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Showing posts with label General. Show all posts

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Namste to all!!

Just today, when I was wondering what should be the topic of my blog today, I got a nice surprise.

Today when I went to my workplace (I am a teacher), one of my students gave a very nice gift.
She told me it's actually for new year...lol.
And as you can well imagine, of course I couldn't wait that long...
So I opened it as soon as I got back home.
Look, what I got...


It's a "Chigiri-E", the Japanese paper art, made by tearing beautiful, colorful shreds of Japanese paper "Washi" by hand and pasting. "E" means picture in Japanese and "Chigiri" means "by tearing".
I like the color combination. I'm sorry it's not coming well in the picture. The color, the theme is just perfect for the new year. By Chinese Calendar, next year is the year of hare or rabbits., and in the picture, you can see them making Japanese rice cakes which in Japan, they usually make during that season.
I am really glad to get this. Thnx to my student, Mrs. Miyoshi.

After getting this, I thought why don't I put some more pictures of this "Chigiri-E" that I made long time ago at a 1-day salon.







I still remember how much I enjoyed that day. There were so many colorful paper. I was a little bit embarrassed as well as everybody around me was quite veteran in making these pictures. Still I managed to make these collage pictures within that day.
I must admit that these didn't come out that great, still as a first try, I like them. And the last one is my original design...^-^

Anyway, enough time spent here. I should now get back to some actual stitching...have to finish that pouch and corsage...
Talk to you again^-^

こんばんは!

ちょうど今日はブログに何を書こうと思ってたとき、うれしいサプライズがありました。
学校に行ったら、生徒さんがギフトをくれました。
とっても嬉しかった~

彼女はこれはお正月に飾るようにくれましたが、もちろん私はそんなに待てません。。。
早速開けてみたら、なんときれいなちぎり絵のウサギちゃんではありませんか?!
色もとても鮮やかで、扇方のバックグラウンドもお正月らしい。
三好さん、ありがとうございます。
やった、やった~

すいでに、ずっと前、私は一日サロンで作ったちぎり絵の写真も載せます。
初めて作ったから、ぜんぜん上手じゃないです。
それでも、一日で3作を作ったから、自己満足~
4番目の写真は私のオリジナルデザイン ^-^

それでは今日はこの辺で。。。
読んでくれて、ありがとうございます。
またここで会いましょうね (^o^)

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

My First Blog!!





Someone said "Today is the first day of the rest of my life". I decided to start it with my very own blog and share my life with you.  I am new at 'blogging', despite my numerous visits to various blogs in the past. So, if this blog seems very basic or boring, please bear with me and I will try and make it more interesting as I go along.

I like trying new things. I like various kinds of handicrafts. But these days, I specially like embroidery, patchwork and glass art.
I also like to experiment with foods. So here, I will post about what I am trying now. But being a very lazy person, may be I won't be able to post regularly...

Here I should say one more thing about myself. I am originally from India, but after marriage, I live in Japan. So, I will post my articles both in English and Japanese. For people without Japanese fonts in their computer, the Japanese part might appear as some blocks. I really am sorry for that.

Well, if you have survived my first attempt at blogging, then I hope maybe you will come back and visit me again, ok?!  Thanks to  you  all
And now I am off to stitch some more...

今日が残りの人生の最初の日だとよく言われます。だから、私もその残りの人生のはじめの一歩として新しいブログを始めようと思いました。今まではいろいろブログを読んでましたけど、自分のブログは初めてで、あまり上手に書けません。。。
そこで皆さんに我慢して読んでいただきたいです。私ももっと面白く書けるように頑張ります。

私は新しいことに挑戦するのは大好きです。いろんな手芸にも興味あります。
でも、最近ハマってるのは刺繍、パッチワークとガラスアートです。

もちろん食べ物も大好きです。
ここでは、私は今、挑戦してることとか、これからやりたいことについて語りたいです。
でも、私はとてもなまけもので、なかなかブログの更新できないかもしれません。。。 :(

さぁ、ここまで読んでくれた方に感謝、感謝。。。
またぜひ遊びに来てくださいね!
私もパッチワークもっと頑張らなきゃ。。。