
Priya Nair
Had a 1-2-1 with Priya Nair this morning and I have not enjoyed a business conversation this much in a while. Priya owns Timeless Notions. Branded products, gifts and signs. Here is what most people do not realize about her. She makes it. Herself. Her garage is a full workshop. Laser cutter, UV printer, the works. Ninety percent of what leaves her shop was cut, printed and assembled by her own hands. That sign you can see behind her on this call? She made that too. In an industry where almost everyone is forwarding your logo to a warehouse and marking it up, this is rare. I would know. I spent ten years in promotional products a long time ago, back when we ran engraving machines and made rubber stamps out of a mall kiosk here in North Bay. I know what this work actually takes. Two things stood out. First, no minimum orders on most of what she does. If you are a small business that wants three mugs with your logo for three clients who matter, she will make you three. The big catalogue companies will tell you fifty and hang up. Second, she sits down with you first. No catalogue, no order form, no sales associate. She learns your business and the occasion, then builds something for it. Her words: "Every time I look at a picture, I know who this person is and why I created this." She started this in 2014 cutting 2x4s with a hand saw to spell out people's names. Twelve years later she is producing the award pieces for entire BNI regions. One idea I am stealing for my own clients: she makes a branded keychain with a tap-and-QR chip in it. Your customer taps it and your Google review page opens. For a contractor walking out of a house where the furnace is finally working and the homeowner is happy, that is the perfect moment to ask. Signs, awards, engraved drinkware, event pieces, client gifts. If you need your brand on something real, talk to Priya. Timeless Notions: timelessnotions.ca



































































