Haul time!!

Today I am going to share with u all,some of the goodies that my husband brought for me,from abroad.Since I am an avid cosmetics lover,cosmetics have to be in our list.Today ,among other things I am only sharing ones that come under cosmetics.After all these short abroad trips ,are not bad ,especially for the wives :) !!
Here are the large ones,

Oh ,yes they are really jumbo.I just love these.
The Vaseline cocoa radiant moisturiser is huge.
And about the Aveeno one,I just love Aveeno products for their quality and variety in affordable prices.
The Olay body wash is just gorgeous.
So these are the skin products.Now comes the hair ones.Since i am not a frequent user of hair styling  products,my hair products are pretty much limited within mostly shampoos and conditioners only.Here are they,

These are the travel size Neutrogena shampoo and conditioner.
The other one though is a styling product,its Sauve keratin infusion serum,that I intend to use now as my hair is naturally very frizzy and dry.Hope  that helps.
The next one is a lip product .Its a Covergirl blastflipstick in shade flashy.

Anyways that's it for today.I hope to do some reviews of these,after using these for a while.Bye all...and a lot more posts are on the way.

My blog,
I am back after a long long gap,and it seems to be an age since I have blogged. Actually I have been quite busy these days a lot of things are happening in my life in last few months.Firstly we have relocated to an entirely different city.And thus all my time has gone into settling up afresh.Moreover, in the meantime we had to tackle an abroad trip also.So lately there has been a lot of packing of bags  and travel on short notices.Now ,I don't want anymore tedious packing except for the short relaxing holiday trips.
Anyways I am sorry for the long gap ,but I am hoping for blogging more regularly and frequently.

Hey friends,I might have been away from posting for a long time.Actually I have been working on a lot of projects together.here is one that I have finished just last week.
Its a embroidery ,kantha embroidery on a blouse piece.For all who are not much aware of this kantha stitch embroidery,here are some facts.
This is Kantha embroidery.West Bengal,a state in eastern India is famous for this craft.The craft has been around for hundreds of years in India and was born out of necessity.It has always been popular amongst rural women who keep the tradition of this special craft alive. This type of embroidery was initially created on old used fabric like old Saree's(Indian dress ).Kantha can be translated as ‘patched cloth’ although in the ancient language of Sanskrit and with a slight spelling variation, Kantha also means ‘rags’. To the people of Bengal, the word is associated with ‘embroidered quilt’ .People often recycled their favorite garments/fabric to make a new quilt to protect them in winter.
Kantha embroidery has a long history and is believed to have arisen with the way Bengali women mended old clothes. They would take out strands of thread from the borders of their colorful sarees and then create simple designs with them. The creations were known by different titles depending on the item they created. These names included Lepkantha and Sujni Kantha. Another simple fact for the development of Kantha embroidery was to be used as a blanket to beat the cold of the winter months in this north-eastern part of India. There are in fact 7 forms of Kantha embroidery in West Bengal.
These days new cloth/fabric is used,Saree's/cushion covers/bed covers/are all done using Kantha embroidery.A running stitch is used creatively to form beautiful patterns on the fabric.Floral motifs,bird/animal motifs are used.Rural women engage in this craft and every day life is depicted in the design. Cloth is layered and held together by the Kantha stitch.Kantha embroidery is a hit with tourists in west Bengal and it truly is a work of art.

So I used the same stitch to adorn a boring single color blouse to an attractive one.I stitched the motifs on the arms.Thread here used are from  anchor cotton threads.

Just a little goodies bag

Hi all,this is just a little paper goodies bag that I made for a friend on her birthday to present the gift.it was super easy .I used the bag to hold a  nail polish from Elle18.And along with it I gave her a chocolate bar from Cadbury's temptation(wrapped in red wrapping paper).

As for the bag I used plain white card stock and folded to form the bag.At the bottom ,pasted a dark purple CS and scalloped the edge with scalloped  scissors.The handle is done with mauve ribbon that remained in my stash for a long and I found a place to use it,so here it goes.

It’s a very easy to make and hope I might try to decorate this a bit more which I couldn't do because of time.

Thank you so much for stopping by with your lovely comments..It means a lot to me.

Until next time…

Have a nice day… creativebee.

Watermelon Juice

Now that the summers are here,the wet sultry weather has taken over,its time for the chilled juices,lassies and all.And with summers,one fruit which always arrives in the summers are watermelons.




Of course there are mangoes too, but they are not yet available in that great quality,moreover,watermelon is a thirst and heat reducer. We usually have watermelons cut into large crescents with a sprinkling of chaat masala and black salt. sometimes they are made into juices also especially because its damn easy to make.


The only tiresome part of making the juice is removing the seeds. but i still its manageable.

Ingredients
1 watermelon
 2-3 tbsp or sugar (optional)
black salt - a pinch
chaat masala - optional
ice cubes


Instructions
1.chop the watermelon.
2.remove the seeds.
3.in a blender add the chopped watermelon , sugar and black salt.
4.blend well.
5.serve in glasses topped with ice cubes.
6.optionally you can also add some chaat masala  while serving the juice.

So easy-peezy and quick to make refreshing watermelon juice is ready…. a coolant recipe for the summers.
Enjoy!!!!