Handmade Rakhis Taking Centre Stage

If you look around in any market place, all that you see are the colourful, glittering Rakhis, considered the thread of brother sister bond. It's a very beautiful thought where a sister ties this thread on her brother's hand and asks him to be by her side and protect her all her life.

Well, while on my research on what, the different designs artists have come up this year, I bumped upon really exquisite designs and would love to share them with you'll too.

Rakhis by Jugaad

Upcycled- For those looking for recycled upcycled products, like made for waster fabric and paper they should check Pure Ghee on their facebook page, Jaypore.com and Soulfulsaai too. One should also check the recycled fabric rakhis by Jugaad, on facebook.

Dolki Bead rakhis by Soulfulsaai

Bead Rakhis- This year we at Soulfulsaai, made it a point to make our own inhouse beads which could be used in the rakhis. We used techniques such as crochet and winding on wooden beads and further embellishing them with stones and seed beads. There are rakhis made using beads made of newspaper and ordinary paper and then coloured and
embellished. Check the rakhis on Jaypore.com.

Grandmas Garden on Hopscotch.in

Felt Rakhis are another big time favourite for kids rakhis. Many artists have explored felt in making these rakhis. I specially loved Oyester kids  and Grandmas Garden rakhis on Hopscotch.in . They were actually hand cut and hand stitched unlike others which were machine cut and stuck on.

image courtesy alibaba.com

Embroidered Rakhis- using traditional embroideries such as mirror work, zardozi, and bead work beautifula patches are created and then mounted on make unique rakhis. The rakhis made Shipra Nayyar via pinterest.

Pompom Rakhis by Soulfulsaai

Pompom Rakhis- Again being used since time immemorial, but again at Soulfulsaai we used pompoms with a touch of bling and they have been loved but all. The street markets are full of pompom rakhis though the basic ones.

Rakhis by Samoolam

Crochet rakhis- We at Soulfulsaai are know for our crochet products thus beside the crochet bead rakhis we also have zardozi rakhis, made with metallic thread and embellished with kundan and pearls. We also loved the rakhis on Jaypore.com made by Samoolam.




Quilling Rakhis is not a new concept, people have been designing different designs using thin sheets of paper. We at Soulfulsaai had made quilling rakhis last year too. What particularly caught my attention was this 3D TV design which was then later mounted to make it a rakhi that could be tied on to the wrist. Our hot selling rakhi this season was the favourite Minion.
These rakhis are available on firstcry.com and hopscotch.in

Just came across interesting rakhis using Bamboo Art and Dokra art, you can buy them on http://baayadesign.com/estore/rakhi-special.html

Since I'm an ardent fan of handmade products and would love to see more and more people appreciate and buy handmade products, I've written this blog. Please do share if you come across interesting handmade design.