Share your Holiday Home

ACK! I am so excited! It’s time to start thinking CHRISTMAS!!! Yahoo!! YES, I know…Thanksgiving comes first. I love Thanksgiving as much as the next person…but November 1st really signals the start of the holidays for me. So I get to dream, swoon and plan for them starting today. :) I am THRILLED to share a fun event some of my beautiful bloggy friends and I have thrown together – I guess you

Weekend Wrap Up - Wk 4

Where?? Oh! Where has the weekend gone?? This weekend started with a mixed bags of emotions.... We are still recovering from the happenings of last week. Life sometimes is tuff and totally unpredicable. *sigh*

I went on a super shopping spree with my cousin. We started from 8am on Friday morning and returned home at 9pm. Honestly... only the two of us could do this!! We had a fabulous time, from buying t-shirts to diwali decor to chaise lounge and pretty red rug *smiles*




And finally, the house looked cleaner... I am the queen of de-cluttering, cleaning, clearing and sorting.. I love .. love doing this!! And if you call it a compulsive disorder... so be it!!




With the backdrop of our Halloween Decor, we tried a few - different table-top arrangements for Diwali. We went on to decide and discuss, what we will be upto next weekend.... from how many lanterns, to where the lamps & diyas should be placed... to lights on trees.. Totally fulfilling!!




Oh.. and back to my shopping spree... I got these two little ducks from a little shop in Karama!! I've been searching high & low for these ducks... and when I saw them.. I simply had to have them... Dont they look gorgeous in my garden??




And I found this frog?? I keep thinking he will turn into a handsome prince... An outdoor post is long overdue... *grin*

I'd love to see you at the Weekend Wrap Up Party !! This is how you join in -

1. Do a 'Weekend Wrap Up' post on your blog. It has to be 'your' photograph !! (post atleast one picture... its nice to see!!)
   
   



2. No images from other websites or magazines please!! This is about YOU.





3. Link back to my blog.... only as a courtesy, so we have more people joining the party.





4. Copy the 'permalink' from your 'Weekend Wrap Up' post (not the link to the front page of your blog).





5. Add your 'permalink' to the 'inlinkz' at the bottom of this post.





6. Click the link before you. Don’t forget to comment and if you like the blog, please follow.

The link is open for 3 days… so get your act together! my love!! … Let us know what you did over the weekend.. We’d love to know you better!!

Any questions, email me on torresp27@hotmail.com.

Please note, you DO NOT have to be a follower of my blog to join the party.. I'd love to see you here!! For all my non blogger friends, please email me on torresp27@hotmail.com pictures and a write up of your Weekend happenings… and I’d love to see you here!!

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Autumn in Indiana

Hello there! Hope your Halloween weekend is going beautifully! A couple of weeks ago, my Sis and I took a day off from the decluttering around here to take in some of the fall beauty around us. It was her last day before heading to her new job and my last day having her around all day. :( Sniff. I do love being with her – I don’t just use her for manual labor. ;) I’m so proud to be a born

Diwali inspirations

A few inspirations from last year!! I miss my old house... By this time I normally have a plan for up to Christmas.. gifts wrapped, decor decided, cleaning done.. etc.. etc.. *grin* I'm running late this year.. (very late)...

I love floating candles.. and my Diwali is incomplete without floating candles..

Lighting up my life...

With my Halloween decor in the background... its difficult to concentrate on Diwali... *smiles*

A few rangolis.. I still have to find my stencils.. and arrange for the colours.. *sigh* I have so much to do!!

Hope all your preparations are going well.. and you guys have done your shopping! I'm linking into these link parties!

Hope you are inspired.. to have loads of floating candles around you...

Do join in the Weekend Wrap Up on Monday!!

So cheap it’s scary

Can you believe Halloween is just days away? The days are going by SO FAST! I’m so excited for Monday though – November 1st is the first day I really allow myself to start thinking about Christmas. And I have a fun holiday event I’ll be announcing on Monday that you won’t want to miss! ;) So anyway, we’ve had Halloween all over the place for a while now, but I’ve let the Bub kind of take over.

Giveaway winners!

Hello there! I wanted to make sure to announce the winners from the TWO fabulous giveaways last week!

The winner of the Holiday with Matthew Mead “bookazine” is Heather at rcadenhead (at) gmail (dot) com.

Remember if you’d like to order your own copy, you can do that here.

The winner of The Rusted Chain giveaway is Amy from The Hay House! 

Congrats to both of you!

Send me an email at

A Little More Spooking

Oh my, it's been a while since I posted!

