Quilled 3D Krishna

Krishna, the butter thief is loved by everyone. Here is a 3-D quilled Krishna enjoying his pot full of butter
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Quilled Cards

September 5th is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India to honor Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday! Here are special cards, my kids  made for teacher's day with a little help.

Repainting Heirloom Clay Dolls!

Bring back the old clay dolls which belonged to your grand mother or mom to life. All you need is some paint, brushes and some time. I am sure you will have a super quality time doing this. I did this last year. I repainted mu maternal grand mothers doll and my MIL's. They are as good as new. I kept in the navaratri golu display. The dolls got everybody's attention. Try this if you have a few dolls with you. It's really worth. Every time you see them, you will enjoy the time you spent, hearing everybody's comments cherishing your family memoirs. 

My blog is one year old from my first post. My blog turns one! and hence this special post. Also, tomorrow is Lord Krishna's birthday and in a couple of weeks, we will be celebrating navaratri golu. So think about bringing your old dolls back to life.


This Andal clay doll is almost 80 years old. It is my grandma's.

After repainting, the doll has a new look with old charm.

This Krishna is almost 30 yrs. After repainting the doll looks like this:

Quilled Rakhi

Yesterday was Rakshbandan! My daughter made this very simple quilled rakhi.

Perler Sunday!

Today had a great time with kids doing some paintings and perler beads. My daughter loves butterflies and she has made a few of them. Today she made this one which I loved. I enjoyed that boys think so much different making cricket bat, ball and stump out of these perler beads and playing a game with those too (Sorry.. for the pics of boyish stuff. they were so cute but before I could manage to take a few clicks, they were played well with). Anyway, it was a day well spent! 

Hexafish Ring

Here is a cute ring - a hexafish rainbow loom ring, specially made for me. Isn't it cute! 3 colors - yellow, orange and red make a wonderful combination.

Making this style ring or bracelet using 2 or 3 different colors looks great!

Quilled Mickey Mouse Earrings

The mere mention of the name Mickey Mouse brings happiness alike to everyone from a kid to an adult. There is a magic attached to Mickey making everyone smile. Here is a very simple and adorable Mickey Mouse earrings for the Mickey fans!

Pongal Kolam and A Special Rainbow Kolam

Any festival is celebrated with lots of colored elaborate and decorative pattern drawings at the entrance of the home.Today is pongal and hence calls for even more special decorations. Happy Pongal!

The below kolam can be drawn with the help of dots or straight drawing lines. It can be drawn  small with a plus sign to as big as you can by drawing lines on each side of the plus sign. I drew 5 lines on each side of the plus , used a curved petal shaped ending for the red color and finished this by coloring it in rainbow colors to celebrate Pongal and also to welcome Spring.

Watching me coloring the rangoli, my kids wanted to enjoy their share. Here is their fun - it may and need not be very perfect but having fun and creativity are more important.