Don't Fear Mimosa is here!

These fun, colorful and modern designs are both affordable and ethically manufactured, so if you are a conscientious consumer who likes to support independent local business this brand is for you. Mimosa is a value based team of sisters - Ariel and our very own Vancouver based Holly Cruise. Though geographically separated, their vision for Mimosa is about celebrating the two most important bonds in life - home and family. 

Mimosa's screen printed items are printed only on high quality materials. They use 100% biodegradable pigments and eco-friendly water-based inks on 100% organic tees. Many of Mimosa's cards are printed on 100% cotton, tree-free paper. Designed in Canada, Made in the USA.

When Holly isn't busy fulfilling her shared vision for Mimosa she is a mother of two very active boys, hugely involved with Terminal City Glass - a recently established glass co-op in Vancouver and doing independent design work including graphics for the past many years for Shiny Fuzzy Muddy. The show just wouldn't be the same without her, so we welcome her back in all of her creative glory!

Meghan Hildebrand Fine Art

Whimsical and mystical all at once, Meghan's vibrant paintings are both urban reflections and tales of the natural world. What results is an imaginary world that one feels drawn to or even a part of - like you've dreamed it before. Perhaps her lifelong experience of living in some of Western Canada's most beautiful, wild and natural places such as her native Yukon, Nelson and currently Powell River influences her ability to tell such compelling visual stories. Whatever the case is Meghan is one talented lady and a very accomplished artist. Long time fans of Meghan's, we are so happy she will be adding her electric color palette to the mix of our happy homemade show this year!

Natalie Gerber

 After many years of soliciting her, Natalie Gerber joins us for the first time this year! You will find immaculate attention to detail in Natalie's work that is rare to find nowadays. Natalie is not only a great designer but also a skilled technician of all things textile. From cutting to sewing to printing Natalie's hands are part of the whole process. She hails originally from South Africa, but has lived in Canada (Calgary) for close to 20 years now. Her work is deeply influenced by her native country as you can see in the patterns she has developed and printed for her latest line of handbags. She'll be debuting a new line of home accessories at SFM13, also featuring textile that she designed and printed herself. An SFM debut that is not to be missed!

Dahlhaus

The best of art, craft and design can be witnessed in Heather Braun-Dahl's ceramic work. With a fine art background and an equally strong talent in painting as in clay one can see the influence of abstract and the Bauhaus art and architecture movement from the 1920's.  Heather says, 'dahlhaus strives to connect art to life in both a practical and conceptual way'.
We are impressed with her ability to do so and we are definitely not the only ones.

Dahlhaus ceramics are regularly featured in prominent design mags. Big stores who often seek out the talent of independent artists such as Anthropologie and most recently West Elm in Vancouver have also picked up on Heather's palette of vibrant color and geometric tendencies. It is a real skill to be able to work at this level of production and maintain your artistic integrity so we take our hat off to Dahlhaus for making it work and for continuing to make her work!

We are so looking forward to seeing her return to SFM's Lucky #13 show!

riyoko urban bikewear

A mash-up of her life long love for fashion and her ethical values regarding sustainability, Kristi Woo's design priorities with riyoko urban bikewear are two-fold : to feel comfortable and to look good on your bike. We think she's done a great job! Best of all she designs specifically for women in the urban environment [thank you!!!].

Tights on display at Interbike (industry tradeshow)

With a background in fashion design from Canada's Ryerson Polytechnic University + years of travel experience she has a uniquely sharp sensibility when it comes to designing for versatility and movement. In any of her clothes you can do your daily commute across town and go straight into a business meeting or a social with friends. No more going to the bathroom to peel off your lycra tights and fluorescent nylon jacket to exchange it for the right outfit!

riyoko urban bikewear is consistently at the front edge of trends in the realm of fashion meets function which has garnered attention from leading design communities in San Franciso, New York and Portland. SFM is happy to host riyoko in their official Vancouver debut where you can come see the genius designs for yourself! !

Arm warmers!!!

Official List of Artists for Lucky 13!

Happy Novermber! Ta Dah! Finally here is a complete list (to your right) of all the AH-Mazing talent you will find at Heritage Hall on Dec 8 & 9 this year! Looking forward to having lots of new greatness with us this year. A special welcome back to Daniel Nemeth of Heliotrope Jewellery Design who showed with us at our very very first show in 2003!

Stay tuned for our next unveiling ... of our website!

Pendant by Heliotrope Jewellery Design

It's that time of year again ...

It's amazing how fast time moves when you are staying creative! Our Lucky #13 show is coming in a just a few short weeks and we have lots to share with you about our line up of artists! In the meantime we hope you are enjoying the bright fall days!

Gratitude

Thank you so much to all of you who came out to support your local creatives at our 12th show in December! We hope you had a peaceful and restful holiday season and that your new year has begun gracefully!

We have plans to renovate our blog this upcoming year to make it more of a year round place of interest and sharing regarding local and Canadian Handmade Culture so please stay tuned! Until then we'll leave you with a few pics from our Holiday show.

With Love,
SFM