Happy Deepavali

"Come on lets celebrate ....celebrate the festival of lights... Deepavali.....Deepavali....." is the only song which has filled our home from my little one P.... He is singing, dancing, coloring ,playing sparklers, freaking out on chocolates and sweets..watching cartoons ..in total celebrating the deepavali and holidays to its maximum...and ofcourse giving loads n loads of work to me...but its ok...This is festival of lights colors and sweets so am enjoying with him... but truly miss the dear ones, the atmosphere, the fun of India...alas........  So thought why not brighthen up our sweet little home with indian festive decor....so here is few pics of our effort to make it feel so....

I DONT BELIEVE IT... I have not published this post from one year.... I was so busy...so busy that I had not realized last Diwali I wrote blog post and its still in my draft and never published.... Oh... my.... God.. .I couldn't believe my eyes....so publishing 2012 Diwali post now.... and also think its always fun and nice to show case the decor so hope u guys don't mind seeing 2012 pics now ;)
 

Happy Deepavali

Wow time files...... but I really missed out the blog world....Although it gives immmense peace and satisfaction to read and see all beautiful pictures of lovely décor from u lovely ladies..... I was still stuck up with daily chores... so hoping now to  catch up with u all ....and first of all better late than never....so...
 Wishing a very Happy Deepavali to all of you lovely people....

here are few pics of Deepavali from my home

Ganesh and  Lakshmi pooja ...

 

setting on table ....didn't have much time to take pic... 

 

 

 Next day using same rangoli altered the settings (post Lakshmi pooja)

 

 

Hope you guys had a great Diwali too....

 

Now as am charged up....will post the Navarathri dolls décor soon :)

 

 

 

Season of Blessings are here...

Happy Krishna Janmashtami to all my friends....

The marathon of festivals has begun... it is a nice feeling with all refreshing atmosphere and praying mode...
Its such a blessing to be in midst of this wonderful surrounding...so colorful..so traditional...so artistically decorated...places filled with all the flowers..fragrances... fruits...savouries(mmm varieties n yummy)...ethnic costumes....happy people... and what not.... i love it....aaahhhh such a treat to eye and also to stomach......
but alas....so far from home country i can only imagine it now... but again blessed with all innovations... we can atleast feel it virtually  through blogs...facebook n blah blah...if not treat for stomach atleast its a treat for eyes.. :)

Neways we at our home here  try to celebrate and bring back the atmosphere if not in large scale but atleast to some extent....so here is the pic of krishna janmashtami.... (flower alankara in my style of tablescape)

here the Krishna is decoupaged...

I always liked the krishna images from iskon... small tiny ones but so beautiful didnt know what to do out of it for long time... also once in a goodie bag had recieved this tiny saucer and mug which had a weird food festival print on it.... ah never liked it though.... and one fine day "ting" idea struck...hence decoupaged image on it and the thick blue background  actually the glass paint i blotted a little so as to cover the edges of cut image and also to get glazed effect.... now its my favourite piece for tablescaping... love it... let me know what do u guys think about it and how did you celebrate the birthday of krishna....

well one of my friend very thoughtfully posted a link of BhagavadGita verse from a clips of mahabharata the teleseries we grew up with...so for a nostalgia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lKfgTuJc-0&feature=share

Happy Janmashtami and may god bless all beings...

 

Happy Fathers Day !

My Dad is my best buddy......

Love you Dad...

Have a great day...

Coffee

Coffee....hmmmmmm...
what can i say ... it so nice...its so refreshing...its so energetic...

The aroma of freshly brewed filter coffee draws us up from the bed even on sunday
early mornings...  wow! it is so tasty & what a great feeling....

There is a saying: 

A cup of coffee shared with friend (or husband) is like happiness tasted &
 time well spent.

mmmm very true....provided my hubby makes a nice filter coffee for me ;)

Well  i should admit  that  my husband makes one of the best coffees . He is so perfect & passionate about it, that he says shayari  (well in his broken hindi but very cute though):

          woh subha bhi koi subha hai kya jiske pehle raat na ho....

          woh subha bhi koi subha hai kya jiske pehle raat na ho, woh breakfast bhi kya
               jiske bhaad (after) ek glass coffee na ho.......
(wah wah! wah wah!...me & my son had great fun)

Well! people are so much crazy about coffee...

One of  our dear friends who is such a passionate coffee drinkers  used to drive miles together to have a nice filter coffee.... wow what do you gift such a person on their farewell party, who were moving out of the country.....??? a coffee mug... a coffee maker... packs of coffee beans or a nice coffee filter to brew coffee... mmmmmmm???? well i chose the gift my way.....

               a Coffee Painting....

(yes a painting made with coffee dicoction)

 The couples were so happy and pleased with it (he actually enjoyed aroma from the painting..and complimented by saying "  this is the most  beautiful aromatic painting i have ever come across)  & i really felt very happy... :) Thanks to both of them who were such a nice people to us... we miss both of you Anu & Sridhar. ..

And now come the pics of my painting...well i didnt take pictures in process but just the finished painitng.

The process is very easy... 

1. sketch the desired image on a drawing paper

2. take any instant coffee but  preferably BRU instant coffee powder

3. mix different amount of water with coffee powder to make different shades of paint

4. using this mixture paint with brush

5. after it dries jazz it up with glitter pen

5. finally prevent the insect attack from spraying varnish recommended for water colors.

hope you liked it..let me know what do u think  .... 

Have a happy refreshing morning....

Block Printed fabric

I love to do arty things and get inspired to do DIY stuff all the time but so lazy that i need lots of energy to start some project..even if i start doing something most of the time with some reason i stop in the middle ...hence i have lots and lots of unfinished projects...but thanks to my hubby... he pushes me long way to start up & finish  few arty stuff... So yesterday he gave me deadline of 1 week to make ready a fabric which he can use it on top of grass mat (Dharbe chaape)...it is very auspicious and right way to be seated while performing prayers he says.... but unfortunately its so pricky uncomfortable....
So this gave me oppurtunity to make use of my arty hands and at same time really wanted to finish project very soon as my son is having holidays & he always wants to try his hand & finaly mess the project...so i opted for Block print... which is really easy & quick....

I really thank my Guru of arts....my sister Shilpa... for the wonderful kalamkari wooden block...very sweet of her she really takes pain to search...get the things done...give ideas...teach me... She is my encyclopedia of arts...love you akka...


So now here is the finished block printed fabric.

Well  the process is very simple,....just used  few wooden blocks and applied fabric paint to it with brush and stamp the block on fabric in desired pattern... after an hour of drying it ready to use (to fix color on fabric...iron it on reverse side )
 few pictures of project in progress...

           

       

finally the picture showing the usage of fabric by my son...he liked it & as always appreciated me (like my Mom )...very sweet of  them...aaahhhh now hope my hubby likes it too...dont know if he wants it to be adhered to mat... neways .what do u guys think..let me know



Thank you Floweries

Flowers are such a beautiful gift of nature...... So bright n beatiful, these lovelies are used in all the occassion....right from decorating in weddings...in parties...to prayer offerings......to cheerup mood...to adorn hair...to wish happiness, to congratulate...to pay condolences... ohhhh the list goes on & on....
In simple words, they are perfect....

These beauties perfectly sitting on our desk have stayed with us through  this marathon of Flu...always cheering & healing us....love them.

Hope the flowers brigthen up your day too.....