The Sampler - Contributors: Summer: June/July 2006

Super Mega 200+ Item Contributions - Summer: June/July

Barcelona Bath & Body

The highlight of Barcelona Bath & Body Founder Rachel Lane's 17- year sales and marketing career was director of marketing for an award-winning spa line of candles and bath products. After leaving the spa industry, she caught a late-night rerun of an Oprah show about "mompreneurs" in June of 2002, and a dream was born to again work her passion for home fragrance and personal care products by starting her own business. She spent the next couple years in her "kitchen-turned-laboratory" developing healthy top-quality soy candles, rich moisturizing soaps and long-lasting room sprays in five balanced fragrances--Vanilla Lavender, Cinnamon Sandalwood, Grapefruit Ylang Ylang, Coconut Bay Rum and Lemongrass Fennel. Available to retail customers through www.barcelonabathandbody.com, Rachel also sells wholesale to fine boutiques and spas around the world. Check your June Sampler for a free shipping voucher on your first order!

www.barcelonabathandbody.com

baron*cards

baron*cards is a small stationery studio offering modern and stylish cards, invitations and coordinated stationery. The current collection showcases graphic art by owner and artist Lianne Tokey, and are great for weddings, showers, new baby, parties and more!

www.baroncards.com

Carly Couture

Carly Couture is an online store full of handmade wallets, bags, and more! The selection is always changing and there are always new bright colored fabrics to choose from. Be sure to check out the Custom Wallet Maker and Custom Bag Maker to design your own wallet or bag exactly how you want it!

www.carlycouture.com

Epiphany Candles

epiphanycandles.etsy.com

Luster
Luster

Luster makes jewelry and accessories with a focus on plastics, glitter, candy and color!

www.lusterstudio.com

Martinsville Emporium
martinsvilleemporium

Here in Martinsville, we like to create various goodies that make you and your surroundings just nicer to be around - so since 2002, we've been doing just that! We have handpoured soy wax candles in funky, fun fragrances like Cotton Candy, Buttered Popcorn, and Fresh Cut Grass. Our handmade soaps are created with love and care in a variety of scents ranging from Lilac to Nag Champa. We're also fast becoming known for our lip balms in nearly 30 different incredible flavors that will have you coming back for more! Nearly all of our products are vegan, and we never do animal testing (they get so nervous, you know).

martinsvilleemporium.etsy.com

Rosebud Designs

www.jrosebud.com/designs

Suds N' Scrubs

www.sudsnscrubs.com

Things That Make Scents

Things That Make Scents offering hand-poured 100% soy candles for both retail and wholesale, as well as beautiful candle gift baskets and irresistibly fragrant wax dipped teddy bears.

www.thingsthatmakescents.com

100+ Item Contributions - Summer: June/July

Button Arcade

Free shipping on all $5+ orders (including international)! Custom buttons, mirrors, magnets, and bottle openers, as well as tons of in-house goodies!

www.buttonarcade.com

Chicaloo Photography

The motto for Chicaloo Photography is "From the silly to the beautiful and everywhere in between". I search out the unusual, the forgotten and the temporary. I am never without a camera, or three, for fear of missing the "perfect shot". I decided to break them free of my photo albums and put them to use. Hope you enjoy what you see.

chicalookate.etsy.com

destination: unknown journals

Travel produces some of the most remarkable experiences of our lives. Chronicling the daily adventures, quiet observations and serendipitous discoveries in a travel journal is simply the best way to catch hold of all the big events and small encounters, from the memorable to the mundane. destination:unknown journals are handmade and created especially for travel. They incorporate a smart look with numerous features to encourage travel-writing while on the road: two handy sizes; three types of paper for recording travel experiences; pockets for storing mementos; wire binding for easy writing anywhere; and an elastic band to keep it all together. These travel-friendly features offer the flexibility to chronicle your journeys in your own individual style. And saving souvenirs along the way enhances the special written memories of your trip. Upon returning home, your journal becomes a treasured souvenir, vividly bringing back precious memories every time you open it.

www.destinationunknownjournals.com

Emily Kircher, Recycling Artist (EKRA)

