Photography courtesy: Swathi Ganeshkumar (@vishalicrafts) A simple and elegant craft using a mason jar votive holder made by the extremely talented Swathi Ganeshkumar. Her …
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Ipad Themed Valentine’s Day Box
Sometimes we need an external factor to transform ourselves from sluggish mode to crafty mode, and in my case, that particular factor is mostly my son’s school project. He wished to participate in the Valentines day box contest, I was blank initially and as always after teaming up with my …
Read More »Simple crafts of the season
On this beautiful and joyous Christmas occasion. I feel happy to share few simple, yet cute crafts of this season made by my eight year old son. Though not novel, I hope that you’ll like these handicraft ideas quite interesting! Pine Cone Christmas Tree Tissue Roll Wall Art Ice Cream …
Read More »Creative ideas from an Art competition which I judged
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” -Edward de Bono This is exactly what I felt when I was given an opportunity to judge the craft entries under few categories in the final round of a State Level Art competition. …
Read More »Christmas Ornament Wreath with a coat hanger
With the Holiday season fast approaching, the dormant crafter in me got activated by the spark of interest to indulge in festive decorations! As usual, the watch hunt for the simplest yet catchy DIY ideas that started in the internet, eventually ended up in this coat hanger to Holiday Wreath …
Read More »Waste Carton to Wall Art
“I don’t think outside of the box; I think of what I can do with the box” A smile swept across my face when I stumbled upon this quote on the internet. This is what exactly happened when I saw two empty cardboard boxes lying in a corner of our …
Read More »Magenta Terracotta Necklace and earrings
Hi Friends, This time, I am posting the Magenta terracotta necklace and earring set that I made for my Silk Cotton Saree. Materials you will need: Air dry terracotta clay Jewellery Twine Toothpicks or thick needles Crimp beads Adjustable Necklace rope Eye pins – 3 nos Crimp beads – 2 …
Read More »Gatefold Sliding Shutter Card – Handmade folding cards
I chose this beautiful ‘Gatefold sliding shutter’ design to make a Thank You card, after watching a video tutorial found in YouTube (embedded below). This one instantly caught my attention, since it had a cute little mechanism associated with it. Once assembled the center inside the card opens like a camera shutter, and hence …
Read More »Valentine’s day Wall decor
Hi Folks, Inspired by an image on the web, I made this cute wall decor on this Valentine’s day, to adorn the walls of our home with flowers of love. 🙂 Making this is quite easy and lots of fun. Hope you like it! Materials required: Square Canvas (If not …
Read More »Flower Pot Card – Tutorial with templates
This is a very beautiful yet easy to make handmade greeting card. Materials required Card stock Green – 3.5 inches x 9 inches (for the pot) – 2.5 inches x 4.5 inches (for the sliding message base) Cream – 2.25 x 4.25 inches ( for the sliding message note) Flower stickers …
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