tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171122364936650342024-03-14T16:24:03.498+05:30Craft IslandShalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-74683159406038079042014-10-12T23:58:00.000+05:302014-10-14T10:19:18.176+05:30DIY Paper Lampshade: Step-by-step - part 1 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had committed to do a blogpost today in <a href="http://www.artsycraftsymom.com/" target="_blank">ArtsyCraftsymom's</a> blogs collaboration for Diwali and till today morning I was absolutely clueless what was I going to blog about. And then I saw a picture of handmade paper/lanterns exhibition in newspaper, decided to visit the exhibition and purchase some handmade paper just to try something.</div>
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I saw handmade hakoba paper there and decided to make a lampshade out of it. I used two sheets of hakoba paper and one sheet of marble print handmade paper for this lamp. This being my first attempt with lampshade making, it was fraught with errors but still managed to make a shade which stands on its own. While making it I was still unsure whether it will come out as I want but despite mistakes I can say result is not disappointing at all. I made a long shade which is approx. 30 inches tall, you can make a smaller version if you want.</div>
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Hakoba Paper: 2 sheetse </div>
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Marble print paper: 1 sheet</div>
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Here is step-by step procedure for those of you interested:</div>
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Step 1,2: Papers used<br />
Step 3: Cut strips of marble paper and fold in half vertically. Divide hakoba sheets in two pieces each.<br />
Step 4: Glue hakoba on marble strip's one fold, keep other fold standing<br />
Step 5: Similarly glue all strips and hakoba pieces. Do not glue last join.<br />
Step 6: Since my lampshade is quite tall, I glued wooden strips on to the marble strips for strength. If you are making a smaller lamp, you can use cardboard instead of wood.<br />
Step 7: Glue last join also to make a rectangle.<br />
Step 8: Now glue horizonal strips on top as well as bottom. This will help to keep it straight as hakoba paper is a thin paper.<br />
Step 9: A candle lit inside my unfinished lampshade.<br />
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Mistakes done: I attached horizontal strips in the end which made them slightly rounded. My advise to those of you trying to make it is please glue horozonal strips before joining vertical strips to hakoba pieces.<br />
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I still need to work on it and will be posting it in next post. Till then take care.<br />
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Shalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-11529318796637903402014-01-10T13:38:00.001+05:302014-01-10T13:38:55.670+05:30Giveaway Help<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am thankful to all my visitors who regularly visit my blog and encourage me with their nice words. As a thank you gesture, I have planned a giveaway for my visitors. I have planned how to do it but one thing which is yet to be decided is what to give away...and who is better than you to take help in figuring it out.<br />
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I would like to know which product from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/craftproductsisland" target="_blank">craftisland</a> you think would be a good giveaway gift. It would not take much of your time, its just a few clicks, a comment and done. So, hop on to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/craftproductsisland" target="_blank">facebook page</a> and leave a comment on the respective product. It can be more than one product also and may be you don't like even one:-)....do let me know.<br />
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Shalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-27009257108718426682013-09-27T12:48:00.003+05:302013-11-26T16:57:11.547+05:30Handpainted chopra/roli-chawal stand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I felt like doing marwari mehendi style painting and It was all done with free hand painting. Here is the outcome:</div>
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Felt happy after doing this (I know how much crafting does for our mood). I've listed it on my shop on <a href="http://craftisland.itshandmade.in/" target="_blank">itshandmade.in</a> and also on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/craftproductsisland" target="_blank">facebook</a> page</div>
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Shalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-6979518947224200032013-09-18T15:59:00.000+05:302013-11-26T16:57:45.747+05:30My new Venture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoUJRZ_qmiMljEIs8pzUSqO9RClf1onLNFEqRjKtFQD9G57uCaRZFhKdawrKSkljXYQAR_zlKPd5NUYg14cB1kLr5rrc3202vmHHki7k18cBhcW-KGMzaTBk5Vh98t1-ECmD5u6jbDrHz/s1600/tattedearrings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoUJRZ_qmiMljEIs8pzUSqO9RClf1onLNFEqRjKtFQD9G57uCaRZFhKdawrKSkljXYQAR_zlKPd5NUYg14cB1kLr5rrc3202vmHHki7k18cBhcW-KGMzaTBk5Vh98t1-ECmD5u6jbDrHz/s320/tattedearrings.jpg" height="320" width="288" /></a>So finally It has started :-). After much deliberations, lots of hiccups and many days later; I've started my shop on itshandmade.in. <a href="http://www.itshandmade.in/product/red-hot-tatted-earrings-18959" target="_blank">See here</a>.<br />
