Where happiness is handmade!
by Sasha Scheherzade Each year more and more craftpreneurs are provided a huge platform by The Crafter's Guild at The Crafter's Expo, a vibrant craft fair, bustling with activity and color, where home-based craft community of Pakistan displays their exquisite and innovative handmade products, which speak volumes about their continued efforts and reflect their zest for creativity. From edibles to wearables, this year The Crafter's Expo held in December 2016 (or TCE16) showcased some 122 local artisans and crafters; both rural and urban, thereby vigorously promoting their precious businesses. Following the analogy "Happiness is Handmade", the idea behind the expo is to strengthen and revive the otherwise forgotten cottage industry of homeland through promotion of their small businesses and push back the craft community from backend to the forefront. Since 2012, what began as a small initiative by Varah Musavvir of The Crafter's Guild, has now evolved into a f