Vendor Profile: Majesty Industries

My name is Julie and I love to travel! So I make travel accessories that are conversation starters. I really want to inspire young people to travel more and see the world because it changes your worldview. I love to design and play with colour and this comes across in my line. Most of my items are one of a kind, because I want everyone to be unique and express themselves differently. My line includes travel wallets that fit your passport, luggage tags, clutch wallets for hands free travel, mens and ladies toiletry bags and all kinds of useful pouches that make great gifts! I use 100% vegan materials, and everything is made in my home studio in Edmonton Alberta.

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You can find Majesty Industries on her website, Instagram, and on Etsy.

vendor profile: Majesty Industries

Majesty Industries makes some extremely cool travel accessories. Julie Morrison has been designing them since 2004! She uses vegan friendly materials like Naugahyde car upholstery that are silkscreened by hand in our design studio in Edmonton. This season Cork! is showing up in the Men's Lumberjack wallets, Travel wallets, Clutches, Men's Travel bags and Carry-all bags. You can find examples in our Instagram @majestyindustries

Winter Wonders Artisan Profile: Hoakon + Helga

I have a love for the past and its romanticism. Because of this I named Hoakon + Helga after my Norwegian Grandparents.

Hoakon + Helga creates one of a kind handmade handbags using vintage leather jackets. No two will ever be the same. We carefully hand select jackets at local thrift stores based on their leather quality, color, shape and pocket detail. The process of creating your bag is a meticulous one, a lot of love and care goes in to each step.

Though the bag silhouettes are similar, each one takes on its own set of visual characteristics due to the nature of the initial recycled vintage jacket. Each one is different in color, shape and pocket design. The result is a bag that each owner can call one of a kind.

WHO IS THE HOAKON + HELGA GIRL?

We like to think of her as the modern day bohemian. One who loves the idea of combining vintage and new items in her wardrobe. She listens to old records, rides her bike wherever she can, loves to enjoy the simple pleasures in life like tea on a sunny morning, and the smell of cookies baking in the oven. She is one that knows who she is and that beauty lies in all facets of her and her life.




ABOUT ANDI

Andi grew up spending lots of time in her mother’s antique store. This gave her a love of the past and an interest in collecting vintage. She started going to thrift stores at an early age hunting for clothes, and as soon as she was able to move out on her own, her apartment quickly became furnished with treasures she’d collect on her thrifting adventures.

Andi started designing bags while she was in art school achieving her Fine Arts degree. Andi majored in textiles and quickly developed a passion for dyeing fabrics, screenprinting and sewing the materials she’d create in to handbags.
Shortly after graduating, she opened up her first online store on Etsy showcasing her one of a kind creations. This shop quickly became her full time job as her bags developed a following. An extensive amount of repeat customers covet and collect her bags based on quality and style that she offers.

Now, nearly 5 years later, Andi has a downtown studio space outside of her apartment with the most amazing daylight. From her humble beginnings of selling bags in art school to now, the passion and excitement still resides. Her latest passion Made By Andi, is her business blog – Here she shares with other handmade business owners tips and tricks that she’s learned along the way. She is incredibly passionate about teaching the extensive knowledge that she has learned and is dedicated in doing so through her blog. Visit her there at www.madebyandi.com.

When she’s not working in the studio or blogging, you can find her at thrift stores looking for old kitchen items and brass deer ornaments. She’s a bike rider, tea drinker, beet juice maker, and lover of old Hitchcock movies.



website: www.hoakonhelga.com
online shop: www.hoakonhelga.etsy.com
blog: www.madebyandi.com

Winter Wonders Artisan Profile: Sidewise Design

 

 

what can you expect from a sidewise design?
deceptively uncomplicated bags that are constructed with a meticulous attention to detail to be both simple and intriguing; both a statement and an understatement; the perfect balance between congruence and creativity.

sidewise bags are durable, practical and designed for everyday use without sacrificing style.
each bag is a unique combination of quality materials and smart design: you will never see the same bag twice!

