GIVE - AWAY

Hello Lovelies,
I am really excited about this giveaway.... most of you know how it is ,
I got to be as its the first one ,for me and I am so much looking forward
to hear from you and welcome you all to join this.
I have some cute lil hamper for you girls.
I shall be having 2 lucky winners . one among my old follower friends
and one from my new followers ,

ALL lovely ladies are joining me here , I request you to please
leave a comment so that I can count you in .
you can comment on this or any coming post till 22 april midnight.

The GOODIES , i shall be including in the give away hamper will be any , or many things among the pictures I will be posting in this and coming posts ,so keep guessing and do tell me as wel , what thrills you the most in a gift hamper .

I appreciate , if you could mention my give away in your blogs .

So lovely ladies , I look forward to your response.

hope you all had a blessed PALM SUNDAY.

All you must be busy prepairing for EASTER i guess.

HAVE A GREAT DAY .

                         

                                                                      LUV
                                                                RACHANA

HELLLO

Hi ....
As i look back ...... soooooooon its going to a year i shall be celebrating my first bloggoversary .
on April 23 .it has been a joy to be the part of globally extended blogland family.
I came across many wonderful friends , each of them have been a blessing to me many ways .
Some of them have been wonderful teachers , i have learned a lot though many of your tutorials , and more i got to know you lovely people , the more i grew fond of you all.



I have got beautiful crocheting ideas from lovely Lucy at Attic24.typepad .com
from dear friend Paula of  Crochet & Cross Stitch Pattern Slut.blogspot.com
Many friends including Denise of Riverside Stitching .blogspot.com . I had a great time
joining stitch along like my 100 blessings [ though they are still unfinished , timing is a bit of a concern with my work ] i know you all understand that , but i am determined to complete the blessing project ......... at least by this year.
Dear Sue at Mrs.Twins has been very motivating , i yet to send her the crocheted squares.
i shall .... soon , many such lovely ladies has been great friends.

I guess i shall be announcing my FIRST GIVEAWAY to share my joy being one year old in blogland.

GIVE AWAY ;
 All are welcome to take part

1. ONE SHOULD TO BE A FOLLOWER .
2. LEAVE A COMMENT
3. IT WILL BE APPRECIATED IF YOU LET KNOW , WHICH POST YOU LIKED THE MOST.
4. GIVEAWAY CLOSES MY 22 APRIL MIDNIGHT.

Hope to hear from you lovely ladies , In my next post i shall be showing you ,
what all you will be getting in the give away.
HAPPY DAY

                                           
                                                           LUV
                                                     RACHANA

GLIMPSES OF FESTIVITY

Hello lovely people,
I am back after my nearly two month long sabbatical from the blogyland , i so dearly missed our warm conversations in this beauti ful work of blogyland.

hmmmm ...... i was pretty much taken over by my patients and the hospital and above all the crazy ... on and off.... cyber connectivity.
now i am back and missed you all more then i can say.
the winters are kind of, moving and i have also moved to a new place , i spent Christmas and new year with my parents and siblings with loads of eatings and meetings in my clan ,and off course lots of crafty exchanges.
I did my bit of crafting and will be sharing with you soon with
my first giveaway in February .
i believe you all had a great time too.
eager to hear from you .

                                      LUV
                                RACHANA

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