Refresh the city- All about Recycling

In 2009, each citizen of the European Union (E.U.) produced an average of 510 kilograms of household waste. However, in the United States this figure was even higher, with every citizen producing 720 kilograms on average. Given the growing mountains of trash, many municipalities have to come up with solutions for how to deal with household waste.

However, it should not be restricted to municipalities only, it also comes down to every individual who can contribute to the society and make it a better place for our coming generation.

Recycling is one of the techniques to reuse the waste materials. It is good for the environment, since we are making new products from the old products which are of no use to us.

How many of you have really given a thought about recycling anything? We know the techniques or ways but either we don’t take it seriously or we just ignore it.

We can start recycling at home and there are millions of ways to do it. When you think of recycling you should really think about the whole idea; reduce, reuse and recycle.

These small innovative thoughts can really improve our environment and “Refresh the city”, and there are many people around us who are doing many things like this.

One of them is Mr Vijay Pal Goel (Age 50 years) who belongs to my city Chandigarh. He has defined a new definition of recycling.

Kala Sagar (Hindi word which means Ocean of Art) is his unique creation ( Government Museum) where world’s largest collection of art created purely from damaged, discarded or waste sanitary ware items is exhibited. He was a private sanitary contractor. In the year 1994, an idea struck his mind and He started collecting waste sanitary material and converted it into marvelous art pieces. He is an uneducated person. He also never learned art making from any school, college or from any teacher.

 

The distinctiveness of the art is that whole collection of art pieces are shaped and created only from sanitary waste item. The sanitary waste items means discarded and damaged sanitary products used in bathroom, kitchen and public health such as water storage tanks, pipes, tapes, fountains, chinaware etc.

The specialty of the art pieces is that it is not created using any of melting, molding, cementation, and carving techniques and this makes it different from all other kind of art forms of the world.

The art pieces are created by arranging and assembling the different sanitary waste pieces and giving it a desired shape. For instance: Airplanes, train, animal figures, telephones, human statues etc.

The main objective of the artist behind this unique art is to generate mass awareness for reuse of waste materials for environment protection, treatment of the specially abled children and established a tourist place for the special people such as mentally challenged people, visually impaired and physically handicapped.

Considering so many motivations are around me, I thought of reusing  the plastic bottles and that what my blog is all about which says: “INSPIRE, CREATE and SPARKLE”.

Now there are so many waste plastic bottles around us which we throw in the garbage considering they will be trashed but are they really being trashed? Well you know the answer.

There are millions of ways to reuse the plastic bottles. We settled on a plan of action to make paint brush holder,piggy bank and a decor item.

Creating these items is a literal child's play and it’s just a matter you need to bring your all creative ideas out .It is also a recreational pursuit. You can do this whoopee activity with your children and friends. You would need waste bottles, paint, brushes and a mind full of ideas.

This is the best way to prepare our coming generation for these sorts of activities and awareness about recycling.

It’s time to change; not just the way we do things but the way we think.

Lee india is doing a great job by encouraging people to do something which can #Refreshthecity. Guys, be a part of the Lee campaign by submitting your own awesome ideas on how to refresh the city. Send in your pictures or videos or blog along with the idea here-https://goo.gl/GmcIue
Guys, here is a time where you can showcase your creative ideas to do something good for your city.

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DIY: Living Room table decor

Hello Guys,

Hope you had a great weekend..

So I am back with another décor tips. I wanted to keep some different candle stands at my living room table.

Keeping more things on table is a challenge because you have to make sure all the time that they are arranged properly and not all over the place.

So lets make a tray for the living room table. For the same you would need the following supplies:

Its time to paint the wooden tray, so lets paint, paint and paint.

Let paint be dried. I am using handpaper sheet and pasted with the glue to the base to get a good look.
Even I am pasting it on the edges as the edges are very unfinished.

Once this is done, I placed a glass on the base to get the glossy look.

and that is it. Placed the tray on fur.

Hope you like this post.Do let me know the comment section below. Also do share how you have done your living room table or coffee table décor. 

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Serenity all around: Buddha Decor at my home

Hello Guys,

So this weekend is almost over and as usual I got an opportunity to work on crafts which I don't get a chance during weekdays. Being a lazybones, having relaxing morning tea on Saturdays, I always brain storm homemade ideas to be happy, sometimes for me and sometimes for my home and this time I thought to add some more positivity in my home. 

Irrespective of your spiritual beliefs, having a special place in your home reserved for quiet introspection, spiritual connection and reflection can nourish your soul.I am obsessed by Buddha and this obsession would be reflected in my this home décor. 

