Air-Dry Clay Hand Bowl

Hi friends ... here's a DIY your palm bowl one can easily make. Cn make a personal gift item for loved ones too. Good to store coins or some jewellery.

You will need:

• Air-Dry Clay
• Bowl , Knife, Rolling pin
• Sanding paper
• Acrylic colors

How to make your personalised hand bowl:

• Roll out air-dry clay on a flat surface. It shud be a bit thick.
• place your palm on the rolled out dough.
• Make a cut along the borders of your hand with a knife. Don't cut it deep.
• Remove your hand and now cut the whole impression and remove the extra clay.
• Take a bowl and rub some oil on it.
• Place the hand impression on the bowl.
• Let it dry for a day. Remove the bowl. Sand it to get a smooth finish... voila your hand bowl is ready.
• Add  your fav color and you are Done!!!

Here is mine....Howz it!!!

 Looks cool in white!!!

 Painted some ethnic patterns!!!

These make perfect gifting items... You can also make it a weekend project with your kids...

Ceramic Cone work

Hi Crafters here is a ceramic cone work craft for you.

You will Need:

• Ceramic powder/ China clay
• Fevicol MR
• Water
• Polythene cover (cut into sheets to make a cone)
• Tape
• Acrylic color

How to make a Ceramic Cone:

• Mix ceramic powder and fevicol in a bowl in 2:1 ratio.
• Add Acrylic color of you choice and mix properly until desired color is obtained.
• Add little water if the mixture is too thick or powder if its too runny.
• Now cut a polythene cover into a rectangle and roll it into a cone. Tape it so that the ends are together.
• Pour the mixture into the cone and seal it tightly with a tape.
• Make a small cut at the bottom of the cone, the cut shud be according to the thickness of the design you wish for.
• Start designing....let it dry for few hours.... and you are done!!!

Here are some i made ... The baskets are made of newspapers(paper mache)

Ceramic cone work is really versatile... u can mix your fav colors and do the work on almost any surface you want. I have also done this on a shoe stand . will post them soon. 

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DIY Baby Shower Decoration

Baby Shower as in 'Sreemantham'(in telugu) is done in odd numbered month of pregnancy. So when i was in my 5th month , my in-laws have done this Sreemantham. Even though quite tired and exhausted(with a tummy) i made all the decorations myself , and hubby dearest helped in the execution. I have searched a lot of shops for a baby shower decoration items with no success... so made a baby shower board myself with paper-mache.
 So here it is...,let me know your thoughts.

Made these big flowers with Newspapers!!!

Yummy sweets and Namkeen....

Wrapped a bedsheet to a dining chair....
and the next set of pics are that after my baby angel was born. We named her Sahasra and for her naming ceremony i made her name board again with cardpaper and newspapers.

 The cradle was all net so wrapped it with some green dupatta and made some frills for show. Later also stapled some glittery red ribbon onto the cradle and the green dupatta, though i didn't capture the pic as was busy with my baby.
And here's my little angel...in her cradle...

Thank You for stopping by... lemme know your views in the comments section below.

VaraLakshmi Puja

This (and many more) post was long overdue... Being a first time mom its difficult to find time for crafts, even if i make out some its even more challenging to blog it.
For the first time i have made VaraLakshmi amma with kitchen boxes and sticks. Took about an hour. Do let me know how it is...

 Decorated simple wooden stand with Blue gift wrap paper.

Decorated with a simple white flower garland and some gold ornaments. Simple yet beautiful na.... Do share how you made yours...

Newspaper Vase and Rose

We are blessed with a cute princess so i was busy and could not write any post even though i indulged in some crafts...
so here is one such craft .... recycling newspapers....
The rose is also made of newspaper. I did not take any pics while making the rose and vase.....
The vase is made using the same concept of newspaper weaving which i have mentioned earlier in one of my posts. For the rose, petals are cut from the newspaper and attached to each other to form a rose. Will make a DIY some other day with step by step pics... For now enjoy the Vase with its beautiful Rose...

Rose glued to the vase.

       

Up and close

                                                       
I left the vase and colored the rose dark red, so the combination feels classy.
Let me know how do find this vase and rose...

Sketches and Paintings

Few years back i have sketched some pictures and was trying my hand at acrylic paintings. Here are some of them i am haring with you all. Let me know how do find them.
 

Elegant Indian Lady

Another sketch

lord Balaji sketch

  

Acrylic painting of lord Buddha 

Ganesha Watercolor painting

abstract painting

still life acrylic painting

warli art

Do let me know your thoughts in the comments section. Thank You.

