Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars!!

Made these little silver stars yesterday. These can be used to adorn your bags, jeans, clothes, caps, headbands, flipflops, scrapbooks, hair scrunchies, and even your Christmas tree!! You are limited only by your imagination.

Christmas wreaths

I know, I know...there's still more than a month and a half to Christmas! But before you know, time would fly and it would be Christmas soon. So here's some mini Christmas tree ornaments/wreaths I made using beads.

These are available in my Etsy shop if anyone is interested in buying them.

Flowers and butterflies!

Made some appliques for my Etsy store, in the shape of flowers and butterflies. These appliques can be used in your craft projects, scrapbooks and bracelets,  to adorn your bags, jeans, flipflops etc.  Recycle old headbands or scrunchies by attaching these embellishments. The list of things that you can do with these appliques is endless. 

WOMEN and some beadwork

Lately I have been busy with creating new stuff for my online stores. Due to the ongoing Diwali vacations for my students, no tuition for a week and I have all the time in the world to pursue my hobbies, but sometimes I feel time just passes by in a jiffy!! Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with some new ideas for new creations!!!!! I have also ordered some craft supplies online, so eagerly waiting for them! Last weekend, when my husband offered to take me to a mall for some shopping, I suggested that we visit the craft shop instead...hehe...the look on my husband's face was worthless!!! My explanation was, instead of ending up spending money on needless things in a mall, I might as well spend it on something that will be useful for my craft, which will in turn make me happier!! I am sure my husband must have muttered "women!!" 

Here's some of my work that I did today. The first one's a pony-beads-on-a-cd coaster. I have a whole lot of pony beads stocked up which my husband lovingly got for me from Mexico last year. I don't know how to use them. So tried this coaster today. 

The second is a beaded centerpiece. I am happy with the end results. I just love when different colors come together to create something unique!!

Now that I am done with these...what shall I do next?????

Some of my earring collection!!

Acrylic and felt beads

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crochet hoop earrings

Happy Diwali and New Earring Collection!

 Wishing all my fellow bloggers, a very happy Diwali!! On this auspicious day, I present to you, my new Earring collection which has more than 20 designs to choose from.  Please have a look, maybe you would find something you like....

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge!

We all come across some people in life who we don't gel with. May be they have hurt our feelings through word or deed. May be they have hurt us so much that we do not want to ever have anything to do with them. May be we do not even want to look at their faces anymore!! I too have faced such situations in life when someone very dear to me, someone who I looked up to, hurt me and saddened me when I should have been the happiest. He/she betrayed my trust when I most needed them. I had decided that I am never going to forgive that person, never going to meet that person, but it does not help matters when we move in common circles. Invariably we are going to bump into each other and the only way to avoid each other is to look the other way. But does it help?? That is when my Mother-in-law taught me an important lesson in life. She told me that by feeling hurt and angry with someone, I am hurting myself. Every time I think about that betrayal, I am hurting from within. I am hurting myself. I am losing my peace of mind, but does it affect the betrayer?  No!! In fact, the more I hurt from within, the more I am letting the demons win. I am letting the one incident hurt me time and again. I am the one who is losing. So what do I do about it? She told me, forgive your betrayer. FORGIVE??????? Am I hearing it right?? Forgive my betrayer after all that he/she has done to me?? No I can never do it!! I am not a saint! She only smiled that knowing smile.....

Later when I reflected over what she said, I realized she was right! By thinking about the betrayal and the betrayer, I am letting him/her hurt me again and again. By hurting again and again, I am only letting the perpetrator win.  Why should I avoid seeing eye-to-eye with that person? Only a person who is wrong fails to meet the eye. If I know I am in the right, then why should I not meet his/her eyes??  So I decided to take the bull by its horns. I realized that I will stop thinking about the betrayal only if I let it go, and I can let it go only if I forgive that person. It is not easy to forgive someone who has hurt you deeply, but it is easier to take a stand in life and say "I will not let you hurt me again".

Following this important lesson, today after many years, I have realized that I am in a happy space, a space where it is easier for me to confront the person who has hurt me, meet the person with a smile on my face, a smile that hurts the betrayer, a smile that makes my betrayer squirm, a smile that takes me away from all the hurt....Today, I have moved past that incident and my betrayer affects me no more....

I am no saint. In fact, I am still a short-tempered person, but I have learnt one important lesson in life....that forgiveness in the sweetest revenge.

Latest creations!

New earrings

Made a new pair of crochet hoop earrings today. I also added few tiny beads to add a new dimension to the earrings. 

Latest creations!

bracelet with matching earrings

crochet hoop earrings

Beaded bracelet

Double-stranded beaded bracelet