Chobhi Turns 2!!

Its been an amazing 2 years since we embarked on our journey working with talented artisans and exploring the beautiful world of handwoven scarves with our nature photography featured on them.

Happy 2nd Birthday to Chobhi!!

The Season of Giving!

It truly is the season to Give! We're proud to donate proceeds to an organization close to our hearts called Artbound!!

Artbound harnesses the power of the arts to ensure that underprivileged children live better lives!
Learn more here!

#socialcommitment #passionateaboutart #supportartforkids #love

Holiday Craft Show for a Great Cause!

We're thrilled to be taking part in this Saturday's Capital Pop Up Holiday Show where we will be helping raise funds for the Ottawa Food Bank!! Drop by if you're in the Ottawa region this weekend!

#supportlocal #handwovenscarves #winterscarves #accessorize 

Artists who inspire

Yumiyumi aka Aline Yamada, is a wonderful illustrator and photographer (check out her beautiful blog!). Her art is eclectic ranging from floral watercolours to cute animal illustrations. Her world is beautiful, and I love looking at all the details, they would brighten any wall! Her prints can be purchased on her Etsy site, and as a plus are very affordable.

Link Roundup!

Where to buy handmade gifts?

Check these links out for the next time you want to buy something unique and handmade:

As their tagline says, "your place to buy and sell all things handmade, vintage, and supplies". You can get handmade items from all over the world, most stores ship to Canada.

 Canadian blog Poppytalk curates this market monthly, making available art and crafts that aren't usually easily available to Canadians.

Similar to Etsy, also offers deals and coupons.

For all things Indian! This is a great site to purchase crafts and clothing from India.

Artists who inspire

I don't know how Diem Chau does it. These miniature carvings are so detailed. It's just magical what she does with such little material.

Artists Who Inspire

So my many years of reading blogs have introduced me to some amazing artists. I plan on featuring one here every week. Art can bring up different emotions, happy, sad, nostalgic. The first artist I am featuring I feel a certain connection to, because like me, she is Bengali, and like me she lives outside of India. She lives in one of my favourite countries, Switzerland. We also seem to have some of the same favourite things like the lotus flower, peacocks, elephants, paisleys and of course India.

I'd like to introduce you to the amazing Dithi:

Her most recent painting made me gasp, the beauty of the sun setting, reflecting on the river, and the wind blowing in the woman's hair, it just made me feel instantly like I was back in Kolkata. 

She truly is an inspiration, as she followed her passion and created a career out of doing what she loves.

Please check out her beautiful blog, where she showcases her art as well as her photography.

http://www.dithitara.com/

And to buy her original art, or prints, please go to her Etsy shop.

Indian Design and Art Links

So I'm finding the world of blog design intriguing! The last week has been spent researching how to customize almost everything. For someone who is completely HTML clueless, its been interesting to say the least. I plan on implementing what I have learned soon. Subtle changes that I hope will make the design even more 'me'!

I'm also finding that my computer is essentially dying. It can't handle all my photos, and photoshop, and highspeed internet. So this year for the holidays, I'm getting a new one.

So for now the photo posts have to be delayed until I can figure out a faster way.

In the meantime I though it was about time to share all these wonderful sites that I somehow find.

I'm in a artsy design mood, with an indian flair.

Growing up as a first generation Indian in Canada, my eye gets attracted to anything that can connect me to my parents culture. I can't help it. At first it was because of the rarity, but now as more and more things are influenced by indian esthetics and culture, it's more of a pride issue. I feel proud when I realize that my culture has influence all over the world, and that people like it so much it keeps popping up everywhere.

I love bringing those items into my everyday life! I love nothing more than the contrast of modern, contemporary interiors with embellished, antique, or folk indian accessories.

One of the first blogs that I ever found on Indian interior design is An Indian Summer.
Bhavna collects some of the best images and artifacts I have ever seen. It's a great place for inspiration.

Another amazing site is Rang Decor, the products and interiors that are featured here often make me wish I lived in India.

So that's why I was so thrilled when I found Designwali, not only is it all about Indian interior design, but it's based in Canada!

When it comes to featuring Indian product designs, from fashion to furniture, no blog does it better than Indian by Design. I especially love the features on Indian industrial design, everyday object made special.

Masala Chai features artists, jewellery designers, photographers, fashion, and interior designers. It's one of the oldest websites focused on indian design, and you can spend a nice rainy afternoon going through all the old posts.

I love Indian art, and I love browsing pictures from indian art galleries to dream about what I would buy if I could afford it. I found this great site, Indian Art Collectors, that lists all the websites of Indian art galleries, including Kala Fine Art, a gallery in Chicago that specialize only in Indian art. I hope to go there some day soon!

I hope you enjoyed this collection of links! I'll be sharing more in the weeks to come.