Quilled birthday and anniversary cards

I just love quilling. I have been making cards for my friends and family. I made a flower bouquet card for my mum's colleague who retired from work last month. A farewell card!

Next was a birthday card for an aunt. This time I thought of making a birthday cake and gifts instead of flowers.

 Another birthday card for a sister. I tried a new technique for the flower in the center.

  And finally a silver anniversary card for my parents friends.

That is all for now. Happy quilling !!!

Quilled miniature lady bug box

I learnt this new technique of 3D paper quilling (www.shilpi.com). The kit contained paper quilling strips,a quilling coach. First we need to make tight rolls of the desired coloured paper for the face, hat, body and the bottom half of the lady bug. Then shape it by pressing the layers into a dome shape gently. Apply glue on the inner side of the shape to avoid changing the shape later. Then assemble the lady bug as shown in the picture.

You can cut black paper circles to stick on the upper part of the body.

Do not stick the two halves together. Just place the upper body on the lower such that it can be opened like a box.

It is kept on a memo pad stand. Happy quilling !

Quilled cards

After making a valentine day card for my friend, I received a few requests for quilled greeting cards. So here are some of them that I made in the last month.

The next was a birthday card with different kinds of flowers.

 

This one is a thank you card with a bunch of flowers in a vase (the photo quality is not good)

 I am enjoying this craft a lot and hope you will be back to check out more of my creations : )

New hobby!

Gift box - gift tag

Paper quilling - my new hobby, is an art where strips of paper are coiled and then shaped to decorate various articles like frames, greetings etc. I was first fascinated by this craft when my friend Shalmali started making beautiful cards. It was way back in 2005 I guess.

Balloons - gift tag

 I recently saw a beginners quilling kit at Hobby Ideas (a store which opened in Mumbai) and bought one (www.shilpi.com). Below are some of the initial projects shown in the kit. On the left and below are gift tags.

Flowers in a pot

Aperture card

Since Valentine's day was approaching, I made one with a romantic message :)

And the one below was made for my friend, for her valentine. This one is inspired by  http://increations.blogspot.in/2010/05/quilled-heart-greeting-card.html.

Football and me - Some of my beautiful memories!

This page will be dedicated to all my heroes - footballers! Well, it starts with my dad, he loves the game of football but never played professionally. He used to manage a team from our colony (housing society) called the Mahalakshmi Sports Club (MSC).

I used to accompany him for all the matches they used to play locally around Mumbai (mostly Vile Parle, Versova, Amboli, Kalina, Tata colony etc.) and we used to win most of the tournaments. It was only 11-a-side tournaments then, futsal was not so popular in Mumbai. And that is how my love for the game started.

I began understanding the game and loving it. The team that time (around 1987) consisted of players like Suresh Mendon (Union bank of India), Kamlaksh Mendon (Orkay mills), Harish Suvarna (Bank of India), Chandrakant Poojary (Bank of India), Vijit Kunder, Thapa (I do not recall his complete name), Paresh Amin, Manvinder Singh Mand and many others. The team at one point of their glorious career were practically unbeatable.

 And to just be a part of the team's supporters had an amazing feeling to it. And those who have felt it will only understand by what I mean. The best tournaments then, were held at Versova ground, Andheri and St.Xaviers ground,Vile Parle. I remember this incident when I was 11 or 12 years old, and had accompanied the team for a match at Versova (Andheri, Mumbai), the spectators would literally step aside for the players to pass and the news that "the mahalakshmi boys have arrived" ("Mahalakshmi aaya" in Hindi) would spread like fire.

Later the team had new younger players like Dhanraj Karkera, Nitin Mendon, Suraj Bantwal and many more. The team was always a mix of young talent and experienced players. The number of supporters from the colony for any match would be between 20-25 men and me! 

The younger generation which joined the MSC were not professional footballers and hence could not practice together  like the earlier players. The veterans used to regularly practice at the Juhu beach every Sunday. They would never miss a single Sunday. Football was religion. But one has to agree with me that footballers do not earn a lot and hence many were forced to choose a different career option.

 

The third generation of players were Gautam Mendon, Prasad Adka and Praneel Mendon (ex-Union Bank of India, ex-Air-India and now Mumbai Customs). There were many players in the recent years who were not from the colony but loved to play for MSC.

In the 1990's Rink football tournaments had started and we started dominating in that too. But since its a quicker version of the game and very few youngsters were left in the team, Mahalakshmi started winning the rink format in the veterans section.

Such were the glory days of Mahalakshmi Sports Club. And we still play football, used to conduct small tournaments in our school (MVM) and sometimes participate in the tournaments. But due to hectic lifestyles and different careers, there was no time left for football. But football will always be in our hearts and hopefully this game will get the  recognition it deserves in our country.

Cheers to the beautiful game!

Old art work....

Hey!
I am quite new to blogging and hence to start with I will put up some snaps of the paintings I had done almost 10 years back till now. I have two passions in my life - to paint and play football. I have always loved painting but since I was also good at science...I took up studying biological sciences and have been into pharma-biotech research for the past 4 years. I have recently quit my job and I am enjoying my time with some painting and learning this technique called paper quilling. My inspiration for paper quilling has come from my dear friend Shalmali. You can check out her blog http://shalmalipatkar.blogspot.in/ I bought a paper quilling kit (www.shilpi.com) and have made the projects shown in that kit.

The painting on the left was made in 2002 for my friends mom who wanted this painting which was on a greeting card. It is not at all my original and it is just replicated on a bigger chart paper with water colour by me. I do not know who the original painter is and apologize if I have made a bad copy of the same. This picture is not very clear.

This painting was made in 2004 or 2005 for my dad. It is also a replica of a painting published in a calendar. All these paintings were replicated by me just to learn and challenge myself and not for any other purpose.









Later in 2006 I made a Lord Ganesha for my University professor. One of the people I admire. Its with acrylic colours on canvas. Adapted from http://wallpapers.ungalulagam.com/2010/12/lord-ganeshlord-ganesh-photoslord.html

In 2008 I made a Ganesha again, but its oil on canvas adapted from http://www.niloufer.com/ganesha.html.

Next was a year later with my own idea of oil on canvas, a simple one.













That is all till now. In 2008, I began working and did not get any time for art. Now that I have quit my job, I have started learning paper quilling and will upload the small cards that I have made in the upcoming blogs. My next blog would be my love for Joga Bonito, the beautiful game of football!!