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I am contented.
I feel blessed.
I am thankful.

27.01.2008 

A quick craft for a holiday afternoon

Yes! When the parents are away, the husband's out to catch up with a friend, a granny who loves to keep herself busy sewing and a 15 month old who decided to nap early, there's always time for a nice craft...I can always think reuse, recycle and use!
A cluttered kitchen and a simple image did the trick for me. The inspiration was from Ella's kitchen company.
I will let the pictures do the talking. kutti "r" might wake up any time and I dont want to postpone posting yet another entry on my blog which is edging to reach 50 :)

Here's my little kitchen caddy man which is liquid proof - yes, it doesnt matter if the oil/sauce spills and if water runs to kiss my little caddy man :)

The Birthday post - part 1

This post was due long back...And I have my own excuses of why I couldnt put earlier.
kutti "r" s fascination for aliens was documented already here! and that became the theme for his FIRST birthday!!! I was obsessed and possessed with ALIENS!!! and you can see them all here...every one of them handmade....
If you have a theme in mind your little one loves, I would be absolutely glad to help you plan, design and make it happen :) Leave me a comment if you would like a sprinkle of magic :)
Let's get to the picture post!

I have a whole lot of pictures coming up, check back for invites, favors and more :) Oh! we repeated the theme at Coimbatore - V's native...YES! We had two celebrations....one in namma Bengaluru and the other one in our very own Kovai :)
Stay tuned....

My first win on the blogosphere!

This was supposed to be earlier on the posting list.
I was elated as soon as Mindful Meanderings chose my entry as the winner of the December Artsy Craftsy challenge in 2011. A great way to end a year and a beautiful beginning for 2012.
Thanks to Shruti and fellow bloggers!
And here I proudly show off my newly earned first award!!!

Cheers to Artsy Craftsy :)

Cricket theme party - quick and easy

V’s nephew was turning 14 the morning of December 24, 2011 and I was helping my co-sister by cooking a few dishes for her son S’s party at their place... The order for a humble 2 kg cake was given at the local Iyengar bakery…but I had to make it special for our little master who has always been fond of playing cricket…Picking up a couple of items from the neighboring grocery store, some newspaper, especially the sports section helped us put together a quick theme - CRICKET! J

If you have a little master at your home and if you wanna make it fun for him…here you go… One of the quick, cost-effective and easy to do themes...Creativity is the limit...Please share your link if you have tried anything on these lines...I would love to take a look into your grey matter.

For the cake topper - Wafer biscuit, Milky way choco choo, yam yam and a box of peanut candies.  It's all look and tell for me. The picture should help you out. 

The bat was made from milky way choco choo. The outer part for the bat base and the inner choco for the handle. The pre-ordered cake became the field and the wafer turned into the pitch. Yam yam sticks stood as the stumps on either side and the little reddish peanut candy said, I'll play ball. 

For the banner - newspaper clippings made way into the banner. Take a bunch of color paper sheets, chop chop pictures of the cricket sport and glue them on. Fill in the blank spaces with letters, punch holes in the corner and tie them up.

You may want to have a guessing game for the little fellas as long as you know who's who. Cricket is not my religion and I don't know all the Gods!

For the gift wrapper - Take an old newspaper, glue on the excess clippings post the banner use. Put a big smile, pat yourself for not wasting money on the wrapper that's going to the trash bin and say "Happy Birthday" as you give the gift!

What should I do?

A cold morning...

Narrow lanes with houses closely packed looked warm... 

The smell of freshly laid cow dung filled the air along with the scent of the wet earth that filled my senses, the morning dew were still on the little patches of grass that were strewn here and there on the so called side walks...

I recognised a familiar face walking in the opposite direction....

The face of the grocer who runs a humble grocery store right across my apartment.

Apart from being a regular shopper at his store, I have had no opportunity of meeting him outside his space.

As he walked by me, I wished to smile and looked at him

I saw his face dropped down as he passed me...

Would he have smiled in response if I had smiled the very first instance I saw him and recognised him? 

Would he have smiled if I had taken the little extra effort to greet him the cold morning?

There are these several instances where we come across people and just dont know how to react or there's this tiny time lag in responding....only to realise that, the instance has gone....

Oh Meluhan! - WIP

Loving the Shiva triology...
It's been almost a few months since I finished reading both - The Immortals of Meluha and The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi and the Meluhan has had such a mesmerizing effect on me...that I had to start sketching my version of HIM!

"Har Har Mahadev"