Sharing a Great Opportunity

I recently learned about Yurtcozy and love it! Yurtcozy gives the gift of warmth, energy savings and clean air to Mongolian families. Help a mom improve her family’s life.

Satch & Sol has no affiliation with Yurtcozy, but we share common goals regarding helping Mongolian families, entrepreneurs, and our earth. Thus, I wanted to share it with you!

For the love of family and earth, Satch & Sol partners with fair trade artisan cooperatives worldwide. Satch & Sol is an approved member of Green America.

Here is the link to learn more about Yurtcozy.org and support a lovely effort.

Mother's Day savings & hand knit sweater sale

Happy Spring! Knit sweaters are currently on sale for a limited time. All the sweaters have been hand knit in Mongolia by a very small artist cooperative working with cotton blend materials. See the new colors! See the new hair band selection, too.

Mother's Day is May 9th. Newsletter subscribers will receive a further savings code in honor of Mother's Day. Please consider the slipper collection for grown-ups for Mom this year. Perhaps flowers for her feet!

Sign up for the newsletter here, to receive the savings code. There are 4+ newsletters annually and each contains a members only savings code.

I have not been blogging for a very long time...since December! Wow. I had planned to take only a little time away from the blog following the holiday rush. Then, the new adult slippers arrived and, well, where did my vacation time go?

It's great to be back online! Thank you for reading.

December 10 is shop for Anissa Day

Satch & Sol joins over 60 online businesses in Aim Low’s Shop for Anissa tomorrow, December 10^th. Anissa Mayhew, a popular mom blogger, suffered a severe stroke a few weeks ago. Anissa is mom to three, including one daughter with leukemia. This fund will help her family deal with mounting bills.

Twenty percent of December 10^th sales revenue will go directly to the fund created for Anissa and her family. Here is more information, posted by Cool Mom's Picks, about the one day shopping event.

Hence, 20% of every online order you place on December 10th will go to the fund for Anissa. Shop for the holidays and help Anissa Mayhew.

Busy Busy...Waldorf Faires this weekend

December swept upon me. My birthday is the last day of November, yet December always takes me by surprise. Satch & Sol has been happily busy. Tonight, I am preparing for two wonderful local Faires. There will be many beautiful handmade items at both Faires. Come see Satch & Sol for great sample sale prices.

Dec 5 - Bright Water School, Sugar Plum Faire, 11am-3pm, 1501 10th Ave E Seattle, WA 98102
Dec 6 - Seattle Waldorf School, Winter Faire, 10am-3pm, 2728 NE 100th St, Seattle, WA 98125

Seriously, I think I bought all my family's holiday gifts at these two events last year.

Enjoy the weekend!

Felt again for Halloween

This might be the last year for Halloween costumes made by Mom. Solomon (6) made his own adorable tree costume and Satchel (4) made an awesome super Satchel costume, but they BOTH insisted on specific super heroes this year for trick-or-treat.

Thank goodness for the library and a sticker book. I had no idea what Iron Man and Blue Power Ranger look like. I'm not sure how my boys know so much about these heroes since we lack a television and their schools don't have commercial action figures lying around. I think super hero knowledge must travel from kids-to-kids wherever they play! (I think Solomon really wanted an LED light shining from his chest.)

I hope they will get a lot of wear our of their costume PJs. (Thanks for the hand-me-downs Aunt Jody!)

Happy Halloween!

Local Shows

I love to support local schools and fundraisers. Satch & Sol will be selling certain styles at upcoming shows listed below. Check back because I will add more events as they are confirmed.

November 7 and 8 - St. Brendan's Craft Fair. There will be over 100 crafters at this annual event. Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday noon - 4pm. 10049 - 195th Avenue NE in Bothell, WA 98011

December 6 - Waldorf Winter Faire at the Seattle Waldorf School, 10am - 3pm, 2728 NE 100th Street in Seattle, WA 98125

Local sales include sample items not shown on the website, as well as many items from the website, and all prices are reduced. If you would like to see a specific size and style at one of these shows, please email me (handmade@satchsol.com) with the specifics. I'll bring the item to the show for you to see and try.

If you would like to recommend another local Faire or show for Satch & Sol to attend, please email me at handmade@satchsol.com. Thank you!

Halloween reminiscing

As we completed Halloween costumes tonight, Solomon asked what his costume was when he was a baby. The truth is that he was brand new and tiny at his first Halloween, lying in a little light-up bed fighting jaundice and the billirubin count. I don't think that counts as a costume, but we have a photo of him in a bear hat next to a jack-o-lantern. He is yellow. The pumpkin is orange.

I love making costumes for my kids. I love that they make costumes themselves now, too. And, of course, we use a lot of felt.

Here are a few of my favorites from over the years, in no particular order.