It was hubby’s birthday a few days back and I was a little confused as to what to gift him. Then a brilliant (!) idea struck me and I bought him 500 pieces Jigsaw puzzle (I wanted to buy 1000 pieces one, but sadly that store did not have it!! 
). Dear hubby worked on it laboriously for almost four day (minus a few hours, hee hee…) and could accomplish the task.
Symbol of love was completed with a lot of labour of love 
Today, i.e. 14th November, is celebrated as “Children’s Day” in India. When I woke cub up today morning, she was a little upset with me as I forgot to wish her. So I made something for her out of up-cycled paper. hope she likes it.
Happy Children's Day, Cub
Today I and cub had some time and also had my neice over, so we thought to make some handmade paper sheets from newspapers. Let’s see how we made it.
Materials used:
Method:
We started with shredding the newspapers into small pieces and then soaking them in water for three hours. Once the paper pieces were soft, we mashed them to pulp in the paper masher. You can use mixer grinder for the same purpose (I use paper masher as it doesn’t require electricity and hence, children can use them on their own without adult supervision).
After we pulped the paper, we made thin layer of this pulp on the deckle net and let the extra water drip out. We also decorated these sheets with flowers and leaves before pressing the sheets.
Once done, we put the sheets under the roller to squeez out excess water. Then these sheets were placed on old bath towel to dry them further. Once they were dry enough, we placed them between other newspaper sheets and put heavy books on top of it to flatten the sheets out.
What say guys, you like the end product?
These sheets can be used as greeting card or as keepsake or memorablia Hope you enjoyed this tutorial
Love,
Sakhi
Going ahead with dining ware series[Dining ware -1 and Dining ware - 2] (as if I am so regular!! 
), let me put some more napkins on display…
This one is done on linen material with machine…
The next one is done on cotton material with hand embroidery with golden border…
And the last one for today’s post is orgenza material with stick on embroidered white flower and white lace…
That’s all for now guys. Do let me know which one you like the best.
Carrying forward what I started with Dining Ware-1, now I am showcasing another set of table napkins. The material I used was organdy with lace edges…
Check another view…
I liked this colour a lot so also did some in square…
I still like the round ones better. What say guys?
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