24 August 2008

FABRIC PAINTING ON A KNAPSACK

FABRIC PAINTING ON A KNAPSACK

August 22nd was my friend’s son’s 5th birthday. I was thinking of gifting him something unique as I am tired of gifting books and toys. I wanted something which he would enjoy and use at the same time. I also wanted it to be personalized. I pondered over all the possibilities and Yo came up with the idea of a knapsack. I thought that would definitely be different from the other gift ideas, but I didn’t want to buy a Cartoon knapsack or the general kiddy ones that are usually bought for kids. I wanted the knapsack to be personalized too, so went hunting for a knapsack which will have some place for me to do fabric painting and finally found this elegant knapsack with space to write on. We decided to buy it. It was a bit over budget, but since I got the one I wanted, I decided to go for it. I brought the knapsack home and was thinking of what to paint, I was afraid to spoil the expensive knapsack. I had also bought some expensive fabric paints and brush. It was the first time I was going to use a brush and fabric paints in tubes to write. I was scared to paint anything and spoil the bag so I decided I will just write his name. I chose black as the knapsack is red and grey in color and black would go best with it.

So I wrote his name“KRISH” using the Yummy Apology font.

This one's for Priyanka who keeps inspiring me to do more and more fabric painting. Every time I post a fabric painting , she will comment by saying " Iam waiting for more" She was also the person who inspired me to start fabric painting in the first place with the T-shirt gifted to me during our first KC-meet. Thanks Priyanka.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

nice idea ...can try on many other things ..isn't it??

notyet100 said...

its come out nice nd neat,..i am sure birthday boy must have liked lotz,..goog gng,..

Lakshmi said...

handmade personalised gifts are always treasured ..trust the little b'day boy enjoyed the gift ......

Indian Khana said...

Thts nice piece of work dear...great going

Jose said...

Excellent idea, and what a good job you made of it too.... I am sure he will like it