The last day of February spells the last day of our Feb DIY carnival. Have you checked out all the entries? They are so creative, you must go have a look before the event ends. And, if you haven’t yet participated, it is still not too late!
Here’s my last moment entry to the carnival. I wanted a name board to hang outside our apartment door. I wanted it to be different from all the other name boards I have seen before. The weekend was busy with the security door people coming in to install doors and grills. I now have a little nook right outside my front door, and I plan to put all my Warli painted pots there. So I decided on a Warli-themed name board.
Here it is. I painted it on thick handmade recycled drawing sheets (bought during my visit to the handmade paper factory). I am bad at painting in alphabets, so I took a printout of our name, then decoupaged it on to the handmade paper, and painted over it again.
I can’t hang it up yet because the littlest one in the picture (see the babe in arms?) is not yet on the scene 🙂 I love it cos it looks so amateur and entirely “home made” 😉
Linking up to Pat’s weekend event, and to our very own DIY carnival.
this looks so cool,.
Looks great. Adding your family portrait in warli is a great idea. It looks so nice along with the warli painted plantholder.
How nice! Looks as good as I imagined it :). And the lil one in mama's hands is adorable! Does your daughter love it too :)?
Nice work, Sharon. Maybe you could do it on wood for permanency?
very very nice Sharon- Really creative idea. I have put it in my inspiration folder 🙂
cool idea!
really pretty! I love that lil baby :))
Very creative Sharon! I liked every detail of the Painting. The gray color Blend makes it extra special
Awesome DIY, Sharon…you'll soon get orders and get busy 🙂
Great work, Sharon! I love Warli art, and you have done it beautifully.
well done Sharon!! well done!! The pot with warli on it.. is gorgeous too!!
Sorry I am so late responding.
Laksh, believe me, my first choice was wood. In fact I had prepared a huge piece of wood, but when I started working on the handmade paper, I loved it! It comes in a drawing book, and the pages are so thick, and conducive to painting, that you will simply marvel at them. I plan to retail these handmade paper drawing books on the blog soon, because they are such great products, and I want to share them with all of you.
Anu – my daughter is at that magical age when whatever I do elicts an ooh, aah or how lovely! from her:)….so I am enjoying my one-person fan club…till it lasts!
Thanks everyone for all the words of encouragement!
Lovely Sharon. Very very creative.
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Hello Sharon
Very creative and Interesting Name Board…Love the pot too…
Coincidentally, my blogpost is also on Warli…
Chk this out
http://deepazworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/celebration-of-life.html
Regds
Deepa