Holiday Season

Jingle Bell! Jingle Bell
                   Jingle all the way...Hey! the Holiday season is here.
Kids write their wish list to Santa, Adults hunt for the gifts for their loved ones and creative people like us are busy creating gifts, that makes us all happy.
Last few weeks very hectic, busy exhibiting and bringing smile on the faces who felt happy about finding a gift for their loved ones.
I created a summary 2012 calendar for 2013.  A new year’s beginning with all the past achievements and efforts to become an entrepreneur.

Wish you all merry christmas and wonderful new year.  If you feel that you must have this or for your beloved friends, family and colleagues, feel free to drop a mail at info@kanalshah.com.  The single page calendar costs 10 Swiss francs plus postage.

Another big news is that we have opened our Online Shop.  Initially it is only for Swiss textile lovers.  The payment can be made either by e-banking or payment slips

Here is the link to the 

ONLINE SHOP

                                                                                                         

     

Busy Fall..but filling up with goodies for the festivities to come

It has been busy Fall.
But have been really creative and exploring new avenues to unleash my creativity and ideas.  I have been working on opening an online shop, taking pictures, preparing flyers for the upcoming expos and celebrating Indian festivals.
Here are two free wallpaper downloads for your iphone and ipad.

Wallpaper I

Wallpaper II

Golden September continues....

You are all welcome to an exhibit of creative batik and indian block prints at Expat Expo in Bern on September 23rd, 2012, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm 

Bernexpo Congress Center

Mingerstrasse 6, 3014 Bern

Table Nr 36

Golden September..

Here is the free Calendar desktop picture for September 2012. Photoshop is so much fun!!!!

Have a nice weekend :-)

Prints, Colours and Traditions...

All my creative fans, colleagues and friends

You are all welcome to an exhibit of creative batik and indian block prints at Expat Expo in Zürich on September 2nd, 2012, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm 

Kongresshaus Gartensaal

Table Nr 54

Expat Expo is a platform for the start-ups, beginners and entrepreneurs to expand their horizons, help them present their products in the professional world.  It is my first step in the professional world and hereby I welcome you to be a part of my journey.   Support me, help me, cheer me and criticize me (with healthy critics) 

See you all on Sunday, 2nd September 2012.

Love - Kanal

For the sneak peak of the collection - please visit here.  Like us on Facebook and help to spread the word.

Portugal - The land of Vasco da Gama

A Welcoming Bookshelf and a “Well-read” person in making..

Books are one of the major source of knowledge.  A person who is well-read gets a head start in social gatherings, can dynamically take decisions and has an active mind. 

I remember clearly, when I was accepted for the architecture course at my university, my mom took me meet her friend, who was also an architect (much senior) from the same university.  She told me just one thing – browse books, magazines and digests, no matter in what subjects.  I did not realize then, the power of having books in my hand just to flip through the pages.  But now after all these years of some intensive reading and flipping through magazines, both, my eyes are trained to absorb things which suits me and inspires me.  I have started this with my son – make him sit with piles of books for 20-30 minutes daily, even if he does not read them, but just to go through them, flip the pages and feel the paper in your hand.  In this digital age, it gets difficult to distract this generation from ipad, laptop or Wii, but still a habit is formed and I am sure he is going to thank me for that….someday.

Picture 1, Picture 2

An active mind – because reading trains your mind to think, to exercise the mind and hence makes your mind receptive to the information around.  It also gives you confidence at social gatherings. 

Picture 1, Picture 2

Decision making – different types of books exposes you to various fields of knowledge and information.  The sharing of the knowledge and discussion leads you to in-depth knowledge in that field.  Hence better the perception and understanding of the situation, smarter and intelligent decisions are being made.   

Picture 1, Picture 2 - Colourful Bowls did inspire me to read as well

Public speakers – although there is huge team behind them to orchestrate their speeches and debates.  But still having knowledge about just that particular topic simply does not help them to win, but it is the knowledge gained through their extensive reading on that subject, surges them as a winner.

Start getting familiarizing with literature, in whatever subjects you are interested in and motivates you.  It is not the number of books read but being able to review the meaning and a tale from the book will boost your confidence and take you one step towards being well read.  Start building up your library.  With this note I leave you with some pictures of bookshelves, which really make me sit and read few lines – each day.

Each pictures are linked(captions) to their sources. 

It is Holiday time.....

...A perfect luxurious holiday would be in - M O R O C C O.

I came across this wonderful blog - My Marrakesh and immediately fell in love with the colourful pictures from Morocco.  Going through the their blog notes, month by month, I discovered my dream sojourn in Morocco.  It would be at Peacock Pavilions.  

Some pictures of Peacock Pavilions 

I would love to spend my holidays and enjoy the cultural soiree of Morocco.  I am sure after browsing some pictures from their gallery, you would start planning your trip to Morocco.  You can find more details about Peacock Pavilions here

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