Creating Success around the world - Shalini

Welcome to Creating Success around the World with me at JewelsofSayuri – This is a worldwide blog hop tour, that introduces you to creative people from all corners of the globe and I, Divya N, is your host from Asia for the month of November.

Today we are going to meet Shalini Maskara from Craft Curry…There once used to be a blog called Artsy, blog and soul, now Craftziners, a great blog for Indian arts and crafts. They were the first ones to do a full length feature of me, needless to say I was thrilled. The person to be featured after me was Shalini. One look at her cards I was spell bound. They were so wonderful and breathtaking. Later when we became each other’s follower and a visit to her blog always fascinates and inspires me

Hi Shalini, Tell us something about you, yours likes and your interests

Hi, I am Shalini from www.craftcurry.com. Born, brought up and spent all my life till now in Delhi, India.I am a Chartered Accountant by education, currently engaged in a garment manufacturing industry…stealing out time to pursue my passion of paper crafting particularly card making. I love dabbling between diff. forms of art and crafts right from knitting, crochet, oil painting to cooking and music too

Wow! That’s a big list of things you do! How do you find time to craft?

My problem is that me and my mind can’t sit idle… so I am on the constant lookout for new things.

Haa…that sounds exactly like me….So What is that you like to create?

Predominantly I make Cards… I also indulge in 3D projects at times and scrapbooking too occasionally.

What inspires you to create?

I love observing things around me and draw inspiration from random things… Blogging has been an eye opener… it introduced me to possibilities, I never ever could imagine existed!!!!… it brought a whole new world, right here to me… have learned so much about the new techniques, ideas, tools, materials that exist… and in the process have come in contact with some beautifully talented people from around the world with similar passion for paper craft.

Ya..a couple of years back there were hardly any blogs talking about Contemporary Indian talent and now we have finally arrived…Isn’t that great?

Yes, What began as a small community is slowly growing and spreading its wings in India too…

I absolutely love my blogger friends too. Apart from them do you have any other Rolemodels; People who you would like to emulate?

My role model is my Mom who has been ‘THE’ guiding force in my life… I am in awe of the way she takes strong decisions so easily and conducts her life with such poise and calmness. With my impulsiveness, I am yet to achieve that in my life

You make such beautiful cards, do you sell them?

I usually make cards for friends and family. Though on some occasions I have also made some bulk cards for a diwali and Christmas exhibition I put up with some friends. So, Yes, I do sell my creations to those interested in buying them

As a designer I have made loads of mistakes in my life, I still do and attempt learning from them. What about you?

Well, one lesson that I have learnt is to stop buying supplies just for the urge of buying…. Initially when the crafting goodies were in scarce supply in India, I have bought random useless stuff from UK and US just with the idea of saving them for the rainy day. Now, when I look back at some of the stuff I am like, ‘what was I thinking!!!’ Now, I am a little more organized(I said little;) )

Haaa…very true. Even I have done crazy Internet supplies shopping. Has there been a point in your life when you thought (thinking) that yes, I have succeeded in doing what I want to do?

I think I am yet to reach that point in life. I have set a goal for myself with a couple of things to achieve in life. I am working towards them and I hope it’s not too long before I can proudly say that yes, I have succeeded in doing what I wanted to do

So What’s next?
Loads of future plans… on personal, professional and crafty fronts!!! Coming to the craft side of it… I have always dreamt of having my own craft-books-coffee lounge one day… so hopefully it might just come true!!! 😀 and yes, I seriously do hope to get more regular with blogging in future!!!

I wish you great luck for that and thanks for joining us today!!

I hope you all found Shalini work inspiring. Do visit her blog to check out more of her work.
Till then… Cheers & do link up

Note: If you are an art/craft/ style blogger from Chennai or are in Chennai on the 26th of Nov please Join me and my friends at Kalpataru in Palavakkam, ECR, for a Craft blogger meet.

Details at http://bloggerkootam.blogspot.com/

Here’s how you can take this worldwide tour with us:
You can follow all the hosts to support them and keep up to date with the fabulous posts they will share every week. Then if you are inspired to join, just link up your own blog to make some new international friends.
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Creating Success around the world – Shalini

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