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PAPER FLOWER BUNCH

A new challenge, a new passion and a totally new type of craft  . These flowers have brought about freshness into my daily crafting projects and activities. Making them made me so much happier and content that I cannot begin to explain.

I am relatively new to the flower making field of crafting. I have seen a couple of videos here and there and that’s all the knowledge I have in this .

I had…

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SELF CLOSING BOX

How many of  us prepare for months to make our wedding day the best day of our life? A lot of us right? Especially all the girls out there surely put in a lot of effort to make the day look perfect.

Wedding cards are a small but important part of a wedding preparation particularly in India. Everyone decides the style and theme of wedding cards according to of course their budget and individual…

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DECOUPAGE COASTERS

For a long time now, I had been noticing the increasing popularity of decoupage technique amongst the crafters in India. Everyone was making numerous beautiful things like decoupaged bottle or an altered tray/box using this technique.

All these creations always made me want to try this technique but somehow it never felt like the right time. The decoupage tissues that were normally available in…

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CHALK PAINTS BY ITSY BITSY

CHALK PAINTS BY ITSY BITSY

  The newly launched Chalk Paints by Itsy Bitsy changed the way I craft and brought about a touch of freshness and uniqueness to my projects. I have loved them to bits ever since I first purchased them and continue to use them in the house in different ways.

The idea of making a pot out of plastic bottle came to my mind after I got to know about Chalk Paints. The blue planter below was…

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HOME DECOR: LANTERN

  Home decoration from time to time is what keeps me going in my life. Thinking about the new arrangement and new setup, keeps me excited and motivated all the time. The days when I have some idea in mind, I get super excited to be able to implement the idea asap.

These days I am working on theme based decoration and trying to understand how one can stick to a particular colour theme and…

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SPIRAL ELEPHANT

Back to quilling after so so long. Moving on from the love and obsession with mandala making to spiral based quilling. Yes this style of quilling is certainly in trend, and on my charts as well.

This is one type or style of quilling which is very very new to me. There are not many tutorials online which could guide through the tips and tricks. But curiosity cat couldn’t wait that long. So here…

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DIWALI CARDS

Ok I know we still have a couple of months to go before the festivals commence. But I really wanted to share this particular creation which is something made long back.

However, there was never a time best suited to post this and in the process it never got to my blog ever. Recently, when organising my folders in my disk I suddenly found pictures of these beautiful and simple cards created for…

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DIY GREEN PLANTER

  Continuing my love for planters I went ahead and made another simple indoor pot. I have been wanting to put some sort of plants inside the house not only to match with my green and blue theme but also to bring some freshness.

I have to confess this is not the best of my work because I made this when I was in a hurry and wanted to get done with it asap. Sometimes, keeping some imperfect…

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RED FLORAL ENVELOPES

This one is a special post and a special creation by me. These are money gifting envelopes as you can guess from the pictures already. Here in India we use them everywhere, literally everywhere be it a wedding or someone’s anniversary or any festival.

So this is the go-to idea whenever you are confused on what to gift. Giving a Shagun Envelope as we call them comes to the rescue. Throw in some…

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RAKSHA BANDHAN GIFTS

How many of us actually celebrate the festival of Raksha Bandhan in a handmade fashion?  Back in olden days brothers and sisters would try and make something special by hand on the occasion of Rakhi . There even was a trend of making Rakhi’s by hand. These days however we see our female folks buying expensive rakhi’s from different outlets with fancy pictures and designs. Not that I am opposed…

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Made this simple cute planter to decorate my table top. It is a plastic bottle painted with chalk paints from Itsy Bitsy (Craft Store In India- Bangalore)

I have mixed two chalk paints – Sailing Sky and Rainy Day to get this colour and the reason I did so was I wanted the planter to match with the background frames that you see on the wall ( which are also made by me btw) . It’s a simple and easy peasy idea which I think anyone can do and decorate one’s home.

I have been redoing different corners of my home for I like to spruce things up a bit here and there. This was now the time to change my money planter/vase. I was using a plain glass bottle up until now which didn’t look bad either. But as a person I love change and so I came up with this idea of painting the vase to make it look bright.

The best part for those who are new to working with chalk paints is painting with these gives your base product a very different look. In this case I have used a plastic bottle but it does not show till the time you actually hold it in your hand. So to a random stranger it would seem like a store bought vase/planter..

There is a simple picture tutorial for those who want to see how it looked in the making. Do give it a try ..Make sure to paint two coats on the bottle leaving enough time to dry in between which is what gives it the true effect. I have another planter post coming up which isn’t much different from this one but I still like how it looks and feels and so I have decided to make it into a post for this blog.

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  DIY PLANTER/VASE Made this simple cute planter to decorate my table top. It is a plastic bottle painted with chalk paints from Itsy Bitsy (Craft Store In India- Bangalore)

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BOX WEDDING CARD

After a long time I have stepped into my zone in the world of crafting. Box making was always my passion when it comes to crafting . This was one area which never got me bored cuz every single time I would learn and make a new pattern of box. Sometimes just a size difference would make the task so complicated because I would have to get the measurements right. Funny but that makes crafting a…

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3D QUILLED FLOWER- TUTORIAL

3D QUILLED FLOWER- TUTORIAL

I posted this flower on facebook sometime ago in the form of a simple card. Due to the 3D effect of flowers I ended up using the card in a photo frame without the glass of course and it looked so good that I went ahead and showcased it in a small society exhibition too. Many of our customers and friends really liked the idea of putting such a design in a photo frame instead of the usual family…

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SHADOW BOX NAMEPLATE

Moving into a new apartment provides one with many opportunities to explore one’s artistic skills, to try out hands at newer and different things. So for the past few weeks I have been focussing on certain parts of the house which I felt needed my attention . I went about cleaning, organising and decorating every corner with scope of improvement. After having done that I realised that the sweet…

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Planters and home decor is back on the things to do list. Yes It is that phase when I am in the mood to make something decorative and related to plants. So recently I visited the most sought after craft store in my area- ITSY BITSY.  Like every single time this time too I went all clueless once I was there. It’s that feeling when you don’t know what to pick and what to leave. I came across some Chalk Paints by Little Birdie in the store and I was like no way am I leaving this.

So now was the time to use these paints. It’s a very very simple DIY which I think anybody could make. I started with cutting a plastic bottle into a required size then painted it with some chalk paint. On top of that I made a design with the help of a stencil I cut out of paper. As simple as that, just go ahead and put your favourite plant in it.

UPCYCLED PLANTER Planters and home decor is back on the things to do list. Yes It is that phase when I am in the mood to make something decorative and related to plants.

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MINI QUILLED MANDALA

Mandalas have always fascinated me for a long time. A lot of colorful and black and white drawings as well as time lapse videos have been floating around all over Instagram. I have always wondered and questioned myself as to if I can even think of trying these out. Now drawing is not my cup of tea and being so symmetrical and well aligned while drawing seems a further impossible task to do. But…

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PAPER POINSETTIA

  Continuing with the theme and mood of making paper flowers I tried my hands at this new flower called the Poinsettia. This flower I have to admit was a relatively simpler one to make but looked so so much prettier than a lot more complicated ones. I liked making this flower so so much that I ended up making a lot more of these in different sizes and colors. A picture of those I will share in…

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