HURRAY !!!! I WON A GIVEAWAY

Hello ,
lovely people , how are you doing ,belated Happy Thanksgiving to you
I guess  you lovely ladies must be a  busy bee now days ,
as the Christmas is just on the way , loads of things to make and bake and decorate , off course.
i was held with my studies , but i surely missed you all a lot , i often had a short stroll thru your blog land homes.

here is my first ever giveaway win , i recieved it three weeks back but had the oppertunity to open it , just last night , [ as i was away and i told , my folks not to touch it till i do that myself ]
i won this beautiful , hand crochet potholder made by lovely Paula at http://confessionsofacrochetpatternslut.blogspot.com/

  she is a very talented friend , have a hand for lovely
crocheted beauties. thank you Paula , thankx for taking all the pains for posting it all the way from USA.


I have received these lovely post card of her place too .
Hmmmmmm ...... how lucky and happy i am .
in her last post she has made cute little monkeys and lovely wine bottle bags , she is sweet enough to even share some of her pattens , have a look yourself  by clicking on her link in my post.
I AM THINKING OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS


I shall share with you in my next post and lots other goodies , i am busy in making for the holiday season .
 guess I am  more sure of gifting handmade things this Christmas.


hope to hear from your soooooooooooooon

                                                   LUV
                                             RACHANA

                                         

BLESSING SQUARE : 15 - 16

BLESSING SQUARES : 15

TEA

Dear lovely people ,
how are you doing this weekend , i have been too much behind in finishing my sampler i started along with blessing squares , anyways its better to be late then never.
this square i have finished a while ago , sipping tea with my darling momma.
i love tea , who doesn't .
i like my tea to me moderate in sugar , with a  dash of skimmed milk .
its such a heavenly drink , i am not as such addicted to tea but i do take 2 cups of tea a day.and one solid cup of coffee , i like my tea / coffee in nice tall mugs ..............even if i actually fill them half or even lesser .....
i cant imagine to kick start my day without a cup of tea.

from past few weeks i am experimenting with green tea, it is believed to do good for people with high blood   pressure and heart disease,
 and yesss a rich source of antioxidants too , indirectly ,if taken in moderation it can keep our skin glowing .
what are you favourite teas??

RANDOM PICS OF MY TEA \ COFFEE MUGS :

BLESSING SQUARE

NEIGHBOURHOOD

At home , we live in a very friendly and beautiful neighbourhood .
and all our neighbours are aunts and uncles . some of them are like family to us in a way that we share  good and bad both times with love .
its amazing how people form a bond with each other , i guess its the cord of love .
we share meals and special dishes , picles and home grown veggitables with each other.
celebrate festivals together ,
and most of the young men and lad are up and about helping any of the neighboring aunt with a helping hand .
i pray that LOrd bless my neighbours and keep them .
as His word says ; LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF.

ohhhh girlies ...... i need a cup of tea  {CHAI - as it is called in India } now .
offff to kitchen

have a happy  and blessed weekend
please share what all you like the most about your neighbourhood , thru a comment or a like to your post , i always love to hear from you , you make my day.

                                                     LUV
                                              RACHANA

HEARTS........................

Hello lovely people ,
how are you all doing in the season of fall,
with loads of dry leaves and fewer and fewer flowers in the garden,
I love the crunchy sound of dry leaves under my feet as i walk thru my green patch......
yes , its still greeny green  .Life is going good and heactic both at the same time for me .
no matter how busy we get , there are some things we simply love to do , and i love to read all the posts from you all , lovely ladies there and all the happy , crafty , decor blogs i follow.

If i dont do somthing crafty for a while , i start getting restless ,then i knew that its time and i need to fix it . few days back i was simply sitting and suddenly felt my skippy hearty , jumping to make something crafty . I landed up making lots of these simple yet happy ORIGAMI hearts .
I couldnt help , but to share them with you , this is my first ever tutorial and please let me know if i can make it more better we all love hearts , in all forms , shapes , textures and colours ...... isn't it .i hvae these step by step pictures of ..... how to fold .....

I simply made a string of hearts with a piece of left over jute and hanged it .

you can a lot with these ORIGAMI HEARTS , i have used them for writting simple sweet

messages for mom , leveing them to the coener table next to her bed and they did brought smiles to her lovely face .

i have used them as the gift tags or simply glued them to the gift box.

as the festivity of Christmas in nearing they come handy at times .

hope you all enjoyed these lil hearts .i look forward to hear from you and may be you can come with many more crafty uses of them. i would love to learn from you.

