Mona Dsilva has quite a green thumb. You can tell from her home garden, where she grows vegetables like tomato, brinjal, capsicum and celery. Her passion for greenery, is evident in the amount of time she spends surrounded by plants. Mona meets me one afternoon, where she shares some gardening secrets, and introduces me to {Read More…}
Happy Socks: Colourful footgear {Free Giveaway}
During my college days in the UK, when I traveled the London Underground, I often spotted men in funky socks. It struck me even more because these men were in formal wear, sporting socks with characters like Tweety bird, Donald Duck and the like. It was only later, that I found out that this is {Read More…}
Piggledee: cute textile goods {Giveaway}
Don’t you love the feel of good quality fabric? That is why I am smitten by the products made by Australia based, Asako Sakai who retails under the brand Piggledee. Her textile goods might appear everyday, but it is the fabric she uses, that make them stand out. She works with lovely Japanese fabric and {Read More…}
Paarisha: Weave-inspired jewelry {Free Giveaway}
Chinanshu uses a variety of materials to craft her jewelry. Banana fibre, linoleum are a few that caught my eye. What makes it interesting is the way she combines and improvises these unique materials, to create her jewelry. A resident of Bangalore, Chinanshu Sharma got into design, after many years in banking and media. A {Read More…}
Papypress, Singapore: Paper delights
Hello folks!! After my visit to Yao Yu’s letterpress studio earlier this week, I was intrigued to know more. So I decided to make a trip to a printing press, this time a more commercial one, which does tasteful letterpress printing of wedding cards. The brand Papypress, run by the family that owns Precision printing, {Read More…}
Samantha Dorri: up close and personal {$150 giveaway}
Personalized gifts are fairly common to celebrate the arrival of a baby. Here’s a lady in Singapore, Samantha Dorri, whose brand, Sammyeve, does some lovely personalized wall art for a little one’s nursery. I get to meet her for a brief chat, a couple of weekends ago in Singapore. I realize her personality somewhat reflects in her work. {Read More…}
$50 giveaway: Kala Pata Gifts, Singapore
Singapore is all about imported goods. You can possibly find every brand from around the world in this city. But when you wish to take memorabilia back from the city that is ‘truly local’, the options seem somewhat limited. This convinced Amreen Rahman to launch the gift brand Kala Pata, allowing visitors to take a {Read More…}
Sky Goodies: Paper paraphernalia {Free Giveaway}
I have been writing a lot about paper goods lately. Well, I do have a fetish for anything that involves paper – paper craft, origami, scrapbooking, and the list goes on. So, I have to tell you all about Sky Goodies, which creates unique products with paper. What’s different? The company uses paper to make {Read More…}
$40 Giveaway: Earth Greetings
As our lives get taken over by digital media, the old fashioned greeting card is often forgotten. Yet, receiving that paper greeting from a loved one, continues to warms hearts in these tech-crazy times. While they’re often tucked away in drawers, they bring a smile to your face when you see them many years later. {Read More…}
Baby Carrier: MeLuvKush
Babies are precious. When our little baby arrived a few months ago, I was slow in wanting to share her with everyone. For the first two months, we were cocooned in our own sweet world, keeping her away from visitors, squeezing chubby cheeks and planting kisses. However, there’s only so much you can do to {Read More…}