Wee-hee ... and we are now 1000 and counting ... on FB ... :))

  ... Good morning ... well ! hope Sunday is being great for you ... mine has just begun, with some lovely figures ... a 1000 likes on our FB page. And that is super awesome... cause I know not all of us are great at getting the RSS feeds direct into our inboxes ... a lot many of us aren't yet into  blogging ... and hell ! everyones on FB .... :)) ... so  to get through to 1000 (and counting) ...  of my country folks is super exciting ... Here's a big THANKYOU ...  to ... ALL OF YOU ... :)))))))))))))

 ...  leaving you all with some random pictures from our everyday ... humdrum ... everyday ... behind the scenes fun ... have a peek into some old and some new thingies to look forward to ...

... excuseeeeeeee ... for the fuzzy- wazzy ... pic's ... but yeeaaap ! ... had to share some newbies coming up soon.  Incase I trigger some curiousity ... feel free to get in touch  ASAP ... our e-mail for queries about all products at Rajee Sood Home ... is ... rajeesoodhome(at) gmail(dot)com.

In support of the stray dogs ... in support of Aarohi's work... :)

 These posters have been playing on my mind for a while ... in support of the stray dogs ( please read Indie Dogs) ... there is a whole load of what happens to them ...what can be done and what does get done ...

It is all about being humane ... caring for them ... and yes! there are some ... doing a lot in the best way they know. Artists like Aarohi ... in more ways then one ... are leading the way. I am in love with her new collection. And stand in full support of her gorgeous work and the cause that helped her shape such a beautiful collection.

 The dog motif inspired by the stray dogs ... is truly amazing. The colors that Aarohi has worked with ... :) ... well ! completely down my alley I'd say ... :))

 ...the clutch ... well sure a style statement and definitely a conversation piece ... so be prepared for loads of eyes popping and people keen to chat up with you suddenly ... :)

... my must have ... :)))))) ... the  ...a... ahhhh! ... well I'll tell you, moment I get my hands on it ... I had my heart set on it since the day Aarohi mentioned and shared some sneak -peaks with me ... my heart skips a beat ... I am in love ...  Aarohi, ... I am soooo dying to get my piece from your collection ... :))

If you want to see her collection ... click right here  and find out more about her ....  and her work by a lil' click-click ...  here.

And guess what, if you are in Bangalore ... well! lucky you ... do pop over ( and make me J ... ) at          

  
    100 ft. Boutique. Bar. Restaurant.
   777/1 , Near Satyapaul,
   Opp. New Horizon School ,
   HAL  2nd Stage,
   100 ft. Rd. ,
   Bangalore, India 560017
  (From 10th -12th Feb.)
   ... as  her collection is showcased  at the fundraiser for and by VoSD .
All the Best Aarohi ... and all the best VoSD.

Meeting Amerjit ... :)

image courtesy Amerjit's iphone

That picture ... I am completely in love with ...  Amerjit and Rajee ... whole day of freaking out meeting some great mastercraftsmen ... chatting up ... and more yummy Indian crafts to source ... dog tired ... and still ready to smile for a quick picture ... that ladies and gentlemen is a true candid ...sans make up ... up close pic. of us after tons of fun doing what we love doing... :)

I was super thrilled to finally meet Amerjit , after months and months of being that girl over at CHAI STUDIO and that girl over at RAJEE SOOD HOME ...

... I stole this pic. from Amerjit ... she shot it while we spend a day out at Dilli Haat ... we were like two doe eyed girls falling in love with everything we saw ... I do think Amerjit got a dose of hot pink...reds... oranges ... happening in my life at the moment ...  I'll tell you later wheather it rubbed off on her or not ...;))))

  I had great time driving her around the dusty roads of a neighbouring village ... but first catch that look on her face over at my Kantha weavers ... :)) ... our candy store. With the loads of tea we drank there ... the entire clan left us alone cause we were sooooo ... at home ... not sure how many hours we spend there ... but it was not enough ... :))

... it was fun learning the colors Amerjit works with ... and fun to keep suggesting my happening colors to her ... ;)) I did not for once think  had we never met before ... guess this is how blogging and FB makes you such close friends ... and there is enough conversation to chatter on about and common people to talk about ... :)

... thanks Amerjit ... had loads of fun and loved making a new girl friend to make travel plans with ... loads of travel plans and you can rest assure she has tons of gorgeous things coming up at Chai Studio ... and I for one am dying to see them in her next load of pictures from her store... :)

So, what do you think did my colors rub off on her ... ??? ... ;)) ... guess... we'll just wait and watch her new collection coming soon ... :))

Happy New Year ... :)

Celebrating Women ... Celebrating with Rajee Sood Home, Gift Cards ... :)

We have had some lovely stories of gifting for loved ones, here at Rajee Sood Home. You can also know more about a few of those, in some of the future posts I have planned. And thanks to all these lovely people ... I  am launching the Rajee Sood Home, Gift Cards. Now you can ask for the Gift Cards and just sit back and enjoy knowing you've gifted your loved ones, the option to buy our exclusive products.

