Explore ethical and eco-friendly fabrics made to last with Motif Handmade! Continue reading “FGmarket’s Weekly Pick – Motif Handmade” »
FGmarket’s Weekly Pick – Kanti Goods
Creating change one fine good at a time. –
Empowering Mothers Through Artisan Baby Goods
Haiti Babi was established to support families in Haiti by employing local women to create handcrafted baby gifts. Purchasing gifts allow customers to give twice – the honoree receives a beautiful, handmade keepsake, and the artisan is able to provide for her family. Continue reading “Empowering Mothers Through Artisan Baby Goods” »
FGmarket’s Weekly Pick — Wild Hummingbird Creations
Wild Hummingbird Creations doesn’t want to just create soaps and balms; they want to create the BEST soaps and balms, using the richest butters and purest oils available.
Every soap made by Wild Hummingbird Creations is handcrafted by artisan soapmakers, so you know you’re only getting the best products when you buy from them.
Their soaps are made in small batches to ensure that the right amount of attention is given to each bar of soap.
They have both scented and unscented versions of their products. The scented soaps give off a delightful aroma no matter what scent you choose, while the unscented variety provides a safe and gentle alternative for those with sensitive skin.
For artisan soaps, balms, lotions, and more, you have to check out Wild Hummingbird Creations of Taylorsville, Utah!
Marion-Kay Spices Brings Amazing Flavor To Every Household
Bring flavors from every corner of the world into your kitchen and watch mealtime become an exciting experience!
Since 1922, Marion-Kay Spices has imported spices from countless regions to blend, grind, mix bottle and ship directly to customers. M.K. Summers founded Marion-Kay and passed along the business to his daughter Madelyn Reid, and her husband James in 1986. Since then the spice company has operated out of Brownstown, Indiana.
Jim became a Master Blender with his talent of creating new blends, and a new line of spices was born: J.R. Mad’s line. Today, Marion-Kay is owned by three of the Reid’s children, John and Kordell Reid, and Pamela Warren.
JR Mad’s BAM! Seasoning
Not only does Marion-Kay deliver to personal kitchens, but the spices are also available for fundraising, custom blend services, and food services!
The spices, peppers, seeds, blends, herbs and extracts at Marion-Kay are made of high-quality raw materials with no fillers or additives. The garlic is 100 percent garlic — no mix of other pieces! — and the “sneeze-less” black pepper is imported from India and removed of foreign matter and dust.
Crushed Red Pepper
Looking to try a signature item that has stood the test of time? Marion-Kay Chili Powder, Chef’s Secret Seasoning, and J.R. Mad’s MADGIC Fish Breading are popular options that are sure to take your cooking to the next level. Even better, Marion-Kay is internationally known for the award-winning Pure Vanilla Extract and Marion-Kay Chicken Seasoning 99-X.
If your recipe or restaurant calls for a unique spice or flavor, Marion-Kay can whip it up. Trained personnel develop custom blends for any style of cuisine like American, Cajun or Thai. Secret formulas also stay safe with Marion-Kay!
Bar-B-Que Seasoning
Not only does Marion-Kay offer the ingredients needed for amazing dishes, the company even supplies recipes! From drinks and appetizers, side dishes and main courses to desserts, Marion-Kay shows you how to bring a punch of flavor to your taste buds!
For a flavorful experience in the kitchen, trust the company who has been blending spices for 95 years. Marion-Kay Spices promises to deliver the finest spices in the world!
FGmarket’s Weekly Pick — Wild Hummingbird Creations
Weekly Pick
When customers search for safe, sustainable and healthy products, who do they choose to buy from? Wild Hummingbird Creations is hoping that they choose to buy their amazing handcrafted artisan products!
Wild Hummingbird Creations is a Taylorsville, Utah-based company that wants to spread healthy, safe bath and body products around their community and the world. Their handcrafted artisan soaps are a big seller, and are made with the richest oils and butter available. They are made in small batches using a hot process method to ensure that they are safe and gentle on the skin. Their soaps are available in both scented and unscented varieties, with the unscented varieties specially made for those with more sensitive skin.
Along with their amazing artisan soaps, they also have a great selection of other bath and body products, such as bath bombs, bath salts, sugar scrubs, bath truffles, balms, lotions and more! For any bath and body need your customer has, Wild Hummingbird Creations has a product that will be perfect for them!
