Crystal Grandeur

     Blue is the color so dear to Summer. It appears in many different versions from the darkest to the lightest shades. The impalpable lightness of this shade fetch colors from the sky and take us to dreamy fantasy.       This day & night  holiday table with blue checkered tablecloth, and with just picked bunch of white Daisies in a blue ceramic pottery echoes a holiday mood. Placing a rose bud napkin looked pretty on the side plate along with home grown cherries in small white cup on the blue plates.This can be adapted for a picnic theme as well. Please visit Nap On the Porch Please visit Pink Saturday  Please visit Charm of Home  Please visit Rustic and Refined  Please visit Our home away from home Please visit Sweet sensations  Please visit Stroll thru life 

   There are plenty of easy summer special cold drink recipe for summer home lovers  in the kitchen to try. Treating themselves or the guests with smoothies, lassies, cold drinks, milk shakes, ice creams with different fruit flavors are wonderful during summer days. As many  people accept that a cold glass of lassie is just the right thing for a warm day.     Mangoes the delicious fruit and weakness to most during summer offers different recipes from pickles to delicious drinks in our part of world. Preparing mango lassie and creating a setting with it was order of the day for me. Placing the glasses on a ice cube filled plate looked cool. Some yellow flowers from the garden gave a finishing look to the setting as well. The drink is easy to make and yummy to drink.  You too can try this for a gathering or for yourself. Enjoy your summer drink. Fresh chopped ripe mango pieces: 2 cups F...

     After slipping into a small mourning break for the loss of a elderly uncle in the family I am back to my favorite zone. I wanted the mourning days to pass quietly as it is a known fact, not to get indulge in any kind of happy moments or activities except pray for the soul to rest in peace. :((((    Well...as the saying goes that happiness comes in many forms and today I share my happiness with you all by expressing it for the milestone of CG.  Six years have gone by and Crystal Grandeur manifests it's 250th post.    Sharing my passion and spending time for the blog on table-settings, on decors, on recipes, gardening and on write -ups all together  a total experience and a pure delight for me. Blogroll.... a space to get inspire and to inspire. A big plus of being surrounded by talented and energetic bloggers that turned fellow bloggers into friends and friends into blogging family. With responsibilities, with demand of time and w...