Valentine's Day + Love of Fabric

Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  Love is in the air and so are commercials for candy, chocolates and everything pink.

And red...lots of red.

Come on people - love is a multi-hued expression!!!

Have you heard the saying - To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides?
Now, that evokes images that are bathed in yellow.

Sunny...so orange too.

When you miss your loved one, aren't you feeling blue?

And if you are jealous, doesn't it equate to being green with envy?

A life filled with love is a colorful life.  A life devoid of love is colorless.
This is reflected, in much too obvious ways, in Indian culture. A widow wears white.  Similarly, black is considered the absence of color (joy) in other cultures.

Today, I want to share a very personal story with you. A story about Love and Color.

It was a Saturday in 2007 when Paul proposed to me.  We were in love. I knew we would get married.  But the moment he went down on his knee and asked to marry me, changed everything. Suddenly, I had this overwhelming feeling of being immersed in happiness.  Like a blank canvas magically filled with colors.

The next day, I was attending a meditation and prayer event.  I wore a green saree with a red border.  I felt like a bride. There was just one thing missing.  I had no bangles. I wished I had bangles.  I wanted red glass bangles to match the border of my saree.  The bride is incomplete without bangles.

No one else knew that I was engaged, because it had just happened the previous evening.  Folks at the meditation event did not know that I was even dating.  So what happened next is completely magical. Shilpa came up to me and handed me a small rectangular cardboard box. It contained 12 red bangles. I just looked at her, completely stunned. How did she know? She did not, but the universe knew what I needed. I immediately but carefully slipped the bangles on to my wrists - two at a time. The bride was complete. Filled with color, I felt complete!!!

I am sure that when my heart is full of love, magical things happen around me.
On this Valentine's Day, I wish that your life is filled with both Love and Color!!!

You may have guessed that I am working on a rainbow mini quilt.  Those are the pictures. They show my love for color, usually expressed through colorful fabric.

Now a bit of news about my love of colorful fabric - I became a Craftsy affiliate. Yay!!!
I have loved Craftsy for a while now. I have mentioned Craftsy classes and supplies on my blog and have also whole-heartedly recommended them to fellow quilters.

Then what is new, you may ask.  Now, if you click on any of the affiliate links on my blog and buy something, I will get a tiny commission from Craftsy for directing customers to them. 

And this brings me to the really exciting news - the Craftsy Sweetens My Life Blog Hop.  Check that link and you can see the various giveaways and the detailed schedule.

This is the first time I am participating in a Blog Hop and I will be sharing my Craftsy love and some giveaway goodness right here on my blog on Valentine's Day.
Hint: There are freebies :-)

Hope you will stop by and check out the goodies!!!