Diwali Sparkles With..

Coppre and Poshlyfe!

Tis be the festival of lights and sparkles

And the season of giving

Two more lovely giveaways

For anyone and everyone with a shipping address in India

Coppre

Coppre reflects the legacy of metal craftspeople. It is the outcome of a creative collaboration with the Tambat metal craftspeople, to evolve a contemporary range of copper products that cater to the present while retaining intact, the heritage craft process. Coppre works with the craftspeople, by contemporizing their products, thereby making the old relevant in the new. The team at Coppre [Rashmi, Seemantini, Supriya, Sudakshina and Anita] bring dignity and efficiency to this ancient craft by linking talented designers to craftspeople and presenting their craft to the world.

Seemantini reached out to me in September this year and shared the beautiful metal work done at Coppre. We decided to host this lovely giveaway during the festive season where one lucky lucky reader will get one meditation urli and a set of 'circle of light' tea lights.

 

And here's how you enter the giveaway:

1. Leave a comment on facebook right here, telling us how you would like to use the two beautiful pieces from Coppre in your home (make sure you are logged into facebook to do so)

2. Double your chances peeps! Leave a comment on this post too!

3. That's it! Wait for result to be announced on Nov 16th.

Poshlyfe

Poshlyfe is a children's online boutique offering fun, fashion forward and effortlessly cool clothes and accessories for girls, boys and babies, was started by Sangita, Sinduja and Bhaskar this year in August. Sangita and Sinduja are both fashion graduates from NIFT, currently based in California, with more than a decade’s experience in design, in various roles. The labels carried by Poshlyfe are a handpicked collection of premium international brands from across the world ranging from popular name brands along with lesser known specialty brands but all well-made, beautiful but-not-terribly-expensive kids’ stuff. Poshlyfe’s unique service is to provide creativity with functionality via our Stylist. The built-in Stylist shows how to combine pieces from our collection to create a look and complete an ensemble. 

 

For the Poshlyfe giveaway, there are three happy readers to be picked, who can chose one from the following products, based on whether you want to pick up a dress for your little girl, or Tshirt for your boy or a knit pant for your baby (various sizes available in all three).

And how to enter the giveaway? Here's how:

1. Leave a comment on facebook right here, telling us which of the above product you would like to win and how would you style your little munchkin in it? (make sure you are logged into facebook to do so)

2. Double your chances peeps! Leave a comment on this post too!

3. That's it! Wait for result to be announced on Nov 16th.

Coppre and Poshlyfe: Thank you girls for the lovely giveaways for An Indian Summer readers! :)

[Images copyright: Respective stores and An Indian Summer]

Diwali Blast With..

Play Clan and We Make Love!

Two fabulous giveaways

For anyone and everyone with a shipping address in India

For this Diwali,

We are going to have a blast!

Play Clan

Awarded the Best New Talent by EDIDA and selected as a finalist for the Young Creative Entrepreneur Award 2011 by British Council in India. Play Clan combines fashion, art & design to create collections in home, apparel, stationery & gifts. Inspired by everyday observations & vibrant colors, Play Clan celebrates life & Asian subculture. Play Clan retails from self run stores in: Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Pune, Chennai, Fort Kochi, and Pondicherry.

And this superb store would like to giveaway not one, but three lovely items to one lucky reader. A bright cheerful cushion, a quirky eye mask and a Ghalib journal. Read below on how to enter the giveaway..

1. Leave a comment on facebook right here, telling us your favorite memory from Diwali (make sure you are logged into facebook to do so)

2. Double your chances peeps! Leave a comment on this post too!

3. That's it! Wait for result to be announced on Nov 16th.

We Make Love 

We Make Love is a theme based webstore for design originals, gift ideas and creative finds.  Products are carefully curated on the basis of a theme. These themes are based on occasions and festivals and may change as quickly as festivals in India! The theme sets a guide line for what is to be curated and the team start their hunt for designs and ideas, scouring designer workshops, ransacking vintage markets and traveling to far flung places to find fun, loving and unique objects.  It has been three months since Nikhil Paul launched WML. Nikhil is a post graduate from Domus academy, lived in Italy for five years and then back to India to start WML, bringing his interdisciplinary approach to this eclectic webshop.

