Greetings from Just the Goods!

Hello everyone!

Although I've started meet a few of you through the Wrap Me Up craft sale in November and now, more recently, the egg hunt we starting to organize together, I thought I'd take a moment to introduce myself more formally since links to my Etsy page, etc., aren't in the side bar just yet ;-)

I'm a producer of handmade natural and cruelty-free cosmetic for everyone including shaving solids, body butter, foot cream, hand and body lotion, bath melts, roll on-fragrance, and so much more. Almost all of my items are vegan -- the only one that is not quite yet is my lip balm, but a vegan version is on its way! Creating new products is my favourite part of my practice, so I'm in “the lab” regularly with a view to expanding my line of products. For example, I’m almost done testing my new basic hold hair styling gel and I’m getting close to a deodorant stick I love! Yay!

The reason I started doing this was two-fold. First, the discomfort my partner was beginning to experience as a result of his growing chemical sensitivity alerted us to very real problems with the petro-chemical cosmetics industry. Second, the unfairly inflated prices of many natural products were starting to grate on us. Related to that was the unfair labelling practices of many companies, especially after being acquired by larger, multi-national corporations. Why were they including contested ingredients such as SLS or propylene-glycol in their formulations, but still calling them natural alternatives?  We figured we could either keep spending more and more and more toward finding better products, or I could start making our own. We chose the latter ;-)

Just the Goods is my effort to make healthy skin care and grooming alternatives available at an affordable price, making them more accessible to everyone. For more information, please visit http://justthegoods.etsy.com  or http://www.justthegoods.net for an even larger product listing.

Thanks for the opportunity to tell you more about what I do! I’m looking forward to meeting more W.E.S.T. Team Members and working together =-)

Best,
Milena

no longer lurking

Greetings to all.

My name is Kami of marathon1981.etsy.com. I joined this group in the summer and I will now introduce myself to the rest of you, who I am looking forward to meeting at the Costume Museum craft sale next month, those who will be there.

So I'm a born and raised Winnipegger and I really do love this city despite the bizarre weather that might drive some people elsewhere.

I'm a student (taking the year off) mother (of one extremely wacky 13month old) wife (of an amazing musician) and crafter/artist/vintage hunter (making a little bit of a living). I also work at EAT! Bistro in Aqua books, during the day, all of which keep me pretty busy and most of the time I feel like a hermit ... so I look forward to meeting new people with similar interests.

I like to sew, paint, felt, draw, crochet (but I'm not very good) and do pottery. For those who haven't checked out Art City yet, they have an amazing adult pottery program (amongst other things) on Tuesdays evenings from 4-8, drop in. All free, clay, glaze and firing. Seriously ... really fun.

Those interested in knowing more about me and what I do and want to see pictures, I have a blog of my own.

Cheers!

-Kami

Jill Munro of Urban Nostalgia

Jill Munro
UrbanNostalgia.com
BLOG: UrbanNostalgiaJournal.blogspot.com

Hi there! I'm Jill. My passion is for vintage. I work out of a colorful space on the 3rd floor of the Old House Revival Company in Winnipeg. If you've been there, it's pretty recognizable for it's way out 50's and 60's furniture and decor. I also love vintage clothing and introduced Lunevintage on Etsy this summer. Since then, I've brought a lot of my collection into the local shop, and am thrilled to find that it's even more successful locally!

BeyondtheValley is my crafty Etsy shop. This fall I designed Anatomy Jack and Jill, felt dolls with organs worn outside their bodies. I work at a school and the idea came to me when presented with a challenge of bringing the concept of internal organs to a special needs student I work with. The name for the dolls was derived from the Anatomy Jane doll referred to in Greys Anatomy.

Creating things makes me happy. I especially love working with vintage materials to make something new and unexpected. Recently I'm loving hand painting on retro luggage, vanity cases and wallets.

Every day is a new chance to learn something new. I'm so excited that we can all have a chance to share what makes us happy here on our new Winnipeg street team!