Funny faces..

Greetings,
Today Polly invited Fern over for tea.

After they had tea, Polly told Fern about an interesting sewing project that she saw in one of Jean Greenhowe's books called ' 45 Great Gifts to Make'.

Fern was so excited and both of them gathered the materials and set to work.

Then after a while Tada....these cute little funny faces were ready...

Below are the six different characters they made.

Polly and Fern had a wonderful time making these and having other fun conversation over tea...

Wish I had a craft partner too....

Lady's Maid

Greetings,
One need not be a Victorian, to have a Lady's Maid. My next project is this delightful little lady designed to keep all my favorite bits of jewelry handy, just ready to select at a glance when required.

This is a Jean Greenhowe's creation, from the book '45 Great Gifts to Make'. I was so lucky to find this book in one of the book stores called Blossoms. I never even imagined that I will find Jean Greenhowe's book. This is one of my lucky findings.
The doll stands 11 1/2in tall and her body is a simple cardboard cone shape. I used an empty shoe box to make this doll. There are two horizontal folds in the skirt, forming four deep and four shallow pockets, into which you can slip ear-rings, finger rings and other trinkets. Brooch pins can also be pushed into the skirt fabric.
Below are the pictures of the doll before adding any jewelry on her and the other picture is just having a vintage effect on the photograph.

I have placed her on my dresser along with the jewelry box my mum gifted, which she bought from Dubai. She looks wonderful holding all my favorite earrings. It is so easy for me to pick the earrings that I want before I leave to work. Below are the pictures of the doll on my dresser.

I am truly in love with this little lady, so my husband ;)... I will be back with my next project, until then,
Happy Crafting!

Revs ;)

Match box Mum and baby.

Greetings,
I had collected a few empty match boxes and was wondering what to make out of them and I got this idea.  This was actually inspired  by a project that I saw in one of the craft books in a book store. They had made a mother and a baby out of walnut shells. It was a very simple, cute and a clever project!
Here is what I came up with....

I have used match box for the body of the mother and for the cradle. It is always fun to use lace and ribbons while making dolls. I am a big fan of Victorian era and I try to make Victorian Mum. I love the hat of the mother and the entire outcome of the dolls..... Hope you like it too!
Will be back soon with my next project, until then, Happy Crafting!

South Indian wedding... Bharjari Bhojana!

Greetings,
I made this wedding scene! South Indian Bride and groom having lunch together for the first time after their wedding.
This was a special custom order! I was quite happy to make this since, this special customer, found my blog, saw my work and Contacted me. She wanted me to make this set for her wedding. Thanks a lot Abhinaya, for finding me and asking me to make this set. Hope you will like it!!

I will  be back soon 😋
Revs!

Diwali at work.

Greetings,
We had Diwali celebrations at work and I took an initiative to make the rangoli and also I was in the decorations team and helped the team in decorating our floor. The best decorated team was going to get an award. My friend and I were really hopeful of getting the award but unfortunately the sixth floor people won the award, although the judge did announce that the ground floor decorations were awesome! We belong to ground floor.
Even though, we didn't win any awards, all the ladies had a lot of fun in decorating, creating rangoli etc. I don't want men to be left out, some guys really helped us with the decorations and shopping!
Here are some of the pictures of the rangoli.... I did not want to create a traditional rangoli, so I selected this unique design, a boy and a girl in festive Indian costume giving Diwali wishes.

This is my new saree that my mother gave for Diwali, I was quite exited to wear it!
My friend Amritha worked quite hard with me, here is the picture of us together.

My other co-workers helped me as well. Thanks to Poonam and Devi!
Overall, it was quite fun! We are not allowed to take pictures inside the production floor, so no pictures of the decorations of our floor :(
I wanted to make a Diwali themed Dolls, so, I came up with this idea. A little girl celebrating Diwali with her Mum and Dad and whole family dressed in a traditional and festive Indian outfits!

Our HR department announced about this competition only three days before and I only had two days to finish these dolls. With my busy schedule, I was still able to finish these dolls! Overall this Diwali event was quite fun and festive!
Last but not the least, Happy and prosperous Diwali to all of you!

More pics of doll making work shop.

Greetings,

Akruthi books shared some more pictures of doll making work shop. I am quite happy to share them on my blog.

Once again, thanks to all the participants!