Keep Calm and Blog

Found this here. It reminds me of my blog...oh how much I miss blogging!!!    *sigh* *sigh*

Cutting Chai

I love coasters. Recently made these coasters and named them "cutting chai" as they are made of "cutting" wastes :D and I am more of a chai person!   

Holi & Happiness

In a newsletter from Sanjeev Kapoor, I read the recipe of Carrot Jam. Sounded exciting and healthy as well! Ingredients were pretty basic except from something called as "pectin". In search of pectin, I discovered many other interesting aspects in the world of ingredients. But unfortunately couldn't source the pectin **sigh**sigh** 

Today, being the day of colors, I thought I should make the carrot jam be it without pectin. And here it happens...! I don't want to praise myself, but husband says "it's yummy"! :)

Find recipe here, though I have made my own version of the jam garnished with sliced almonds and colorful sugar balls from Arife La Moulde @ Crawford Market

While I was googling for pectin, I read about edible glitter. Exciting! I wanted to have one pack for myself and in search of this I reached Arife La Moulde, Shop # 556, Crawford Market, a shop that keeps the very famous edible glitter manufactured by Wilton in the US. But **sigh**sigh** it was out of stock. And instead of the edible glitter I bought these edible colorful sugar balls to make my dishes colorful. 

It's the arrival of spring and its the 

Holi Happiness! 

Loads of wishes to all of you on the festival of Colors! 

and 

Happy Women's Day! 

to all the women of the world.

Tassel-ed

I've been tassel-struck lately...!! 

 

Pictures show detail of the shopping bags that I'm currently working on.

PS: Just realized that blogspot.com changed to blogspot.in!!! aarrgghhh !! :|

SOCH : some new bags

Many of us have grown up with these kitschy colors, typical patterns, gallant textures and strong weaves... 

Yes! I'm talking about the Solapur chaddars! 

Worked on some new SOCH bags recently...

Unlike the boring rectangles, tried some ergonomic and trendy shapes. What do you think about them?

 More of SOCH here and here.

Pantone COY 2012

Rusty-Orangy year it is, as per Miss Pantone! 

A super energy boost! But, I couldn't find this color in my pantone fan... and then I realized that 17-1463 Tangerine Tango is one of the 75 new colors introduced few months back!! It's time to get updated!!!

01012012 :)

Wishes for much happiness and awesomeness on the way...

Aarti :)

Hello with Hearts

Hello! Hello!! It was a long period of hibernation over  my blog! But now I'm back all refreshed for the new year...

Today is a special day, it's the day of celebrating one year of our love! Its our First Wedding Anniversary! 
Few days back, I was looking for heart shaped chocolates at Fantasie, but to my utter disappointment, I was told that heart shaped chocolates are made only during Valentine season :( Motifs of love are not like Christmas which have time span every year. Ideally they should be available all round the year... what say?!
Anyways, so I decided to  make various hearts at home... some edible and some decorative :)

So here are some cutlet hearts and quilled hearts which made a fab beginning of the day!

Diwali Greetings

Happy Diwali!!

Made this e-card for Diwali this year! 

In past few months, the magnitude of my blogging has reduced enormously :( and I am not liking it! May be it is the post wedding effect of being busy with added responsibilities, which I am sort of liking :) !!

Well well, it was my first Diwali with all new specialties celebrated in Nashik, but I missed my home town Solapur very much! Missed doing the rangoli on a tiny tile, missed my lil niece and nephew, missed the pooja and pan-supari, missed the family gatherings, missed my friends over an ice-cream and missed every bit of the Diwali in Solapur! 

Happy Birthday Abba | Happy Dasara

 My dearest abba (grandpa) turned 80 today!! A very Happy birthday to him!

 

(last years snap with abba, mom dad and brother:)

 and wishes for Dasara! (Saraswati pooja @ home today:)

May the good triumph over the evil!