Gift Card/ Money envelops

We all cherish the smile and feeling of surprise recipient is having while opening the gift, that's the reason we try to wrap our gifts as beautifully as possible.
        Let me share with you some of the envelopes I made to wrap your love for your near and dear ones. These are good enough to hold small gifts also which does not need a gift bag.

Very simple to make Orange ones are made from canvas fabric so the recipient can reuse it later. These can hold small jewelry box also so perfect for giving small size gift in stylish way. Yellow one is handmade paper which is folded in origami pop out diamond box folds (http://wonderfulinnovations.com/origami/origami-pop-out-diamond-envelope) and embellished in different ways. Purple envelop is again handmade paper with a envelop stick with glue inside and embellished with handmade Ganesha sticker and lace.

I hope you enjoyed these new style of gift giving. We would love to hear your views and questions in comments.

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Vegetable Peels Artifacts

Do you use onions, beetroot, oranges in kitchen? Do you peels them? do you throw away the peels? You must be thinking why she is asking all these funny questions, off course we use all these and peel those and throw away the peels because that is garbage and all we can do with the peels is can make fertilizer. So if you think the same way Naisha has collected some new eye opener ideas for you from the internet which will make you reconsider

Rings from the orange, beetroot, onion peels

Source:  http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/03/bezalel-academy-sustainable-design/vegetable-peel-jewelry/

Designer jewelry made from orange peels folded in different ways
 

Source of these pictures is Pinterest

to make all these orange peel jewelry all you need is orange peel  some colors and clear nailpaint. fold the peel in desired shape and let is dry and once completely dry paint and thread to make nice jewelry pieces. These does not get spoiled because of orange is natural disinfectant. You would prefer to make holes for threading before drying for the ease.

Designer tableware

     peels are not limited for jewelry making.  See below a nice designer cup made from orange peel. for more collection check out the link http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/12/orange-peels-tableware/

    

These are some new ideas which I thought of sharing with my readers. other than these you can reuse the orange peels in facepacks( dry and make powder), candles( just add cooking oil and lit), to make wood shiners( soak the peels in vinegar and leave for few days and use it)

I hope you found this information interesting and would now see the peels in new light. Please share your thoughts in comments and let us know if you made something using the organic things like peels, leaves,seeds so that other readers can also get more crafting ideas.

Enjoy Naisha Crafting!!!

Cherish Valentine Roses for longer

Valentine day is over and I am sure everybody got roses and other gifts from their better half's. Today I would like to share some creative ideas to cherish those special roses for a much longer time.

1. Make a natural wall decoration.
     you can dry up the flowers and use those in a vase or hang on a wall. For a quick tutorial on how to dry roses follow this link  http://www.instructables.com/id/Dried-roses-the-easy-way/ . I just would like to add that since these flowers will attract dust for easy cleaning spray these with clear varnish for waterproofing and easy cleaning

2.Make a shower scrub 
     You can make a nice fragrant body scrub from the rose petals which will leave you body nice soft and heavenly smelling. To make the scrub you will need
1 part organic sugar (white or brown)
Rose petals (for every 1 cup of sugar 2 roses)
1 part organic coconut oil
1 part jojoba oil
1 clean sanitized glass jar(size according to quantity you are making)

Method
   add half of the sugar in a jar and then add rose petals(washed and dried so that these are free of any moisture) then add the oils and add rest of the sugar. Make sure rose petals are nicely layered between 2 sugar layers . Close the lid tight and keep in sun for few days. Get ready for a amazing experience. This scrub has shelf life of 6 months

P.S This product worked very nicely for my dry skin. Since everybody has a different skin type so please use it as per your requirements.

