{inspiration}

1. Fall, fall photography, fall colors, fall fashion, fall everything:)
2. elsie’s latest stuff, it is so gorgeously cute and inspiring! i want all of them!
3. ali edwards december album.
4. this song.
5. deviantart and all the gorgeous pictures on it.
6. art walls like this one.
7. this couch project.
8. inspiration boards like this one and wires like this one.
9. little handmade journals like this.
10. this makes me want to organize my kitchen drawers right now (*yawn* maybe tomorrow).
11. this week in the life scrapbook.
12. sarah’s gardner’s gorgeous words.
13. her show. i’m recording it and watching it every morning:)
14. workspace in a closet like this one.
15. these words.
16. this layout specially the type.
17. feet pictures like this one.
18. these pieces of art.

that should be about it for this week. lol. yea long list, because i haven’t done this in a few weeks and there were so many things i wanted to add. hope you’re inspired too. laters. ta.

{decor * love love love}

Fall is making me want to do up my place again. I have new plans for some parts. like the guest bedroom and the two bathrooms. I have lots of art I want to frame and put up and lots of stuff I'm liking on etsy but I want to wait till i start working to buy them. I DO look for inspiration all the time though. I keep checking out websites I like for new ideas so that I have a clear picture in my head of what I want. So well today I wanted to share some decor inspiration.

{inspiring me recently}

1. art walls!! i just cant get enough of them! check out this and this and this and this and this and this. lol
2. i love making diy projects for the home, i want to try this, and this, and this and this.
3. bright, happy kitchens like this and this and this.
4. this dining room
5. this bedroom
6. i realized having a closet office like this was my only option for the time being.
7. and this black white and red display is GORGEOUS..

{i made a little book}

i totally forgot i wanted to share this. i made a little book (gasp), lol i was so excited because i actually stitched it! a couple of nights ago, i cut the target fall little catalog to make this little journal to just write down random thoughts. its not very neat but i’m still excited because i did it. will be making more of these that i’m sure of:)

potd: {fall in my hand}

{photo*love} : couch potato

ah saturday night. we’re both feeling really lazy this weekend. had this thing to do which we got out of because we just felt tired. tomorrow we’re planning to go out looking for gorgeous fall spots to take pictures. but for tonight we’re home and well, being couch potatoes:D

so well it hit me, that i’ve always loved couch photographs. me and my sisters loved taking pictures on this red couch at my parents place. yum.

i went looking for some couch photo inspiration and here i am sharing that love now:)

1. this picture by the 10 cent designer. her blog is so fun too, full of more headless shots.
2. wish i could take my couch outside like them. love this, this and this.
3. some dreamy shots like this and this.
4. gorgeous colors and compositions in this and this.
5. the pretty patterned couch pictures in this and this.
6. the simplicity in this, this and this
7. the expressions in this and this and this
8. this and this is so peaceful.

hope you like them as much as i did. i want to run and take some couch pictures RIGHT NOW. till laters. ta:)

potd: {ready for winter}

{took this in our front yard yesterday, looks like the maple is ready for winter}

{fall was her fav}

{i was just going to go to bed and suddenly my fingers started writing and scanning and editing and they made this, i’m happier now}

and oh

 

and oh, guess who’s the latest licensed driver in the area:D. yayy =]

{made for each other}

 

{just scanned this today, will make some photo art with it later sometime}

{photo love: under my umberella-ella}

so well i think i needed the little break that i had. i kept saying i was back but then i kept disappearing. sigh. happy to say that the being sad was just a phase, i feel better now. i’ve got my driving test tomorrow, praying i pass:).

so well i haven’t been blogging but i have been coming online and doing random stuff, checking out blogs, decor websites, facebooking, liking lots of pictures and all.

sharing some picture love today after quite a break, yay. pictures make me soo happpyyy =).

so lately i’ve been noticing a number of umberella shots and they’re all gorgeous, make me want to run around outside with one too (yes the rain IS back).

check these out:

1. this and this by ali khurshid of some gorgeous pakistan images.
2. this picture is just soo pretty.
3. this one makes me happy.
4. and this snowy picture is my favorite.

potd: {cant find words}

{i’ve been feeling a little quiet lately, a little sad too, thinking about stuff, feeling a lot of things, trying to figure out what my thoughts and feelings mean. haven’t been blogging much, or talking much – waiting for this phase to pass}

potd: {fall love}

{clicking awaw in my yard today as the sun shone on this gorgeous fall day}

{mini’s and atc’s}

{some of the mini’s and art cards i’ve made till now}

potd: {orange}

 

{ my car and the tree outside are matching perfectly these days:) }

this class

this class by jessica sprague looks like fun, i should do it!

i think i’m back now!

so yea i did say i was back but this week just went by and i dont know where it went!! i think i’m back now, with all my regular posts that is, feels like ages since i’ve shared any pictures, though it doesn’t mean i haven’t been taken any(because i have):D. so well yea i think all my regular posts are back now. yay. i’ll be back with a picture of the day in a while. till then, taa!

