2012 was a great year, personally and socially. I was having a little change in my personal life and the last three months were pretty tiring. The best part is this year I found a great friend who supported me a whole lot. There were some hurdles and chaos and many.. many changes. I changed internally- confident, sensible and more sarcastic and I cried a lot LESS this year. I cry A LOT not in front of people but under my blanket. I found that blogging was not a joke. I honed my photography skills, about which I am extremely happy. And the best part I found my aim, my profession that is, for the future, this year. I came to know my inner self, my flaws and my pros. I realized that I was always attracted to color and presentation. I love it when I was served with very nice looking food. I extracted the meaning of the quote: "Beauty lies in  the eyes of the beholder". Well I'll write another post regarding this topic soon. I WILL BECOME A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND I AM PRETTY DETERMINED TO SEE MYSELF AS ONE SOME DAY... Bye 2012. Lastly, thanks to all my friend (online one's too), family friend and The Almighty for making this year so special. Thanks a lot.  (Like a whole lot).

Congratulations to all! The world didn't end yet. It's nice to see you all online- safe and sound. After being gone away by the wind hah, I am back! Um.. actually I was having exams- the big ones so that's why I had to stay away from my blog but now I AM BACK! And there are a lot of post coming soon. This time it'll be all about interior designing as I am designing my new room which looks like a den right now. Meanwhile, enjoy some photos!

My feet never looked that pretty, seriously!

Cupcakes and Cashmere- Emily Schuman

A Beautiful Mess- Elsie and Emma

DesignLoveFest- Bri Emery

The Beauty Department- Lauren Conrad

Today I'll be sharing the top 5 blogs that I have been consistently reading throughout 2012.Now that this year is coming to an end, I have decided I'll share these with you. When it comes to me, I like blogs that are eye-catching. I hardly ever read long posts. I only like the blogs that have a high quality photography and that help me learn thing. Here's a list of blog I really love.

Life has been very hectic lately, huh! I've been studying real hard because I'm having exams right now. I don't want to quit though, blogging is my passion, apparently. Soon enough I'm going to post some fashion posts and also a couple organisation ones. It's been awesome here, the place where i live, people LOVE rain. The westerly winds and rains are coming along! I can't wait to sit in my cozy quilt with a cup of hot chocolate. Ah I can't wait!

{Cursing my camera for focusing only on my plaid case}

{In love with this nail polish but this picture is true injustice to it's beauty}

I know its been quite a while but I am very busy these days and I believe that at this stage all I should care about are my studies. I am doing GCSE O' Levels. I'll try to post as frequently as possible though so lets just skip in!

De-clutter: De-cluttering is an important step. You don't want to have everything oozing out of place so keep very basic things on your dresser.

Changing the mood: Hats off to my mother she always adds color to our place. It really depends on my mood what I like to keep on my dresser. Sometimes it's like the oh-so-girly vibe everywhere however I like having a nice sober vibe is much suitable.

The feminine feel: You're a lady, a girl or a woman, it doesn't matter. Always give your place a feminine feel. Keep it nice and feminine.

Handy stuff: Keep things you frequently use. Like your fall favorite lipstick that you tend to use frequently. or some bobby pins.
Plus, do keep a magnified mirror on your dresser. Work with precision and observe the over all look with the dresser mirror.

{BEFORE}

Ah! Long time, no see. Sorry everyone I've been deciding whether I should blog or not but I guess, I've got to get back so today I'm going to show you how to make your photos seem almost unrealistic. Yep! I'm going to show you the polarize effect I've mustered using some simple photo editors. Pixlr, Photobucket and Picnik are by far the best for me. The effects are nice and very crisp.

{AFTER}

{Chose lovely bright vintage sheets for the rainy days}

Apologies for not posting up for a while. I've been really lazy through the past weeks, I fell down on the on our marble floor while doing a baby karate session with my sister, my foot just stuck in my clothes and I fell real bad, like really bad. While I was recovering my bruises, I got a temperature which highly restricted me from blogging. I spent all this time reading stories on WattPad and was completely dazed after reading so awesome stories, people seriously have a lot of talent.

{Small details can really make things stand out}

{Simply love how the picture came out after editing}

{Winter pre-planning with my sister}

{Simply love the look of these shoes!}

I've got to make this clarification so that you people are aware of everything. Most of the people who don't me personally "always" have a misunderstanding that my name is Seema. No offense but I am not really fond of this name because I abosolutely adore my real name (sorry if that sounds cliche).

Top by Adorn, thrifted tights, T.K.S flats

I hardly talk about eastern clothing on my blog. I too wear eastern clothing most of the time and I to because it's much comfortable and much prettier I believe. It was lovely outside today and I got out with my sister and had a little walk and picked some fresh jasmines.

{The mess we made during the workshop}

I gave my sister photography class today and told her how to control all the settings, how to focus and all that. I've been quite lazy through out this week. Today I woke up at 4 pm and I know it's ridiculous but I slept at 7am. I went to my favorite corner (it's extremely hot) in the house with my sister and Snap Snap!

{Gone crazy with the knotted belt trend, so pretty!}

I believe inspiration is everywhere but you should have that great sense of observing things so to make things a wee bit easy for you guys I decided to pile up a few websites that I totally am in love with when it comes to collecting some freshly picked inspiration.


Pinterest: First up is Pinterest and honestly I find it the best inspiration spot. Of course I don't cheat other bloggers' ideas but it acts like outline for me to determine what's in trend, what's happening out there in the blogging world, it gives me an idea to come-up with something that people are already interested in. Especially the boards are great, I find them awesome for organizing my inspirations. I can make as many borad as I want and I can easily classify things into categories.




Etsy: Etsy is second on my list, well actually I love Etsy and Pinterest equally. I think Etsy is really nice for inspiration, since it's like one of the greatest e-commerce websites it has products lying in all the categories, lifestyle, fashion, beauty, its all in one place and many of the things are homemade. I use Etsy specially because I can give D.I.Y's of the things that are there for so much money. Like the previous post. I had that all lying around and technically I didn't even spent a single penny on it.




Bloglovin': Bloglovin' is my love. I can taste what other bloggers are up to. Take away bits of inspirations from everything, season it with my creativity and serve it to you.




Independant Fashion Bloggers: IFB is a great spot for collecting some inspiration. I can see what other fashion bloggers are upto, I can see all that's happening out there in the fashion world so that I can express the same things with my point of view on my blog. IFB is not like over the top for me, I find Etsy and Pinterest more convenient because everything is in one place. But still it is a lovely spot to get inspiration, especially who are in the fashion sector because people are talking there about fashion all the time.


Indulgy: Indulgy is my newly discovered love. It's almost, well completely like Pinterest. Sometimes I just get a little bit bored with Pinterest, so Indulgy is a good alternative. And you get a little bit more variety at the same time.

I talked about these websites because they make thinking about new ideas a little bit easier. Your blog is a great outlet to express yourself, be original, if everything will be cheated or copied, people might get bored. Be original and only that can lead you to a success. Hope you enjoyed, xo- Seemal.Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Who doesn't like bows and there are in trend these days so why not wear them as much as we can. I was surfing through Etsy (one of my inspiration spots) the other day and guess what, I saw a bow necklace for $11.95. It was very pretty, the bow was handmade with a nice vintage patterned cloth and the chain was a rustic antique chain. I knew that I could make it under $1, well apparently it costed me absolutely nothing. I grabbed a couple neon colored fabrics and an old chain from a necklace.