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.