The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

Embroidered Things and Things made with hands and love.  Reading an old book. I am still trying to include my older books into my reading, and also the few second hand books I own.  Currently Reading The River Sutra by Gita Mehta.   Avocado Toast and Sandwich for an easy dinner.  Positive reinforcement from a bookmark, always a good thing.  A highlighter I like.  And my book wrapped in a book jacket. The jacket is from Handivity Designs.   Tea ☕ on a cold day.  So so so grateful for the weather being good here finally. More 🙏 please. 

 Hello Loves!  Another Friday and another batch of Friday Faves.  This time we are doing a whole bunch of random faves.  First up is this gorgeous hand embroidered phone cover that was made by Rainbow Tales for us! Isn't it just lovely?!  My Kindle and my reading pen pouch. This cutie is from Paw Prints Accessories also on Instagram.  These beautiful Chhau brooches are painstakingly handmade by the lovely folks over at Naksha. We have so many beautiful jewellery pieces from Naksha and highly recommend them for beautiful fabric and wood-based jewellery.  Switched up the art on our walls and love the brightness these cute prints bring to the room. These prints are from Finding Daisies .  A beautiful handmade journal from Kagajphul . Love the art and the gamcha backdrop! So quintessentially Bengali!  Loving making a TBR pile in my pink IKEA Raskog cart. Very handy for keeping a capsule collection of books to dive into whenever I want!  H...

 Hello Loves!  If you know me, you know I love love love things made by hand and I have a special soft spot for embroidered things. Both my Grandmothers were skilled embroiderers, so every time I buy a piece of embroidered something, I feel like it's something my Thamma and Dida would like.  :)  We've bought from Rainbow Tales and Rhichita before, a couple of time and we love her work and her artistry.  We recently bought a few pendants and two brooches and they are so lovely.  Here's a little look.  Here are the necklaces.  This is an edit of small pieces and I love them. So much more wearable and easy to just throw on.  I love the tiny florals so much. The lavender ones might be my favourite but I do love the little bee so damn much. So cute and see how neat everything is.  These are the brooches and they are so lovely.  Florals again because clearly I can't have enough.  :)  Do go check out her shop and treat yourself ...

 Hello, hello, Sharing a beautiful haul of handmade fabric bookmarks that we recently ordered from the talented ladies at Charulata. They have a lovely little Instagram store and if you are looking for beautiful handmade goodies- jewellery and bookmarks- then you should reach out to them over DM and they will make you something lovely!  Here is what we ordered from them this time around.  Look at the cute gamcha pouch that they use for packing their orders! So cute! First up, this beautiful sunflower bookmarks! So vivid and lovely! Will be perfect to tuck into my books during spring!  A bunch of beautiful wildflowers with a bird and bead tassel! So, so cute and well made!  Last but not the least, a kaash phool bookmark! Kaash phool is a kind of grass that grows all along the Gangetic plans in September-October and herald the start of Durga Puja season! Best time of the year!  Aren't these lovely?  You can check out Charulata's ...

 Hello Loves!  It's the last Friday of the year and it's time to list my Monthly Favourites.  It seems like such a long month, no? March always does seem so long after the short and sweet February.  March felt long but good, it started out wonderful and cold and is ending with me sweating through my tee.  Spring has jumped straight into summer and I am not looking forward to the hot month of summer.  But let's not think about that for now, let's talk about all the things I loved in March!  1. Spring Journal: I love how my journal for this month turned out, I loved how I set it up and I have really enjoyed how writing in it. Sadly not like we had much of a spring this year. We went straight from winter  to summer. Still, I can pretend in my journal that spring is lingering on.  2. Flowers: You got to love the flowers that bloom in March. Our little garden was alive in flowers big and small.  3. Deesa Clips: We got some beautiful blooms...

