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Maker Feature // Loper & Haas http://thelocalfind.ca/loper-haas

Maker Feature // Hart & Stone

Maker Feature // Handsome Mountain Beautiful pet accessories made in Vancouver, BC

A warm candle for a snowy day. By Brand + Iron.

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Maker Feature : JQ Vancouver Shop thelocalfind.ca/shop/JQ-Vancouver Make it simple, but significant. ... JQ Vancouver was established in February 2013 by Chelsey Andrews who named JQ after her great grandmother Jane O'Quinn. Chelsey is a Fashion Design School graduate with a passion to create pieces with a minimal look yet with a touch of edge. JQ Vancouver's vision is to create jewelry that women love and name them their go-to accessories for every occasion! JQ Vancouver is a line inspired by the effortless style of the downtown Vancouver girl. With a modern and minimalism approach to current trends, this line offers fashion forward pieces that are affordable, versatile and stylish with any outfit.

Maker Feauture : Haven Living http://thelocalfind.ca/shop/haven-living Nourishing body care products with no preservatives, chemicals or additives.... Made with pure ingredients, and essential oils, carefully formulated to nourish, repair and promote healing of the skin. After all, it is your largest organ! With her children in mind, SPROUT- baby skincare collection was curated. Also made with pure essential oils and rich nourishing ingredients to protect the most delicate of skin, it is 100% authentically chemical free. No preservatives, no additives, no colorants (and thoroughly slathered on her own babies) Haven Living Skincare Collections are hand crafted in small batches to preserve quality and freshness. Nearly two decades in the beauty industry has taught me that although products can be manufactured, relationships can't. Great products tell their story, by the people who love them and support the people who create them. These relationships can't be mass produced, and they are the most sacred of all. ~ Desja Walker

A snippet from yesterday's market. Our first Local Find Market Collaboration with an amazing organization Help the Help

Our first Local Find Market Collaboration with Help the Help. What a pleasure to partner with such a great cause.

Our first local market collaboration with an amazing cause. Excited to partner with Help the Help for future markets as well. 20% of all proceeds from the market with go to reducing girls from human trafficking in Moldova. Come out to @littlebrickyeg tomorrow from 6-9pm.

Canada Day is coming up. Celebrate in style with a nifty Canada map. Check out other sweet Canada ideas by Canadian designers on thelocalfind.ca... This one brought to you by Heart Print Shop. http://thelocalfind.ca/heart-print

Shoutout to the beautiful work of @uppercasepress. Locally made Edmonton letterpress stationery and custom work. Winner of our 8k shoutout. Support Local Goodness.

Father's Day Gift Idea from The Local Find Shop www.thelocalfind.ca/mens Personalized Leather Flask from Brand & Iron. ... Made with a premium full grain cowhide leather and a stainless steel 6 oz flask. This leather has tons of character that will only get better with use. Handstitched backing using a constrasting black waxed nylon thread.

Support Local Shoutout _______________________________________________ Nominate your favourite Local Canadian Small Business by following The Local Find and tagging your favourite Canadian business or maker in the comments below for them to win a shout out on our Instagram and Facebook in celebration of reaching 8000 followers. ... _______________________________________________ Drawing will be made 10pm on Monday June 6, 2016. Must be Canadian Local Business to be entered to win. _______________________________________________ The dream of The Local Find is to support local small businesses by tying them together in a community that creates a place for people to support local.

Fathers Day Gift Idea from Brand & Iron. Featuring a minimalist design, this slim profile card wallet will fit all of the essentials. Holding up to 10 cards, cash, and a few coins. This card wallet has a main compartment and two extra sleeves for additional cards. http://thelocalfind.ca/brand-iron/

Looking for a Father's Day gift? Say Happy Father's Day from The Local Find and support local. http://thelocalfind.ca/mens

Maker Feature: HART + STONE Shop http://thelocalfind.ca/hart-stone HART + STONE is handcrafted jewelry made on Salt Spring Island, off the west coast of Canada. Each piece is made with excellent attention to quality and detail. We use either 14k gold filled or sterling silver in all our pieces. We mainly use natural stones throughout the collections; many of the stones are left in their rough, raw natural state, making each piece unique.... The Artist, Emily Hartwell McPhee, is greatly influenced by the nature that surrounds her on Salt Spring Island. She draws inspiration from the many geometric shapes that nature creates; from the prisms that crystals form, the shoreline of the beaches, to the peaks of the mountains and trees. HART + STONE is jewelry with minimalistic design and geometric cuts. It is jewelry for the adventurer, the explorer and the lover of the earth. For the one who opts for quality over quantity and finds beauty in the simple things.

