Online Art Gallery AnYahh and Giveaway

"Art washes away from soul the dust of everyday life."

                                                                                      - Pablo Picasso

An artist can relate to this statement very well. But I think even if you aren't an artist or painter, Art does affect the mind and brain of viewers too. Art has a powerful and positive effect on our mind and soul, it awakens and activates the senses, it stimulates the brain. 
Visual arts are like a feast for the eyes.
 Today on my blog, I am featuring an art gallery that is a feast for the eyes in the true sense. Dear readers introducing AnYahh art gallery,  an art gallery that aspires to give each person the privilege to own and appreciate real art. Now if I tell that you too can have an art or painting on very affordable rates, I know you will dance in joy :) Lets have a look of what they have in store for you.

In their own words, "Our goal is to unravel the realms of art to all who desire to aesthetically enhance their lives with art. We assist art lovers in the acquisition of affordable art collectibles and cater to collectors, corporate organizations and clients who require customized work".

AnYahh showcases a diverse selection of contemporary works by emerging artists. You can browse through their gallery and can pick a piece that reflects you.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Choose the Art that fits your home, your style and enhances the look and feel of your abode. A painting not only adds color in the home, but it also boosts the artistic taste. AnYahh offers you the best, whether you are looking for a traditional artwork or a contemporary style painting, or even seeking to customize a piece of art. 

Other than the paintings they have a beautiful collection of home decor and personal accessories. Browse through their 'Art Collectibles' section and you will be tempted to buy all of their collections. 

Giveaway

Now let me share a piece of news. I have recently got featured on the Hindustan Times Estate in a list of top Indian interior design bloggers and I have over 1555 fans on Facebook page now. That calls for celebration isn't it. So in association with AnYahh I would like to give away one of my lucky readers something from AnYahh's mesmerizing collection. 

What you have to do, to enter this giveaway:

Go ahead and check out their entire collection and let me know what you like the most. I will pick the lucky winner randomly. 

Now have a look what I have picked for you. One lucky winner will get any one of these:

1). Jewelry Box

OR

2). Serving Tray

OR

3) Set of Two Mugs & 2 Coasters

                                              With one more art mug 

Hurry readers, giveaway offer will end on 15th Dec. 

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MacKenzie Childs Inspired Christmas Deer

Is it a gift or a curse? And it happens a lot...




I am wondering down the aisle at Hobby Lobby and see this...


It's a Christmas ornament. A harmless plastic deer head with glittered antlers. But my mind is saying...



This could be a much cooler Christmas wall hanging

 with an influence from my favorite Courtly Check

 of MacKenzie Childs!




After purchasing it,
I painted the head

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Crazy AWESOME Decor Ideas!

For years, Hubby and I have been counting collection and making the deposit for our church.






And our church has been growing



Which has caused some remodeling to happen



We also have some young and hip



people on our staff



And with that comes




Old bibles and twine!


Some Crazy AWESOME Decor Ideas that I found 



Simply by walking by their offices!



These people amaze me

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Ruined Art?...Make New!

What do you get









 when you mix a little boy









 with dimensional art? 













Initially, I had made this dimensional art (below) 

for a friends new home...



I simply took blank canvas' and after painting with acrylic paint, I glued on the plastic flowers in various sizes. It's up in the kid's living room and it became a game of "hit the art with balls and see how many

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Anniverasry Wall Art Tribute and a Love Story!

It's the year of my 20th anniversary!


I know a lot of people my age have been married a lot longer than that, but I have been blessed to have FINALLY found the perfect mate for me...after a dud or two or three or four! Not marriages mind you!



I have decided to tell you how we met and during this process, tell you how I made this Anniversary Wall Art Tribute!



Background, I married my

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Lets Decorate Your Walls

Wall is your blank canvas in your home. Decorating a wall can give life to your space. Having a cold blank wall shows your dull personality. Be little creative and transform your place from stark to stunning. There are various elements that you can add to make a wall more alive:

Wall Decals: To enhance the beauty of your space and to adorn your wall, wall decals are easy and cheap way to give a face lift to any dull space. It's like sticker just peel it and stick it to wall. Wall decal looks elegant and go well with any kind of decor style.

Image: Mine

Wallpaper: Wallpaper can easily adds texture and pattern to the wall and looks very elegant. It enhances the overall appearance of room by adding color to it. Wallpapers come in varied patterns and textures. Choose the one that go well with the rest of the decor of your room.

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Paint: For instant wall makeover paint the wall with bold color to add interest and character. Painting one wall in bold and rest of the walls in similar lighter tone is a way to create focal point in any room. Add some texture to it or stenciling a wall is also a best idea to make a difference.