Wild Hummingbird Creations also has a special Refugee Outreach Program that they maintain. This program donates one bar of soap to the Utah Refugee Center for each order of $20 or more.
For handmade artisan bath and body products that will safely moisture even the most sensitive skin, check out Wild Hummingbird Creations!
SouvNear, Inc. Brings The Beauty And Skill Of Indian Handicrafts To The World
The Indian artisan wholesale market is one that often gets overlooked by many wholesale buyers, due in part to its competition with one of the juggernauts of the wholesale world, China. But for a country of more than a billion people, India has plenty of artisan crafters that want to showcase their wares to the world, and show that India can also be a juggernaut in the wholesale market!
SouvNear, Inc., an online artisan Indian wholesale market, wants to make sure that the beautiful products made by the brilliantly skilled workers of India, get into the hands of more buyers.
The Story
SouvNear, Inc. got its start from a group of entrepreneurs in 2013, who were seeking to create a portal that helped undiscovered Indian artisans get their wares noticed by a larger market. Today, SouvNear, Inc. has more than 7,000 curated products on its website from numerous skilled artisans.
SouvNear, Inc. works to make sure that only the best businesses are allowed to sell from their site. They undergo an in-depth background check process on sellers to make sure they are accredited before selling on their site. They even manage the entire process of buying on their site, from order to production, and quality audits to order delivery. When you order from SouvNear, Inc., you can be at peace knowing you are in safe, reliable hands.
The Products
There’s no shortage of beautiful products to be found on SouvNear, Inc.’s website. From home decor to jewelry, and even garden supplies, you’ll find thousands of amazing products that your customers will love.
Many of the products sold by SouvNear, Inc. feature traditional Indian designs and colors, drawing a lot of inspiration from traditional Hindu and Buddhist artwork. The Lord Buddha Statue Candle Holder, which is a soapstone carved statue resembling the Buddhist holy figure, is a beautifully handmade candle holder with a very sturdy base and a bowl on top for holding the candle. It’s the perfect piece of home decor for that more traditional Asian look. But SouvNear, Inc.
Wall Decor
But SouvNear, Inc. also has many modern style products, such as their hand-painted wall art, featuring gorgeously painted floral, scenery, abstract concepts, and more. Take the Pink & Grey Floral Wall-Art, for example. This handpainted 12″ piece features a pink flower on a gray background, and gives a beautiful, but mysterious, radiance that combines abstract streams of thought and landscape.
Jewelry
It’s no surprise that SouvNear, Inc. also carries a wide selection of stunning handmade jewelry on their site. From jewelry to bracelets to necklaces, and even jewelry boxes to keep it all in, SouvNear, Inc. has the jewelry that your customers will love to wear. Their Silver & Black Hanging Earrings in Metal are the perfect accent to any outfit. Designed with traditional Indian motifs, these earrings are handcrafted in brass and finished in silver and black colors.
Garden
What about garden accessories that bring a traditional beauty to gardens of all sizes and specialties? SouvNear, Inc. has you covered there as well. Take, for example, their Iron Hanging Lantern in Copper Finish. This exquisite lantern has an antique look to it and features multi-colored glass inserts that shimmer and shine in the light.
SouvNear, Inc. is one the premier place to find exceptional handmade artisan products made by some of the most skilled workers in all of the beautiful country of India. You’ll find wholesale prices you can beat, and products that you can’t buy anywhere else, when you shop online at SouvNear, Inc.
Silver Tree Designs Brings Fair Trade Butterfly Wing Jewelry To The World
Silver Tree Designs knows how important honest business practices and fair wages for employees are. That’s why they have committed to bringing beautiful Fair Trade jewelry to customers all over the world.
Founded in 2011 by Stuart Smith and his wife, Silver Tree Designs has one of the most unique stories behind their jewelry that you’ll ever hear.
While working with his wife in the fair trade movement in Peru, Smith discovered a special project that the Peruvian people were working on. They were attempting to preserve the traditional way of life in the Amazon through sustainable butterfly breeding. Silver Tree Designs started off helping this project move forward and ensure its success, but they discovered a completely new opportunity for change while working with the Shipibo Indigenous community. When the butterflies natural lifespan came to an end, they started turning their wings into colorful and unique high-quality jewelry with the help of a small group of silver artisans in Lima, Peru.
Through Silver Tree Designs’ butterfly jewelry program, and fair trade practices, they have been able to help the Peruvian community maintain a better quality of life and ensure a source of income for many people working in the country. Through more than 6 years of work in Peru, Silver Tree Designs has seen a lot of change in the community for the better.
