'Sea shell,
Beach rainbow,
Keep your eyes on your beautiful dream.'

(Takahashi Shinkichi: 'Beach rainbow')

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Friday, 4 October 2013

In Thunder, Lightning, or in Rain - 3 Witches' Hats for Halloween/Fair Trade Silver


http://folksy.com/items/4565851-Hubble-Bubble-Witches-Hats-Ceramic-Decorations



Some cute and only slightly scary Halloween decorations added to the Folksy shop this morning, and also available at the Fish Quay Fair in North Shields.

I've been busy this week sourcing fair trade jewellery supplies, the metals/minerals trade being something of a worldwide tangled web, but fear not, supplies of Karen Hill Tribe fair trade silver are sailing our way soon. If you would like to read about the work of these Thai craftspeople and see some of their beautiful designs, please follow the link below:

http://www.karenhilltribes.org.uk

... and while I was about it, I caught up with new earth-friendly packaging supplies from The Tiny Box Company, including ribbons made from pulped waste wood and gift bags woven from banana stalks:

http://www.tinyboxcompany.co.uk/p/8698728/small-sinamay-bag-with-cord-drawstring---10-pack.html

Hope all fellow northern hemisphere dwellers are keeping warm and enjoying some extra star-gazing as we travel into the dark side of our year :)