A precious month of February !!

Hello friends ! Hope you all are having a nice weekend . My hands were full receiving gifts in the month of February ; My Birthday , Anniversary , and winning a giveaway . To end the month sweetly , I received Rajeswari’s giveaway on 28th Feb :)

I am excited to show her surprise goodies in addition to the giveaway items !

Lets open the treasure…..ta-dah !!!!!

Buttons and Brads…lovely, aren’t they?

The lining material with cute prints……:)

A book full of patterns to keep me busy for next two years !!

Annnddd…..here is the surprise…..
She sent me these lovely colored balls of crochet cotton . Yellow is my favorite color and they are of the perfect thickness I use .

And, not only this , she has taken care of my princess too and my daughter was thrilled to see a pair of clips with crocheted flowers and an origami kit for making 4 Japanese dolls !!!!! Those are very cute!!

Thank you so much Rajeswari for being so sweet and kind for thinking about me and Anshita . It was nice talking to you  :) I loved your gifts very much . I wish you reach your future milestones very soon and keep up the giveaway spirit ! :)))


Happy weekend !
Preeti :)

Just something on Wednesday !!

I thought that my daughter Anshita used to spend too much time ( few years back ) playing shop-shop. But when I saw this image, I felt a relief that Anshita did not put her entire belongings on display :) But, Isn’t this cute?

Also , I would like to share my joy of getting featured on Petalstopicots last Friday . Thanks Kara ! :)



Source : Internet

The above is not my daughter ’s picture .

Things that made me happy !!

1. I was featured on petals to picots :)

2. I completed one of my favorite cross stitch projects “Stitch and Stash” :)

Happy blogging !

Preeti :)




 

Don't hide, stash with pride !! :)

Yes , that’s right ! Now you don’t have to think twice , just stash with pride !! :)  Isn’t this a cute and confident reply to the worrisome faces at our home ? ; ) Of course , Mr. H worries more about space than money .

Ever since I saw this free cross stitch chart here , I wanted to stitch one for my future craft room . It is designed by Rhona and you can learn more about her on her blog Tangled Threads . Thank you Rhona for such a cute chart!

I have cross stitched it on 14-count white aida fabric and Anchor threads. I changed few shades as per my choice and availability. The dimensions of the stitched chart is  22 cms x 18 cms

Some snaps before framing .....

With some more stash that justifies the word ‘stitching ’ : )

Hope you like my stashing style !

Happy blogging !!
Preeti :)

Just something on Wednesday !! I won , I won!

Hurray ! I won a lovely giveaway !!

Yes , dreams do come true ! When I saw bloggers winning the giveaways , I always thought how lucky they are and dreamt that I might win someday . I entered Rajeswari’s giveaway and when she mentioned that it is open to all , I thought that chances are minimal . After all Bday & anniversary gifts I received last week , I said to myself on Monday , “ Everything is over , now get back to routine . ” Just then , dear Rajeswari’s mail popped up with a surprise aannnnd I won this lovely treasure!!! Thank you so much Rajeswari and lots of hugs and kisses to your princess for making me lucky !! :)) You , as a blog friend and your gifts , are special to me !:)

 

 

Things that made me happy !

1.    Definitely, being the winner of Rajeswari’s giveaway !:)

2.    I organized my embroidery floss of 215 different Anchor color shades in boxes on the basis of color and number range . It took 2 hrs for me to sort out :)

Have a nice day !!
Preeti

Diamonds are forever !! :)

A happy Monday morning to you ! Hope you had a good time last week . Thanks for your wishes on my B’day !:)

Mine was an eventful last week .  Yesterday was my wedding anniversary and we have completed 11 years of togetherness . No , I did not get any diamonds as gift . In fact , I don’t own even a tiny diamond . Perhaps , I have not developed any liking for it . Good for Raj :) I consider it as a waste of money . Please , don’t give me that strange look :) I have added a piece of history about Koh-I-noor and Darya-ye-noor diamonds and its relation with my city/state at the end of this post .

On my Bday (13th Feb.),  I went out for lunch with Raj and a little bit of shopping.
Raj said , " This is your day , you keep your finger on anything, I will get that for you " :)
And I said , "Be sure , what you say , I will keep my finger on Salman Khan (my fav Bollywood hero) " :))) Anyways , he knows that I am a very bad shopper and whatever I bought that day , I ended up buying 20% for me and remaining for Anshita . In the evening , both Raj and Anshita organized a treasure hunt at home for me to search my gifts :) I like many small gifts than one big gift .

