Month: July 2013

About a week ago, I published a blog about a Wedding Message book I was doing for a couple that are soon to be married. The objective of the book is to provide a space for relatives, friends and loved ones of the betrothed to leave their best wishes on their married life. It will be kept on a convenient table during the reception providing an opportunity for any guest to drop a line, so it had to match the colour scheme of the event. In my last post which you can view here, I shared the cover of Read more...

As you all probably know, Itsy Bitsy is without doubt the definitive destination for a variety of craft supplies but did you know that we have the most unrivalled range of tools from We R Memory Keepers? This leading international brand is constantly coming up with interesting and extremely useful tools to create magic with paper and we at Itsy Bitsy want to make sure all our crafting friends have access to their enviable range. Wondering what we're talking about? Read on and learn how We R can change Read more...

About two weeks ago I published a post about a mini album I was doing for a friend who recently gave birth to her fourth daughter. I had shown the cover of the album that was aptly titled 'The Princess Diary'. Today I will be sharing the inside pages of the album that I have finally completed. I have followed a fairy tale theme for this project in my ultimate favourite colour combination of black, white and pink!The picture above is first page of the album. I used a pink envelope as the page base. Read more...

I have been meaning to do this post for a while and this is particularly for the newer crafters who are just getting the hang of creating stuff for challenges. The experienced crafters will be familiar with my suggestions and may have additional tips so I welcome everyone's advice in the comments. In this 2 part series I am going to share with you the best way to present your work for craft challenges. You may have made something really fantastic but unless it is properly presented, it will not look Read more...

Wondering what a Wedding Message Book is? Well this is the first for me too! A dear friend's brother is getting married next month and the new bride and groom wanted a book in which their friends and family could write little notes and wishes. They wanted something different and original so my friend asked me if I could put something together. And I thought 'WOW! What a great idea!' I just got started on the project and this blog post which is part of a 2-part series is of the cover of the book.  The Read more...

My grandparents recently celebrated 60 years of marriage. Isn't that an incredible achievement? My mother wanted very much to give them a keepsake to remember this occasion so she asked me to make a photo desk calendar. I was happy to oblige and got to work on the project. It's hard crafting to someone else's taste aesthetic. My mother doesn't like too much of embellishments. She's always prefers 'Clean and Simple' projects so as I was putting this whole calendar together I had to ensure that it Read more...

Folks, it's been a long wait and we're seriously sorry about that, but we finally have the talented winners for last month's challenge here at Itsy Bitsy. The theme was 'All That Glitters' and you were asked to create anything as long as it contained some sparkle or bling. The entries were fantastic and given the delay in announcing the winners, you can imagine how difficult it was for us to choose the top projects. But choose them we did so crafters, here are your winners for the Itsy Bitsy All Read more...

I don't know about you but I ALWAYS feel guilty while giving someone a gift card or voucher for their birthday. I feel bad that I couldn't think of something really thoughtful to give and feel that vouchers is like the easy way out. The only way I can feel better about it is if I present it in a really nice way so when my mother's birthday rolled around and I purchased a gift card for her, I was glued to my crafting table trying to create something really spectacular to package her gift cardNow my Read more...

July 6th was a red letter day for all of us here at Itsy Bitsy because it was the date of the first ever Big Shot Party - a party to celebrate and commemorate Itsy Bitsy becoming the sole distributor of Sizzix products in India. 15 likeminded crafters from various corners of Bangalore got together at the Itsy Bitsy store in Banashankari to share ideas, dies, embossing folders and their mutual love of craft. I, myself was thrilled to be part of this fabulous event and take great pleasure in writing Read more...

Folks, it's a new month and time for a brand new challenge here at Itsy Bitsy. But before we get to that we have something fabulous to celebrate here at Itsy Bitsy. We are thrilled to announce that Itsy Bitsy is now the exclusive distributor of Sizzix supplies in India. Isn't that awesome! So now whenever you purchase a Sizzix product, you can be sure it came from us.  In addition to celebrating the Sizzix announcement, we also want to create a month of learning and sharing for all our crafter Read more...