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Sojourns Fair Trade

2017 Third Avenue North

Lighting up Third Avenue

Sojourns Fair Trade is always a delight. Meeps loves it too. 

Birmingham Cash Mob....Sojourns Fair Trade

Birmingham Cash Mob selects a small business in Birmingham for a hit to encourage shoppers to support our local small businesses.  Well today I heard that Soujourns Fair Trade was the spot, I had to go.  I took along Meeps, who is after all their Spokes Kitty.  She rode down in her pink polka dot kitty carrier, unwillingly.  Once there, Melissa, the owner, closed the door and gave her the run of the shop.  She headed for the front window that was decorated with carved cats and birds. Perfect!  After that she shopped a little, mostly for scarves, then sought the safety of a stool, and a skirted table. We attempted a photo shoot in a cute tie dyed scarf but that didn't pan out.  When we left she made it pretty evident that she was NOT riding home in the carrier. I didn't argue.

2017 3rd 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