Stall(ed)

I'd recently setup a Warli paintings stall at one of the Maharashtra Mandal programs (14th Jan 2012). It was so much fun and was a great experience as well! I slogged for it for more than 80 hrs in 6 days! *whew*. My back hurt for like 3 days and nothing helped! Nevertheless the pleasure of creating some beautiful stuff was out of this world! I got the raw material like wooden photo frames,paints,etc from my favorite store...Michaels ofcrs. I made about 30 bookmarks and painted on 6 photoframes,5 mugs,1 mirror frame,5 small canvas and 3 canvas bags! I had also put up some of my earlier work for display! Here are the pics from the exibit!

The photo frames:-

The Canvas:-

The Canvas Bags:-

The Bookmarks:-

The Mirror Frame:-

The Coffee Mugs:-

These were all the items I had at the stall.....*whew* My earlier work was only for display for later orders. I have been working on some orders since then! More pouring in! :) Wish me luck!

Baked!

I had heard a lot about these cake decorating classes at Michaels since a long time! One of my friends had taken them as well and her cakes looked and tasted delicious! So now the foodie and the artist in me didn't let me rest and I decided to take up Cake Decoration this winter!! Yay! Believe me, it's a lot tough than it looks! Hell lot of work goes in baking,making buttercream,preparing different kinds of decorations and then putting them all together! *whew* Nevertheless I totally enjoyed all the 3 courses...and I'm so excited for the last one which is in April!

My first course was simple buttercream icing decoration. I esp. enjoyed making the icing...though cleaning my kitchen countertops was such a pain! But the end result is worth all the trouble! Here are the pics from my first course...

Now that we are done with my 1st course let's move on to the 2nd...My 2nd course was decorating with Royal icing! (you must be wondering why am I not revealing the ingredients of the icings...but I guess that's a trade secret! ;) Anyway royal icing doesnot contain any butter/shortening...so it becomes hard and is great for making lilies and many small flowers. So now here is my second course pic...there was just one final project and that happened to be our 3rd anniversary cake. I've topped the cake with yellow lillies and made a basket weave design around the cake!

Now the next course was gum paste and fondant cake decoration...fondant is a kind of sugary clay kind of stuff...you just roll it out like a chapati/tortilla and cover the cake up with it! The most difficult part about the cake was making the decoration...I chose making roses and that was such a pain...but the final result was super fine! Anyway...here's the cake for you guys!

My last project was just the way I imagined it should have been! The roses were just right and the cake was yum! I'm so very excited for my last course!!

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We recently bought a Nikon D3100 and I've been carrying it almost everywhere I go! I can't say I have a good eye for photography but hey! I certainly have a better eye for colours! (if that helps)...I'm still exploring the many options/settings/modes in the camera...I guess I need to give it some time! Anyway for now I have a few good pics to share I might as well do it!

The above picture was taken at the White Rock Lake in Dallas,Texas. It's always been my favorite place in Dallas. I'm not a big fan of sunsets but this place makes me think twice!

Yes I know that I need to improve a lot at it! I hope I do soon!

Thanks a tonne!

Last December it was Colourful Colorado for Bhushan and me! We went for a small vacation with a couple of friends!! It was so much fun till the day I hurt myself while skiing! It didn't look much serious at that time but then there were the X-rays,the painkillers,the antibiotics,the casts,etc...followed by the surgeon's appointments,the operation,the casts (again...2 to be precise...one of them being PURPLE!...many who know me well know that's my favorite colour!) and then the physiotherapy! *whew* All this finally came to an end when my therapist,Alicia told me that the next appointment was going to be my last one!! As well prepared as I am...(my parents and husband are laughing right now as they read this)....I had started making "thank-you" cards for all the hospital staff that helped me during the whole process...The surgeon,the pre and post op nurses,the anesthesiologist and the physios!
It was finally the last day of my treatment and I was actually feeling bad that I'm not going to visit this hospital again!! :( I guess that was because of the amazing service I received during the treatment!! As I was saying, I made the cards for everyone...the hatke kinda person that I am :P :P I made them Warli painting cards! And they loved it so much that one of the nurses sent me a thank you card for my thank you card! :) *sniff* So here are the cards I made for them! Hope u guys like them as well! Ok I didn't knw a way to flip the image...bear wid me! Amateur at blogging! :P

Warli(ied)

I've been drawing n painting since the day I can remember!! It's kinda hereditary!! I just loooove the smell of fresh paint!! All kinds of stationary items were like the BESTEST gifts!! LOL! "Venus" a stationary store in Pune is like heaven for me!! I love spending hours in such stores across India and now in the US!!
I came across Warli painting accidently!! My mom read about this workshop on warli painting and she pushed me to join in! I'm glad she did!! This was way back in 2002! Anyway...I love warli painting to such an extent that I doodle it as well!! :P I thought of blogging just to put up some of my work...be it warli painting,glass painting,drawing,sketching,amateurish travel photography...any artsy work!
I hope all u guys know about Warli painting! If not...Google it! :P
Here's the latest of my works...a gift for a best friend for her wedding! I hope she likes it! I'll keep posting my earlier works as well!