Art and Craft - Air dry clay Tamboola fridge magnet

Art and Craft - Ceramic work on a Terracota Pot

Kumaoni Recipes - Palak ki sabzi

Palak ki sabzi

Ingredients:

Palak/spinach
Mustard oil
Hing
Coriander seeds
Salt

Instructions:

1. Into a pan add Mustard Oil when it starts to fume add hing and coriander seeds lets it roast for a min till coriander seeds turns little dark brown
2. Add palak and salt and cook till the greens are done (the pic will be posted soon)

Kumaoni Recipes - Hara Namak

Birthday Theme Ideas - Sunflower Theme

My daughters 1st Birthday - Sunflower was the theme with a background of polka dots to suit her dress and 3D hot air balloon danglers

Behind the scene work ideas

1. The polka dots template was taken from different size utensils from the house and randomly pasted on the wall 
2. The template for Sunflower is taken from the link - http://www.nestlefamily.com/Nirf/cm2/upload/71E35A6A-A147-452E-B20D-B8B633153D89/lv3_cna_fa_snflwrscrcrw02.gif
3. The video for shading and making the sunflower - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2zVIkmLAA8
4. The template for Butterfly - http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/symbolic/BFlyTemplate01.html AND http://happyheartsathome.blogspot.de/2011/09/someone-is-turning-six.html
5. Bend the wings of the butterfly with the help of a scale to give a 3D effect
6. The template for hot air Balloon - http://gophoto.us/key/hot%20air%20balloon%20coloring%20page did minor changes in shape to suit my requirements
7. Instruction to make 3D hot air balloon - http://interiordesigncircle.blogspot.de/2011/04/hot-air-balloon-mobile.html
8. The danglers and decorations were strung and pasted using clear fishing wire and Tesa transparent deco power strips
9. The sunflower with number idea - http://www.indulgepartyblog.com/real-party-sunflower-1st-birthday/

Art and Craft - Painted Terracotta Diyas

STEPS

1. Wash the diyas in cold water and let them soak in water for couple of 2-3 hours because when we soak in water the air pores become visible and it helps in painting them evenly 
2. Wipe them with a cotton cloth and sun dry it for a day
3. Choose any fabric or acrylic colours and paint them
4. Let them dry and apply a layer and varnish to keep the paint intact
5. You can also decorate them with sequences

Indian Traditional Jewellery

Kaasina Sara

Lakshmi Pendant