We Make Love is very happy to giveaway a goodie bag filled with three unique products to one happy An Indian Summer reader. Enter the giveaway to win 'Get Lucky Playing Cards from Iktaara, a set of Flight tea light holders from WML Home, and Fluke books journal from Tara.

And here's how you enter the giveaway:

1. Leave a comment on facebook right here, telling us what you love about this festive season (make sure you are logged into facebook to do so)

2. Double your chances peeps! Leave a comment on this post too!

3. That's it! Wait for result to be announced on Nov 16th.

A big thank you to Play Clan and We Make Love for these lovely gifts for An Indian Summer readers! 

[All images copyright: Respective stores and An Indian Summer]

 

Three stores

 Each fabulous and unique in it's own little way!

Sanctum

Sanctum, the quaint shabby cum industrial chic store in Bombay, is a much loved retail project for it's owner - Sandhya Gorthi. Sandhya has created a happy home for all things vintage, relaxed, less than perfect, and ugly-beautiful. Sandhya's vision for Sanctum is to fill the gap between high end lifestyle store and the profusion of stores offering rich, ornate, ethnic or kitschy offerings. At Sanctum's outlet in Bandra, Bombay, you will find washed, distressed and industrial furniture, cheerful and unusual home accessories, candles, mirrors, lamps, crockery and furnishing, apparel, jewelry, and work by new and established designers. 

So if you are in Bombay, or visiting Bombay, do walk into this fabulous store today! And, for the next two weeks, just mention your favorite blog [An Indian Summer!] to get a 10% discount on your purchases! 

[Sanctum's location and address, and Sanctum on facebook]

Studio Azzurra

Aninda Singh, design graduate from NIFT, thought of starting Studio Azzurra when her friends and family started buying jewelry pieces designed by her, literally off her neck! Aninda has always been artistic, dabbling in different mediums and materials, creating some very unusual pieces of jewelry. Her jewelry is influenced by her travels, and the little things she loves. Studio Azzurra’s work is characterized by finely worked elements in sterling silver and semi-precious stones sourced from across the globe. Using artisan craft techniques to create designs that are timeless and insusceptible to fleeting fashion trends, jewelry at Studio Azzurra , is individually and affectionately made by hand, emphasizing colour, texture and tone. 

You can also buy these drop dead gorgeous pieces from Studio Azzurra's online store. And you being who you are, my favorite peeps, you get a 15% discount for the next two weeks when you shop here. Just use the code AIS015 when making the purchase!

[Studio Azzurra online shop and Studio Azzurra on facebook]

CraftCanvas

CraftCanvas is Nisha Vikarm’s attempt at making crafts accessible, usable and affordable to the urban audience. Nisha quit her corporate job in 2009 to focus on her passion of developing home decor products and services, working with handicraft artisans. And also get an opportunity to satiate her need to travel while doing so! 

CraftCanvas, in partnership with artisan communities across the country, explores 'handicraft-inspired' interior design. Acting as a link between the artisans and the urban customer, CraftCanvas translates age old craft into something modern and relevant to the urban audience. Nisha believes that there is a place for India's traditional crafts even in the most modern of spaces, whether it's in the form of a monochrome pichwai embellishing and minimalist living room wall or beautiful athangudi tiles in a Mediterranean style porch.

CraftCanvas retails via online stores like Shopo, Craftsvilla and Artsy. And specially for An Indian Summer readers, Nisha would like to offer 20% off on your purchase till Sept 24th when you shop right here! Just use the code INDSUMMER at the checkout.

[CraftCanvas, CraftCanvas on facebook]

Thanks to all Sandhya, Aninda and Nisha for being such inspiring creative entrepreneurs.  And for so graciously offering such lovely discounts to An Indian Summer readers!

On another note, do check out the winners of the giveaway by Sir Alistair Rai and Island company later in the evening today! There's still some time and if you haven't entered yet, make sure to enter the giveaways here and also here!

Come back tomorrow for some delightful rooms, right here on this bloggie blog!