3. Make gulukand ( rose Jam)
    Gulukand is rose petal preserve and has many health related benefits. To read about some of the benefits please follow the link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulkand

To make an amazing gulukand you will need

1 cup rose petals
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup honey( if you are not a honey fan you can replace that with glycerin)
1/4 tsp cardamom powder( hari/choti ilaaichi)
1/4 tsp fennel seed powder(saunf)
1 sanitized air tight jar

Method

Mix honey, sugar,cardamom powder and fennel seed powder and set it aside. Take the jar and start layering up rose petals and honey mixture alternatively till you consume both. Put the lid and keep the jar in sunlight for 2-3 weeks( could be longer or shorter depending on how much sunlight you get) .

You can eat it as it is or add in the puddings.

4. Make Rose petal chikki (gazak) 
   Yes you heard it right you can make chikki with rose petals.

you will need
1 cup jaggery
2 cup nuts
1/4 cup dried rose petals
1 tsp gulukand
1 tsp desi ghee

Method
   Add the ghee to pan to melt and add jaggery. cook it for 3-5 min till it melts. To check if it is ready add a drop of melted jaggery in a bowl of water if it floats up immediately then it is ready. Add nuts  and gulukand and cook for another 2 min. turf off the gas and spread the mixture on a lightly greased tray. Add rose petals and let it cool down. Cut into desired pieces and enjoy the delicious chikki while memorizing the moments when your better half gave you those roses.

These are few of Naisha ideas.I am sure you must be having lot more ideas to save those special roses and moments. Please share your stories in the comments, We would love to hear.




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HomeMade Bath Scrub

This is winter time and most of us suffer from dry skin. I hope this 1:2:4 diy scrub cubes will be as helpful to you as it was for me. All the ingredients are readily available in home.

 You will need

1 cup organic sugar(grounded)

1/2 cup grated fragrance free soap

1/4 cup coconut oil

few drops of food coloring (optional)

if your skin is too dry then you can decrease the soap quantity. Jojoba oil is another good option if you don't like Coconut oil.

Add the oil and soap in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 45 seconds, add sugar and mix well. Coconut oil solidify that is the reason you need to heat up, If you are using using any other oil which is already in liquid form you can skip this step and just mix all the ingredients together. After mixing take a ice cube tray and fill it with the mixture and let it settle. Take it out after half hr and you are proud owner of homemade soft skin sugar scrub cubes. You can use any fancy mold to make cute shapes. I have used star fish ice mold for my scrub.

Another thing I like about these cubes is that these are like personal size soaps(very helpful in travel too).Fill a jar with cubes and leave it outside the shower. Take one at time and no more messy soap scum , no wastage and not to forget jar filled of scrubs looks very nice in the bathroom.

I hope you enjoyed this information. Please share your experiences if you use this recipe to make some homemade scrub.

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Restyle scarves

Do you have lot of scarves and bored wearing them in same way again and again. Please see below some inspiring ideas which might help you to make a simple boring scarf into wow one

I have used some crochet patterns but if you don't know how to crochet need not to worry you can use any decorative scrap cloth to achieve the same effect.

Please share the pics if you try any of the Naisha ideas

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valentine gift for friends

Since concrete is new crafting trend I made some customized  concrete pendents to gift my friends on valentine day. Below is the procedure for the same
Material needed
Heart mold
Some quick setting cement
Jewelry 22 gauge wire or the pendent bails
Jewelry glue
Black and Red 3d paint
Varnish

To make the pendent:
    mix the concrete as per package instructions and pour in the mold.Let it set for the 2 hrs. Remove from the mold and  fix the store bought bail or you can make your own bail using wire on the back with glue
   customize with initial or any of your own way. Apply  few coats of varnish to make it waterproof.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and would like to make one for yourself or for friends. Please comment and share the pic if you make something inspired from tutorial.

Enjoy Naisha crafting

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Terracotta miniature pots

Small cute things always fascinate me. I tried something new today and would like to share with you. I tried miniature terracotta pots without the pottery wheel.

