OPENING MY BIRCHBOX: JULY EDITION

Its "opening my birchbox" time people. I signed up with birchbox(monthly subscription to sample size makeup and skin care products) to begin experimenting with some skincare and makeup products without spending a whole lot of money on full size products which might end up not right for me. I thought i would do a post on the products i receive every month, read the product reviews of my june box here.

FAVORITE LINKS

Who watched the Emmys? I am watching the re-telecast as i am typing this post, and wondering how Julia Roberts can be so beautiful (were you too? up-top!). This weekend was totally laid-back for me, with some homemade food and lotsa scrabble and movies. Tee is on a cooking spree these days, and we are spending most of our time in the kitchen, but i cant complain, cooking together is fun. Also it helps in learning to adjust with your partner and work as a team, who knew a day in the kitchen together can teach you so much about relationships, huh?

Today's post is about a few things that caught my eye recently.

Inspiring post by Meghan Markle(one of the Suits ladies) about how she feels on her recent birthday.

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WHOLE WHEAT BLUEBERRY COBBLER

A fun fact(in Ted Mosby's voice): "Up until last week, I have not tasted fresh blueberries in my life". I have had it in the muffins, ice creams, flavored yoghurts...but fresh ones, nah, nope, nada! First of all, fresh blueberries weren't available where i grew up, strawberries yes, but not blueberries. When i had access to fresh ones eventually, i didn't wanna try them because i always had this notion in my mind that they tasted sour, boy was i wrong, and gone are those blueberry less years of my life. Thanks to Tee and his visit to the grocery store the other day, i had a chance to try them berries. And once i tasted them(it was like summer in my mouth), i couldn't wait to bake something with those tiny blue amazeballs. I wanted to try something simple to begin with, so i decided to make a cobbler, whats a summer to fall transition without a cobbler, right? I decided to go kinda healthy with it and use one part whole wheat flour. Prepare this cobbler before dinner, and enjoy them as a post dinner sweet treat. 

PRINCESS CASTLE + WALL OF FAME : HOME DECOR - FL EDITION

I am back with the second installment of decorating my SIL's house in Florida. Moving into a new house, first project one would like to strike off of the list is repainting the walls, because it changes everything and makes you fall in love with your home a whole lot more, because it screams your style now. Although i am all for repainting, sometimes you just need to work with what you have(for the time being), or sometimes(okay, rarely) the already existing wall is something beautiful, you just don't wanna change anything. There's a wall in my SIL's house which falls into that rare category, and its none other than the princess castle in the girl's room. The previous owners had it painted by an artist for their daughter's room.

FASHION ONLINE: INDIAN & PATRIOTIC

15th of August is the Indian independence day, my wishes to fellow indian citizens. Jaihind! From cotton kurtas to colorful bags, here are some cool pieces that are worth flaunting this patriotic month, all picked from amazon.in and jabong.com, two indian e-commerce websites where i have shopped while in India.

Sling Bags - Lavie - peach, Peperone - Blue, Cherokee - Green

I can never say no to sling bags.

SUMMER PICNIC OOTD: FLORAL SKIRT + HAPPY MEMORIES

Hope you all had a fun weekend out in the sun, cause its not gonna last much longer now. Soak up that sun, jump in that pool, kayak in that lake, barbecue in that backyard, and go on that picnic. Today's post is inspired by a simple and colorful summer picnic. We didn't go on picnics very often in my childhood, but whenever we did it was total fun with huge set of friends and family, those are some of my favorite childhood memories. So i wanted to do a picnic post to share my happy memories here on the blog.

Our picnics usually take up the whole day, we start early in the morning (we go to places like Ooty, Kodaikanal, Valparai, Yercaud), and come back home late in the night. All the moms pack some good food, and snacks for the road. We rent a huge van just for this trip, there will be music, games, antakshari all through the journey. Once we are there, we run along, play some games, munch on those home made food, pose for some pictures(cameras with film rolls, ah those times) while the parents get to relax and enjoy with their friends. Its always the happiest day for everybody, and we all come home with a relaxed mind and great memories to cherish forever.

REGAL THEMED DINING ROOM : HOME DECOR - FL EDITION

"Home decor", probably my two favorite words, okay may be after "b'day cake" (my thoughts may be clouded by a yummy cake i had yesterday;)). The feeling of finding the one piece that will make your house, a home, and finding its perfect place, taking a step back and admiring at the finished look, ah nothing can't beat that, do you agree? So when i went to Florida to help my SIL, i was so happy and excited to do some decorating. Like i said before, there is gonna be a series of home decor posts of my SIL's place in Florida. If you didn't already know, i am a foodie, so naturally i am gonna start with the dining (i am all about eating than cooking ;)).

INSTAGRAMMING MY WEEKEND & FINALLY SOME HOME DECOR IN AGT

Hope you all had a relaxing weekend. This weekend was very fulfilling for me, and i am gonna tell you all why through my Instagram pics.

On friday we saw Snoqualmie falls (about 15 miles from our place) up close. This was the first tourist spot Tee took me to when i first came to Seattle. But we couldn't go down close to the falls then, as there was some construction work going on, and the path was closed. We heard that it's open now, so we drove down there this friday. The falls was breathtaking and refreshing up close. Later that night, we went to a movie, Guardians of the Galaxy. We both didn't like it,  gladly there was slight humor throughout the movie and thats the only thing that kept us awake.