Butterfly Wing Earrings
The Butterfly Wing Earrings made by Silver Tree Designs are absolutely gorgeous. Each piece is delicately procured once a butterfly has lived out its lifespan, and then carefully preserved in either sterling silver or silver plated nickel. Because each butterfly has its own unique wing pattern, you can be assured that each piece of jewelry bought from Silver Tree Designs will be unique in each and every way.
The earrings come in a multitude of different shapes, such as hearts, rectangles, circles, oblongs, and more! Of course, you can always get your earrings in the original shape of the wing, to preserve the beauty and grace of one of nature’s most breathtaking creatures.
Butterfly Wing Pendants
The pendants come in the same shapes as the earrings; heart, rectangle, oblong, circular, and wing. These pendants are the perfect accessory to a beautiful dress or gown. They will make your customers stand out from the rest of the crowd, and are great talking points for dinner parties. Your customers won’t be able to make it through a party without being stopped and asked about their beautiful Silver Treed Designs wing pendant!
Butterfly Wing Bracelets
If you can’t pick just one butterfly wing pattern, and want an exquisite collection of the most beautiful wings, try out their Butterfly Wing Bracelets. These bracelets, which come in either sterling silver or silver plated nickel, feature a collection of amazing butterfly wings, preserved in an acrylic glass frame. Each bracelet features a different collection of wings, so no two bracelets are the same!
Silver Tree Designs has truly created a brand new, unique way to admire the beauty of the natural world. They’ve done so through the honorable business practices of Fair Trade, and have done amazing work in the country or Peru. Buy from Silver Tree Designs today, and see why we just can’t stop admiring their work!
The Earring Lady Doesn’t Just Make Jewelry, She Makes Art
These earrings should come with a warning: Do not wear them unless you don’t mind getting compliments, questions, and general statements like “wow” and “where did you get those?” every single time you don them. Because you will.
The handcrafted earrings and pendants from The Earring Lady are truly works of art. When they say these pieces are handcrafted, it becomes obvious the amount of design, labor and talent being poured into each set.
If you have never bought a pair of dangling glass earrings from The Earring Lady, they recommend the clear dichroic clear glass earrings. These earrings, according to their creators, look “ho hum” on the card but come to life on your ear. It’s because the movement created as you wear them and the light changing around them displays the color changing properties of the glass. The way the earrings look on your ear could easily change every few seconds.
A second choice might easily be the rainbow pair. Composed of many separate pieces of glass melted together in each bead, these earrings are colorful and stunning. The rest of your collection might include confetti-style with tiny flakes of paper-thin glass, earrings with colored spots, or a number of flat patterned earrings that feature dragonflies or a zebra pattern. All of the jewelry has an obvious shimmer and the colors are brilliant.
Stripes are the classic Barbara Mellen earrings recognized wherever she sells her wares. She has made tens of thousands of variations in a decade working with more than a thousand different glass products. There may be over a dozen pieces of glass fused together in a single tiny earring. Many of the striped earrings come paired with a matching pendant that is equally as beautiful.
They also produce heart pendants and earrings, which are made with genuine Austrian Swarovski crystal and are available in about 10 different colors. They, too, reflect and bounce the light off of them, making them sparkle as you wear them.
Barbara Mellen creates these works of art for your ears from dichroic glass, which has an iridescent coating that appears to change color as the light moves around it. She cuts tiny pieces from American-made glass products and fuses them together in a kiln. Her sister, Sarah Mellen, handcrafts the ear wires and pendant bails. She uses Argentium tarnish resistant sterling silver, a great option for people whose ears are sensitive to regular sterling. The pair sells their jewelry in more than 200 stores, mostly in the Pacific Northwest, midwest, and Eastern coastline.
And just when you thought you were only going to get necklaces and gorgeous baubles, you discover squiggle rings, individually handcrafted from tarnish resistant sterling silver, and each one unique. A really great feature is that their size can be slightly increased or decreased without tools, so it is possible to give them as gifts to people whose exact size you don’t know or to “grow” one with a child.
Finally, you have to appreciate their ammonites (fossilized sea creatures) from Madagascar, which are related to the octopus and squid. The pendants, handcrafted by Sarah Mellen, are about the size of a quarter; smaller ones are used for earrings to keep them lightweight.
Check out The Earring Lady to get some of the most stunning artisanal jewelry around!