It’s that time of the week! Fridays are the best! End of a busy work week, beginning of a fun weekend, & of course Fashion Fridays! Mustard Seed’s business management intern, Ayah, was nice enough to be this week’s fashion friday model! She is wearing the lovely jacket from Mata Traders. The jacket was inspired… Continue reading »
Aug
12
Jul
22
Fashion Friday { Unique Batik Style
This week’s Fashion Friday is celebrating our vendor, Unique Batik. Unique Batik works with batik artists, sewers, and beaders in Ghana and Guatemala. These artisans create everything from necklaces and earrings to small and large handbags. The artisans use any material possible including bamboo, plastic bags, and telephone wire to make their amazingly unique products. Today,… Continue reading »
Jul
15
Fashion Friday { Wedding Style
Tie the Knot { With a Purpose & look Fashionable while at it. This week Fashion Friday is Featuring Wedding Fashion and JW Photography. The beautiful bride chose Mata Traders dresses for her bridesmaids. The dresses are only $52, pretty great for a bridesmaids dress! As every bride says, you could also wear this dress… Continue reading »
Jul
08
Fashion Friday
Enjoy a hot summer’s night out as a beautiful, classy fashionista. This week we have Sarah as our model! While strolling around downtown, you will appropriately be wearing the cityscape dress from Global Mamas. As you can see, the pattern of Sarah’s dress mimics the lights of a cityscape — in a colorful, beautiful way.… Continue reading »
Jul
01
Best Way to Start July: Fashion Friday!
Happy July 1st! This week we’ve got the perfect outfit for the hot summer month of July. This week we have wonderful volunteer Bridget as our model! Thanks Bridget! Bridget is wearing a beautiful dress from Mata Traders. I am going to post the exact description Mata Traders uses for this dress as it fits perfect… Continue reading »
Jun
24
Fashion Friday!
This week we are featuring Fourth of July Fashion! As always, we have our amazing Ssekos. For the 4th of July we have two great colors, the striped blue and solid red. They are both perfect for your 4th of July outfits! Watching fireworks in the park? Or going to BBQ at a friends? Either… Continue reading »
Jun
17
Fashion Friday!
Mustard Seed is introducing Fashion Fridays! With Fashion Fridays, we will give you the latest news, looks, and fashion inspiration you’ve been looking for! We will feature Mustard Seed’s clothing, jewelry, and accessories! Also, we might share our favorite ways to wear Ssekos… This week, one of our volunteers, Hollie, threw together some of our… Continue reading »
Feb
10
Special gifts for your Valentine!
It’s almost Valentine’s Day! We have several different gifts in our store that the special man or woman in your life would love! When you buy a gift at Mustard Seed for your loved ones, it is a wonderful feeling to know that you are purchasing with a purpose, and giving back to artisans as… Continue reading »
Jan
27
Who knew paper could create beautiful jewelry?!
Today we are highlighting recycled paper jewelry from SUUBI and Light Gives Heat! Suubi means hope. This project is about creating consistent weekly incomes in otherwise unemployable areas in Uganda through the purchasing and re-selling of handmade jewelry. This allows for women to provide food and pay school fees for their children. The majority of… Continue reading »
Jan
01
there’s always a Better Way!
We hope you had a wonderful holiday season! To ring in the New Year, we will be getting in new jewelry from Radiant Hope of Better Way Imports! By supporting meaningful jobs, Better Way Imports seeks to encourage not only a permanent way out of poverty and oppression with dignity, but also provides an opportunity… Continue reading »