RagsNehali - My Creative Journey in Scrapbooking and Paper Crafting...

"Baby Boy" - Cherish Paper Bag Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:12:00 +0000

Again, one more custom order album in a Baby Boy theme.

Combined bright colors with baby blues in this album. Results are amazing.

"Graduation" Paper Bag Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:23:00 +0000

This album is a custom order for a boy. The school colors are blue/white.

My client wanted blue/black/white in the album.

"Wedding" Custom made 12x12 Scrapbook Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:58:00 +0000

These pages are designed for a very dear client of mine. This is 4th album that I am designing for her.

Wedding took place in a chapel in woods and wedding colors were lilac and forest green. I used black/white/gray along with wedding colors.

She had given titles for each page that she was looking for so everything including titles are personalized and tailor-made to fit the theme.

Page 1 - Celebration of Love
I used transparency to make a pocket where bride wants to tuck in her wedding invitation along with a black & white photo.

Page 2 & 3 - Wedding Day ( Getting Ready ) -

Page 4 & 5 - Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue -

Hidden Journaling on both pages -
I used fabric flowers, pearl and rhinestone swirls throughout all the pages -

I bought these lovely yo-yo fabric flowers from fellow Etsian - Yo-Yo Flowers

Page 6 & 7 - Here Comes the Bride.. And the Groom -

I never skimp on quality embellishments.
You will find plenty of rhinestone swirls on these pages. I also used stickles ( glitter glue ) on all pages to highlight titles, needs lot of patience, practice and good hand :)
Also, you will see machine stitching on each and every page including on all the photo mats.

Page 8 & 9 - Today I married my Best Friend -

I made these handmade flower embellishments, Here is the tutorial - Paper Flowers

Page 10 & 11 - Chapel in the Woods -

Page 12 & 13 - It's Official -

How-To for paper flower on this page can be found here - Paper Flower 2

Page 14 & 15 - Friends and Family -

I also made these flowers from yarn, tutorial can be found here - Faux Crochet Flowers

Page 16 & 17 - Celebrate -

Heart opens up for more journaling and photos and uses swirl designed transparency.

Page 18 & 19 - Wedding -

Mats for more photos and journaling, this single page will store 11 photos -

Page 20 - Life Together -

If you like my style and would like me to make a personalized album for any theme, please check my shop - NehalisScrapBoutique.etsy.com or email me at : ragsnehali at yahoo.com

"Prom - A Night to Remember" Paper Bag Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:16:00 +0000

This Prom themed album will make a great gift for Graduation.
I used black/white and pink for this cute album. The princess tiara is a perfect touch on this album.

This Prom album sold before I could blog about it -

"Expecting a Baby" Pregnancy Paper Bag Mini Scrapbook Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:47:00 +0000

I used decorative edge pages, pink/black combination for this adorable pregnancy book. There are lot of pockets and tags as well.

Navy Going Away Party Gift Scrapbook Chipboard Album..

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:07:00 +0000

This was very exciting project to work on.

My client wanted a "Going Away" scrapbook for her friend's party who is in Navy and about to be deployed. She wanted to use a vintage navy image for the cover but wanted the book to be very girly with vivid colors matched with chocolate brown and teal. She wanted inside pages to be no theme so any occasion photos can be pasted.

Here is what I came up with, hope she likes it -

Cover with vintage image & navy embellishments -

Page 2 & 3 -

Page 4 & 5 with 2 tags -

Page 6 & 7 with half circular page -

Page 8 & 9 with another half page in between -

Page 10 & 11 with pocket page -

Page 12 -

If you like my style and would like me to design an album for you, please contact me at ragsnehali@yahoo.com

Shop from my Blog now..

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:41:00 +0000

I am super excited to announce that you can buy my scrapbooks right here from my blog!! Check out the tab on right side "Scrapbook Shop" which now has "BUY" button.

