Varamahalakshmi- Decorations
As usual busy with attending some craft workshops for past 15 days. So could not post anything. And then festivals. Varamahalaksmi Vrata- is a festival celebrated in South India and...
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Work In Progress on Wednesday- Decoupage on a bottle
This week’s work in progress is a decoupage work. I have shared about sospesso work on a bottle. This time trying decoupage on a bottle. I haven’t started the...
Collection- Miniature tea sets
Collecting some unique items is an ancient hobby. The common one is stamp collection. And some collect coins too. I have written, how I started collecting Kumkuma bharanis in...
Work In Progress on Wednesday-Kerala Mural on Saree
Most my works in progress are saree designing. I love designing saree. Last week shared , designing a saree with velvet patchwork on it. Nowadays, Kerala Mural paintings on...
Thewa Jewels – Gold work on colored glass
Thewa is handcrafted jewelry from Rajasthan. This is also a kind of enameling like Meenakari, but the enamel looks like it is done superficially. Silver frame of design is...
Work In Progress- Velvet Applique work on a saree
After many days coming back to normal routine. This saree was pending for designing from many months :). My first love in crafts is always hand embroidery. Recently started...
Sospesso work on bottle
I was away from blogosphere for few days, because of sad demise of my father 🙁 . Even now I’m not able to believe, the person, whom I loved...
Embroidery design pattern- Design for the week
This is a new series on my blog – “Design for the week“. Long back, I had planned for this series, so that I could share the design collection...
Kondapalli Dolls – Colorful handcrafted dolls
Kondapalli is a small town in Andhra Pradesh. This is famous for dolls made out of wood and painted with natural colors. Some families migrated 400 years ago, from Rajasthan, started...
Work In Progress on Wednesday- Saree design with Kalamkari printed cloth
Kalamkari is always my favourite to design a saree. The first saree I had designed is with patchwork of Kalamkari motifs. And nowadays beautiful Kalamkari borders are available. I...