Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Summer Blooms

Hi Friends.

We had a few showers and some rainfall during last month. For the past two-three weeks, it is quite hot and sultry. Though we have some clouds blocking the Sun frequently, it is still very hot and no rainfall.

At the onset of the Monsoons, I decided to start overhauling my garden. In fact I had bought some new plants too. 

My first priority was to remove all broken and damaged planters and repot all those plants and and also those plants which have outgrown their containers.

Last week I just started on it as it was very cloudy and cool. I could do repot a dozen or so plants. But after that the Sun is out and temperatures are like that in summer.

Well here is a small glimpse of the blooms during past few days in my garden.


This is the single petaled Jasmine still flowering as the temperatures are hot and apt for it. Their fragrance is unforgettable.


This the double Jasmine flowers. Still in bloom.


This is the mini Hibiscus. The flowers are small but blooms profusely through out the year if proper care is taken of the plant. My plant is still very small and needs nurturing. 

I will post further updates in the coming posts. That is all for now...

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Book Marks - Punch Craft

Hi Friends. 

It is hot and sultry. No rains. So it is like summer again. 

There was a time, when Punch Craft was much in fashion. So I used to buy what all punches I could get my hands on. At that time, online craft shops were not there. So I used to rely on local craft shops. We have very few here and only very few used to sell the punches or other craft materials.

Any way here is one Book Mark I made using Punches. 





These are the Punches I used



Materials Used:

  • White Card stock pieces 2
  • Yellow Card Stock piece
  • Red Card Stock piece
  • Punches
  • Corner Rounder
  • Flat backed pearls in two sizes
  • Red and Yellow matching satin ribbons
  • Red and Gold Ghungroo 2 each
  • Single hole puncher
  • Glue


Sunday, July 29, 2018

Book Marks-Simple and Easy

Here is one more book mark which is simple and easy to make. This is how I made it.

  • I took an orange coloured textured hand made paper strip which I had it in my scrap paper stash.
  • folded it into half , punched the flowers on one side.
  • punched a hole in the strips, both front and back ones
  • added a dark pink coloured hand made paper in between the folds and glued the folds .
  • added the flat bottomed pearls
  • made a braid from the wool, strung through the punched hole and knotted each end.
That's all. My book mark was ready.



 This is the front side of the book mark

This is the back side.


Materials Used:


  • Textured hand made paper Orange coloured
  • Hand made paper dark pink coloured
  • Glue
  • Flower punch
  • Black coloured flat bottomed self adhesive pearls
  • Black coloured wool



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