Here are step-by-step guide to help you with the Checkout process. You can make a payment with Credit Card without having to create a Paypal account.
http://help.etsy.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/245/

If you have any questions/problems, please feel free to send me an email at ragsnehali@yahoo.com
I will be glad to assist you!!
Thank you.

Mother - Mother's Day Pre-made Chipboard Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:05:00 +0000

Just in time for Mother's Day, you can find this album in my Etsy Shop -

"Good Times" 8" x 8" Chipboard Album for any occasion

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:34:00 +0000

This "Good Times" album is so versatile that it can be used for any occasion - wedding, graduation, friends. Another great use can be to group together all your favorite photos from different events and put together all of them in this "Good Times" album.
The main colors are black/blue, will go great with black & white photos too. Most frames are designed to fit 6"x4" photo without any cropping. You can also group smaller size photos in this frame to create a collage look.

Album cover -

Page 2-3

Page 4-5

Page 6-7

Page 8-9

Page 10-11

"Baby Girl" Bright & Modern 20 Page 8x8 Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:14:00 +0000

This album was so much fun to work with. The client sent photo of little one's nursery & bedding and wanted something to match with it & all the bright colors.
Client also had request for each page that she was looking for and she wanted lot of journaling along with photos.
I designed lot of digital tags for this album.

When I saw the American Crafts - Tea Party Paper pack, I knew I had to get it for this album. They had bold & bright colors, floral & dot patterns that I was looking for. The colors matched very well as well.

Here is the picture of bedding -

Here is the album that I came up with -

Page 1 - Baby photo with Birth Details tag -

Page 2 & 3 - Welcome Baby & Pocket page with Announcement -

Page 4 & 5 - Pregnancy & Ultrasound photos with pocket page -

Page 6 & 7 - Baby Shower photos with pocket page with guest list, gift received tags -

Page 8 & 9 - Mom & Dad page with tags for letters -

Page 10 & 11 - Baby's Hand & Footprints & pocket page for tracking baby's growth tags - Lots of custom designed tags on this page like - Immunization Record, Growth Chart, Babysitter Info, Friends/Playmates, Pediatrician Info -

Page 12 & 13 - Baby's Daily Routine & pocket page - again lot of custom designed tags - 1 for each month ( date, height, weight, new this month ) to journal baby's growing -

Page 14 & 15 - Baby's Firsts & Favorites - Custom designed tags like - Favorite Toys, Favorite Songs, Favorite Books, Favorite Recipes -

Page 16 & 17 - Baby's Firsts & Holidays ( Valentines, Easter, 4th of July ) -

Page 18 & 19 - Holidays ( Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas ) -

Page 20 - Baby's First Birthday -

If you would like a custom album made for you tailored to your needs, please contact me at ragsnehali@yahoo.com for more details and pricing.

"Baby Girl - Cherish" 8x8 20 page Chipboard Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:53:00 +0000

This album was lot of fun to work on.
This is based on Baby's First theme. I used lot of baby colors - pink, green, purple in this album. As usual lot of machine stitching, flowers, rhinestones, stamping.

I took the pictures in the night, indoors so the photo quality is not as good.

This album was a custom order.

Cover page -

Page 2-3

Page 4-5

Page 6-7

Page 8-9

Page 10-11

Page 12-13

Page 14-15

Page 16-17

Page 18-19

Page 20

"Baby's First" 8" x 8" Baby Boy or a Girl Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:07:00 +0000

Wish you all a very Happy New Year!!

This album is 20 page spiral bound on Baby's First theme. The album is gender neutral and could be used for a Boy or a Girl. I mostly used shades of Green and Yellow.

This is a Custom Order Album. If you like my style and would be interested in making one for yourself/gift giving, please contact me for more details at scrapbooks@ragsnehali.com or checkout my shop for more samples - http://NehalisScrapBoutique.etsy.com

Most photo mats are designed to fit a 4" x 6" photos with no cropping. I used lot of colored rhinestones, stamping, buttons, ribbons, machine stitching, tags etc. in making of this album.

