tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83660113691213404962024-03-10T23:20:05.941+05:30The World's My OysterA window into my life!Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-71879352028057008832013-02-15T17:16:00.001+05:302013-02-15T17:25:30.749+05:30Gangtok-Pelling-Darjeeling Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Earlier this month on 4th Feb, we set out on a 8D/7N trip to Sikkim and Darjeeling. Starting our journey at 5 in the morning from Bangalore, changing flights at Delhi, we finally arrived in Bagdogra, West Bengal, at 1:45 pm after almost 9 hours. Our first destination was Gangtok in North Sikkim. The distance between Bagdogra and Gangtok was only 125 km, but the roads were so bad that it took us four hours to reach Gangtok. We had lunch at a small dhaba in Bagdogra and started our journey by road at 3pm. While the weather was warm in Bagdogra, the temperatures started to fall as we went up closer towards Gangtok. By the time we arrived in Gangtok at around 7 pm, the temperature was around 12 degrees. We checked into our rooms at Ttakshang Residency, had dinner, and called it an early night. Overnight, the temperatures dipped to 2 degrees but the hotel staff were very courteous and did everything to make our stay comfortable.<br />
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Next morning, covered in winter clothes, caps, gloves etc, we set out for local sightseeing. The local tour guides offer a full-day sightseeing covering 10 points or 7 points. It is usually between 9 am and 5 pm. Our first stop was Rumtek Monastery which was a one-hour drive from Gangtok. Built in the 16th century, it is the oldest Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Gangtok. You can read more about it <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumtek_Monastery">here</a>.</i> The monastery is a steep walk of nearly a km from the parking lot. So wear comfortable shoes to make it easier to climb up the slopes.<br />
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After offering our prayers at the monastery, we set out to our next stop, the Banjhakri Falls and Energy Park. </div>
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Spread over nearly two acres, this energy park makes most of the abundant water available to produce power and this power helps to light the entire park including the cafeteria. Enchanting gazebos and foot bridges make this an interesting place to visit. </div>
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After lunch at the cafeteria at Banjhakri Falls, we set out for our next destination, Ganesh Tok. Perched on a hill top, Ganesh Tok has a little Ganesh Mandir and offers a panoramic view of the entire region. Here, there were stalls offering traditional Sikkimese outfits for the tourists to dress up in. We all enjoyed dressing up as the locals and took a lot of photos posing in them. </div>
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Our next stop was at Tashi View Point, a steep climb up, which gave a panoramic view of the mighty Kachenzdonga, the highest peak in India and the third highest in the world. </div>
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There's one more prominent view point, called the Hanuman Tok, which is under the military control. Since the roads leading to it were bad, we decided to skip it. </div>
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Later we visited the Gangtok Flower Show, a greenhouse which housed hundreds of beautiful orchids and other flowers. Orchid bulbs were available for sale too. </div>
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There are other sights worth seeing in Gangtok, like the Ranka Monastery, Dro-dul Chorten, Institute of Tibetology, but since we were seeing all these places at a leisurely pace, we couldn't cover them all. </div>
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We returned to our hotel rooms by early evening and after freshening up, we walked down to M.G. Road, the shopping hub of Gangtok.</div>
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M.G. Road of Gangtok was unlike any other M.G. Road I have come across in India. The paved road was closed to traffic, and potted plants and benches were placed along the middle of the road where people could sit and relax. The street was so clean, it would not be wrong to call it the cleanest street in India. In fact, we felt as if we were inside a mall rather than on the roadside. The entire stretch is dotted with quaint little eateries, sweetmeat shops, gift stores and shops selling woollen clothes. It is a great place to spend an evening, enjoying the cool weather. </div>
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1. Carry thermal wear as the Feb weather was a tad bit too cold for us, ranging between 12-2 degrees centigrade.</div>
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2. Roads are very bad, so those with motion sickness are advised to carry medicines to be comfortable during travel.</div>
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3. Wear proper walking shoes as these hill stations have lot of slopes and steep walks to be covered on foot.</div>
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4. Food is mainly vegetarian as the culture is predominantly Buddhist. But nonveg options are also available.</div>