Maker Feature: Emerson Apparel Shop at http://thelocalfind.ca/emerson-apparel Emerson Apparel is a labor of love inspired by my daughter, Emerson, a child who loves to explore and play. We create unique, stylish and well-made clothing for the free-spirited child who loves to climb trees, dance in the rain, and dig in the sand.... As a mom, I understand my customers. Moms look for what fits well, what is most comfortable, what kids are drawn to, and of course, what we think looks cute! This is what guides every stitch and material we use at Emerson Apparel. This is also what guides every image and message on our clothing, to create an overall design that children love to wear and that parents love to see their children wearing. We only hire seamstresses who are mothers, because we believe it is important to support working moms who understand exactly what our ideal consumer is looking for. Our mission is to promote the spirit of play, discovery and adventure through fashionable and well-made children's clothing. Clothing that allows for self-expression and artistic creativity. After all, when you're a kid, having fun is what life is all about. Welcome to Emerson Apparel.

Maker Feature: Divina Denuevo Shop at http://thelocalfind.ca/divina-denuevo A key that unlocked a love for creating unique pieces that hint to a simpler time, using time-honoured leather-crafting techniques and sustainable design principles. Our designs are unique and edgy, while also remaining romantic and classic. We focus on re-purposing that which the world has cast aside in redundancy like keys that no longer open doors and locks that have lost their place as time has w...orn on. We believe in reducing waste and re-using our scraps to minimize our footprint, and in working with our hands to make pieces of functional art. When you Carry a Divina Denuevo Bag or Accessory, You Are Carrying a Piece of the Past OUR HARDWARE. Divina Denuevo literally means Divine Again in Spanish. We search high and low for antique and vintage hardware, keys and adornments in an effort to up-cycle something old that was otherwise destined for the landfill, and make it new again. OUR LEATHER. We intentionally embrace and preserve the perfect imperfections found in leather. The brand marks, textures and idiosyncrasies of the material emphasize how unique each and every piece is no two are ever the same. Over time, your leather will develop a beautiful patina reflective of the life it’s had with you and the adventures you’ve shared. OUR GUARANTEE. Every Divina Denuevo accessory is lovingly handmade from start to finish by two people. Each piece is designed, cut, assembled, sewn, riveted and finished with attention to detail and pride. We offer a lifetime guarantee for our hardware. Leather, when cared for properly, will last more than a lifetime. Thank You. By purchasing a Divina Denuevo leather accessory you are not only investing in a product that will last a lifetime, you are also helping preserve history and reduce waste.

Maker Feature: danipress Shop http://thelocalfind.ca/dani-press Somewhere between a refugee camp near the dusty border of the Congo and the backseat of a camper van rolling down New Zealand, a vision came to rest in my rib cage, in my veins that would change the rest of my life.... Unbeknownst to my wandering heart at the time, that vision was a stationery company. One that would take photography shot all over the globe, words penned from my life’s experiences, and the virtue of thoughtfulness that had driven my spirit since I was a child, and bring them to a thirsty audience. One that would re-define what something as simple as a card could mean. Instead of being a sappy, cliché introduction to a present, a card could be an influential vehicle carrying with it inspiration, strength and camaraderie. One that would use the tremendous influence imparted to me to help stir social change. With 10% of profits given to educate the future leaders of Africa, stationery could create opportunity and serve as a mouthpiece for students on another continent. The vision is still unraveling. As my life’s work pours out the doors of over 60 stores across North America, makes its European debut in Paris, and the letters, notes and thoughts written in these cards is carried in mailbags around the world, I wonder I’ve even seen the corner of it, the shadow of what it will become. Something tells me I haven’t. Not even close. Just as that vision poured into my veins as I crouched unaware eating rice in that refugee camp or with my feet mindlessly playing out the window of that backseat, I am unaware still. I sit writing beside my second cup of lukewarm coffee hustling to inflate a vision I do not know the size of. But I do it because that’s how greatness works. It ushers you in country by country, day by day, card by card.