Amazing Hobby Ideas

March 8, 2009

I've been fond of all forms of painting and glass painting, in particular. I've done a few Tanjore paintings before and tried my hand on glass painting as well. Never got the opportunity to enhance my skills through practice. A few days ago, as a matter of coincidence, I met a lady here who is quite talented; she has produced beautiful pieces of glass art, sketches, and tailors dresses beautifully. What appealed me the most was she isn't trained formally and learned it the DIY way with he help of books and Internet. That gave me the confidence to try again. Fevircyl Hobby Ideas was one series of books she mentioned time and again. I believe they have outlets in every city. So if you have a craving to try something, here's the opportunity to get started. Maybe paint your wooden coasters or that earthen pot with graphic designs?

On a closing note, hop over to Aarohi Singh's blog for inspiration. Here's an image of her work.



Image Courtesy : Aarohi Singh

A Blog on Book Shelves

March 7, 2009


Can you believe there's a blog dedicated entirely to book shelves? I was dumbstruck on seeing the mind-blowing designs for organizing books. I feel like an idiot now for spending two weeks on uninspiring sites and finally deciding on a run-of-the-mill shoebox design. Worth every second spent on this site.