A crazy day of photoshoot ... : /

 ... if I say I had a tough day ... please believe me ... it is an understatement of the day ... it was planned that today I'd finish shooting all the textile pieces ... ( yeah ! fat chance) ...

 got some pictures , while the dear Sun God! played hard to catch ... what with Gurgaon finally seeing some rain ... well ,thankyou ... but what timing ...

... thought I'd share some unedited pictures from today's shoot ... since I had made such a fuss over my Kantha collection from Bengal. :)) ... hope you guys enjoyed the sneak peak ...  Tommorrow  , is the turn of th other Kantha pieces .

I do want to say website should up and running ... hopefully next weekend ... ;)

P.S for the day ... get a professinal photographer if you want to keep your sanity ... :)) ... hope that explains,to  many of you whom I may not have replied ... do understand ... one man army at work ... ;)

Well! excuse me, a minute  while I glue a paper flag on a rather long straw ... yep!  that work too( being mommy) ... never ends ... ;)) ... sure all you mommies out there are nodding your heads ding-dong ...  sorry again ... Soffiee here is suddenly feeling neglected and wants mommies hug ... :))

I think I need one of those KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON  ... posters. Hope you had a great day ...  :))

The magic of gold ... ;)

 One of my fav. craft projects is a can  of gold spray paint  ... and exploring the next thing that'll look ...WOW !  all sprayed up ... :) ... seriously ... I've tried ... bug infested dry leaves of almond trees ... you can see I used those for a tablescape here  ... dried flowers ... fruits ... and I have to say  ... they do look nicey ... :)

... so when the good folks from Hindustan Times called up for that photoshoot and interview I mentioned in an earlier post ...  I was a lil' hesitant ... honestly haven't had much going with the home projects ...

...and so to get the house ready for some good shots ... I got cracking with accents ... and ofcourse the old fav. can of gold spray popped out of the store ... :)

...this whole gold thingy with gold spray paint started quite by accident ... as a new bride ... and no budget for a home do-up ... I once used a spray painted river rock as a paper weight on all my magazines on the coffee table ... thanks to that windy apartment ... this idea has stayed with me ...

... only this time I used small pebbles I had collected from the beaches of Porbandar (Gujrat) last year ...

... oh! this big one I stole from Sarah ... Hey! nothing like a smart talking mum eh!... ;) ... uhuh ! no harm done  ... my lil' girl is really happy with  her gold stone (I did return it to her after this shoot ) ... what did you think ... :)

... the paint may be the same ... but  the texture of the stone or the thingy you are spraying ... is a defining factor ... when it comes to the final look ...

... the cool ... magic working ... can of spray paint ... you'd actually get a whole range of brands ...  the stationer's keep brands like the can you see in this picture ... but your hardware guy will have a whole diff.brand range ... and ofcourse more shades of gold than you'd be comfortable to decide between... :)

... some old ... shell plates came in handy to display my collection ... this time ...

... hope you got some idea brewing in your mind ... may be silver is the color for you ... oh! have you been thinking of covering some old piece of furniture with spray paint ... wow go for it ... of if not than hang on ... I'm sure I'll be doing some more goofy things around the place ... I'll sure give you that final push of confidence ... ;)

And I'll look forward to hearing from you incase you kind of likey some ideas here ... I sure hope you do ... :)

Getting paper crafty this Christmas ... :)

 It'll have to be declared purely accidental ... but Sarah and I got crafty last evening ... what with the christmas songs ... heater on full blast ... and our tree ... that is out and we've started to work on the decorations ....

... this morning,something about the colors of the entire messy dining table ... that doubles up as our worktop ... made me feel really happy (o.k I don't believe  it, I actually called mess... happy... wooo... there I did it) ... ;)

... but it did ... so here I am sharing with all of you a little paper roll arrangement we worked on ... :):) ...

... theres more happening at the other end of our drawing room ... but guess that waits for some more work and another blog post ... hope you all join me in having some paper fun around this Christmas ... :)

Hurricane Lamps ... revisited ...

With the weather having cooled down significantly ... all my candles collection is coming out ... along are also coming feeling to entertain with the twinkly lights ... and I hit upon some old pictures I took for a crafts post I did last Chirtmas ... I know ... I know I should have waited till Christmas ... but I am so into lighting up the place these days I couldn't contain my urge to share these picture ... who knows I'll post them again as Chritmas ideas revisited ... hope you too enjoy some lovely lighting up ideas for that cozy do ... you are planning ... are you ??? ... :)

These beautiful hurricane lamps are made of paper...with tea light candles inside them. Make as many as you want and put them around in groups...the effect of the candle light is enough to set you in the mood to celebrate.

For this craft project you'll need... gateway paper,it is stiff and stands well (you'll find it at all big stationary strores that stock up for architectural students
... paper punch (christmas themed design)

...glue stick

...scissors

How to ...Cut the paper into different sizes you'd like (rectangles or squares)... punch one side of the sheet with the design you decide on (I found these beautiful double star design punch)...this side goes up(not down because then your candle will show through)...overlap the two sides of the sheet and stick them with the glue stick. You've madeyourself a beautiful hurricane lamp... put it over a tealight candle.

my lil' flutterbugs' turning 3 ...

My lil' girl Sarah's turning 3 years old on the 15 th May ... and I have had a ball in designing her birthday invites ... no the image you see is not a gift but the invite ...

... the story behind this card is ... I wanted a handmade card ... ( I do this each year) and something special ... what ever it may turn out to be ... it'll be a special something, I love doing for the lil' babe in my life ...

I found the image of this really cute butterfly ...on the net and found the lavender handmade paper at the local stationary store ...

... here started the challenge ... I couldn't find an envelope to go with the card... (uh! Navi Mumbai has a lot to catch up with neighbouring Mumbai) ...

... so the card got wrappped in see through cellophane paper ... with these lavender satin ribbons and a lil' card with the name of the guest ...

... Sarah , my lil' one gets excited at just about anything mommy does for her ... who minds if that ... "OOOOooooouuuu .... I love you mama " ... is very obviously and visibly exaggerated ...
and yes ofcourse ... which lil' girl doesn't like ribbons and bows ... this 33 yr ol' is still freaking out having fun with them ... ;)

... now all I pray for is for my babe to get over her viral ... :( and get on with all the built up excitement for the special day ... as for my excitement ... well I couldn't wait to share this lil' project of mine with all my readers :) ...