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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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





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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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Our New Great Room ...

Greetings, friends!  

Here we are ... in an empty great room ... just as it looked right before we moved in:

And, here we are AFTER!  Welcome to our new great room ... all ready for Fall!  One of the first things we did was to have the hardwood continued in here.  It's all throughout the rest of the first floor, so, we decided to bite the bullet and had it done right after we moved in (by the same company who installed the hardwood on the rest of the entire first floor) ... this way, we knew we were getting the same "dye lot" as the rest of the rooms.

Do you ever let your rooms "speak to you" to let you know how they want to be decorated?  Well, I do ... annnnnd, apparently, this space told me that it wanted for me to trade out our wheat colored sofa for a white EKTORP sofa from IKEA ... to add white/beige buffalo check curtains (also from IKEA), along with bamboo roman shades ... and to throw in black accents!  

Colorful "Fall" pillows from Kirkland's (mixed with white/burlap trim pillows and a single burlap pillow from Pottery Barn) warm up the sofa.  An inexpensive throw (from IKEA) adds just a little bit of texture (and warmth on our now chilly mornings).

Simple Fall stems in a glass demijohn stand loud and proud on the sofa table.  And, I couldn't help but flank it with two chunky matching wooden corbels from Home Goods.

I traded out our gold and glass coffee table for our wooden one (from Pottery Barn) to help with the warm and cozy feeling I was going for in here.  (Again, the room "told" me to do this)!

And, here's our "revamped" Fall mantel (yes, I changed it again)!  

I love how crisp the black and white are together, paired with the beautiful colors of Fall.  And, because of this new color palette, I have a feeling I'll simply have to try my hand at a Halloween mantel this year, too!

Moving on around the room, you'll spy our TV ... the builder added an outlet and cable box above the fireplace, BUT, I'm just not a fan of having the TV over the fireplace if I can help it ... you guys know that I "need" that space above the mantel to be able to decorate!

I covered our torn up ottoman top with burlap and threw another comfy throw from IKEA on there ... it's all about the layers during the upcoming months, isn't it?

After looking and looking and LOOKING for nice black and white photos to frame, I turned to one of our "coffee table" books, which had pictures that I love!  Yes, I removed certain pages I wanted to frame (shame), BUT, I look at it as though now I'm showcasing the beautiful pictures instead of hiding them.  

I carried the buffalo check pattern to the other side of the room by folding extra fabric over the back of one of the wing chairs ... of course, I had to add an orange faux pumpkin and black book to balance the colors around the room!  

And, when you're sitting in that wing chair, this is your little ol' view ...

Of course, I had to mirror the photos that I did on the other side of the room on each side of our window.  It's all about "OCD balance" folks.

Just for grins, let's look again: 

AFTER!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Diwali Craft Tutorial - Lantern

As I promised to post a Diwali craft idea in my last post, so here I am with a talented guest today on my blog who will be sharing an awesome Diwali craft tutorial. Welcome Suprita Shetty,  please let us know something about you.

Suprita: Hi!! I am Suprita Shetty from Pune. However since past 5 years I am living in Doha. I am an air hostess in one of the leading airlines. My hobby is dancing actually but ,whenever I get some spare time I try my hand on some creative stuff. However this is the first time I tried my hands on making the lantern. Here the steps are:

1) Take a jute mat roll which u can easily get from a bouquet shop/stationery shop.

2) Roll it according to the length and thickness you want. I made it 40cms long and rolled it 4 times.

• 3) Staple the ends and use glue to stick it lengthwise.

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  • 4) Use any of the cardboard sheet to stabilize the roll. Cut it around 2-3 cm thickness and staple it inside the base and the top of the roll.
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• 5) Now steps to make butterflies. Take a chart paper of your choice of colour in square shape.
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  6) fold it's corner (like a triangle). Just like the below pic.
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  It will look like this after folding it the way I showed above.
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• Now take the edges of rectangular sheet and fold it inwards on both sides
  
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• Now fold it exactly half and now you will get a small triangle.

• Now cut the corner of open side of this small triangle and make rounded. Now turn it upside down. Rounded corner that you just cut should be facing upwards. Now the important part, you need to fold the rounded corner as I shown below.
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• Now fold the remaining part as shown in image below and cut two thin and small stripes of paper to make antennae of butterfly. Now paste these butterflies on the jute roll in random manner or as you like it.
  
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  You can add any decorative item as per your choice and then put LED bulb and see it adorning corner in your home.
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Whoa!!! That's great Suprita. I am sure lot of my readers will enjoy making this for Diwali. It's an easy-peasy and very beautiful Diwali craft idea. I am definitely going to try this. Thank you Suprita for sharing this lovely tutorial on my blog :)

Now a tip from my side: Try to make it in different colour and size and display them in a corner/on mantel/on side table. They will add instant cheer to your space. 

Well do try making this lantern and get ready to celebrate Diwali Carnival on my blog with lot of other inspiring friends across the globe. Link party will be live next week. 

Have a happy and creative weekend :))

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Ruined Art?...Make New!

What do you get









 when you mix a little boy









 with dimensional art? 













Initially, I had made this dimensional art (below) 

for a friends new home...



I simply took blank canvas' and after painting with acrylic paint, I glued on the plastic flowers in various sizes. It's up in the kid's living room and it became a game of "hit the art with balls and see how many

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