Fair Trade Blog

What could make a teddy bear even better?   Make it out of Alpaca fur.  If you get your hands on one of our new bears, just try to put it down! 

White Alpaca fur makes them the softest, warmest bears you’ll ever hold.  Each one is hand made in Ecuador from naturally-grown Alpaca fur.  You can select a small or medium size online, but you have to come to the shop to see the large bears keeping watch in our store.   

If you ladies want to get noticed while out on the town, chose one of our elegant new cocktail rings made close by in Madison, Wis.  Each one features a crystal or faux pearl surrounded by an impressive band of shimmering silver beads.  The band stretches to fit any size finger making them easy to wear. 

Our new tagua heart necklaces are more casual for those informal summer gatherings or simply an everyday accent.  Ecuadorian tagua nut is carved into a heart shape with a swirl through the middle before it is dyed a deep chocolate brown.  It’s a great complement to our breezy, colorful blouses.  

Come back soon to see more fairly traded, distinctive, handmade merchandize from around the world.

Keep shopping your good values! 

Though spring is having a hard time arriving here in the upper Midwest, it’s definitely spring in our store.  We did a photo shoot to bring you our new spring and summer clothing.  I had great fun with our models Andrew and Rain along with our photographer Rebecca. 

It was a welcome bright spot on a cold, rainy day.  

Our new blouses are just the thing for those warm days now arriving.  Handmade embroidery on fantastic colors including reds, blues, greens, and yellows highlight our breezy new selection. 

We have new “pirate” shirts to bring out the scoundrel in the guys.  Our men’s short sleeve shirts come in traditional blue, white, and ivory.  

For your warm weather walk about, we have colorful shoulder bags for guys or gals that include roomy pockets and casual style.  Very comfortable!

Our jewelry selection now includes a wonderful single-bloosom necklace carved from Tagua nut.   The selection of colors will help you compliment any outfit.   We found out at our shoot that they go particularly well with our new blouses. 

Keep shopping your good values!