Happy New Year!!

Hi all! Wish you  a Very Happy New Year!! 

I had made this necklace for my previous post at BeadsnFashion.. It was about the variety of jewellery making kits that are on offer on their website.. Pls do check them out here in case you are interested..

Here are other beautiful sets from the same post:

Drooling over them, right? Me too ;-)

Wire wrapped Kolam Jewellery

Hi all!! Hope you had a great Diwali! I made these wire wrapped ornaments for my next post at BeadsnFashion. Head over to http://blog.beadsnfashion.com/2015/11/15/wire-wrapped-handmade-jewellery/ to learn about the technique and tips to make your own jewellery findings.

Here are more pieces that I made:

Do you like them?

Photo layouts

Hi all! Wish you all a very Happy Diwali!! I made these blank photo layouts sometime last month..

I tried employing different paper crafting techniques in each of them..

Which is your favourite among these??

Magnetic Square photo frames - 4

For this frame too, I used old invitation card as base, sponged Distress Inks and ColorBox pigment Ink, added inked up die-cut panel with foam tape. Embellished with rhinestones.. This is a little smaller than the previous frames and is square shaped. The die is from Spellbinders Delicate Doilies die set.

Here is another frame made similarly: (Sorry, the pic is not well taken.. )

Fibre-tissue paper earrings

Remember my rice paper earrings? This one was made the same way... From a piece of a new kind of violet-colored paper I found in a bouquet wrapper... It looks like tissue paper but is more fibrous and difficult to tear. Do you happen to know what it is called?

I have used a handmade wire loop of 22 gauge wire, pearl metallic acrylic colors and kundan stones. I have tried to give a rustic look by dabbing the paint rather than applying it smoothly. Have not sealed it yet but hope to do it tomorrow night (read as after my son sleeps.. :))

How is it?

Foto Fridays- Kitchen Garden 4 - Ellu / Sesame / Til

Foto Fridays - Kitchen Garden 3 - Koiyyaa/ Guava / Amrudhh

Foto Fridays - Kitchen Garden 2 - Vendaikkaai / Ladies Finger / Bhindi

Foto Fridays - Kitchen Garden 1 - Avaraikkaai /Broad Beans/ Hyacinth Beans/ Sem/ Papdi

My mother is a Botany teacher. Though she has taken voluntary retirement, her love for plants and passion for specimen-collection continues.. Some glimpses from the kitchen garden she has grown...

Foto Fridays - Who wove this?

Kraft Korner - Faux Jade Necklace

Hey all! Winter is around the corner.. days are bound to get a bit sluggish (yeah, I like to just keep hibernating inside my rajaai :)) So I want to make the best use of the few days left before the cold overtakes my energy!

 It has been a while since I made jewellery.. I have been wanting to try out wire-wrapping for quite some time now. I did try out a couple of wire-wrapped earrings but they were quickly made and swiftly gifted away to dear friends before I had the patience to click them for memory's sake...