Diwali Decor

Diwali - one of the most loved Indian festival which is celebrated with aplomb is around the corner. Diwali means celebration of light, good, life, colours and joy.

Celebrating this festival with our near and dear ones we open our home doors to all the love, get-togethers, festivities and more. So this comes as no surprise that we want our home to reflect the beauty of Diwali and glow in its colours and be warm and beautiful.

Sharing some of my most favourite ways to decorate your home this Diwali and at no great costs.

So keep reading ....

Flowers

Flowers and Diwali go hand in hand especially Marigold- Adorn your home with flowers, giving it a fresh and fragrant feel.

Make the entrance welcoming with lights flowers and colours.

Arrange flowers everywhere in different vessels, urns and make it pretty.

Rangoli

Adorn your home with Rangoli be it from fresh flowers, chalk, paint, colours or the readymade kundan ones. Use your imagination and create a master piece ;p

Copper utensils

Bring out the old brass and copper vessels, the silver and even the olden steel ones, they add warmth and character to the house.

Play with terracotta.

A little bit of terracotta around the house adds simplicity and an earthy feel.

Tell a different story through every corner.

Diyas

The festival of lights is incomplete without diyas.

Let every corner of your home glow with diyas, fairy lights and candles and add an effervescent glow to your home.

Group together different pieces to complete the bigger picture.

Throw in lot of bright colours in the form of furnishings, cushions etc ...

These were just a few tips, be creative and transform your home into Diwali grandeur.

Hope you enjoyed the blogpost.

Will be back soon with snippets from my Diwali décor and more Diwali Diy.

Be happy being creative..

Until then.

Stay Happy and Cheerful!

Lots of Love

xoxo

Bhakti

Photo credits - Sourced from pinterest

Valentine day outfit ideas

Here are some simple Valentine day outfit ideas, which are easy and wont eat in on long hours getting ready on this valentine. Smart yet sexy, cute, romantic ideas which will definitely sweep him off his feet and make him fall in love with you all over again.

Heart print is favorite this valentine, here are some ideas to wear your heart on your sleeve literally.


Wear a heart print top with a skirt of your choice.






coral and pastel hues are just so romantic especially with a heart print.



Heart printed dresses- dress them up with the right accessories and stilettos for dinner or pair them up with jackets and boots/ballets for a casual look.





Heart print with denims is just way too smart.

pair a normal top or tee with a heart print jacket, sweater, scarf, tights, sweatshirt, cover up for that laid back casual look.










One can mix and match with different heart prints to achieve amazing looks, play around with jewelry, accessories, footwear and make up and you are ready to go.

How are you wearing your heart on your sleeve, this valentine?


xoxo
Bhakti

Mehendi - Bridal Beauty

Mehendi

 

An integral part of any Indian wedding. Mehndi isn't just a beautifying ornament for the bride but it is a ritual of significant values, a pre wedding ritual, it takes place before one or two days before the wedding.

DIY -- Mobile Bird Charm -- Sparrow Sorrow

 

One evening I was just sitting in my balcony, everything was right, a bit of light breeze, green plants, monsoon blooms, tinkling of the wind chime. I was enjoying myself relaxing, but something  was missing. That something was the chirping of little sparrows. Those tiny pretty things flying in and out of the house, sitting in the balcony. Growing up on the stories of sparrows, feeding them, being fascinated with them, watching them dance in the courtyard. I can never forget those pretty eyes and those tiny active, cute birds.

 

 It really saddens me that they no longer visit me or the neighbourhoods. It's true, sparrows have declined and are disappearing slowly. Reason being our lifestyle. It's strange how we compromise on the things we have to welcome new changes and new ways of life. It's very disheartening that we do not bother and many of us even fail to observe the absence of such a pretty tiny creature.

 

So wont we try to do something at least. To bring the sparrow tales and the pretty creatures back. To teach children to share their food with them the way we were taught in our childhood (the joys).

Just sitting their in the balcony the absence of this innocent creature made my heart ache with the desire to see it again living in harmony with us. I will try, I won't give up. A sparrow will be back in my balcony to share my food, to dance to the tunes of nature. I will once again be mesmerised by its beauty.

 I will try and I will do.

 

Some Facts:

Reasons for decline:

 

Rapid urbanization

Extensive use of pesticides.

Lack of food and nesting sites.

Lack of insects.

Pollution.

Decline in native habitat and trees.

These are some of the factors.

 

 

Small things we can do from our end:

 

Keep bird feeders, water, in your balcony, terrace, window.

Small nest boxes.

 

Do take a look at these sites to offer a helping hand in a small but significant way.

Greenosai

natureforever

indiatogether

 

 

 

Till the sparrows come back to my balcony, I cannot just leave it vacant.

So I made myself my very own mobile colorful bird charm by recycling worn table mats.

Have a look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't it pretty?

 

My very own bright birds fluttering in the wind.

 

If this is the effect of makeshift ones, the real sparrows and birds are magical. Lets value them and bring them back to our home, their home .

 

Happy weekend!

 

xoxo

Bhakti