Abstract Art Workshop



 So after much push from friends I am hosting my 1st workshop. As the name says it is about Art... Abstract Art.

I love color (am sure you all know that by now), recycled materials, anyhting creative and unique and most of all I love Inspiring people to be more creative and to think outside the box.

In this workshop I plan to teach a little bit about abstract art, composition and color combinations. I want to share what my Art and drawing teacher taught me when I was in college "TO SEE".
To look at everyday things around us and find color combinations and compositions. To see the beauty that surrounds us. And use that beauty and the color schemes in nature that we get inspired by and make a unique piece of Art.

Last year I shared a painting with you in my blog post 'Color Therapy'. This painting was painted on a reclaimed piece of MDF that has a pattern engraved on it. This workshop will use a similar piece of reclaimed MDF and turn it into a Unique and One of a kind Work of ART.

I am very excited about the workshop (well and nervous too)... If you live in and around Atlanta and want to attend this workshop then email me at divissketchbook(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thank you all my friends, family and blog readers for Inspring me to host this workshop. I promise there will be lot more coming up.

Love you all.

Divya

Creative Gift Tags

After buying a tons of Art supplies from Art Store or Stampin Up I am always trying to come up with projects where I can use them (I know a difficult task right, it is or me). I have recently invested (at least that's what I like to think) in tons of new art supplies.

 

Color pens



Paper Punch



Various stamps.. etc etc..

  

We all add Thank you cards or Gift tags to Party Favors right, so why not make them ourselves?

Here is what I did for my daughter's birthday party favors. I made some simple and easy Gift tags. I used several punches to punch out different shapes in various colored cardstock. Then mixed all the colored punch outs to make unique birds and glued them to the wrapped gifts. VERY VERY EASY, but unique.

I hope you will try it out something like this soon.

Here are some of my recommendations if you would like to buy some supplies.

• Martha Stewart Crafts Stamp & Punch Pack Bird By The Each
• Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Stamp And Punch Set, Butterfly
• Martha Stewart Punch and Stamp Cupcake
• Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Stamp And Punch Set, Leaf
• Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Large Punch, Monarch Butterfly
• Martha Stewart Marker A and C Set 1.2mm Bullet

Spreading Cheer

I have been feeling kinda dull and drab lately. After meeting a friend for dinner yesterday night I realized I am not the only one feeling so dead and depressed these days. So its time to spread some cheer.

I cant think of a better way to do that than to introduce you all to my absolute fav photographer- Katie Sokoler.

One cannot help but smile when you look at her work. I absolutely LOVE her spirited and kaleidoscopic pictures. I am a big fan of color anyway,  looking at her pics makes me fall in love with colors again.

Her simple yet whimsical ideas brings a wide grin on my face every time I browse her flicr page or her blog "Color me Katie"

So here are some more of her images borrowed from her Flickr account. Be sure to check out rest of her work here.

Something special for Valentine's Day from Katie.

Poll for a new Layout.

I have been thinking about a NEW LOOK for my blog. Its been quite some time I have had the current layout, and a new look seems like a necessary step. (Agree?? Don't Agree??).

As you guys would know me, I love color, Scrap booking, Crafts, anything and everything creative. But I am also very organized. So keeping those parameters in mind I selected few Free Layouts from Blogger. (I can't afford a custom layout yet, so a  free one will have to do for now).

I need your help deciding which one should I pick (also should I even change it?)

So I am Having a small poll here. Please look at the following templates and help me choose.

Option 1 - Color Idea



Option 2 - Sticker Theme



Option 3 - Glory

Option 4 - My Diario

Option 5 - Color O Ring

Please VOTE:

                                           

                                               

         
Please vote for the template you think represent this blog the best. I really appreciate the help.

{I want to thank a darling friend who helped me create this poll on my blog post. Thank You sooo much.}

Halloween Pumpkin Party

"Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, make me a child again, just for to-night!" ~Elizabeth Akers Allen

This quotation sums up my feeling about halloween for kids. What a fun festival to dress up, go trick-or-treating and all the candy.

This year I decided to call all my daughters friends for a Pumpkin inspired Halloween Party. Me and my daughter (oh yes! she is a big helper and to add to my happiness she loves crafts as well) prepared for little little stuff for the party over several weeks. Like filling Favor bags, making food picks, designing halloween cards, carving pumpkins, prepping for the food table etc. Saanvi had loads of fun stamping with halloween stamps on favor bags, helping me make the food picks, filling candy in the bags. What a fun process follwed by a fantastic afternoon spend with creative costumes and great company.

Here is what we did.


Carved Pumpkin faces, Haunted house and
pumkin stickers used to decorate the center piece,
Orange and purple lanterns



Halloween party table setup, Center Piece tree



'Boo' food picks, Pumpkin decorations, Halloween shaped cookie cutter cut fruits,
Eye ball and pumpkin cake



Fly Away favor bags and Halloween Cards

 I have added the links to my inspirations for everyone else to try if they like. I added my own twist to everything keeping true to the theme (Pumpkins).

I hope everyone who came had as much fun as we did planning for it.

P.S.- Please let me know if any of you like to know more about anything I share. I would love to help out with any project you guys want to do.

And yaa keep reading..

'About to Hatch' Diaper Cake

This past weekend we hosted a baby shower for a dear friend. Hostess did a great job with decorations, food and specially the cake (Oh my god I just loved her ideas, I am sharing some pics and her blog link, please check it out).
My little job was to make a diaper cake (I Love it)..
Instructions were simple...

Theme: About to Hatch
Colors: Yellow, Green and Brown
For a little baby Girl who will be named "Meera"..

Here it is... My Little Gift for the Parents to be..



To read about the Cake and decor and party favors please click HERE. Hostess of this baby shower writes an amazing food blog, check it out for some great recipes. Her blog is called Pinch of Sunshine..

Check back soon for detailed instructions on 'How to make a Diaper Cake'. Keep reading..

Halloween Cards

With Halloween right around the corner and kids coming over for a costume party I had the perfect reason to take out my crafting supplies and make some handmade cards. A few months ago I had taken a workshop at a friends place to learn a few tricks for making handmade cards. What better reason to brush up those skills and make some cards. Here are few glimpses of my Halloween cards.

Stampin Up is a great company that has amazing products for card making and scrapbooking. A friend of mine is a demonstrator with them and she showed me various techniques and fun ideas. Here is her blog/website have a look.



I have been working on some fun stuff for my halloween party. Will share more soon. Keep Reading..

Personalised Book for Kids

I came across a wonderful website the other day. A company that can create a book specially for my daughter. A book in which she is the star. A book about her, printed specially for her. It looked intersting so I decided to get Saanvi her own book.

The First Adventures of Incredible You, is about the most memorable experiences of early childhood. By answering a few questions, I could personalize these experiences so that this custom storybook includes specific people from her life like me and my husband, places and things that are unique to us and her.

The illustrations in this book are so colorful, bright and whimsical. Each page accomanied by a written rhyming text telling a story about her life. What she likes to eat, who tucks her in bed, what beach or zoo she likes etc. I love it.

I hope she will find reading interesting when the book is about her. I would recommend this book to everyone who likes personalized gifts. Click here for the comapny's website.