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The IndyaKaleidoscope Garage Sale

Relocating is a reality check that I dint want to take. I couldn’t believe we had so much stuff until we had to fill them up in boxes and move. Over the two years we had hoarded samples, experiments, products with defects, excess stock and what not. So keeping in mind that “Somebody’s trash is someone elses treasure”, we are
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Painting an accent wall (Prepared wall)

DIY(do it yourself) is in our blood. We try our hand at anything and everything but there is one thing that freaks us out. Painting a wall. When I started IndyaKaleidoscope, I did not want a done up, perfect store. I wanted it to evolve over a period of time and it did. The red wall came up in one
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Two Livelihood Projects, IndyaKaleidoscope and a custom order

A couple of months ago, we got an inquiry from a customer who asked if we made favor bags for an occasion. We told the customer we had never done it before but would love to try.  We worked on a pattern that the customer gave us and put in a few value adds without stretching the budget.  Here is the final Result. The gift-bags were
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2013 – Resolve to make the New Year Happy

2012 was a brilliant year for IndyaKaleidoscope in every way. We made new associations, got tons of appreciation, signed up new artisans, worked like donkeys and enjoyed every bit of it. But when December end brought with it the horrific incident that shocked the country, our happiness died down. Success meant nothing. For days, I struggled to control the anger that I
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12-12-12

Heard it on the radio in the morning today that 12-12-12 is spiritually, a very auspicious day. Of course it must be, coz it broke my bloggers block and inspired me to start blogging again The month started with the website going under maintenance and a series of pending jobs to be completed. Watching the Marathon Bloggers on facebook blog away to
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IK hosting Enthu Cutlets

There is no better job satisfaction than to know that your work is brightening up someone else’s life.  That is what EnthuCutlets did when they decided to raise some funds for Chethana Foundation. Enthu Cutlets is one of my favorite designer home decor brands and I feel it reflects the personality of the co-founders Antara and Namratha, Fresh and Happy.
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Winners of the First IndyaKaleidoscope Craft Challenge

The story behind starting the Craft Challenge? Participation in a flea market in the recent past got me thinking. Playing with numbers has always been something that I love, so I did some math. Participating in a flea market these are the costs that are involved: Rent of the stall, transporting your stock and yourself, food and refreshments for the
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IK Decorathon – Day 23

We are in a mood to re-use, so here is another re-use Idea and a very popular one too. Dont throw away those ready-made pickle and honey bottles. Dont force them on your  maid too Take two equal length of yarn or jute, enough to hang and go around the bottle twice.  Tie beads, shells, little jingles or whatever you fancy to
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IK Decorathon – Day 22

Candles and outdoors are a killer combination. But whenever we keep tea lights outside in the balcony or the garden, either the wind blows it of, or we forget to retrieve the fancy candle holder and lose it to petty thieves or rats or whatever. We found a super duper solution. Use the plastic containers that restaurants give while you order a
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IK Decorathon – Day 21

Dont have a single stem vase?? No problem, get your tall water glass out. Cut the stem a centimeter shorter than the glass. Tadaaaa…. Idea picked up from Swensens, Koramangala.