Being Inspired .... :)

Texture on texture ... layering the lights ...

                                                    A bit of whimsy and tons of passion ...

 I hit upon a lovely article ... it sort of spoke what I feel ... in terms of entertaining ... yes, I am not the tissue paper, plastic ware and disposable thingie's kind of a person ... and many of us have loads of reason why we love it that way ... a passionate dislike for plastic being quite there on the top of the list ...

 ... aaaaanyways ... I really wanted to share it with many of my like minded readers ... but then me being me ... I like to share my own images ... so a quick dig into my archives and here pop a few shots from a shoot at a project of mine.

Even though this was a display set up.But seriously who doesn't feel awesome sitting at a table the hostess felt like making special for the company.For all the yesss 's out there ... do pop by and have a looky at this article ... here. As the it reads ... How To Host A Magazine- Worthy Dinner Party. ... ;)... be Inspired.

A Very Merry Christmas to you ...

... this Christmas ... things have been so crazy at our place ... I actually broke a 13 yr. old tradition of having our tree decked early Dec., woops ... I put it up just the other day ... but I couldn't help drapping it ... :) ... and the rest was left to the dad and his lil' girl gang. Aimee, Sarah and Sofiee ... :))Honestly, I no intervene ... and so even the tree has a santa hat ...
 Guess, it true ... kids have a very infectious way of spreading cheer ... even in the midst of crazy times ... thanks to my kids  ... it is Christmas in a big way ... this time too ... :) Now ... all we wish for in Gurgaon is ... let it snow ... let it snow ... ;)

Wish You All A Very Merry Christmas ... coming straight from our home to yours ... :)

And I am back ... ;))

 As much as I try ... this time of the year, does end up being ... exodus from bloggy world ... ;)) ... and yep! Madhavi, you were soooo ... right ... it was the lil' brats B'day. And though the house is all bare ... we had to gear up a little - bitty for the D day ... it was the day ... lil' pirate girls invaded us ... :))

And rolling up the tissues ... love ... love ... love ... so to please the pirate gang ... I went along with red ones ... and the entire table setting sort of just floated around it ... layers of table covering ... check ... check ... ;)) ...  greens ... check ... check ... :)) ...

Well! one big commitment of the season is over ... looks like I can slowly think of getting back to work ... and share some ... I -SUPER -LOVE, projects ... sure there was some upholstery work I experimented with ... weee-heeee ... coming up soon ... more Kantha love ... ;))

Sooooo ... while, I shake and stir myself up a bit ... here's leaving you with some quick shots of the reds again ... sorry, would have loved to not have ... so yellow a picture ... but gosh! ... ask any B'day kids mum ... what the moments before the gang arrives are like ... I 'm not sure which is more ... knots or gripes ...;))

Soooo, I shall be back real soon ... and you can trust me to get those pretty pic.'s of all the projects along ... :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

It was a fun Christmas this year ... :)

This Christmas was real good fun with the kids ... Sarah played host to all her friends ... but honestly I think we parents had a real ball ourselves. And we still got the NewYears to cheer about ... it sure feels like one long party ... I can't help lighting the candles every evening. It make sme feel so me ... :)
With temperatures dipping to 0 degree celsius ... it really is awesome ... now all I miss is some snow... :))
Hope your New Years plans  are all ready and  .... Ahmmm ! the list of resolutions as well ... ;))

Feliz Navidad ... :))

Somehow I always associated silverware with the feel of Christmas ... Hmmm ... wonder why ...

but then, my brass collection is increasing way faster and silverware, not really( I'd love to work on that) ... :) and sooo ... I find all my brass thingies out and I got over the patina look and polished some of them ... sure I am trying to figure out ... would it work ... will they all put together look Christmassy enough  ... or is it going to be a oh! so Diwali -a-look ... ??#$@

 I sure drool over all the conifers in all the pretty Christmas pictures that some really lovely blogs showcase ... guess junipers and mayur panki can do a fab job stepping in ...

 though most of the decor this year has been my 5 1/2 yrs. doing ...  but I find myself a few corners here and there ... ;))

We are off to celebrate the holidays ... have yourself a very Merry Christmas ...and a great New Year ... catch you all in 2012.
 ............  FELIZ NAVIDAD  ........

Time for some thankyou's and .... :):)

Some of the last few posts have been so amazing ... I can hardly believe myself ... and I know that I have a lot of you for  ... reading my blog ... enjoying the posts ... going click-click ... and leaving me such amazing comments ... the responses I got ... here on the blog ... the Facebook ... the Facebook Fan page ... are sooooo rewarding ...

  ... THANKYOU ... to all of you who joined in for the Tea Party ... it was good fun to see everyones version of our common passion ... Tea ... :)

And while I am here at the Thankyou Land :) ... I also want to thank all of you who have been soooo enthusiastic about my textile pick for Spring  .... I am completely overwhealmed by the response I have received from all of you . TO those of you who have received your pieces ... I hope you love them as much as I do.And for those of you who are waiting for your pieces to arrive ... I hope you'll enjoy them .

The beautiful words ... I have been sent by you are encouraging beyond imagination...

  ... I hope you'll all enjoy the soon to be launched online store of mine ... a very exclusive selection of my picks ... :):) ...

  ... Took these pictures for my article on whiteware for the March issue of Page7seven Magazine ... hope you enjoyed them .... :):)

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 ... ;)