After searching for dainty and feminine bows for her niece Birdie, Gabrielle decided to teach herself how to sew and started Alfie + Iris in the Fall of 2017. Alfie + Iris sells the most adorable hair bows for girls of all ages and source 90% of their fabrics and supplies from Canadian small businesses. You can read our last Maker Monday interview with Sun & Soil Handmade here. Tell us a bit about Alfie + Iris. Alfie + Iris specializes in handcrafted hair bows for girls of all ages, made with childhood wonder and adventure in mind. Each......
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If you love unique jewelry, macrame home decor and plant hangers you’re going to love all of Sun & Soils products. Shannon, the talented maker behind Sun & Soil, makes beautiful plant and wall hangings as well as mixed-media necklaces. We have been loving her Instagram feed for awhile so we were excited to find out more about her creative process. You can read last week’s Maker Monday interview with Tera Luna Jewels here. Tell us a bit about Sun & Soil. Sun & Soil is fun, unique jewelry and macrame home décor for colour-loving humans. Macrame is a......
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Have you been following along with our Maker Monday series? If not, you should be. We’ve been introducing you some really great local makers and today we have an interview with Andrea – the maker behind Terra Luna Jewels. Andrea uses natural elements to make beautiful handmade jewelry. Tell us a bit about Terra Luna Jewels. Terra Luna Jewels is a collection of unique handmade jewelry created with natural elements. Many pieces incorporate natural minerals and gemstones that carry different metaphysical properties, as well as preserved organic materials from Northern Ontario forests such as moss, tree bark, dried flowers,......
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If you love scented candles, then you’re going to love today’s maker – Country Cabin Candles & Soaps makes high quality candles and soaps with over 50 scents to choose from. What started as a love of candles and fragrances grew into a successful local business. If you missed last weeks article, you can read about our last maker here. Tell us about Country Cabin Candles & Soaps. CCCS was born back in April 2011 from my love of candles and fragrances. As an avid candle burner, I was always on the hunt for a candle that burned nicely......
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If you’re looking for a beautiful farmhouse sign for your home, look no further – Yorkshire Creations will have what you’re looking for and if not, Kate will bring your idea to life! She has made statement pieces with fonts, bold patterns with nature themed shapes and quite a few holiday signs. If you missed last weeks article, you can read our last Maker Monday: Granny Bird Designs here. Tell us a bit about Yorkshire Creations. Yorkshire Creations truly is a labour of love. It’s still in the growing process and I love seeing it flourish. It’s based on bringing peoples farmhouse sign......
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If you had a chance to check out the Makers North Spring Show earlier this month then you may have seen today’s maker, Granny Bird Designs. Laura-Leigh creates beautiful artwork that has been featured in print publications and art shows over the last few years. Her art is inspired by her own personal growth and innermost journey and each piece is original. If you missed last weeks article, you can read our last Maker Monday: BananaBug Babies here. Tell us a bit about Granny Bird Designs. As an artist, I seek to inspire not only myself, but the world in......
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The Second Annual Makers North Spring Market takes place this coming weekend, June 2nd at the McEwen School of Architecture and we are excited to check out the sizzling array on handmade goods! 50 talented makers from Northern Ontario (and a few from the south) will come together for this fabulous day of shopping, fun, delicious coffee and baked goods (we heard that Beards and Café Petite Gateau will be there!). If you fancy getting your hands on some amazing handmade goods head to the show, and remember to enter our fun giveaway to win a prize pack from......
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It’s Monday again so it’s time to introduce you to another talented local maker! If you missed our last Maker Monday interview with SOS Botanicals, you can find that here. Today we want to introduce you to Jessica, the maker behind forEver Baby&Kids. forEver Baby&Kids offers high quality, affordable hair accessories and bowties for newborns, babies, toddlers, kids, teens, and adults. Tell us a bit about forEver Baby Designs. forEver Baby&Kids is a brand that creates high quality, affordable, vegan hair accessories and bow ties for babies, kids, and adults. Each hair accessory has the option of coming on a......
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Mondays are quickly becoming our favourite days of the week! I love meeting all of these amazing makers and getting a peak into their creative processes. Last week we shared our interview with Jessica, the maker behind forEver Baby&Kids and you can read that here. Today we’re introducing you to the maker behind BananaBug Babies, Danielle. Danielle has been making adorable children’s clothing and accessories since 2007. Tell us a bit about BananaBug Babies. My name is Danielle Teixeira, and I’m the founder and creator at BananaBug Babies. I run my business from home here in Sudbury. I sew......
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We are in week three of our Maker Monday series and we’re excited to introduce you to our third maker, Sarah of SOS Botanicals. Sarah makes plant based skin care products and aims to do this with zero waste. She has lines of face serums, soaps, body balms, meditation oils, bath bombs and so much more. We spoke to Sarah about how she got started with SOS Botanicals and her plans for the future. Tell us a bit about SOS Botanicals. SOS Botanicals was created to give Sudburians an affordable alternative to self-care products that are packaged in plastic......
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