Egg Art

Egg Art

One evening I was busy preparing an Indian Masala omlette . While breaking the eggs a thought popped in my mind why not be creative with eggs.

Without wasting time I googled for creatitivity with egg shells. Too my surprise there were some painters who used eggs only as their canvas. Also”PYSANKA”-is a famous Ukrainian Easter egg decoration done with bee wax. I was excited to try this art.

This post I have tried to use the egg art to enhance a food service presentation. Being in hospitality industry we always look out of instant creative surprises for the guest.

Serving a Pastry with a cute little welcoming egg would definitely create a wow factor for a guest. Picture below explains the same.

This is can be a fun activity for the kids to paint and sketch the egg shells.

Material required: Hens Egg, Permanent marker (color of your choice), acrylic color, paint brush.

Procedure:  First wash the egg thoroughly and dry.I have used the broken egg shells with no liquid in it.

To do this we need to pierce with a sharp needle like object at the bottom of the egg.

Pictures below explain the same.

Once the hole is done with the help of a tooth pick keep whisking the egg yolk inside the egg so that is comes out easily.After draining the egg liquid wash the egg thoroughly and dry.

Use a permanent marker to draw some cute facial expression. I have drawn the regular smiley’s we use in messages. Below are some pictures of how I sketched the egg shells. 

You could also have some attachments for the egg. Like here I have drawn a hand on a paper and colored it.

Thus your cute little eggie is ready to surprise the guest at the breakfast table with a cute smile.

You could use your imaginations and make some creative stuff with eggs.

Easter is the time when we see lot of decorated Easter eggs in Bakeries. The colored egg shells could be used to decorate the bakeries or houses as ornaments also. In the pictures below I have demonstrated an egg decoration

I first painted the egg with acrylic color and made the design with a whitener. 

I have used some embellishment in the center for decoration.

I have used some simple methods of egg art which can be done with minimum resources but there is so much to explore with types of eggs, color and design.

I will soon be coming with some more interesting egg art. Until then “Sunday ho yah Monday Roz khao Aande”

 I will like to thank Prashant and Vijay for helping me with this blog post.
Thank you for visiting the page.

Present

It was a lazy Sunday morning on 1^st April; agenda of the day was to trace a perfect birthday gift for my husband.

It had been 3 long years in the relationship but this was his first birthday  after marriage to celebrate together .He worked for an international cruise liner then thus was always out stationed.

I wanted the gift to be trendy, resourceful and something I could be proud to have gifted him.

I hated this but anytime we entered any mall and came across an electronic section my husband was seen stuck like magnet there. I could see his eyes glued to these android smart phones and the kind of satisfaction he got exploring each of the handsets.

My intuition said a smart phone would be a perfect pick and Samsung galaxy S among the best.

I had less knowledge of its features but my brother had the same handset so was pretty assured that it was a good investment. I may be weak in technology but excellent with my bargaining skills. I did manage to get the handset at a reasonable rate than the quotes in malls.

I had 3 days left before the birthday to make arrangements for a new prepaid connection. After a day of research on connectivity, billing, services offered by different companies I finally got a Vodafone connection. I was more impressed with their creative advertisements and marketing strategies than statistics.

It was the 5^th April and I couldn’t resist gifting him the fully operational “Samsung galaxy S”. He knew I had a surprise for him so without wasting a minute I gifted him the phone. I loved his smile increasing in millimeters as he unwrapped the box. He was amused to have a gift like this.

 MISSION COMPLETED!

But little did I realize that these so called android gadgets could consume the available personal space with my husband. Now I could see my husband updating and downloading all the available apps from the android market. He was always busy and all engaged with his gadget. I could hear the beeps and update alerts at midnight also. Yes I did get my space with a 50% love shedding.

It was one fine morning that my husband forgot to carry his smart phone. That’s the time when I actually explored the phone. And to my surprise it was fun to use internet on mobile. Some points I could list out:

I had used all these applications at my work station but never on a 4inch screen that was so handy. I was so proud to have something so useful for both of us. That evening I made a deal with my Husband – to have the custody of the phone in the evenings.

Personalized Cushion

 Personalized Cushion:

Being in hospitality we always talk about customer delight. We try to anticipate the customer needs and customize our product. Recently I was a part of a brain-storming session on Innovative ideas to delight a customer.

We considered all kind of customers and their needs. As we went on an idea struck me. How much do we think of our toddler guest who may be our future guests in years to come. Yes we have towel art, indoor games and the end.