 To make these pots all you need is terracotta clay and your creative wings. Make sure you clay is moist, kneaded well  and without the air bubbles. Make a template of the pot shape you would like to make and cut 2 shapes out of terracotta clay. You can stamp the clay pieces or make designs for the added texture. Add the crisscross on the edges and then add slip for better sticking. That's it work slowly to merge the seams so that 2 pieces stick together.  You can be as creative as you want to add more designs on the pots
   

Templates I used to make these pots

Same technique can be extended to make lightweight hollow beads and some special customized shaped beads,possibilities are endless.

Enjoy Naisha crafting!!!!

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Valentine candle holders

Valentine is around the corner so thought of bringing something related to the theme. I prepared these customized candle holders/coasters made of concrete with initials to symbolize the strong bonding.   

Crafty people can get inspired and if you are not that handy please contact for purchase inquires at gupta.aa.nisha@gmail.com

Enjoy Naisha Crafting..


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Multipurpose Clay Dishes

Enjoy the treat to your eyes, hear comes my clay tray collection, which can be used as jewelry dishes/ candle  holders/  dry fruit or chocolate packing or can be decorated as it to give ethnic royal touch to your home decor

If you are crafty get inspired for a new DIY or if you would like to purchase please contact at gupta.aa.nisha@gmail.com. These trays can be customized in different color combinations also.

Enjoy Naisha crafting....

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Concrete Magnets

Concrete is considered to be rough but this is picking up as trending craft material. I tried making some magnets from it that has strength of concrete and softness of foam

I used fast setting fine concrete to make all these.
    Enjoy Naisha Crafting

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Heena candles

Who said heena is only for hands. See Naisha's heena work on different objects for inspiration.

                               Heena designs on circular candles with bling ,3D paints and glitter

    Heena desings on concrete candle holders. Candle holder is also made with handmade custom mold

      Heena designs on the wooden coaster which can be used individually or together to make a nice rangoli

                                                

 Heena designs on the POP (plaster of paris) candle holders

 Last but not the least heena designs on hand.

   Enjoy Naisha Crafting..

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Concrete Candle Holders

Concrete is a new trending material for crafts. I am sharing different type of candle holders I made with concrete. I love to experiment a lot so tried to combine the industrial look of concrete with soft mediums like heena, clay etc.
  1.    Candle holder/stand/coaster with hearts decorated with silver paint and glitter

   2. Concrete  candle  holders with paisley and swirls design
                                   

  3. Snowflake candle holders perfect for Christmas gift

  not restricted to use as candle holder only can be used as jewelry dish also

 4. Circular candle holders perfect for table center piece. can leave as it is or use the design idea coming up in next pics

5. Concrete candle holder with clay designs

6. Candle holder with Henna designs

7. Candle holder/ coaster with decopouge

8. Candle holder/ coaster with warli designs

9. Acrylic paint on candle holders

10. My Favorite Moon with starts. 

I hope I gave you enough inspirational ideas to get started with this amazing material. Enjoy Naisha crafting

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Ring Dish

Today I am going to share a very simple Naisha idea. All the materials are easily available at home. All you need is
1. Any bread 1 slice
2. vinegar 1 tea spoon
3. white school glue 1 tablespoon
4. baby oil
5.some acrylic paints
6. varnish
 
To make the bread dough mix crumbled bread vinegar and white glue. You need to knead the dough well so that everything is mix together properly. Make the regular play dough consistency. Use the baby oil on your hands when mixing so that it is not sticky. Add a color of your choice or leave it without color. wrap the clay in cling wrap and keep in fridge for a day. Your clay is ready to play and sculpt unique custom articles
    To make the ring dish, roll the clay to 4mm thickness, Cut the desired shape( i used a square lid of a plastic box), leave it to dry overnight on an inverted cup and done. Remove the cup and let it dry for 2-3 days. once completely dry decorate in the colors of your choice. you can use kundan,mirror anything you have handy. I used brown mixed with a touch of black and then did the used the golden paint. I added some designs with 3D out-liner paint. once paint is dry apply 2 coats of varnish and done.

Enjoy Naisha Crafting.

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