Diwali Festival of Lights

#blogtoberfest14  day 16 - This time next week most Hindus all over the world will be celebrating Diwali - The Festival of Lights - I say most as not all Hindus celebrate Diwali as I found out when I was working out there a few years ago and depending on which part of India you are from Diwali is celebrated for different reasons.  

In the Gujarat where my family are from, the festival honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth - new businesses are also started at this auspicious time.  Diya's or lamps are lit in every household so that the Goddess Lakshmi will find her way to each house to give her blessings.  Another reason to celebrate is the return of Lord Ram and his wife Sita from an exile of 14 years.  You can read more about Diwali here.  

I haven't made any specific cards this year but I think my Gelli print OM designs can be made into cards and are suitable for the occasion.  I know many of the commercial cards depict images of the gods and goddesses and some of my family have mentioned that they would prefer to get something a little bit different.  

These are the original Gelli prints and below are the 2 cards I made by printing onto mat photo paper.

Anita

Dilemmas and Tribulations of Product Photography

Day 9 of #Blogtoberfest14 and it's been a day of frustration.  My new website is nearly ready to go live and I need to get the backgrounds of my products to near white as possible.  I've set up a little stage on top of my printer haha yeah that is the only available space where I can get natural daylight and where I can set up the lights.  I think another day of frustration is about to happen tomorrow (Friday).  I was hoping to have got it set up and ready for the weekend but I don't think that's going to happen - we shall see.

Here is a picture of my 'stage' and a couple of pictures I've taken today.  

See ya tomorrow if I've survived.

Anita