December has been month of ups and downs. There were two festivals – Karthigai and Christmas, a couple of trips and a few days off. I have a jewellery sale going on for which I made several new pieces. I was on both sides of different examination jury panels. There has been sickness, sadness, confusion and frustration as well on the personal front. In between all of this we had a mega Christmas at work. We partnered with an organisation that collects and supplies refurbished clothing to the under privileged. We spend the afternoon with 30 kids from a home and gave them a shopping experience along with gifts and an afternoon of entertainment. The week was spent budgeting, buying gifts, and making posters. While it wasn’t exactly a handmade Christmas, it took a lot of effort. In an attempt to follow the red and white theme as the compere of the event, I ended up looking like Ms. Santa.
Handmade Christmas Decor
Pinecone reindeer
I was traveling for 2 days and stayed with one of my close friends. Knowing that she celebrates a Handmade Christmas every year with her daughter, I made ornaments for their tree. Using pine cones, woodcut embellishments, rhinestone chain, pompom, and wire I made pine cone reindeer. I used beads – a disc spacer and seed beads to create the eyes. Initially, I made only the heads, but then I added the painted woodcuts and embellished them with mirrors and rhinestones. I think then look like musicians in a band. What do you think?
Very Berry Wreath
While shopping for the event, I found some berries, pine cones and a plastic tinsel wreath at a pop-up. I added some ribbon bows, a tiny birdie, and beads to the mix and made myself a Christmas wreath. I hung it outside my office cubicle and one of my students, added tiny lights to it. It was a nice surprise for me when I came back from a trip. Later, I took the lights out and rearranged them to hide the wire and let the lights sparkle better.
I took pictures of it at work but my (borrowed) phone ate my photos. I am not lying, they disappeared. So I tried to take pictures once again this afternoon and here is my best effort. I have never had trouble shooting LED lights before. Strange month, I say!
Red and green Jewellery
Can Christmas be complete without some bling? I made 6 necklaces this month of which the three that you see here are Christmassy. In the mirror necklace, I think that the stack of silver and red beads looks like Santa Claus or a snow man. Can you see it too?
The second piece is a traditional Indian version of the Red and green combo. I have used kalamkari fabric with silver dolki beads for a simple yet rustic piece. Both pieces are part of the End of Decade sale that I have running till 31st December.
The Third red and green necklace uses an UFO of a pendant and some beads. This necklace is sold. Despite my busy schedule, these necklaces came together pretty quickly as I had organised my beads colour wise during the cleanup for the recent Annual leftovers earrings challenge.
With that, I come to the end of this post. Thank you for being patient with me as I was late in posting.
Here’s wishing you a Very very happy New Year 2020. Have a wonderful new decade that showers you with blessings of a pain free, prosperous, and happy life.
This month’s Participants
This is a blog hop reveal for Art Elements’ December challenge. Please visit the other participants to see what goodies each of them have created to celebrate a handmade Christmas.
Guest Artists Divya (me) Kathy Mary Hope Sarah Tammy Merja Sarajo  Beth and Evie
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