Monday, September 29, 2008

Ruthie Pearl

One of my good friends started a fabulous business almost a year ago making cute and reusable shopping bags, sold via Etsy, farmer's markets, and ruthiepearl.com.

Not only are they well made, but she tries to use as much material as she can from the U.S. For what she can't get here, she called factories overseas to speak with people about the working conditions and health of the facilities and workers, to ensure she's not supporting any sweat shops or child labor. Check out her site if you need a great bag; I let mine double as a casual purse. Here's a pic of one of her recent styles... more are on the site.

1 comment:

elise said...

oooohhh! I love these. Thanks for the tip. I am going to look at her site right now.