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I chose this lovely pair of red earrings handmade with tatting as my first product.<br />
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This is also available on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/craftproductsisland" target="_blank">facebook page</a>.<br />
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So guys do let me know what you think of this and please send some luck my way......</div>
Shalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-83391179928156410892013-08-16T11:12:00.001+05:302013-11-26T17:03:23.816+05:30Papermache fun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a name='more'></a>Kids were reluctant as usual. All they want to do is playing on mobiles, computers or watching TV these days. Somehow I managed to get them to tear paper strips while watching cartoon shows. Their grandmom sat with them to encourage. Few hours work got us half a bucket of strips (throughout they were sulking) and I soaked them overnight.<br />
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Next day, grind them in a grinder (used a mixer-grinder). Some of this mash we used to make handmade paper. Will show that in some other time. </div>
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Removed extra water and added white flour and salt to it.(sorry did not take pictures of this).</div>
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Once dough was ready, I showed them how they can make anything out of it. Sulking kids now ended up having lots of fun with it. Out of three, youngest one decided to only watch as he did not want to dirty his hands but even he enjoyed, gave instructions and told them what to make next. We put them to dry and then coated them with glue to give them extra strength and glow.</div>
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So here is what we got after 3 days work. Children colored them with their imagination and see how colourful our work table looks.</div>
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This tumbler was made to be used as pen stand. I did warli painting on it later. Plate on which flowers are kept was last to be made. We used all remaining dough to make it. This was also painted and warli design was made on it. Will show both next time as I do not have pics.</div>
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We also made name board on wood with papermache Ganesha and alphabets. I can't show it here as I took somebody else's design (we fell in love with bright design). But you can see letters being prepared. Kids imagination produced a dice also. You can see that kept along with letters. They even used it to play.<br />
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Everybody in the house got busy dirtying their hands and enjoyed a lot during these 3-4 days. Hope you also enjoyed...</div>
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Shalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-21326637327305391672013-08-07T12:38:00.000+05:302013-11-26T16:58:43.979+05:30More Handmade Rakhis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Made more rakhis with crochet (view earlier ones <a href="http://craftisland.blogspot.in/2013/07/handmade-rakhis.html" target="_blank">here</a>). First one is having four layers of crocheted flowers and has a crochet string. Another string is woven into crocheted line.</div>
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I looked for resham thread but could not locate shop for buying it in Pune, so finally settled on Synthetic moli (red-yellow thread used in pooja). Made few with moli using pom-pom making technique and then flattened them. Added embellishments and attached a red colored synthetic dori for tying.(sorry for real bad pictures, these were taken from my mobile camera).</div>
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Later I decided to use crochet and tatting for rakhi making. Here are crocheted rakhis with golden and cream colored synthetic dori.</div>
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In Rajasthan, rakhi is sent for brother's wife also. This is called loomba, it dangles from girl's bangles instead of being tied on wrist. I made one loomba Rakhi also.</div>
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Made these frocks for two little girls using same fabrics. Used satin material along with self worked white tissue. Put cotton lining inside for comfort. Flowers are also hand made.<br />
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Back of one of these. Forgot to take snap for other one. And as usual did not have any model to show them off :-(.</div>
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I remember having thick, shoulder length and lustrous curly hairs when I was a kid. My hair were so curly that after washing and drying, all my hairs used to gather over my head instead of flowing down. My mother used to oil them and braid them in tight braids, to appease my grandfather as he used to find my gathered hair untidy. Over the years, they lost curls and became wavy (not sure of the reasons but too much of tight braids must have worked their magic) and also became thinner and frizzy.<br />
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I was about 14yrs. old when I realised how bad my hairs had become. I always had dandruff in them, hair were falling in dozens and ends had splits. Having lost my original healthy long curls, I began my quest to gain good hairs again and zeroed in on Amla-Reetha-Shikakai routine (as this is what my mother told me). I had shoulder length hairs then. With the healthy recipe, hair started growing again and in next five years I had long braid which ended below my waist. Though my hairs could not gain their thickness and were too thin to make two braids, I was happy with their overall look and used to love my long braid. Being wavy, my braid would turn into a coil at the end and would look very cute. Braiding also helped me in taking care of my hair because they tended to get tangled easily due to frizzles. French braid and Fish braid (khajoor braid) were my favourite styles.<br />
