Arts and Crafts Collection

It has been long I could not write any post.As usual I was busy with jewelry  designing.
Today is my son's birthday , so taken off for all my activities. Thought of browsing for latest design trends in sarees. My eyes stuck in this website http://www.jomso.com/ . This is an online shop for all the Indian Ethnic wear. All the varieties of ethnic dress , starting from Sarees ,  Salwar Suits , Lehangas , many more to satisfy lover of Indian Ethnic wear.

As I'm crazy about saree, I browsed through some of the sarees.All the designs are amazing.
I saw this red saree with silver color border, this just stuck my eyes.

Some more very attractive sarees in party wear category , one more Peach Georgette Saree with fancy Shimmer Gold border and comes with  Peach Blouse piece.

Very rare green color saree,

-Ranjana

Note : This post is written as a product review;  any kind of issue with Jomso product I'm(blogger) not responsible for that. Its between Jomso and the buyer. 
All the image courtesy: Jomso.

Some of my readers must have read about my craze about artificial jewellery  making which I started last year on my Birthday last year(29th Nov) .
The journey with hand crafted jewelry making was going on steadily. I used to make many earrings , necklaces and few bracelets. Due to my busy schedule I could not concentrate on my orders.
Now some circumstances made me to change the name of my jewelry  collections, and I have named it now as Pranjalika Collections on 29th Nov this year(That's on my birthday:)). Sharing some of the designs from Pranjalika Collections here:



I have always tried to make the best  in any kind of craft I know. So following the same principle in jewelry making also. If you want to see some more collection please visit my page Pranjalika Collections and if you like the collection please like the page.

Soon writing about different types of embroideries.

Until then,
-Ranjana

Already I have written two posts about Gombe habba. In last post I have written about the Gombe habba I visited this year. This is the continuation of the last post as I could not share all the images in the last post.
I had shared only about the the dolls arranged surrounding the central arrangements of dolls. Here is the centrally arranged dolls in steps:
 The closer view,you can see many dolls of different Gods and Goddesses, in different sizes.
Both the sides dolls arranged very artistically :
The below doll of Shri Chamundeshwari is very beautiful. This is nearly 35 years old and still has that charm.
Even I liked this idol of Sharada, isn't the smile on the face mesmerising?
There were many more dolls , I could capture photos of some . Here are those:
Parvati worshipping, Lord Shiva:
Cute Krishna dancing on the Kalinga:
Dolls depicting marriage ceremony of Shri Venkareshwara:
And the Rangoli in front of the dolls was also very artistic.
The complete arrangement was done very meticulously. Everywhere I could recognize the interest and  passion.
Oh! Forgot, the below is the one which attracted me. The traditional bell, with my favorite Krishna on it :-)
In the next post will share about the street of dolls I visited,

Until then,
-Ranjana

Sorry , I'm  late in writing this post. I really feel this should have been shared with you during Dasara. As I was busy (as usual same excuse :-)) , I could not.
I have already shared about some unique dolls . In this post sharing about the Gombe Habba I visited this year. Knowing that I'm crazy about this festival,one of my friends , Divya took me to visit  Gombe habba , at her relative's house. I should thank her for this.
The hospitality I received at the house was very nice. The host took us to a big hall , where many dolls were arranged very artistically.
When I entered the hall, I could see my favorite Krishna Idol, decorated with plants around it. I felt Krishna is waiting in Brindavan for his Radha.
 Don't you think, the couple looks made for each other?
-Ranjana 

Gombe Habba, is the festival celebrated during Navaratri,especially in Bangalore and Mysore region. I have already written about Gombe habba in my previous posts.


-Ranjana 

Madhubani  (painting) art form originated from ancient Indian city Mithila.
This was originated as wall art, means paintings were drawn by the women of Mithila to decorate walls of the houses. Nowadays these are practised on silk, cotton and handmade papers. Colors are natural colors.This is painted with fingers, twine brush, nib pen, match sticks etc.
The motifs normally used in Madhubani paintings are mythological figures, Rama, Sita, Krishna, Radha etc. The motifs are also influenced by nature, so include Lotus, flowers, fish ,snakes etc.
I would love to visit Mithila once to meet the artists there. Recently I could meet a Madhubani artist in a art exhibition. Captured the images of the paintings, to share with you.
Some are here:
This one has painting of Rama , Sita and Laxmana  in forest. So the motifs of peacock , Sun and Deer can be seen there.

 The Sun:


-Ranjana 

I have designed  many sarees , most of the time according to customer's suggestions. I have used the color combinations they have suggested. This is the one I have used the color combination of my choice .
The saree is fine cotton saree with two shades, Maroon and Green. As the shades have covered half of the length, so I have used big motifs along the border.
The motif I have used is :


The closer view of the motif on the blouse
-Ranjana