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Framed Art/Mirror: Putting framed art or mirror on the wall is always a simple and instant way to give a new look to a wall. Hang a single big piece or make a cluster of it. It will certainly adorn the wall. Where art adds color to the wall, mirror makes space look bigger and brighter. Make a picture wall of your own family photographs to give it a personal touch.

Image: Mine

Wall Cladding: Wall cladding is another option for adding drama to decor. It is basically covering a whole wall with same material. Wood is one classic and elegant material. Other cladding materials are leather, fabric, coconut husk, bamboo and metal. Overdoing it can spoil the look, so choose only one wall for wall cladding.

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Shelves: Shelves are better option to choose from as it not only enhances the beauty of wall but serves as a storage also. It can change the appearance of room dramatically. These days shelves are available in various shapes and designs some are trendy and some are classic and elegant. Display your collection or put some books it will never fail to make room appear stylish and classy.

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One more beautiful and out of the box idea for wall shelving is here:

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Wall Hangings: These are age old element that instantly add pattern to wall. You can buy wall hangings that can blend well with your decor or you can just make one by your own. You can use fabric, tapestry, quilt, saree, dupatta or any other old cloth that you are not using any more. Just be little creative and hang these on wall to make a statement.

Image: Mine

Wall Art/Murals: Wall art can be a great fun. Paint anything you love like floral motif, figure, silhouette, birds, scenery or anything interesting to add a personal touch the wall. Mural is one more option to add texture to the wall.

Image: Mine

Lighting also plays an important role. So don't forget to install some nice wall sconces to add warmth to your walls. Happy Decorating!!

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CopyCat Art

I can not take credit for this design. Credit goes to Doreen's blog of Hymns and Verses! When I first saw her tutorial on a Valentine's canvas HERE, where she actually gives the templates to use, I knew that this would be the perfect wedding gift to my daughter's dear friend. This is the one that Doreen made and shared...




I wanted to make my own spin on this by adding color first to the

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Art from Sharpie Pens!

If you are like me, you learn so much on what others share via blogs and Pinterest that there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to study it all or even begin to make it.






I do find however, that there are some things that peak my interest so much, especially when it is this simple and fun.





See, the plate? A really simple and fun project that even the kids can get in on.

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Roses are magnetic!

I adore the look of silver and have made many displays using my collection of silver pieces.




This is surely not a new idea, but I wanted something to put in my booth for sale that was fun and functional.





I already had some silver trays but needed to come up with some kind of magnets that were...pretty!





Using old sheet music, I cut it into circles and made these sweet roses. I

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Let's Talk Chalk - Beware!

 Let's talk chalk!








I recently did a post on a Free curb side find HERE. A huge framed art. The frame was beautiful; the art, not so much! Anyway, I transformed it into this trendy chalkboard...


Using the above pictured Bistro Chalk Markers, I did a simple drawing for Thanksgiving. After that was over, I used a damp rag to wipe away the chalk. I was intending to do a different

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Wall Makeover : Wall With Personal Touch

This is the very first makeover of my place that I started from foyer. Come on and first have a look at before and after of the entrance.

What a wonderful difference. I am totally loving it. Images are not doing justice though :-(

Now the story of this wall transformation goes like this.........

In my home I want everything with my personal touch or I can say everything made by or done by me. I am on way to fill colors in my home (my blank canvas) and I started from foyer. First I thought of stenciling the wall and one more idea was to draw a free hand design. So just for a rough idea I came up with these two images. Sent these pics to my sister and she gave me go ahead with freehand design.

I wanted the color of wall to be bright as the entrance to my home is little cozy and dark. I chose lot of bright colors and then zeroed in on this mango yellow. My li'l one was ready to lend his helping hand for sanding, priming, painting and designing the wall. 4 Yr old and did it so well that I was just amazed to see everything he has done. Kids these days are very smart :-)

Then I drew freehand design on the wall and started filling brown color to it. 

Though it was freehand design I wanted to give it a look of stencil. For Lotus I was confused between white and red color. White looked better..........

Steps involve in making leaves..........

Here's a look after filling color but something was missing........

Filled golden color in leaves veins and it looked perfect.

 Here is the completed wall ....looking bright and beautiful.......but still something is missing......

Idea clicked and I'm ready with my weapons and lil' one is busy clicking progress of the work.

Here comes the complete look. Look that gave me full satisfaction. It turned out far more better than my imagination. And here I wanted to let all my friends know that this sunburst mirror is also my creation and I created it in only 3hrs because I was in hurry to complete this wall as soon as possible (Sometimes I become so impatient).

It feels great, wonderful, amazing when you see your own creations everywhere around your dwelling.

