DIY : Planter using old CD and Container

I always believe in Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. I have recycled and reused old CDs and chocolate container to create a Planter.

DIY : Simple Bottle Painting

Any glass drinks bottle can be reused for many purposes like a show piece, pot for water plants, lamp stand and many more. In this DIY, I have shown very basic and simple bottle painting and require minimal materials. Before painting the glass bottle, remove the labels/stickers on bottle, clean it thoroughly and dry completely. This activity can be done along with your kids. Even they will enjoy. 

DIY : Basic Bird Feeder

Different types of birds like bul bul, myna, sparrow, pigeons, sun bird and many more visits my garden. I thought of keeping a bird feeder and water bowl for birds. It helps filling our garden with Birds. I made my kids to prepare the bird feeder. Its very simple and basic bird feeder.

DIY : Lip Balm

EOS lip balm comes with a cute small container. I didn’t want to through these boxes; Got an idea of preparing lip balm at home. This lip balm can be prepared within 5 mins. Ingredients used in this DIY are readily available at home. Here I have recycled my plain lip balm and little lip stick as a stain to the lip balm. 

 

DIY : Bookmarks for Books

Everyone has their own way of marking the place in a book. My son reads a lot of books. He reads all type of books from Novels to News paper!!!! Every time he used to spend sometime in search of a page where he stopped last time. I thought of creating bookmarks by myself and even it will become an activity for my kids.

Herbal Ubtan / Bath Powder for Kids

My mom heard about preparing bath powder in one of the program telecasted in TV. She prepared this for my son when he was 1 year old. She prefers ayurvedic or home made products for kids. Any day home made products or ayurvedic products are good compare to store bought products. This bath powder is very easy to prepare. All these ingredients are readily available in your kitchens. This makes skin soft and smooth. Even I use this as face pack or scrub.
 

Quick Tip Time - Hair Care : Milk and Honey Hydrating Mask

Mix 1 tsp honey into 1/4 cup of raw whole milk then massage into the hair from root to tip. Shampoo hair with lukewarm water after 25 minutes.

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Jewelry Making Kit for Kids

My daughter got a gift from one of her friend on her birthday. It was ‘Jewelry Making Kit’ Making. It mainly had beads with wire to make bracelets. I forgot to take the pic of the box. My daughter was amazed to do her own bracelet. These DIY crafts helps kids to improve their fine motor skills, improves their creativity and encourages kids to think out of box. Everyday she wears her bracelets and happily shows to everyone. Below are the bracelets, chain and ear rings done by her with my help.

Quick Tip Time - Hair Care : Hydrating Mask

I hardly experiment with my hair. I do lot of research before torturing my hair. I have experimented with couple of Hair Mask which have worked wonders for my hair. This is one of the Mask.

DIY on Hair Care : Egg Mask

I am facing a lot of hair fall from last two months. It might be due to change in weather. Even I am not getting time to give attention towards hair care because of time constraint. I am trying out all kind of home therapies to my hair. Out of many, Egg mask worked for my hair. Egg mask is a quick and protein mask which is meant for mummies like us who are busy Bees, juggling between home and office. 

Skin Care : Tip of the day

Winter has just started here and already my skin has started to show the dryness around my mouth and nose. My current moisturizer "Lotus AloeHydra" is not doing any justice to skin dryness. Instead of this, I have started using Ponds Cold Cream at home but it makes my face looks oily and sticky. Tried a simple home made face mask. Ahhhh..It worked wonderfully.....

DIY: Painting on Jute Bag

Hi,

I got couple of jute bags as a return gift in one of my friend’s marriage. Jute bag was plain and had bride and bride groom’s name. I didn't want to carry a bag which having others name. :) I thought of painting the bags and decorating with stones.

DIY : Eyeliner Stand

Hello, 

How was your weekend?? Mine was pretty much good. I was cleaning my room and got some old Thermocol and Boxes. Instead of throwing into the dustbin, I utilized it by preparing eyeliner stand. 

Here goes the steps to prepare your own hand made eyeliner stand...