DIY - BOTTLE DECOR

Bottle makes excellent home decors. The best part is you can get any color you need to match with your interiors. Bottle painting is a fun idea to recycle trash. Because I had too much of turquoise paint, I decided to paint the glass bottles. Otherwise seeing dry bottles of paint always makes me sad. So here is what I have done!

Things you will need:

- Empty glass bottles
- Paint colors (Turquoise and white)
- Cello tapes (Golden)
- Paint brush
- Newspapers

Step 1: Take few bottles and paint them fully and let them dry.

Step 2: Secure these bottles with cello tap to make a striped design.

Step 3: Make sure you have them all it the same striped design to match your bottles.

Your bottle decor is now ready. Place it on a shelf or a TV unit.

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DIY - FAITH HOPE LOVE WALL DECOR

For a very long time I longed for "FAITH HOPE LOVE" art frames for my walls but couldn't get them anywhere in India. So I decided to make one. I love DIY's and decoration my house with it. So this time I decided to make a wall decor with the lowest budget possible.

Things you will require:

- cardboard sheets (from carton boxes)
- 2 color cello tape (I chose blue and gold)
- 2 color paints (I chose blue and gold)
- Pain brush
- Faith hope love stickers
- Wrapping sheets (white)
- Scissors
- Glue stick

Step 1: Cut the carton box into 3 identical squares cardboard's

Step 2: Wrap these cardboard sheets white white wrapper or a chart and secure them with cello tapes.

Step 3: Paint the 2 sheets with blue and gold and let it dry.

Step 4: For faith make a cross, hope make an anchor and for love make a heart shape with a cello-tape or paint.

Step 5: Use cello-tape to make a border around the frames and stick the words in the middle of the frame.

Your FAITH HOPE LOVE frames are now ready. Place it either in on a TV stand or a shelf to display.

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DIY - SHOEBOX UPCYCLE

I hate clutter. I don't like to keep anything in my house that doesn't serve a purpose or isn't extremely sentimental. That being said it's kind of a shock to me that I kept these shoeboxes lying around. The crafter in me refrained from tossing them and I'm so glad I did!

Also since we got few new fans I had kept the empty cartons handy. So while my under garments and socks where a bit unorganized I decided to up-cycle these shoes boxes into organised storage boxes.

Things you would need:

1. Shoes boxes/ Carton boxes
2. Scissors
3. Duct tape/ Cello tape
4. Gift wrappers

Take the shoes box and measure it along the gift wrapper and cut accordingly and secure it will a duct tape. Make some small sections if needed.

Now I have pretty boxes for my wardrobe that cost me almost nothing! LOVE. IT!

Also I can use these boxes to put in stationery items or just cover it up and place randomly:

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THOUGH

It’s been more than more than 10 days I went to work. This was one of the longest I have been sick. First it was dengue and then wheezing. More than anything, I’m beyond blessed for my family and in-laws who took care of me.

Through the storms of sickness God has been with me. At one point of my sickness I literally cried out to God saying, “Into Your hands I commit my spirit, Lord”. Such was the intensity of uneasiness I went through. But God was gracious to me and walked me through this storm. I would like to share with you few scriptures that encouraged me.

3 Declarations that can be done when you walk through storms of difficulty:

1. I will trust Him
Job 13:15 THOUGH He slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.Job went through one of the worst illness, but he declares THOUGH God slays me, yet will I trust in him.

2. I will fear no evil
Psalm 23:4 Yea, THOUGH I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. David too went through difficult times and he said even THOUGH I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

3. I will rise
Micah 7:8 THOUGH I have fallen, I will rise. THOUGH I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Here also we read that the Micah says, THOUGH I have fallen, I will rise. THOUGH I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

If you notice all of these scripture portions have the word, THOUGH. Which means even THOUGH something happens, the author says he will trust God.  The meaning of the word THOUGH is despite the fact that; So despite the fact that something bad happens we need to put our faith in God and trust Him. And also fear no evil cause God will walk with us through the valley of the shadow of death. And even if we fall, we should rise and give glory to God.

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