Shabby Chic Interiors –Comfortable And Stylish

Love the lived in and comfortable feeling of the shabby chic style. It is very much popular, loved and definitely deserves a mention in my design blog. Old trunks and tables, textured fabrics and other refurbished furniture gives a nostalgic feeling.  The dull and muted subtle interiors with an accent object or a piece of furniture look outstanding. The shabby chic interiors shout out comfort and simplicity.

Shabby chic living room interiors 

Shabby chic accent piece

shabby chic kitchen @ iheartshabbychic blogspot

refurbished chair - apartmenttherapy.com

Creating a shabby chic interior is very easy and economical; you can use up lots of junk, refurbish and recreate a style of your own. I am getting into a crafty mode with shabby chic, what about you?

Cute And Creative Kids Bedroom Designs

I have been keeping buzy and its been a while i posted. It is children's day today and I came across these very cute bedroom designs. And  immediately knew what I wanted to share today :)

Merry go round storage design - Cute as a button

The sweet wagon bed just stole my heart and i wanted to be a kid again and have this in my bedroom.

Boho Chic - The Rebellious And Trendy Bohemian Style

The bohemian is kind of a subdued rebel(laid back and relaxed- a semi hippie style) who wants to break free  and live life on his own terms. The bohemian style represents a mix of everything with overflowing creativity, oozing with colors and a charm of its own. The bohemian style interiors have become a rage off late and I am a fan too.

bohemian living room

Boho Chic dressing room

Bohemian furniture from http://www.bokjadesign.com/

TARNETAR - A Get Together Of Colors, Energy And Joy

The tarnetar is a fair and festivity event that takes place at the Trinetreshwar temple in a small hamlet called tarnetar. It is situated in the south of Gujarat some 25 kms from Rajkot.

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

 The people from all over the saurashra region throng the fair wearing the best emroiderd colourfull clothes and the traditional jewelery. It is a festival of revelry. The place where this fair is celebrated is said to be the place where Draupadi choose Arjuna as her Husband after he won the matsyabhedam competition in her swayamwar.

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dav

The colorful and decorated chatris (umbrellas) signify a bachelor. The fair is also a place where the tribal youths look for suitable brides for themselves. 

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

Photo courtesy - Satyam Dave

The mela is full of mesmerizing colors, folk art, music, happy faces and fun. Visitors from far off places and even foreigners come over to visit and enjoy the revelry.

Buzzing Like The Busy Bees

With so many things to do life is certainly very busy, and I am happy with the fact that these days I don’t actually have time for any negativity or negative thoughts.I am actually blogging like the busy bees. It’s rightly said that an empty mind is a devils workshop, so I am trying to be an angel by keeping my self busy and its QED (quite easily done). Inspiration- you guessed it right the bees. They keep themselves busy but not without a reason!! After all, that hard work they put into building a beehive it is definitely a beauty and an amazing work of architecture.

Some beautiful jewelry on Etsy- with bumblebees and honeycomb patterns

Honey hoarder bee necklace

Opal Ring Flower Bee Filigree 

The Triumph Of Good Over Evil

Just seen RA-one the other day!! The kid says villains are k!ck@ss, and it is so very true. If villains are exciting to watch, the movie is more interesting and even more fun to watch. I doubt if that’s the case with RA-ONE but the villain in this case is much better than the hero G-ONE(it hurts to say that, I am a great SRK fan). Shahrukhs sweet and cute and adorable as shekhar subramanyam but with G-ONE : ( he is just not so convincing.

The villain also gets the best line- tum har sall raavan ko isiliye jalate ho, kyunki tumhe pata hai wo kabhi nahi marta

Shekhars(SRK) has cute habit of quoting anything and anyone from V Shantaram to the verses from Bhagwat Gita. The film gives out a clear message that good always wins over evil however handsome the evil looks ;)

Cute Hand Crafted Book Marks

Have been reading twilight these days and loving it!! Slogging on the computer and then reading a book can be torture to the eyes, so I make it a point not to read too much in one sitting. I have a small brown paper chip to keep between the pages so that I do not miss the page. Since I did not want to spend for a bookmark, I searched the net and found some novel ideas to craft out a book mark for my self.

:)) i can use this book mark for a hair band as well but i am not sure if it will be so gentle with the almost worn out pages of my book.

The origami book mark is unusual, have never seen something like this, it seems to be very easy to use and make.

Cute felt motifs stuck on to ice candy sticks!!Aren't these really cute bookmarks? Confused which one should i go for!! any suggestions? i guess i could make all three and use them alternatively :)

An Evening At An Art And Craft Mela – part II

Amazing clay work and statues sprawled across the grounds.  Soldiers, musicians, Villagers in traditional get ups and many more...

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© Preety Paranjape & D’zineDais

© Preety Paranjape & D’zineDais

humm ar you ready for some folk songs here!!
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Jewelery maker.. at work. 
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© Preety Paranjape & D’zineDais

© Preety Paranjape & D’zineDais

Stalls of jewellery displays in rows!! these stalls were stacked with women and i had a tough time getting a decent picture.. without any of the clamouring customers heads popping in between.

Flower vases and artificial flowers on.. ready for the home decor... 
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Different types of mukhvas (various flavored mouth fresheners) ... i bought mix pan, anardana and rose supari.. i got to taste most of the samples :)) delicious imli in different flavors and dried mangoes as well...

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A shoe stall.. couldn't believe the variety he had in such a small place, jutis, chappals, sandals, kolhapuris, jaipuris, oshos and the list is endless.

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At last there was a carpet corner(there too the display was good:)))...
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Finally we bargained the best price for a set of kullars (my friend was obsessed about buying them and was damn exited that shell be having tea in a kullar the next day)...I already had a list of items to buy in mind and left with a plan to visit again and shop some more....

An Evening At An Art And Craft Mela

Diwali is just round the corner and the markets are buzzing with activity!! An utsav 2011 mela was set up in the city and we planned a visit!! Its been just a while I started blogging and not yet used to taking my camera every where I go!! Thoughts definitely remain occupied thinking about the blog and what to post next!!  So finally without a camera and a mobile with a low battery I managed as many pics as I could. Now here I am compensating the quality of pics with quantity!!

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 Just as you enter a sea of lots and lots of crockery’s, mugs and pots and lots of pottery meets the eye.

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The mela was full of fun, food, flowers, colors and lights. The shopkeepers displayed their goods with such amazing skills that would put a designer to shame.

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It was no high-end home décor Shoppe with great lighting. It was just an open space and the products were placed on the ground. But the display and beauty and the artistry was just matchless.

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Artistic diyas (oil and wick lights) these are the ones where you can light the multiple diyas fill the center with water and float flowers in it! – remember deepavali is a festival of lights. I was disappointed not to find any rangoli colors. Ill have to get them from elsewhere.

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A small shop with floating diyas lit up and kept for display really made me feel like Diwali was here!! 

To be continued..

Get Your Walls Some Trendy Tattoos

Thought tattoos were only for the body? I thought so until I chanced upon these extremely creative decals and the innovative ways in which they are used.

Replace the Christmas tree

Love the contrast here

Get rid of the carpets and replace with a tattoo

Furniture/wall tattoo

Look Into The Future

Now if only some body could make a gadget that could do that. Here is a video I found on you tube and felt like WOW!! Its like creating your world around a gadget!! What all things it can do!! Even stand on the table like a flower vase.

Any new technology, new concept and new gadget and we are ready to lap it up and feel awed and ogle with wonder. Sometimes I feel like all this is too much. Too much of dependence on gadgets, internet and surreal things. Only till I see another new mind boggling concept on the block! Way to go, isn’t it??