Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Charity sale of handmade and quilled cards and accessories
Hiya guys,
The charity sale was a success !! Our first stall and I am very happy that we managed to raise a decent amount of money. Thanks to all the people who contributed and I do hope the people you gift my handmade beauties to like them. And if you are going to use them yourself , yayyyyy !
I am sure most people there were exposed for the first time to quilling and paper accessories. I had cards, earrings, hairbands and photoframes :)
Quilled Earrings Sale Sale Sale !! (I so wanted to do the vendor call like when they sell tomatoes on a cart) but not this time ;)
Some pics of the stall below ...
The charity sale was a success !! Our first stall and I am very happy that we managed to raise a decent amount of money. Thanks to all the people who contributed and I do hope the people you gift my handmade beauties to like them. And if you are going to use them yourself , yayyyyy !
I am sure most people there were exposed for the first time to quilling and paper accessories. I had cards, earrings, hairbands and photoframes :)
Quilled Earrings Sale Sale Sale !! (I so wanted to do the vendor call like when they sell tomatoes on a cart) but not this time ;)
Some pics of the stall below ...
Should we take the pink or the blue? |
Quilled Earrings
There's going to be a sale at my hubby's office, the proceeds of which go to a charity - the items on sale have to be handmade :)
The one thing that I am currently Loving is Quilling. So, I had to do something with that. While cards and stuff first popped into my head, I realised I'd want to make something that people may use more readily. (Cards tend to need an occassion dont they) So, earrings it was :) And no, it has nothing to do with the fact that I have been dying to make some since a month ;)
This is what I came up with when I got bored of the girly designs(just a 15 min phase, it passed :) )
The one thing that I am currently Loving is Quilling. So, I had to do something with that. While cards and stuff first popped into my head, I realised I'd want to make something that people may use more readily. (Cards tend to need an occassion dont they) So, earrings it was :) And no, it has nothing to do with the fact that I have been dying to make some since a month ;)
Green and Purple Flower Earrings |
Yellow and Blue Hanging Flower Earrings |
Cute Duck Earrings |
Pink Loop Earrings |
Blue and white circle earrings |
My aquamarine starburst earrings |
Peaches and Cream earrings |
Simple and colorful small earrings |
This is what I came up with when I got bored of the girly designs(just a 15 min phase, it passed :) )
Yin yang earrings |
Eclectic shaped pink and funky green earrings |
Red Dewdrop earrings |
Heart earrings |
My little Butterfly earrings |
Hypnotic earrings, (seriously keep staring at the circles) |
All the earrings laid out together ... |
I had such a good time making quilled earrings. These are like my first batch of cookies, simple stuff but it makes me happy .It has been mostly a learning experience for me - sourcing the metal hoops for the earrings in Bangalore , tough job :) But this nice guy in Commercial Street managed to source some for me. Turns out I didnt have the right pliers to tighten the loops after looping the paper through it. I managed to over Mod-Podge some earrings so they look just plain goopy (oh yeah, broke my heart to see a nice quilled earring rendered un-usable). And of course, once the earring was ready, it just wouldnt balance right or it would keep changing direcrtions going sideways or doing a 180 turn ;) What joy !! But I must say, valuable lessons learnt. I still have some time to go and have some other plans up my sleeve. Wish me luck, I do hope to be able to make a valuable contribution through my limited skills.
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