Mother’s Day Contest – 1st Prize Winner – The Bindi

Saturday, 18 May 2013 , 15:59 | Category : Beauty & Fashion, Lifestyle, Shopping
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Ms. Rachana Mohanan takes home the first prize for her soul touching write-up and simple photograph complimenting – ‘The Bindi’. 

Rachana, WOW!! Your write-up touched the right cord and gave goosebumps to many of us. And the way you have adorned the humble yet regal bindi – we simply knew this was the winning story we’ve been looking for!

You win the gorgeous ‘King and Queen-tray’ – Priced at Rs. 980/- + discounts on any Arcsun Art product of your choice until 31st May. (Pls [More...]

Mother’s Day Contest – 2nd Prize Winner – The Clove

Saturday, 18 May 2013 , 15:47 | Category : Beauty & Fashion, Lifestyle, Shopping
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Mrs. Lali Roy Choudhury wins the second prize on a heart rendering note about her longing for her mother in – ‘The Clove’.

Lali, your brilliant photograph brought out the longing for your mother that you penned down so beautifully for us and we felt it too!

You win ‘A pair of chai coffee mugs with a pair of blackboard coasters’ – Priced at Rs. 680/- + discounts on any Arcsun Art product of your choice until 31st May. (Pls see our website [More...]

Mother’s Day Contest – 3rd Prize Winner – Silver Anklets

Saturday, 18 May 2013 , 15:33 | Category : Beauty & Fashion, Lifestyle, Shopping
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Ms. Swati Harsha takes home the third prize for her beautiful photograph and write-up on ‘The Silver Anklets’. 

Swati, both your photograph and write-up was a cheerful note about those gorgeous silver anklets passed down by your mum that will eventually go to your little princess on her wedding.

After seeing the photograph we now know why you coveted this gorgeous piece of silver for yourself!  

Swati, you win ‘Dabbuwali’ – Priced at Rs. 450/- + discounts on any Arcsun Art product of [More...]

Mother’s Day Contest – 1st Runner Up – The Smile

Saturday, 18 May 2013 , 15:23 | Category : Lifestyle, Shopping
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Ms. Sarita Pandey takes home the 1st Runner Up prize for her write-up and photograph called – The Smile.

Sarita, we simply loved your interpretation – the power of a smile from your mum. We have a surprise for you. You get ‘a set of two “Fish” tea light candle votive priced at Rs. 350/- for a pair plus discounts on all Arcsun Art’s products until 31st May.

This votive is hand painted and fade proof used with tea light candle that can [More...]

Mother’s Day Contest – 2nd Runner up – The Jhumka

Saturday, 18 May 2013 , 15:13 | Category : Lifestyle, Shopping
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Ms. Madhulika Dhindaw wins the 2nd Runner Up prize for a write-up and a photograph of her mother’s gorgeous pair of jhumkas! 

‘Maddy’, we fell in love with your mother’s precious jhumkas. The eternal jhumka that will never go out of fashion will always make any daughter a stunner. We liked your photograph so much you also get to take home a prize!

You win a floral candle priced at 250/-. This candle votive comes with a candle holder too which fits on [More...]

Sponsored Contest – Mother’s Day Winners

Saturday, 18 May 2013 , 10:58 | Category : Lifestyle, Shopping
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Dear Friends,

It gives us great pleasure to announce the names of the winners to the ‘Mother’sDay Contest’ sponsored by Arcsun Art at The Lifestyle Portal.

So, are you ready? Here are the names of the winners! Drumroll [More...]

Online Shopping: Product: ‘Two Men Masai’ Key Holder from Urban Kala

Wednesday, 6 February 2013 , 16:49 | Category : Shopping
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Another gorgeous hand crafted key holder brought to you by Urban Kala. The Lifestyle Portal is proud to showcase such talent on their website which brings to you the very best in home and office decor and that are completely hand crafted.

If you too would like to sell and promote your art – be it paintings, jewellery, needlework, art and craft, accessories, clothes or any home decor items, do get in touch with us and we can help you sell your merchandise on [More...]

Online Shopping: Product: ‘Dancing Ladies’ Tray from Urban Kala

Tuesday, 5 February 2013 , 14:23 | Category : Home, Shopping
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Another gorgeous hand painted masterpiece from Urban Kala. 

The beauty is brought out with an embossed texture on a wood and ceramic base. Use it to serve your glamorous cocktails and make heads turn. This hand painted tray is an ideal gift for a house warming party or for an anniversary. Present one today to be remembered as a person with fine [More...]

Baaya Design – Indian handicraft goes global

Monday, 26 November 2012 , 16:52 | Category : Home, Shopping
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The Lifestyle Portal has a lot of regard for entrepreneurs who have given the country and its artisans a new lease of life. You would have seen for yourselves that we have featured a lot of people in our website who’re actively promoting rural art and craft at a global level.

It is not every day that we get to meet inspirational people like Shibani Jain who has beautifully blended the art of business and supporting rural art and craft by [More...]

Cutting Chai Designs – Bringing designs to life

Friday, 14 September 2012 , 17:41 | Category : Home, Lifestyle, Shopping
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Three girls armed with common interests for the love of travel and quirky designs have teamed up to form the highly creative design studio called the Cutting Chai Designs.

Co-owned by Vishakha Seksaria, Ridhi Arya and Tanvi Saraf, Cutting Chai Designs was launched in January 2012 and is based out of Mumbai and Delhi.

The Lifestyle Portal caught up with the three founders – 30-year-old Vishakha an architect who runs a store called ‘Ash and Teak’ in Raghuvanshi Mills in Mumbai, 29-year-old [More...]