Throwback Thursdays: sustainable gifts for bridesmaids

 I was inspired to do this post after coming across FashionABLE's website and mission- http://livefashionable.com/ . Their products are beautiful and I have always loved this type of shop/company's products with their exotic yet classic style and the greater impact on the women of the world. While in Boulder this past month I came across MomentuM, a small boutique of fair trade/ sustainably made products located on the east end of Pearl St. I loved the Sari quilts and scarves (below), another favorite was the salve by alaffia also below)--which I should have bought the first time I went because they are closed on Mondays and I never made it back, my hands are still trying to recover from the dry mountain air. 


                     


For our wedding it was really important to me that I get my bridesmaids gifts that they could use again (cliche I know), and that the money I spent would go to a good cause. I ended up with a traditional gift set for the girls- a bag for the day to carry their stuff in, comfy shoes to dance in, and their jewelry. Although traditional, each gift gave back or supported  a local artist. NOLAbead did all the jewelry and it is beautiful (check out her shop on etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/NOLAbead).

bridesmaid gifts by cloch1 featuring toms flats

TOMS footwear / TOMS flat, $54 / TOMS KIDS Hot Pink Toms Classic Tiny Glitter, $40 / FEED 1 Bag - FBAG001 / Turquoise Bridesmaids Bracelet Beaded Wrap Bracelet by NOLAbead,
*earrings are not by nolabead but are along the same line- I don't have a pic of just the earrings she did
*fashionAble product photo from http://emilymaynard.com/blog/here-i-come-ethiopia/ 
* MomentuM photos  http://ourmomentum.com/products_bath_body.html