Varalakshmi Pooja 2020

This year it is a different experience of Varamahalakshmi Vratham. Unlike every year it was a quiet one without any friends or family (thanks to COVID craziness and social distancing) . However, we had a great pooja and my favorite of all ❤ This year I had an additional ammavaru, my husband’s aunt gifted me

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

Pom-pom garlands are fun, colorful, easy, quick and inexpensive décor to add to any room. They look more colorful and cute in kids room/nursery. I love how it turned out in S room. Sometimes a small addition brightens the room and this is one such project/décor. Basically, you can make it in any color –

Paper Lotus Wall Art!

Lately, paper crafts have been my go-to party decorations – they are easy, quick and inexpensive too. I did couple of projects on paper flowers and I love how elegant and real they look, if done well. One such project is these paper lotus using cardstock from Michaels, I like using a gradient to create

Baby Burp Cloth

Baby burp cloths make wonderful and practical gifts. They are super useful and can be used in many ways. I made them as gifts and want to make for my little one too and it is one of the first baby projects I took up. The burp cloths I have done before for my niece

Pond Diorama

There is a long story behind this duck habitat diorama/project that I made for Bommala Koluvu 2016…..;-) My love for miniatures made me buy the ducks used in this project. They are chopstick stand/holders that I bought in Singapore(China town) just before moving to United States. After we moved to US (2012) while unpacking I looked all my

New Year’s Eve Bash

Happy New Year Readers! We welcomed 2017 in a splendid way by hosting a New Year’s Eve party and it was so much fun and memorable..:-) I wanted to try something different that’s going to stand out and..Yayyyy! it worked. Yes, it is the fun photo session with some New Year props and party backdrop. I can’t wait to

Clay Urli pot for Diwali

Diwali is incomplete without diyas,rangoli (traditional Indian chalk art), bright and  beautiful decorations, yummy food, family gatherings and fireworks. When I think of decorations – the first on the list is illuminating every corner of the home with diyas/candles and the second is urli pot filled with rose petals/fresh flowers and candles 🙂 Living away from home,

Door/wall hangings with homemade clay…

My favorite of all wall hangings is traditional Rajasthani ones. Specially, the string decorations are absolutely beautiful and comes in various designs and sizes. They add so much warmth, color and most important festive feel 🙂 Well, it is easy buy stuff from India, but I was itching for a project and decided to “DIY” and here is

Incense Holder – Upcycle Pistachio Shells

Burning incense is very relaxing and my favorite are the “Padmini Dhoop sticks”. Incense sticks are a part of the Indian heritage and are associated with spirituality. That’s the reason most of the Indian Hindu household has it burning in the prayer room. All these days I have been burning them in the small metal eyelet that

Clay Mural Art on Cardboard

I was introduced to clay mural art by Fevicryl Hobby Ideas (FHI) page from Facebook and since then I was looking for an opportunity to try my hands. There are many tutorials available on youtube on how to make beautiful piece of art using this technique. After watching couple of videos I learnt that this can be done