Happy New Year!!

Wishing everyone a fabulous New Years!! 

'Just a new bloom spreads fragrance and freshness around… May the new year add a new beauty and freshness into your life. Happy New Year!'

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 

Surjastho Scarf featured in BHBB!

Check out our Surjastho Scarf featured in Ottawa's BHBB Winter Issue!!

Handmade Clutches!

We are thrilled to introduce a new addition to the Chobhi Family just in time for the Holidays!

Beautiful silk clutches handmade by our co-founder, Tanima. Each clutch is made with gorgeous vintage silk sari fabric and recycled inner lining fabric sourced from Canadian charity, EcoEquitable. Comes with leather suede detachable wristlet strap. Can be folded or opened flat perfect as tablet cover.

Check them out here! 

 

Gerbera Scarf Featured in Press the Fashion Magazine!

Check out our gorgeous handmade silk Gerbera Daisy scarf featured in Press the Fashion Magazine's Fall 2014 Edition!

June Shows!

This weekend was a busy one for Chobhi!! We had two fabulous shows in downtown Ottawa and a fabulous response! Check out our booth and scarf images from the Maker's Market by Shopify and The Music & Art Expo. Hope to see you at our next shows: http://chobhi.com/pages/shows

Summer Shows!!

We have a few amazing shows lined up for this Summer! Our first show is taking place this Sunday, May 4th in Almonte just in time for Mother's Day! If you are in the Ottawa region this summer do visit us at the following events listed here. Hope to see you at our shows!

If we do miss you take advantage of our Mother's Day Special of FREE SHIPPING on everything until May 11th.

Success at the Urban Craft Show!

Happy Thursday everyone! We had an amazing event at our first Urban Craft Show! It was touching to meet so many customers in person who supported our eco-friendly and unique scarves and knew our story. Here are a few photos from our busy booth including some of our upcoming jewelry pieces! For those of you who we missed - see you at the next event!

Our 6 Month Anniversary - Wrapped in Style!

What a wonderful way to celebrate Chobhi's 6 month anniversary! 
Check out our recent article from the Ottawa Citizen paper called 'Wrapped in Style' published on our 6 month mark!

Cashmere Love!

We absolutely love Cashmere and are excited to have Cashmere scarves for you! In supporting the centuries-old artisan fabric-making industry in India, Chobhi commissions artisans from the northern part of India to handweave our wool, silk and Cashmere fabrics.

Pure Cashmere comes from the breathtaking hills of Kashmir and is handwoven by talented local artisans whose families have passed down their skills over 7 generations. Cashmere is delicate and ultra soft; known as one of the most luxurious fabrics. The name cashmere comes from an old spelling of Kashmir, the region where its production and trade originated, possibly as early as the Mongolian empire in the 13th century. Check out our Cashmere Scarves!

Chobhi in Stores Now!

We are so excited to be a part of two beautiful boutiques in Ottawa! Stop by today to check out our scarves along with their other gorgeous collections!

We are also proud to introduce Chobhi Greetings cards featuring my Photography on them!

The Studio : Boutique

Viens Avec Moi

http://www.chobhi.com/pages/stores

More Local Love!

A beautiful post on Chobhi by our online stockist Givopoly - Ottawa's Online Gift Concierge!

A Beautiful Post by 613 Style!

A beautiful post by 613Style on Chobhi! We're loving all the local love and support! #locallove

Chobhi's 1st Television Appearance!

Chobhi's 1st Television appearance where I shared my passion for photography of nature and the inspirations behind Chobhi Scarves! 

Learn more about our Fabrics & Collection at www.chobhi.com

Furniture Stores in Ottawa

Inspired by a recent friends need for furniture in Ottawa, I thought it would be good to create a list of my favourite spots to window shop for furniture in Ottawa. Hopefully she will actually be able to furniture at one of these places, because at this time I don't have the resources to buy furniture. I'll just live vicariously through her!

My tastes tend to be for modern clean lined furniture, with eclectic accessories.

Ottawa is filled with big box furniture stores, so finding places with more modern furniture can be hard.

The other major obstacle is price. Most of the places I will be mentioning can be on the expensive side, but I'm going to share some of my tricks for getting great deals at each of these stores.

EQ3
It's a big box modern furniture store, but I still love it. It can be overpriced but there are couple of places to check out to get a deal. The Byward Market location has two floors, the upper level houses floor samples and other items all on clearance, you have to check it frequently, and I would go on weeknights, but deals are to be found if you are willing to travel to Montreal and have a friend with van there is a secret outlet location, that only found out about because I got lost one day. They won't ship to Ottawa, hence the need for a van.

Structube 

Originally only in Quebec, it now happily exists in Ottawa as well. It's another big box modern store, about the same price range as EQ3. At their newest Trainyards location there are often floor samples for sale at a great price.

Phillip Van Leeuwen

The most expensive of all the stores I will be listing today, it gets put on the list because every week they have a special promotion on a particular item, usually at an amazing price. A few times a year they also have a huge floor sample sale where furniture can be found at 75% off. This would be the place where I buy that one classic item that will last you for years.

Mikaza Home

An amazing store filled with reproductions of modern and vintage furniture designs, that otherwise most people would not be able to afford. They have recently moved to Gatineau, and have a much larger store.

Urban Barn

First opened in B.C., they now have stores all over Canada, but most recently in Ottawa. Great place for accessories at a reasonable price.

Mobilia

A great place for basics and good quality furniture. These are pieces that you expect to keep for years. Floor samples are the way to get the best bang for your buck, or check out their seasonal sales.

Zone Maison

This is the most wonderful place for affordable accessories for your home. I love exploring this store everytime I go to Byward Market, and the fact that I can afford most of the items there.

Bouclair Home

This is becoming one of my favourite places, because of the great lighting, curtains, and bedding selection. They have a great clearance section, where I'm always finding little accessories often under $5! I love how the store is divided by colour, so if you know what colour scheme your room is, just walk over to that part of the store. Everything here is reasonably priced, and there are many locations throughout the city.

Jysk

I call this place the cheap IKEA. Like IKEA it's originally from Sweden, but now has locations all over the world. This is not high quality stuff, but if you need something quick and cheap, this is the place to go. The main reason I love this place, cheap curtains! I love long curtains, ceiling to floor, which is not the standard size you will find. There are only two places that I know of that sell them IKEA and Jysk. Jysk is always have these great curtain sales where you can get two panels for $10.

This also a great place for cushions, frames, and accessories.

Hope this helps all of you trying to find unique stylish pieces for your home.