Crazy AWESOME Decor Ideas!

For years, Hubby and I have been counting collection and making the deposit for our church.






And our church has been growing



Which has caused some remodeling to happen



We also have some young and hip



people on our staff



And with that comes




Old bibles and twine!


Some Crazy AWESOME Decor Ideas that I found 



Simply by walking by their offices!



These people amaze me

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Tutorial on Making Wool Pumpkins

I haven't done a tutorial in a very long time and just made these cute little pumpkins out of an old wool sweater and thought that you would maybe want to how I made them!




First, you need to find a wool sweater. I found a pure white one at the thrift store.  I then washed it and dried it in the dryer so it would 'felt' and shrink. This gives the wool and different look and feel.

I then

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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.

Image Source: Click Here

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

Image Source: Click Here

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. 

Image: Pinterest

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.

Image: Pinterest

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.

Image: Click Here

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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The Re-Roofing of my Cupola

Remember seeing this beauty?







Well, two things happened.


1) After a couple of years with this plastic tinlook sheets that I used for roofing, began to fade and crack!


And 2) My birthday rolled around again. What that means is my Hubby does not give me gifts, he gives me himself for the day. I get to ask him to do whatever I want and he does it. So I asked him if we could re-roof the

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Diwali DIY Made Easy With Venue: Wall Hanging DIY

This month I will be focusing on Diwali craft and decor ideas only. In previous post you learnt how to make a Diwali Lamp. In today's tutorial you will learn how to make beautiful wall hanging using mundane objects. These hangings add charm to your walls for sure. The best part is that it's very easy to make these hangings. It took me only an hour to complete the project.

Dell's venue tab has made my work easy. I clicked all the images of this DIY with Venue tab and then I made a video using its wonderful application called 'Movie studio' in no time.

Here my movie is in progress..........

Below is the complete video tutorial on how to make wall hanging. Enjoy!!

Stay tuned for some more Diwali Decor ideas in my next post!! 

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Jazzed-Up Acorns!

Talk about 





Cute





 And 





Fun!





This all started when I visited my friend. Upon arriving, I noticed that her acorns were huge compared to mine...


That got me to thinking how fun it would be to create some cute but various ways to Jazz-Up her acorns.


First, I washed them and put them on foil, then on a cookie sheet. I baked them at 170 degrees for about 2 hours to make

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