Diwali Decor Inspiration With Venue

Past few months have been very busy and sometimes I didn't even get time to have breakfast. Poor me :( I have got so many things to do and I am trying my best to accomplish them. As far as  blogging is concerned Dell's Venue has been a great help for me. I get few minutes when I go to pick up my son from school and wait for him to come out, so I just inserted micro SIM card in Venue tab, connected to the internet and drafted this post. 

As Diwali is approaching fast, what I can see on various websites is lots of beautiful, easy and doable Diwali decor ideas. Some of my dear friends and fellow bloggers have shared really wonderful ideas and tips for Diwali decoration. Here I am sharing some of them. Let me add here that sharing is so easy with Venue. I just browsed their pages, saved images directly on my Venue tab and linked with this post. It's that easy. Lets have a look of all those beautiful blogs:

  

Nayana of Cherish Dream Live:  

She has a lovely blog. In her own words "we LOVE our house and LOVE creating memories in it, its all about Cherishing yesterday, Dream about tomorrow and Live for today.

Check out her recent post "Five Tips To Create Inviting Home". 

Image Source: Cherish Dream Live

Sharon Of The Keybunch:

Sharon aptly gave her blog a name 'The KeyBunch' and I loved that name. She says "I blog for myself - I am passionate about certain decor styles and ideas - I am passionate about antiques and old houses - I like a certain blend of the old and the new, and when I see that in a space, I get all excited about it, and blog about it.

Check out her recent post "Three Awesome Ways to Prepare Yourself For Festive Season"

Image Source: The KeyBunch

Sruthi Of The East Coast Desi: 

Sruthi has an awesome blog, loaded with beautiful images and inspirations. This is what she has to say about her blog "I'm passionate about my home and everything relating to decor. I'd be sharing my style, snapshots from my home, along with the plethora of  global decor inspiration waiting to be explored".

Go and get inspired, check out her recent post "A Medley Of Influences (Diwali Tablescape)".

Image Source: The East Coast Desi

Reshma Of Dreams Are Made Of These: 

Reshma is a very warm person, beautiful inside and out. All her posts are very well written. In her own words "My blog is a space where I share my dreams with you. They may or may not be your dreams but I would be happy if every person who visits me here leaves with a smile so join me as I share snippets of my home, kids, decor and garden and at times I'll bore you with some photography too, so brace yourself :) 

Read her previous year's post "The Countdown To Festival Of Lights".

Image Source: Dreams Are Made Of These

Vandana Of Seasons In The Sun: 

Vandana has just started the blogging. She has got great aesthetic sense and I am sure she will share some wonderful home decor ideas, so stay tuned!! This is what she has to say about her blog " Colours turn me on to express myself,as do beautiful flowers and melodious music.Through this blog of mine,I shall share with my readers all things that appeal to me,all things pretty and colourful.I would put it this way,all things under the sun:-)

Check out her first post "A New Beginning".

Image Source: Seasons In The Sun

Hope you enjoyed going through all these lovely and inspiring blogs. These are the places I love to visit :)

Stay tuned dear readers I am coming up with Diwali Decor Ideas-Part II :)

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Diwali Decor Ideas: Part-I

Dear friends and readers here ends your wait for Diwali Decor Ideas. Sorry for the delay in publishing this post and let me thank you all who kept asking about this post and waited patiently. Now let me tell you this is picture heavy post and I have collected images from various sources and have given due credit to the source. Because there were lots of images so I decided to do this post in few parts, this one is part I. Lets start with the stuff that you can do before Diwali. Once you are ready with all these beautiful stuff, it will be easy for you to decorate your home in your own style.
Don't forget to like my Facebook page, as lots of Diwali inspirations are coming soon!!

DIY

Lamps/Lanterns/Diyas: Learn how to make different kind of lamps, lanterns and diyas. Choose the one that suits your style and start making it, you still have lot of time. I bet you will get lot of praise from your guests. Take out all the empty glass jars and bottle and transform them into Moroccan delight. For procedure click here. You can put fairy lights inside wine/bear bottles and hang these bottles using twine/rope in your balcony or garden and add festive sparkle to your place.

Image1:FabFurnish, Image2 Frommoontomoon, Image 3,4: Etsy

Now what if you don't have empty glass jars and bottles, no worries I have something for everyone. You can make paper lanterns. Here you go:

Click on the picture for better view and for complete tutorial click here.

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Make some beautiful paper lamps to keep on side table/coffee table. For complete tutorial click here.

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Use some simple plain brown/white paper bags, stick doilies or lace inside it and keep LED light inside it. Your paper lamp is ready in just few steps. 

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If you want to make something extra ordinary then this craft idea is for you. Check out complete tutorial on A Piece Of Rainbow.

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And you will love this,  make this glowing beauty to add charm to your decor. Put tea-light or candle inside glass votive and wrap decorated acetate paper around it. You can decorate the paper using sharpie pen or permanent markers.

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Now the one that you can hang anywhere in your home. Make this simple and lovely lantern with your kids to keep them busy, while you can do other preparations. Complete tutorial on Design Sponge.

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Something very different and beautiful is what I will call this Lotus lantern. Check out complete tutorial on Wake Up And Dance.

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Without Diya (earthen lamp) Diwali is incomplete. Get your diyas ready, Soak them in water for 2-3 hrs, prim them if you wish, beautify them using acrylic/pearl/shimmer colors, 3D outliners, glitters, mirrors and acrylic stones. 

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Glam up your tea lights in an easy-peasy way. Check out my earlier post click here for more inspiration. 

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Give your candles a makeover. Make some heena design on them and then give a coat of modpodge.

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You can check out some more inspirations here. Wrapping up this post now. See you all soon with part II of this post. Stay tuned!!

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Diwali Craft & Home Decor Inspiration- II

Diwali is just around the corner and you all decor enthusiast must be thinking of some nice table arrangements for this festive season.  Sometimes we get bored of using same things again and again for all the occasions. So this time I come up with the idea of using some mundane household objects for some pleasing and not so expensive tablescape. 

First thing you need is some nice table runner. Forget about those table runners you already have used number of times. Try to use dupatta or rich textile as table runner, idea is to add bling and luxury to your decor. Now that you are done with table runner part comes the next step of arranging things those are going to be part of your tablescape.

Put your mundane household objects to good use. Hunt for things that can serve as a candle or diya holder like I used frame of my broken tea cups as diya holder.

Then I put small clay pots that I have painted some time back on top of the cup frames and on table runner.

I plucked a palm leaf and then cut the fronds(Smaller leaf structures that grow on stem) in same size and then arranged them in clay pot as shown in picture. Now put tealight or diya on it and see the magical effect.

Now leaving you with some pictures. Take a look and let me know what do you think.

If you have an awesome Diwali decor idea to share with us then go on and send me on designdecoeanddisha@gmail.com

In case you have missed my earlier post on Diwali inspiration then click here.

Have a lovely weekend and stay creative!!!

P.S : All images are mine please don't copy or reuse them without my permission.

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