New look to an old cookie box...

Gave a brand new look to this old cookie box using vintage papers...

My Little Princess' Birthday!

Planning and creating some handmade stuff for little Princess' birthday was real fun!

Though only  three close friends were part of it, I wanted to make it simple and unique.

The colors used for the decoration were pink, grey and white; keeping in mind the love for the color and her passion for Barbie...

So here are some pictures...


Invite with a paper doily and Barbie silhouette...

Handmade bunts and handwritten letters for the Birthday Banner...

The banner....

The cake...

Handmade return gift bags with a barbie silhouette and personalized names....

Party with Minnie Mouse...

Here is a super cute Minnie Mouse party invite...

Avengers

Call all the superheroes for your kids' birthday...
Super cool Avengers Invites...

New Venture!

Yes!
I am doing something new this year...
Handmade Invites for kids' birthday parties and they are on sale.

Here are some sample pictures...


A hot air balloon and rainbow invite for a  toddler...

A barbie invite for a princess-like girl...

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A simple invite for anyone...

A whale and pirate ship for someone who wants a pirate party...

Any suggestions, comments and enquiry for purchase (within Hyderabad) please feel free to drop a mail at shruthihegde@gmail.com

Raw Banana Tikki

This is one of my (or rather my family's) favourite starter. The recipe, again, is by Sanjeev Kapoor.

Ingredients:
Raw Bananas- 2
Grated Carrots-2
Chopped Onion-2
Chopped Ginger-2 spns
Chopped Coriander- 1spn
Roasted Groundnut powder- 1cup
Chat Masala-1/2 spn
Chopped Green chillies- 1spn
Red chilli powder- 1spn
Turmeric powder-1/4 spn
Salt to taste
Oil (for shallow frying)

Method:

Peel and boil the bananas. Once cooled, grate it so that there are no lumps.
Heat oil in a pan. Add green chillies, haldi and chopped ginger. Add onions and saute. To this, add grated carrots and fry until they become soft. Add red chilli powder, chat masala, salt and coriander leaves. Mix well and switch off the flame. Let it cool. To this mixture add grated banana. Make it into tikkis and coat it with groundnut powder. Shallow fry on a non-stick pan until golden brown. Serve with tomato sauce.

It's never too late to wish your loved one a very "Happy Valentine's Day" when the loved one is always with you!

Here is a small love note...

All you need is some handmade paper punched on the sides, a paper doily, some heart shapes and string/ thread.

Assemble everything...
And, this is the outcome:)

New look...

My favourite corner gets a new look with some old bottles, mother's old saree and money plant.

Finally...

Finally this is how my wall with family pictures and handmade frames look like...

Together...

Framing our togetherness through words...
Made this frame by using old maps (as the base for the frame) then cut out a few words and stuck on the frame.

Birds on the wire frame

For this frame, I cut out a few bird shapes and few strings. Stuck them on the frame. DONE.

Buttons on the frame...

Frame made of buttons for my daughter's portrait...
Since I was unable to find large size buttons, I bought a few curtain buttons (made of wood) and painted on them. And it looked something like this...

I had them stuck on the frame...

And finally, stick the picture.

Three- in- one frame

The idea for this photo frame was given by S and it looked great.

For this, I made three frames with slightly different measurements and covered with different papers.

Then, assembled all the frames on top of the other starting from biggest to smallest.

Cut out a few flower shapes...

Assembled them together.



























Stick it on the frame. And it's done!

Tomato chilli jam

This is the first time I am sharing a recipe in my blog as I always hated cooking. But I couldn't resist taking picture of this jam. The recipe is originally from the Indian master chef Sanjeev Kapoor. So here it comes...

Ingredients:
Tomatoes- 1/2 kg
Fresh chillies (either red or green)-5 or6
Sugar- 1 cup
Chopped garlic- 2 tbsp
Chopped ginger- 1 tbsp
Vinegar- 3 tbsp
Soya sauce- 1 tbsp

Method:
Heat a pan, add tomatoes, garlic and ginger. Cook for 5 minutes. Then, add chillies, sugar, vinegar and soya sauce. Let it cook in low flame till the sugar forms a syrup and thickens. Remember not to thicken it too much as it hardens once it cools down. Store it in a bottle and use it as and when you want. The sweet, sour and spicy taste will linger in your mouth for a very long time.

Happy valentine's day

Love you as always...

Quilled frame

This is the first time I tried my hands on quilling (that too without the use of any formal quilling kit in place of which I have made use of skewers and regular comb)and I love the end result:)



I made different animal shapes for Anvitha's picture which had lots of greenery.




















Finally, the animals were assembled to complete the frame.

Frame it-2

Another frame made from handmade paper and doilies...

Cut out the card board according to the photo size...



Cut out a few paper doilies in different shapes...



Assemble it on the picture frame...



And stick the photo. Ready:)