Finally.... with my first post in 2016

Hi !!!!!

Hope I am not too late to wish all my readers a very happy & healthy 2016 :-). 

But my life has been such a roller coaster.....  with work, work & more work. First my younger son came down with viral and by the time he was okay I caught the virus. After suffering from fever for a few days, it was time for our family vacation which my husband had planned since Dec.......... so couldn't cancel it either:( ( which I seriously wanted to...) . For our little trip we drove down to Rani Khet, Uttarakhand. The journey was very taxing, as I was feeling very weak after the illness. So you can say the whole time I was there I was eating, sleeping & watching TV. We did go out to explore the nearby local mkts., temples..... but thats that, nothing much. I didn't click much, but this is the view from out hotel balcony.....

Isn't it beautiful  !!!! I so much wanted to enjoy the view with a hot cup of tea... but alas.... becoz of monkeys had to drop the idea. 

After coming back, life went back to doing mundane chores...... again loads of pending work to do..... which got piled up during our absence. Even though I don't mind the hectic pace. In fact I love :) it just gets tiring sometimes. 

This new year I also got a wonderful surprise, when my best friend from my school days contacted me through FB and from her I was able to trace  another school friend of mine.She is in kolkata right now & I hope to visit her soon....


On the craft front I have been moving at a snail's pace. Have not been able to complete my wips so far. Just managed to complete this crochet shawl

And did some cooking like gajar ka halwa 

Choco chip muffins... looks delicious na .......

and some more sketching (these are all coloured pencil shading)

Do drop in  & share your views with me:) 

Till next time enjoy :)

This & that .........

Hi !! 

Winter is dawning gradually and it feels good to just laze around with a hot cup of coffee doing nothing :). And thats exactly what I have been doing. Lots of WIPs ........  in the pipeline :) The only good thing is that I have managed to finish off this shawl. I also made a matching cap to go with it. Its a very simple & easy shawl made using  no. 5 tulip hook.  This was a gift for a 3 yr old baby girl. 

Now coming to the WIPs ........ I have started another crochet triangular shawl 

the design is net inspired and its for one of my dear friend. 

I have been always attracted to bottle art and creatively I feel very satisfied when I am able to give a new look to an used bottle. I have been holding on to this wine bottle for quite some time and finally took out time to get started. Right now it looks like this... pls ignore the mess in the background :(

I also need to complete few of my madhubani paintings, Will share with you once I have finished them. 

Recently I have also started learning canvas painting & this is my first sketch... hibiscus flowers. How does it looks ?????

Thanks for dropping by :) Do leave your comments on the above and till next time enjoy.... :)

Getting back to blogging......

Hi friends !!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Diwali...  & are still enjoying it :)  Today when I am writing my blog, I am having mixed emotions. Coming back to blogging, festive fervour makes me feel happy, But on the other hand I am feeling anguished because todays my brother's birthday, and he is no longer there to celebrate it. Its been a year since he has gone, but the pain is still there......... same as ever :(.  I just hope & pray that wherever he is, he is at peace.

This diwali we did lots of diya painting......:)

tried rangoli for the first time (not so good I must say:( ) 

and my kids made chocolate pudding from youtube :)

 I also made few Madhubani paintings. Simple mythological designs, motifs and bright colours has made this traditional art form of Bihar very popular among the art lovers,  not only in India but also abroad.

The first one is of a girl plucking flowers

This one is of Radha - Krishna

Last one is of sun

Now I feel I  need to shift from painting to some other craft activity. That is why to break the monotony, I have started working on this triangular crochet shawl. 

This is again net inspired and hopefully I would be able to finish it off soon.

Do drop in with your comments on the above & till next time have a creative week:)

Welcoming Maa Durga

Hi !!!!

Its festival time once again :) Time to celebrate, enjoy and welcome Maa !!! 

I love this part of the year very much.... doing nothing and just lazying around :). My crafty instincts have also deserted me :)  and my mind is full of plans as to how I would be spending these 4 days. 

But I haven't stopped painting and still try to use my painting brush as often as I can. ... These are my art works which I have completed so far.....

Madhubani elephants

Goddess Durga in madhubani art form using pencil colours ... I had to make this otherwise puja would have been incomplete..

Landscape in watercolors

Landscape using dry pastels

Do drop in & leave your comments on the above....

Till next time have a nice weekend and Happy Dusshera !!!:)

My sketch book

Hi !!!!

A very big thanks to all of you for your lovely comments on my last post  :)

Today in my sketch book section ,I am going to share another painting which I have done with dry pastels. 

This is the first time I am working with this medium. I am finding this very interesting because in this case you need to spread the colour by smudging it with your fingers. This medium has its own beauty. Its very soft and provides a a kind of rough, unrefined and artistic look to the sketch.  I have done the detailing work with charcoal pencil.

Yesterday, was my elder son's 16th birthday and the reason I am sharing this news with you is this beautiful card ........

which was made my younger son. He is not into art & craft so much, but he wanted to gift his brother  something special, so he made this beautiful quilled card.I just helped him with the arrangement of flowers.        Doesn't it looks nice ????? 

Do drop in with your comments and till next time keep smiling !!!:)

Madhubani Glass Painting

Hi !!!:)

Finally, I have finished my glass painting & I must say I am happy with the result.

This is the first time I have experimented with Madhubani art form on glass.

This is a Ram - Sita wedding scene done on A4 size glass piece.

Have used used glass colours and 3D outliners for this project.

Do drop in with you comments on the above.


Till next time enjoy & have a nice time!!!:)

My Crochet & Art work

Hello friends !!!!

Finally, my crochet doily is complete. This is yet another internet inspired doily, star shaped & approx. 16" in size.

I have also finished my art work which I had shared with you in my earlier blog post. This is as I had mentioned a still life sketch in coloured pencil shading. Hope it looks good :)

Do drop in with your comments on the above.

Till next time take care & enjoy!!!:)