Easy Rakhi Making/Rakshabandan

    Rakshabandan is a popular festival which is celebrated in India,Nepal and other parts of the Indian sub continent.

    It is a celebration of brother and sister like relationship, It's also called Rakhi purnima. It is celebrated on the full moon of the Hindu month 'shravana' in India.

    Sister's tie a thread,called the Rakhi on the wrists of their Brother's on this day.The thread stands for love, fraternity, and lifelong support. Brother's and sister's promise to protect each other on that day. Brother's give gift's to sister's.

    On this critical situation of Covid-19 and lock down's we can't go out to buy Rakhi, so i am going to show u how easy to make Rakhi with silk thread's available in our house. Let's make Rakhi...

Material's Required

• Silk thread (any color)
• Glue
• Scissors
• Old tooth brush
• Gold color thread
• Visiting card
• Piece of canvas -2
• Decoration article

Steps to follow:

1.Take silk thread of any color here i took blue and white multi color thread.

2.Rotate it around visiting card 200 times to make 200 strands.

3.Remove them from card and tie a tight knot in the middle with piece of another thread.

4.Cut the edges on both sides and holding in the middle spread the threads evenly as shown.

5.Spread the threads with tooth brush and trim the edges with scissors.

6.Take any decorative flower or button and paste it in center with crafting glue.our middle part of rakhi is done.

7.Now take 10 strands of gold color thread and 21 strands of blue color thread glue at the ends, make a knot.

8.Rotate from the other end and conceal the ends with a knot. 

9.Take a piece of canvas glue it and place the above made thread on it.

10.Place another piece of canvas to cover the below canvas and thread .

11.Again glue the canvas and stick the Rakhi on it.

Our beautiful Rakhi is ready.

 

MINT POWDER/ PUDINA KAARAM

 People use mint in many recipes.Today we are going to prepare mint powder which goes well with  Idly's, Dosa's, Hot Rice with Ghee. 

     It's a healthiest herb famous for its refreshing flavor, aroma.It's easy to make, can be stored for a month.

    In Andhra people start their meal with different podi's (mint powder,curry leaves powder)

   

 Some of mint benefit's

• Rich in Nutrients. 
• May Improve Irritable Bowel Syndrome. 
• May Help Relieve Indigestion. 
• Could Improve Brain Function. 
• May Decrease Breastfeeding Pain. 
• Subjectively Improves Cold Symptoms. 
• May Mask Bad Breath. 

Ingredient's

    Fresh Mint leaves – 2 bunches              

   Oil(ghee) – 1 tsp
   Urad dal – 3 tbsp
   Bengal gram dal/ Channa dal – 1/4 cup
   Red Chilies – 10 to 12
   Hing – a pinch
   Tamarind – a small bit 
   Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp

   Cilantro - 3tbsp

   Salt to taste

 

Steps to make mint powder

1.Wash the mint leaves well, drain the water completely and pat it with a towel. Spread it on a cloth and leave it to dry in the shade. There should be no moisture in the leaves. It should be completely dry.

2.Take a pan fry urad dal, channa dal, cilantro, cumin seeds till u get nice aroma.

3.Let it cool down and take into a jar and add salt,tamarind.

4.Add oil (ghee) fry red chilies take them into jar.

5.grind them to fine powder.

6.Fry mint leaves in the same pan.

6.put into jar and grind them to fine powder.

 Serve the mint powder with hot steamed rice and ghee.it tastes awesome.

GLASS BOTTLE PAINTING(MR & MRS)

    Bottle painting has now become a best out of waste art form.

    There are many ways to paint bottles. Artists are using these bottles as canvas and creating wonderful painting’s and making them beautiful decorative pieces.

    This is an easy and simple bottle painting design. We can use the bottle as a home decor accent or a vase.

    If there is any label on the bottle dip it in a hot water overnight and the label will come off by morning. Clean the bottle with napkin and make sure it’s dry.

    Here I am using a recycled sauce bottles. Let’s enjoy painting.

    I have two bottles so thought of making MR and MRS on them.

Materials Required

• Glass bottles
• Water container
• Fevicryl acrylic color’s
• Fine art brushes
• Metallic gold glass liner

Let’s start with taking a recycled bottle.

• Color the bottle’s with acrylic black color. Do two coats.
• Let the first coat dry before painting the second.
• Now take white acrylic color and paint MR and MRS on bottle’s
• Paint the mustache for MR bottle with red acrylic color and for MRS bottle lips and bhindi. Let them dry completely
• Take metallic gold glass liner draw any design and keep aside.
• Our project is done.        
• For metallic gold liner to dry it will take 15 hours.