Having an empty corner at your home always gives you so many ideas and you play so much with it to 'Blendin' with your home. Just at the entrance of my home, I have a door which is permanently closed and I was planning from so long to work on it but was not getting chance. So finally,I arranged Buddha statue with small tea light candles around it created such a positive era at my home.

This Buddha statue, I bought from a pottery shop around 2 months back, but I was not getting chance to paint it. A coat of varnish and two coats of spray paint made my sculpture glossy.Although you can get Buddha statue from any gallery or  home décor shops but I wanted to buy a raw one and paint it myself. I always find happiness in painting things myself rather than buying it ready-made because that always gives your kinda touch to your décor, isnt that?

Placing anything on mirror is always add on to the beauty of the thing and by painting the edges of an old mirror(again with golden spray paint) enhanced my Buddha statue grace. Added some old glass pebbles as well.

This wooden carving Buddha meditating eyes amplified the vibes being produced in this area. These generous eyes fulfils the spiritual need of my soul, relax me and de- cutter all the mental tension.

Adding the fragrances is such a great way to add positivity and make you feel so refreshed so I used scented tea light candles and used multiple candle holders.

I used my DIY dried bush as well for this décor.

With this positive energy around, I am ready to sparkle for another week. Blissful weekend gone with a lovely ending.

Hope you enjoy this post. Do let me know in the comment section below. Till then be inspired,create your happiness and SPARKLE.

Sayonara !!

Dried Bush Makeover: Worthy 2 mins Home Decor

Hello Guys,

So I am back with another super easy home décor which would just need 2 minutes. I love dry arrangements at home so I decided to do something on dry bush.

Winters are almost over but still there are couple of dried bushes near by my home so I just grabbed them for keeping them at home.

You just need to spray paint this bush.

 And that is it. I did only one coat of spray paint because I didn't want it to be very gold and wanted to keep it little natural  but if you want real golden, you can go ahead and do multiple coats.Spray paint takes a minute or two to get dried and super easy DIY dried bush home decor is ready. I put it in my Black golden glitter Bottle.

I tried the same on small dry pine flowers but I am not sure when I will be using these.

Hope you like this super duper easy 'Do it yourself' for your home. Do let me know in the comment section below.

Bbyeee!!!

DIY easy table makeover

Hey guys, Welcome to my another blog which is about makeover of side table. I love to re-use things so as i did with my old table. Since i was not using it anymore, i thought of doing some make-up on my table. Here the pictures of my old table.

I used white paint (Asian white glossy paint)since it was matching with my décor. 

Once the painting is done, let it dry for a day. After that, paste the basic rope on the top. You can paste the top all over the top but i was having marble black shinning surface so i just pasted at the corners.

And that is it. 

Hope you like this blog. Do let me know in the comment section below. I would love to reply you back. Thanks for stopping by.

DIY Glitter Bottle candle stand

In  this world who is not obsessed by gold glitter and black and golden combination is always an awesome combination.

What if we use this combination for candle stand? and I know now you will say OMG lol. 

This is what my first blog all about which just costs me nothing and now will say WHHAAATTT? Haha

Here is what you ll need

An old glass bottle(I am just using last night party leftover)

Glue/Fevicol/Mod Podge is preferable(Since i was not having mod podge at home so use fevicol)

Golden glitter powder

Black acrylic paint

Paint blush

Tape

Method

Clean the bottle and make sure no paper label is on. If you face issues while removing the label, dip the bottle in warm water for 10 mins and it would easily peel off.

In my case i have removed the paper label but i kept the painted part as such as it was typical to remove.

Once this is done, dry the bottle with some rag cloth and use acyrlic paint to paint it with the help of panting brush. I wanted a little matt look of this bottle so

i am using

acyrlic paint.If you want glossy look, you can use door paint which you can get from any hardware shop.

Once the painting is done, keep the bottle aside for some time and let it dry.

Use any tape to mark a line till where you want the glitter powder to be pasted.This tape not only help you in marking but also at the end it would give you a very clean look.

Use the paint brush to apply the glue.

Immediatly sprikle glitter powder on the portion where you have applied the glue. Make sure to put some paper under the bottle so that extra glitter is not being wasted and can be reused.

Apply another coat of glue if you think it is required.
  

Pour the glitter powder back in the jar

Let it dry for 2 mins and remove the tape 

And that is it..Guys! You did it.. A DIY which is super glamorous and super easy to make.....So go ahead and show off your skills.

If you like this post, Do let me know in the comment section below. I would love to hear from you guys.

Byyeee!!!