This wall is so me. Everything on this wall describes me. Sometimes a just sit and keep admiring the beauty of this wall....crazy me ;)

Let me know your views and ideas about this wall.
Click the link below for Sunburst mirror tutorial:
Sunburst Mirror Tutorial
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My little piece of nature!

traditional porch design by new york architect Crisp ArchitectsHave you ever noticed all the ANTLERS in room decor these days? There is a wonderful website with a wealth of beautiful homes called, houzz.com, and you can search photos with anything you are looking for. Since I have seen tons of antlers in room decorating, I decided to do a search and see the UNexpected and expected. See if you can

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Framed Rose Print Serendipity!

To me, it is serendipity when things just fall into place or when I am at the right place, at the right time.

This is the case with my framed rose print.

I came across a beautiful old rose print that had damaged edges and the previous owner folded the sides to make it fit another frame. I have a thing for roses, especially vintage.



I knew that I would need to sacrifice some of the print if I

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The Nest Is Best!

This is a quick little craft that took me no time.

It started with a vintage white ironstone Johnson Brothers gravy boat and attached oval saucer. NOTE: This saucer was attached by the manufacturer and can not be removed.

I really loved the lines and color of this piece and instead of selling it in my booth, I decided to make it into...


 a sweet nesting complete with eggs.




All I had to do

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Quick Change Beauty!

Do you ever feel like a Quick Change?


One that will make an impact that is pretty, easy and with 'stuff' that you already have on hand.

That is the case with this fun project. I was admiring my newly painted master bedroom (you can see more on that HERE), and I decided that it was time for a bit more change. I have a vintage oval frame from a garage sale that I painted white and added my

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Buyer's Remorse To Buyer's Rejoice!

Have you ever bought something and had buyer's remorse when you had time to think more clearly? This happened to me about a month ago.


I found two beautiful framed prints of topiarys. They were large and the frames were ornate. I paid too much for them to call them a DEAL, but overall the frames alone were worth the price.


One of the two prints

When I had time to step back and review my

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This and That at a Clients Home

I found this dark brown vinyl Laundry room art on Etsy. Then, I found the cute tan vinyl clothes pins from a different seller.  I ordered the two and combined them for wall art in my clients laundry room.

In her mud room, she wanted some art on the walls. This is the before picture of the built-ins in this room. Ignore the  stuff on the floor, I was bringing supplies in and she had baby stuff in

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Please Remove Your Shoes & A Clients Foyer

I can't say that this was my idea. I got the idea from Pinterest where there is a wealth of great ideas. I was initially overwhelmed with decorating a huge home by myself, but a friend that I helped decorate her new home recently told me, "You are the Queen of putting personality into a home!" (Thanks Lindsay) That is all it took to spur me on to this new project. So here is how I put personality

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Wall Flower Art

These plastic Wall Flowers are popular right now. Have you seen them?

I have a client that had these on the wall in her little daughter's bedroom. Since I was decorating this room, I needed this wall space for something else (I will share more on that in another post).

These flowers stick on the wall with peel and stick tape and it is very hard to get it off the wall without any wall damage.

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Adorn your walls....

Paint them, peel them, stencil them, plaster them, madhubani them, block-print them, hand-paint them, wall-paper them....Hand-painted elephant in Tibrawala Haveli, Bissau, Rajasthan. (See how the trunk forms the handrail)

Yes, I am talking about 'Walls'.The terracotta and white decorative patterns are inspired by houses in Magh.
Gone are the days when walls were plain and their purpose was to house paintings, today they are the paintings.

Bring in some rustic charm... Traditional wall decorations painted by the caftsmen from the Wadha community, Hodka, Kutch.
Interesting flat, stylised & geometric designs with birds & camel motifs painted on the outer walls in the villages of Baramsar & Roopsi, Kutch.
Family photosgraphs & religious images are embedded in the while plaster walls in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
(What a fantastic idea!) Terracotta tiles frame a niche in a house in Baramsar, Kutch where the cassette player is the only western amenity.Inlay work with antique mirrors & stylised flowers in Samode Palace, Rajasthan.
Lovely painted patterns in a private chapel in Goa. The trellised roof forms interesting shadows on stencilled walls in one of the homes in Goa.
Colourful Buddhist motifs in the mountainous region of northern India.

Or go contemporary/fusion with these design ideas...Bold colourful geometric patterns in Krsna Mehta's home.
Goldpainted leaf motifs on blue background in Krsna Mehta's residence.
Free flowing hand-painted design in film-maker Ram Madhvani's home.Feature wall with self gold floral print wall paper at Cafe' Penne designed by Payal Chopra. A sinuous bronze pattern on terracotta in Ram Madhvani's home.Foliage patterns in black & white designed by Tania Singh Khosla for Zanav Home.
Floral stencilled patterns in Mallika's room:-)

So what are you waiting for go wild with your imagination, the wall is your canvas, paint away...:-)

(images from Indian Style, home review magazine-vol6. issue3, inside outside magazine- july 2006, dec 2006 & jan 2007 issues)

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