15 Marbles

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  • SAARC April 2012

     

    The April Birthday girls were- hooksnneedles and Mrs.Fife -Both these ladies are avid crafters..and I spent a long time thinking what to make for them.Finally settled on Decoupage coasters.

     

    I made 4 spotted coasters and 4 retro-floral ones and then couldn’t decide which one to send whom.So,I mixed them up and formed this set.

     

     

    To give the coasters a neat professional finish,I covered the backing with felt pieces. Can you imagine my joy when hooksnneedles wrote back saying that she mistook them for store-bought ones!

    For making these coasters,I used-

    Unfinished Wooden coasters.

    Scrapbooking paper.

    Glue that dries clear.

    Modge-podge

    and Felt for backing.

    Using Modge-Podge gives the paper a nice glossy shine and also makes them durable.

    I hope the girls are getting some use out of these…

    More later..

    Trish Xx

  • SAARC 2012- March -2

    For the last March Birthday girl,I made these coaster-

    Simple Red and Blue Felt Coasters- free hand paisleys embroidered using embroidery floss and chain stitch,finished off with blanket stitch.

    A close up of the coasters:

     

    Details about the swap are here .

  • He is a girl-2

    For some reason,my baby girls were/are almost always mistaken for boys..It happened with Aadi and it happened again with Anzie..This time,to an extent it could be the clothes that she was wearing…I dressed her in all possible colors..including pink..but every single time that she wasn’t wearing pink,I was asked if its a boy!!!!

    Anyway…I wanted to get her ears pierced from the time she turned 3 months..why?because I LOVE little girls with studs in their ears. But,Sanj wasn’t agreeing.. every few days,I brought up the subject and he would put it down..finally,he agreed ..and I promptly booked an appointment,before he could change his mind.So,on April 15th,2012, we took a 9 mo Anzie and her super-excited big sister to the pharmacy to get her ears pierced.

    This is what happened:

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    First the marking..

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    Too busy looking at Didi to realise that there was going to be pain,the very next second..

    She was too stunned at the first shot..and turned to look at the girl,crying angrily..The second girl was ready with her ear-gun..and she stung her next..it was over in less than 3 minutes.She cried for about 5…This time DH handed her over to me… without fighting..:) And I cuddled her and soothed her. When it was Aadya’s turn,he was so mad at me..for putting his precious baby through the torture,he didnt even let me hold her for the next 10-15 minutes..

    And Studded!!!

    Aadya got mad at me,for making her ‘baby’ cry and the baby,told off the pharmacy lady,in her baby babble! 10 minutes later,everyone had calmed down and there were smiled everywhere:) Aadi couldn’t stop looking at Anani..and kept saying again and again..’She looks so cute with her new earrings.. and she looks like her name is Sania!(Don’t ask me who is Sania!!) She comes up with all these names for Ananya…!

    Ohh!And these piercing studs,that you see in the picture..they are her first pair! She managed to pull them off.Next,I put a pair of diamond earrings..she managed to lose 1..and now finally she is onto her third pair of earrings..I am hoping,3rd time will be luck! Fingers crossed….:)

  • All the eyes on…

    the cupcakes…:)

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    Here’s a picture of my munchkins,taken on the morning of Ananya’s birthday..:) After much singing and dancing,we let the girls go crazy with the cupcakes..Seasoned Cupcake eater,Aadi showed Anzie the ropes of peeling cupcake wrapper,licking the frosting and digging right in..and the little monkey copied the big sister..so perfectly!!

    It was a beautiful beginning to a lovely day… I will try not remember the massive clean-up that I had to do,after they were done with the cupcakes..:)

    Hope you are having a good weekend..

    Trish xoxo