Baskets can do lot more than serving as a storage or a gifting box. Decorating the interiors by using baskets is a fantastic way to give an extraordinary look to your house. It is a very different style and quite unusual from the normal decoration ideas.

Moreover, you can think something out of the box with your creativity by using basket theme for different purposes. You can use baskets made of different materials that may best suit your idea. Baskets are made out of many things like plastic, wicker, and types of wood. Here in this article, you will know some amazing ideas for implementing basket decoration in different ways at your home.

Baskets for Coffee Table or Living Room’s Center Table: If you have a center table or a coffee table at your house, which has empty space under its platform then you can place a basket filled with some essentials decorated nicely underneath. This way, you can decorate the table and also find some space for the storage of small things like magazines or may be quick bites. While having coffee, watching TV or attending to guests, the essentials in the basket can be very useful. The basket can be placed on top of the table as well, provided it is well organized.

Basket Full of Flowers: Well, flowers and baskets are inseparable in a way. Both complement each other the best. Go for a wooden basket or a wicker basket. You can use artificial flowers to make a permanent arrangement. Place the flowers properly and in an appealing color combination, so that it looks like a visual treat.

Flower baskets are available in many different shapes also, so you can pick the most appropriate one depending upon the position where you wish to place it. However, a beautifully decorated flower basket of any size and shape can occupy a place almost in any corner of the house without looking absurd.

For living rooms, a larger basket looks more appropriate, whereas in rooms and bathrooms small flower baskets can be decorated. Even in kitchen and dining space, a flower basket can refresh the whole outlook.

Interesting Wall Hangings: Baskets when hung on house walls, be it exterior walls or interiors look extremely stylish. You could either hang 1 huge basket on an empty wall or make an interesting basket collage using small sizes and shapes of baskets. For wall hanging purpose, different colors of baskets are available in the market.  Unique shapes can draw good attention. Shallower baskets are more preferred for wall hangings.

Other Ideas: The most common basket decoration idea remains filling it with decorative items and storing it on a visible place. Use decorative balls, plastic fruits, marbles, potpourri, and many other assortments of decorative things to complete your basket. Another very interesting idea is to dig a hole in between the basket and put a bulb or light from that hole. Hang it anywhere from the ceiling and you will experience an amazing lighting concept at your home.

These are just some of the many creative ideas that you can implement in your house décor projects using baskets.

Giant paper flowers, celebrations, and parties are a perfect combination! Retro-looking hand-made flowers are easy to create in a short period of time. And, this post is intended to guide you through the process of making tulle flowers and papers.

These add a touch of ethereal and class touch to wedding regalia; they can be used as banquet decoration, bridal gloves, hats, dresses, or parasols. It isn’t necessary that you should make use of sewing machine, as you can as well sew tulle flowers by hand, though machine work makes it easy and quick. It measures 3-in in diameter and you can also make adjustment in the dimensions making the flower look larger or smaller according to your requirements.

How to Create Tulle?

You can create your own tulle headband; the final flower design appears better, if you work with thread and needle, rather than glue. Assuming you’ve certain sewing skills, you can create gorgeous fabric tulles in simple steps.

Things Needed

In order to get prettier, cleaner, and nicer finish, you need the following items:

• Rotary cutter, mat, and fabric scissors
• Satin headband
• Beads, rhinestones, crystals, or pearls to finish
• Dressmaker’ pen or chalk
• Thread and sewing needle
• Spotted tulle

Various Ways to Create Tulles

There are several methods to create these feminize floral tulles; depending upon your purpose, such as jazzing up a plain clutch, inserted to table runners, and stunning hair accessory, these make gorgeous wedding items. These look good on kids in the design of adorable hair band; they can be strung together as banner or decorate wedding favors or kid’s birthday parties, these make absolutely lovely designs.  

Steps Involved

In order to get into the right shape, first make a pencil sketch, drawing a rose petal on cards. After making the sketches, cut in to right shape. You can repeat the outline many times onto larger paper to help create proper pattern and flower shape. Once you’re sure that pattern and shape is proper and neat, you can cut them.

Take different paper material and make it into a square shape slightly larger than original flower shape. Pin the flower outline to the folded sheet and then cut around. Replicate the procedure until you’ve enough chiffon layers and tulles in order to create a beautiful packed flower. You can create flowers using 26 layers; however, the number of layers depends on the flower size and fabric weight.

Now, put the cut-out flowers on top; arrange the placement of the petals and if needed, you can also change or decorate with different material. Use thread and needle to stitch the flower to centre or side position, as you need.  

If you want to add volume, you can squeeze the flower from underneath (all together), and stitch it so that it won’t fall. This will not only add volume, but also give tulle a realistic shape. For fashionable look, you can insert beads, pearls, or other small decorative items. Now, pair it with a clip or hair band.

