Sunday, September 28, 2014

Decorated Jharoka

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This is a beautiful jharokha made from sagwood. I have decorated it with shilpkar and then painted it with acrylic pearl colours. On the shilpkar i have added rhinestones to enhance the look. Some of the MDF cutouts are painted with beautiful Indian women and shilpkar is added...

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

My Interview in Smart Indian Women magazine

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I have been interviewed by a online E-magazine relating to my blog and crafts. The interview is pasted here Interview Thanks for taking the time to chat with SIW. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your blog.      Pragathi : Hello Readers of SIW, I am a trained  teacher and was into teaching profession. Since  teaching also involves creative pursuits...

Paintings Exhibited in Bramwell, West Virginia

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On Sept 19th, 2014, some of my paintings were exhibited in Bramwell, West Virginia Healing through Creativity Event. The Mayor attended the event and he loved my entries and appreciated it. Sharing some of the images of the event ...

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Name Plates

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Ok i have redone my name plate. Added some bling to it. Used shilpkar to decorate it and then sparkled it with pearl colours   Rhinestones to enhance it.  ...

Handpainted Terracotta Clay Wallhanging

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This is a pretty wall hanging made by potter and they light up any space. I just love looking at their rhythmic balance. I purchased them from a small pottery shop and painted them. I plan to hang them above my little garden space. Also I would love if they make some trinkling...

Decoupaged Wall Photo

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I bought a beautiful Krishna image from ISKCON the other day. And needed to get it framed. So instead of going to market and getting a costly frame, I simply decoupaged the image onto a old laminated photo. First i spread the decoupage on the old image and brushed it thoroughly....

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Handpainted Pillow Covers

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After a long gap i have done some crafting. This is a handpainted pillow cover. One of them painted with female Maharani/Princess and other one painted with Maharaja/Prince. I had fun painting them mostly used pearl colours wanted to add Rhinestones too but they would be uncomfortable...

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Ethnic Card

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So I am in a mood for creating a Ethnic Card. I have used pattern paper some beautiful Ethnic Design. Punchcraft flowers, rhinestones, bells, pearls And some watercolour Digi stamps of Ethnic Theme. Linking it to some challenges. http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-86.html http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/2014/08/challenge-85-something-sweet.html  http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.in/ ...