We're Moving

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Hello friends,

I wanted to share a quick personal update about my pattern shop. Because of some unexpected compliance issues with the Indian central bank (RBI), I wasn’t able to renew my old webshop on Ecwid —even after several back‑and‑forth conversations with their support team. This caught me by surprise too.

As a result, I’ve decided to move my shop to a new webshop powered by GoDaddy. It’s a platform I’ve trusted for years to host my main site, and it offers secure payments and SSL protection, so your data stays safe. Since GoDaddy is one of the world’s largest and most reliable domain providers, this transition feels like the right step forward. 

You can read more about the update HERE.

This moving is also an answer to year long wish to simplify my small business. As much as I love Ecwid's simplicity and user friendly features, I think it's time for me to move on. In the new webshop, even though it's simple, it works out well for me. Less fancy app but more reliable. 

I will only list my patterns in the new webshop for now and for Handmade, Quilts and Fabrics will be available only on my ETSY SHOP. 

Since this transition happened quite suddenly, I truly appreciate your patience and understanding if a few small bumps pop up along the way. I’m currently working on adding all the patterns—both paid and free—to the new webshop, and everything will be fully in place soon.

I truly appreciate your support and understanding while I make this transition. If you have any questions or need help accessing your patterns, please don’t hesitate to reach out — I’m just an email away.

Warm regards,

Elvira

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Happy Women's Day - Let's empower women!

Yourstory

Happy Women's Day to all the wonderful women!! On this women's day, I've been honored to be featured on Yourstory.com Women's day edition. A few days ago when Disha from Etsy India sent me the questionnaire, I was sitting on my computer thinking what should I write? I am just an ordinary mother of 2, doing what I love the most in my spare time from one of the corners of my home. But when come to think of it, most of the mompreneurs or women entrepreneurs that I personally know, started the same way, from one corner of our homes. 

Oh yes, we have many up and downs stories and I am glad I have a circle of craft entrepreneurs friends in my city that empower each other. Truly, I would not have met them if I was not in Etsy. 
Today, I'd like to give a shout-out to them, thank you girls for always being there for me! 





Achumi from Treasured Elements, I met here 20 years ago when I first came to Guwahati. She was my makeup artist during my wedding!! We lost contact for many years, and finally met up again a couple years ago and this talented girl, now a self-made Jewelry designer. She mostly works with silver and precious stones and has her products displayed at Guwahati Airport and several stores in Northeast India. 





Manisha of  MrbWatercolor is a watercolor artist and is the first Etsy seller from Guwahati that I know. We chatted several times on Instagram before we met in person a couple of years ago. I love her style of watercolor painting (I got a couple of them!) and of course, her popular watercolor paints that she sells on her Etsy shop. 

I first met Meenakshi from Rustic Origin during the Etsy event in Guwahati in 2019. She's a friend of Achumi's. We shared a common interest in fabrics and hand stitching. She loves doing boro sashiko and dyeing fabrics. We met a couple of times, and always planning to meet and do some sewing and quilting together. She runs her Etsy Shop, Rustic Origin Shop, where she sells woven loom home decor from Northeast India.

When we met, we talked about the hustle we have to do, the challenges for selling online now compare to a few years ago from shipping to compliance with the latest government regulations, to the worries for our children, etc. You know the real talk and we often forgot to take selfies! But here's the photo of us from 2019 just before the pandemic started. 

Do visit their social media or Etsy shop whenever you are free. Yes, there are always untold hustling stories behind those pretty photos on Etsy and Instagram. For every woman who reads this blog, I hope you can be inspired to pursue your dreams. It's never too late to start doing what you love, what makes you happy! Whether it's a hobby or a business. Just do it! 

Happy women's day! 

Elvira

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