Black and White Jhumka for a lovely woman

Most Saggitarians love black the most. Don't ask me how do I know. This design is created for a new friend who is also a Saggitarian and who loves black the most. Simple plain black will not look good was my feel, though I made a few other plain black  studs and jhumkas. This combo turned out pretty good. Again I had used just toothpick and my fingers to make the coils and the jhumka. Thats why it is in conical shape than the normal dome shape. Decorated it with pearls. 

Quilled Pearl Long Chain

The Pearl Chain came out pretty well. A combination of quilled pendant and pearls, this colour is the center of attraction and jelled well with the same colour combination. 

A gift set in Quilling

Tried making a jhumka and necklace set as a gift for a wonderful person's birthday. This is made matching to the dress she had purchased for the special occassion. . Did not tell her that I am making this for her. May be I can call it a conspiracy that me and her daughter planned. The jhumka turned out really good and this design def became a big hit and I made the same design in different colour combos. First time, learnt that I need to make it shiny so used varnish to give it a shiny look. 

Painted wooden photo frame

I purchased MDF laser cut wooden photo frames both family size and small size. I wanted to gift a small photo frame for my friend who was pregnant. I wanted to gift her a small photo frame so that she can place the baby's pic. So I painted one of the frame using Acrylic Pearl colour and decorated it with ceramic cone. It turned out really pretty and she liked it very much.

3D Shivalingam first try of miniatures.

My very first try of Miniature, my all time favourite God Shivalingam. When I saw an image of the same in net, I wanted to try it and with the image in front of me, and with my own imagination, I tried making it using black strips. The strips I used were of 5 mm in size. I did not have any faintest idea as how it was made. Though I could have searched for tutorial, I did not want to and trusted fully on my own imagination and instincts.

I attached 2 sets of 12 strips for the base and Aavudaiyaar, and circled 3 10 mm strips for the Shiva lingam. As I didnot have any mould, I used my hand to make a jhumka like hollow in both the base and the Avudayar. Then placed the 3 circles one on top of other and stuck them together. I made a slight hollow on top circle before pasting it on top to give a curved effect.  Used 1 5 mm strip and made an elongated tear drop and attached it to the side.

I then placed the Shivalingam on the foam base and decorated the foam with yellow colour flowers. Used white and red acrylic colours to paint vibuthi and kumkumam.

Quilling Quilling and More Quilling

It became a craze for me to search the net and find out different patterns, techniques in quilling and a few of the designs were quite easy when I looked at them but when I tried to make them it was a bit tough so started looking out for tutorials to do them and I definitely got success for a few and not for others. But still I did not stop making them.

Here are a few designs that I tried initially.

Quilled a pair of black and white combi Jhuma with stud for a new friend who also is my SIL. Her favourite being black I just made these for her as a birthday gift. A person who always appreciates my work and encourage me to do more with perfection.

Black Beauty