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Sojourns Fair Trade

2017 Third Avenue North

I'll Take One In Every Color!

When it comes to scarves and pashminas, one can never have too many.  Yesterday I was downtown at Sojourns Fair Trade and took a few minutes to drool over these yummy pashminas made with cashmere and the proceeds benefit an orphange in Nepal.  I think Sojourns is just about the most fun shop in town, and for such a good cause.

From Sojourns' webesite:

The key goals of fair trade are to empower low-income, disadvantaged artisans, laborers and farmers around the globe, and to promote understanding between them and industrialized nations.

Sojourns

2017 3rd Ave. North

Shop the World This Christmas

My Chappell  loved this cute frog cap so much that
 Katleen bought it and she wore it out of the store!

Looking for unusual handcrafted gifts this Christmas?  Well Soujourns in downtown Birmingham is the place you need to shop.  Owner Melissa Kendrick opened this unique store in 2005, and is committed to supporting the fair trade movement.  Every item in this shop is created by artisans that receive a fair wage for their handcrafted goods.  I visited her new location on 3rd Avenue recently with four of my grandchildren and we had to drag them out of there.  It's full to the brim with art and colorful, well made items from around the world. What could be a better place to spend your Christmas dollars this year?

Soujourns
Adventure-Art-Peace
2017 3rd Avenue North