Treasury Update, Camera and Light box update..

In last 3 days, my designs have been included in 3 different Treasuries. Lately I haven't been checking Craftopolis website for Treasury updates but last friday I did and surprisingly I was in 2 Treasuries at the same time. Today I checked again and I am featured in one :) It is great honor to be included in Treasury!!

To tell you the truth, I haven't been too happy with my photos lately. In summer, I use to take photos outside in the natural light. But its been getting very cold here in east coast now and by the time I come home from work in the evening, its already dark outside so taking good photos is a constant struggle.

I have been thinking of creating light box for very long time when I saw discussions about people getting great results from home-made inexpensive light box.

Finally I got to create one last weekend. I used this tutorial as my base but there are many good tutorials with pictures online. I used tracing paper instead of fabric as stated in tutorial.

And I also got my first Digital SLR camera - Canon T1i last week:) Its really fun playing with the new toy :) For me, its a big upgrade since all this years, I was using simple Canon 5 Mega Pixel Point & Shoot camera for all my photos.

The listings featured in Treasuries were one of the first ones taken with new camera and using light box. Although I am not very comfortable with all the settings yet and have a lot of learning to do, I guess it is kind of working :)

And now here are the Post It Holders that were featured -

Sticky Note Covers

I have been invited to sell my handmade products in a Holiday Boutique in a office in December. I have never done a face-to-face marketing before. I am very shy by nature but since its a small setting, I would like to try it out. I am not going to go with lot of expectations, I am just looking to have a fun experience.

I will be taking my Post It Holders, Business Card wallets, Checkbook covers along with scrapbook albums. I am thinking to make a few small ticket items to have different price range. I have too many things to work out yet like table setup and display but I am looking forward to it.

I haven't posted new Sticky Note covers from the shop in a long time so here they are..

These make great gifts for Teachers, co-workers, friends or little something to pamper yourself - perfect for holidays.

Paisley Pink/Green -


Blue/Green Glittered -


Olive Green / Pink -


Brown/Pink/Green Jelly Bean -


"Life is filled with great treasures" -


Pink/Brown/Ivory Floral -


Green/Blue -


Pink/Grey/Green leaves -

"Family" Scrapbook Mini Paper Bag Album

I love the rich brown and green shades in this album.

I used K&Company Papers in this album. I used coffee stained handmade tags as well on each page.















Available in my Etsy Shop - NehalisScrapBoutique

Update -
This album has been included in this awesome Treasury - Let's Give Thanks curated by heartsabustin.
Check it out, its valid till Wednesday Nov 11 - http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=93156

"Pregnant" Mini Scrapbook Paper Bag Album

This Mini Album features bright and cheerful colors, tags, machine stitching, lots of flowers - everything a mother-to-be would like in her pregnancy journal.
This album would also make a great gift for baby showers!













Available in my Etsy shop - NehalisScrapBoutique

Adoption Paper Bag Scrapbook Album

This Adoption themed album is asian inspired girl themed mini scrapbook album. What a great way to treasure all the memories of adoption process.

It is a 6 x 6 Paper Bag Album. I tied lots of ribbons on the ends and it looks so pretty. All the papers have asian inspired writing, flowers, plants, butterflies etc. I love the rich colors in this album. It has a very cute poem related to adoption process.

The album is available for sale in my Etsy shop - NehalisScrapBoutique

Hope you enjoy it!

Introducing www.RagsNehali.com and new products

I finally bought my own domain - www.RagsNehali.com. I haven't started working on web design yet so for now it is being redirected to my Etsy shop from where goodies can be bought :)

I have introduced new products in shop - Checkbook Covers, Passport Covers, Business Card Wallets, 2010 fridge calendars and more..

I have designed matching sets so they can be bought in a set and can be given as great functional holiday gift.. I know it feels too soon but holidays are approaching sooner than we think ;)

Pink / Brown Polka Dot Gift Set -



This set includes Checkbook Cover, Passport Cover, 2010 Magnet Calendar and Credit Card Wallet.

Orange / Brown Polka Dot Gift Set -



This set includes Checkbook Cover, Passport Cover, 2010 Magnet Calendar and Business Card Wallet.

Turquoise Blue / Tropical Green Gift Set -



Set includes Checkbook Cover, Passport Cover, 2010 Magnet Calendar and Business Card Case.


Cheetah / Leopard Animal print Gift Set -


Teal Blue Gift set -


Red Black Floral Romantic Set -



Black Teal Paisley Set -


Black Cream Pink Stripes Set -

"Hope" Breast Cancer Inspirational Scrapbook Album

I made an album on the same theme last year - Cancer "Hope" Album and this year too I was inspired to create the album based on the same beautiful poem "Cancer is so limited"..

There are quotes on hope, faith, strength etc. and lot of poems for encouragement throughout the album. What a great way to show someone you care and you are there to support them in whichever way she needs through this album.

There are 12 pages including front and back album. There are 4 more pages including half circle, half page, shaped pages to give the album more dimension. There are lots of tags as well. All the pages are machine sewed.

I made a little quilted page for the front -















You can view more close-ups and details on my Flickr .

The album is available in my Etsy shop - Hope Scrapbook Album