Tutorial- Decorative Leaf Basket with Cold Porcelain Clay

Hello, i am back with another good looking basket/ decorative vase , but this time its not with newspapers but using Cold Porcelain Clay i made at home. To know how to make the clay at home check out this Link

Materials Required:

• Balloon
• Coconut oil
• Green and Magenta colored clay
• Rolling pin
• Fevicol
• Clear Varnish/ Mod Podge

Procedure:

Step 1:

• Make two balls of cold porcelain clay and color one Magenta and the other Green. You would need a bigger one for green, since most of the basket will be in shades of green. To know how to add color to the homemade clay check out this Tutorial

                   

Colored Clay

Step 2:

• Blow a balloon to the required size.
• Dab some oil to the balloon so that the clay doesn't stick to it.

Step 3:

• Add some white clay to the green clay to make a lighter shade of green.
• Similarly add some more green to the green clay making it a darker green color.
• Roll some clay into leaf shape using a rolling pin and start placing onto the balloon. Make different shades of Green leaves in different sizes and arrange them onto the balloon. 
• Make sure the leaves stick to each other.
• Arrange all the leaves in the shape of a vase.

Step 3:

• Using the Magenta colored clay make some small flowers.
• Stick those flowers using Fevicol/glue to the leaves at equal spaces. It looks something like this in the image below.

   

Arrange the leaves and flowers on the balloon

Step 4:

• Let it dry for a day or two.
• The clay might shrink and some spaces would be visible in between, you can add few more leaves and let them dry for a day.
• Once it it dried completely, pop open the balloon.
• The balloon comes out leaving the vase shape intact.
• Let the interiors dry for another day.

         

Step 5:

• Roll some clay and make a base for the vase. Stick it to the base of the vase using Fevicol/ glue. Let it dry for a day.
• Add a layer of clear acrylic varnish or Mod Podge to seal your work.
• Yuppy !!!   the decorative vase is ready, Show Off!!!

                         

Decorative Vase is ready

So how did you like my decorative clay vase, do let me know your opinion in the comments section below. Thank Your for reading the post, cya again with another creative craft.

My First Cold Porcelain Hand Crafted Flowers

Hello folks, When i made the first batch of Cold Porcelain Clay, i tried my hand at making some roses,lilies and other random flowers.
Do check out How to make cold porcelain at home in this post and
how to add color to the cold porcelain dough here.

In most of the forums i read about the flowers/dolls getting cracks while drying. Thank God my first trial at making the flowers was successful.
I think the most important part is to knead the dough , and roll it in between the fingers before we make anything out of it. All these flowers were crafted without any tools. With practice the roses can be perfected.
In my future posts i will do a tutorial on roses. Since it was a trial i didn't take ani images while making them.

Hand crafted beautiful porcelain roses

Cold Porcelain Roses

Cold Porcelain Flowers before drying

Cold Porcelain beautiful roses

Cold Porcelain random flowers

Cold Porcelain Mini Flowers

Cold Porcelain Flowers

Cold Porcelain Flowers

Whatever you make from this clay, will shrink by 15-20 % when air-dried. So keep this in mind while making flowers or anything. Some of my flowers are so tiny that i can't handle them in my hand. To seal the flowers i coated them with 1:1 of fevicol and water, since i did not have any varnish or mod-podge with me. After the coating dries off the flowers become very hard and durable.

So how did you find my Cold Porcelain Roses/flowers?

Thanks for taking time to go through this post.Will you try to make some at home? Do let me know in the comments section below. Your opinion matters, any suggestions are welcome. 

How to- color Cold Porcelain clay

In one of my posts i have penned down a tutorial to make Cold Porcelain clay at home. If you haven't checked it yet visit this link.
In this post i will show you step by step procedure of - How to add color to Cold Porcelain Clay.


Materials you will need:

• Cold Porcelain Clay
• Acrylic color tube of your choice. (Oil color can also be used)

             

Procedure:

Step 1:

• After allowing the clay to settle for a day in the refrigerator , take out some of the clay.
• Press and roll it between your palms. The clay should become soft.
• Take a little acrylic/oil color onto the clay.

                                           

Step 2:

• Roll the clay between your finger tips until the color spreads to the whole of clay.

                                 

Keep kneading the clay untill the color spreads uniformly

Keep rolling the clay until the color spreads to the clay uniformly and it feels soft in your hand.

                                

Magenta colored Cold Porcelain

Add more color to the clay until you get your desired color. 

TIP: Remember cold porcelain dries to a thicker color, So add as desired.

Green colored Cold porcelain

One can add color at the time of kneading the dough when making the cold porcelain or after making crafts. But colored clay has low shelf life. So color only the part you will put to use. Store the colored clay in air-tight container and Refrigerate. Knead the clay/dough well before you put it to use. Good kneading is the key to making no-crack clay crafts. 

Do check out another post on cold porcelain flowers.

       So how did you like my tutorial on How to- color Cold Porcelain Clay. Let me know in the comments section below. Looking forward to hear from you. 

                                                            Thank You!!!