To know more about our  Gift Cards, or to order a Gift Card for any of your loved ones... you can e-mail us @ rajeesoodhome(at)gmail(dot)com.

And what is most exciting is that the very first Gift Card, is going to be Auctioned  at an event I sure an waiting for. Its called Celebrating Women - organized by Gurgaonmoms.com and Biz Divas India (an NGO supporting women entrepreneurs) ... and not just that ... the great evening is also to recognise and award the women of substance in Gurgaon and the NCR region ...  if all this is not amazing, the dynamic organisers of the event donate the entire proceeds from the event to ADAA (http://www.adaa.in/), a charity working for underpriveledged children.

You cannot imagine, the pure goodwill and love and compassion that exists in all these organisations ... they help women like me by being our support groups as we are fumbling around with issues in our ventures ... you have to feel it, when I say that it feels sooooo... nice to have them as a guiding force, a friend and in truly creating that assurance of ... Hum Hai Naa ... :)

And after all that, to recognise the women who are real life role models... :) ... wow!... ladies and gentlemen, I sure know there is a lot of women who need a standing ovation ... such support groups make it possible to help bring out the strenghts of many of those women ... thankyou ladies. I am absolutely honored to be part of it all ... :)

Annnnd we are back .... :)

A much needed break ... wow! really it was amazing ... 3,000 kms across India ... covering 4 states ...  was an experience. When you hit the road ... the India you experience is only beautiful ... beautiful ... beautiful ... :). Am I biased ... ;)) ... hell ! yes. And if you always wondered how awesome would it be ... well ! ask me .... AWESOME... AMAZING. Give it a try.
Its great to be back ... I am slowly getting over the holiday hangover... :). And look forward to loads of new posts on the blog ... new additions on our store soon. And look forward to hearing back from all of you... :)

Scooby ... a baby's story ...

Scooby... is one of  Sofiee and Aimee's best buddy ... they are like a storm in  the mornings in case we  get late in taking them to meet up at the lawns. If there can be a more delightful sight in the mornings ... than seeing Sofiee and Scooby run the entire length of the lawn outside our complex ... chasing each other ... well! I don't know of any. I have actually seen passersby stop their car's and bikes  to have a look at these kids enjoying themselves ... ofcourse with doses of ... 'watch it kiddos' ...barks from Aimee ( she is 6 yrs. and likes friends more her age) ... though secretly enjoying the attention from the kiddos. 

 Sadly, Scooby's family wants to find him another home ... and as upsetting as it is ... we are all coming together for the sake of Scooby ... to find him a loving home. A home forever. A home he'll be loved and be the apple of everyones eyes ... because that's the way it should be ...

Do join us ... help us ... prayers made a lot of difference when Doginder was in an accident  ... this time to we need prayers, for love and a home for Scooby. And our efforts will be as big as prayers... Please lets all come together ... and show that this matters to all of us ... we care ... everyone needs a home and a family ,no matter the species.

 Scooby needs us to to stand up for him ... he needs us ... lets find him a family, a home.

Annnnddddd we are online ... :)

 Here is a direct link to our website ... http://www.rajeesood.com/ ... a big thankyou to all of you ... for all the ... go girl  ... encouragement ... we look forward to growing slowly  ... and steadily ...  add a lot more to our collections .It is very difficult to decide when is the right time to come online ...  but hope you all enjoy our point of... lets do it now ...
Will look forward to hearing from all of you and thankyou all  ... all over again ... each one of you . :)))

Love
Rajee

And we are ready to come online ... :)

