Website Review: Socktail

We are living in a digital age and e-commerce has gained an important place in our lives. 

people love online shopping because of the convenience. You don't need to bother about driving and then finding parking space, over crowded stores, locating a product in store and then after purchasing the product standing in a long queue at billing counter. Lots of hassle isn't it. 

That is why people prefer online shopping...just few clicks and product of your choice will be delivered at your door step.

Now if I say that website I am going to introduce to you is something very different from other online shopping portals, you must be scratching your head. Presenting to you........... 

Socktail

About Socktail:  Though socktail was started as online furniture store but very soon they will launch decor, and DIY sections as well. The ultimate goal is to have a social shopping platform for passionate about furniture, home decor and DIY. 

Features:  Now why I said it's different from other e-commerce websites because it is packed with some very useful features. Lets have a look what these features are:

1. Connect:  This feature lets you connect easily with other shoppers and designers as well. You can find me here, checkout my profile click here and lets connect there too :)

- Create profile and share your work with thousands of their visitors. 

- Follow other users and connect with them by commenting on their collections/creations.

- Invite your admirers from Facebook and make your own social network here.

2. Share: This enables you to share your ideas and get ideas from others. 

- Write guest posts, articles, design ideas and get more fan following.

- Bookmark your posts/creations/pics and attract more visitors to your blog.

- Bookmark your findings on internet and make your collections on our website.

- Arrange your bookmarks in lists/albums/collections.

3. Shop: If you are an artist, crafter or designer you can sell your product here in this section.

- Setup your store and Sell your creations.

- Shop furniture and home decor products from other sellers and brands. 

So what you were doing on three different websites till date, now you can do all those things at one place- Socktail. It's hassle free, easy to navigate and loaded with wonderful and useful features. I have registered myself on Socktail and truly loving it. I liked the collection of furniture available there. I am eyeing few of them. Sharing some images just for you.  

Don't you want to check out some more beautiful furniture designs and don't miss the opportunity to connect with other designers and shoppers. Head over to Socktail and give some treat to your eyes. I am so sure that you will going to love all the three features on Socktail. Do I need to say that Pinterest, Stumbleupon and Etsy all these three are at one place now. Come join me.... waiting for you there!!

Link: Socktail

Coming up next on 3D is a lovely and warm space. Stay tuned!!

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Vintage Pedestals

I gotta say

        I


       LOVE


          THESE 


            PEDESTALS!



I was given them from a friend. She wanted me to fix them up and sell them and split the money with her. Well, that is not what happened! Here is what they looked like when I received them...





 I cleaned them, glued areas where they were breaking apart, and noted all the cool detail...





 I realized

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Inspiring Eminent Artist: Vaishali Rastogi

Artist feature on Design Decor & Disha after a long time and trust me you will not believe that artwork done by this artist is actually a 3D quilling. Let me first introduce you to an amazing quilling artist Vaishali Rastogi. She left me speechless, I am really unable to describe her distinct style, intricate work and painstaking process involve in making every piece and hence Vaishali herself is enlightening us about her art.

I am Vaishali Rastogi, a 3D quilling artist. Thank you Disha for featuring me in your blog.
I was born and brought up in Meerut, U.P. and got married in 2013 in Lucknow- city of my present stay. Since childhood I was very fond of arts and crafts. 

It was in my Chartered Accountancy (CA) finals when I realized my passion for handicrafts. Not being much interested in CA, I dropped it and joined one year diploma in arts and crafts from Delhi.

I first saw a Youtube video on quilling while searching for something and got extremely fascinated by it. So,I decided to try it.
My first quilling creation was a 2D Photo Frame here is the image.....

 The second time I tried a 3D form of Kathakali Dancer and this too came out really well. Have a look....

Since then, I keep on striving to explore myself more in this art form. I can share from my experience, that Quilling itself is a time consuming technique. Doing it in 3D with extremely intricate detailing really takes a lot of patience, time, concentration and hard work. I put all my efforts and try to give more than 100% in every project and finalize it only when I am completely satisfied.

Completing a 3D project, like the ones I have made, takes me around 2 months working an average of 5-6 hours daily. Talking about my future endeavors, I want to achieve excellence in 3D quilling and want to see myself as one of the best Quilling artist.

Everyone is invited to visit my Facebook page named “Kagaz Kala Creations by Vaishali”.
You can get in touch with me for any queries and feedback on Facebook or through my e-mail rastogi.vaishali@gmail.com. 

She is truly a blessed artist. I am amazed with her energy and dedication for her work. One more reason to love Handmade. If you also love handmade then don't forget to visit her Facebook page and spread some love by liking her page. 

Catch up with all the other Inspiring Artist featured on 3D Click Here

Coming up next on blog is about a website that is combination of some most surfed websites on internet. Exciting yaa!!