Tea rose home is having a linky party at her blog and these the simple one

has to follow to link to the linky party

1. Please post something YOU made. It doesn't matter if it is crochet, quilt, clothing, anything would be fine. I want to see it! If you use someone's idea or patterns please give them the rightful credit.

2. Link to your specific post, that way it is easier for everybody to find and read it.

I have linked my ORIGAMI HEART to the linky party

HAVE A GREAT DAY

LUV

RACHANA

Flee Market Finds of the week

Hello ,
 dear lovely people , how are you doing .
I have been busy in past 2-3 weeks with my friend's dadz sickness.
God has been graceful enough and he a sucessful  coronary artery bypass graft surgery ,
and seems to be doing wel.
Now as all is wel and i missed you all a lot ,  i use to visit the blogyland , but havent posted any thing so .... please excuse me . i know you understand !!!!!!!!.
I have few knic knaks from my FMS , [ ie , flee market shopping ].

This pretty pair of porcelin tuskies ,I found on my casual stroll to the market ,

My actual intension was to buy some fruits and bread for the next days breakfast ,

as i saw this lovely pair of elephants i simply fel in love with them , and they were

costing me pennies , thou i was not sure where and how i will be using them but ....

you all know that such beauties do come handy at times .

i went ahead and brought them .

When i finished wrapping the tuskies to the warmth of papers , at that very time i saw these bunnies hiding behind the pile of coffee mugs , ohhh my , how could i mis them ,

i guess they too wanted to tag along and then they did came home along with the happy pair of tuskies. one more pair in my bunny gang.

what was your FMS in the near past , please do share ,

have a happy day

LUV

RACHANA

PURPLE DELIGHTS OF THE WEEK

Dear lovely people ,
hope you are having a great weekend ,
ladies i want to thank you for your lovely comments and appreciation as you visit me , they mean a lot to me .

Hey it seems i am inhabiting the blogyland too much now a days .
Look at this ...... three posts in three days ..... awwww.. unbelivable.
I am doing it ..... wooow.

As i simply want to talk to you all , and this week my place was surrounded with purple delights . it all started with the culprit bedsheet of mine , and in order to give company to my bedsheet , i started pilling all scattered purples around it ,here are few pics for you .

This is my first ever granny square , four small ones , joined together.

This is somthing i read about the shades of purple ......


Nature of Purple:



Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious. Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool color it has both warm and cool properties. A purple room can boost a child's imagination or an artist's creativity. Too much purple, like blue, could result in moodiness.
 
 

 
This is the pic of my mom's saree { mom is the shy model here }. I brought this for her from MRIGNAYANI EMPORIUM  [ a Madhya Pradesh State Emporium ]
 
 

PLEASE DO TEL ME , YOUR COLOUR DELIGHT OF THE WEEK .

                                                                              
                                                                       
                                                                  LUV
                         RACHANA

 

MY CRAFTY HEART

HELLO ,
LOVELY PEOPLE ,

I HAD A HARD DAY AT WORK , WITH  UNCOMFORTABLE EXCHANGES OF DIALOGUES .... WHICH LEFT ME WITH A HEAVY HEART. 

BUT AS THE BIBLE TEACHES , I NEEDED TO FORGIVE AND IN DOING SO I NEEDED TO FORGET.....AND
FORGIVE TOOOOO

HMMMMMMMMMMM............................

WEL , WHAT TO DO .......ESCAPISM IS NOT MY WAY .

THE ONE RESORT OF ALL TROUBLE AFTER BEING ON  MY KNEES.....

IS MY CRAFTY ..... SKKIPY ......HEART .

I HAVE BEING MUCH INSPIRED BY SO MANY OF YOU TALENTED GALS OVER THER IN THE BLOGY

LAND. I THOUGHT I SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY .

AND I CAME OUT WITH THIS SKIPPY ..... CRAFTY ......HEART.

I HAD THIS BROWN    CLOTH , IT HAS LOVELY GOLDEN BLOCK PRINTS OVER IT.

"Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which, despite their best intentions, people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And he invites us all to forgive each other

"Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame--and pain--in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

LUV

RACHANA