Pottery painting

Here goes my triumph at a new hobby… a new craft of course!! Pottery painting!!! Yup..this is something that I’ve been postponing   for quite some time.. ’cos it takes some time to complete the job! These are little pots that contained curd, actually. Since I had a collection of these I wanted to try and turn them into something that’s good looking…   

However this is all about using the things that can found at home. I didn’t bought anything, not even the paint …. Yup this is actually paint that is used to paint the walls… I found some of the leftover paint that was used to paint our house about a year ago. So I used them to paint the pots… and just like the walls double coat was necessary….heheh… See … you don’t need buy everything to enjoy crafting , you can always find something at home…!!!  Now…why I did paint these… ??? well, before they were looking very ugly…not very suitable to be kept on a table… so I painted them nicely and everyone in our house has one or two of these on their table… there are perfect to keep change and clatter around. I gave the big ones to my mom and they are being used to keep spoons and forks….  !!  the ugly  looking these little things came in handy after the new paint job!!!!

One year anniversary!!!

Well, It’s been a looong time since I last posted here…almost a month!!!! Been busy with exams and more exams are coming up… happy to say that my university degree is almost coming to an end..now … having  the finals now!! So, I was hoping to post this before  ...but never got the chance…

It’s been a year since I started my blog and business officially!! my first post on 11^th May 2010. Looking back …. I found new friends who are enjoying the same field as I am, and had so many creative ideas from them…. Learned a lot! Let me just share some statistics with u now… Well I got 21 followers now and my site has been viewed about 17,500 times…yup they say the more the merrier….!!! My site is most viewed in India actually, according to the blog stats. The most viewed post is THIS.

Well, I hope to do crafting a lot more in the near future.. once my degree is complete…and until I get a job of course…!!! Thanks a for reading my blog…and I hope u guys enjoy it as much as I do….!!!  Well then keep reading folks!!!!!! See ya again!!!!

Wedding Anniversary card with pop-up!!!

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Another pop-up card with a lovely design! One of my favorite cards!!!
An order from a friend for his parents' 25th wedding anniversary!!! Well, once again I was left with the freedom to design what ever I want!!! hehe.... I chose few only four colors to do this design, I think it gives a different kind of look to the card rather than using many colors in a design. I've seen people work with only two tone as well.
Since he asked me to do the inside as well, I decided to do a pop-up inside... once again I did a layer pop-up with two hearts..using the same colors used in the front design. looks like I'm enjoying the pop-ups !! Hope to try some more!!!!


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My first pop-up card - with birds singing....... :)

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So this is my first attempt in making pop up cards!!! I've been hoping to make some pop-up cards, but never got the time to actually try it. I did a very simple layer pop-up and designed it a with a cake....
Well it takes time to glue all those candles and cake and make sure the cake is glued accurately.. well it's my first try and I'm satisfied with it....

Well, I did this card for a best friend of mine... up she gets to be the very first receiver of a pop-up card form me!!!! Oh, I totally forgot to mention about the front design.... I'm tired with all the flowers and trees and vases!!! hehehe so I'm doing animals now.. so ladies and gentlemen put your hands together for my "singing birds"!!!! heheh
Not many things are on the card... just the way I like it to be.... simple indeed!!! just a piece of the sun in a corner... and the birds are on a branch of a tree. They are singing birthday songs for my dear friend!!!! only a few colors are used, too.
This card is totally customizable cos' this birds will sing any song that u want them to.....:)))

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Anthurian flowers..

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                     Anthurian flowers for a change!!! Yup I've been doing marquees flowers spiral roses and folded roses all the time... so for a change I decided to do a different kind of flower... Anthurian flowers!! Very easy to make also....!!! I also added different kind of leaves this time... used some wires as the stems of the flowers... This is a custom made order for a friend ! a simple card with a simple design....

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Spiral rose vase!

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Birthday card with a different design! Since most of the time I’ve been doing same type of designs for sometime… Because many have an idea on what they need… so most of my customers requests a design from my catalogue. I love when someone give me the freedom to do whatever I like! In that sort of situations new designs are born! But at the same time you have a risk that your customer may not be satisfied with what you have done; although that they say “the designing is totally up to you!” they do have some design in their mind!!! But luckily that haven’t happen to me yet….like..” ewww what’s this!! This is not what I ordered!!!!” hahaha!

                Oh I’m going totally off topic!! Well back to the design… yup this is a different design from what I have done already, though the flowers are not new! The vase is made up of coils which are shaped into half round shapes. This is something I tried for the first time. The flowers are spiral roses with green leaves. The title is written in gold and the envelope is pink in color.. this is a birthday card for a girlfriend… and I’m really sorry for my dumb skills at photographing!! The actual card looks much better hehehe….

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Wedding Wishes and Bells

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yup ! A wedding wishes card !! Got this order from a regular customer of mine... She wanted to have bells with flowers in colors gold and yellow theme. Also the name of the bride and groom written in a corner. But unfortunately I didn't have any suitable gold papers to do the bells... so I had to use glittering orange color.. but I'm not very happy with it...!! Later, I found some good papers at a store. So hope to those bells again in another card.... However she was OK with the bells on this cards , luckily! !!!
I'm sorry about the photos, I was in a hurry to send these card to the customers!!

Just another things, I just reached 10,000 blog views!!!(according to my blog stats) and I'm very very happy about that !! Thanks for reading....!!




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