{because she loved him better than herself}

what was good about this weekend

1. my husband playing around with his guitar, while i kept myself busy in my craft room:)
2. meeting lots of people.
3. learning parallel parking.
4. the boy made this, i love his music:)
5. i made the mini book and then these two collages,

i had been taking a break from the she journal for a while, but there’s just something about ‘she’ quotes, i just cant get enough of them. sigh

{i am} a mini about me

i started this mini this week, but sort of got bored and left it. today in the afternoon i just felt like sitting and finishing it and i did(yay) and i like how it turned out. i’m glad i finished it. i find it difficult talking about myself in scrapbooking so i picked up this quiz i saw on myspace and just filled in the blanks for this mini.

{3 years}

 

its been 3 years since this happened. so many lives lost, so many scarred forever. so many of us haunted by that one morning of our lives. so many nights sleeping in fear. this picture is a reminder of the spirit of the people of pakistan and i love the writeup below it.

‘normal day’

 

just read this quote on ali’s blog, and it just spoke to me. i think i need to remember this more often.

Mary Jean Iron : Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.

ps: wanted to share this eid greeting i made and me and my husband sent out for eid this year:)

{day 7} photos and words - finally

 

{my book: i have the sudden urge to organize my house}

{his book and he himself on his laptop watching tv}

{all the leaves we removed and us}

{his photography, and our tea with samosas and chaat}

  {husband making dinner}

sunday:

-woke up around 10:30 am, roamed around the house, put the tv on, checked my mail and all, random stuff.

-12:30: woke him up, made breakfast for us, parathas and omelletes with tv, had it in the dining room for a change.

-sat on our couch, looked at our books we got last night, watched cnn and same old stuff about palin accusing obama of this and that.

-4:00 pm: he changed into a sweatshirt and jeans and told me it was time to clean up our yard, he raked the backyard and the front yard, i used the blower to get some leaves off the drive, i helped him put the leaves in the garbage bin. we went around the yard and inspected it, made dream plans what we want from our yard. he took some nice pictures of autumn too:)

-5:00 pm: came back inside, i made samosas fruit chaat and tea for us.

-around 7:00 pm: he told me he’d make dinner for us, so he made us some yummy burgers.

-watched a movie later in the evening, ‘gracie girls’, it was cute, i enjoyed it.

-went to bed, was so tired, went to sleeep.

i’m back

so last week was busy and fun, i actually got tired of carrying my camera around and thinking of all the photographs i had to take (never thought that would happen), and because i was posting everyday and all the pictures i was taking anyways, i couldn’t make my regular posts. So well i’m back now, and so are my posts, yayy.

and oh i still have to post for day 7, tomorrow i think!

{day 6} photos and words

 

{breakfast in bed for two on a rainy saturday morning}

{i love fall}

• Woke up at 10:10: the boy was still sleeping, I put a sweatshirt on over my pyjamas and tiptoed out of the bedroom.
• Checked my mail and facebook, talked to an old friend on im, she said she was going to call.
• she called, we talked, caught up with her about things, discussed the challenges in marriages.
• Did random stuff, cleaned around, washed dishes, etc.
• 12:00 pm : made brunch for us, paratha’s and chicken seekh kebabs which I discovered in the freezer.
• Took breakfast in bed for us with tea for both of us. He could hardly open his eyes but he managed to get up. We had breakfast.
• Sat in bed and talked, he told me about tech stuff, we talked about general stuff, looked out the window at the rain and the windy day.

  {out for chores, driving through fall}

 

{magical day: leaves floating in the air EVERYwhere}

{rainy and very windy}

{in the try room in old navy, looking for a movie in blockbuster}

{ blockbuster and old navy: my feet went there}

• Made the bed while he washed up, he went and sat in the living room to watch the news. He told me we should leave by 1:30 for the licensing office.
• Opened the front door and saw maple red leaves everywhere, very windy.
• Put on a warm fleece coat and got ready to leave, straightened my hair too, left the house
• Reached the licensing office 5 minutes before it closes, got my num, wasn’t able to get an appointment before nov 13 so paid for the test and told her I’ll try to get an appointment somewhere else.
• We went to crossroads, blockbuster to return our movies and get another one on our coupon. he was sad because there were no dvd’s of iron man left for renting. Confused about what to get. He told me he’d found a movie I’d like, gracie girls or something, aww
• He went to half price books while I went to shoe pavilion to check out the closing out sale. Wow so many people and so many shoes. Looked at each one of them dind’t really like anything. Walked over to old navy, tried out some trousers nothing fit.
• Went back to half price books, found my guy, looked at some books about organizing your place. He told me to get it. We came out with 3 books, 1 mine and 2 his. He bbought a poetry book which was published in 1930. It was gorgeous.
• Went to ivars for lunch: jumbo prawns for me and halibut for him.

