Italian Seasoning Ingredients

During the recent shopping, I was looking for an Italian seasoning. While I was looking at some other brand, sales lady tried to push me this one.

Below are the Ingredients

Crushed Chilly

Black Pepper

Oregano

Iodised Sea Salt

White Onion Flakes

Garlic

Basil

Fennel

Lemon Zest

Thyme

Good thing about this is that, they have declared that no MSG added. On the other hand, the bottle is not refillable. I have not tried this yet.

-- Dhanesh Amma

Home made Pillows - Recycled synthetic cotton

The word "Home made" is something which attracts every one. We had around nearly half dozen Recron old pillows which was damn slim post usage. We had to stack two to three pillows to compensate a single new pillow.  I have been thinking whether to throw it away or do something with that.

Thought of Recycling the synthetic cotton inside the pillow. After opening the cloth, we removed and discarded pillow cloth and the hard layer of synthetic cotton alone. The soft layers of synthetic cotton was collected and dried up in open air for a day. We need not fear like the traditional cotton as it will create dust allergies. These synthetic cotton will be staying together and will not fly much under fan too.

Then comes the major part in making a pillow using a good cloth. My  suggestion would be to use a synthetic or satin material. The tailors would be able to make the pillow cloth leaving a small opening to stuff the synthetic cotton.

Now , with the new pillow cloth, we can stuff the cotton and once stuffing is complete, close the opening with simple stitching using needle and thread.

-- Dhanesh Amma

Craft Work - 13 - Net Flowers

This post is similar to that of Craft Work - 1 where flowers were in orange and white combination which was made by me couple of years back.

This one is made by the kids with inputs from me and this time in lovely pink and white combination.

-- Dhanesh Amma

Craft Work - 12 - Cafe house - Puzzle

With the extended holidays for school, an additional trip to native was made last weekend. We got this puzzle in market for forty rupees and fun time for kids for an hour or so in getting this done.

-- Dhanesh Amma

Craft Work - 11 - Minions

We were supposed to close the craft work for this vacation, but upon seeing the cardboard tubes which were present inside the brown wrapper for school notes, could not resist myself in trying out something new for the kids. 

Kids were inspired to see the first minion which I did and came forward to do the 'minions' by themselves. They both did two minions at a time, and reserved one to be gifted to their cousin and aunt. 

-- Dhanesh Amma

Craft Work - 10 - Fridge Magnets (Home Made)

I have seen fridge magnets in many shops, but have not paid any attention to buy them. This vacation has been a wonderful time, being with kids and participating with them to make the below objects and decorating the house. Though these kind of stuff are found in shops, the "home made" is something which makes it more beautiful, that too when they are done by kids. 

-- Dhanesh Amma

Craft Work - 9 - A Parachute

A post on craft after a long time. As the kids are growing, keeping them busy indoors during summer vacation is a very tough one. This vacation went very well by trip to native for long two weeks. This year, DD's and their cousin's favorite time pass has been with various art and craft items with ideas and help of their aunt.

Their first attempt was a parachute made with chart paper.

-- Dhanesh Amma