Summer Garden

Hello Friends. 

You know that Indian Summers are very hot. The temperatures are unbearable sometimes. The peak period in April and May till mid of June are really difficult to manage. 

If you have a small garden with not much big trees for shade, then it it really difficult to manage the smaller plants in pots. I have many causalities during summer in spite of taking proper precautions.

Well this year, I managed to keep the casualty level to bare minimum.

Here are some pics from my garden this summer:

My favorite Bougainvillea. It starts flowering during summer months and continues almost through out the year, since in South India, we have higher temperatures even in winters. I have now left with two colours pink and orange. I want to buy some more colours this year.

A closer look at the blooms here. They flower profusely, if we give them proper food and water.

Here comes the climbing beauty-creeper of bay pink and white roses. They bloom in bunches if allowed to climb properly onto some base. I had them climb my roof at one time and we had so many beautiful bunches of these roses, that many visitors would purposefully visit my house just to look at them. 

As of now, I have them just up on a pole. This season, I will again let them climb onto my roof.

Well this is the summer queen Jasmine. This is the double flower. It has two to three flowers on upon another in a single flower. This flowers less when compared to the ordinary once. But  the size of the flower and its fragrance is really good.

Here is my mudda Nandivardhanam. It flowers profusely and is used for puja. It gives off a very mild sweet fragrance.

Watch on for more on my blog....

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Easy to make Simple Birthday Card

Hi there!

Hope you are all doing well. Its very hot and sultry here. Though, monsoon had entered India we still don't have much rainfall in my place. I am waiting for the first few showers to revamp my garden.

My new batch of students are here. We have started our classes way back in May. But because of Eid, we had very few classes. Now after the Eid, we are on with our classes, full fledged. But boy, this climate hot and humid is really a bother.

Ok, enough of my ranting now. Today I am going to post a very simple Birthday Card.

It was very simple card to make. Also I like simple and easy cards. I want the background space free and not cluttered or decked up with this and that which makes cards look very crowded and over decked. 

I folded an A4 sized Ivory card stock into half. I had some stickers with me which were gifted by a friend long back. One day, while checking on my stash, I unearthed a bunch of these stickers. So I used them along with the plaid Washi tape in pink colour to match the flowers. Then, I stamped on the sentiment using black ink. 

Well my stamping ability is almost zero. I need to experiment with it. But they are so messy. So though I have so many ideas and projects going on in my mind, I don't have the energy or time to put them into action.

One of these days, I do need to. Because, I have so many cards lying around all done, accept for stamping.

Here is the list of materials, I have used.

Materials Used:

Ivory card stock A4 size
3D Stickers of Vase and the Flower
Plaid Washi tape
Sentiment stamp
Black  Inks
Dimensional tape and glue.


So Until next time...Hope I can post frequently...


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Birthday Card

Hi Friends!

How are you all ? Hope you are doing well.

I have been busy with my students ; the last and concluding part of the academic year. They were all writing their final exams. Now we are waiting for their results.

It is very hot here and temperatures are on the rise. I am busy with summer camps. This year I have cut down to much less time in the camps as I cannot sit for long. 

But I promised to teach in the camp run by an NGO. There are so many children participating in the camp, who come from families who cannot afford to spend money on education in private schools. Some of the children are so bright and eager to learn that it motivates all of us to teach them, interact with them and guide them. Even if they learn just one percent, we all will be happy.

I am also waiting for my next batch of students for the new academic year.

Well I have been making some cards and other small things to give away to my students. I will try to post them. Only thing is I cannot sit for long nor can I type for long.

But I am first posting those cards and other paper crafts which I made in 2016/2017 when I had only punches and other few craft tools with me.

Here is one card I made - a simple birth day card.

I have used, a off white  textured and glittered A4 size card stock folded into half as base. It is not so clear in my photo. I used purple coloured metallic card with the border design punched out using border punch. 

I added a 3D sticker of the bouquet and few stars punched out of purple and gold metallic paper, using star punch. Then added some gold coloured flat pearls in the center of the stars. I printed the sentiment stamp on to the small card stock. Since it was textured, the stamping was not clear. So I touched up with a purple glitter pen and dabbed some distress ink on to the edges of the card.

Glued some stars shapes on to the envelope as well.

Materials Used:

Off white, textured glitter card stock A4 size

Purple and Gold Metallic paper

Star Border Punch

Star Punch

Bouquet Sticker 

Sentiment Stamp and Purple Pigment Ink

Golden Turmeric Distress Ink

Purple Glitter Gel Pen

Glue and dimensional foam adhesive

This was a simple card very easy to make...Watch out for more...

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