Little Things You Can Do!

We had organized a small baby shower function recently in our office for our dearest colleague and sister - Amrita Didi, who is now almost due for April with her first child. In Nepal "baby shower" is popularly known as "Dahi Chiura" where mother-to-be is feed "Dahi & Chiura" (Curd & Beaten Rice) along with other varieties to have a safe delivery and healthy baby. 1. Baby Shower Invitation: I created an invitation for the event via picmonkey.   Guess Whooo is Almost Due... 2. Baby Shower Garland: It is very pretty easy to make, I cut out the onesies from the paper, wrote letters on it and stuck the onesies on the rope. For more tutorial, please click here. Baby Shower Garland 3. Surprise#1: Pregnancy Announcement Tee: We surprised her with the hand-painted pregnancy announcement t-shirt, as we could not find one. I'm sure, seeing the baby in blue, everyone is guessing it's a boy! (But, we have to wai...

Saving Mr. Pots - I meant 'Money Pot' ( Khutruke  'खुत्रुके' in Nepali), the regular  Khutruke   is very simple, so you can follow the same instruction from DIY: Design Your Own Flowerpot  to give new look to your money pot.  Nowadays, we can also find Ganesha  (गणेश) shaped Khutruke money pot and by painting it, we can give a life to it! Design#1:   Hand Painted Blue Ganesha Money Pot ( Khutruke ) This one is simply painted in blue. Hand painted Blue Ganesha Money Pot ( Khutruke ) Design#2:   Hand Painted  Yellow Ganesha Money Pot ( Khutruke ) This one is extravagantly painted and has detailed work - body in yellow and  Mukut (headgear)in metallic blue with rhinestones. I have also painted " Om " (ॐ)and " Swastika " ( 卐)   as these symbols signifies peace, prosperity and wealth. The pink roses are fabric cut outs patched on the belly of Ganesha - decorated with d écoupage technique. ...

Generally, Nepalese traditional flowerpots are unglazed red clay pots, which have very simple designs and are cheaper to buy. This DIY is a perfect way to decorate the flowerpots with your own designs. Not only it beautifies your garden, but it also helps to get rid off the unwanted moss that grows on outside of the flowerpots.   Design#1: Cherry Blossoms with Mt. Fuji Flowerpot design with Cherry Blossoms & Mt. Fuji Design Design#2: Home: "Love makes all things GROW" with Hummingbird Home: "Love makes all things GROW" with Hummingbird Design#3: Symmetrical Design I have used acrylic paint for the above designs. As the title says it all: Design Your Own Flowerpot  and ENJOY! ------------------------------- Other Flowerpot designing DIYs: Dressing Up Your Flower Pots! Geometric Shapes Flowerpots!

This is a perfect idea to create ' dream-catcher key-ring ' out of leftover beads  (also known as " Potey " [पोते]in Nepali ) and that extra plastic curtain rings of your home. Dreamcatcher (photo source: internet) SUPPLIES: 1. Different colors of Beads 2. Embroidery Floss 3. Plastic Curtain Ring 4. Needles I started by sewing button hole stitch around the plastic curtain ring with blue embroidery floss, then weaved dream-catcher web inside the ring with colorful beads. Finally, I embedded strings of beads  instead of feathers. Dreamcatcher Keyring made out of curtain ring FOOD FOR THOUGHT: "If you really want to catch your dream, you have to chase it!" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  You might also like: Neon Dreamcatcher  Braided Necklace - DIY!