sidewise designs was forged from the ashes and loose threads of countless other projects by dj siminoff in the winter of 2012. every bag is designed and handmade in saskatoon.

www.facebook.com/pages/Sidewise-Designs/356123957834027

www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SidewiseDesigns

Winter Wonders Artisan Profile: Murph mfg

I stumbled upon my passion for sewing and clothing design in an effort to make something for myself while on a holiday in New Zealand. After returning to from Vacation, my passion only grew. After a couple of years of making ill-fitting baggy sweatshirts, I decided to go to school and learn pattern drafting. My fashion school experience only made me more passionate about creating clothing. My focus now is on jeans and leather goods. Every item is handmade by myself; not for whatever sense of pride might come out of it, but to insure the highest degree of accountability. I believe putting my name on a product means I am responsible for it, so I want to be sure of the quality of what I am offering. There is a huge demand for disposable inexpensive clothing, and it is sad to see the effects of this around the world. 

www.murphmfg.comwww.murphmfg.bigcartel.com

Spring Market Vendor Profile: Sidewise Designs

 My name is Dj Siminoff and I never leave the house without a hat. Saskatchewan weather is very unpredictable, so you never know when you might need protection from the elements, right? As a designer, all of my bags are created with the same sense of practicality... and a steadfast refusal to sew curved lines! I've been sewing since I was too little to use the grown-up scissors, and designing and selling my own bags for over 4 years.

Months of planning, preparation and prototypes has lead to the launch of Sidewise Designs, a new line of bags that is the perfect balance between my perfectionist tendencies and my uncontrollable creativity.

www.facebook.com/pages/Sidewise-Designs/356123957834027

Spring Market Vendor Profile: Natalie Gerber

NATALIE GERBER began her studies in 1995 at The Natal Technikon, in the Fashion Design program, Durban (South Africa). After immigrating to Canada her interests in textiles and design developed while studying classical tailoring and couture design under Calgary designer Mithè de Fontenay. Enrolling at the Alberta College of Art & Design, Natalie earned a BFA Degree (with Distinction) in Fibre/Textiles in 2003, and later in 2007, a post-graduate Certificate in Creative Pattern Cutting for the Fashion Industry, from the London College of Fashion in London (England).

Natalie currently maintains a full time studio practice in Calgary and is represented in boutiques and galleries across Canada.

NATALIE GERBER

C. (403) 619.2519

w. www.nataliegerber.ca

fb. Natalie Gerber

blog. N.G. Studio

Spring Market Vendor Profile: Like a Fox Creations

I love fabrics and combining new and old in interesting ways. I started sewing handbags and wallets for friends and family to fund raise for a children's home I was involved with in South Africa in 2005 and have continued since then experimenting with different ideas and patterns, always donating the proceeds of my hobby to one charity or another. Some of my fabrics are brought back with me from my travels to various countries, some are repurposed vintage clothing or linens. Turning something discarded into something new, beautiful, and functional strikes me as a great representation of the way God works in the lives of the people these crafts.

Winter Wonders Artisan Profile - Dear Pony

Here at flock & gather we like to showcase the best of the best of the local community (because really there is some amazing stuff going on here in Saskatoon and on the prairies!). But we do like to spice it up with a few traveling wonders. And so winning the prize for the longest distance traveled to be a part of Winter Wonders Handmade Market is the lovely Tracey of Dear Pony - coming to you all the way from Nelson BC!


In her words:
"I live on top of a hill surrounded by the forest.
Being surrounded by nature on a daily basis I have to admit I find my inspiration in design blogs and trips to cities. I need that balance. My favourite things in life are snowboarding, hiking with my dogs, reading a book on a tropical beach with the love of my life and flying somewhere far away where millions of people live amongst concrete.
I love to sew, garden and recently discovered I also love to work with clay.
I also love delicious dinners and wine.
I make everything my self using natural and organic as much as possible."


www.etsy.com/shop/dearpony