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🌈 Bringing color in your everyday life
Thoughtfully designed in Canada • Handcrafted in India
🛍️ 6-7 Oct @ UBC
📍Vancouver
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There’s something special about making something with your hands that first existed only in your imagination. 🤎

The hands do the making.
The brain brings the idea.
The heart gives it meaning.

Here’s to the people who make things — slowly, imperfectly, and with intention. 🌿

handmade business, handmade with love, artisan craftsmanship, creative entrepreneur, Indian craftsmanship, handmade products, block printing, small business owner, artist maker, slow made, Pehchān

#HandmadeWithLove #ArtisanMade #CreativeEntrepreneur #HandmadeBusiness #Pehchan by @studiopehchan
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Come shop with us this holiday season at @localcrafters_market in Gastown, on www.pehchan.ca or at our upcoming markets! 💖🧿🙏🏼✨

Holiday gifting, cotton bags, cotton pouches, handmade, shop local Vancouver, small business Vancouver, women entrepreneur, small business journey, support small business by @studiopehchan
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Manifesting the day this becomes his only answer. 😂

Until then… back to work. 🤓🧿

female entrepreneur, small business owner, women in business, building a brand, entrepreneur goals, founder life, small business journey, creative entrepreneur

#WomenInBusiness #SmallBusinessOwner #EntrepreneurLife #BuildingABrand #Pehchan by @studiopehchan
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A BUSY MARKET WEEKEND AHEAD! 🌈🤎

I’m taking Pehchān on the road this weekend and I’d love to see you! 🥹

📍 SATURDAY — Heritage Hall, Pitt Meadows
🗓️ October 3
⏰ 10 AM – 5 PM

📍 SUNDAY — Bill Curtis Square, Yaletown
🗓️ October 4
⏰ 11 AM – 6 PM

It’s my first time at both locations, and I’m bringing my latest stock — including pieces that aren’t even on the website yet! 👀

You’ll find:
👜 Bags
🌈 Pouches
✨ NEW Fanny packs
🤎 NEW Sling bags
🍽️ Tableware & table linen
…and lots of colourful everyday pieces.

If you’re around, come say hi! I’d genuinely love to meet you, show you what’s new, and yap about Pehchān with you. 😂

See you this weekend! 🫶🏽

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#Pehchan #VancouverMarkets #PittMeadows #Yaletown #ShopLocalVancouver SmallBusinessCanada HandmadeMarket VancouverSmallBusiness BlockPrint HandmadeIndia taken in Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall by @studiopehchan
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The process isn’t always pretty, but its totally worth it ✨💖🧿

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Every photo. Every setup. Every little detail.
Shot, styled and created by me. 🤎

Not saying I don’t love technology…
I just really love making things the old-fashioned way. 😂

handmade brand, original product photography, small business content, creative business, handmade products, founder-led brand, small business Canada, Pehchān

#SmallBusinessOwner #OriginalContent #HandmadeBusiness #CreativeEntrepreneur #Pehchan by @studiopehchan
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AI could never.
6 hours into my product photoshoot. 0 glasses of water.

Hoping the photos are worth the dehydration. 😂

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#SmallBusinessOwner #BehindTheScenes #ProductPhotoshoot #FounderLife #Pehchan by @studiopehchan
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Beautiful products don’t just happen.

There’s a LOT of back and forth before something is ready to become a Pehchān product.

I’ve learned that when you’re working with artisans, you can’t be afraid to ask too many questions.

In fact, I’d rather over-communicate in the beginning than discover six weeks later that we understood something differently. 😂

Still learning. Still improving. Still figuring out how to make the process smoother with every order.

#Pehchan #ArtisanMade #SmallBusinessJourney #IndianCraftsmanship #FounderStory

working with artisans, Indian artisans, artisan made products, handmade India, product development, product sourcing, handmade business, small business lessons, working with manufacturers, product manufacturing, small business owner, founder journey, handmade products Canada, Indian textiles, block print products, small business Canada, Pehchān, behind the brand by @studiopehchan
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Turns out “help” is a full-time part of the small business owner job description. 😂

You start a business thinking you’ll be designing cute products and packing orders…
and suddenly you’re also the photographer, marketer, accountant, customer service, website manager, content creator and IT department.

Help. Help. 😭

#SmallBusinessOwner #EntrepreneurHumour #smallbusinessvancouver #FounderLife #Pehchan

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A name can be just a name.
Or it can carry a little piece of your story.

Pehchān means identity — and that idea sits at the heart of everything I wanted this brand to be.

The colours, traditions, textiles and memories we grow up with become part of us, even when we don’t realise it.

I wanted Pehchān to be a way of carrying those things forward — not keeping them tucked away in the past, but letting them live in the everyday.

And that’s what the logo represents too: a reflection of where we’ve come from in where we are today.

Tradition doesn’t have to stay in the past.

It can evolve, become everyday, and still feel like home. 🤍

That’s Pehchān.

#Pehchan #PehchanStory #BrandStory #smallbusinesscanada #vancouversmallbusiness

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Your laptop’s new favourite outfit has arrived. 💻✨

Our new laptop sleeve prints are now live on the website, and there are only limited pieces available!

For work, study, or wherever your laptop takes you — carry a little colour with you. 🌿

Shop your favourite print at www.penchan.ca 🛍️

Shipping in Canada & USA / local pickup in Metro Vancouver 🌈✨💖🫶🏼

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#Pehchan #LaptopSleeve #BlockPrint #SmallBusinessCanada #shoplocalvancouver taken in Vancouver, British Columbia by @studiopehchan
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This was one of those lessons I really wish I’d learned before placing my first order. 😭

I had done the maths.

Then the actual costs started showing up.

Shipping. Duties. Taxes. Courier charges. And all the little expenses that somehow don’t make it into your original spreadsheet.

If you’re ordering internationally, ask questions before you place the order, not after.

And please leave yourself a buffer.

Your spreadsheet will thank you. 😂

#Pehchan #SmallBusinessTips #SmallBusinessJourney #SmallBusinessCanada #FounderLife

small business costs, hidden business costs, importing products, importing from India, international shipping, customs duties, business taxes, product sourcing, manufacturing costs, small business budgeting, startup costs Canada, small business Canada, handmade business, product costs, small business logistics, entrepreneur tips, founder journey, starting a business in Canada, Indian artisan products, Pehchān by @studiopehchan
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