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Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-78893640802077596102012-11-23T14:15:00.001+05:302012-11-23T14:19:08.458+05:30Onyx, agates, quartz and some Meenakari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Decided to revive my Etsy <a href="http://www.mahalasa.etsy.com/">store</a> and so made some new jewellery to put them up for sale in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.<br />
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....and finally a onyx beaded necklace with Meenakari spacer beads.....<br />
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Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-8141783695302684522012-11-08T15:44:00.000+05:302012-11-08T15:44:07.953+05:30Bangalore update and some new creations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Finally settled well in a rented house in a eastern suburb of Bangalore! Lovely weather here, very pleasant days and cool nights. Feels like heaven when compared to the hot October weather of Mumbai. Getting refreshed by the quiet and calm after living in noisy Mumbai for the last several years, but we do miss the fresh produce in vegetables and fruits which were aplenty in Mumbai.<br />
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New place, and some new creations....<br />
After being inspired by the beautiful creations of my clients who buy supplies from me, I decided to make something myself. It had been a long time since I created something beautiful. Maybe all the packing, shifting, and unpacking had taken a toll on my creativity. Now, after settling down here, and breathing in the fresh air of Bangalore, I am getting creative again.<br />
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Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-63852220683375376882012-09-27T17:40:00.000+05:302012-09-27T17:41:24.276+05:30Que sera, sera!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In June of 2005, I first landed in Mumbai as a new bride, full of dreams for a new life ahead, a little sad, but happy too. Sad because I had to leave behind, my parents, sister, friends, and all that had been a part of my existence. I had to leave my world behind to build a new life together with the love of my life. On the other hand, I was happy, excited and eager to step into a new place, start living with new people, and explore new places. I think every girl who gets married goes through these emotions, feeling both sad and happy at the same time. Today, its deja vu for me! After spending seven wonderful years in Mumbai, it is time to move with bag and baggage to Bangalore. Today, I am sure, my husband must be feeling the same way I did when I first moved to Mumbai. He has to leave behind everything that he grew up with and move to a new place. We are both very excited about the change as we both had wanted it from a long time, but at the same time, it is saddening for us to leave our world behind, the world that we had created lovingly over the last few years. Que sera, sera!!</div>
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Hi there! Remember me?? Sorry for being off the radar for the last couple of months. Been busy with my supplies store and also an impending relocation which will eventually happen later this month. So I have been busy finishing my pending orders as I want them done before we leave Mumbai. Also my supplies store has expanded so much that it takes up most of my time and so I hardly get any time to sit and complete my projects. But I am enjoying it all!!<br />
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Meanwhile, I also tried my hand on some jewellery making with Tibetan silver connectors. Tibetan silver is an alloy which may contain just traces of silver if at all. It is so much fun learning something new when the outcome is so beautiful!<br />
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Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-66545243102823580062012-06-12T09:15:00.000+05:302012-06-12T09:15:40.688+05:30My new earrings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just last week, someone ordered a few earrings telling me only that she wants something round and dangling. I wanted to try something new and since this was a last minute order, I had to do with the things I already had in stock. There was no time to go to the store to search for something new. So I decided to learn something new to make something different from my usual collection. This is what I came up with.<br />
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The first one is a beaded creation using brick stitch, something that I tried for the very first time. I used green striated agate beads as the focal pendants. For the second one I used Swarovski crystals and sand stone beads and wire wrapped them on large round hoops, in a zigzag to break the monotony. I loved them...do you???<br />
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I love Chinese food, or rather I love Indo-Chinese food, and chilli chicken is one of my most favourite dishes in this cuisine. <div>
If you grew up in the 90's and early 2000's in Mangalore, then Hao Hao is one of the places you would have frequented for Chinese food and most often than not, you would have ordered that delicious plate of chilli chicken!!!</div>
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Ever since I moved to Mumbai, I missed that Hao Hao chilli chicken. No matter how many restaurants we tried, it was never as delicious as the chilli chicken of Hao Hao.</div>
