The Wedding Invite!!!

Wedding invites are the first impression.... a taste of whats to come... the thing that sets the tone for your wedding... so its a very very important that you get it right!

Here in India, we are so used to the super traditional red and gold cards with Lord Ganesha on the cover... not that i have anything against the traditional but sometimes i just wish that people could break thru the barriers and make their wedding just about "them". especially the love marriages... use things that are exclusively about you, your love story your romance... 

Jill and Matt have done just that..... its just the sweetest idea ever..... 

Andrew McDonald and the Story of his Camera

My first few days on Pinterest and i bump into Andrew.... Wish i had seen this earlier when i had actually lost my camera... not that any auto rickshaw drivers check the web belongings lost in their vehicles... but still... would have been a fun way to tell everyone i had lost my camera as opposed to the boring facebook status!!!

So here is to Andrew who i doubt got back his camera but surely got a load of followers... here is a link to his website... he actually is children's book author from Melbourne. 

He was recently included in the Cleo bachelor of the year list, and they interviewed him for it. If you think these pictures are funny you have to read the interview.... at this link: interview!!!!

Was that funny or was that funny!!!!!!!

i think that was funny!!!!

Button Art turned Glamorous!

So in my travels on the internet i had found these really cute button art works.... 

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Living with Punks!

Now the first and second not so tough.... the in between one.... that's a whole other story!!! So i decided i loved the alphabet button art... something so personal about it.... except i didn't have any buttons... now fabrics papers sequins color pencils all these things i have... but buttons... not so much!!! 

So i had to improvise..... i practically ransacked all my art boxes and pulled out some shiny gold sequins   ( just didn't know how to spell that!!! i spent 10 minutes on http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sequins to get the right spelling!!!!!)

Now that we've got that out of the way... lets start with the tutorial... so yeah its not as easy as it looks and its also time consuming.... maybe the buttons since they are bigger may not take as much time but these teenie tiny little itsy bitsy sequins and my tv..... easily three hours!!!!

First off we need to sketch out the alphabet.... I choose "A" since hubby and i both start off with it... 

I did this freehand... but i strongly recommend either tracing it from a printed letter or measuring it out....

..... i put some glue on a paper and opened my packet of sequins near it so it was fast and easy to apply the glue to the sequins....

..... that's my forever helpful tweezer.... its makes the job less messy....

....one sequins at a time.....

..... about 40 mins down....

.... one hour forty minutes.....

.... two and a half hours.....

.....finally!!!

i tried taking the picture in the auto setting so i got this color.... i like it but not as much as the one below...

This image i took in daylight setting and i love it!!!

Which one do you like???

i know i know its not got that colorful playful feel of the button art... but its so shiny and glamorous don't u think?

Paneer Mushroom Something!

Food is my meditation....

really cooking makes me happy and calm.... happy is easy but being calm for me is a task... i really got to work on it all the time!!! See i am by nature a super active super impatient person (ask my mum!!) and just sitting down and relaxing just being... thats difficult...

But thanks to the great Australian master chef show...

Matt Gary and George

.......i started cooking.... and i realized just how relaxed i felt.... taking a recipe off the net... and adding to it... or just taking something my mum made or my mum in law made and then adding my two bits to it.... seeing the final product on a plate and setting it in front of my approving husband.... good relaxed calm feeling!!!!!

So you will see some fancy recipes i tried out as well as some simple lunches i make for myself when the hubby is at work....

Here is todays simple cottage cheese and mushroom lunch!

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First a little olive oil.... for healthier reasons!

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add some crushed garlic..... two reasons: 1 the peel comes off more easily and 2 the garlic tastes better....

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chillies..... i get this from my mum who gets it from her dad!!!!!

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some chopped up spring onion.... i love love love these!

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my bai (maid) makes some fresh paneer (cottage cheese) for me every other day...

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I had some left over mushrooms from the birthday party so i chopped them up....

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I also love mustard sauce.... hubby hates it so i usually use it for my lone lunches!

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a little salt and pepper!

And ta-da!!!!

My paneer mushroom healthy lunch!

with a few wafers and a breezer!!! hey its still healthy!!!!

please check all links (via- below each image), it could take you to a fun recipe!

if you try this let me know how you liked it :)