Quilled Jhumka in a different style

Ok now after making gift sets in quilling, I wanted to make something for my mom too. Though I was quite apprehensive that she might not wear it, still I made one as a matching set for the new saree that I gifted her.

Who said that Jhumkas or Jhimkis are to be made only in round or dome shape? Here is a trial of square shaped Jhumka. The surprising element was both the jhumkas turned out to be perfectly square shaped. Decorated it with pearls too as my mom loves pearls.

How to make the square shape?
              Once the tight coil is made, press the corners of the circle and make it a square shape and then use the Jhumka Mould to create the dome. Care need to be taken to ensure the corners not disturbed while making the dome. Once done ensure that the corners remain intact and glue the inside. Let it dry and glue the outside too.

Haldi Kumkum plate

When we made designer trays, we also made Haldi Kumkum plates. The stainless steel plates were decorated with stones and the designer kumkum boxes which we placed were stuck to it using Fevibond. Nothing else helped us sticking it to the plates. It is definitely a time consuming job to decorate a stainless steel plate and you definitely need strong glue to stick stones or decorative pieces to the plate. 

Holiday Project - Painting a CD

Now a days just like Floppy Disks CDs also have become extinct. We have copied most of them into external hard disk. So now they remain unused. And a few of them have also have got damaged too. So we decided to paint in it using acrylic colours. And my daughter did the same. One of the sample.

Holiday Work - Painting on OHP Sheet

It is a tough time during summer holidays, and I have to keep my kids constantly engaged. After doing some colouring  after reading books, doing puzzles and even after watching their favourite shows in TV, they still nag me for more and so I decided to make them try out painting on OHP sheet, which I have done when I was young.

Teaching kids to sit quite for sometime is definitely a Himalayan task. When I had to complete my work, I asked my son to trace something from his mega painting book. He tried tracing a peacock and painted it using acrylic colours. For his age (he was 8 when he did that) I cannot expect absolute perfection but it came out really good.

Designer plate for my Nephew's Upanayanam

Wanted to do something really decorative to display the gifts for my nephew's upanayanam and I made this designer tray. Got a leaf designed green plastic plate which is light weight, I decorated it with laces and patches.

From the ordinary to beauty

After my marriage, I have not worn any designer blouses. But, I wanted to wear one for my cousin's marriage. The one that I had for the saree that I planned to wear was quite plain and ordinary. So decided to design it. Did embroidery using golden thread and then attached some ready made patches to create a design.