…. the colours of life with my kids
Inspiration is all around if you care to look 🙂 Ammus' favourite theme of moonlit night sky, a much loved bottle and a social media handle came together in this beautiful artwork that she made for a friend... ********** P.S: Linking up at the blog hops hosted by the lovely folks Sandee, Natasha, Betty. Hop over to join... Continue Reading →
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” - Thomas Merton My attempt at making a Mandala design... Inspired by Ammu, whose chosen form of art during the lockdown is the Mandala Art... It has brought out my deep seated love of plants, with so much of it being plant/leaf... Continue Reading →
Art has always been my go to thing! Our go to thing actually... Drawing, crafts, painting, jewellery making, designing clothes, embroidery, dance, dressing up. In one form or another, art has always been a part of our lives. Art has been our saviour all along! Mindful hobby , bonding with sisters, spending quality time with... Continue Reading →
This was the year that I finally got onto my jewellery making! 😀 The desire to make accessories had been there since quite some time. Whenever I saw a pic of handmade jewellery, I would think even I want to create something. And eventually it led me to finding the tools and getting the base... Continue Reading →
From the drafts. Edited today to add Adi's creation 🙂 The quilling spree continues! This time she was not inspired enough to make ornaments like before. Instead, she wanted to try her hand at advanced techniques and was expecting me to get her the tools for that. She also complained that she had quilling strips... Continue Reading →
We are a family of art lovers! 🙂 Not serious art aficionados in a strict sense but we love to create/dabble in art. A large part of my childhood vacations were occupied with drawing, painting. I would then randomly showcase my creations on the walls. Mom was always very encouraging and never stopped me from putting... Continue Reading →
This Diwali, it has been raining non stop and I almost decided to write about the Rain! But the thought of rangolis and the rays of light lit me up and lo the U turn !! 🙂 What looked like a dreary and uneventful Diwali due to illness n dull rainy weather turned into a... Continue Reading →
Quilling...The new crafting obsession this year! Ammu was impressed when I'd tried my hands at quilling. So I'd bought some tools for us to try it out during her summer vacations. But she was impatient and went ahead on her own, all thanks to google and youtube 🙂 Here's some of the stuff that she... Continue Reading →
It was Friendship day on Sunday! And there were lovely friendship messages in the air... literally 🙂 ... and of course pretty colourful friendship bands to be exchanged as a token of friendship!! I was reminded me of our childhood and college days! And of a particular day after post graduation when we friends had... Continue Reading →
And children!! 🙂 Children and creativity go hand in hand.. is it not 🙂 Most of them are creative in one way or the other!! Here are pics of the cards... notes actually 🙂 , that Ammu hurriedly made on the eve of Teacher's Day.. Pics were taken hurriedly too.. 🙂 I am glad I... Continue Reading →
Its Friday! Ammu's been excited since a couple of days ... its Christmas celebrations at her school today!! She had volunteered to make a Christmas chart. We made one last weekend and it is now displayed on their class notice board. I hadn't attempted any art/craft with her for quite some time now... So she was... Continue Reading →
We made a couple of cards today... after I came back from work.. Reminds me of this C&H strip! haha! Not exactly panic in our case.. but I did want to make it to the April Challenge at ArtsyCraftsyMom 😛 Also, Ammu is going to Mysore tomorrow and will be back only on Sunday. So,... Continue Reading →
A few art pieces by Ammu 🙂 This one is inspired by the falling leaves in Autumn. Or is it Winter in February? Whatever! 🙂 One morning while waiting for the school van, I spotted a bird on the tree opposite to the gate and was showing it to her. The tree was almost bare... Continue Reading →
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