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Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday One of my dearest friends birthday falls on Oct 31st. This is to wish her a very very Happy Birthday. We wish her all the very best in this lovely new year in life. Enjoy the life to the fullest. Hope all your dreams come true and that too very soon. Wishing health and happiness... This personalised greeting card was created with lot of thought. I wanted to gift her something unique, something she might be able to frame if she choose to. After a lot of thought I decided to make this card a personalised one. So instead of cake or something related to birthday I quilled her nick name and made a card. Her face lits up with amazing joy whenever she hears her nick name esp this one "LITTLE". That's the reason I chose this one.(Yes, she has more than one nick name). I used basic quilling shapes as you would have known by now from our previous posts. Also used basic husking technique for the base of alphabet. The red lace was punched out using ...

Nature offers many avenues of craft. One of the best times of the year for nature craft is the Fall season. The wonderful colors of fall leaves inspire many of us in different ways. Some love to take pictures, some make beautiful painting. Yes, you guessed right. One of our favorites is making fall leaves crafts. This simple yet elegant piece of wall art was made using fall leaves. With a little care you can also make this beautiful Fall Wall leaves Art. The technique used here is easy. It is called Botanical Pressing. In simple terms it is collecting the samples and pressing them. The more organized collection of plant specimens are called Herbariums and they can last hundreds of years. Scientists have been using this technique since the Victorian era for botanical studies. Well, you need not be scientist to create this Fall leaves craft. Kids love this craft. A little supervision can help them make it perfect and long lasting. Supplies you will need : -Fall leaves of your choice -Pla...

The cutest PURPLE PUMPKIN BAT CRAFT ever.... This sparkly purple bat is the cutest Pumpkin craft this Halloween season. Finally a Halloween Craft which kids adore. My 32 month old daughter made it recently at one of the craft workshops at Michaels. While I was shopping for some clothes for my recent invitation to Oprah show taping, my daughter was busy crafting this lovely and adorable PURPLE PUMPKIN BAT. By the time I decided what to wear for Oprah show, her craft was ready.I had no clue what they were doing all this time. Thanks to her dad. Both Father and daughter were ecstatic and so proud of this creation. Recently,my daughter's favorite color has become Purple next to Pink.She was delighted to see the color choice as Purple. I just wanted to share the picture of this Purple Pumpkin Bat Craft as this is my daughter's first Pumpkin Creation and really this is the cutest thing I have seen this Halloween. My daughter who didn't like the spooky spiders on the Pumpkin tha...

Aren't these spiders SPOOKY !! These crawling spooky spiders on the pumpkin make a perfect centerpiece for Halloween. A great Halloween craft that kids can make. My daughter thinks they are real Spiders. She says mommy they are so Scary. Well, this is what we want on Halloween. So really happy how this turned out. Let us all make it this Halloween. Supplies needed - For one spider -Craft Pom poms balls black 2 no.s -Chenille stems black standard lengths 2 no.s -Chenille stems black 2 inch piece -Craft Glue -Scissors -Google eyes (optional) For Pumpkin arrangement -Craft Pumpkin also called carvable pumpkin -Spiders 3 no.s Step by Step Instructions - 1. Refer the pictures to make the spider. Take two pom poms and glue them together. 2. Cut the chenille stems such that you have four equal lengths. 3. Hold these together and using the 2 inch piece of chenille stem tie them together as shown in the picture above. 4. Now using glue stick the pom poms you prepared in step 1. Let it dr...