Much love! Preeti Shenoy

Tea for two (and a piece of cake) Tuesdays!

2012-01-24T11:12:00.000+05:30

Starting today, I am hosting a Tea-for-two (and a piece of cake) Tuesdays. It will run till the end of February. Every Tuesday, there will be a creative prompt. What do you have to do to take part? You just have to answer the prompt on your blogs and leave a link, linking the specific post where you have answered the prompt in your blog, in the gadget below. That's it! Simple isn't it? :)

Tea for two and a piece of cake --Preeti Shenoy

2012-01-19T23:38:00.000+05:30

Tea for two and a piece of cake. Click, then right click (view image) and click again to enlarge. Here it is finally! My baby which I mentioned in the previous post :) Pre-orders are now open! You can place your order here and you can pay cash on delivery. All the pre-ordered copies from Flipkart will be signed by me! __________________________________________________________________

On writing a book

2012-01-17T21:44:00.001+05:30

A lot of people write to me asking me where I get the ideas from to write a book. Also, Satish did a post yesterday which spoke about what it means to be married to an author which generated a lot of interest. So I thought I would do a post on what it involves to write a book.(giving you a view from my side) Writing a book is really like giving birth to a baby. At first there is the inception

What it is really like to be married to an author. Behind the scenes :) --A guest post by satish

2012-01-16T16:45:00.001+05:30

What is it like to be married to an Author. A behind the scenes account By Satish Shenoy I am an avid reader and collect every book of certain authors whom I like reading. It’s great when an author is recognized and the book becomes a national or international best seller. So when people ask me what does it feel like to be married to an author (a best-selling one at that) there is a lot I

Paper quilled cards --part 2

2012-01-13T23:18:00.000+05:30

Read about paper quilling in this post. This is part two of the same. Here are two more cards I made for good friends. This one I sent to Sachin. It;s my own design. I started making it and it kind of grew! This one was for Ramesh Paper quilling is a truly wonderful art and for me it is a huge stress buster. Exciting times are ahead for me. My third book is in the final stages

A guy who changed me completely

2012-01-12T12:09:00.000+05:30

One look at him and I knew I would never ever be the same again. He stirred in me emotions so raw, it hurt to even tear away my thoughts. He evoked in me, a love so strong, a love that legends are made of. When I was with him, nothing else mattered at all—not even my husband. I simply did not care. I was delirious with joy, mad with happiness. If insanity was fire, I was happy to burn in it.

A chat between two women authors

2012-01-08T23:44:00.001+05:30

Sometime back I had read the book 'Losing my virginity and other dumb ideas by Madhuri Banerjee'. I totally admired the bold writing style and the dogged determined way in which the protagonist of the book pursues what she wants. Since I do not watch Television at all, I did find a few scenes in the book which involves reality TV, fascinating. It was a nice peep into a world which I had

Some handmade bookmarks from waste scraps

2012-01-05T11:41:00.002+05:30

One thing that is fuel for my soul is creating stuff and of late, my soul seems to be getting a lot of fuel :) This morning I made some book-marks. It was a spur of the moment thing, when I was clearing my desk. I saw this wrapping paper which you probably have lying at home if you have been to Crossword book store recently. ( I do love their wrapping paper and I always read all that is

Paper quilled cards

2012-01-03T21:27:00.001+05:30

Paper quilling is an art that was started in Europe in the 15th or 16th century. It was started by the French and Italian Nuns and monks who used the gilded strips of paper that adorned religious books. It again became popular in the 18th century and later spread all over the world. Today there are lots of enthusiasts for this form of art. I became interested in this recently and started

Dear 2012

2012-01-01T21:49:00.001+05:30

Dear 2012, Much has been said about you. For someone barely a day old, a lot indeed :) Including a mention in the ancient Mayan Calendar about the world ending and all that. (That too on my birthday--didn't I tell you in an earlier post that my birthdays are always rather special? :)) Well, I will tell you something now and I will say it just once. So pay attention. Now that the drunken

A rose in december

2011-12-26T16:50:00.000+05:30

There is this rose bush in my garden, which I planted with a lot of love. For months and months, I waited. I had no idea what the flower would be like. I would watch it somedays and wonder why it wasn't blooming. I had done everything right--the manure, the watering, the sunlight. I .had done everything I could. There was nothing more I could do really. After a few months I gave up thinking

Turning forty

2011-12-14T09:27:00.001+05:30

Image from http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ Why do people feel a need to hide their ages? And why are people so darn apologetic because they are over a certain age? There is so much emphasis associated with age and realms have been written about 'turning forty' and 'turning thirty'. My age is something I am darn proud of! I proudly tell my age, if anyone asks.I will be turning

Random rants--Ten things that annoy me.

