Black Kada with Stone Chain

Black Kada type bangle in 2.8 size with stone chain and golden thread decoration. This was gifted by a sister to younger sister. These bangles especially in black are always a big hit.

Black Kada with Pearl chain

When I started doing black kada type bangles, I was asked me to make them again and again. And here is one such black beauty kada with pearl chain and golden thread decoration. A simple design but will look grand when worn. Goes well with salwars as well as sarees. These bangles are normally worn in single hand and watch is worn in the other.

Tealight candle decorations with quilled Roses

Not just me but many people loved the quilled roses and thus I made quilled tea light candle decors with quilled roses. Arranging them in different patterns was quite an intersting and exciting job and I really fell in love with them.

But I realized that these rose tealight candles cannot be made as stand alone pieces so I had struck them to a base.

The roses in the above picture is decorated with glitter glue after sticking it to the base. This type of square arrangement definitely shows some space in between and the base is clearly visible. (It will be good if the base is painted).

The arrangement of colours are made to contemplate each other. The number of roses used are many as a close arrangement of them was planned. The centre base is made of 5 mm strips so that the tealight candle is placed on a bit level higher and the flame is also clearly visible.

This is made of 2 diferent sizes of strips the bigger roses are of 10mm and the smaller ones are made using 5 mm strips. The smaller roses are two tone strips. The leaves are made using combing technique.The decor on top of the roses and the centre portion is made using 3D cone.

The CD is decorated with 3D outliner colours to match the roses that are placed. The roses are made of dual tone strips and mettalic strips. All are 5 mm strips. 

Decorating MDF cut outs

The other gift which we gave along with the plate was painted Feet cutout. Got them ordered from a Facebook friend Shaily Agarwal of Arushi Truwood. They were real cute and I also ordered a base for the same. So that it could be struck to the base. I also ordered a small cute Kalasam too. We painted all these and that also formed a part of Navarathri gift. We are ready to recreate it if you are interested for a reasonable price. Showcasing the different coloured painted feet. Picture of Kalasams will be added soon.

Cost mentioned in the picture is for one piece and it is exclusive of shipping cost. 

How to paint a paakku mattai plate (Beetel Nut Leaf Plate)

When it was time for Navarathri, we wanted to give return gifts, that people can use it in their daily Pooja. And one of the two gifts that we, me, daughter and son wanted to make was painted plates. So now came the question of which plate. When we tried in stainless steel plate, the paint did not get struck to it. On search in the web a coat of varnish or glue to be applied, etc etc tips were given, which we were not so comfortable to do.

Basically, the plates will be painted by the kids and I do the decoration in them, is what we had planned. And so we rejected thermacol plate too which we had already tried for kids school projects. The paint did not stick to the plate. So we tried the beetel nut plate, yes the paakku mattai plate. And here is what we did. Of the total number of 50 plates which we did, we just have one left to be photographed.

We got a red coloured kolam sticker and struck in the middle of the plate after kids painted it. And then I decorated them in free hand drawing. The colours used both for the base and also for the painting are Fevicryl Acrylic Colours and Acrylic Pearl Colours.

Here is a sample of the plate.

This is a small size plate that we gifted. But the same can be done in bigger size pakku plates too. These plates can be used in different ways. Use in Pooja room as a base for lamps, or when doing some Archanais or flower decorations. Use it as a vethalai pakku tray. As it is light weight, any one can lift it quite easily. 

These plates can be made to order at a cost of Rs. 30 for small plates and Rs. 50 for bigger plates. (All costs exclusive of shipping costs which is extra)