Monday 7 November 2011

pinning my interests...

...something that has been keeping me completely occupied these days!

Pinterest is a visual board style photo-sharing platform, where users can categorize their inspirations under various topics.

The best part is with just the 'Pin-It' button on your browser you can pin all your inspirations to your Pinterest page, while you surf the internet.

Here are screenshots of some of my boards.

A board for 'My Style' on interior design...

An inner page with my recent pin...

You can follow me archanasr on Pinterest as well! Let's share and get inspired!

Sunday 6 November 2011

Give-Away, Painted Pieces

Anniversary GiveAway!

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I would like to send each of YOU, my followers, a personal hand-written Thank You note and explain what you mean to me for this past year. I have had so much wonderful feedback from you on all my projects from little to large. It really feels good to know that others appreciate what I do and maybe I have even inspired YOU to do the same.

On November 14th, I will celebrate ONE YEAR of my Forever

Friday 4 November 2011

Give-Away

Lucky Day!

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I wanted to share a really lucky day that I had last Tuesday AND why it could be YOUR lucky day soon!

I went to my clients home to decorate but had to be at my local spa by 3pm for a discount party, since I was treating myself to a massage the very next day, I wanted it at a discount if I could...and I did.

Anyway, I was getting ready to leave after I paid for my purchases (make-up, massage and

Before and After

A Bunch of Before & Afters IV

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I decided to keep better track of my projects with combining each in a simple collage of Before and After. Here is a sample of past projects.

NOTE: You should be able to click on most of the pictures to enlarge to see further details.
These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tab
Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps On The

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Decor, Diwali, My Home

Glorious Diwali

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For me its whole new meaning of celebrating Diwali in my new home. The last month was like roller-coaster ride. I was busy doing every possible thing that I could do for Diwali preparation.From cleaning every corner and nook of home to decorating it with my own artifacts, from preparing sweets and dishes to making gift boxes for family and friends. And I enjoyed this hectic schedule a lot. I was on cloud nine when I heard words of appreciation. Joy and happiness on my family's face was my biggest reward and it took away all my weariness.

Though I couldn't find time to click all the pics when I lit all the diyas and tea light candles but as soon as I got time I just started clicking images because I wanted to cherish this moments all my life.
Lets have a virtual tour of my home....come on in....

Colourful rangoli to welcome Goddess Laxmi and to my guests.

Floating rangoli and floating candles creating warm and inviting ambience.

Flower & mango leaf toran with backdrop of fairy lights.

Designer diyas made by me all around my home to light up the space and to light up me in glory.

Serenity near holy basil plant. It looked wonderful with fairy lights changing its colour every second.

Shri Ganesh and Laxmi idol ......beauty and tranquility.

One of my fav click of last year's Diwali.

And a gift box made by me to spread happiness and cheerfulness among loved ones.

Have a lovely weekend ahead friends and stay creative!!!

Tuesday 1 November 2011

Diamonds In The Rough, Painted Pieces, Tables

Cherry Blossom Table

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It's different

It's petite

It's oak

It's old

I cleaned it up, decoupaged sheet music on top and painted a Cherry Blossom branch.

Before

NOTE: You should be able to click on most of the pictures to enlarge to see further details.
These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tab
Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps On The

Monday 31 October 2011

2011 Fall kitchen, DIY shelves, pumpkins, roosters

Fall in the Kitchen!

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Happy Halloween! Do you have your bucket of candy ready by the front door? Are you dressing up? Jax can't wait to turn into Batman! John and I won't be dressing up tonight ... we had our fun this past weekend at a fabulous party hosted by our great neighbors. Can you guess who we are?! The super cool stick on bling letters on my purse should give you a hint. LOL

I thought I'd inundate you with our Fall kitchen today ... hope you're not busy because I've included a *la-hot* of pics:

I love adding huge arrangements to the island and thought a copper vase might be a nice Fall accent, too (found at Home Goods):

A glass vase I had on hand holds a battery operated candle that I wrapped in twine and nestled in corn. In the background, you can see a simple lantern filled with pumpkins, guords and leaves:

Splashes of Fall fill this side of the kitchen, too:

I used my fancy schmancy cheap-o craft scissors (from Michaels) to cut labels for the canisters ... I then wrote on them with my chalkpaint markers and attached them with just a drop of hot glue:

And, of course, you *have* to have a yummy candle burning! My faves are by Slatkin & Co. (from Bath and Body Works) ... currently burning "Spice." Bath and Body works also now sells these cute metal candle holders with many different holiday versions to choose from ...

I found this cute red roo at Kirkland's:

And, up above, our soffit is filled with white pumpkins, wheat and muted Fall garland, which I tucked lights into, as well. Love seeing it lit up at night:

Moving on around, another counter holds more Fall embellishments. As you can see, here's another roo, but I've sadly suffocated this one in glass cloche (sorry, little fella):

More canisters are filled with items and colors that remind me of Fall:

And, over on the other side, I'm SO loving my new DIY shelves!

Yup, I've already re-tweaked the shelves since I first showed them to you last week (surprise, surprise):

I found the picture at GoodWill for $2! I really only wanted it for the chunky "beat up" frame, but decided to keep the pear art in there for now:

Another Good Will score is the large, round wicker platter. I bought 2 of them for $3! I also decided to fill a cream pitcher with tall branches to balance the height of the items on the soffit on the other side: