Simple but very beautiful cover design. Convenient button closure. The color "irregularities" prove it's handmade paper and adds to its beauty. The paper is a good weight. I was surprised how quickly this arrived and with a lovely thank you note from the artisan.
This is a beautifully handmade journal with such a nice rendition of a Rajasthani gentleman on camelback. Reminds me of this most romantic and faraway corner of the world I visited last year.
A lovely red box with elegant gold chinar flowers.
This box is one of three very lovely and beautifully decorated boxes I have from this artisan. "Red Golden Bouquet" is painted with chinar flowers that grow in the Kashmir Valley in India. It is an elegant box and I like it very, very much.
"I'm excited to be able to sell our designs directly to people overseas."
"I was born in 1948 to a conservative family in Delhi. It was necessary for a girl to know cooking, stitching and embroidery apart from all the... read more
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