SIMPLE MEHENDI DESIGNS

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SIMPLE MEHENDI DESIGNS

Hello friends... these are my mehendi designs which i deleted unfortunately... and there are some more will be posted in future

peacock design

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MY BLUNDER MISTAKE.. HELP ME

HELLO FRIENDS..
Today i've done a blunder mistake... today i tried to change the label name form mehendhi to mehendi... i changed it in edit post icon... by doing this i got 11 posts in mehendhi and 12 posts under the label mehendi... then i made a big mistake i tried to delete the label named mehendhi... by doing this i lost all th e11 posts in mehendhi.. i tried to recover the deleted posts bu i couldn't... if any body know the procedure please help me... or i should repost all the mehendi designs again... the sad thing repost is i'll lose my valuable comments of my fellow bloggers...  so once again please help me if anyone know the method to recover the deleted posts..
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Another Quick mehendi design

Here is my another mehendi design which can be drawn in 10-15 minutes.

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HAPPY WOMENS DAY

PROUD TO BE AN WOMEN... 

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CROCHET CELL PHONE PURSE

Hello dear ones...

Here is my first try on Tunisian crocheting also called as afghan crocheting stitch .. I made these couple of months ago... just now i stitched the magnetic button and finished it. The violet one... i made with the Tunisian needle itself... as our woolen thread is thin and the needle is somewhat big the stitches became loose .. then i tried the same in our own size 10 crochet needle and that came out well. And I've tried some crochet flowers and kept thinking 'what to do???????' but now i used for these purses...

Back side

Front side with flowers attached

Magnetic button 

Trial flowers

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CROCHET BROOMSTICK LACE

Hi dear ones..... this is my new trial piece in crochet Broomstick lace. I learned from a book which my brother in law brought from US... as i should not reproduce here.... I searched for a fine tutorial and the tutorial is here http://blog.grittyknits.com/ViewEntry_broomsticklace.aspx. But i don't know what to do with this piece of work!!!!!!

what to do with this???????????

close up of the work

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SOLVENT GLASS PAINTING ON WINDOW

THIS PAINTING WAS DONE IN A HURRY BY ME AND MY SISTER 2 YEARS BACK IN OUR MOTHERS HOUSE ... I MEAN OUR HOME :):) WE FINISHED IT.... I THINK IN 2 HOURS... ITS A FREE HAND DRAWING DIRECTLY ON THE GLASS.... AND PICKED THE COLORS JUST LIKE THAT. AT LAST MY SISTER FINISHED IT AS I RUSHED TO MY HOUSE WITH MY BUSY HUBBY.
TOOK LONG TIME TO POST THIS.... AND SORRY FOR THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURE

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CROCHET FRIDGE HANDLE COVER

Today when i cleaned my fridge... the part that took time to clean is the handle... so i decided to crochet a handle cover and this is the outcome....

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MY FIRST CROCHETED HAT

This is my first crocheted hat... i want to finish it quickly... but i get only the normal woolen threads in my place... so i decided to work with two threads simultaneously... the outcome is like this.. i used size 13 hook... i started with some pattern... but finished with lots of changes as there is lot of difference with US hook sizes and ours... so the entire size changes.. Now i got new hooks from US which my brother in law family bought me from there.. so.. now i can try many things with these hooks..

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PONGALOOOOO PONGAL.........

Pongal is the harvest festival celebrated in Tamilnadu and now it’s also celebrated as the Tamil new year THAI. The farmer shows his gratitude to god for good rain and Sun by giving their newly harvested things to God. The festival starts with bogi where people clean their houses to get rid of old things.  The next day is the main festival PONGAL where people get up early in the morning before the sun rises …. Draw colorful kolams (now a days they draw kolams in night). Pongal paanai(earthen Pot) and sugarcane drawings get their own places in kolams. Then with the newly harvested rice pongal is cooked in the new pot while the sun is rising, at that time they say “pongalo pongal” to show their gratitude to sun (God).  Then the Padayal (Pooja) is done with the cooked rice (pongal) kept in banana leaves along with sugarcane, fresh Turmeric plant, banana, betel leaves.

                Then the next day is the maatu pongal… it’s the day for cattles.  They clean them and color their horns and do pooja for them. This day is also called as kaanum pongal where they spend happy time with their family anywhere outside.

     But this time we kept pongal in afternoon and also done pooja for kirthigai. Here are the pictures of our pongal celebration up in our terrace

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HAPPY PONGAL... HERE IS COLORFUL KOLAM

I Post my first post of this year with Festive celebration. Pongal is the Harvest festival of Tamil people. And also its our Tamil New Year..... the first day of Tamil month Thai... Its always a sweet and colorful festival..... As we have lots of villages around our town its a big festival too.... We enjoyed this pongal with Pongal and Sugarcane... and how it can  be complete without these colorful kolams... Here is our pongal kolams......... 

view from our terrace

This one is done by me...i'm not satisfied with the outer flower color.....

This is done by my sister in law and her daughter... 

Hows the pongal paanai????

this and the below are by my sister in law

My mother in law helped out in all the kolams.... Darwing these kolams in midnight is a painful work... yet.... its pongal... our own happy pongal...........................

I'll post some more  festive snaps soon................

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Crochet coin purse or cellphone stand

This is a African flower hexagon... this is a trial... so i joined these two hexagons as a purse and using it as a cellphone stand.... very much useful for me...

back side

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Recycled fridge top mat

This is my another recycled work. A Fridge top cover.
I made this out of a vinyl flex banner from our shop... and I made button hole stitch in borders with wool thread.
Then done embroidery with the stem stitch.... i got this pattern from http://www.french-knots.com/category/embroidery-transfers/food/... This blog has some nice patterns for embriodery

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crocheting

Hello dear ones... now i'm just crazy about crochet.. mixing colors... feeling happy.... i learnt to make granny squares.. but i cant post my trial squares... those are not as good to post here... but i've made my first handbag using these granny squares. Here i  made solid granny squares and sunflower granny squares...
thia site helped me to learn the basic grannysquare pattern http://www.knitting-n-crochet.com/index.html

Actual color is this one but not clear........

Closeup veiw.....

But this sunflower crochet i learnt from an u tube vedio... i forgot to copy the link..

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Unfinished mehendhi

I've drawn this design for my sister...but this design is unfinished.

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Trial on Satin and buttonhole stitch

This one i tried months back.. first attempt on satin stitch... but the long and short stitch became worst so i skipped on other leaves

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Karthigai Deepam

This is our Karthigai deepam kolam and deepams.... This year we made it very simple one...

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Embroided Silk Cellphone Pouches

These are the cellphone pouches stitched with the left over cloths from silk saree blouse
I gave these to my sisters

The mango design is in the back side. This is the metallic hand embroidery thread. At first it is very much difficult for me to stitch with this thread but now i learned to work with this thread.

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happy diwali

Hi Friends Wishing ypu all a very very happy diwali

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