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I remember one incident from my college days. Everybody saw me in a single braid always as I never left my hair open. Once during a function in my hostel, I wore a saree and left my long and naturally wavy hairs open. Complements flowed my way for my beautiful hairs. Even this could not reduce my love for braid then and next day I was again flaunting it.<br />
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My braid story continued for few years until I fell in love with steps in hairs (step cut). I went ahead and got my long hairs chopped off to flaunt this new obsession. Since I had wavy hairs, this cut was quite low maintenance for me and I could easily manage it. I was happy with my new look and style but suddenly split ends returned. This time instead of only trimming (as it is a temporary solution and does not prevent splitting), I decided to look for the cause of split ends and here is what I came up with:<br />
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In scientific terms split ends are called <i>Trichoptlosis</i>. Wikipedia defines it as "<i>splitting or fraying of the hair-shaft due to excessive heat and mechanical stress</i>".<br />
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<li>Thermal stress can be caused by use of curling iron, dryers, too much exposure in sun etc. </li>
<li>Mechanical stress occurs due to excessive combing, putting comb in tangled hairs, teasing hairs etc.</li>
<li>Chemicals used for perming and colouring etc. also cause hair ends to fray as chemicals used in them strip hairs of natural moisturizers and protective scales. </li>
<li>Some times tight hair bands also damage hairs.</li>
<li>Excessive dryness is also one of the reasons for split ends.</li>
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Armed with this knowledge, now I was ready to fight the problem. Use of chemicals or heat were not the reason for my hair damage as I had never applied any chemical or used irons/dryers. I figured out either excessive dryness or exposure to sun were causing my hair woes. I decided to get my hairs trimmed and put these practices in my routine to prevent splitting: <br />
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<li>Use a mild shampoo and keep hairs clean.</li>
<li>Use a good conditioner to keep hairs hydrated. It can be any thing natural like Henna, Eggs, Curd, Vinegar etc. or some ready made conditioner depending upon your hair type. </li>
<li>Protect from prolonged exposure to sun and tie them while riding some vehicle to prevent tangles.</li>
<li>Use soft brushes/combs.</li>
<li>If you still suffer from split ends, use products especially developed for preventing split ends. Though these products do not repair split ends, they seal frayed ends together preventing further damage to hairs. </li>
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One such product was recently launched by my favourite shampoo brand <b>Dove</b>, <a href="http://www.dove.in/en/Products/Hair-Care/Split-Ends-Rescue/Dove-Split-End-Rescue-Shampoo.aspx" target="_blank">Dove Split Ends Rescue System</a>.<i> According to Dove</i>, <u>The <b>Dove Split End Rescue Shampoo</b> and </u><u><b><u>conditioner </u></b>is a part of Dove Damage Solutions range to help bring <b>split-ends</b> together. </u><u>It has fiber actives that work on the deepest level of your hair, to give you up to 4x lesser <b>split-ends</b> (based on lab test with regular use of Dove Split Ends Rescue System +Conditioner system vs. non</u><u>.-conditioning shampoo)</u>.<br />
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My hairs are now healthy and split ends free. Suddenly world has taken a fancy to fish tail braids and I am happy to rekindle my romance with braids. Though now I keep my hair length short but still my fish tail braid looks gorgeous.<br />
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Taking good care of hairs is the only way to a happy mane story. So all you wannabe Rapunzels......nourish your hair and have fun with your looks.</div>
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Disclaimer: I have written this post as part of <a href="http://indiblogger.in/" target="_blank">Indiblogger</a>'s 'Beautiful Ends to your Beautiful Braids!' contest and have received products mentioned in the post from <a href="http://www.dove.in/en/Products/Hair-Care/Split-Ends-Rescue/Dove-Split-End-Rescue-Shampoo.aspx" target="_blank">Dove</a>.</div>
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Made these simple shapes to see how I fare and I can say not bad at all. Of course all this was done with help from none other than my fellow bloggers (I can not imagine what people use to do before Internet's rise).</div>
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First I tried making shapes without adding water. Shapes were all great but after drying a bit(air dry clay) started to crack and pieces were not sticking together. So I hopped to my dear google, looked for air dry clay and voila, got lots of instructions on how to use it. Tried again, this time added small drops of water and mission was successful. </div>
