Reindeer Christmas decor diy

" Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose "

Wondering what decor to make this year for your Christmas tree ?? Let's make this red-nosed fellow.. Very cute and very easy diy.

Let's start..

1. Draw the face, antler (horns) and nose of the Rudolph on to a paper and cut it out if u wish to make more than one. You can use this as a guide so that all of them would look similar

2. Now traceout the face onto the brown felt and cut two pieces of the same shape and size. Then the black antlers two of them and one red nose.

3. Stick the red nose on one of the brown felt and that's his shiny red nose. Stitch the mouth for which i used red thread and the eyes with black.

4. Now time to stitch together both the brown face starting from right side down. After u stick together the first ear fill it will cotton then between the brown pieces keep one antler and a thread to hang it, later the second antler and stitch it all till the end of the second ear. Now will fill in cotton in the second ear and sitch it all the way down leaving 1 inch to fill in the cotton on the face. Stitching the remaining one inch when you are done with filling of cotton.

Tadaa.. That's it

Enjoy crafting

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Zebra Cake

                       

ZEBRA CAKE

Dry ingredients:
Flour - 2 cups
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 1 cup

Wet ingredients:
Butter - 1/2 cup
Egg - 2
Vanilla - 1 tsp
Milk - 1 cup

Coco powder - 2 tbsp ( to be mixed at the end)

Mix dry and wet ingredients separately and later combine both with a beater or wooden spoon. Divide the batter into half and add coco powder to one portion.

Well grease the pan with butter and flour so that you can get the cake out of the pan with ease.

Add 3 tbsp of plain batter to the middle of the pan then 3 tbsp of coco batter and continue till the batter is over. Make sure you don't shake or spread the batter with spoon or anything. It will spread by itself when u pour the batter in the middle of the pan.

Bake it at 180 degree for 40 min or till the toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Enjoy baking.. :)

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DIY Giant Paper Sunflower

DIY Paper Sunflower

In search of a pretty huge decor to fill in my empty walls, i came across this craft which was perfectly beautiful to fill in those empty spaces.  Loved the vibrant color and the beauty of this simple craft that changed the entire appearance of the room.

Does it look complicated?? Na... Its such a simple thing you can do within 30 min. If not the yellow black sunflower you can even change colors to match your walls.

Common let's make one 

1. Cut out a round cardboard piece of your desired size.

2. Cut out square shaped yellow color 4*4 size chart paper pieces about 36 of them. And black color square chart paper pieces about 6/8 of them which should be of a smaller size than the yellow.

3. Roll the yellow square to a cone shape and staple it to keep it in place. It would be better if rolled and staple everything at once to save time. Now it's time to stick the yellow cones on the cardboard keeping a gap between each one of them. Stick it starting from the ends on the cardboard.

4.When the first row is over the second row of rolls should be stuck between the gaps which should be kept a bit lower than the first row. Continue till you reach almost the middle which should b now filled with the black rolls of chart paper. That's it. Woohoo... :)

Enjoy crafting... :)

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DIY Woolen Thread Bunny

Woolen Thread Bunny

Running out of time to go buy a gift for someone ? Here it is, a very cute fluffy bunny that's gonna steal your heart.

Own one for yourself too.I gifted myself with two of these.. :D he..he..

Come let's make a bunny cutie :)


Instructions:
1. Select the desired woolen thread of your choice. Either 2 colors or one.

2. Make 3 pom pom (thats what its called ;P) of three different sizes. The body part will be the biggest, the next smallest the head and the very small will be the tail.

3. Stick the head to the body and the tail with glue or u can even stitch it tight.

4. Select the required color for the ears were we will be using felt. Cut out the ears and glue it on the head on both sides

5. Glue the eyes with black beads

Look at those fat fluffy little fellows.

Enjoy the cuteness ...!!


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Super Easy Chocolate Cake

So.. its that time of the year again to pamper my husband. It's his Birthday... Yuhuuuu !!! 

Keeping all the other fun items i needed to get my hands on, i landed on this super quick and definitely delicious chocolate cake. 

Next time u need to cook up something quick and yummy, try this one :) 

So then lets get started..... 

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar ( better if it's brown sugar )

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup strong black coffee

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

Heat oven to 180°. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix on low until dry ingredients are thoroughly combined.Add eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil and vanilla. Beat on medium speed for about two minutes; the batter will be thin.Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost as desired. I used a simple whipped cream between two layers of the cake.

Notes:

1. Preferably use brown sugar than the normal sugar as it lifts up the flavor.

2. This cake also pairs beautifully with a simple chocolate ganache.

3. Before frosting, Spray sugar water all over the cake, this makes it super moist :) 

Try it out and let me know if you liked it.... 

Happy Cooking:) 

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