Thursday, April 22, 2010

Morning Surprise!


So much for once swearing that I’d never get sentimental about blogging or bloggers. I always thought myself an unsentimental kind of babe - a non- hugger who sniffs with disdain at excessive displays of emotion. But I have to shove my steel armour aside this time and I have to get teary eyed in this post when I talk about the utter thoughtfulness of virtual friends I haven’t even met in real life.
What they do for me! They send me seed pods and lovingly handmade Christmas gifts; they send me ‘fan mail’, they actually buy my paintings… When they are in Bangalore, they make it a point to come visit me and even indulge my strange requests in the name of art. When I want to know about art terminology or related stuff, they take the time to share their knowledge in detail with me…

Aneri Maasi shares an enthusiasm of pretty feet with me which you can see here and here. Yes, please do click! As you can see, one simply can’t help but gush over them. This is the reason I LOVE being a woman! I may indulge in pedicures, but I have never ever seen nails around here imprinted with pretty designs in my part of the world.
Then yesterday, I got a surprise package in the mail. I wondered who it could be. When I opened it, there was a ‘handwritten letter’ from Aneri on beautiful green paper. Yes! I am going to repeat that – Handwritten! Beautiful stationery! (Who takes that much time these days and that too for someone they’ve never met?) And there was a gift – a package of pretty nail stickers!!!! You cannot find a happier babe typing out this blog post :-) Hyuk hyuk hyuk...My feet are wriggling their toes in anticipation for their monthly pedicure with a cherry on top this time – nail stickers! And yeah, of course it will be splashed all over my blog when it happens.

Thank you Aneri. This was so kind and thoughtful of you. And yes, you get a handwritten letter and a little surprise back in the mail from me.

10 comments:

mixdbrew said...

This phenomenon is all over Dubai too and yes...i love it!! So pretty, pretty, pretty. And yes...It's great to be women when you can have such camaraderie :)

ArtPropelled said...

Followed the link and can see why you are so enchanted with the dainty nail stickers.

Meera Vasudev Srinivasan said...

definitely pretty! and so thoughtful!! now I'm all warm and fuzzy inside! :-)

aneri_masi said...

Thanks for the lovely post, Priya :)
I was equally excited when I mailed it out! Can't wait to see the beautified feet!

And really really eager to get that handwritten letter from u :D

bigBANG studio said...

Pretty adorable.
And so happy a little blog love made your day.

a big HUG and warm fuzzies,
xo

aneri_masi said...

@ArtPropelled, the ones on my feet are not stickers, they are hand-painted by these wonderfully talented Vietnamese ladies. Totalllly love them!

mizu designs said...

I'm going to track you down in person if I ever make it to Bangalore :) It's definitely on my travel list.

Unknown said...

You lucky lady. i love handwritten letters and painted toes! Green paper, too!!!! cool. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Vineeta said...

So Sweet! Loved this light and happy making happy feet post. Went over to Aneri Masi's blog to check out her pretty feet. Its been ages since I did something feminine & pretty making 'just like that' & this post totally inspires me :)

Chethana said...

Hey! Waiting waiting for the nail pictures.

(And, I have tagged you a little something! Look forward to your response.)