New to the Blogging World

Hey you people...it's been long on my mind that I should start writing about my projects, about the diy stuff, about my life..etc etc...but somehow I never got around to doing it until today and I am all excited...It always felt good reading other peoples blog and I always thought.."wow...this is good..sharing stuff with people I know and I don't.."...And then I thought I am going to do the same once I am finished with my first exhibition...yes...an exhibition where all my creativity and art was displayed to the maximum and wow..what a response I got....took me to new grounds...thanks to the unending support I get from my husband and son all the time...they are my sweethearts.. :) Getting back to writing about the crafts that I would be sharing in this space...don't really know how I would be doing it at the moment...but i am sure it'll all fall in place..like everything else...I think it's awesome that there are so many craft bloggers out there and I get my inspiration from so many of them..having reading material in the tub of my ipad...love settling down with a cuppa and a bit of blog inspiration. I am also a great fan and an addict of pinterest... I've fallen in love with it...Infact a lot of diy inspiration comes from there...and I end up doing the project...thanx to the wonderful links, details and tutorials provided by the pinners...I am posting some pictures of my exhibition today as a start to blogging...hope you all like them...

PrettyThings is the name that I've chosen for my studio n like the name suggests everything pretty and beautiful should come together here..

I wanted everything to be colourful...the backdrop and the decor...and I did all the curtains and display by myself taking great care that it would take me to what I had in mind...I was a little nervous as I didn't know if it would be as beautiful as it was in my mind....but it did turn out nice given to the fact that I worked it up into the night...thanks to the help from some of my genius friends...for whom I am so thankful n grateful....and I cannot imagine my life without them...muahhh to you guys...!!!....

Wanted this rawness and the window display had to be extremely pretty n there's nothing more prettier than butterflies... :) and angels...I die cut the butterflies....courtesy idea from one of the pinners I've been following....she had this amazing do pinned onto her space and when I saw it....I instantly knew I had to do it....Well I got to doing it to some extent...(given to the fact that India doesn't really have the access to lovely craft supply unlike western countries..)....

This is what the gallery space for my first exhibition looked like...I wanted piñatas...though we don't get very pretty ones here and I had to do with what was available...but I was satisfied with the whole look and proud too that it was all handmade...just like my work. I used tree stems to put on the side walls with fabric drops and crystals.The curtains were made from paper pasting...one that we use in fabric lining and stuck craft paper roundels that I again die cut. At the end of the gallery space, I wanted to put up a reflection of the products that I used in my work. I went ahead putting up things like a sewing machine...tacky glue, paints, brushes, mod podge...etc..etc..,and that corner came out whole and full and beautiful. Last was the part of displaying the products.(Into which i put up about six months of labour..) I had ideas and ideas and ideas...and did all the handwork (I'm sure all crafters would know how it is when you doing a project and you want to get it great the very moment you put it up...) I had monograms  and painted wooden boxes...envelopes ,tags , painted magnets...wreaths...pouches...and a lot of other diy stuff....

Clients the first morning of the do... :)

Posing with my father in law.... Ya right...that is my father in law....a cool dude I'm blessed to have him in my life ... :)

It was a very satisfying day 1 and I was all sold on the day 2....and also an endless list of orders for this and that in my hand..now that is what I call work....You get to do what you love the most and a true satisfaction follows.... So see ya guys in my next post...hopefully I would be able to tell you guys about some of the new projects I am putting my hands onto....until then....Ciao....bye bye...!!!