Cover - Rhinestone title "Our Baby" with hand pieced elephant and heart -

Page 2-3 - Baby's First Bottle / Car Ride -

Page 4-5 - Baby's First Smile / Sleeping -

Page 6-7 - Mom - Dad -

Page 8-9 - Grand Parents -

Page 10-11 - Pocket pages Milestones Journaling tags -

I designed these tags for each month so mother can write down new developments in baby's growth and her thoughts on baby's progress. There are 12 tags - one tag for each month.

Page 12-13 - Baby's First Bath / Toy -

Page 14-15 - Crawling / Baby's First Tooth -

Page 16-17 - Baby's First Haircut / Baby's First Step -

Page 18-19 - Baby's First Word / Baby's First Meal -

Page 20-21 - Baby's First Birthday / Pocket Page -

"Wedding" Premade Scrapbook Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:09:00 +0000

This was a last minute christmas order. The client wanted Christmas themed wedding album. The wedding colors were Ivory & Red.

I used black/ivory/red colors to give classic feel to wedding album. It looks very beautiful in person.

The album measures 6" x 6". There are 12 pages in this album tied with heart ribbons, binding is also sewn in middle for additional durability.
I used Red Paper bags to create this album. There are 3 pull-out pages tucked in the pockets of paper bags and additional pocket pages with tags for more photos/memorabilia/journaling.
As you will find in all my albums, I used lot of bling, 3-d embellishments, ribbons, etc. All the elements that overlaps a photo mat has been lifted so the photos can slide in.

If you like my style and would like me to create a personalized album for you in any theme, please contact me with details at scrapbooks@ragsnehali.com

Dreaming of White Christmas - Treasury

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:47:00 +0000

It is brrr cold and storm is about to hit us in NJ with 6-12 inches of snow. When I woke up this morning, Treasury was just about to open so I managed to grab one.. As you can imagine White Christmas is in my mind, so here is the Treasury :)

Publication News.. Craft Fair Update..

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:16:00 +0000

I am very honored to be published in Fox Channel's My9 News - NJMyWay blog ( online blog that feature food, shopping, businesses, events and good causes around the state of New Jersey ).

I got in touch with HauteKeys on Etsy who was looking for local artisans to feature in her article. She was so sweet to include my little shop as well in her article - Jersey Crafters On Line

I also had my first Holiday Boutique Craft Show last week. It was a great experience. I packed up everything carefully and forgot to take one important thing, guess what - a CAMERA. So sorry friends, I don't have picture of my booth setup but if I say so myself, I was quite impressed with how it came together. I took all the help from Etsy forums regarding Craft Shows that I could get regarding table display, approaching customers, etiquette and everything in between.

I didn't buy anything new for the setup as this was my first craft show and I haven't planned on doing more shows for this year.

I used everything that I could find around the house.

I already had Bed Risers that I used to raise the height of my table. I then put a queen size bed sheet as my table cloth ( worked perfectly fine ) which covered all 3 sides ( front, and 2 sides ) so I could hide all the boxes and extras underneath the table without showing mess to the customers. On top of the bed sheet, I laid a lace bathroom shower curtain which looked very sophisticated.

I then started setting up products. I took 4 white trays in which I put my Post It Holders. I raised height of 2 trays by putting white boxes beneath them - it gave height variation and added more interest. I put all my Scrapbook Albums in a rectangle basket and few for display outside on the table.

I took 2 cheap plastic shoe racks which were easy to assemble/disassemble and added Checkbook Covers, Passport Covers, and Business Card Covers by putting them on hooks. They were exactly at the eye level and drew lot of people to the table.

I had one design open of each cover if somebody wanted to touch and see them :)

For Magnetic Calendars, I took a cookie baking tray with me which stayed nice and tall showing each one in detail.

I know its hard to visualize all these without a picture, but what can I say I totally forgot to bring a camera in all the hurry and excitement :(

The response was good whoever stopped at the table but there were not many people who came for the event.