After all that talk about this and that ... Kanthas ... and vintage pieces and all the blah ... blah  ... that I get carried away with ... ;) ... I 'think' ... after a month and a half of self work ... I am ready to present to you our all new web site ...
So what is it you can look forward to .... ahhhm! ... well! I have the complete catalogue of Rajee Sood Home , for one...;). Definetly tons more of work needs to go in, but I'll sure keep addding in more features as we go along.
Will try to keep loads of more products coming in regularly. And as always ... drop me a mail to let me know how to improve.
And since it has been one heck of a story of the techonology challenged lady  ...  dealing with  all things technology ... :)) ... I think you can comfortably look forward to a biiiig post here about my blooper moments... :)
Its been loads of fun and so I really hope you'll drop by tommorrow to have peek into my new venture ... www.?????? ... ;)

A page out of my life ... :)

 Every time the packages get ready to be shipped out ... it is a moment of mixed emotions. I feel like adding in a big letter to all my customers to let them know how much their confidence in me ...  means. Hope I can always make shopping at Rajee Sood Home, exciting ... with new products added often.

 We are working hard at creating our website... to showcase more of our products.

  In the meanwhile, I am completely bowled over by the orders we receive ...   another shot of encouragement and support  comes from my shipping guy. I have to introduce you to him soon. He has been with me from the first day the first order got shipped out ... lol ... over the last couple of months of working with me ... he is super comfortable with packaging it himself the way I like it ... mind you he can now do a fab job of tying the ribbon bows... :)).  Never missing  to check that each package has the thank you card attached...

... as we  ship packages out ...  I am reminded ... that there are a bunch load of us ... starting from my vendors ... to my delivery boys ...  to my domestic help ... to the shipping guys ... their absolute unshakable trust in me and your confidence in my line of products ...

... here's to a great start of my venture ... thankyou for all your support ... and making it so exciting. Please do feel free to share your thought here ... would love to hear from  you.

Thankyou Femina ... :)

Thankyou Femina. It is really wonderful that Femina in its relaunch campaign is spotlighting on the the changing roles of women.And in focus are a few of us blogger women.
 I am completely bowled over with what they had to say about their new campaign ...
"For all the women you are" Femina's new brand campaign, we have chosen to put the spotlight on the modern Indian woman's expanding roles & changing equations at her Home, Workplace, Social space, Personal life & the Online space.

She is the Princess of all things -Shoes, She is Nobody's fool, She is the Wizard of Odds, She is the FeminaWoman!
Here's a video shot by Anurag Basu, featuring Kalki Koechlin celebrating the relaunch campaign. http://www.facebook.com/feminawoman?sk=app_238877759476704


Its kind of nice ... I'm sure a lot of women out there will agree with me... "I like the different roles I play in life ... I like that life has different options open for me ... I like the way my family understands me and supports me ... I feel happy being me.And I am sure that makes my family so much happier and healthier. I love my freedom to be ME ."
 Being the Femina's Blogger Bee ... Home Decor ... is really awesome. Thankyou Femina ... :)

Are you up to voting for me ... ;)

Prismma, the  interior and design, e-magazine ... not only announced their Stylish Home contest last month ... but guess what , Wooo hooo...! I got invited,to be part of it ...here's sharing with you all... that I am full on, part of the Indian homes across the globe that have found a feature in this contest ...
So ... ???...are you voting for me :):) ...??? :))... COME ON... , what's the fun in a contest,if there's no cheering and voting ... ;)
I sure promise to be a very sporting loser if I have to be and pretend let the best entry win ... but while it is still on  ... HELL!!! ... come on vote for me ... that's what friends are for  ... :):) ... Right ... :)
The rule book says ... you spread the word around ... share it on Face book ... mail it to your friends(make them vote for me too ;) ...)  ... and follow the link ... leave a comment( you have to do that) and vote for  Rajee to win.
 ... weee hee ... that simple eh! ... :)... so here's the linky ...

http://www.prismma.in/2798/rajees-stylish-home/

Hey ! and age no bar ... SOOOOO... ;);) ... VOTE ... VOTE ... VOTE FOR ME  ...
.................gosh! do I love this  ... :):)............... ;) ... Big Thankyou's in advance ...:)

Ah! the things novice do ... ;) my old work pictures ...

...sooooo, incase you are giggling at the pictures ... come on ... I was only 23 ... a yr. out of design school.and this was one of my first projects ... it taught me a lot ... including the fact that when s#@* hits the ceiling  ... its still gotta be you whose going to clean up  ... yep! in lot of ways made me grow up ...

... a picture that'll stay in my mind for as long as I live  ... the very first terrace I designed ... sure I was just the junior designer ... but the big guys at work helped me out in crisis and let me walk away with all the accolades ... ( so I was the baby of the office) got away with a lot stuff that could have other wise got me fired ... ;) ... Ah!and did I mention this terrace was on the 5th floor ...

