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HOW TO : Check Expiry Date Of LPG Cylinders

UPDATE: The code does not denote the expiry date of the cylinder. Instead it denotes the year and month when the cylinder is due for Statutory testing- in which it is checked for any defects. If a defect is found it is repaired and after getting a certification from BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) the cylinder [...]

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HOW TO : Use Soda Bottle as Lens Cap

Lost a lens cap? It will generally cost you around Rs. 1000 if you go for original lens cap. If you’re looking for a cheap solution to keep your lens clean and safe after loosing a cap, Photographer Stu Carlson suggested you can use bottom of soda bottle as a makeshift lens cap! It works! It [...]

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HOW TO : Make Paper Beads and Jewelry

Hey friends I am back and this time with a technique to convert your paper into jewelry. It is a good way of saving paper; in fact it’s a way of recycling paper. Things that we need are: 1. Waste paper 2. Ruler 3. Pencil 4. Scissor/cutter 5. Glue 6. Toothpick 7. Varnish (optional) Now [...]

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HOW TO : Clean a Microwave With Lemon Juice

Had a yummy and delicious food made in your or your spouse’s favorite microwave? But the main problem comes then. Cleaning your microwave with removing those food smells so that it does not mix with your another recipe you are going to cook. I am going to give you a simple trick to clean your [...]

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HOW TO : Turn Orange Into Candle With Just Oil

Kitchen hacks! Hope you love this category and your comments encourage me to write more about daily hacks. Sometimes all of a sudden, when power outage happen, we have to sit in dark as we may not be ready with candles or torches. Finally there’s a practical solution of how you can fight darkness with [...]

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HOW TO : Create Your Own Bookmark

Hey friends hope you liked the two aarti decorations. All of us read books in any form, novels or textboox so using a bookmark helps us a lot. Hence this time we will make a bookmark, that too a personalized one Now let us see what things we need to make this Bookmark: 1. An [...]

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10 Things Your Toothpaste Can Do Apart From Brushing

So you think that your toothpaste can only be use to brush your teeth? Apart from shining your teeth, you can shine various other products as well. Read more for shocking applications of toothpaste. 1.Polish your gemstone jewellery with your toothpaste. It will really make those diamonds sparkle.2.Removing watermarks from wooden furniture. Rub on with [...]

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HOW TO : Decorate a Puja Thali – Part 2

Have you seen Design Part 1 and Design Part 3 ? Hello friends…i hope you all liked the 1st aarti thali decoration…here i am with 1 more idea to decorate your puja thali. This time we need the following things: 1. Steel thali 2. Rangoli colours 3. A chalk 4. Nadachadi thread 5. Small mirror pieces 6. Fevicol Recent Giveaway [...]

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HOW TO : Decorate a Puja Thali - Part 1

Have you seen Design Part 2 and Part 3 ? Hi friends…..in India we have lots of festivals and hence most of us always have some or the other Pujas at our place like some vastu puja,some ceremony,at times of navaratri,Diwali ,janmashtami, Ganpati festival etc….at these times we always need some aarti thali….one option is [...]

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HOW TO : Use Styrofoam To Grow a Plant

We have seen many Styrofoam balls in the packets of our clothes when we are gifted on various religious occasions. Styrofoam is basically extruded polystyrene foam currently made for thermal insulation and craft applications. One of the best craft applications is growing a plant inside it. Its simple, easy and can be grown effectively without any side reactions to the plant [...]

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