Its not that hard to explain to people about your own product. I wasn't sure if I would be able to say anything to people looking at my products and market them effectively. Response was good so I can say I can do my own marketing in future face-to-face ( my biggest worry ).

So overall, I would say I gained lot of experience, found out I can do marketing and made some money while doing it!

Treasury Update, Camera and Light box update..

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:14:00 +0000

In last 3 days, my designs have been included in 3 different Treasuries. Lately I haven't been checking Craftopolis website for Treasury updates but last friday I did and surprisingly I was in 2 Treasuries at the same time. Today I checked again and I am featured in one :) It is great honor to be included in Treasury!!

To tell you the truth, I haven't been too happy with my photos lately. In summer, I use to take photos outside in the natural light. But its been getting very cold here in east coast now and by the time I come home from work in the evening, its already dark outside so taking good photos is a constant struggle.

I have been thinking of creating light box for very long time when I saw discussions about people getting great results from home-made inexpensive light box.

Finally I got to create one last weekend. I used this tutorial as my base but there are many good tutorials with pictures online. I used tracing paper instead of fabric as stated in tutorial.

And I also got my first Digital SLR camera - Canon T1i last week:) Its really fun playing with the new toy :) For me, its a big upgrade since all this years, I was using simple Canon 5 Mega Pixel Point & Shoot camera for all my photos.

The listings featured in Treasuries were one of the first ones taken with new camera and using light box. Although I am not very comfortable with all the settings yet and have a lot of learning to do, I guess it is kind of working :)

And now here are the Post It Holders that were featured -

Sticky Note Covers

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +0000

I have been invited to sell my handmade products in a Holiday Boutique in a office in December. I have never done a face-to-face marketing before. I am very shy by nature but since its a small setting, I would like to try it out. I am not going to go with lot of expectations, I am just looking to have a fun experience.

I will be taking my Post It Holders, Business Card wallets, Checkbook covers along with scrapbook albums. I am thinking to make a few small ticket items to have different price range. I have too many things to work out yet like table setup and display but I am looking forward to it.

I haven't posted new Sticky Note covers from the shop in a long time so here they are..

These make great gifts for Teachers, co-workers, friends or little something to pamper yourself - perfect for holidays.

Paisley Pink/Green -

Blue/Green Glittered -

Olive Green / Pink -

Brown/Pink/Green Jelly Bean -

"Life is filled with great treasures" -

Pink/Brown/Ivory Floral -

Green/Blue -

Pink/Grey/Green leaves -

"Family" Scrapbook Mini Paper Bag Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:00 +0000

I love the rich brown and green shades in this album.

I used K&Company Papers in this album. I used coffee stained handmade tags as well on each page.

Available in my Etsy Shop - NehalisScrapBoutique

Update -
This album has been included in this awesome Treasury - Let's Give Thanks curated by heartsabustin.
Check it out, its valid till Wednesday Nov 11 - http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=93156

"Pregnant" Mini Scrapbook Paper Bag Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:57:00 +0000

This Mini Album features bright and cheerful colors, tags, machine stitching, lots of flowers - everything a mother-to-be would like in her pregnancy journal.
This album would also make a great gift for baby showers!

Available in my Etsy shop - NehalisScrapBoutique

Adoption Paper Bag Scrapbook Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:06:00 +0000

This Adoption themed album is asian inspired girl themed mini scrapbook album. What a great way to treasure all the memories of adoption process.

It is a 6 x 6 Paper Bag Album. I tied lots of ribbons on the ends and it looks so pretty. All the papers have asian inspired writing, flowers, plants, butterflies etc. I love the rich colors in this album. It has a very cute poem related to adoption process.

The album is available for sale in my Etsy shop - NehalisScrapBoutique

Hope you enjoy it!

Introducing www.RagsNehali.com and new products

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:01:00 +0000

I finally bought my own domain - www.RagsNehali.com. I haven't started working on web design yet so for now it is being redirected to my Etsy shop from where goodies can be bought :)

I have introduced new products in shop - Checkbook Covers, Passport Covers, Business Card Wallets, 2010 fridge calendars and more..