2011-12-13T11:28:00.001+05:30

Image courtsey:Freedigital photos Mostly this blog is about positivity, laughter, living life to the fullest and all good things. Rarely, very rarely, do you find rants here. I am no Buddha even though I have learnt to smile Buddha-like at most things. Yeah, sixteen years of marriage, two kids, one husband and a very large dog does that to you. :) But myths must be shattered and so

Results of the handmade card giveaway

2011-12-10T10:24:00.001+05:30

Here are the results of the handmade card giveaway of my 600th post! I used random number generator to pick five 'winners'. Here are the numbers it threw up--71, 18, 3, 27 and 65. Here are the names! (it was fun to put faces to the lucky numbers!) 71.Jaanaki Shanker 18.Trupti 3.Gayu 27. Ramya Ranganathan 65. Soorya Do send me your postal address and I shall send you the cards!! :)

This is how I work :)

2011-12-05T10:41:00.001+05:30

Yeah, this is how I work! :)This picture was clicked just a few minutes ago. Am doing some research for my fourth book. Lostris is happy as long as she can stick like a velcro to me :) She is my shadow. She follows me wherever I go. She hates being away from me and is happiest if I am nuzzling her. Her birthday is on Dec 16th :) She will be One! (yeah she is just a pup) Isn't she gorgeous?

Some news and a really difficult tag

2011-12-02T04:58:00.001+05:30

First some nice news from my end. I have been invited for the Jaipur Literary Fest and yes I am attending :) *Big beam on face* If you happen to be in jaipur on 20th and 21st of Jan, come and say a hello and tell me you looooove my writing and you will make someone verrrry verrry happy :) Second the other news from Blogosphere. Reflections, on of my favourite bloggers tagged me, a very very

600th post and a giveaway of handmade cards!

2011-11-29T17:48:00.001+05:30

The last time I had done a handmade card giveaway on this blog, there was an amazing response! This my SIX HUNDREDTH post!! I cannot believe the places my blog has taken me and the amazing friendships I have made through my blog in different countries. To celebrate my 600th post, I have made these five cards. Four of them are quilled. (My latest fascination. I learnt how to quill recently)

A beautiful gift.

2011-11-23T18:23:00.001+05:30

Something truly beautiful happened to me last Thursday. Here is the story in pictures. Guto Paganotti is an engineer and is also a part of a vocal group in his city 'Madrigal in Casa'. The music he sent me was by his choir. It was soul stirring--such beautiful msic which transports you to a different place altogether. I cannot possibly embed the whole CD here but if you

Notebooks for thoughts and doodles

2011-11-20T21:42:00.001+05:30

Any place that I travel to, anywhere I go, the one thing that always catches my eye is any shop that sells stationery. I have a wide range of notebooks collected from my travels to different places all over the world. I hoard them like a miser hoards his treasure. I love the texture of handmade paper. I love moleskine notebooks, I love nightingale--basically I just love any texture that is

Seven lies we tell ourselves

2011-11-14T22:07:00.001+05:30

Almost all of us are guilty of lying to ourselves. Why do we do it? Why do we fool ourselves? Mostly because it is a easy way out. The hard hitting truth is, most of us are lazy. We want the path of least resistance. We want things to happen easily. The second reason we do it is out of fear. Most of us are so afraid of change. We fear the unknown. We fear rejection. We fear failure. Over the

On what it means to be an author

2011-11-10T07:23:00.001+05:30

There is no denying it. My life has completely changed over the past four years. Earlier, whenever I met people and they asked me what I do, my replies would vary from working in an MNC, teaching at a school, running my own art classes, running my own thinking workshops for children, teaching the underprivileged kids English and Math or conducting workshops at schools.(I have done all of

There are people and then there are People :) Wordless wednesday no.28

2011-11-02T14:54:00.001+05:30

A long time since I did a Wordless Wednesday I love this pic I clicked :)

Five maxims to live by.

2011-10-30T14:13:00.003+05:30

Over the years certain things I have learnt and accepted have stood me in great stead when things in my life went awfully wrong. Here are five maxims that I live by and swear by! 1.There is NOBODY who will understand you perfectly except yourself. Not your soul mate, not your best friend, not your parent, not your spouse, not your children..Nobody. Yes, they may understand you up to a

Heavenly stuff! Apple crumble topped with Vanilla custard sauce

2011-10-28T18:21:00.000+05:30

Like I mentioned in my previous post, the children are having their hols and TV is a BIG no-no in our household. (I do not watch TV myself) So naturally the onus of keeping kids creatively occupied, falls on me as I am the stay-at-home parent. There are many things that one can do to make good use of time instead of parking them in front of an X-box or TV. Cooking is a great way to keep kids

The making of Mr.Moshi:)

2011-10-27T21:26:00.001+05:30

The Diwali vacations are on for my children and this morning my daughter wanted me to do something fun with her. I never say a no for doing anything creative and we made Mr.Moshi (a key chain buddy) today! This is how we did it. You need felt cloth, key ring,yarn and polyfibre stuffing. (Ours came in a kit but you can easily buy all of it in a craft store) Next we