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For the dish, boneless chicken needs to be marinated in little vinegar and some salt for 10-15 minutes. Then make a batter of beaten egg, 2 tbsp of maida and cornflour each, some grated garlic and some salt to taste. Dip the marinated chicken pieces in this batter and deep fry on medium flame until golden brown. Dont overcook it as it may make the chicken pieces hard. Drain and keep aside.</div>
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Walnuts, known as Akhrot in Hindi, are very nutritious and one of the commonly available dry fruits here. You are read more on walnuts <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut">here</a>.<br />
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I am not very fond of walnuts, but my husband loves them. I can eat them along with other dry fruits, but never walnuts alone. Last year, at a dinner party, we tasted a new dessert, walnut halwa. It was a cold winter night and the warm halwa tasted awesome!<br />
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Today, being my husband's birthday, I decided to make this halwa. I had a whole lot of walnuts in my kitchen and luckily this recipe calls for very few and common ingredients.<br />
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Ingredients: Walnuts 1 & 1/4 cup ground coarsely<br />
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Heat ghee in a thick bottomed pan and fry the coarsely ground walnut powder in it until lightly brown and the ghee starts to separate. Add the milk and cook the walnut mixture on medium flame, stirring occasionally, taking care to see that it does not get burnt. Cook for a couple of minutes and then add sugar. Mix well and cook on low flame and allow to thicken to desired consistency. Garnish as desired and serve hot.<br />
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The month of March went by so quickly, it amazes me! We had my family visiting us and days just flew by. My seven-month-old nephew filled our lives with so much laughter and happiness that we never knew how the time passed away so soon and ever since he's left, we have missed him so much! It is so amazing that a child's innocence makes you forget everything else in life and brings so much joy and happiness around him.</div>
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Another thing that gives happiness to me is my craft and I just love the shiny acrylic beads! So many colors and so many variations to combine them with, and when the bags are lined with matching satin fabric, it just adds to the beauty of these shiny little beads. How amazing when we can create so many different things with a little thought, a little patience, and a hunger to keep learning new stuff in life!<br />
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Btw, did I tell you my sister is an Etsian too? She has opened a shop on etsy for Indian fabrics and supplies.<br />
Do check her <a href="http://www.vardaan.etsy.com/">shop</a> out if interested. I wish her all the success in her new venture. </div>Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-1219473715687875472012-02-26T08:20:00.000+05:302012-02-26T08:20:22.948+05:30Something new...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I tried my hand at something new this time...but something to do with beads itself.<br />
I made a Russian spiral bracelet.<br />
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Though it looks delicate and takes up a lot of time, it is an easy bead weaving method. Really enjoyed it!<br />
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Its been sooo long! Almost a month since I last posted here. The last two months, I have been very busy with my online stores. Did I tell you all that I opened another online shop in December. This shop is basically for supplies. Since beads are always available in bulk at the local craft store, I had a whole lot of beads left in my stash and did not know how to put them to use. Then one lady from my hometown suggested that I sell these beads to her as these are not available in Mangalore. This prompted me to open another shop www.beadwaali.etsy.com. Yes, BEADWAALI!!! Name courtesy, my hubby dearest!!! Please have a look through my shop if you are interested.<br />
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The last two months, I have been busy establishing this new shop. Listing, selling, promoting, participating in forums, managing a team by virtue of a team leader in one of the forums.....so on n so forth!! So my blog was neglected. I just couldnt find the time to juggle all these together. But this is the best phase of my life!! I have always wanted to start a business of my own, from the comforts of my home, where I can be my own boss, nothing too stressful, something that I can enjoy as well as earn from. Hoping to keep the momentum going.<br />
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Here's some of the stuff I made over the last few weeks.<br />
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In our lives, we come across different types of people on a day to day basis. I too have come across lots n lots of different people. Some are wonderful, some are nice, some are superficial, some are skeptical, some are demeaning, and then there are some who are outright crazy!<br />