I have designed matching sets so they can be bought in a set and can be given as great functional holiday gift.. I know it feels too soon but holidays are approaching sooner than we think ;)

Pink / Brown Polka Dot Gift Set -

This set includes Checkbook Cover, Passport Cover, 2010 Magnet Calendar and Credit Card Wallet.

Orange / Brown Polka Dot Gift Set -

This set includes Checkbook Cover, Passport Cover, 2010 Magnet Calendar and Business Card Wallet.

Turquoise Blue / Tropical Green Gift Set -

Set includes Checkbook Cover, Passport Cover, 2010 Magnet Calendar and Business Card Case.

Cheetah / Leopard Animal print Gift Set -

Teal Blue Gift set -

Red Black Floral Romantic Set -

Black Teal Paisley Set -

Black Cream Pink Stripes Set -

"Hope" Breast Cancer Inspirational Scrapbook Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:11:00 +0000

I made an album on the same theme last year - Cancer "Hope" Album and this year too I was inspired to create the album based on the same beautiful poem "Cancer is so limited"..

There are quotes on hope, faith, strength etc. and lot of poems for encouragement throughout the album. What a great way to show someone you care and you are there to support them in whichever way she needs through this album.

There are 12 pages including front and back album. There are 4 more pages including half circle, half page, shaped pages to give the album more dimension. There are lots of tags as well. All the pages are machine sewed.

I made a little quilted page for the front -

You can view more close-ups and details on my Flickr .

The album is available in my Etsy shop - Hope Scrapbook Album

Retro Spoof - Post It Holders

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:35:00 +0000

These Post It Holders are hilarious and full of retro spoof. I had absolute blast while making them. I am sure we can all relate to one or the other :) It sure will bring a good laugh..

Shopping -

B I T C H -

Amazingly enough -

Make yourself at home -

Drama Queen -

Cheers -

So much to do -

Breakfast -

Maid -

Work faster -

Underestimate -

Concept of cooking and cleaning -

Networking -

Dads -

These are available in my Etsy shop at - Creations by RagsNehali

"Our Baby" Premade Scrapbook Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:25:00 +0000

This past weekend was very productive and eventful. I attended "Scrapbook Expo" and had fun checking all the vendors with so many stamping and scrapbooking goodies. I did my part of helping the economy by shopping for a lot of new papers ( as if I needed more.. haha.. ), and some unique embellishments.

I also created 2 new albums. I am going to share "Our Baby" album today now available in my Etsy shop.

This album is 6" x 6" made from chipboard. I used Basic Grey Sugared collection. It has all the pink, green, peach colors but not typical baby hues. It has lot of dark shades and I loved how it turned out in the end. I tied the spiral binding with overloading of ribbons. It has 12 full size pages and then there are shaped pages, tags in between giving it more dimensions and extra depth. I also used lots of flowers, ribbons, woven labels, and of course machine stitching in this album.

This album will make such a great gift for new mothers or baby shower gift. As we all know, new mommies get so much busy with all the baby stuff that they hardly have time to do anything else. With this premade ( ready to put photos ) album, they can take all the pictures of baby's development, can show / share precious little ones photos with friends and families and cherish the memories for long time.

Hope you like them :)

"Our baby" album cover with rhinestone title and hand cut bird -

Pages 2 & 3 with a half circle page in between -

Pages 4 & 5 with two heart shaped pages in between -

Pages 6 & 7 with tags in between -

Pages 8 & 9 with a half page in between -

Pages 10 & 11 -

Back cover -

If you'd like to see more detailed picture, checkout Flickr set here - "Our Baby" Mini Album on Flickr.

"We are Family" Pre made Paper Bag Album

noreply@blogger.com (RagsNehali) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:52:00 +0000

I created this 6" x 6" Family themed Paper Bag Album long time ago but didn't get a chance to photograph it.

I used classic pink / brown / green combo for crafting this album.