Make use of these tips to make a pretty floral headpiece in a jiffy.

The very mention of the word Christmas reminds us of celebrations, Christmas trees, snow, delicious feats, prayers, gifts, and decorations. When speaking about gifts, Christmas gift baskets and hampers are an inevitable part of the festivities. Most of them prefer giving each other gift hampers loaded with the receiver’s favorite things within. The content may be anything ranging from cookies and chocolates to candles and Christmas party supplies or anything that you feel that the receiver would love to get as a gift.

Apart from being exchanged as gifts, Christmas baskets can also be filled with assorted Christmas ornaments and be used as a part of your home decoration. Irrespective of the purpose for which you use the basket for, decorating your basket plays a vital role its appearance is what matters the most when gifting or using for decorations.

Here are few fashionable ideas to decorate your unique Christmas gift or decoration baskets.

• Improve the presentation of the Christmas basket by loading it first with raffia, colored cellophane, straw, shredded colored paper or crumpled tissue paper. Line it with a fabric piece using a Christmas design. You can make use of white, red or green filler or use a combination of all these three colors. And then, fill them with the main gifts.

• After filling the basket with the main gifts, you can also consider tucking in few Christmas-themed gifts in between the main gifts to decorate the basket and set the festival mood. Go on with the holiday motif by tucking in scented holiday candles, candy canes, winter trail mix, Christmas ornaments, cookies, and foil-covered chocolates. You can also slip in decorative accessories like snowman, snowflakes or paper Santa to mirror the Christmas theme.

• Glitters and ribbons are great ways to give your basket that extra special look. Use glitters around the basket for a shiny appearance. Ribbons made of satin, silk, fabric, velvet or anything else in red, green or white colors can be used to give a very attractive look to these gift hampers. Make elegant bows out of these ribbons and tie them to the hamper.

• Finally, wrap the whole basket by gathering cellophane around it. Fasten it using clear plastic tape getting all the wrapping ends together. Here again, you can tie a ribbon or stick a bow over the tape for decoration. Alternatively, you can also attach a Santa, poinsettias or snowman to the basket’s handle using a Christmas-colored pipe or wire. At last, don’t forget to add a gift tag or Christmas card to complete the look, and ensure that the recipient recognizes your identity.

In a Nutshell

With these Christmas basket decoration ideas, you are sure to design a unique hamper that looks attractive both as a gift and decoration. Let your creativity and imagination run wild in the process of designing a distinctive gift basket, and you’ll not just have a blast, but even the recipient would be extremely happy too.

Off-Season Discount Sales

Whenever the Off-Season Discount Sales are On in the markets, we all feel like going to the market at the earliest and buying most of the things.

Some shops give 20% Off where as, there are some which give as high as 80% Off !

We just keep on picking the stuff, from one shop to another, as if we were in a panic situation.

After the Sales are over though, we do realise, was it worth it ?

There are often things that we never need or need the least, but because of Sales in the market, we end up buying such Unrequired things.

But when I think from the other point of view, if there were no Discount Sales in the market, we may have never bought these items in our life.

In a nutshell:

For Customers, its a kind of loss cum profit situation.

For shopkeepers, this is ofcourse a Win-Win situation. They sell items in bulk, and even that stuff which otherwise was never even looked upon by their customers.

I personally feel we do end up spending extra money at Sale. We should rather try to stay at home instead of running in the markets. Buy only if – the thing is of utmost importance and a necessity for you, Or if you are getting a thing at a cheap price which you otherwise had to buy at a higher price. Beware – no shopkeeper is a fool. The items which they give you at 50% price may be the same items which otherwise were available at same price even without the Sale.

So next time you go to a Sale in the market, just remember Deepika’s suggestion and ask yourself …. Do I really need it and is this really worth it ?

NA AANA IS DESH MEIN LAADO

In the serial NA AANA IS DESH MEIN LAADO, the concept is when the woman gives the birth to the baby girl, the woman is called as unlucky. The baby girl is given death immediately by giving her crushed glass with water and she is buried under the earth. There are so many places in India, where such type of incidents is taking place even today.

In the serial MERE GHAR AAYI EK NANHI PARI, the girl has taken birth, and she has been titled as GHAR KI LAXMI.  SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN A GREAT PRIDE.

These both serials are running successfully and becoming popular day by day. 

MERE GHAR AAYI EK NANHI PARI

Thanks to channel COLORS which has given such good serials named as BALIKA VADHU, JAANE KYA BAAT HUI, NA AANA IS DESH MEIN LAADO, MERE GHAR AAYE EK NANHE PARI, UTTARAN, I think, these serials can help to change the FACE OF INDIA.