Aalamwaar and a GiveAway!

I heard from Jenny of Aalamwaar Textiles some time back, one of my favorite go to places for block print and kalamkari furnishings on the world wide web. Aalamwaar textiles has been conceptualized and is run by Viji Reddy, an award winning multi-media artist who is a painter, a ceramist and also a textile designer. Viji works with artisans in India to design and create exquisite products for contemporary living. I love their range of block prints, and their hand painted kalamkari fabrics are really like works of art. Take a look at the range right here...

If you liked what you saw, you would absolutely love what is coming next! Aalamwaar and An Indian Summer would like to welcome all you fabulous readers into 2013 by sponsoring and hosting a lovely giveaway! You get a chance to win this exquisite 20 by 20 silk pillow that has been hand painted using natural dyes. Yaay! 

This gorgeous pillow has been named Rainbow Fish :)

To enter the giveaway, here's what you need to do:

1. Leave a comment on facebook right here! Just make sure that your comment includes these two words: Rainbow and Fish :) Leave a poem, leave a limerick, leave a haiku, a little note - anything that comes to your mind, with Rainbow and Fish in it!

(make sure you are logged into facebook to do so)

2. To double your chances just leave a comment on this post too

3. That's it! Wait for result to be announced on 1st of February.

See ya next week folks! Make sure to leave that comment!

[All images: Aalamwaar]

  

Just in case you forgot

 It's 2013 folks!

Just how have you been, my dearest lovely readers?

I missed you

 And then I missed you some more

 So I ordered my mojo to stop gallivanting and report to me pronto

And the moment it did..

I sprinted, zipped, galloped

Back to you! 

I am back, my fabulous readers

Hope the year has kicked off well for you

I'll be seeing you

Frequently, regularly, often, and every other day! :)

Do drop in to say hello!

 

[Images from: Here and There]

   

Happy Holidays!

Hello my dear dear friends! I am sorry, I have been missing the past few weeks - family, friends and travel had taken over and I happily gave in. Also, in the last couple of weeks, tragic world and local events left me disturbed, and frankly, too angry to blog. I try not to vent on this blog, but such senseless acts of violence, such inhuman behavior - makes it very difficult to remain aloof and not get impacted. I just hope the coming new year sees more sense and humane order, and people understanding and internalizing the very basics of right vs. wrong.. 

Well,

I had to drop in before I sign off for the year. I have been missing you too, you guys! Personally, this year, has been a lovely year, and I look back fondly at all the travel I did, the fabulously creative people I met and the incredible friends I made. The last images on this blog for this year had to be my favorite images from two of my trips this year - the trip to Ladakh and the vacation to Kerala. I am again off to a tiny Himalayan village tomorrow, and shall duly report back with another set of visual travel memoirs :)

As I sign off for this year

Wish you, my fabulous readers, a wonderful wonderful holiday season

Here's hoping that the new year is 

Peaceful, progressive and happy for all of us!

See you in Jan 2013, folks

Be good :)

[Images: Taken by me]

     

For the love of God!

For God is in the details

It's the little things that have caught my eye today

Not the room

Not the ambiance

But the styling

This painting here

That arrangement there

This decor piece

Those flowers 

Hope these tidbits inspire you

As much as they inspired me :)

 

[All images from the fabulous Lonny]

As December Approaches..

...my wanderlust increases!

Not that it EVER abates

But the holiday season

Coupled with the cheer in the air

And the possibilities of vacation and travel

 Makes me hop skip, if only virtually for now

To lands far away.

I dropped into Spain this morning

And brought for you some cozy rooms

From one of my favorite mags

Elle

Ah those months when that fireplace would be lit up, and someone would be curled up on the couch, with one of those many books

 Love the zen and symmetry of this room

Mmm...such a warm bedroom! Love the idea of the painting behind the bed, though it won't be very convenient, right?

 Feels like a gentleman's bathroom this :)

 The charm of mismatched dining chairs..

What a lovely way to wake up, with sunlight streaming in!

Brilliant use of crates. So re-cr(e)atable! :D

 

Just so you know, I am lusting after that bed spread

That looks like an antique cloth on the wall. Or is it a painting?

You can never go wrong with pink and blue. Sure shot way to prettiness.

[All images from Elle]

P.S: A quick note for An Indian Summer's fabulous 5122 (and increasing! Yay!) friends on facebook. Facebook has introduced yet another change (mutter, mutter)!

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Please, go to An Indian Summer facebook page, hover over 'Liked' and click on 'Show in News Feed' and just to be safe, click on 'Add to Interest List' too. This will ensure that you don't miss a single fresh dose of lovely from An Indian Summer. Thank you!

Some days are made of these

Who Am I To Disagree

The deep blue of the sea

Delicate flowers on a rustic table 

Miniature paintings on the wall

The warmth of a kilim pillow

The charm of a desk by the window

The texture of a linen throw

Those flowers against the black door

These flowers on a rustic table

Sunlight streaming through stained glass

And oh, Morocco!

Some days are made of these...

[Inspiring me today: This one, that one, and always this]