Bro's Scarf

Hello Everyone!!!

Past 2-3 years I have been struggling with keeping up with projects. 2 years back I started knitting a scarf for my brother, but could not find inspiration to complete it. It was complete half the way, but it sat in my craft space for more than a year just like that. 

So finally I picked it up in December 2019 just before Christmas. I still couldn't get back to completing it, so I made a decision then and there.... I unraveled the entire scarf into a yearn ball, decided on a different pattern and started knitting again. 

On both the ends of the scarf I used the Bubble Stitch and for rest of it I used simple 2 x 2 Ribbing. My brother really liked it a lot. Here are a few pictures of him flaunting his scarf. 

You can find more details about this scarf on my Ravelry page

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

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)

Happy Rakhi

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Today's post is a special one.  According to Hindu calendar tomorrow we celebrate "Rakshabandhan" all over India. Back in the olden days, Rajput queens sent "Rakhi" threads to rulers of neighboring states as a token of brotherhood. The rulers in turn vowed to protect them for life.  Today the festival symbolizes the same love and affection between brothers and sisters. While the sisters pray for the lifelong well being of their brothers, the brothers promise to care for them for as long as they live. People in India celebrate Rakhi with a lot of fun and enthusiasm.

For this auspicious occasion, I have created a few beautiful and easy card as well handmade Rakhi ideas using art supplies in my stash. I hope you like it. Lets have a look at them. 

For the card I did not feel like inventing the wheel all over as the Rakhi was more important to me. So I just followed this card idea all over again as is to created the card.  For the Rakhi I braided a few strands of red, green, yellow cross stitch threads along with few strands of  DMC Gold threads. Using some layered floral dies, I created the flowers, attahed leaves to them and finally adhered them to the braid. 

I am submitting this card to:

• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes 
• Paru's Card Making Challenges - Anything Goes

I hope you all liked the card as well as Rakhi idea. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. 

Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)    

Supplies used:

Recollection card base - Maroon

Recollection card stock - Beige

Verve Stamps  stamp set- Peaceful Medallions  (discontinued stamp set)

Altenew stamp set - Hennah Elements : Altenew | SSS

Lil' Inker Designs stamp set - Modern mehndi : Link
Peek a Boo Designs stamp set - All Occasions Hindi : Link

Simon Says Stamp Dye ink - Schoolhouse red  : SSS

Spellbinders die set - Rose Creations : SSS

Misti Stamping tool original : SSS

Fiskars paper trimmer : SSS

Tombow Mono glue : SSS   

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Rhinestones

DMC Metallic thread - Gold : SSS

Holiday Gift Idea

Hello Everyone!

Today I have a different kind of post for you all. We all need to scratch our heads a lot while making our Holiday gift list. In them there are some people who are really close but some are not so close but we still have to gift them; such as your kid's teacher or some office colleague. And in such situations you don't know what to gift them. Here is one such gift idea which is not at all expensive , looks cute and the receiver will surely use it. 

Here is my gift idea: Fancy Post-it holder

  

The plastic base is a simple photo frame (4 x 6 inches) from craft store. You can find in the photo frame isle for really less price. I removed the packaging and instead of entering a photo in there I added a patterned paper in there. Attached a co-ordinating ribbon and added some flowers to embellish. Finally I taped a co-ordinating 3 x 3 Post-it notes bunch on it using a double sticky tape. You can also add a co-ordinating pen with it. The reciever can refill the Post-its in future as well. This makes an excellent gift for teachers, moms, sisters, girlfriends etc...

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

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used:  
Plastic photo frame (4 x 6 inch)
Patterned Paper (4 x 6 inch) Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive Double Sticky Tape
Papertrey Ink - Bloom Builder #3 die
Cuttlebug leaf die Glue dots
Rhinestones.