 Hello Loves!  Today's post is very Spring appropriate and it makes me so happy. I am a big fan of tote bags, cotton totes especially have my whole heart. I can't quite control myself when I see a pretty tote bag and this was my exact situation when I stumbled across the beautiful tote bags made by Stem Daisy Embroidery.   It was love at first sight.   We got two totes and I love them so much.  Look at them!  Cats & Flowers!  Cats!  Look at how freaking adorable these cats are?!  Cute as can be!  Hello cuties.  The cats and flowers are giving me life.  I can't wait to fill up this tote with my books and journal and camera and hit the world.  Go cafe hopping and live my best life.  The next tote might be absolute favourite.  Bloom!  I cannot even with how gorgeous this tote is.  Spring Summer vibes are strong in this one.  The embroidery is truly special.  Look how gorgeous.  REVI...

 Hello Loves!  Today's Friday Faves are new things from an old favourite of mine- Deesa .  I have bought a couple of brooches from her in the last few years and it's my go to place to find something cute and quirky and beautiful. Seriously go check out her shop and get something lovely to spruce up your daily looks and style.  This time around we got ourselves some hair-clips..only we don't exactly intend to use them as such. We plan on using these to hold down our journal pages while we journal. I am sure at some point I will put them in my hair and feel cute but mostly we use them as a stationery item.  Here are the beauties we got.  Oh first up a biggggg thank-you to Deepika for sending me a little belated birthday gift- this beautiful shiuli clip that I love so much. Shiulis are one of my favourite flowers and I am so happy to have one in this form in my life.  A marigold aka a humble but lovely genda phool .  I love how big and wholesome t...

 Hello, hello, What a week it has been, eh?  Ending this depressing (are you following what's been going on in Karnataka? The deplorable ban on hijab  in colleges?) week with a little bit of sunshine. Sharing some lovely embroidered bookmarks from Kagojer Nouka .  Here is what we ordered! The two tiny little bookmarks were kindly sent to us by Tori (whose store Kagojer Nouka is). Isn't everything just lovely?  Here they are! The little mini bookmarks! I'll be using them in a future journaling spread for sure! Thanks for sending these, Tori! You know how much I love these!  Here are the three bookmarks! The embroidery is flawless and they are thin enough to be placed between the pages of a book, which is always a good thing. In short- they are perfect!  A closer look at each of these beauties!  Lavender!  Forget-me-nots? (I am not entirely sure) Queen Anne's Lace You can order yourself a set of these from Tori's Instagram page- Kagoj...

 Hello, hello, Happy Makar Sankranti/ Pongal! :)  Today, I wanted to share a beautiful haul of hand embroidered brooches from one of favourite embroidery artists on Instagram- Bidisha Sarkar Biswas' Vastriyan .  Bidisha is one of our absolutely favourite people and artists on Instagram and we simply love her beautiful, flawless embroidery and creativity! We are so, so grateful to own several of her beautiful pieces including two of the brooches we ordered most recently- cosmos and marigold. The other two were kindly sent to us by Bidisha because that is just the kind of wonderful person she is!  Let's look at all the loveliness now, shall we?  Cosmos are pretty purple/ hot pink flowers that bloom all over the hills. Look at how pretty this brooch is! Look at all the little details that Bidisha has captured!  Marigold is one of my favourite flowers. Simple and unassuming, this sturdy plant grows easily and flowers abundantly in the winter! I love love l...

  Hello December!  And welcome to Blogmas 2021.   Blogmas is basically my end of the year hurrah where I blog every single day up to Christmas and sometimes right up to the New Year. I blog about books, home, festivity and of course since it's end of the year it's time to list all kinds of favourties. I make top 5 and in some cases top 10 favourites of all sorts of things- books, stationery, bags, jewellery, clothes and films and TV too. So do stick around and see the best of all things 2021.  I hope December is good and kind and gentle and merry for all of us.  🎄🎅🎄 I love December.  I love how we tend to slow down, feel festive and look back on the year that was hopefully feel good about surviving yet another year.  :)  I started December with joy in my heart and changing up a few things in my room. I pulled out all my Christmassy decor on hand, I am working with a limited set, I do have more things on the way! I miss being home and having all...