Diwali Patakaa!

Diwali or Deepawali is 'festival of lights'. 

It is the biggest and brightest festival for India (similar to Christmas). 

It's the time of the year when you decorate your home on full swing. 

We love it as all our family & friends are together and celebrate with fun.

Some buy latest pretty home accessories and some do their own crafts. 

Lets share some of our ideas for this Diwali!

But first of all....

Designing Life wishes all Very Happy Diwali!!

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previous Diwali ideas by me from My Home

how about some Ganesha & Om fridge magnets, HERE

a Toran/Bandhanwar made out of felt. I made this for our first Diwali in US.

Mason Jar Craft! pretty little jars for tea-lights

don't just hang lights, leave some free on floor/shelves

a Ganesha painting, made by me; my favorite!

Pinterest DIY Inspirations for Diwali

Polymer Clay Diya!

how about some Diya shaped mithai(Indian Sweet)

want to get rid for egg cartons? via

turn them into pretty flowers and attach to the lights

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Paper Torans! awesome idea!

facelift the boring tea lights, just use simple duck-tapes

Diya salad? wow! must try

don't have Ganesha paintings? Want to keep kids busy?

How about some Ganesha coloring pages :) just google for these!

Beautiful Buy This Diwali!

Fabric Crackers! buy here

Cracker Cushions! buy here

Driven by the vision to connect or reconnect Indians to their roots,

NDTV recently launched indianroots.com

they have beautiful products for you and your home!

roli-rice holder

shubh-laabh

enameled diyas

hand crafted rangoli

pooja plate

SHARE your Diwali Ideas with us!

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1st Sharing, Tanya anurag

Remember my post about SHARE??...So here I am sharing our first blogger friend , very talented Tanya Anurag of My World...My Space.

Here is a post about 'Tanya Anurag' by Tanya herself.

"Hello Everyone! I am Tanya from My World... My Space and I am really happy to be here at Designing Life. Sonam has filled this virtual space with colors and creativity, which inspires all. I thank her for having me here, today. It gives me a great chance to connect with all of you and take you to 'My World... My Space'.

I have always had this love for art and creativity. I believe, I have it in my genes! I paint. I love to sit with all the craft supplies (mostly trash) and come up with something new every time. I have recently started gardening. I blog and I read a lot of blogs. I pin. I cook. And I enjoy driving my husband crazy with my weird ideas ;) 

I recently posted about the Diwali Decor I did at my place last year! Sonam of Designing Life saw it and asked if I would like to share it for her readers. I quickly said 'yes' because I love to show-off *wink-wink*. Here's what I did for Diwali.

rangoli and candles

On the left is the 'Rangoli' I made using Foam Glitter Sheets. Yes, glitter sheets! Rangoli has always been my favorite part of Diwali... more than sweets… more than crackers!! For me, Diwali decoration without rangoli is unimaginable. The traditional Rangoli powder could not be used because of the carpeted floors everywhere. I had to think of something else. The answer was these sheets!

bought these from a dollar store

It is easy to draw on and cut these sheets. Just sketch the design on the back side of the sheet using a ball point pen and cut it. Stick the pieces together on a large piece of paper. Cut off the left over paper and your Rangoli is ready!

I would recommend to start with some easy designs.

TIPS-

• While drawing the designs, it is important to remember to draw the mirror reflection of the desired pattern.
• Some of these sheets have peel-off adhesive layer at the back. This cuts down the use of glue. 
• If you cut a big piece and it does not fit in the small space, you can easily squeeze it to fit. I did that almost all the time.
• What's best is you can get a pack of these sheets at Dollar Store.

The candles were really easy to make. In fact, the mothers can take it up as a project with their kids. I simply painted the tea-light candles with acrylic paint. Once the candles were dry, which hardly takes a few minutes, I made the design on it using the glitter tubes. It took me almost half an hour to give the plain-white tea-light candles a new life J

Don’t they look beautiful. Days after Diwali, the candles are still used everywhere in the house for decoration.

If you liked this post, do stop-by at My World… My Space and have a look at all the other things I have to share. See ya!!

Thank you Sonam for having me here"

-Tanya Anurag

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Hey all...

hope all are happy and enjoying spring!

sorry I was not active on blog since long..

well I was busy working on my other blog 'Jab We Ghoooom!',

went on a small vacation to Toronto and spend good times with family & friends.

so how are you enjoying spring?

well I have a Treat for Textile lovers in my next blog!

till then, enjoy..keep blogging...keep reading :)

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Recently one of my blog reader contacted me as she wanted to write about Designing Life and share with her readers. And definitely I said 'Yes'. Neha is a finance professional who lives in Florida. Being into finance, her interest lies in painting, pottery, home decor and diy home decor projects. She blogs at All Things Beautiful about her home and her creative ramblings, as she says. But I think its much more creative than just that. She blogs about all beautiful things that inspire her. Check out the post about us here.

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Anek Designs was founded by NID alumnus Kanika Bahl along with her husband. The brand was launched in mid 2010. 

Anek Designs specializes in home linen and other textile accessories. The brand also undertakes custom interior textile projects. "The bold colors add an instant zing to any home and the products are a perfect balance of contemporary and traditional sensibilities!" -Kanika Bahl.

Kanika is also an active blogger, and is a proud owner of two blogs, '...and another' and 'Big Fat Indian Wedding'. She blogs about her daily inspirations, work and forthcoming projects on her blog '...and another' and all about dream weddings on 'Big Fat Indian Wedding'.

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