Blue has always been my favorite color !

 I had seen some quilled earrings previously , sold as paper earrings.However they were very tacky looking and I didn't buy them.And since I wasn't very impressed the first time around , I didn't pay any further  attention to quilling either.

.After my wedding I had lots of fun setting up my home.However I missed my old art and crafts corner.Since i was a wee bit broke after the great change , i was reluctant to buy new stuff for my crafting work.This led to me reading up on new stuff online , as a substitute to actually making things.

Then LO!!!
Quilling is gorgeous. So many colours,so many techniques ! And the best part is that, they are lightweight, a blessing for people like with tiny earlobes. I had to try making them myself! I went to ebay and ordered a basic quilling kit.( cost Rs. 400/-) .I couldnt wait for it to come :)

And I have been planning on setting up an online shop forever, so i did that as well.

And quilling is what re-started it all  :) I am in the process of stocking the shop . so there are not a lot of things right now.

You can visit my shop at : http://www.indiebazaar.com/shop/Emajic?shopref=1411

On sale now ! Turquoise, Blue Quilled earrings

A pair of Blue and Turquoise Quilled earrings.

Total length 5 cm. Extremely lightweight.Stud back.

Increasingly overwhelmed

"The more I learn, the more I learn how little I know "- Socrates

While in school ,exams used to be overwhelming for me. Of course, it didn't help that I had the attention span and memory of a flea.

My family appears to be full of science oriented people ; teachers, doctors, scientists, engineers.My mother used to be a biology teacher , however what she loved most was chemistry.I was especially bad at science and my mother tried very hard to switch on the science in me.

As I was growing up she regularly explained to me about the different types of plants that surrounded us and the majesty of every tiny thing that lived on our tiny planet. Frogs and birds were always pointed out.She taught me to appreciate the tiny insects that crawled all our backyard ( and occasionally inside). She always told me their names if she knew it.
But what I always noticed was the patterns.The gorgeous colors on the hard exoskeleton  and  the fiery faces on some them, the honey that accumulates in the transparent tummy of the ant.
Her most favorite form of art was organic chemistry.The way they bonded was beautiful for her.And of course it was one of my worst subjects.
I genuinely don't remember most of the names of those insects ( and other living beings ) that she pointed out to me. And organic chemistry I ditched a long long while ago.She thinks she hasn't taught me anything worthwhile.

She used to tell me " only if you learn will you know how less you actually know ". ( I am sure she didn't know Socrates was there before her.Thank you Google. )
That one statement is probably the only thing that has stayed with me since then.The more I read,the more I see, the more I live ,the more I realize how little I know about anything.

So Amma, you see, I  have learnt at least one thing.That I know nothing.
To accept that most things are lessons that I haven't learned yet.And that there is something new for me everyday ,however routine it may look on the outside.And at this time , this phase in my life , I truly realize how remarkable you are.

I know you worry that haven't taught me anything , but you have taught me everything that I hold dear.

Thank you Amme.

Happy Birthday.I love you very much.