Accessorizing intelligence!

I love wearing different accessories and I feel it adds zing to your personality. Now that winter is here to stay, I wear dark colours and full sleeved sweaters and tops, and long chains, necklaces and pendants add some colour to a plain garment! Remember that the focus is on the chain or necklace that makes a "statement", which means you have to tone down on everything else! :)

I have noticed these cute "owl pendants" a lot on many fashionable women....but they  all looked the same, and I didn't want to be added to the common crowd! 

But one afternoon, before work, I planned to meet a friend for quick catch-up and some coffee. I arrived early at our meeting point, so I browsed around and found these lovely statement necklaces AND they were on sale ( only the one with the pearls was a bargain)!

The owl pendant in a crystal is something I have never seen, and it was really unique, pretty and MINE! Bien sûr, it has to be!  Right?

I wore it to work and my colleague made a comment that its a symbolic representation of intelligence and knowledge in Greek mythology! :) I was intrigued and googled it to find that its absolutely true...how cool is that?

It reads that in Greek mythology, the owl, and specifically the Little Owl, was often associated with the Greek goddess Athena, a bird goddess who often assumed the form of an owl. Athena was also the goddess of wisdom, the Arts, and skills, and as a result, owls also became symbols of teaching and of institutions of learning, being included in the crest of arms of many universities. In the Western world, owls continue to be traditionally associated with wisdom. They are the unofficial mascot of the high-IQ...

I have a big stand that holds a variety of these statement necklaces now, and they do make any dull garment interesting and make me all charged up as well...who needs diamonds and rubies? :)

Itching to be creative...

I miss working on glass painting that I used to freely work on - one after the other, back in India! In Paris, I am not sure where I can get slabs of glass from...Anyway, this weekend, S and I were busy rearranging the furniture, cleaning and clearing all the clutter from the busy weeks we had....when I found a pile of pebbles I collected from NICE, in the south of France!

I coloured each pebble in a vibrant colour and put them together in this clay Uruli, Amma gifted me when she came to Pune! :)

Its difficult to grow plants as its winter, but I don't give up! Actually, the coriander-hoarder in me does not give up....so I built a space on the balcony around the colourful pebbles. I have loads of little coloured pebbles and small knick-knacks that I have collected over the years...and never really get rid of!

...Slowly, I added the Rajasthani men too....along with the christmas pinecones!

....and now I have something to cheer me up....as I look along outside, with a gorgeous view of the Eiffel Tower and sip coffee, read a book or talk to S!

Wrought Iron Accents!

I love anything in Wrought Iron...I feel it adds a unique charm to any space and has a nice contemporary feel to it too. Some time back, when I scoured through every home store in Paris for a dressing table for a "budget", I came back with this...though it was slightly expensive! :) I never disappoint the shop owner....:P

It gives a nice earthly feel to that corner of my home, and I think it can look nice, wherever we move too! :) I am sort of confined, in terms of space here in Paris as compared to our own spacious home, back "home"! Not that it stops me from working on improvisations!

I saw some lovely wall sculptures and wall hooks, and some amazing ideas - just need another room! :D To give you an example, I am loving this...very unique and "inspirational", yet modern!

(Picture courtesy: www.ironaccents.com)
If you live in the U.S, you should definitely look it up, I was browsing online and found them! They have an amazing collection of everything under the sun in iron! :)...no, I am not being paid to plug this in...I genuinely feel its a great site with some interesting products to offer...

P.S - The wall clock is a lovely gift for S from his team in India, when we came to Paris and the twin tower hanging is ....from Prague, duh! :) Our memorabilia from that lovely mystical place that did not disappoint one bit! We are very blessed to see so much beauty in our lives! Truly!

Bridal Collection 2011-2012 | Bridal Dresses by Unbeatable

Pakistani dress designers are producing world class designs every day.  Now Pakistani dress designers have their unique name at world level in fashion industry. Most of the designers have got proper knowledge and education along with creative skills and sense of fashion. We have some renowned and very creative groups who are producing fabulous outfits for every sort of season and fashion. “Unbeatable” Fashion designer is one of them. They have their main focus on quality and creativity which is the key for success in fashion world. 

Unbeatable is a fashion icon, they based from Karachi, Pakistan. Unbeatable has fabulous and spectacular collection of creative and cultural stuff. They focused on quality and trend parallel. Unbeatable Fashion designer introduces the fashion assortment through Fashion shows as well.

Bridal wear dresses are always critical in design and pattern and one have very creative mind with extra designing skills to produce bridal wears and “Unbeatable” fashion designers got this trait. 

Today we have some fantastic and creative bridal dress collection by “Unbeatable” at she9’s platform. They have a vast variety of bridal dresses which are designed for brides of every season. Scroll down to checkout their latest bridal wear collection 2011-2012. 

Lehenga Choli

“Unbeatable” designers have produced this master piece. The dress really has something to praise. The outfit of this bridal Lehenga Choli is really awesome and according to the latest trend of the market. The embroidered and zari work on it is really fabulous. Such enriched work with level of perfection needs top level skills which “Unbeatable” team has. The color scheme of this bridal dress is perfect according o its need.

2011-2012 Bridal Collection

This bridal dress has modern outfit in southern touch. The dress has gorgeous color scheme and fine embroidery work on it. Shoulder fewer shirts with wide low neck design looking marvelous and stylish.

