Handmade artifacts from Dastkar
Dastakar is an NGO which supports crafts people, to promote and sell their products. To support the craft people , Dastkar organizes many events , including exhibitions and sales...
Category: Craft
Handmade Rakhis
I was supposed to post about handmade Rakhee, before Raksha Bandhan.It got delayed because I was attending a workshop to learn a different craft. Raksha Bandhan is festival in India...
Colorful Handmade Card
Recently have shared about a Birthday card made to wish on first Birthday. Same day was my niece’s birthday. So to wish her I made another card. She loves...
Handmade Card – First year Birthday
Last Saturday I got an invitation call from one of my friends, to attend his son’s birthday party. The party was that day evening itself. I always prefer to...
Mini craft iron- A review
I had learnt sewing, from my mother. She used to stitch clothes for us. I learnt sewing watching my mother sewing. After my studies I learnt it from a...
Shrirampura cotton market-Heaven for cotton and textile lovers
We, craft lovers and designers, keep on searching for materials for craft and designing . In this age of competition always the quality and reasonable price are the factors...
Decoupage on metal
Decoupage bug has bitten me. I have completed many decoupage projects. I had learnt decoupage few years ago. My first decoupage was on an aluminum plat, about which I...
Peacock design – wood work
I have already shared many peacock designs. Some on sarees which I have printed using screen printing techniques, and some sculpted in very ancient temples. Recently when visited a...
Decoupage table- to make a table look new
This year I have worked on many decoupage projects. Decoupage table for my craft room, then a decoupage shelf for the same. I feel decoupage is a simple craft...
Clay dolls from West Bengal
Doll making is an ancient craft . In India this must have started with making of terracotta dolls , and then with wood and other available materials. Dolls making...