Crystal Grandeur

     Like to think like a chef during this time of the year? Yes...most of them do.It's for fun food, easy recipes and fresh flavours all for the festive season. In well stocked kitchens, its about  adding rich flavour to everything from lavish to simple spreads to knockout desserts. As the above stands it's needless to say about olive oil the liquid gold and it's uses when it comes to cooking. Beside used in various cooking it is known for  its drizzle over finished dishes which gives the extra taste. Sharing herb infused olive oil recipes here which can be stored in bottles up to two weeks. It is delight to add in salads, soups, pasta , baked veggies or over non veg crispy grills. Three types of olive dressing oil recipe given below in this post. Make it and store it for that extra relish. (Dressing) Going Greek way: Used in salad dressings and sauces or drizzle on grilled chicken, fish, lamb,eggplant,pita bread, tomatoes or cheese. Prep time: 8 minutes cook :...

 Hey there we go....It was quite a week for me as i got indulged in a fun project with wax. Made few perfumed wax tablets and made Green and white Christmas trees with the silicon moulds. All of them looked pretty and are ready to be packed as gifts for the season. You can incorporate  your colour ideas with wax colours to the wax tablets along with tiny flowers and spices. Please visit Our Hopeful Home Please visit French Enthreal Please visit SSps@HHhttps://esmesalon.com

  Hi there....How would you like to have your kitchen counter top on a Thanksgiving/ Christmas morning when the house is filled with friends or with family members? Created a scene with fruits to get inspired for a slow morning. Arranging pile of cut fruits on a board or in a bowl looks colourful and the aroma of fruity flavour fills the air too along with the scent of holiday season.   Please visit Nap On The Porch

  Hi...Bringing a festive look is magical at this time and using Christmas designs for wrapping gift is fabulous. In today's budget friendly Christmas segment, turned plain Brown paper bags into gift wrapping with paper doilies, dried leaves and fresh leaves. You can buy paper bags or if you  have surplus Brown paper bags at home you transform them to pretty bags for gifts. I created these paper bag designs with paper doilies and leaves. Simple and easy to make for the gifts as it can be a brightening up small accessory with eye catching patterns to your loved ones. These bags can be used for chocolates, biscuits  and cookies or for light weight gifts. More budget friendly ideas are on the way so be tuned in at CG:))) Please visit French Ethereal  Please visit SSps@HHhttps://esmesalonon.com

Hi & Hello....As Thanks giving and Christmas celebrations are on the cards it's little tough to decide about gift giving. Shop bought gifts are always routine and some time expensive as well. Sharing in today's post about  budget friendly ideas you can think of like scented wax tablets , and candles made at home all by yourself. Unused bottles in the kitchen cabinet and tiny bottles are perfect fit to make candles using old candles. I had collected old tiny jam bottles and it became handy to make candles. Melted the old candles filled them in the bottles with wicks adding the fragrance oil like lavender and rose. Decorated the bottles with pretty ribbons and they looked so pretty.Candle making is always fun and a perfect gift for any season or festivities and everyone loves the gift. Like candles, wax tablets another best gift for gifting. It is made with wax liquid poured in silicon moulds. Decorate them with spices like cloves, star anise, cinnamon , dry orange ridge or d...

  Hi and Hello to all out there... It's November another month in the calendar and for me at CG another year in blog-sphere. 14 long years with 400+ posts in blog land. What an incredible journey. Never thought it will go this far. My interest and passion for the things i love, made me to stroll thru smoothly all along. I am happy to be here as long as i can.When I joined the blog land, there were so many enthusiast  bloggers, sharing their beautiful posts and it was like a one big family, now the scenario changed  as many stopped blogging for various reasons or switched over to other platforms. But few are still there in the block to give company to me 😀. And i am happy.  Blogging gave me lot of satisfaction in what i did. Many appreciated my work on styling on my photography and on my write ups. I thank everyone for their support, encouragement and for their beautiful comments.  And i thank the 'Almighty' for giving me the opportunity/ strength to continue in...