... this was the area opening up to the terrace garden ... please don't ask me why that dining  ... the client freaked out over wanting a low table and the photograper discovered the  new addition of the chairs ... ;) ... well !  ... :):)

... would you believe me, painting that entrance door red and designing those  iron grills  was a lesson for me ... 'sweetheart ... no free hand sketches when dealing with guy who'll be making your pieces... design ... measure and specify ... or be ready for goof ups' ... courtsey my architect/designer friend ... sure she's reading this and gloating ... ;) ...

... my boss one day took me to the stinkiest slum ever and introduced me to a guy who carved out grinding stones (our kitchen variety)  ... his words ... "oh! you have those stepping stones planned out in that water body ... and that water fall ... well ! I found you the perfect solution ... use the stones this guy carves ,tell him what you want  and you'll be fine with that design concept of yours  ...  " , 'who MEEEE !!! tell him ... you kiddin' I have no clue what to do MYSELF' ... after getting out of there ... throwing up a few times ... crying my eyes red and puffy ... and still no more help coming forth my way ... I did it... :) ... couldn't locate the picture of that waterfall we managed out of the grinding stones ... but you can see the stepping stones ... which refused to set in cement ... ;);)

... after the project was ready to be handed over ... this window was my fav. spot  ... it looked on to that lil' pond out side ... lined with gorgeous petunia and palms ... and two waterfalls making that sound we all fall in love with ... :):)

Sure when you look back at the projects you did a couple of years ago ... and you go ... eeeeks ! I couldn't have done that ... (I do that all the time) ... but now I realise ... what I am today is all because of what I got to do all those years ago... sure I'll be yikes! ... and eeeks!  in afew years ... about a lot of things I do today... :):)... but its all fun cause I still love doing this stuff  ...

Hope you enjoyed a peek into my novice days ... sure go ahead you are free to eek ! and yike ... ;):)

Tea with my friends ... a sweet dreamy afternoon ... :)

''... Lets have a tea party like the grown ups do ... we'll have the finest tea and fancy cookies too ... we'll go around the neighbourhood inviting everyone ... lets have a tea party ... won't it be fun... '' won't that inspire you ... its one of Sarah's songs I stole ...;);)

... and yes, this post is completely dedicated to all my readers who silently enjoy my blog ... THANKYOU SO MUCH ... and everytime one of you gets inspired to leave me a comment ... believe me ... like I said in my last invite post ... it is really a ''Oh! my Gosh I never knew who all are reading my blog '' ...

... I  am a through and through romantic ... and I do love going over the top in doing things ... and for celebrations I even enjoy being impratical at times ...:):) ... Aaahwww! come on ... one life to live ... :):)

... so even though my garden was not all pretty and perfect ... moment the flowers began to bloom  ... I had to do this post ... I sooooooooooooooooo enjoyed it ... and my kids ( who finally actually had a tea party ... complete, with "can I have a spot of Tea ,please" ... oh! those lil' Tinkerbell's ... :)) ...

...here is my version of  a dreamy tea party in the garden ... a lot of matter of factly people say ... aaaah! is it really practical .... ssssssh! ... :):) ... it  doesn't have to be ... lets sit ... lets talk ... long sweet nothings ... lets have tea ... and lets forget the rest of the world for the moment ...

... so how long do you think setting up  this table setting in the garden took me ... aaa! any guessing ... :):) ... how about all of 15 min.'s  ... seriously no goofing around ...

... pull out your tea service  ... mix match ... co-ordinate  ... it 's a lot of fun... than ... a perfectly matched everything ... I even layered the table covering ... the uneven folds ( I love doing that ) ... especially tissue and organza fabrics can really add the lovely waves on your table if you sort of ... pile them on ... :) Plus the  transparent-sheer fabrics over any table cloth ... Hmmm ! feels fun to do ... :)

...  pansies ... a lil' additions out of pure whim ... and right out of my garden ... ( are you thinking my garden is loaded ) ... ;);) ... hell no ... just these few and some baskets of petunias ...

... If you enjoyed being over for tea with me ... I am going to wait to hear from you.Don't be anonymous any more drop by and tell me more about you... here's inviting you  over and excited to hear from you.

 For all my blogger friends ... here's inviting you all to join me by linking in and lets spread some fun over tea time ... ;)