Musings from a hospital bed….
I came back from a short trip to bgm (lil p is now being ultra pampered by my mom) straight to this lil hospital near our place.. down with typhoid and a raging 104 fever. Ever wondered Why all hospital beds are sooo #%@! high? for my 5 foot frame I literally have to jump to climb […]
You know you’ve not been to a theatre in a long long time when …

Hubby dearest assumes that the 2 stars across karthik calling karthik (on a white board outside the theatre) are its rating!! In other news, Lil p had to go dressed to school as a doctor as part of feb’s theme – People at work. Madam wore a pink chudidar, a doctors coat with a red […]
Happy Sankranti

A lovely rangoli that my neighbour put… Me: Come, Lil P. See R aunty put nice rangoli Lil P: Where mamma?? Me: See… Happy Sankranti Lil P: Oh Wow! R Aunty put 9 – 9 rangoli… Me: Eh??
100 & A happy new year!!

TADAAAAA! I’ve reached an interesting milestone – this is my 100th post on the blog. When I started the blog in July, I never expected to be able to post regularly. But 100 posts in 6 months.. yay!! I’m having fun! There are some long pending tasks….Thank you lostworld, for passing […]
My first-est-est-est award!!

MiM had her first-est est est contest on this blogosphere.. n I won!!! I had planned on making 2 lovely thank you cards (I knew the’d be lovely, cos i’d be making them. see? ) and sending them to Kamini and MiM. Yesterday this package arrived by courier and hubby dearest opened it wondering who in the […]
And they lived happily ever after…
.. Year 2001, S was in the last year of engineering.. & would be moving to Bangalore very soon.. Ohh how excited she was!! She would finally get to spend more time with all her friends there. And then there was PB. .. S was not sure what to make of their relationship.. PB was […]
Oh! I miss u so…
(PC has gone to Chennai for an official trip) I know, I don’t thank you enough when, I had to get the stool and climb in order to secure the upper latch at the door last night!! I forgot that the washing m/c has a start button that I need to manually press. I tried […]
Thank you.
I know you have all been wondering where I have disappeared to.. I’m here. Just sorting out a few issues with my health and office. Will be back with a bang soon. Thanks for dropping by and sending those lovely emails.
Happy Diwali

Shruti, PC & Lil P wish you a very happy Diwali. PS: Pic clicked this morning from the laxmi puja.
To be or not to be …… together
I’ve mostly grown up in metros and had working parents doing equal chores in & outside the house. We’ve had people of all religions, caste, status enjoy a meal at home.. and both me & my sister have been brought up with no special importance given to our MCs. While PC was brought up in […]
Ganesh Chaturti

Its ganesh chaturti 🙂 .. Did some fun things. Made Puja thalis, Ganesha’s umbrellas, gauri’s garland, buttis and some rangolis.. Head over to DecorDelirious Now!!This year even though all preparations were on in full swing, tomorrow will be really low key as Lil P has fallen sick .. cough, cold and fever.. 🙂 Thankfully its […]
Finger painting – Aquarium

We have been busy last weekend – went and bought a lot of craft supplies.. A4 Sheets, Brushes, black liners, 14 color water color tubes, All surface Acrylic colors, glitter glue, metallic sprays. I love to mix different mediums 🙂 and you’ll see that in our next project. Happy fish in an aquarium […]
Small Joys
Small Joys Watching PC & Lil P sleeping with their arms around each other.. Hearing PC’s heartbeat just before I fall asleep.. Giving kisses n biggg hugs for no reason at all PC’s ability to calm me down when I’m really agitated. Listening to suprabhatam first thing in the morning Garam bhajjis n coffee on […]
More craft ideas for a 3 year old

Continuing on the lines of my earlier post when i had posted some simple ideas for keeping a 2- 3 year old occupied , here are some more things lil P & I managed to do.. Hope you like them too.. A nice way to teach alphabets .. how about pasting some colored rice / […]
Publications & Awards

Print Media Diwali Special (Oct-Dec2013) edition of Mom & Me’s – Mother’s World magazine features 4 crafts from the ArtsyCraftsyMom blog… We are on page 88 & 89 3 Crafts from ArtsyCraftsyMom.com were published in the Mother’s world magazine Inaugural Edition May -July 2013 We are on page 106 and 107 […]