Embroidered Bridal Dress

This dress is a best example of heavy embroidery work on bridal dresses. This bridal dress is really unbeatable match of its category.

Bridal Sharara

Bridal Churi Pajama

Following bridal dresses by “Unbeatable” have been designed according to the current fashion trend. Embroidery and the accessory have been used accordingly. The outfit and patterns are the combination of modern and cultural style and work.

Heavy Embroidered Dresses | Bridal Embroidered by Xenab's Atelier

Embroidery is the art of decorating the fabric with the help of needle and yarn. Yarn can be of different types. In South Asia decorating the clothes with this type of technique is very common. People of every demographic part of this piece of land have developed some unique designs those indicate and elaborate their interest and values of life. Different type of materials has been used for this purpose like yarn thread, cotton thread and silk thread with other sort of readymade stuff like metal strips, pearls, beads, quills and sequins.

Today we have gorgeous embroidery work on different type of dresses for you by Xenab's Atelier and hope you will like all these modernly modified designs. Here we are going to share Heavy embroidery dresses by Xenab's Atelier for Brides. 

Embroidered Frock

There are lots of techniques of stitches available in the market like chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, cross stitch and hand —remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery. In handmade category we have various fabulous cultural designs. In this modern world we have Machine embroidery, arising in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution. The development of machine embroidery on a mass production scale came about in stages. This opens new eras of competition in fashion world. 

Bridal Embroiderey

Simple Embroidery

Embroidery for Party Dress

Heavy Embroidery Work

Embroidery for Casual Wears

Stone Embroidery Work

Embroidery for Long Kurti

Full Embroidery on Long Kurti

Embroidery for long frock

Embroidered Neck-line

Heavy & Costly Embroidery

Embroidery on Open Shirt

Heavy Embroidery Work

The fabrics and yarns used in traditional heavy embroidery vary from place to place. Wool, linen, and silkhave have been in use for thousands of years for both fabric and yarn. Today, embroidery thread is manufactured in cotton, rayon, and novelty yarns as well as in traditional wool, linen, and silk. Different types of threads have been used for embroidery like cotton thread, silver thread and zari thread. Other forms of embroidery used on the salwar kameez are: cufdana work, dori work, dubka work, gota patti , kasab work, katha work, kundan work, parsi work, patch work, resham embroidery, sequins work, sippy work, sitara work, stone work, thread work, zardozi work, and zari work. With such a fascinating range of embroidery to choose from one could build a substantial wardrobe of thread embroidered salwar kameez. Ribbon embroidery uses narrow ribbon in silk or silk/organza blend ribbon, most commonly to create floral motifs. Much contemporary embroidery is stitched with a computerized embroidery machine using patterns.

Bridal Mehndi Designs 2011-12 | Mehndi Designs for Brides

She9 always brings new, trendy and fabulous fashion and beauty stuff. As there is a wedding season in Pakistan and India, we have something related and something special for our special and valued visitors. There are lots of Mehndi Artists in all over the world designing and developing classical and fashionable mehndi designs for brides. Our main focus of today’s post is covering the bridal category and providing the some best bridal mehndi designs. All the following Bridal Mehndi Designs have been designed by Mona’s Mehndi Saloon, the one of best and famous Mehndi Art podium. Let’s have a closer view to all these Bridal Colorful Mehndi Designs. You will be encountered with gorgeous Bridal Mehndi Designs for hands, arms, and feet. All the designs are fabulous and symbol of creative art work.

Embroidered Mehndi

Applying the mehndi paste with some color material becomes famous in all over the world. Especially for Brides, designers mostly recommend such type of colorful techniques. Following is the wonderful example of applying the colorful mehndi paste with Embroidered. The designs is just awesome, exemplify the best classical art. The design is covering the both sides of hand along with wrist. Some ornaments have also been used to nourish this colorful bridal mehndi design.

Bridal Mehndi Designs

Mehndi Designs for Hands

Mehndi for Brides

Embroidered Bridal Mehndi

Mona's Mehndi

Bridal Mehndi Art

Following is the best floral Mehndi Design for brides I have ever seen. Beautiful combination of mehndi paste, color and decorating material has been used to develop such sort of fantastic art work. The design is just great covering both sides of hand and arm from wrist to elbow.

Mehndi for Hands

This is an Indian Bridal Mehndi design covering both sides of hand and arms. The design is just awesome. Indian Bridal Mehndi Designs are always fabulous and colorful, but the artist enhances the beauty of this Colorful Bridal Mehndi Design. Same sort of ornaments and other decorating material have been used to nourish this bridal mehndi design more.

Black Mehndi Art

Following mehndi design is the best exhibition of Bridal Mehndi creative work. The design have been sketched very finely and showing the uniqueness on both hands and feet. This colorful bridal mehndi design consists of floral and creative sort of design work, which is very common now days. The design has been sketched very finely and neatly on feet as well as on hands.

Dark Bridal Mehndi

Arabic Bridal Mehndi

Bridal Mehndi for Feet

Simple Bridal Mehndi

Bridal Mehndi for Foot

All these bridal mehndi design has richest sort of creative work. Use of colorful material has made this mehndi design more attractive and beautiful. The design has been applied on hands, arms and feet. This is exclusively Indian sort of design modified by the designer very beautifully. The use of decorative material to nurture this design has made this more beautiful and attractive. Multi-color mehndi paste have used by the designer. This sort of work becomes famous in all over the world and girls used such sort of artistic mehndi designs on weddings.

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