Art By Shantha
Last minute preparations for gatherings during the festive season is great fun. Here’s a quick DIY to add some colour to bottles!! Using this technique, you can enhance the look of wine and juice bottles to add in some merry cheer for festivities. HOW TO PAINT A BOTTLE Clean the surface of the bottle thoroughly.... Continue Reading →
Because the best gifts are handmade ones and the best ones have beautiful packaging!Here’s how you can decoupage a wooden box to serve the purpose of an ornamental wedding gift box which can also be used as a jewelry box. The quickest and easiest way to Decoupage.. This is with a couple of tips and... Continue Reading →
It’s the end of another academic year and the end of a set of worn out shoes. But, here’s a quick activity of painting and beautifying shoes that kids will enjoy. This is again a DIY from my archives, I had designed this for Hobby Ideas when I was working with them. This is how... Continue Reading →
While playing along the Craft Challenge at the HAPPYMOMENTZZ blog, I decided to blog about another craft that I had designed for Hobby Ideas. This is a fabric pouch that is made using simple Origami folding techniques. I have further worked to make it a marine theme fabric pencil holder using simple folding techniques, glue... Continue Reading →
Let's beautify a wooden tissue box with some stenciling and the colourful craft of Paper Quilling. This is a colourful DIY that fosters understanding of shapes and spatial arrangements. CATEGORY: DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MediumAGE GROUP: 5 yrs and above (Parental Guidance advised) MATERIALS REQUIRED: The following products are required for this DIY. You can click over... Continue Reading →
Hello Folks!! So today I will be sharing a simple DIY for children. This particular one was designed for the Hobby Ideas team, Pidilite Industries, when I was working with them as a Content Expert. During the summer holidays, when kids are busy with comics, there’s a quick DIY that kids will love to do.... Continue Reading →
Down south in India, married women invite other married women home and offer a thamboolam to honour the women power/shakti/Goddess Durga, which they believe resides in every lady. To offer Thamboolam, one can paint these rice sieves and add a dash of colour to the Thambool. Traditional farming methods use the rice sieve to separate... Continue Reading →
How about adding your art, heart and soul by hand-painting traditional jootis for your sole? Here's how you can go about using the entire range of paints that adhere to fabric, to beautify sandals for a grand occasion. HOW TO PAINT A JOOTI: Paint the jootis with a base coat of Fevicryl Acrylic black paint.... Continue Reading →
“A home runs on love, laughter and lots of strong coffee.” The smell of coffee reminds people of home!! Coffee art developed accidentally when an artist accidentally spilt coffee on his canvas. It was then that he realized that it would be a great medium to work with. A popular beverage with intoxicating aroma which... Continue Reading →
With the commencement of the festive season, it's very common that you sit down to plan gifts for your near and dear ones. It's a wonderful feeling to make gifts and add a personal touch while giving away gifts. Here are colorful potli bags with some applique work done on it.The design is simple Mandalas... Continue Reading →
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