Creativity Section: Using Household Stuff to Beautify Home

(Prameela K is a homemaker living in Chennai and an ardent devotee of Bhagavan. She is a firm believer in making the best use of all resources as gifts of God. In this article shares with us her creative designs and articles which she has been developing as her hobby. She has been utilizing this hobby to decorate her home especially at the time of the Golu( dolls) festival in Navarathri. Her efforts have won her great recognition including the 1st prize in the Chennaionline.com, 2nd Prize in Time of India, 2nd prize on Kotak Mahindra bank, 4th prize in Sankara TV and some more prizes in local newspapers.)

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  Amman Doll:  This is a very old doll repainted since the original paint had started peeling off.  Instead of throwing away the old dolls we can bring life to the doll by repainting & varnishing it thereby restoring its beauty.

  

   

  
Glass Painting:  

If we know to draw we can draw by free hand stroke otherwise we can trace a image in the glass.  You can use glass outliner to trace in the glass. Using glass colour available in market we can paint new designs. 

 Porcelain Jars:  These are old jars which are used for storing pickles & Tamarind on those days by our ancestors.  These days it is rare to see these jars in households used for the above purposes.  Therefore we can utilize these jars for creating a beautiful flower vase by painting it and creating flower by using shilpakar clay.

 

     Flower making use Polythene bag:

In most of our houses we use Polythene bag for garbages.  Instead of throwing away these bags we can make beautiful flowers out of it and keep it as decoration. It is a very simple process and we can make use of these polythene bags henceforth.

   Key Chain Holder using Wood:  You can draw a outline design in a paper and ask your nearby carpenter to cut it in wood to the outline design and by using shilpakar clay we can give the life to the outline design and paint it using pearl metallic colours.  And use this above as a key chain holder. 
  

    

     Where it all began:   It started in 2008 when we had moved in to a new house, the previous tenant of that house left behind an old Krishna doll with paint chipping out.  I liked the doll and i did not want to throw it so i decided to repaint it and restore it to new look. This is how i came to know that i had a flair for arts & crafts. I wanted to take my creativity to the next level during the Navaratri Season from 2009 onwards. Apart from the regular Kolu dolls showcased during the festival we created a Theme for every Kolu festival. It was a Park in 2009, then Trilokam in 2010 and finally   Parvathy Kalyanam in 2011.  A lot of effort was taken right from the concept till the outcome of the effort. Most of the Creations were crafted by me like the artificial flowers,mountains,park ,yagakundam and Shivalingam which was handcrafted and showcased during the 2010 festival. I take this opportunity to showcase some of my kolu creations.

  Kolu Creations 2009:  Theme- Park

 

Kolu Creations 2010:  Theme- Trilokam and Shivalingam

Kolu Creations 2011: Theme - Parvati Kalyanam