On wedding anniversary, generally we go out for lunch or dinner and shop a gift for both of us or for home . We bought a set of two circular side tables . I wanted a round table for my large doilies :)

I made these crochet diamond motifs with Laura knitting cotton and size 4 mm hook . The pattern is from the book “Old-time Crochet made easy “ by House of white birches publications .

 

 

About Koh-I-Noor :

One of the largest known diamond Koh-I-Noor (Mountain of light in Persian lang.) and its sister diamond Darya-ye-noor  (Sea of light in Persian lang.) originated in the state of Andhra Pradesh of which my city Hyderabad is the capital . It was mined in the nearby Kollur mines and was owned by various Hindu, Rajput, Mughal, Iranian, Afghan, Sikh and British rulers who brutally fought over it and seized it as a mark of victory . It was earlier called as Syamantaka-mani  (in Sanskrit lang.). When the Persian ruler Nadir Shah from Iran invaded India in 1739 , he took away both the diamonds and the famous Peacock throne from India . He renamed the diamonds as they are known today .  But the Koh-I-Noor was later won back by a Sikh ruler Duleep Singh from India . It was then confiscated from him in 1850 and presented to Queen Victoria . Presently , it is embedded in the British crown . The Darya-ye-noor diamond is preserved by Iran in its treasury of national jewels . The peacock throne was plundered and dismantled after Nadir Shah’s assassination . There is a curse associated with Koh-i Noor that it affects men who wear it, but not women.

You can get more detailed information on internet. The history class here is enough for this time. Next class, next week :)

Hope you like my crochet diamonds.

Have a happy week ahead!
Preeti:)


 

A clarification about my last post…

Just want to clarify about my last post on email settings . It is not intended to preach about the right way of replying and commenting on blogs . I can very well understand that it is not always possible to reply to all comments and experienced bloggers are thoughtful enough to reply to queries of their fellow bloggers . It is absolutely and obviously your choice what you want to do .

My post just tells that if at all you prefer to reply or want to receive replies via email then there are some settings to be fixed . I hope my post is taken in the right perspective :)

Please do not comment on this post .

Thanks,
Preeti


 

What? You say you did not receive my replies?

Hmmmm ! That 's what is bothering me since I found that many of my blogger friends are not receiving my replies . I have been responding to each and every single comment on my posts through mails, but I wasn 't checking which email address was it going to. Recently, I realised that many of those are going to noreply-comment@blogger.com . Yes , yours might be a no-reply blog .

As you have taken time to read my post and write sweet comments , I too have loved replying all of you . I feel sad that some of you have not been receiving my replies , especially , when you have asked for some queries and the noreply-comment gobbled up the information. You might even be thinking that I don’t care to respond :(

Take few minutes , this is very important . Do a small test .

1. Post a comment on your own blog.
2. Check your mail, you will receive the comment.
3. Now reply to this mail.
4. Before sending the reply, just double-click or tap on the name displayed in the email address field. Does it show your emailid or noreply-comment@blogger.com?

If it is a noreply , then you have got a problem and need to fix it .

Follow the steps in the tutorial here.

 OR

If you have moved to google+ profile , then check for a tutorial here.


Few best practices:

1) Follow your own blog , you can see how it appears on other blogger's dashboard.

2) Subscribe to your blog if you have provided option 'subscribe via email' on your blog . You can check whether the posts received by your subscribers are in proper format . I am facing an issue in this; I am receiving the feed twice in my mail. If you have any solution, please tell me .

3) Try to reply on mails if the comments are not from no-reply bloggers . Sometimes you may defer replying to your comments on the blog and it is not a good practice to have bloggers visit your blog again and again to see reply . No offence here , just a suggestion. 

From now on , I will post a reply on my blog in case there is a query and the commenter is a no-reply blogger.

Please , please , fix it so that you can receive replies from me and other blog friends on your comments.

I hope you will be able to fix the problem . I am not an expert at this , so please google for better solution or pray to God :)

Have a nice weekend!
Preeti :)