Portrait of a Serial Charmer

My Hubby.

A pencil sketch.

Collages

We moved into a new home recently. Lots of throwing out unused stuff happens before moving out. I had a huge pile of my son's old clothes, card board boxes, scraps of old crafts, this and that which were about to be buried in the dumpster forever when a bolt of lightning struck me.

Yes, I fell on my knees on the floor trembling with a horror on my face, pearls of sweat running down my neck.  And then a moment of silence passed. A silence soo dead that not only could I hear my own heartbeat but I could also hear the acids in my stomach sloshing against its walls. Only then did I realize what a grave mistake I was about to commit. A mistake so unacceptable which would give me a life long  pass to the gates of hell.

How could I? How could I even think of throwing away all the old stuff? Those old stuff which had been someone who had helped us soo much through those times? How could I? (Weeping...)

OK Mrs .Vanmali, Thats enough of fabricating the whole scenario so much so that my monitor just shattered into a million pieces, each piece falling with such a high frequency that the sound blew off my ear drums!!

Anyways, So my idea was to come up with some collage for the new house. And I did this.

In detail.

I cut up my son's old clothes roughly a square/rectangle. And then folded it to give a puffy character. and glued together all such hundreds of pieces.

This green fabric is my son's old blanket. Cute, haan?

Here's another collage that I made with my son's first birthday decorations.

The decorations which I had done are these.

I cut all those triangles into smaller triangles, rolled the wollen thread into a circle. Glued all these together.

Another piece of decor I made ,but it isn't a collage. It is something I did with a gift wrapper and  pieces of cardboard from a diaper box.
I have also used the same gift wrapper in the collage above.

Home decor for less. Who could say that? Elegant, right?

Hope you liked these collages. There is really no need to throw away everything. Most of it could be reused. Only one needs a motivation and creativity to do so. Reduce your waste. Reuse and recycle. Do your bit to keep Mother Earth filth free and clean.

Signing off.

DIY Sandwich-Maker Style Sandwich

Sandwiches!! Most of us can have it any time of the day and so do I. Where as some people do not have anything close to 'like' when it comes to bread.

Most of the times whenever I crave for a snack, this is the one I can think of instantly. 2 slices of bread, something to fill in and done. Oops,  sorry, not done. I like it toasted. Like the ones that comes out of a sandwich maker. But Ofcourse I do not have one, and I don't intend to buy one coz I can make one at home by using this technique!! Guess, most of you already know it. But anyways, here it goes.

First , heat a tava somewhere between low to medium heat.

Next place a few drops of oil or a small dab of butter on the pan. This step is totally optional. Now place the assembled sandwich on the tava.

Now place the flat side of any plate big enough to cover the sandwich. Totally clean the plate before using it ;))

Now either place something heavy on the plate such that it presses the sandwich or

Press the plate gently with your hands. Better wear gloves so that you won't burn your fingers.

Hold it this way for few seconds just enough to lightly brown the bread. Now flip the bread , and repeat the same procedure the other side. When placing the plate on the counter in between remember to place it upside down, so that we won't dirty it when placing it on the bread again.

Remove the sandwich and cool it for a min or two on your plate before attacking it!!

I have browned the bread a lil bit more..coz I was busy taking the pictures.

Wow, I would love to sandwich him in my arms ;))

Happy Sandwich Making .