Watched *It’s a wonderful life*, an American classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. It’s a great movie (that I enjoyed watching with my husband), reiterating one of life’s most important lessons “Count your blessings”. As we approach the end of 2022, I implore you to cherish all the wonderful moments, being grateful for them and look forward to a wonderful 2023.
Happy New Year!
Enjoy your life!
-Sriranjini
Hey everyone, I am back after a long gap.. After 2 whole years we have started with our regular routine and even though we all live in different parts of the world, our way of living has definitely changed.
I spent my free time post my regular teaching job, learning crochet and making artificial jewellery with natural stones and pearls.
I felt making jewellery for myself, family and friends was so therapeutic. I took out the bead necklace and earrings that I stopped wearing due to wear-out on the metal or due to lack of interest in the design and tried to reuse with different patterns or stringing together with different textured beads and pearls.
Jewellery making is a skill and the appreciation that the designer gets, in my observation, is very minimal. Art is not just about the money, it is about showcasing the skills using a medium such as paper or beads; beads can come in varied forms like pearl, natural stone, paper, clay, metal, acrylic and so on. The art of making the jewellery enhances the ability to plan and design according to the prevailing mood and the mindset of the designer. If the requirement is for a family member or for a friend, the designer will analyse the interest in colour, texture and preference to pearls or the natural stone of the person and design the jewellery according to their choice. The finished product reflects the time and effort dedicated by the designer. Kudos to all the designers out there who are making an effort to bring a smile on the person wearing the jewellery 🙂
As I have mentioned in my other posts, I always appreciate handmade products as the effort and the affection are visible no matter the size or texture of the artefact.
Here are some of the jewellery patterns that I enjoyed creating in recent times 🙂
Look forward to your thoughts. Remember, if you’d like to acknowledge the designer in you or someone in your known circles, just go for it and say it out loud – “Keep up the good work”
Waiting to hear your thoughts 🙂
Hello all,
Trust this finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy.
Neurological studies emphasize the magic of 21 days – repeating a routine for 21 days makes it a habit; well, repeating the same routine for 90 days makes it a permanent habit. With close to 3 months of staying at home, I am certain everyone would have developed some “new” positive habits and routines, that otherwise wouldn’t have been possible – be it exercising or doing yoga in the morning or just sipping hot coffee with a book in the evening. I can think of one habit that has silently crept in to all our lives (definitely mine) – hope. The hope that the pandemic situation will improve and life will approach “normal”.
A famous leader once said – “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”.
I would like to express my gratitude to our community helpers, without whose sacrifice and tireless work, we would not have been able to fight this pandemic.
With hope, gratitude and prayers, here is a typography that I quilled during the lockdown to “Spread Good Vibes”
Thanks for your support.
– Sriranjini
Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights. Diwali is traditionally celebrated by lighting diyas and candles, praying to Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha, bursting crackers and meeting friends and family to exchange Diwali greetings and gifts.
The quilling of the candle light holder, the bird shaped holder and the Ganesha were completed using newspaper/magazines.
Newspaper quilled candle holder:
Newspaper quilled bird shaped holder:
Jewellery adds beauty to the festivities and hence the quilled Jhumka.
Here’s hoping that the divine lights of Diwali bring peace, prosperity and good health.
Happy Diwali !!!
The current month theme in IQCG is Festive/Holiday. I have posted the above creations for your inspiration.
This month DT twist on the challenge theme is “Anything about India”.
Being a proud Indian, I have created two DT projects for the current month.
Unity in diversity means oneness despite multiplicities. India is a classic example of this motto and has thrived over several decades with this phrase as its guiding principle. India is a country where individual or social differences in physical attributes, race, religion and culture are not seen as conflict; rather, these differences are looked upon as the multiplicities that enrich the society.
The quilled earring symbolizes and reinforces this oneness amongst us, the citizens of this great democracy.
“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.” – Mahatma Gandhiji
Freedom is something that money can’t buy, it was earned through the struggles of many bravehearts. Let us honour them today and always.
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhiji
Link your creations under IQCG#39 – Anything goes
Happy Independence Day and Enjoy quilling!
Hello folks,
This month’s theme in IQCG is “Rainbow Colours”.
The beauty of the rainbow in the sky, especially after the rain provides immense joy to everyone with its warmth of unity amongst the colours.
The radiance from the colours Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red enhance the beauty of any artefact that we create.
Here goes my ‘Design Team’ project.
“Weaved rainbow coloured paper earring”
I used multi coloured 5mm strips and weaved together to create this beautiful earring.
The earring is light weight, water-proof coated with dimensional magic.
With Women’s day round the corner,the march theme at IQCG is “Celebrate Women”.
The challenge details are available at: IQCG#35 – Celebrate Women. Kindly participate and showcase your creativity. Here is my DT post for this theme. 
Inspired by the Tree of Life and dedicated to all the Women out there – Mother, Friend, Wife, Grandmother, Sister and Daughter.
Dedicating my first post as part of the design team @ IQCG 2017. February is the month of love and the theme is all about Love, what does it mean to you?
The challenge details are available at: IQCG #34 – Love is
To me, love is cherishing the art of creativity within ourselves: Creativity through adding colors and vibrance to enhance the beauty to last for years to come.
Some inspiring quotes on love from
“It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.”
“Love is not love, which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Oh, no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests.. and is never shaken. ”
Hope to meet you all every month with my inspiring creations.
Share your thoughts..
With love,
Sriranjini
The Paperolles 