Hello Friends,
Hope you are
enjoying fall or onset of winter in your part of the world.
Sorry I have been
missing in action, not much crafting happening here. I think I’m sad from the
fact that the year is coming to an end and I don’t have a proper crafty finish
except the small projects I stitched for swaps.
Anyways, I’m
here to show you the gifts I have been showered upon since my last post.
Remember the
owl card for a cross stitch card swap I showed in my last post, my partner
stitched this cute Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery design for me, changing the hair
color to match mine. Also this was her first attempt at linen, so well done my
friend.
I framed the
card using an IKEA frame I had at home. What do you think of it?
We celebrated
the Festival of Lights from Oct 17-Oct 21. It’s my favourite Indian Hindu
festival and this year I made some extra efforts at decoration which I will show
later in this post. I invited my craft friends for evening snacks and we had a
good time.
My friend Tammy
made this Diwali cross stitch along with lovely crochet doilies.
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| Diwali gifts from Tammy |
My friend Z is
an amazing crocheter and can make anything using crochet. Look at these
beautiful Diya (earthen lamp) holders she made.
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| Diwali Gifts from Z |
I finished the
sweets they brought before I could click a picture.
I’m so lucky
to have friends who take out time to make handmade gifts for festivals they don’t
celebrate and know much about. But their inquisitiveness to learn about new
culture and traditions inspires me and I hope we have more such acceptive people in
this world.
As I told I
have been crafting much but I tried FFOing this Friday, a cross stitch I
received from Shami in beginning of this year. Then I bought a basket to
display all the cross stitch I have received in swaps and as gifts and made a
small cross stitch corner in my house.
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| Gift from Shami, now FFOed |
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| Small cross stitch corner in the house |
Diwali Décor:
Apart from the
traditional décor of Rangoli and decoration with flowers and earthen lamps, I
set up two small corners in the living room for Diwali this time.
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| Rangoli |
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| Corner 1 by the day |
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| Corner 1 by the night, pic courtesy hubby dear |
I had some sequins given to me by mom years ago and some beads which are a bit too big to use for projects, they were used for the décor.
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| Corner 2 by the day |
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| Corner 2 by the night |
The décor in
the upper pic of corner 2 shows crochet diya gifted on last Diwali by Z, a crocheted tea light and
coasters by Tammy, cross stitch words by Shami and coaster by Jo.
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| Crochet Diya, gift from Preeti |
We
hung two Kandeel (lantern with a wooden framework and covered in coloured matte
or glossy papers) in two corners of the house. It is a practice to buy new stuff during Diwali
like jewellery, clothes etc. We bought new curtains for the living room in my favorite
floral print.
No pics of the
food table as it was same as last year.
I hope you
like the pics of Diwali celebration at my home.
