LimeRoad.com!

A Shoot and a Give Away

LimeRoad.com, an exclusive online store has been a favorite of mine for it's curated collections and product stories. From handpicked home decor and furnishings to carefully selected women apparel and accessories, shopping at LimeRoad.com is almost like shopping with a stylist as your personal shopper. Inspired by the 16th century Grand Trunk Road, the famed highway that changed the face of the trade in the Indian subcontinent, the team at LimeRoad.com is always on a journey to find some of the best products out there. I also love how the team has focused on creating a highly engaging experience for shoppers on the site and it's facebook page. 

 

So, I was delighted when Diya Sahgal from LimeRoad.com reached out to me for their June campaign, called "Just Like You". Thirteen women from different fields, each unique in her own right, were styled and shot in LimeRoad.com's summer collection. With my recent obsession with six yards of gorgeousness, I chose to be styled in a beautiful raw silk saree from Desi Weaves. The shoot was a lovely experience, and kudos to Diya and her team, and the photographer Rishabh Anupam Sahay, for doing a great job! You can take a look at the campaign in LimeRoad's inhouse online magazine.  

Give Away!

And now for the giveaway! LimeRoad.com would love to give away a credit voucher of INR 2,500 to one lucky lucky reader [anyone who resides in India or who has an address for shipping in India]. You can use the voucher to shop for anything that you desire from LimeRoad.com!

All you need to do to enter the give away:

1. Leave a comment that has one or all of these three words: Lime, Road, June! As always, leave a comment right here on An Indian Summer's facebook page. Leave a comment on this post too to increase your chances.

2. The most creative comment wins!

3. We will announce the winner after a week - on July 1st 

That's it! :)

Thank you to the team at LimeRoad.com for hosting this generous giveaway! 

[Images: LimeRoad. Creative Storyboarding: An Indian Summer]

 

 

DIY's For A Rainy Day

An Indian Summer's DIYs are in Grazia! 

The Makeover: Reclaimed Bottles

The Senior Features Writer at Grazia, Spardha Malik, reached out to me last month, to put together three easy and quick DIYs for Grazia readers. It was after a really really long time that I got my craft supplies out, and then scouted the home for things that could be reclaimed or up-cycled or re-purposed or generally beautified. Not only did I have to Do the It-Yourself's, but also style and photograph each step of the process. And what fun it was to do it all;  industrial strength glue sticking my fingers together notwithstanding! All the three DIYs can be easily done within ten to twenty minutes, and you don't really need any special supplies to make them.

The 2 Minute Cake Stand 

 I upcycled old glass bottles, made cake stands and prettied up a lamp :)

Baubles On A Wire: The Lamp Updo

Grab the June 2013 issue of Grazia India, for step by step instructions on all three DIYs. You can buy the online copy of the mag on zinio or magzter.

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Do tell me if you try any of these on a rainy day, or a non-rainy day :)

[All images: An Indian Summer]

Featured!

Femina

I am thrilled to be a part of the special Made By You issue of Femina this month! I was asked to contribute a feature on Interiors and Homes and, there I am, with the story on how the husband and I did up our home over the years. I shared with you the pics I had taken when the photoshoot happened; take a look now at a full visual tour of my home in the feature. :)

A big thanks to Anuradha, the Chief Copy Editor at Femina and Manpreet, the excellent photographer who did the photoshoot!

You can get a copy of this issue right here, and/or get it online on Zinio.

Hindustan Times Live Mint

And, my ideas on how to design and style transitional spaces were featured in HT Live Mint, last Saturday. I had superb company - Chandan and Rajee's design advice and examples from their homes were part of the article as well.

Thanks Komal for getting the three of us together on Live Mint :)

Take a look at the article online right here!

[All pics: Me]

The Good Peeps..

..at GoodHomes Magazine

Set up a pretty pretty lunch 

The gorgeous editor and her super team

Graciously invited me and some fabulous fellow bloggers

 We met, we ate, we drank, we laughed

We ooh-aahed

We got inspired by each others' amazing blogs

And left after those few charmed hours

With happy memories and new friends

And a heartfelt Thanks on our lips

For the Good Homes team!

