Diwali Craft & Home Decor Inspiration- III

What you do with dried plants. I had a dried Basil (Tulsi) plant for quite some time and recently I gave it a new life. I turned it into a 'Jewel Tree'. Diwali is a festival when we add lot of bling to our decor and this jewel tree is looking just perfect to give any corner or nook an instant cheer.Under...

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"My Favorite Room"

Happy Friday, everyone! I'm happy to have been asked by sweet Kim of her famous "Savvy Southern Style" to be a part of her wonderful series, "My Favorite Room."  I hope to see you over there ... have a fabulous weeke...

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Spreading light and happiness...

I have a little ritual of picking up new diyas every Diwali. A pair of whatever catches my fancy. So when I saw these ceramic sunflower diyas flooding the markets in Bangalore last year, I bought a few.They sat snug in one of the cartons that transported them to Minnesota, until I rediscovered...

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Wool Pumpkin Tutorial

 It has been a while since I did a tutorial for you to enjoy...and even make if you wanted to. I also have been crazy over wool lately and decided to play with various kinds. Sit back with a cup of tea and enjoy the tutorial!Materials that I used:1 old wool sweater, washed and dried to felt or shrink1 old plastic pumpkin, purchased at a thrift store2 wool flowers, premade...

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Three Tier Table Transformed

A new antique table has entered my life and invaded my living room! I fell in love with it upon first sight even though it didn't look it's best...The best part, other than bringing it home and transforming it was it's price...at 70% off, Yeah! (Here you can see I was gluing the loose veneer back on when I took the before picture.)I decided on Annie Sloan's Old White...

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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...

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Two cool Tables!

Crazy story but true, As hubby and I were on our way home from our daughter's new house across town, a guy was putting these two tables out on the street corner!The curbside picker that I have known to be, had hubby stop and I asked what he was doing with them. He told me that he was moving and didn't have room for them and that I could have them. He even loaded them in the pickup...

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