{going into and coming out of safeway}

{dusk and late night returning from a dinner}

• Went over to Shalimar for halal grocery, bought meats, got a movie free for spending over 50 bucks:D.
• stopped at bartell drugs to get a refill for my thyroid medicine.
• Stopped over at safeway for grocery. As we walked out saw a pretty sunset infront of us.
• Reached home a little before 7:00 pm: put away perishable grocery.got dressed hurriedly, called the friend up for directions. We got ready, left for their place which was 45 minutes from us.
• Reached their place, Had nice gupshups with them. Had dinner, talked a lot.
• 11:45pm: we left for home, long drive back through some lonely highways, fun. Listened to our music.
• Reached home about 12:30. I took care of the rest of the grocery. We took a few pictures, called my mom up, talked to her and my baby sis. Changed my clothes, sat on the couch and read the book I’d bought while he looked through his. We imagined all the people who’d had this book since it was printed and how their lives wud’ve differed from ours.
• I started feeling really sleepy. We both went to our room: I lied down to sleep while he did stuff on his laptop.
• I fell asleep.

{day 5} photos and words

 

{brushing my teeth and organizing the linen closet}

• Woke up at 10:10, he had already showered and was leaving for work, no time for breakfast again:S
• I get out of bed, check my mails and all
• call my sister up, have a really fun chat with her, makes my day
• clean out my linen closet.

{looking for recipes, at the computer}

• Get my cereal, realize I forgot to take the thyroid med. After the cereal have to wait for two hours and take the med and then wait for 2 more hours.
• Watch tv, computer
• Bring out the recipe books to find a fun recipe for the night.
• Need to do grocery, lot of ingredients missing.

{my lunch, cooking food}

{the last of the hydrangeas in the kitchen and cucumber slices with our dinner}

{the kettle for tea, laptop and tea infront of tv}

{cereal with our movie: darjeeling ltd}

• Be lazy lazy very lazy.
• Finally start cooking some chicken curry.
• Call him up, he’s still at work. Get done with food and wait for him. Watch cnn
• He gets home around 7:30. Have dinner
• Sit and talk and laugh. Put kettle on for tea, wash dishes, he watches rahat fateh concert on tv.
• Call my mom up while I wash dishes. Talk to her.
• Bring the laptop, chat with family, look for décor ideas for the home.
• Cereal eating and movie watching time, its Darjeeling ltd tonight. Lights out.
• Cheetos and chips break
• Back to movie.
• Go to our room. Sit infront of the heating. Pray. Feel so sleepy.
• I lie down to sleep
• 3:00 am: he says he’s bored and wants to watch a documentary. I start laughing. He sits and thinks for a while, telling me about all the things he doesn’t do anymore. And then lies down too. We turn the lights out!

{bedtime}

{day 4} photos and words

 

{morning bedroom and living room}

{things lying around from last night}

{cleaning out my purses in the bedroom}

• same morning routine: he showered while i got out of bed, he told me he had a meeting so he didn’t have time for breakfast.
• after he left, i checked my mail, facebook, my live, blogged about the previous day.
• had cereal and my tea.
• sorted out all the clothes and all from yesterday.
• realized my purse was a mess,and so was my nightstand, sorted both things out.
• was feeling a little low so decided to paint my nails a deep red:)

{our hallway and the dishwasher’s ready to go}

• filled up the dishwasher and put it on
• my lunch: warmed up some left over food and a roti and had lunch at the kitchen counter.
• printed out some pictures from my sister’s wedding for my mother in law.
• called up to set up an appointment for my drivers license test, found out i had to go to the office and get some paperwork done before i could do that.
• found out that friends who were planning to visit us in the evening were caught up with something and couldn’t make it.
• best friend called up, we talked about everything. he came back while i was still on the phone.
• 6:15 pm: put cnn on to watch the debates.
• realized it was thursday and since the boy was tired, decided to take out the garbage myself.
• warmed up leftovers for food, we watched the debate and had our food, and talked about how sarah palin did.

{evening inside and outside}

{garbage day, going outside to do it}

• same routine, tea, dishwashing, our couch, tv, news, laptop,
• my mom called, talked to her for a while.
• he started watching knight rider and we both laughed at how stupid it was.

{we receive an eid card from daniyal}

{tea, laptops and the tv}

{his news time, and my cheetos time}

• 11:00 pm: we both went to our room, news, reading, cheetos, water, lights out at 1:50 am