This is the third in a series of handmade necklace DIYs and inspiration I’ll be posting for FLP’s Great Necklace Exchange. Today’s the last day to sign up! Manimal founder and designer Kristen Lombardi started her brand with handmade moccasins, but what I love most about her line now is her suede accessories, made of scrap leather left over from the mocs. If there is a creative [...]
Because who doesn’t want an awesome new necklace for Christmas?! This December, I’m super excited to be hosting my first-ever handmade necklace exchange! Not only does it combine two of my favorite things — jewelry and gift-giving — but I hope it will inspire some extra spirit and creativity in all of our holidays. [...]
Have any time left this year for DIY wrapping paper? (Who am I kidding? Oh well, maybe next year!) I just spotted these celery stamps and couldn’t resist posting them. So sweet! And with that, I’m off to enjoy the holiday with my family. All the best to you and yours! Celery stamp wrapping paper [...]
My picks have been all over the internets lately. What fun! TheFeast.com: Last week I was excited to curate a guide of local, ethical gift ideas for TheFeast.com. My list of 14 picks covers most of my SF favorites, from air plants at Paxton Gate to Early Jewelry at Candystore Collective and Renegade Holiday, which [...]
Does this letterpressed veneer tag look familiar? Treasa from IN HAUS Press prints each one by hand on her vintage presses, just like she printed my business cards, which I photographed up close to use for the Fashion Loves People website header! You can get a set of six veneer gift flags for $6, or [...]
I love straws, but I hate throwing them away. Last month at the Heath sale I bought two of these (The Bends, no relation to Radiohead), and I never would have considered GLASS for my permanent straws, but Glass Dharma has a lifetime guarantee against breakage. Amazing! The straight ones start at $7.50, and the [...]
Stocking stuffer of awesomeness, anyone? PACT men’s and women’s underwear has always donated 10% of each purchase to your choice of their selected causes, but with each sale of the Winter Lights designs they recently launched, they’ll donate a solar lantern to a family in need in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Priced at $18-$22 for women, and $24-$26 for men.
You remember my friend Heather, who’s an amazing designer and has collaborated with me on all of the Fashion Loves People tee designs? Well she and her husband Aaron have been on quite the journey this year — they’ve applied and made it onto the waiting list to adopt a little boy from Ethiopia. They are incredibly [...]
“Hair powder for hair on days of unwash” — how sweetly put! For lazy hair days, I’ve been wanting to try Lulu Organics’ hair powder for a while but couldn’t quite justify the price of the full-size package. This travel-size runs $9.50, with free shipping from the brand directly. I bought one but haven’t used [...]
On sale for $20 each, with free shipping and free returns! Fantastic price for some beautiful scarves. Check out these great skirts, too, all sewn by hand from Pendleton wool fabric. The Casa scarf is my pick. Via Modish
So many good features in these gloves, I even ordered a pair for myself. They work with iPhones! Made in the U.S. Made with high-quality British Merino lambswool Men’s and women’s sizes $20 a pair Shop all four colorways — brick, bark, coal and clay — at DotsGloves.com. Via Commerce With A Conscience
As promised… the FLP December sale is here! For the rest of the month, all FLP Tees are buy one, get one free! That’s one for you, and one to give to a friend. 5% of profits still donated to the Not For Sale campaign. Merry Christmas indeed. :) Shop the Fashion Loves People store now »
Scenario: Once a month, a beautiful box filled with tasting-sized portions of foodie-approved edibles arrives on your doorstep. That’s the idea behind the amazing Foodzie Tasting Box, which you can give as a gift for three months ($55), six months ($100) or a full year ($200). Jon and I got the November box, shown above, and [...]
For those of you who can afford to upgrade your holiday wrappings, wrap your gifts in reusable shopping bags — only $4.80-$5.40 each with this discount! I have one Envirosax-brand bag myself, and I really love with the way it folds up and snaps into a miniature little pouch. None of my other reusable bags [...]
This month on FLP is all gifts, all the time! The giving and receiving that happens this time of year is one of my favorite things in the world, so I can’t wait to share my most giftable picks with you. And they’ll all be socially conscious in some way, too! By my estimation, there’s [...]
This Saturday, I hope those of you in San Francisco will be able to make a stop on Fillmore Street! From 11 to 3, HELLO by Candystore Collective will be hosting a Holiday Trunk Show & Brunch for three local brands, including Fashion Loves People! Like usual for events, I’ll be selling my shirts at wholesale [...]
Happy New Year, friends! I’ve been out of town visiting family for an extended holiday — collecting the sweetest gifts from the sweetest people and, today, scavenging Jon’s grandmother’s vintage ornament collection. I already can’t wait to decorate for next year. Here’s hoping you all had a fabulous holiday, and cheers to great eco fashion [...]
Because I’m pretty much done with my Christmas shopping (believe me, this is a Christmas miracle if I’ve ever known one), I’ll be focusing my time over the next two weeks on baking and sewing reusable gift wrapping, using these three adorable Denyse Schmidt fabrics. Envirosax tells us that each year we throw away 4 million [...]
If today had been Christmas, it would have been a beautiful one. The kind Bing has been dreaming of. Snow fell all day! I didn’t have to go anywhere, so I just watched it through the window. With Bon Iver in headphones. (Not to drown out other noises, but because this stuff was made for [...]