A day to remember and tell your friends that you love them and care for them. We have a festival coming up next week. Raksha Bandhan. When a sister ties a `Rakhi', thread of love around her brother's wrist reminding him to protect her. A thread that binds them. The brother inturn gifts her and vows to look after her. There is a practice of tying Rakhi to a male cousin, to even an unrelated boy/man who is considered a brother. Being away, I send them `Rakhi's by post. To my two brothers and three lovely men to whom I have been tying a `Rakhi' for over two decades. I thought why not send them handmade Rakhis. Googled a bit, found a pattern and here's what I created, using embroidery floss of Madura Coats
It turned out to be a crafty time with my daughter too. She too created a few bands using yarn. I never thought she'd have patience for one! but she created a few.
Creativity can stem from NOWHERE and become NOW HERE.
Wow! That is a lot of friendship bands. I liked your idea of hand made rakhis.
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Great!! I too thought sending handmade Rakhis this time but then I got busy and now it's too late. My daughter also made lots of friendship bands for her friends. I forgot to take pictures.
ReplyDeleteNice to see your daughter got so many bracelets from her friends :)And I definitely love your rakhis! Such a wonderful idea and so much better than buying all those from the market! I hope to be back to blogging soon, and hope to have a look at all your previous posts. take care, Aishwarya! Anna
ReplyDeleteYes. Making them myself gave me so much of satisfaction and happiness. Thank you all.
ReplyDeleteit's fabulous. i am so lucky to see ur blog and the pics are awesome. the write up's are making me crazy. thanks a ton.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely bracelets and a perfect way to spend time with your daughter x
ReplyDeleteThese are such beautiful bracelets! I might try making something like this with my girls! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI love all those bracelets. What a nice tradition. Of course your handmade ones are the best. I'm so glad you received your package. So much easier to mail things from the States than from here -- and so much more reliable! Best wishes, Tammy
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