Quilled Toucan!!

Hi all,

         Today's post, it is Quilled Toucan! There is a story behind this. I came across this beautiful birdie with most colorful big beak for the first time when I watched Rio movie(now u remember it from the movie right :-)) and fell in love. Dint know it's name then. After couple of years when I wanted to make a Quilled bird, couldn't think of anything else!! Then comes the search for the bird name referring Rio movie and there it is.. Beautiful Toucan!! 

         I recently got a chance to watch these beauties in person and they are feast to eyes !! Here it is. My Quilled version of the "Toucan".

Completed and framed!!

               Before starting with the project, big concern was with claws and how to achieve the effect of them holding to the branch!! In the end they turned out fine!! Liked the way everything came into life and I feel I did justice to the beauty with this work. What do you think!

A better angle to see the details!

Original and its Quilled twin ;) 

Have a happy weekend!!

Cheers,
Vinee

Quilled Car hangings!!

Hello all,

         Its time for some of the car hangings I made! One of my early quilled creations was a car hanging. That was made for parents' new car. It was a butterfly!

         When I see it now, I think to myself...Please hide it some where. There was no technique. nothing. Only excitement to create some thing with colored strips(Hand cut from colored sheets. Now I buy quilled strips!)

         With time, I definitely got some experience! When got the opportunity, gave it a second shot. This time it is fringed flowers!! Had to cut too many blue strips to make these tiny fringed flowers!! Here it is...Blue heart with fringed flowers❤❤❤❤

A closer look !!

         Isn't it pretty!! Parents have retired the old butterfly and replaced it with the blue heart now ☺☺☺

         Here is the second hanging. This time it comes in mango shape ☺ For this, I wanted to try Indian mehandi design! Had to cut the card board in desired shape! Two coats of painting for the white background and working with small pieces of paper to achieve the mehandi design!! Thoroughly enjoyed the making. Don't you think it turned out well!!

Mango it is!!

Thats it for now guys.. Have a happy weekend!!

Cheers,

Vinee

Quilled Heart again!

Hello all,

A very happy Valentines day to all of you!!!

           The other day when I was thinking about the topic to write, I could think of only one thing.. Tamilnadu Government crisis! With all the fuss that is going on in media, one thing kept me wondering! Just because you were a  friend to powerful leader once, does that necessarily make you a leader?? By the time I started drafting today, supreme court gave its judgement after a verrrrryyyyyyy long time of more than twenty years! Better late than never I guess!Watching news telecast now, one more thing caught my eye! OPS supporters are celebrating the judgement and distributing sweets!! Is this the celebration time? I mean the judgement just made your late leader a convict of disproportionate assets !! Well. Thats my point of view!

           Coming to my quilled work, its valentines day special. Another quilled heart! In my first heart, leaves were of crepe paper. Here everything is of quilling. All the flowers are made with tight coils and water proofed also. Leaves are all loose coils with different shades of green! For pollen, I have used store bought ready made pollen strands. Struggled a bit while assembling but it's of worth..Loved the way it turned out. Every thing falls in right place.

I like the shadow effect very much!!

All set for the next step!!

Between first and second heart, first one is my favorite. What's yours?
Thats it for now. Have a great week!!

Cheers,
Vinee

Quilled earrings!!

Hello all,

        Starting from December till January, it's all festivities, holidays, new year celebrations and then comes big festival Sankranthi. Love this season especially Sankranthi...Have fond memories of childhood with all our cousins meet at grand parent's place. On Bhogi early mornings we used to run to the bhogi manta(bonfire) at the end of the street...On Sankranthi pooja, new dresses and so many sweets.Yummm...Love those days...  All family gatherings, friends, holidays. Too many varieties of food  and for food lovers like me, It's heaven.. Ahhh almost forgot...Shopppppping. Too many offers to choose from. People who are crazy for shopping go nuts this time of the year(no, I am not at all a shopping freak). Holidays for kids' schools,vacation time :-) On the whole, two months jam packed with fun.

         And for quilling, today I am going to show you some of the ear rings I have made with quilling paper. I love paper jhumkas very much. The finishing we can achieve with paper jhumkas is unbelievable and don't worry, they are water resistant too. Now all my favorite dresses have a perfect matching jhumkas.. Happy me :-)

Here they go. I absolutely love them<3 what about you! Curious to know!

Black and gold! My best till date <3

Love the colors on the peacock!!

Black and white...All time favorite combo!!

These were the first quilled jhumkas I have made! Lot of improvement right!!

My first trail with Jhumkas!!

See you next time guys!!

Cheers,

Vinee

Quilled Tiger and Cub!!

Hello all,

       First of all A very happy new year 2017 :) Though bit late with the wishes, it's never too late :)  This is time of the year every one  have a list of things with priorities ordered!Yeah.. talking about Resolutions!! I am sure most of you would have finalized your list for this year 2017...That's a good step...but people like me, that's the only step we take ;-) and the next time we think about resolution is, the next new year;-)I know I am not alone here.At least some of you are having a smile relating this to yourselves :-) This year I decided to enroll myself for a painting class...fingers crossed and determined to take more steps this time !!

       Being the first post of this year, here comes the biggest of my quilled works till date...After my successful attempt of the National Bird, decided to give tribute to the national Animal..I was bit skeptical on how to proceed with the tiger's face..So started with body first and left the faces till last!! I wanted to capture the facial expressions and very satisfied with the way they turned out.. It took almost 15 days time (was working on and off ) and lots n lots of quilling strips to fold and roll..Worth the effort and loved it <3

That's all for now.. Let me know how you like it and see you all next time guys!!