Mallipoo story...

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1N-BeL16K6GNc4WyhVZmy8StqsjyzVlo04BAgGhUphuQ1-lOYwz7SYnf0tSFbVcDoSS0ti9k0RmyD-YuBH2unwomhL48ywCkaSrqPEQ2CIcvYF6kBNkPc8JdqzD7QXvVd7VE9R5m6iXu5/s1600-h/mallipoo.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347756980111196626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1N-BeL16K6GNc4WyhVZmy8StqsjyzVlo04BAgGhUphuQ1-lOYwz7SYnf0tSFbVcDoSS0ti9k0RmyD-YuBH2unwomhL48ywCkaSrqPEQ2CIcvYF6kBNkPc8JdqzD7QXvVd7VE9R5m6iXu5/s400/mallipoo.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" /></a>Right now this beautiful painting by <a href="http://surfkye.com/blog/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kalyani Ganapathy</span> </a>called <em><strong>Ponnuku Mallipoo Asai</strong> translated 'A little girl likes jasmine flowers'</em> adorns the orange wall in my daughter's room.<br /><br />The story~<br />Last year when I featured Kalyani's work<a href="http://rangdecor.blogspot.com/2008/07/illustration-love.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> here, </span></a>I fell in love with this little girl called Mayuri in the painting, she so needed to be in my daughter's room. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qArnIB-jcC3cpVW_MkDEoV31YTC9E2mzQMRxL2Vf-zXfYPsKIdpI793M3VVdAajLsYAOZ6uPbgsfWOEyo_8nGu0mmw-YrO14AxzIjeW31T-VMFRwKJLy48H2C6CJXOf7o41GjwuAbWH5/s1600-h/dur3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347756984233868034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qArnIB-jcC3cpVW_MkDEoV31YTC9E2mzQMRxL2Vf-zXfYPsKIdpI793M3VVdAajLsYAOZ6uPbgsfWOEyo_8nGu0mmw-YrO14AxzIjeW31T-VMFRwKJLy48H2C6CJXOf7o41GjwuAbWH5/s400/dur3.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" /></a>We were in the process of moving to our new home and I had already visualised how the painting would look in my daughter's room. Kalyani has used acrylic on canvas and has really made the little girl come to life:-)<br /><br />Will post more pictures from my daughter's room, which still is work in progress.<br /><br />Do visit Kalyani's site <a href="http://surfkye.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Surfkye</span></a>, to see some of her gorgeous work.<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>

Mallipoo story...

Right now this beautiful painting by Kalyani Ganapathy called Ponnuku Mallipoo Asai translated 'A little girl likes jasmine flowers...

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My foray into product photography...

