Harlequin Greetings started off in a box titled "Mahida Greetings" in which i used to store little scraps of paper, Quality Street and Galaxy Jewel wrappers(love their colours), gorgeous wrapping sheets, Hallmark greeting cards, stickers, bookmarks, newspaper cuttings and anything shiny or colourful. I used to make gifts out of these for friends. Basically, a lot of recycle-art.. Like there was this one occasion I made a facebook-timelined folder for my friend using a gul-ahmed bedsheet wala cardboard and alot of everything I mentioned above.. I can't say I was an expert at it but my friends loved it gladly =) In my gap year when applying for a business university, a question kept stirring.. if i made it to this what on earth would I do in business and I'd look at my little box and smile. Gifts.. the at-the-back-of-my-mind agenda! If you're wondering whether I made it to business school then naaaah. I didn't.. bad math =/ and neither did I land in Medicine where I intended to. I landed somewhere in between.... Dentistry!! =D And I never wanted to leave because in Dentistry I found everything.. Art and Medicine & Surgery.. lots of hands-on work! I was offered Medicine again but gladly I never accepted.. I had met my love, and when it introduced me to Plaster-of-Paris.. I couldn't wait to explore it's wonders! And finally by the end of second year.. I found business too. Allah Ta'ala has a much much better plan for us then we have for ourselves and I can't thank Him enough for blessing me with everything. =)
The above picture is of the first order I got. I took the details of the gentleman this was intended for and rummaged my scrap box to see what I could make and didn't find a thing that could be personalised. My friend (THE harlequin supporter), told me it's about time I start working on things besides scraps. I couldn't really think of anything. cardboard wall hangings no matter how funky, weren't the classy gift one would give to a fiance unless digital i think and I don't do digital. And sooo.. I thought it's about time I experiment with plaster. And I made this. The ball was not made out of a mould. My own hands moulded them and the rest is a lot dental labwork and years of crafting and calligraphy put together alhamdolillah. The ball is a paper-weight resting on a golf plate acting as paper-weight and pen holder =) A perfect Golf Lover's desk item!
The above picture is of the first order I got. I took the details of the gentleman this was intended for and rummaged my scrap box to see what I could make and didn't find a thing that could be personalised. My friend (THE harlequin supporter), told me it's about time I start working on things besides scraps. I couldn't really think of anything. cardboard wall hangings no matter how funky, weren't the classy gift one would give to a fiance unless digital i think and I don't do digital. And sooo.. I thought it's about time I experiment with plaster. And I made this. The ball was not made out of a mould. My own hands moulded them and the rest is a lot dental labwork and years of crafting and calligraphy put together alhamdolillah. The ball is a paper-weight resting on a golf plate acting as paper-weight and pen holder =) A perfect Golf Lover's desk item!
Now a creation like that needs to be wrapped up rightly, the way it deserves to.. and soo I made the tuxedo box. =)
And that is what got Harlequin.Greetings rolling! I can never thank my client enough for trusting me with this. I met this lady for the first time on the day she placed her order and she was willing to place her faith in my abilities. Shukar Alhamdolillah. I can't thank Him enough.
