7 Little known Facts

Monika of Red2White who creates the most beautiful felt fashion accessories has tagged me for this meme. The rules are:
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Ok now for the seven random or weird facts about myself .

1. I'm left handed. ( how cool is that - I've been told by many people)

2. I'm allergic to ice.( weird or what)

3. I don't have just one sweet tooth but 32.

4.I have a white(platinum?) streak in my hair - its natural and most people don't believe its natural.I make bets with myself when I meet someone for the first time that they will find a way to ask me straight after they compliment me on how striking it is and then look in disbelief when I say its natural.

5. I'm thinking of starting an Etsy shop ( have I said that a hundred times already?)

6.I hate being hot and sweaty

7.I love simple things designed and made beautifully with the greatest attention to detail.Kitsch things and those which are over the top are equally interesting to me.( Let's just say my taste is eclectic , I'm clarifying for all of you who think I'm fickle and undecided)

At the end of this exercise one of two things can happen - my little tribe of four who follow my blog will increase by leaps and bounds or there will be no one who can handle this degree of weirdness.

Now to tag 7 people and let them know.

Paddy's Daughter , Art Propelled , The Plum Tree , Arth and Nitya , Serendipity , ArtnLight and Greetings from the Shady Grove

An award and a meme

I've been tagged to participate in a meme by Paula of The Beauty of Life in addition she's given me an award. Thanks Paula your work inspires and your style of writing has me grinning with pleasure most mornings when I see you've updated your blog .Sets the tone for the day better than caffeine.

The rules for receiving this award are:1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog. 2. Link to the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs. 4. Put links of those blogs on yours. 5. Leave a message on the blogs of the people you’ve nominated.

My nominations for Brilliante Weblog Premio -2008 are ......

Art in Stitches

Travel, Fibre and Thread

A Cup of Chai

Crayons

The Plum Tree

Geninne's Art Blog

Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen

On then to the meme.

1. What was I doing ten years ago?

That would make it 1998. I was visiting faculty teaching textile and design courses at NIFT, started embroidering one of a kind scarves and stoles without a clue of how to sell them. It was also the beginning of sorts of my association with the development and NGO sector - I did two projects that year one a design intervention project in Kasuti embroidery for the economic empowerment of women in Karnataka and the second was an enterprise resource development project creating products out of Sisal fibre also for women in rural Karnataka.

2.Five things on my to do list today.

Tag seven people for the Brilliante Weblog award and notify them.

Follow up on the repair of the washing machine the service guys have already been over three times!!!and the problem has not been fixed, heaps of laundry to do.

Mark points on the wall where I want nails so I can finally put up illustrations and photographs which deserve to be viewed at eye level rather than propped up against the wall at floor level.Hopefully get someone to put in the nails as well.

Grind up the rice and lentils left to soak over night and make the batter for adai.We will be having adai for dinner tonight.

Work on the pages of the Little Red Book which has been neglected of late.

3.Snacks that I enjoy

Chocolate

Tea and Marie biscuits to dunk in the tea

All sorts of Chaat

Fruit

4.Things I would do if I were a billionaire

Travel

Give to charity

5.Places I have lived

Assam, Cochin,Ooty,Coonoor,Madras,Calcutta,Ahmedabad,Coimbatore,
Bangalore,New York

Ok got to go and get most of what is on the to do list done. Nails, laundry, red book......