Ronitaa, Simrat, Dipti, Vanita and Rajavi: Thank you for organizing a lovely get together and inviting us! 

Rajee and Prachi: So good to meet again :)

Shalini, Lakshmi, Priti, Misha, Aarti: It was such a pleasure meeting you and hope we meet again soon!

    

Shiro and Parul: Thank you for hosting all of us!

 [Pics courtesy: Priti and GoodHomes]

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And while I am talking about good peeps

I do need to mention the ones at

 Elle Decor

Mrudul and Karishma: Thank you so much for featuring An Indian Summer as part of your feature on Indian design blogs! Much appreciated!

Take a look at the brilliantly put together anniversary issue of Elle Decor, if not done so already. You will find An Indian Summer, and three of my favorite blogs and their authors, on Page 138 :)

[Image: Clicked by me. Additional accessory: The Owl]

In which I preen a little

The Bloggie boy here is going places, and is taking me along on the merry ride! This month has begun with features in two beloved magazines and I am chuffed! My home has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens (India), and I have also been interviewed by the Pool Magazine. Yay and Yo!

The photo shoot at home was so much fun; even though I think I had caught the blasted bug by then and was some what under the weather. I just generally hung around, eating the tidbits meant for the BHG team and cracking inane jokes, while they ran around and did all the hard work. A big thanks to the teams at these magazines for featuring me, and, a massive thank you hug to you guys for loving this blog so much!   
 

The home feature, folks. The magazine is out on the stands & you can buy it online here

 Many thanks to the fabulous Ragini Singh Joshi and the brilliant Anay Mann

The interview in Pool. You can also read it online here

Thanks to the lovely Shriya Nagi!

And, there have been a few mentions in other well known magazines, last year. I was lazy (and shy) to put them up when the features came out; but well, here they are now - my tiny moments of fame :) 

Thank you Good Homes team

Muchas gracias, Mamta Mody!

Many thanks to Kripa Krishnan 

Thank you, Vilasini Roy!

And, just in case you missed the regular eye candy in this post, here, my sight-for-sore-eyes of a tom cat, says hello to you!

"THIS is what you woke me up for? MY pictures, by the way, would have launched a thousand magazines. Just saying"


The grumpus puss and I now sign off
I shall see you again tomorrow with a fresh off-the-oven post!

[All images: Taken in a hurry, by yours truly, at home]

The Meghan Method

Brent Walter wrote to me some time back to share a new book - The Meghan Method. Written by Meghan Carter, the book focuses on helping readers find their own style and execute a design plan based on their newly discovered style.

In this book, Meghan covers the entire process of decorating, beginning with  finding one's unique style to covering key topics like decorating in any budget, finding furniture and accessories, tips on when to DIY and when to hire professionals to worksheets and room images.

In the book, Meghan has also selected her favorite home decor blogs to recommend to her readers as the ultimate sources of style and inspiration. And surprise surprise, 'An Indian Summer' is part of this list! Thank you Meghan! 

While I await my copy of the book, there is another copy to be given away! 

And this copy goes to the 2000th fan of An Indian Summer's facebook page:

Lika Sarishvili! 

Congratulations Lika! Please send your shipping address to Brent Walter and he'll send across your personal copy of the book right away! :)

[All images: Meghan Carter]

An Indian Summer And The Ideal Home & Garden!

An Indian Summer has been featured in the anniversary special issue of The Ideal Home and Garden (India) in their article - 'Decor Goes Online'! 

Thank you Chandana Banerjee and the editorial team at The Ideal Home and Garden! Just so you know, Mr. Blog is blowing kisses your way :)

Trivia about the above pics:

Look look! The necklace (from the Crafts Museum in Delhi) and the jar (from SF flea market) is also in the first picture in the magazine article! Cool, right? 

This, my dear friends, is known as serendipitous styling!

And hop on to An Indian Summer's Facebook page if you want to take a look at a bigger picture of my latest favorite bed spread as seen in the first pic. 

Psst: I have found this great supplier (got this bedspread from him), and I am getting very tempted to start An Indian Summer Bazaar again just to share the goodies he stocks! So do tell me if you like the bedspread!

My new facebook friends ~ Hola! :)

[Image copyright: Bhavna Bhatnagar, An Indian Summer]