As this month is an onset of vacation for most of the children. Hotels seem to be occupied with families. It’s a beautiful scenario with cute, colorful and whizzling little guests all around the hotel .It’s the only time parents get to spend some quality time with their children. Now this is where we can exceed guest expectation.

This post I show how to make a personalized cushion for kids that can be placed in cribs or on bed. This can be easily made by the hotel seamstress and used when required

Material Required: Felt cloth, embroidery thread, embellishments, polyfiber (synthetic cotton).

Procedure:   Take 1metre of felt cloth and fold it into half. A bright color felt looks more appealing.

Sketch out a cute figure with a pencil on the fabric. I have drawn a cute teddy bear as this is something most of the kids adore.

I have done embroidery on the sketched figure to give a raised effect. I have used basic long and short stitches and back stitches to give a sketch effect on the fabric. The stitches are so easy that a first timer can also try this out.

This is how I kept trying alternate long and short running stitches.

I attached some artificial flowers on the hands of the teddy to give it a welcoming image.

To show the stock of flowers I have done some back stitches with a green embroidery thread. You could see that in the picture below.

For eyes you could use regular bindis or artificial eyes available in stationary store. While I was stitching the fabric I have used bindis for the eyes.

After the embroidery is complete cut the fabric into 2 equal parts as shown in the picture below.

To attach these parts make a cylindrical cut out of the fabric about 4inchs in length as shown in the picture below.

If you don’t have a sewing machine gets it done from a local seamstress as per your requirements.

After stitching it will something like this in the picture below. One side of the cushion should be left open to insert the poly fiber.

Insert the polyfiber inside and close the open end.

Polyfiber is easily available in an upholstery shop. Use polyfiber as filler because it is washable and easy to maintain. 

   

Finally fix the nose. You could do it before filling the polyfiber also.

Thus your cute tots cushion is ready.

Embroidery designed purse

Back on the blogging scene after a long hiatus.

It’s a beginning of a new life post marriage. I try to recall mom’s recipes, resource managing tactics, budgeting, inventory of items and so much more.

I now realize I have become my mom’s replica, my idol in true sense. 

It was in 90’s when mom used to sit with these Assami ladies at the military cantonment and learnt knitting. She has since mastered all the forms of thread work.

I used to hate it when she told me to roll out balls out of the twisted woollen yarn that she brought from the market. Little did I realize then that someday I would develop the same liking? This post is dedicated to my mom.

As I teach some basic stitches to my students, thought of being creative, went ahead and designed a handmade, embroidered purse.

You will need: felt cloth: ½ meter, embroidery thread, needle, scissor and polyfiber sheet-1/2 meter, white fabric -1/2 meter, 

embellishments of your choice.

 Take a ½ meter felt cloth and fold it into half.

Cut out a rough outline of the desired shape of the purse on a piece of paper, which will then be placed on the folded felt material and cut accordingly.

 Below you can see the cut out of the felt fabric. You can make any desired shape of the fabric for the purse.

Make equidistant lines with the pencil on the felt, which makes stitching easier.

I have made 5 equidistant rows on the front side of the fabric. 

I have used 2 types of stitches in alternate rows which are then decorated with some colorful embellishments.

1) Herringbone stitch: it will be easy for you all to do these stitches if you refer to the link below.I have been referring to her website for a while now and love the way she has presented  the different stitches.

http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/herringbone-stitch/herringbone-stitch/

2) Running whipped stitch: it’s the easiest of the designs and comes out well if used with good color combination.

link below explains the steps for the running whipped stitch.

http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/running-stitch/whipped-running-stitch/

Between the whipped stitches I have done a double cross stitch with the white thread.

This is how the front side of the purse looks with alternate’s stitches and decorated with embellishments.

  After that the embroidery is done, it’s time to assemble the fabric into a purse.

To make the purse more durable I have used a thin sheet of polyfiber which you always find in the form of shirt inserts.

Cut the polyfiber and white cotton fabric to the shape of the purse. 

Now cut 3-4 inches of cylindrical felt fabric to form the joint and also increase the width of the purse.

With the help of a sewing machine stitch the 3 layers of felt, polyfiber and white cloth together and then attach the joints on the sides like the picture below.

 This is how the purse should look after stitching.

This is how the purse looks on the back side.

Lastly the zipper to be attached on the open end to make the bag more secure.

Thus your purse is ready.

It always gives me a feeling of content and pride to come out with such creative things.

See you soon.