Gimme that garbage! There are so many unwanted items out there that still have tons of potential. I save them from the garbage and transform them into new and functional items. Right now, I cut fabric salvaged from old clothes and linens and crochet it into purses and rugs, cut old plates and cups into tiles to mosaic found objects, use bottlecaps and books to make resin-filled magnets and pins, and thrift store yarn to crochet pouches and pet toys. However, I'm always looking for inspiration to use new types of garbage to make new things

www.etchouse.com/EKRA/

The Glitter Workshop

Cutting edge crafts for the 21st Century! The Glitter Workshop,owned by Naomi Richardson and Heather Johnson, offers wares from over a 100 local, national, and international artists and has now crossed over into the world wide web. Visit us in Madison, WI, or online www.theglitterworkshop.com

www.theglitterworkshop.com

Lizzie Sweet

Lizzie Sweet-bath and body for the nice and naughty. Lizzie Sweet is so yummy, you'll be a Sweet fiend in no time! Lizzie Sweet bath and body treats are made from high quality natural ingredients, essential oils and fragrance, we don't just care if you smell good, but that it's good for you. From the deliciousness of our scrub cookies and perfume oils to the ecstacy of our oh-so creamy body fluff, we're guaranteed to leave you smelling incredible and edible. Lizzie Sweet was created late 2003 by artist and fairy princess, Hannah Howard as a means of emancipation from working for big corporation. It can be found in boutiques all over New York City and on the web at www.lizziesweet.com.

www.lizziesweet.com

loosetooth.com & solrocker.com

www.loosetooth.com & www.solrocker.com

NDN Chick

www.ndnchick.com

Nu Chick Creations

nuchick.etsy.com

re-conceived.com

www.re-conceived.com

The Sublime Dragonfly

The Sublime Dragonfly was created in 2001 when a hobby became a small business....all by accident! While doing research for handmade soap for a gift, I quickly realized that handmade bath items were not only great for people with sensitive skin, but also much more affordable. So - with a few items to purchase and a small kitchen to work in, I began to make my first handmade bar of soap. Completely excited with my new "creation", I began to look into other items to make as gifts. Little by little, ideas started expanding and new products were being made. Suddenly I was asked to make gifts for bridal showers, birthdays and holidays. Hence the beginning of The Sublime Dragonfly.

Our products are created with essential oils, natural ingredients such as butters, oils, dead sea salts, and more! We use a variety of herbs in many of our products that help aid in aromatherapy practices. Natural ingredients such as oatmeal are used for exfoliation. We do not test any products on animals....just our friends! Our pet products are even tested on us!

Our products are sold all throughout the US to those who know handmade is the way to go! Now it's your turn to take some time for yourself, get pampered and relax!

www.sublime-dragonfly.com

Whammy! Industries

Whammy! Industries emerged when Steph, the gal who ran Fork 'n Spoon and Whammy! Buttons decided it would be much better if she only had one site to take care of. So she combined Fork 'n Spoon and Whammy! Buttons into one site and Whammy! Industries was born! At Whammy! Industries, you can find all kinds of cooking, food, diy, crafty, how-to and just plain fun zines, pre-designed one-inch buttons and magnets, stationery, bath and body stuff, and you can even order custom-made one-inch buttons to promote your own projects or sell in your shop. We also have a wholesale shop for folks who would like to carry Whammy! stuff at their own shop or distro.

www.whammyindustries.com

75+ Item Contributions - Summer: June/July

16 Sparrows

16 Sparrows -- Where we don't mind giving you the finger (and we mean that in the nicest way possible). This is not Hallmark (wink, wink). We pride ourselves in supplying witty and intelligent consumers that are committed to the unique. Our shop houses sarcastic cards, personalized stationery and nifty eclectic goodies.

www.16sparrows.com

Birdie Tweets
birdietweets

Eva B. lives nestled in an ingloo, far into the icy tundra of the great white north. When she is not ice fishing or playing with polar bears and other wild life she works part-time as a clerk and as anÊavid jewellery maker. She hopes you'll enjoy her pins, all made from a variety of little toys and crafts. She doesn't have a shop yet, but hopes to open a etsy shop soon. If you'd like to contact her, do so through e-mail ( birdietweets@gmail.com) or Myspace. Special thanks goes to Marie (for letting me pitch in) and KinRisu (all the way in Paris, France) who took the time to create the logo with her beautiful illustrations.

coming soon!

Glamscience

Glamscience began when Daria Penta decided that she'd rather glue sparkles to stuff than go back to grad school ever again. Now Daria lives in Seattle, draws tiny pictures of everyday objects, & spends a lot of time arranging her glitter according to color. See more of her work at...

www.glamscience.com

kittycrossbones18 Designs

Kittycrossbones18 Designs makes Handbags, Jewelry, Photography, Custom Buttons, Pocket Mirrors, Key Chains, Magnets and more!. We are a "family" business run by my mother, father, fiance and myself! AmyLynn is a Digital Arts major and loves creating things! If you mention that you saw us on The Sampler you will recieve 20% off your total purchase! Each purchase also comes with free goodies and surprises!

