Crochet Owl

    Hello people! I have been experimenting with Crochet and found this Cute Owl pattern on Love the Blue Bird blog. It is easy enough for beginners. I have never followed patterns before, so I didn't understand it completely and I messed up the last part. However the owl turned out to be ok ( When I showed it to DH, he recognised it as an Owl, so.. :D ). Go on, try it. I'm sure you'll love it :)

    The leaves are punched and coloured. The sentiment is hand-written.

Supplies Used:

• White cardstock
• Acrylic wool, Crochet hook
• Jef punch- Maple leaf
• Markers, Watercolour pencils

Challenges:

• Fab 'n' Funky Challenges- #185 Leaves ☻
• The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #92 - Find me some Fall ☻
• Pollycraft Challenge#7 - Harvest colours ☻
• Crafty Sentiments - Fall/ Autumn Colours ☻
• Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge#171- Fall colours ☻
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party # 15- Autumn/ Fall ☻
• Craft Your Passion CHALLENGE 180 - AUTUMN/FALL COLOURS ☻
• House of Gilli Challenge #54 Anything Goes/Fall
• Lexi's Creations Challenge#99- Autumn Colours ☻
• Crafty Bloggers'Network September Challenge- Things with Wings ☻
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge#13 - Happy Fall Ya'll ☻
• KreativeKauf Challenge#7- Autumn Leaves
• Creative Inspirations- Autumn colours ☻
• Hobby Cutz Challenge 16 - Autumnal ☻
• One Stitch at a time Challenge#181- Autumn/ Fall ☻
• Milk Coffee FABULOUS FALL COLORS CHALLENGE ☻
• PINspirational Challenge#75 ☻

Origami Ganesh

        Lord Ganesh or Vinayaka is one of the Hindu Gods with the head of an elephant and the body of a human. I made his model in Origami for last year's Vinayaka Chavithi, a festival celebrating his birth. It had been in my Drafts since a year and I have forgotten all about it.

        I followed the instructions(by Mr.Kamlesh Gandhi) I downloaded from www.origami-mitra.com long back. I think they have removed the instructions now :(

        Here is the one I made.

        You can find many variations for Origami mouse on web. I chose a simple one.

        Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)


P.S.: Some of you have requested for the instructions. They are copyrighted to Mr. Kamlesh Gandhi and I am trying to reach him for the permission to share. Will update the post after I hear from him. Stay tuned :)

I'm back :)

Hello friends! Sorry I have been away from my blog for almost a year. Earlier I used to sit for hours together making cards or painting and that has caused me a severe back pain. So I was asked to rest and be away from crafting for a while. At the same time, I was also going through a rough phase in my personal life. I couldn't concentrate on anything and felt like my creativity has all gone away. My mind got numb and frozen.

But even though I was away from my blog, I had been browsing through all your blogs and craft tutorials. You all have inspired me in one way or the other. I have decided not to worry about my Creative block and been trying to learn new things. I have been reading a lot. I visited some of the awesome places which were on my list. I have been into photography and bird-watching. Now I can recognise most of the birds of India :)

And you know what?! I felt my creativity coming back to me , but my health won't permit me to work continuously for a long stretch of time and my Doctor said though I can get back to crafting, I must take breaks in between. So in those short intervals I could afford,  I have been experimenting with clay,  I learnt how to make jewelry and for the past two days, I have been learning how to knit on loom, and also new stitches in crochet.

I took pics of the jewelry I made, but they didn't come out good. Have to figure out how to photograph jewelry. Ideas anyone?

Though I am afraid I won't be posting as regularly as I did before, I promise you I'll be in touch :)

P.S. I forgot to tell you that I was chosen as the 'Pin it to Win it' Winner on their Facebook page by Inspired by Stamping. My goodies have been shipped today. Eagerly waiting for them to arrive :)