Simple Christmas Gifts for Girls! and Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! Simple handmade gifts are the greatest gifts of all. 'Tis the season to think about everyone you love and send them gifts that tell them how much they are loved. To me making and gifting something - thinking about the special person you are going to give it and making it - That makes the gift very very special!!

Here is an idea for gifts that's made by myself and my daughter, for a few special friends of us. With a few designs of quilled earrings, you are sure to bring happiness. You too can think of gifts such as this for the next occasion. They are great for any occasion - stocking stuffers, Easter baskets, birthday gifts etc.....

Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays!

Quilled Rose Jhumka

When I made those rose earrings and jhumkas, I had the mind to add the rose and jhumka and make a earring. Hence the creation:

I love this earring, don't you?

Quilled Rose Earrings

Roses are always pretty and when you have it in jewelry, what else could you ask for more! It doesn't matter whether you give fresh roses, or fabric ones or paper roses - they are always special and create a unique special moments. I made these quilled rose earrings for my daughter, niece and for a few special kids! They are sure to make everyone smile.

Rainbow Quilled Earring

Here is a quilled earring that is sure to bring out the rainbow not only on a cloudy and rainy day but on any day!

My daughter wanted a rainbow earring and she did the quilling part. We then used the jump rings and made this long beautiful rainbow earring. 

Simple Halloween Puppet!

Happy Halloween! It is the time to decorate your home spookily and tell your kids some spooky stories. You can use small puppets for the stories, or kids can make and use these puppets for their story to have some extra fun. Also you can make it in bigger size and stick init on windows or wall or hang them too. All you need is a few popsicle sticks, glue or glue sticks, tape, construction paper and some imagination. Draw spooky characters and stick them on to your popsicle stick. You have an instant puppet.

Kids can make similar puppets for ant kind of themes and characters and have loads of fun.

3D Quilled Diya!

Happy Diwali to everyone! In the midst of rain, we had a wonderful Diwali celebration. My kids were sad when they were unable to go out. So they enjoyed sometime with quilling and watching TV. Here is my daughter's 3D quilled diya and they also made a special card for me.

Rainbow quilled diya!

Top view of the diya:

The same with embellishment:

Quilled Diwali Card

Here is the special quilled card made by my daughter for me for Diwali. There is always to measure for your happiness when kids spend their time and make something special! - nice quilled flowers and diyas.....wonderful creations! Aren't they cute?

Quilled Earrings - A superb gift for anyone!

I made these jhumkas as navratri gift for all the little girls who came to see our golu. These earrings are simple to make and a very interesting gift to anyone who receives it.

Here is a rainbow of quilled jhumkas!

What a great gift are these cute and beautiful earrings!

First Post to Honor my Mother! - MY GURU

I wanted to honor my mom - who is my special teacher for everything in this world. Today, Sep. 5th, celebrated as Teacher's day in India, I felt honoring my special GURU today is perfect indeed. You name it, she would know about it. For me she is a knowledge bank. Even if she doesn't know, she has the interest today to learn new stuff. Right from organizing my books and things from my younger days to rangoli, drawing, cooking, sewing, cross-stitch, all types of the crafts, she is my GURU! She had done lots of crafts and now I have some of her creations.


Here are the pictures of some bead work done by her!

Chair, beach chair and bed made with beads.

Beaded bag

Beaded Dolls:

Dog and Giraffe in beads

Beaded House

Side view of the house

Beaded Placemats

Beaded Purse

Still there are more wonderful creations of her (like beaded Tirupati Balaji, Welcome board,.....cross stich, basket weaving etc ........) and this is a sample. I will try and upload more pictures of her work.

Salute and thanks to my awesome GURU - my MOM!