‘Blogging gives me a common
ground where I can interrelate things like style , art, photography and
books and that is what I love to put into one page or post. I like picking up
mundane things and turning them into something extraordinary.’
– Apurva Lama
And Miss Apurva Lama has made her own definition
for a blog transforming all mundane things she loves with her creativity and
sharing them in the Internet. Miss Apurva Lama is a blogger hailing from the
hill of Darjeeling and currently based in Delhi, journalist by profession and
degree, and currently working in an advertising agency.
She writes for her blog, Appy
Cat which she created last year, getting inspired to start with blogging due to
her love for writing. In the words of Miss Lama, she defines her blog as a blog
dedicated to style, dreams, fashion, books and arts and her blog being inspired
from people and culture around the world, where the blog talks about the
various genres and evolution of style, juxtaposing it with contempory fashion.
She dedicates her blog Appy Cat, to street style which is ever changing and
unique, to individualism, being one of the key focuses of her blog and also
quotes ‘and there are days, of course when you just want to talk about the
random’.
From the perspective of
a reader, Appy Cat is exactly how she describes it to be, a dedication to
dreams, fashion, books and art and the random and all those mundane stuff she
relates to, she has transformed it to something really amazing with her
creativity reflecting in her blog. And ofcourse, there are her reviews and
tutorials, whether it be her posts on how she creates amazing photographs using
simple photo editing applications or tutorials on creating tiny
little stop motion videos.
When I
asked her, how she describes her personal style? Miss Apurva Lama replies, ‘Style, in terms of fashion? It’s all about being
comfortable in your own skin. Fashion is secondary for me. Don’t try too hard
and don’t follow the rules. Keep experimenting, create your own trend is what
gets me by always. It’s quite a juxtaposition of style in itself, if you ask me.’ And she definitely proves
her point with experimenting and creating her own trend. For instance, her post
‘DIY Tie Up Cropped Tops’ was one post where she actually shared with her
readers how one can make cropped tops using old t-shirts with step by step
method and photographs and I being a regular follower of her blog could see a
lot of people who had read the post, and then tried making cropped tops from
her tutorial and posted the amazing results which her tutorial taught them. She
has amazing posts where she’s defined her own style creating her own trend, with her fabulous photographs. You could check her posts on winter fashion about
layering titled ‘Layer It Like A Boss’ or the one where she’s recreated the
trend the 70’s with her ‘Bell Buttom Blues’ post. These are just few posts
which I mentioned and once you open AppyCat.co.in then there is a whole new
world where Apurva is doing what she does the best, creating her own trend with
her creativity and style.
I asked Apurva the question I always wanted
to ask. I always saw flames of creativity
burning in Apurva’s blog so when I asked her where she gets all those ideas of
making simple things an art with her creativity, she responded, ‘Thank you!
The ideas are everywhere if you just look. I’ve always been a dreamer and I
think that works to my advantage when it comes to creating something. Just look
at something and question the status quo and think. You’ll see endless
possibilities to create.’
Talking about inspirations for blog posts, she added, ‘Inspiration. Like I said, is everywhere. In the people you meet, the
experiences, the past, the future or even your dream, you never know.’
Miss Lama is her own photographer and takes most of her own photographs
except for few outdoor photos in her blog. She’s quite mastered the art of
using a tripod and the self-timer option in a camera. As a blogger and even
as a human, we always have people that inspire you to do things, set goals,
dreams and become a better person and Apurva tells that she has plenty too with
Casey Neistat and Sophia Amoruso being two amongst the long list of people that
she is inspired by.
When
asked about what she loves the most about Blogging, in Apurva’s words she
quotes, ‘The fact that everything I do on
my blog is 100% me and it gives me a way to connect that to the rest of the
world. I have always found myself scribbling down random thoughts and blogging
paved a way to get those thoughts into something concrete. The feedback you get
from your readers is just overwhelming.’ Its great how technology
has evolved and how one can share his/her thoughts, knowledge and opinion
sitting confined within the four walls of a room and then reach out to the
whole world out there.
As a conclusion to an interview with her,
she talks about her future plans with her blog and about new and interesting
posts coming up by saying, ‘Oh yes,
definitely. I have just purchased a domain as you can see. I plan on developing
it into a proper website/brand. I’m planning on doing lots of videos in the
days to come, let’s see.’ And
then adds up, ‘ FOLLOW ME’ with a
smile.
You can follow her in various social networks. Check:
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