Inspiring Diwali

This Diwali I encourage you all to look around your home and be inspired and see the beauty in all the wonderful colors and decor that you have gathered over the years .....if you are busy and can't shop around ...why not mix and match what you have ...... what you love, bring it together and create that special corner that is unique on its own .....

Festive time should be fun and enjoying time with family ..... so take it easy and create some special corners .......get you kids involved and get your imagination go as creative as it can .....This Diwali promise yourself to enjoy your home with festivities and be thankful for all you have .....

I created this center piece from my collection ....Brass framed mirror, Moroccan candle stand, Wine glass turned into candle holder ......

 

Individual pieces are beautiful however when brought together it gives a new definition .....It's funny how one doesn't shop with a particular theme in mind at times .....and you still end up creating a corner you can enjoy.....

 

Hope these pics inspire you to create your special corner in your home.......

Fasting For Love

Happy Karva Chauth to all the lovely wife's fasting for their love of life ......

Happy Fall

Today was the first morning where we could feel the autumn in the air ...beautiful morning and beautiful fall decoration is what we saw this morning ..... we stopped to take some fall pics and I captured some for Niwas to share with you .....I think I can now say it finally ...."Happy Fall"

 

The woods are full of fairies;

 the sea is full of fish;

 the trees are full of golden leaves;

 let's make an autumn wish

 

Author: Anonymous

Ganesh Chaturthi

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi .....

Here is our simple celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi at Niwas ... some beautiful flowers, pretty fabric and the divine power of Ganesha ... May his grace be always with us ....

Janamastmi - Krishna's Birthday Celebration

ISKON does an awesome job with their invitations for Janamastmi each year ...This year the they opened the doors via card to a beautiful picture of  Krishna ...Each year we look forward to go to the celebration but this year the card made it even more exciting ....

The decor, music , sounds of instruments can be heard far far away from the temple and as you come close the chants draw you inside the temple .......you enter to a peaceful and calming statues of Radhe Krishna and the gorgeous decor with fresh flowers make it even more special.

The park outisde the temple is turned into vatika and just like India you have small booths that share Krishna's stories ...

There is a booth where you can feed the cow , a message board to wish Krishna Happy Birthday .....Havan kund and more. Prasad is made with love and good spirit which you can take in the food and the smiling faces of the volunteers.

It's amazing feeling to see everyone celebrating and happy and dance away on this special birthday of Lord Krishna.

Rakhi - Made with Love

A little bit of ribbon, a few yards gotta, some beads and some flower .....but lots of love ... We do have the option of buying Rakhi here in US however the love and warmth that goes in making Rakhi for your brother is a special feeling ...I don't believe in something elaborate ...but just something simple and sweet just like how are brothers are ....

My niece(who is just six) and I made these Rakhi this year and it was so much fun deciding with what we think our brothers will like. She was making it for her brother and decide on pink from her side and yellow from her sisters side who is just two.....and I decide to go with gotta ones ...

Making them was easy but fun part was decide on combinations and cracking jokes ....my mom mentioned my niece being so excited about making her own Rakhi .....I love the fact she enjoys it and every year gets more excited than last year :)

This is what we finally came up with and we think we did a great job .. our brothers though the same too ...Let's see what do you all think ? Hope everyone had a Happy Rakhi and they got to either see their brother or talk to them ...

Sun and Shadow

7:30 AM  half asleep I sat on the sofa and was still waking myself up when I noticed sun shining through the door and windows ....and I saw an image on the wall that I had never seen before ...It was the shadow that I recognized but wasn't sure how was is being formed ....that was enough to wake me up and get up grab my camera before Miss Sunlight moved on ...Buddha shadow was an awesome decor in our house this morning for just a few minutes ....

as Miss sunlight moved on I took a last picture of the shadow as I wasn't sure when will I get to see this decor again...