Used Sakura Water Colour pens, that I purchased from Ananda Stationery mart. The resulting effect after ironing on the reverse is amazing. Planning to frame it. 

Quilled Key Chain

#Project -366, Day2

After learning the weaving technique, I have been making only thorans and garlands using it. Wanted to make something small and tried a different kind of key chain, which can also be used as a hip chain. As of now I have attached the key ring to it and have not attached any jingles. Soon will add them too and post a picture in this same post. So keep watching for it.

This is what I made for Day 2

Pink Garland with Roses

#Project366, Day - 1

The technique of boondongling in quilling is something different and unique. It doesnot need any tools to make it. The knowledge of proper weaving technique is all that is needed. One can make any colour combinations and this can be made in strips of any size. The bigger the size of the strip, the garland becomes bigger. 2 or 3 mm strips can be used as neck wear. They can also be converted to danglers. In the coming days will post one such set.

Here is the garland made of pink with 3 pink roses in the middle covered with glitter glue to give shiny effect in the night light is made for one of the big pictures that hang in the walls of my parent's home. Hope you all like it just the way I like it too. The garland and the roses are made of 15mm strips.

Video of the same will follow soon.

Happy New Year to all my readers

Wishing all my readers and followers a very very Happy and Prosperous New Year. On this first day of this 2016, we have decided to create and share one different and new project every day. Hope we are able to do it all the 365 days of this year without any hindrance. Hoping to get your continued patronage as ever.