Wat can I get you?

I have been doing a lot of stuff to decorate our living room and bedroom and even the passageway, but I realised our kitchen was feeling a bit left out. So I got some paper and colours and made this!

Materials needed are, (size of cardboard and paper depends on your preference)
Recyclable cardboard (I used thin but firm cardboard from clothes packaging)
Colourful gift wrapping paper
Pattern
Scissors
Box cutter
Glue
Satin ribbon
Black Acrylic paint
Paint brush and palette
Gluetack or two sided tape

Follow these step by step instructions:
Select a pattern you want to draw. Draw it out on the piece of cardboard. The outline is important so don't bother about the details.

Now using a box cutter cut the figure carefully. Paint the figure black and leave it to dry.

Get back to the cardboard. Cut a piece of gift wrapping paper to the size of the cardboard and stick it to the back of the cardboard with glue. Remember the blank side of the gift paper must be seen from the back and the printed side from the front as in the picture.

Cut a piece of ribbon which you need to stick along the waist line on the main cardboard.

Cut a piece of gift paper in the shape of an apron and stick it on the silhouette.

Cut another piece of ribbon to make a small bow and stick it at the waist side of the silhouette.

Now to slightly elevate the silhouette use either little bits of cardboard or gluetack or two sided tape and place it over the cardboard as shown in the picture.

Now the final task is to paint the words “Wat can I get you?”

Paste in on your kitchen wall or door using cellotape Or frame it!

Volcano of Talent

Every time I looked at a canvas painting at an exhibition or adorning people's homes, a tiny voice in my head said “Go on pick up your brush and give it a shot.” Kabhie kabhie the pretext of not having time or not having the right tools I pushed the thought away... In the last few months the excuse of time has been unreal and I have had more than enough time to make sure I have all the tools. So I said why not!!

It's amazing what a few paints and a willing surface can make you do!! I started off with expressing on drawing paper. Gradually graduated to painting sections of our living room (I love you Flav for always letting me experiment in our home).. loved the result! And now canvas.. I finally did it! To me its a master piece! A master piece 'coz it expresses my mind, my heart, my emotions, my dreams... A “Volcano of Talent”.. We all have one in us... often lying dormant.. often waiting for us to give it a chance to glow and attract our attention. And like a volcano it destroys our silly misconceptions of “I cannot! Its just not possible! I am not creative or artistic.” Before leaving for Germany many well-wishers said I was taking a big risk and putting a big break to my career... I didn't think so then and I definitely don't now. There's so much more to life than the mundane, the get into the rat race things... and I am so blessed to be gifted this special time and space to activate the volcano!