If they were giving out awards for bloggers I think that I would certainly be in the running for The Slacker Award. Real life has a way of interrupting my creativity and blogging, as I'm sure it does for you too. And so, in an effort to avoid the notorious award, I am posting a few Halloween photos from around my home---because if I waited much longer I truly would be awarded The Slacker (hmmm, I'm trying to envision just how that award would look).I hope you enjoy seeing some of the feathered and long-legged friends that have invaded our house.

Happy Halloween Weekend To You!!!

Revel in the Burst of Colours, this Diwali

Patty, this is especially for you ! Today's post is all about the colours that make festivities special :)

During the festive season; my most favourite activity is making the rangoli. Be it a regular South Indian 'kolam' or the more elaborate and intricate rangoli - I see it as a piece of art and as an expression of myself!!

A rangoli design reflects the creator's passion, and his/her personality. It is a mirror of the creator's hardwork and eye for detail. A design does not have to be big or really complicated; for it to look beautiful and aesthetic. All it needs is the right colour combination and a steady hand; and even the simplest of patterns can stand out marvellously !! Oh and did I mention Patience? You need loads of it :):) The slower and steadier you let the powders trickle through your fingers, the neater your design will appear.

Here's the Rangoli I made for Diwali last year using a glittery powder :)

I am immensely drawn towards the simplicity of geometric and floral patterns !! - I just adore them !! Which is why you'll see so many such motifs repeat themselves often in my designs. And hey, always remember that repetition of a motif or a pattern within a design always looks striking.

I have sketched out three designs especially for you blog readers at Colour Dekor to try out this Diwali.

You can also view many more designs as well as snippets of my creativity at http://raagfusion.blogspot.com/2009/10/rangoli-designs-for-diwali.html

With that, I
would like to wish all of you a Shubh Deepavali ! May this festival of lights
bring hope, cheer and lots of happiness in your lives and yep, don't forget to
chuck that diet and eat lots of sweets!! :)

Welcome to Crazy Town

First of all, my husband is a SAINT. Really. On any given day when I’m working on a project, he comes home to my messes, the house torn apart and everything looking different than it did when he left in the morning. When he takes business trips for days at a time – forget about it. I think he wonders if he’ll even come home to the same house.He’s been dealing with my DOCD/DADD (put the “

Bollywood Weekend ~ ~ Shanthi

Over to Shanthi ~

OH MY GOD It's THE WEEKEND!!!!!

U will soon realise WHY? This year 24th Oct - the UN day is being celebrated as world children's day in our county. I signed up for the Indian part. I said yes, it being a special day ( My little Princess Shreya's B'day). For the first time she is not home and so I decided to celebrate it with the other kids. Theme being bollywood workshop (not decided by me :-)) It was a group of 10 teenagers assisting me to make this happen.

Friday : Had a kick off at 2.00 PM , back home at 7.00 and made salmon fry marinated in Italian dressing, Sambhar and Rice. No Pics, was too tired and as I am new to blogging, I forget to document :-).

Saturday: Started off with an early breakfast of Dosa and Sambhar.


Back to the pavilion. Per our handyman was there and so were the others in the group.

An elephant in the making

The show clock

my designer skills - the lehangas I designed for my daughter, cousins and friends.

At 6.00 PM we (our family) rushed to a dinner invite at Haakon and eli's place , together with whom we own a boat. People say that Aas ( the place I live) has Verdens Beste Himmelen - the world's most beautiful sky. Will post some spectacular sunsets as they unfold in future.

Haakon had a fresh catch and was very proud about it

Another autumn table setting, A beautiful house - I will feature it when I start serious blogging.

A three course menu

A seafood Paella - Haakon makes it evey year for Eli on her B'day - 27th Oct. Happy B'day Eli. Did u recognise the red guy. Oops!!! all the veggies please excuse us :-)

Went into the Balcony for some fresh air and this awesome guy was waiting for me.

Sunday: Came home at 12.30 AM and hmmmmm.... straight barged into the kitchen making these cute things and about 700 of them till 7.30 in the morning.Bravo Shanthi!!!!

Buzzzzzzz went the telephone at 10.00 - people frantically looking for me. The show begins at 12.00

Mr. Balachandran from the Indian embassy did the honors of lighting the lamp

Not a Mystery chest :-)

Kids and Parents had great fun doing the Bollywood moves

ofcourse people said our's was the best :-).

Hmmmm..... I guess by now You are all as tired as I am :-). Let's call it a day now, Thanks Patty for posting this one.
Thank God it is Monday !!!!!!!! :-)