Gifts for the Festive Season

Hi
With Ganesh festival, vara lakshmi pooja, navratri and deepavali around the corner, i would like to urge you all to think about giving handmade things as gifts - be it a small decorated lamp or rangoli, an embroidered kurti or a crocheted pooja thali cover or table mats, place an order with a craftsperson or a work from home lady and support them. Havent we all had enough of blouse pieces/ steel trays and plastic dabbas? what do you all say? think ahead and place your orders now for your favorite handmade things - handmade takes time to make but your gift will always be cherished.
regds
Prabha

 

I agree Charischandraka, for diwali gifts. But I am talking about simple stuff that is given to women who visit your home during these festival, stuff that is given along with haldi kukum and flowers and a fruit or a coconut. In the south, a blouse piece is usually given with haldi kumkum and ask anyone, and they will tell you that these never get used and are simply passed around.It is true of stainless steel bowls, trays and dabbas too.

 

Good idea Nirmala. torans, kolams and embroidered pouches will be used far more than blouse pieces. Lamps do get used a lot during the festive season. I prefer to make something useful like a cell phone pouch or a pooja thali cover in crochet and I usually start in july/august so that i have the required number of pieces ready by navratri. One year i made telephone mats/center table doilies in different colors and i still see them being used by my friends and neighbours who received them. I also take orders to make them for neighbours and many have commented how happy the receivers were and how the handmade pieces are treasured .

 

Good idea Nirmala. torans, kolams and embroidered pouches will be used far more than blouse pieces. Lamps do get used a lot during the festive season. I prefer to make something useful like a cell phone pouch or a pooja thali cover in crochet and I usually start in july/august so that i have the required number of pieces ready by navratri. One year i made telephone mats/center table doilies in different colors and i still see them being used by my friends and neighbours who received them. I also take orders to make them for neighbours and many have commented how happy the receivers were and how the handmade pieces are treasured .