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Barn Wood Wall Art & Basement

I loved this piece as soon as I saw it finished.





the back story
I work a few hours a week
 doing accounting for a custom home builder.












His wife (and my good friend) was doing this work, but just gave birth to baby number 4! Another boy! Needless to say, she has her hands full, so using my accounting background, I started working last November. I do it because I get to enjoy

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GoodHomes Contest Winner!!

There were lot of entries and each one of them was very beautiful and special. I liked them all that is why all those entries are part of my video 'Yeh Mera Ghar'.

 For jury it was a tough job to pick just one from so many enchanting spaces but they chose one that was the best fit for the contest theme. And dear readers hold your breath, the winner of GoodHomes colour contest is.......

Congratulations Vandana Choudhury!!

Dear readers do you want to see her beautiful and vibrant space. Here are the images of Vandana's ethnic Indian home......

Such lovely space!! I can spend my day looking at these lovely images :)))
Vandana I request you to please send me your address and contact details ASAP!!

Thanks once again to everyone who participated in the contest. Coming up next beautiful spaces on 3D so stay tuned.

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Design Inspiration For Monsoon With Dell Venue

You must have seen my earlier post on how Venue is helping me in blogging. Today I am 

sharing some design inspiration for monsoon using Dell Venue.

Monsoon has already arrived and I know I am posting this very late but then too I can't help sharing this with you all. I wanted to do something in my living room that goes well with this lovely season. I have one wall that is bare, dull and ugly or I can say it's like my blank canvas where I can play with my imaginations and do you know Dell's Venue has been a great help. I can visualize my ideas and imagination so well with the help of Venue tab. It has made my blogging and designing much easy.

I had some ideas in my mind to jazz up that wall, so I just clicked the image of the wall and then used Venue and searched some art prints/paintings suitable for monsoon. Then I tried different  pictures and their orientation on wall and that I did on Venue tab only. It gave me fare idea that which orientation will look good. Here are some orientations that I tried. Below is image of bare wall............

Now these are some orientation that I tried. Easy for me to choose one from these.

Next I planned to changed the look of my sofa. I wanted something that perks up my room instantly and adds the cheer. Then adding cushions according to the season is the easiest way to change the overall look. Here is what I did that too with the help of Venue. Here is my sofa that is in desperate need for some change...

And here is how I wanted it to look like.........

Next thing was to give coffee table a look that is according to the monsoon. I wanted to add either shells or pebbles. Now trying both the arrangements actually with one super active kid in tow was a time consuming process. Venue came to rescue at this point too. I clicked images and tried to visualize my ideas. Here is what I did... some images from internet and some image editing.....viola!! Venue tab gave me fare idea about the best possible look of my coffee table for monsoon.

Now that I know what will going to look good in my living let me gear up to make these changes as soon as possible for the monsoon (before it ends....finger crossed).

Did you make some changes in your decor for monsoon. Please let me know!!

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Our New Sitting Room ...

Greetings, friends!

Thanks again so much for your kind comments about our new foyer!  Since we're still hanging out here in our entry, I thought I'd share our sitting room.

While we appreciated the builder "upgrading" the sitting area off of the foyer by enclosing it and making it a "study," we decided to somewhat undo that upgrade by opening it back up a bit.

TA DAAAA!  We had a local contractor widen the opening and add columns:

You see, because we have a two story foyer, we just felt that having one simple door really didn't do anything for the space ... we wanted it to have a bit more impact to balance the soaring ceilings.  

THERE, that's better, isn't it?! We're LOVING the change, and it made me excited to really get going to finish the room!  So, come on in our little sitting room, already splashed with Fall!

I've loved the 4 chair configuration for a long time and was happy to be able to do that in this space!  Of course, I have to thank IKEA because of their extremely budget-friendly Ektorp Jennylund chairs!  

They're really comfy and the additional slipcovers (in a variety of colors) are beyond reasonably priced, as well, making it easy to change them out to suit the seasons or your mood!  And, because you're saving so much moola, it makes it easier to add new curtains in a pretty fabric, without the guilt!  

You might remember our bookcase from the sitting room in our old house.  We thought about putting it in the office upstairs in this house, BUT, it's such a great focal point, that we decided to go ahead and keep it downstairs in this room.

Plus, it's a great place to add our Fall goodies!

Our postcard art still flanks the bookcase, with added sconces this time around:

Another piece making an encore appearance from the sitting room in our old house is our accent chest (from Kirkland's):

We look forward to eventually adding art to each side:

A cute, Fall printable added to a frame I had on hand (am locating the source):

Finally, a simple vase full of cotton (from Kirkland's) completes our seasonal look:

And, there you have it ... our little sitting room!  I look forward to continuing our new home tour with you soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

I'm partying with:

Savvy Southern Style/WUW

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