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Apr 09, 2014

Wednesday's Motivational Quote from Frank Zappa

Apr 08, 2014

Oliberté and #fairtradeshoes

We recently came across the story of Oliberté, an up-and-coming brand of footwear that is manufactured in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I think their story is interesting because of the choices that they took with their manufacturing and their brand. They...

Apr 06, 2014

California Teen Makes Prom Dress From Soda Tabs

There was a very nice article in today's LA Times about Brie Fainblit, a Palmdale teenager who put her creativity to work to make a prom dress out of pop tops. It's a very sweet story, Brie doesn't have much...

Mar 30, 2014

The Fair Trade Movement Today

This week we're in Indianapolis Indiana at the annual Fair Trade Federation Conference. It's our first time at the event and we had a chance to sit down with the Fair Trade Federation's Executive Director, Renee Bowers and ask some...

Mar 22, 2014

How to Crochet a Pop Top Purse

For our fans who like to crochet with pop tops here is a beautiful bag tutorial from Creatividades100. Thousands of people around the world are fascinated with the art of crochet with pop tops. In Mexico and Central and South...