Musings of a bored girl

"Beauty is not flawless, it shines through your flaws."

Experiments with water colour

Getting bored this summer? Here is a simple DIY photo frame which can be made from things around the house.  Materials needed : Cardboard frame cutout ( Old broken frames can be recycles) Paper- Newspaper, old recycled paper from magazines Adhesive Scissors Colours- Acrylic (it is water proof and stays longer) Brush to paint Beads/ glitter/ other household things- to decorate.  I have used all recycled things lying around the house and easy to use. The first step is to start rolling the paper into rolls and then gluing it. Once it is dry, these rolls have to be rolled into coils of different sizes.  Once you have made a number of coiled rolls, lacquer it with a mixture of adhesive and water, This will strengthen the coils and the paper would never come apart. In the meanwhile, paint the photo frame base in the colour of your choice. Even though the frame would be covered but it is necessary so that tiny crevices dont look blank. ...

A Zentangle is an abstract drawing created by using repetitive patterns. This method was invented by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.The invention of Zentangle was intended to make the art of drawing pleasurable, meditative and accessible to all. It's creation is unplanned. When you begin creating a Zentangle, we don't necessarily have a end goal in mind, the pattern reveals itself as we draw. Zentangles are not like doodle. Doodles are mostly done when someone is bored and wants to distract themselves. Unlike doodling, Zentangles needs focus and undivided attention.  This is a relatively new art form and it is based on human behaviour in which one refrains from planning and allows lines and shapes to unintentionally emerge. I tried my hand on making some Zentangles of my own. Here are some. Hope you like them and share your inputs. 

'Tis the season to be jolly.....deck the halls with bough of holly.... Hey everyone! Holidays season is here and I have been busy creating  easy DIY holiday decorations with my children. Since I teach grade 1,I had to think of simple and easy to make  decorations that 6 year old can make. Most of the things we used was either recycled or readily available. Here's a peak into what my class made for Christmas this year. Hope you guys can use some of the ideas.  Have a fabulous Christmas ! My class made this Christmas board where the jotted their wishes to Santa Claus.  Christmas tree made out of hand cuts.  Children traced their own hand prints and cut it out using safety scissors. They then decorated it with their own imagination using glitter, sequins, stickers, cotton, hand prints etc. We later attached it together and gave it the shape of a Christmas tree. It is quite easy to do and fun. I...

Quiling is an art form that involves using paper strips that are rolled,shaped and glued together to create decorative designs. The paper is wound around a quill to create a basic coil shape. The paper is then glued at the tip and these shaped coils are arranged to form flowers, leaves and various ornamental patterns similar to ironwork.                                       Basic Quilling shapes Quiling has become an easy craft these days and many many tools are available in the market.  Pre-cut papers, needle, embossing tools, paper crimpers, quilling combs etc are easily available to create even the most complicated designs. With a little bit of patience you can create many wonderful things. I have created these without using a quilling kit but only paper strips, rolled by hand. Quilling cards Designer bottle with quilli...

I just realised some of my absolute favourite quotes are about butterfly and how it gives a sense of freedom and transformation. Sharing some of them. "The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has enough time." - Rabindranath Tagore "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower". - Hans Christian Anderson. " Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you". Nathaniel Hawthorne  " Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time".- Deborah Chaskin " We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever". Carl Sagan " I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free." - Charles Dickens