kittycrossbones.etsy.com

The BLCC

Jen, Megan and Sarah are the women behind the Boston-based art and craft collaboration known as the BLCC. Each artist lends a different style to the mix, from high fashion to pop culture, from painfully cute to abstract design. Everything is 100% homemade, including prints, pillows, bags, stationery, and pins. You can find their individual website from the hub of theblccboston.com. The BLCC is what happens when you turn off the internet and turn on your brain.

www.theblccboston.com

50+ Item Contributions - Summer: June/July

A Pretty Rock

Gemstones, pearls and Swarovski crystals form the basis of the handcrafted jewelry collection crafted at A Pretty Rock. This one woman shop is run by Yazmin Wickham, who creates unique and heirloom quality pieces of jewelry using sterling silver or gold-filled wire and components.

aprettyrock.etsy.com

Anna Perrone Designs

If I don't break it while I'm making it, consider it bulletproof. This is Anna's philosophy about everything she creates. Designs are limited edition, so grab them while you can. With a strong backgroung in engineering and design, she creates every piece of jewelry with love, care, originality, and ultimate durability. With many pieces to choose from, everyone will fall in love with something. Whether it is with a pair of simple, elegant earrings, a sparkly necklace, or a handwoven one-of-a-kind cuff, every piece expresses Anna's love for creating fun and easy to wear jewelry.

www.annaperronedesigns.com

Beadoodles

Original Handmade Jewelry, including repurposed vintage rings, sterling wire wrapped rings, one of a kind link bracelets, and personalized jewelry.

www.beadoodles.com

illumen candles

coming soon!

Lindsay Designs

www.lindsaydesigns.net

Lucky Duck Designs

In the age of email, instant messaging and cellular phones, isn't it nice to send and receive a special note in the mail? I think so. Lucky Duck Designs is home to a line of delicate, creative and inspired greeting cards for you to share with loved ones near and far. Find that you're sending too many belated cards lately? We can help. Our new "Ducks in a Row" card service delivers a unique card, stamped and addressed, to your door just in time for that special occasion. Visit www.luckyduckdesigns.net to learn more. As a full-time PhD student, creating these cards provides a little art each day to help me keep my balance. I look forward to sharing my work with you and hope it brings you as much pleasure as it does me.

www.luckyduckdesigns.net

Mediaessence

Mediaessence has great gifts for that someone special. From designer personalized stationery to chic magnets there is something for everyone. Each piece is individually handmade and hand embellished. Ribbons, crystals and glitter add a special touch to our simple chic designs.

www.mediaessence.com

Miss Chief Productions

Erin Wommack and Jessica Manack fine-tuned their collecting and collaging skills as college roommates in Roanoke, VA. misschiefshop.com is the new showcase for their creations, from buttons to stationery to knits, and a rotating rack of thrift-store gems . Miss Chief's offerings include accessories and utilitarian items created from vintage finds, often one-of-a-kind...and affordable! Irreverent and irresistible, they bridge the gap between fine art and the art of the everyday.

www.misschiefshop.com

MizMosa
MizMosa

MizMosa is a little something cooked up by Anna Buchholz. She offers handmade accessories, bags, jewelry, goodies for your home, and other fun stuff. When she's not being crafty, Anna likes to bake layer cakes, listen to public radio, play frisbee with her best frisbee pal (AKA her husband Ed), and dream of someday owning a puppy.

www.mizmosa.com

Pandora's Locker

www.pandoraslocker.com

Pimienta Negra

www.pimientanegra.net

Pumpkin Girl

pumpkingirl.etsy.com

Robot Pop

robotpop.etsy.com

rXn
rXn

www.blurmy.com

Sidepony

Born in Chicago, raised in LA: What started a few years ago with some white underpants and a Bedazzler (homemade Christmas gifts!) has now become a full-blown business, specializing in hand-screenprinted goods.. Run out of a closet in our Koreatown apartment, sidepony is a family operation: Kimberly crafts the goods, her daughter Estella models the baby-tees and boyfriend Chris helps take care of business. Neighbor and good friend Neydi also lends a hand when it comes time to package things up.

www.sidepony.com

Snail Mail Creations
snailmailcreations

Handmade Paper Goods, Plush, Pouches, Accessories, Fun Stuff for your home & More!

www.snailmailcreations.com

traveling rhinos

traveling rhinos is the happy result of a science degree, non-profit work burnout and the lifelong habits of creating, shopping, stashing, and being impatient. eling, the herbivores, and their offerings are heavily influenced by a love for food, travel, sparkly things, fiber, and cute fuzzy animals. at the new waterhole, you'll find unique, handmade, one-of-a-kind and limited-edition jewelry, accessories, crafty kits, handspun yarn, and more! stop by anytime and say hi!

www.travelingrhinos.com

Venus Zine