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Wonderful people: These are some people who go out of their way to appreciate other people and their talent. I have a few clients who swear by my work, who always are on the lookout for new creations in my shop, who always recommend my name to others, and who never fail to encourage or motivate me. Thanks guys!<br />
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Nice people: These are people who are nice to your work, your talent, talk sweetly and gently, may or may not buy my creations, may or may not be interested in my work, but always have a good word to say. I like them!<br />
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Superficial people: These are people who go on and on saying good things about my creations and telling me how I should set up a boutique/store and how my creations would sell like hot buns and how they would love to possess some of my creations. When I gently remind them about already having a store of my own, they smile and then find some excuse, and change the topic altogether, never mentioning my creations again!<br />
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Skeptical people: These are people who are always worried whether I will do a good job on their orders, whether I will be able to get the right colors, whether they will get their money's worth. All this in spite of already having seen my work and my collection! <br />
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Demeaning people: These are people who do not respect the fact that hours n hours of time, labor and energy have been spent on each one of these creations. They place orders for bags and give me just a vague idea of what they want, and in the end, when the bag is ready, they calmly say that that was not what they wanted!! This despite the fact that I always try to do my best and create something special for every client of mine. What I want to say to such people is that, I have succeeded without you and I don't ever want you to have any creation of mine!<br />
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Crazy people: Then there are the crazy ones. I had one lady who sent me an email accusing me of passing off some junk as her order and that half the order was missing from the parcel. She in no uncertain terms told me that I was trying to cheat her. After spoiling my peace of mind and exchanging several emails, she finally sends me an email saying that it was not my parcel at all that she was talking about. She had mistaken my name with someone else's!!!!<br />
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Do you want to add any other group to the above list?</div>Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-27897510714704848072011-12-31T13:14:00.002+05:302011-12-31T13:14:37.494+05:30Wish u all a happy new year!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's wishing all my readers and fellow bloggers, a very happy and prosperous new year!!! 2011 has been wonderful, but its time to move on, move into a new year, carrying with us the lessons we learnt in 2011 and leaving behind all the negativity. May all of us have happiness entwined in our lives like the threads of my crochet work. May all our lives sparkle like the crystals of my beadwork! </div>
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So that brings us to my latest creations!</div>
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How have u been? Its been long since I posted anything about my creations. So these are some of my latest creations.<br />
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Let me know if you like them or not. Wishing you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Take care and keep safe. Have a wonderful new beginning to a great new year!</div>Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-64416237471865603112011-12-10T22:31:00.001+05:302011-12-11T13:08:43.602+05:30The simplicity of childhood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Little Tanya, my friend's daughter, all of 3 years, attended her first sports day at school, where all the kids participated in various sports activities and regardless of their victory or loss, every child was awarded a medal as an appreciation of their participation. I was amused to know that Tanya refused to take off her medal, proud that she was of her achievement. She wore the medal the entire day and even went to sleep wearing it.<br />
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This took me back by about 26-27 years when I, a little girl at that time, had had a similar experience. I grew up in a small village in Kerala, where my dear Grandfather was respected and loved by all, and was treated as the village head!<br />
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When I was around 4 years old, I, along with the other kids of my age, was sent to the village school, also known as Anganawadi, which served as the starting school for all kids.<br />
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By the virtue of being the granddaughter of the man the villagers loved and respected, the teachers were always partial to me, so much so that while all my classmates were made to sit on the floor in the classroom, I was given the teacher's chair to sit. This continued until one day, my Mother saw this and requested the teachers not to treat me any different from the other kids.<br />