Things have been rather quiet here at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rang Dec</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span> and I am sorry about that. Thanks to all you lovely readers who come back often to check on the blog.<br /><br />Many of you know about my love for photography, I post regularly on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">flickr</span></a> and occasionally in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rang Decor</span>. When a beautiful opportunity came my way, I just had to explore it:-)<br /><br />I have recently started shooting for a <span style="font-style: italic;">Luxury handcrafted Bedding</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> & Linens store</span>~ <a href="http://www.saffronmarigold.com/catalog/index.php"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saffron Marigold</span>.</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LiQsDiQJ6PC08IbO3Dql0m0_3a8IqSRd7f6BUCjSEyHDa6BECBtW_UfV1J4GVQ_dDdUPiu-egZyCW3cl3p3u47LerK7Rm7dazWddTaAfP5_8xkKSrQYJh0n8zf6M08ywNSoRH5juo9eO/s1600-h/or3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347371872822851410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LiQsDiQJ6PC08IbO3Dql0m0_3a8IqSRd7f6BUCjSEyHDa6BECBtW_UfV1J4GVQ_dDdUPiu-egZyCW3cl3p3u47LerK7Rm7dazWddTaAfP5_8xkKSrQYJh0n8zf6M08ywNSoRH5juo9eO/s400/or3.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" /></a>I have been styling and shooting the gorgeous products for <a href="http://www.saffronmarigold.com/catalog/index.php"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saffron Mar</span></a><a href="http://www.saffronmarigold.com/catalog/index.php"><span style="font-weight: bold;">igold</span></a>. The recent one being the<a href="http://www.saffronmarigold.com/catalog/org_yellow_blue_bedding.php"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Morning Dew</span></a> print that they have recently launched.<br /><br />Here are some of the frames from the shoot. Hope you like them.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2R0oczxDGdLCdsWv4-Jd6g98iE-J10utGNsFdFC5b_TVaA-UrJ21Vc1_a883YoymmJ7nnJYw512FTDITeRjnyA5d2fS9GP1KUTE2jNTKiNppwGoTA166YHOOYo46Bg4z_xU8xCjs9x1ua/s1600-h/run1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347371880372485314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2R0oczxDGdLCdsWv4-Jd6g98iE-J10utGNsFdFC5b_TVaA-UrJ21Vc1_a883YoymmJ7nnJYw512FTDITeRjnyA5d2fS9GP1KUTE2jNTKiNppwGoTA166YHOOYo46Bg4z_xU8xCjs9x1ua/s400/run1.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Morning Dew Table Runner</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZZpf0S0NxbKQYF5_a7eg6c6fYqZSVFRT6taF1h82Df9ZbBXx1jmnc_8N0eyGyDSrcFii8C41lCqq2sw2UG1kEBViJXBDS13hvSRGzf3B4r2FWKcU3OEWPlniXM2uwNBq5TKuH0xv7ATU/s1600-h/flo4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347375108601436322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZZpf0S0NxbKQYF5_a7eg6c6fYqZSVFRT6taF1h82Df9ZbBXx1jmnc_8N0eyGyDSrcFii8C41lCqq2sw2UG1kEBViJXBDS13hvSRGzf3B4r2FWKcU3OEWPlniXM2uwNBq5TKuH0xv7ATU/s400/flo4.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Morning Dew European Pillow Sham</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAatneKss9dfastpYC66KyHmta-o56O-ej1HE-s-Nt6IWQl5eHr08xuA_DlfZ_1uj5in5SPe37JzwbATngzQBqY0qg_s4xLVhw6eLtIzBWMSAcla0l0Ja5M34HpOoHJurJimWJGt1RMOm/s1600-h/tc3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347375112402552386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAatneKss9dfastpYC66KyHmta-o56O-ej1HE-s-Nt6IWQl5eHr08xuA_DlfZ_1uj5in5SPe37JzwbATngzQBqY0qg_s4xLVhw6eLtIzBWMSAcla0l0Ja5M34HpOoHJurJimWJGt1RMOm/s400/tc3.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Morning Dew Table Cloth</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sroMa41Q9537woBqds2iAW1ZOPbvj7JdgmgGxtbu9AJQ83VxF-40XUOiASiJljoKjTaEFWVRfQCwqVrvpfbKPFDcj_DSwnTMp8tWDw4UwOl4MA8yOgrnt54N4-eY8n-19FWJjWTrG2hm/s1600-h/sheer4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347375115262708370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sroMa41Q9537woBqds2iAW1ZOPbvj7JdgmgGxtbu9AJQ83VxF-40XUOiASiJljoKjTaEFWVRfQCwqVrvpfbKPFDcj_DSwnTMp8tWDw4UwOl4MA8yOgrnt54N4-eY8n-19FWJjWTrG2hm/s400/sheer4.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Morning Dew Sheer Curtains</span><br /><br />The behind the scene experiences, the styling and other photographic features I will be sharing soon on my other blog~ <a href="http://www.rang-thecoloursoflife.blogspot.com"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rang: The Colours of Life</span></a><br /><br />Have a great day!<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>

My foray into product photography...

Things have been rather quiet here at Rang Dec or and I am sorry about that. Thanks to all you lovely readers who come back often to check ...

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