More Jewelry

Hi All!

My stay in India was no respite from quilling (not that I wanted any!), and I ended up making a bunch of quilled jewelry articles for a few custom orders.

I wanted to make something traditional, which can be worn on the salwar-kameez or even a saree, and this is what came of it - green and gold (my favorite combination!) interwoven into a tight coil, with a green 'latkan' i.e. a hanging embellishment. I have used one strip of green on top of a golden strip to bring out this effect. The colors play beautifully with each other, giving just the right amount of gold between the rich green.

On similar lines made this pretty pink pendant for my little niece. She is currently smitten with pink and red, and has started to love jewelry, no doubt, she adored it :)

A customer wanted something in maroon and silver, something which would go well on skirts. Nothing too ostentatious, but something that would be noticed. Here is what came of it. I just loved the silver daggers hanging from the coil, my find at a local trinket shop!

Cheers!
Manasee

**Please contact me at paperpreciousart@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing any of the articles. Customization of articles is possible.

Happy Women's Day :)

Hello All!

Paper Precious was featured today in the news as a Women's Day Special article. It is a local newspaper, in Marathi language. The title reads "Queen of Paper Quilling" :) 

http://epaper2.esakal.com/8Mar2013/Normal/Kolhapur/KolhapurToday/index.htm

This seems an apt time to stop, reflect and be thankful to everyone who has helped Paper Precious since it's inception. So many people have motivated, helped, criticized, and helped me in every step of this venture...this post is a tiny tribute to them!

Vrushank - For all your motivation and appreciation and constructive criticism, always :)

Shraddha - It all started with that first quilled item we both did together! You are a great "creative partner" :D

Manjiri - Sisters in blood, thoughts and action, you are the one who promotes all my ventures tirelessly, be it with wearing the items yourself, or making R wear them!!

All friends, who proudly displayed my items, brought me customers, gave me ideas, and trusted me - a big big THANK YOU!

Not to mention, the readers of this blog, who put up with my disappearances very patiently :)

Cheers!

Manasee

Photo Frames

Hello All!

With me and my husband clicking non stop photos of the baby, it was but natural that I would get to making quilled photo frames sooner or later :)

Here is one with a delicately quilled border. My inspiration for this design was the cover picture on All Things Paper. I simply loved the perfect twirly shapes in the design.

This frame uses dark maroon and green paper, springing up into leaves on a creeper.

Creeper Photo Frame - $15

More designs to come!

Cheers!
Manasee

**Please contact me at paperpreciousart@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing any of the articles. Customization of articles is possible.

Earrings

Hello All!

I am back! The baby has settled into more or less of a routine, and I am back with new items.

Here is a collection of quilled earrings, in varied colors, designs and styles.

Blue-Pink Petal Earrings
$10

Shades of Blue Drop Earrings
$10

Golden Kites
$10

Traditional Drops
$10

Red Swirls
$10

Modern Drops
$10

Royal Blue Traditional Drops
$10

All items are unique, and rest assured, no one else in the world will own the same earrings as the one you gift your special someone! Truly one of a kind gift, for one of a kind person!

Cheers!
Manasee

**Please contact me at paperpreciousart@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing any of the articles. Customization of articles is possible.

Updates from the Paper Precious family

Hello All!

Life has been incredibly busy for the past month. You see, there has been an addition to the Paper Precious family...I have had the fortune of having something very very precious in my life...my son, who was born on 20th October :)

The page count on my site suggests that there have been readers visiting the site even though I have not posted anything new, and my heartfelt thank you to all you nice people! Those who have missed me and my posts (if such wonderful species of readers does in fact exist), my sincere apologies. My son has been keeping me on my toes, though I plan to return to quilling as soon as I get his routine established.

Till then, please hang on...there are lots of new ideas in my mind, and they will be down in paper pretty soon.

Happy holidays!

Cheers!
Manasee

Detachable Christmas Ornaments

Hello All!

A friend suggested this idea of making a Christmas card / ornament, and I simply loved it. I love cards, but hate it when they get dumped somewhere after the occasion. One can finally get around this problem by detaching the ornament from the card, and putting it up on the Christmas tree, year after year!

Here are a few ornament cards with a Christmas theme, and they seem to be the ideal holiday gift! Snowflakes, candies and Christmas trees...bring on the holidays :)

Sparkly Snowflake Ornament Card
$12, appx. 4" X 2"

Christmas Candy Ornament Card
$10, appx. 3"

Christmas Tree Ornament Card
$12, appx. 3" X 2"

Cheers!
Manasee

**Please contact me at paperpreciousart@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing any of the articles. Customization of articles is possible.

Clocks...customized

Hello All!

A friend loved the way the White Lotus Clock looked, and wanted something on similar lines, but with a twist. She sent me the image below, asking me whether it was possible to merge this image with the technique of the White Lotus Clock.

The inspiration

This was a tough one! The technique of the White Lotus Clock works best with single paper strips, and hence comes out in a single color. Creating something like the sunflower image above would involve using smaller strips of multiple colors, glued together and then spread out in the given pattern.

Multiple smaller strips = more delicate work = more change of messing things up :)

I decided to give it a try, and came up with the idea of using 3 strips, brown, dark yellow and light yellow, each of 2 mm length, glued together end to end to make one longer strip. These strips were then put together in the pattern of the White Lotus Flower.

Here is how the project looked like half way through -

About a hundred such strips were made, joining smaller strips of brown, dark yellow and light yellow together. In the end, this is how the clock came out -

Custom Sunflower Clock

                                Price - $35

                                Size - appx. 7" diameter

I loved the gradation of the colors, the meticulous work and the patience in making it did pay off!

The friend loved the clock which she gifted it to her cousin as a house-warming present :)

Cheers!
Manasee

**Please contact me at paperpreciousart@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing any of the articles. Customization of articles is possible.