Completely Handmade......

When I completed inking my rough draft.... it felt beautiful by itself... but I needed more, so I decided to add a bit of color to it....

I loved the way the entire thing came out to be.... I found inspiration for this art from Lindsay Ostrom.  She has some beautiful artwork at her blog. So what are the words that inspire you...???  Would love to see what you can create. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)
 


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Hello Everyone!!!!
Last few days I have been trying to do a lot of things & at the same I keep ignoring a few other priorities in life. So I think that its time that I rethink & reschedule everything. So I gifted myself a fancy doodles to-do list.




I think I have been putting my priorities aside & not concentrating on more important things in life. So here's what I need to do:

1. Stop making excuses.  "The lazy man is full of excuses".  I think it is completely applicable to me right now. I keep pushing things on tomorrow. And as we all know that "Tomorrow never comes". I keep saying a number of times that "When things settle down, then I'm going to ... start exercising , follow a healthy diet, start paper crafting again ......etc...." & the list goes on. Things will never settle down. I have recently realized that I will need to prioritize things in order for them to happen
2. Start today. Not next month, next week, or tomorrow. "Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then".  I will list things to-do everyday & act on them.
3. Establish a planned schedule.  "A wise man plans ahead. A fool doesn't".  If you fail to plan, you're planning to fail. So I'm going to designate some specific time slots each week for the things I need to do. Whatever it is, put it on the calendar. And if it’s a big task, break it down into small pieces. Break it into bite-size pieces.
4. Face your fears. We hate to admit we have fears, because we think they’re a sign of weakness. But fear is a sign of humanity. I have heard that “Courage is not the absence of fear; it's moving ahead in spite of our fears'. 
5. Focus on what you gain, not the pain. There are very few things in life that are easy. You must push through the frustration and look at the gain beyond the pain. Concentrate on how good you're going to feel once you've finished the task. No one said  that life would be easy. There will be sacrifice and commitment. But there is tremendous reward when we do the things that we are meant to do.
6. Talk About It. I want you to write down three things you know God wants you to do, one item each in these three areas: your family, your personal life, and your career. I'll choose one of those three, and start today!

So there you have it...a to-do list...make a plan...join me, won't you? Whats on your to-do list....????
Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

Hello Everyone! Today I'm back with another of my creation.Today I don't have a doodle for you, but for a change I have a Patterned Paper background for you all. As we all know that Valentine day is just around the corner. So I was feeling very excited to make something out of "Hearts". So I came up with this heart filled patterned paper.




I will also try to post a few more doodles based on the Valentine Day theme in the next few days. 

Hello Everyone!
Today I'm back with another of my creation. Today's doodle is inspired from the weather in New England area from past few days.Its been really very cold outside. Seems like the "Sun" has forgotten to come out & show us his face for last few days. In such situation I doodled about what I'm missing.





Yes, people I'm missing the summery, sunny days  ...... I just hope it gets better soon. Till then all those of you who are missing the sunny days like me, have fun with this doodle.

Now you all must be wondering whose snaps are these in this layout??? Guess ....... Its ME !!!!
I was just going through all my childhood pics 2 days ago & I came across all of these. My mom has always encourages me to take part in all kinds of extra-curriculum activities in school.

In India, the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated at homes as well as in public on a very large scale. Huge Ganesh idols are placed & worshiped at each street & in every apartment complex. Similar 'Ganesh pandal'  was near the our house. Lot of competitions used to be arranged for every age group. 

The result of such an atmosphere was that, I participated in a lot of singing, dancing & fancy dress competitions there too. "Fancy Dress" was my favorite as I got to dress as a different character each time. We always picked a different historic/mythological from the Indian origin. My mom & my 2 elder cousin brothers took a lot if effort to make the look "perfect". Mom helped me get ready, dressed me up, did my makeup & trained me for the role whereas my bro's would work on the accessories required. All my family including my granny, mom, dad, uncle, aunt, bro's & even my paternal aunt's (dad's sisters) & their respective husbands would come to encourage me. All the snaps in today's layout are taken during those years in all such competitions whenever I bagged 1st prize.

I hope you all liked it. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

Hello Everyone!
As I had promised in my last post, I'm here with another doodle for you. I know what you all must be thinking, how do we use them??? Well, I can't tell you all the things you can use it as, but I have a few suggestions. You can use it as a digital stamp or use it as a embellishment in a scrapbook layout. Although these are just my ideas, there is are whole lot of other things you can use it for.

So, here us my doodle for you. It is inspired from a "Snowflake".

Hello Everyone!!!
I know you all must be really very upset with me for being absent from my own blog for such a long time. I'm really very sorry for doing so. The year 2012 has been really bad one for me on the career front. Trying to get back to normal since. Over this period I have been thinking what went wrong & I have come to make peace with the reality that no one did anything to make my life bad, it must have been something that went wrong on my part. 

Well, that is that & the only reason I'm bragging about it to all of you is because, when things went wrong, I had decided that I would not do anything other than studies till I get back everything to normal. So that was the reason that I was absent from this blog for such long. I can't tell you how much I have missed my art & craft. Well so now that things are getting better I can't resist doing something, but because I moved to a new place & its very small, all my craft stuff is one of my friend's place. Still that can't keep me from doing something. So till I set all my affairs in place, I have found a different way to fulfill my urge & that is a well-known art of "Doodles".

The fun part of this doodling is that I'm going to share all of my doodles with you & you'll can download it for "Free". So what do you think??? Below is my first doodle for all of you.

Hello everyone!!!
Today is my dearest baby Bro's b'day & I'm thousands of miles away. So I thought the bet gift could give him from here is a memory that he can cherish forever. So dearest bro, here is my gift to you...

Wish you a very "Happy Birthday!!!" May God bless you & may all your wishes come true.... I hope you liked my gift to you. I hope you all liked it too. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)