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Here is my little angry bird (I know its shape is not very good but still my son is happy with his new key chain).<br />
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This is a cute tortoise. It has a story which I am going to tell you in some other post.</div>
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And here comes a flower key chain<br />
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I collect stuff thinking I can reuse that later. Sometimes it is quite difficult to keep them stored neatly as I do not have much storage space(perils of staying in a rented house) but I am unable to throw it away. And when this crafty urge appears, then I really feel happy to have all this around.<br />
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Made these bookmarks from old wedding invitation cards which I was having for last 7-8 years. <br />
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Earlier I had made some money envelopes also using wedding cards(<a href="http://craftisland.blogspot.in/search/label/Envelopes">here</a>).<br />
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I am yet to learn many quilling techniques. Found a great quilling blog of Suganthi <a href="http://papercraftss.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">here</a>. She has done fabulous quilling. Check out yourself and be mesmerized.<br />
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Swapna who blogs at <a href="http://cookncraft.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">http://cookncraft.blogspot.in/</a> </div>
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Patricia at <a href="http://coloursdekor.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">http://coloursdekor.blogspot.in/</a></div>
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Khadija at <a href="http://creativekhadija.com/" target="_blank">http://creativekhadija.com/</a></div>
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Muthu Ramya <a href="http://craftoframya.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">http://craftoframya.blogspot.in</a></div>
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<li>I love to craft and that can be anything.</li>
<li>I recycle and collect stuff for that. </li>
<li>I like nature and try my best to conserve it.</li>
<li>Before my son was born, I was quite afraid of handling kids.</li>
<li>If given a chance, I want to learn some designing (anything).</li>
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<li>I feel happy when someone comments on my blog.</li>
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Shalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-45832634121180699672013-02-01T14:11:00.000+05:302013-02-01T14:11:28.969+05:30Quilling on Greeting Card <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A quick post on recently made greeting card using paper quilling. I love this art form as it gives a 3D effect to your design and can be done easily. Take a look:<br />
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Shalini Chandakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07913979067206749370noreply@blogger.com10Pune, Maharashtra, India18.505656663040543 73.8473510742187518.264760163040542 73.524627574218755 18.746553163040545 74.170074574218745tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817112236493665034.post-81596528214340657132012-12-17T14:34:00.000+05:302012-12-17T14:40:05.643+05:30Elegance and style<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.shoppersstop.com/" target="_blank">Shoppersstop</a> and indiblogger are running a contest to create most stylish look using apparel and accessories from <a href="http://shoppersstop.com/" target="_blank">Shoppersstop.com</a>. Thought of trying but could give time only on last day of contest. And here is what I could decide for this Christmas and New year season. </div>
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Its been long since i've posted any thing and I miss it miserably but another post will take time. We are relocating to Pune and I am busy with everything other than crafts. First it was 'C's school admission, house hunting and now packing.<br />
Fellow Bloggers from Pune.....will need your help locating places/shops of interest. Any body listening..........<br />
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It is holiday time in school before new session begins and we (me and 'C') went to my parents place for 4-5 days. I love stitching during my visits as my mom also helps me in planning and working on stuff. I stitched one cotton night suit for 'C' and a cotton kurta for my mother as we are gearing up for harsh summer months. Here is my mother's kurta: </div>
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I used matching blue fabric for design and put buttons made from kurta fabric. Though picture is not very clear. It is showing blue fabric as straight piece while I have made pleats there and then turned them from middle creating 3D effect in pleats. Will ask for a closer shot from my mother and then re-post. </div>
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While I'm writing this post, he is busy telling stories to his Grandpa using them. Thanks a lot Shuchi for your lovely giveaway.<i><br /></i></div>
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'C' learnt Gift box packing and decoration for a school competition. Children had to pack a gift box and decorate it in class. He did practice at home and learn step by step method. I gave him a paper, Golden Ribbon (Gota), a fairy, star stickers for decoration and cello tape. He did fairly well in packing (teacher even asked if he had got it packed at home) and pasted all decoration nicely. <br />
