World Fair Trade Day Celebration Reminder

Just wanted to remind you all that World Fair Trade Day is this coming Friday, May 7th at the Daley Plaza in Chicago see our original post for complete event details. If you live in or near the Chicago area, we'd love to meet up with you there!

We will be participating in this event with 24 other fair trade vendors. We will be selling our recycled picture frames from our Off The Street Chicago Program and our new Messenger Bags from our eco-friendly handbags from our Cambodia Line. They are made out of recycled netting. We will also have available our new selection of jewelry from Bali. All of which will make wonderful socially conscious gifts for Mother's Day, graduations and birthdays.

Here's a little video from 2009 World Fair Trade Day:




And the official World Fair Trade website: http://www.worldfairtradeday10.org/

Socially Conscious Mother's Day Gift

The other day on my way out, a neighbor commented on my red Deppa Bag and said how much she liked it. I proceeded to share a little about it. Since it drew attention once already this week, I thought I would feature it today on the blog.

With Mother's Day just around the corner, our Deppa bags would make wonderful socially conscious gifts for moms. These bags are well made, sturdy and can hold a load of books, even over the handle of a stroller!

This eco-friendly hand bag is red and natural. It is hand printed using natural dyes and lined in solid red, with just the right touch of hand embroidery. It has a snap on either outer side enabling the bag to expand. One inside pocket with a zipper. 18" h x 14" w. $5.00 from the sale of this bag goes to support the fair trade women's co-operative in India, where the good was handmade.

Moms will not only appreciate that her gift is eco-friendly, but that her gift gives back to charity as well.