Windows With Faux Stained Glass

Today I am going to share an altered project with you crafty people! Its actually a window I created on the lid of a box...I was totally inspired by Kirsty's take on the Lessology challenge.

Something New

It's still unbearably hot and sultry in Kolkata, and my days are passing in a sort of lotus-eater's dream, as I am just waiting for my exam results*shivers*. I fervently wish we get some rain, and SOON. Or else we'll all melt in the heat. Imagine the city being flooded by a river of liquid Kolkatans! Now I am even talking like a lotus eater. Do I sound high? ;)
Well, today I am sharing something that's totally a new and foreign thing to me, and this is my first attempt. Mixed Media. Yup, you heard it right. After the wonderful inspiration which Shilpa and Yvonne come up with practically on a daily basis, I guess I felt the *urge*. So, here it is for you to judge...

Altered Box

This is going to be a picture heavy post...
I had finished this project almost a week before but the stupid camera wasn't working till yesterday(Grrrrhhh!!!). This is my first altered project on this blog and I am proud to say I did some recycling and upcycling...

So, without further ado, here are the BEFORE pics...

 Its a box which contained a watch...

Before I show the transformation, here's the finished thing...(top view)

My Business is to Create

"I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create."

Wonderful lines by William Blake, which I first got to know watching the movie P.S I Love You. Holly's dialogue after she tried to recite the poem to Gerry(and just failed haha) is quite touching and pretty much sums up my thoughts on creating anything...

"All I know is, if you don't figure out the "something," you'll just stay ordinary. And it doesn't matter if it's a work of art, or a taco, or a pair of socks. Just create something new and there it is. And it's you, out in the world, outside of you. And you can look at it, or hear it, or read it, or feel it...

...and you know a little bit more about you. 

A little bit more than anybody else does."

 Coming back to today, and what I'm going to talk about. A few months back I stumbled upon the technique of decoupaging(and fell head-over-heels in love :D). Imagine my surprise when I discovered Mod Podge (or something very like it, spelt Modge Podge) in Starmark!
I purchased a pair of  wooden bangles, dirt cheap, from literally the footpath( Kolkatans will know Gariahat). Managed to get hold of some image printouts...and with my bottle of Podge I was good to go!

For the first one, I used pictures by the maestro Picasso...