Diwali 2010

Evening Pooja for Goddess Lakshmi...

My floral rangoli......

Indoor Crackers!!!! No paper cut outs to add to the festive cheer :)

Gifts in decorated glasses for all the guests :)

After all the festivities in Sept- Oct it was Diwali around the corner....

Weekends were spent in cleaning the house or shopping!

It was totally worth it at the end....

We had 2 family parties at home, one after the Lakshmi Pooja and one after the Bhaubeez.

I njoyed my Diwali to the core and all the preparations paid off.

It started out by sending Diwali cards for close family and friends :)

Changing the decor of my home and driving my hubby insane with the Card bills!

Preparing the Diwali sweets and savouries 'single handedly' and it was my first time at it....beginner' luck was with me and my sweets were blessed and got everyone' compliments too ;) (modesty at its best!)

We handpicked small gifts for all our guests. Everyone is blessed by goddess lakshmi during diwali.

The smiles and thank you' on that day filled my heart with gratitude to God' kindness and love to keep my pockets full to give more n more to others :)

This Diwali party was followed by a Sunday evening tea party at our home.

Evening was as exciting as it could get, traditional sweets accompanied by my tower of mini muffins or cup cakes :)
Little Arjun had the most fun.....live crackers inside the house????
We missed Taksheel sorely.
It was all in all a great Diwali an awesome time with family and our very first in our new home :)