At the center of our business is connecting people to the land through craft.

Our values.

 

01

Engagement

What if we had a vibrant, thriving community, working in harmony with the natural world? We aim to understand the materials we work with, how they got here, and learn to make work that is appropriate for the tasks at hand. We strive to pour our knowledge into our work, and are constantly learning more the further we go.

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Stewardship

We take the time to consider every aspect of our supply chain and work deliberately to leverage our needs to support a more thriving ecology. We love living on this planet and can’t help but show it in our actions: to try to always move more and more towards work that is more celebratory, restorative, and whole. It is a long way from the broken systems we inherit to where we are going, but love makes the steps possible. Stewardship is just another name for love.

03

Community

We’ve watched our block go from nearly abandoned to thriving. We offer meaningful work to our community when we need help, and pay above living wage in exchange for their time. We practice a version of the craft from this region, celebrating the traditions of the handmade. We provide a space for gathering and learning craft, and for the resonant joy of delighting in the handmade.

 

Weaving a  sense of place into our work.

We do our best to express love and care through all the aspects of our business: from paying above living wage to working around schedules for artists and moms. Stocking our shelves with the work of local artists. Bringing so many materials and shapes to the craft that haven’t been used before in search of creating sustainable home wares. Partnering to have a successful broomcorn harvest right up the road. Working with at least 10! local suppliers for our business. We definitely wouldn’t be here without you all—so a huge thanks for helping us love a little harder: through our craft, and with our community.

Sustainability is faceted. It’s our most actionable core belief: to consider our impact in every aspect of our business.

 
 

EQUITY

With a multi-generational, woman-founded, woman-majority team, we aim to create a close-knit, inclusive community under our roof. Our studio assistants go through a months-long paid training to learn traditional craft techniques and are paid above the standard living wage for our region. We want our friends in craft to thrive!

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

We’re always working to exceed our own standards for sustainable materials. All of our packaging is plastic-free and meets at least two of the following criteria: FSC certified, carbon neutral, 100% recycled, produced with 100% renewable energy, or made from industry byproducts.

RECLAMATION

Through industry partnerships and alternative local sourcing methods, we aim to divert as much usable material from waste streams as possible. We’ve lovingly restored our historic storefront in Berea, Kentucky using salvaged materials and paints we made from scratch.

 

SUPPORT

Last year, we donated to the tornado relief fund, flood relief for Eastern Kentucky, and volunteered for Berea Urban Farm as a shop. This year, we are donating 10% of all our limited releases to various local initiatives.

SOURCING

We’re working to resurrect long-broken supply chains in our region and bring as much of our material sourcing back to the United States as possible. This lowers our reliance on global trade, and therefore our carbon footprint, while also contributing to our local economy.

 

With every broom and every board, we’re in constant search for the shortest route from the land to your home.

When we can’t source locally, we purchase the raw materials and use some of the proceeds from our sales so we can eventually start there. Our organic farming partner, Lazy Eight Stock Farm, grew our first successful broomcorn crop in 2022, just 6 miles from our shop.

By funding farmers to help us raise crops, we’re helping to regenerate a thriving, local economy and working towards a craft with a strong sense of place. We’re not all the way where we’re headed with sustainability yet, but our multi-year effort is well under way.

 

Bryce Baumann at Lazy Eight Stock Farm, a third generation certified organic farm, planted and harvested our first broomcorn crop.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN

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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN ✺

 

A space for our craft community.

Our restored building is on a once-neglected street in our downtown and we hope to share this growth with our community of makers across the region. We carry multiple generations of folks’ work in the shop, and support and celebrate local artists with their first sales. Altogether, we share the work of over 30 regional artists.

Makers we stock at our Chestnut Street store.

 

  • Juno Pottery

    Alley Cat Pottery

    Limoncito Goods

    Gina Hudson

    C.R. Campbell Leatherworks

    Covered In Cotton

    Echo View Mills

  • Oh just Dandy

    Copper Moon Studio

    Hippie Baby

    Crayon Rocks

    Arrow and Apple Handmade

  • Among the Oaks Farm

    EV Originals Sauces

    Jacobsen Salt

    Michelle Weston Glass

  • Baby Farm Soaps

    Sylvatica Forest Farm

    TENNECANNA

    Death Valley Nails

  • Ida + Jay

    Babaloo Jewlery

    Seed

    Twenty Two West

    Katie Dean Jewlery

    Admiral Row

  • House of Figs

    Allie Biddle

    Kiana Mahjub

    Renmeleon

    Jess Holly

    Leah Naomi

    Meadow House Studio

    Lickety Split Press

Building a thriving community. We don’t do this alone.

 

Printing, Design, & Photography

  • Print Lex

  • Jessica Holly Creative

  • Media–Objectives

  • Pratt industries

  • Lickety Split Press

  • Ariana Jordan Photography

  • Christina Stallard Photo

Leather & Textiles

  • C.R. Campbell Leatherworks

  • Thoroughbred Leather

  • Earth Dyed Goods

  • Stony Creek Colors

Agriculture

  • Lazy Eight Stock Farm

  • Tim and Jane’s forest retreat

 

Makerspaces

  • Berea Makerspace

Lumber

  • Saw Whet hardwoods

Business development & Finance

  • Mountain Association

  • Jennifer Quillen accounting

  • J.C. Phelps at Kentucky Small Business Development Center

  • Whitaker bank

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