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On the annual sports day of our school, my Grandfather was invited as the Chief Guest and I, instead of participating in the various sporting activities, spent my time sitting on my dear Grandfather's lap, sharing the refreshments offered to him. At the prize distribution ceremony, all the kids who participated, were presented with steel tumblers as a sign of appreciation, by my Grandfather. In spite of not having participated in any sporting event that day, I was taken aback that I had not been given the memento of appreciation!! When we returned home that evening, I bawled and cried my eyes out until finally my Grandfather 'presented ' me with a brand new tumbler which had been bought for the household. Instantly, my tears gave way to smile and my day was made!!!<br />
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As kids, we valued such simple joys and were proud of our little achievements. Today, we are more materialistic and fail to find happiness in the simple joys of life. I miss those days!! </div>Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-46913808277806897062011-11-24T08:12:00.001+05:302011-11-24T08:14:18.530+05:30Black Friday and Cyber Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Throughout this week, my shop at <a href="http://www.mahalasa.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> is offering worldwide free shipping on all items. Avail the most of it by using coupon code FREESHIP at checkout.<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving!!</div>Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-36438383518218320702011-11-23T10:22:00.001+05:302011-11-23T10:26:50.092+05:30New creations!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have really fallen in love with making beaded crochet hoop earrings.<br />
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Thanks to all the people who made my birthday a great day for me!<br />
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Had a wonderful time all thanks to my Hubby Dearest, inlaws, family, friends and last but not the least, my dear blogger friends, who enriched my day with all their love and wishes. Thank you <a href="http://hephzibahisrael.blogspot.com/2011/11/dear-mangala.html">NRIGirl</a> for the beautiful post. It has been a greattt day and hopefully a great start to a wonderful new year!<br />
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AND, the cherry on the cake!!! I had FIVE sales today!!!!!!!!!!<br />
All of you who would like to buy some of my creations, please visit my shop at <a href="http://www.mahalasa.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> and avail of free worldwide shipping for the next few days, by using the coupon code FREESHIP. </div>Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-38255033071281325872011-11-18T19:48:00.001+05:302011-11-21T13:26:30.504+05:30I am soo excited!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
and you know why? Its my BIRTHDAY on Sunday, the 20th of November, and I am always soooooooooooooo very excited about my birthday. I look forward to it with a child-like excitement!!<br />
If my best friend forgets to wish me (that's usual with her...she forgets her own bday!!) I call her up and remind her that its my birthday. So desperate na?? But that's how I am. I want all my loved ones to wish me. In fact, last year, on my birthday, when Stranger called me up (Stranger was not aware it was my bday), I told Stranger too! So ppl dont forget to wish me. I am looking forward to receiving all your wishes.<br />
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Here's something I had been meaning to do since a long time. Avail of a 20% discount sale on all items at my <a href="http://www.mahalasa.etsy.com/">Etsy shop</a> for the weekend. Use coupon code BDAY20. Make the most of this sale.<br />
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Made a new pair of earrings yesterday.<br />
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Made some crochet hoop earrings with beads. I had ordered some beads on Etsy and just received them yesterday and LOVED them!! So here's presenting my creations with those beads.</div>
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Another custom order finished!!! Eight cellphone cozies!!<br />
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Just dispatched a bulk order of stars to Sydney, Australia, and made some more stars in golden yarn.<br />
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Avail a discount of 11% on all products at my <a href="http://mahalasa.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> store today, 11.11.11. Its a great time to shop for gifts for your near and dear ones. Here's a preview of some of the stuff available for sale at my store now.<br />
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Made some more stars yesterday, in the holiday colours of green, white, and red. These are available in my <a href="http://www.mahalasa.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> store is anybody wants them. They can also be strung together to make garlands!</div>Mangalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917653853715763658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366011369121340496.post-32316960924437902232011-11-07T08:44:00.001+05:302011-11-07T08:44:36.788+05:30Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Made these little silver stars yesterday. These can be used to adorn your bags, jeans, clothes, caps, headbands, flipflops, scrapbooks, hair scrunchies, and even your Christmas tree!! You are limited only by your imagination.<br />
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