Navarathri gifts made in the year 2013

We keep Golu during Navarathri every year. Ours is not a big thematic one but we ensure that we arrange our dolls well. All along I have been buying small useful items from outside and gifted the Sumangalis along with Vethalai Pakku, manjal and Kumkumam.  When I saw many people gifting Kundan Rangolis, a sudden thought struck me why not draw Aishwarya Kolam and gift it to all the people. So drew it on a paper (ofcourse my dad did it as I am not too good at Aishwarya Kolam), and I copied it on OHP sheets. Then jumped in my kids, they wanted to try out glitter glue on it and wow it turned out too good. I was a proud mom to gift those to all those who visited us.

First Try of Warli Painting

Warli is a different and unique kind of painting where the pictures are quite simple and one can depict any event in a very easy way. (This is my own perception). To read more about this Warli Art check Wikipedia. 

When we made pakku mattai plates for Navarathri, I wanted to try this on those plates which had a slightly black and not pure white. It happenned inspite of me and daughter choosing the plates very very carefully. The first brown one was done on a big plate and the second Orange one was done on a small plate. The peacocks came out quite pretty. We used these two plates to distribute chandanam kumkumam and vethalai pakku. As these plates are quite light, even the kids could handle them. And the surprising part was they did not bend inspite of the weight of the cups. 

Pongal Special for 2015

Pongal is always a special function as it is the first function that is celebrated with great pomp in Tamilnadu. The 4 day festival calls for lots of celebrations with kids too having holidays. We wanted to make something really special for this year's Pongal. We used Air Dry clay to make Karumbu, inji kothu, manhal kothu, vethalai, paakku, thengai and also a pot with Pongal. Son made a Cow too and we placed it too to depict Maattu Pongal.  Hope all these miniatures looks closer to real ones.

Quilled Key Chains

My Co-sis loves different kinds of key chains and so I decided to gift her a key chain for her birthday with the first letter of her name. Though I am not sure whether I have made the alphabet clear enough, I was happy she liked it. This is not a proper key chain. I was able to get only the ring in a local shop so used silver dangler chain, used tweezer to straighten it and added pearl to it so that it will have a beautified look. Made K using brown coloured strip. One long leaf and two small curved leaf made a K and to have it hung used tightly wound coil to secure with one other.
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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.