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I made this fairy using nylon stocking and wires. I already had a small doll lying with me (of course recycled from a Rakhi). For added effect, added some flower petals in magenta color, two green leaves(though leaves are hardly visible) and stamens (used in flower making) with a ribbon and golden lace.Here is a closeup of fairy with petals. This was first time I tried using stockings to make things and found it quite easy and satisfying. I hope to continue this in future.</div>
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Hope all of you lovely ladies (and gents) are doing good. Its been long since I posted here anything. There were many reasons and without going into that detail, I would prefer to show my new creation: A sweater for 'C'.<br />
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Overall, I'm happy with whole look. 'C' wanted 'G.one' on it (kids latest obsession). I tried but ended up writing 'Gone'. Does not matter as he is happy with this 'G.one'. And I'm happy with his liking for his new sweater.</div>
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Quite excited to tell you that Lakshmi@AdithisAmmaSews has published my interview on her blog as part of <a href="http://www.adithisammasews.com/2012/01/creative-blog-hop-first-guest-shalini.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Creating Success around the World.</span></b></a></div>
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'C' had a jewellery making competition at school. It had to be child friendly and something recycled. He was not comfortable putting small beads in a string so we decided to use nylon shimmer mesh as string with plastic rings over it. These rings are used with mirrors in tribal embroidery. Rings had yellow thread wrapped around them. Used an old Lumba's (Ladies Rakhi) left over stone and crochet flower as pendant. Since it was all green and red, I added one satin yellow flower to add yellow color in pendant.<br />
Told him how to put satin green ribbon in the hole of stone and then tie it with red shimmer mesh. After this, he had to put rings on the mesh and then adjust their spacing. He did it perfectly in school and stood first in his class.<br />
It can be used as Christmas tree decoration also. So I'm submitting it as my second entry in <a href="http://mindfull-meanderings.blogspot.com/2011/12/artsy-craftsy-dec-2011.html" target="_blank">artsy-crafty @mindfull-meanderings</a>.<br />
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Shalini<br />
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I do not know knitting much except for simple knitting style. I can not make designs unless somebody tells me how to make it. And I can not decipher knitting language also. Even with so limited knowledge, once in a while I venture into this domain and try to make sweaters, socks etc. for 'C'. Here is one sweater I had made and designed (I make up for design disadvantage by adding embroidery/ready made stickers/colours) four years back. 'C' was about 3 yrs. old and it came out very well.<br />
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Here is back view of the sweater:<br />
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Sorry for bad quality of this pic, I cropped it from a video in which kids are running. Here is a good one with front view:<br />
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I used three colors furry wool in this knit: light blue, black and light pink. On the front, I embroidered big heart shape and random alphabets. On one side of heart added two cloth stickers. One of the sticker is not clearly visible.<br />
Since it was done four years back, now I only have photographs as my records. Sweater is long gone to a deserving one. It feels nostalgic to see it now. This was my first sweater for my little boy and I can vouch, it was the best. I had put in my heart:-) and mind into it.<br />
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Shalini<br />
Linking it to: <a href="http://coloursdekor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Colours Dekor 'The Weekly Story'</a><br />
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I love giving handmade gifts and when I got a chance to make something for a little girl(2 yrs. old).....I had nothing but a dress in mind.<br />
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I looked into my stash for a cloth but could not decide which one to use. Then I received a gift: a woolen dress material. Noticing it was way too big for my dress, I decided to use that for little dress. Since it was woolen material, I thought of making shirt and pant kind of set.<br />
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First I cut my dress from the material and then set out on cutting girl's dress. A Kurta and salwar fitted the design and colour most. So here it is: a Kurta with full sleeves and a dhoti salwar. Sleeves have folded edges with salwar material. Have kept a shoulder open with buttons so that it easily gets into little body.<br />
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Back view of kurta:<br />
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Salwar material was bit small so added a strip of kurta material in the belt portion of it.<br />
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Could not pester little princess to model it. Will post her photograph some other time.<br />
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Shalini<br />
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Liking it to:<br />
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