Orange (Citrus) cake microwave

I never thought id ever post recipes...but here I am my experiment with citrus cake turned out extremely tasty!

You need 2 eggs,  1 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 cup vegetable oil (or butter), 1 cups flour, 1 cup semolina,  3 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup fresh orange/ sweet lime pulp, zest from oranges, vanilla essence....

 

First beat the eggs well and add all the other ingredients except zest. I dint use a juicer but manually extracted the pulp such that it remains intact and tastes great when u bite into it. Gently sprinkle the zest. I added lesser sugar as the oranges and sweet limes I used were extremely ripe and sweet. Pour into a microwave bowl lined with butter/ oil and I let it cook in the microwave for 7 minutes (keep checking that it doesn't over cook or will lose the pulp taste

 

Once done I scooped out the center and put some orange marmalade, sprinkled icing sugar and designed the cake to look like an orange slice....

It tasted great and kids love it! Later I experimented the same with fresh pineapple juice, turned out lovely too!

Garden Art

Used some box card boar, old packaging material and paint to make this hanging wall art. Plan to get some nice plant for the stone basket........current have laid grass!

 

 

This was picked by recyclart Org...see this http://www.recyclart.org/2014/07/vertical-garden-kitchen-scraps/

 

 

Show piece (paper mache)

Made a bathing dame out of thrash lying around the house...........















Used a wire that was string to last years diary to create a model skeleton, head of the garlic pod, kitchen tools (knife, scissors etc) and made glue of flour (which was lying open since we went out and had caught bugs)  and water.....and a roll of toilet tissue!!!
I shaped the wire to create a base. I tore the tissue into small bits and let it soak in the sun for a day....Added some flour and water (also salt to avoid molds) and made in into a dough consistency.. . .I shaped a woman with the tissue dough around the wire and let it dry. In the mean while, I picked a plastic packaging material thrashed outside a grocery shop and painted it to give water effect. I further tore the remaining tissue and stuffed it in the tub to give a lather effect...

After shaping the tissue pulp I let it dry in the sun for another day. Next day I painted it with acrylic paints and coated it with varnish. Made her wine glass out of plastic bag. Stuck some accessories for the charm...

Kept in on the bathroom shelf as a show piece!!

 

Caterpillar costume (fancy dress)

stitched a quick caterpillar costume from some old t shirts...

 

Dress of old shirt

Stitched a quich baby frock  with some fish puff ons to keep her busy and entertained...

Well it is made up of an old t shirt. The fish cut outs are from an old gown, hemmed it around the edges and stitched it on..........

baby dress

Stiched a dress with matching shorts, some roses, embroidery etc 

My customized snack bag

I could not find an appropriate bag to carry my snacks and cutlery during the work day......So thought I should simply stitch one....here it is!...

Made up of an old trouser and tie, with a sponge n plastic lining inside to keep food warm and water proof!  It fits perfectly in my office drawer and is safe for machine wash as well!

Paper mache vase

Made a contemporary paper mache vase with a see through angel setting

The base of the vase is made from scrap card board. Which was layered with paper mache and painted. The center is made up of old toffee wrapers and the baby cupid is an old xmas decoration lying around the house. The round plastic , both sides, are lids of a take away coffee cup......Since these come with straw holes..everytime the wind blows (ot the fan) the cupid swirls around)!!!

Girl by the window sill : Newspaper basket

Made a newspaper basket of trash paper...used a combination of oil pastels, glass painting, water colors and lots of imagination
The window effect is created using a projector sheet. Behind which (on the card board) have stuck collage buildings and combined with water colors...........
The girl herself is a oil pastel painting......
And the window top decoration is use of glass paints on old scrapped packaging materials....

 

 

baby

glass painting on window

Had a shabby window where no curtain could be put, so painted the glass

Love it, 6 am in morning my daughter gets up , points at the colorful shadow of the painting on the wall and shouts..."Hey!!!"

 

Custom made wall art

This was custom made for a restaurant with an interiors themed based on contemporary form of  Indian gods

 

(16" X 20")

16" X 23"

16" X 23"

 

pop up cards

Quick 5 min pop up cards for the kids

origami bunny

 

This works well on the desk to hold stationery or trinklets

Motherly

Mom n kid

Another pencil sketch at the table........

Cat and the boy

pencil sketch .........

Quick sketch after long

Another baby sketch

This was quick..in 15 mins at the desk....

Baby sketch

This was a tough one!!!

Surya Namaskar 3

Pose 3: Padahastasana

exhale

Surya Namaskar 2

Pose 2:Hastauttanasana

inhale

Surya Namaskar 1

It is best to sketch was goes around you most of the time

decided to sketch the surya namaskar poses one by one

Yoga Pose:1 (Tadasana)

You inhale at this step

random oil pastels

Burning bright!!

My dream cat house

I always dream of having a free animal house one day in life......

(to start of with cats)...Here is a piece of my imagination......

Dance Series: Contemprory lift

another quick one

Dance series: jazz

Dance series : hip hop

my attempt at sketching a hip hop dance move...(these reality shows are really inspiring sometimes)

Photo portraits

After a long time drawing a female portrait...

Art box DIY

This is my attempt to combine art and craft....Everyone at work seemed absolutely tired and deserved some (cheap) thrills... so I thought I would do it for some of my colleagues to keep on their desks!

It required me to take a simple sheet of square paper...whatever width sheet you take (for example 24 inches), divide it by 4. The number you get should be the dimension of each square (in this case it would be 6 inches). Just outline these 6X6 squares with a pencil.

And in each of these squares you can make a sketch that you like (keep in mind the folds of the balloon box!....I made quick basic human sketches (for my colleagues, I pasted a pictures of Drew Barrymore and George Clooney to keep them going).

Once this is done, the paper has to folded in a paper balloon style (refer to any origami instructions) and that’s all it takes.

I made some yoga posture sketches to remind myself of it...

I also tried to use the fold flaps to draw a lady under a veil and a cat sleeping under a desk.