Christmas Gift Box

You can find us over at Site No. 1213 in the Shankarappa Layout, which is part of the New Extension in Kenchanahalli. We focus on making gift boxes, and even though the name mentions Christmas, we actually do work for all kinds of holidays and events throughout the year. The shop is in a quiet part of the layout, so it’s not like a busy retail store where people are always walking in. We mostly work on orders that people place ahead of time. There are always piles of cardboard, ribbons, and colored paper laying around our work tables. We spend a lot of time cutting and folding to make sure the boxes are sturdy enough to hold whatever goes inside. It’s a lot of manual work and we have to be careful not to get glue everywhere. Sometimes the neighbors come by to see what new designs we are working on. We started doing this because we liked the idea of making something pretty that people use to give gifts to their friends. It’s a small team of us here, and we just keep the music playing while we work through the piles of orders. It isn't a high-pressure environment, but we do get very busy when the big festivals are coming up. We like being tucked away in Kenchanahalli because it gives us the space we need to store all our materials. It’s a creative way to spend the day and we enjoy it.