Info on products we carry (or have stocked) here at Home Body, as well as professional affiliations & organizations. For more green style inspiration, visit the News tab located at left for our green travel, food & style blogs.
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Products We Stock for the Home
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Rachid brings in authentic antique and contemporary handcrafted home furnishings from North Africa, the Middle East & Central Asia. Our current stock includes ikat pillows, vintage teapots, Moroccan leather hassocks & tea glasses.
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Eco-Spheres are self-contained and self-sustaining miniature worlds encased in glass. A living treasure to own or give to someone special.
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Beth works with the women of Creative Handicrafts in the slums of Mumbai, India to import vegetable dyed, hand blocked & embroidered textiles on organic cotton.
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We stock pillow covers fashioned from vintage fabric pieces dating up to 100 years old. Filled with an eco-friendly bamboo pillow. Each one is unique.
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Beautiful, fair trade designs from Kenyan beaded boxes to Swazi grass bowls.
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Products We Stock for the Body
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These natural products are free of artificial preservatives, colors or fragrance & are always cruelty free. Learn how chirally correct formulations are better for your skin. Check out their blog for product media and celeb spotlights.
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Finally, an alternative to paraffin! Soyafin is a propetary blend of soy wax, shea butter, beeswax and essential oils. Rich, natural moisture for your hands and feet!
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Home Body stocks the gourmet, organic chocolate bars infused with exotic spices as well as the drinking chocolates & panned fruits and nuts. Delicious indulgences.
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Vegan or recycled leather hand bags & clutches with vintage fabric details. Each one is limited editon, unique & handmade locally by the Seattle designer.
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Teak, Walnut & Sterling Silver earrings from Tam Aura, a Norhwest native from Portland who now resides in Brooklyn, NY.
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Mineral explores the interesting intersection between art and fashion.
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Airyka Rockefeller's debut collection is delicate & beautiful, featuring Lithuanian lace.
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Portland based jewelry designer Rae Donaldson makes beautiful pieces from semi precious materials, inspired by nature & vintage designs.
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The Green T Collection features adorned shirts, dresses & scarves with modern fits made of organic cotton & bamboo and feature beadwork. The Spring 2009 Collection is very L'Afrique c'est chic.
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Made in the heart of Los Angeles by designer Quinn Thompson.
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Fashion-forward, affordable rings combine recycled and reinvented vintage jewelry and accessories with sustainably harvested wood, bringing timeless heirloom materials up-to-date with a thoroughly modern twist.
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Products We Stock for our Furry Friends
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Fair trade, handknit wool dog sweaters & cat toys filled with organic catnip.
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Products We Stock for Children
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Each doll is handmade and a unique work of art featuring tea stained muslin & organic cotton, vintage & surplus fabrics.
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Shop Local!
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Professional Affiliations
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Member since 2007
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Member since 2007
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Member since 2008.
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Your Money Matters... Buy Local campaign and savings books.
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Local guides to local business: blogs, events and more.
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Art
Links to artists who have, are or will be showing their work at Home Body.-
Hand thrown ceramics made in Olympia by local potter, Marion.
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Seattle based Drew Stone utilizes recycled materials in his custom work.
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This Seattle artist creates whimsical collages and illustrations.
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Olympia resident, Bil utilizes performance art, drawing, collage, kinetic installation. lighting and furniture making using recycled materials in his work.
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Environmental Groups
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Great online resource for green living.
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Being green doesn't have to feel self righteous or crunchy.
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We all need to be concerned about CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) because diminishing colonies of the world's bees affects our food supply.
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Eat / Drink
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This beautiful New York restaurant has an inventive raw foods menu. If you're there in the summer, enjoy the rooftop seating.
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With 2 LA locations, these restaurants feature organic, vegan cuisine with kosher certification & biodynamic wines.
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Adorn
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My favorite shoes... I own several pairs that combine the beautiful Pakistani quilts. Artist, sculptor, and shoe designer Charles Bergmans created the Terra Plana line for those who appreciate modern design & uses the finest available materials.
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Sleep
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This Seattle store that has a variety of beds including natural latex or innerspring mattresses, free of the toxic chemicals found in traditional beds. We love ours!
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Nest
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Nothing short of amazing.
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Breathe
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These HEPA air purifiers remove all kinds of particulates from your environment.
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Clean
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We first became fans of this line because Karim Rashid was designing the bottles, but these natural cleaners smell good, work great and have a cheeky "people against dirty" campaign.
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I didn't know what I was missing until I finally gave in and got one of these machines. Is it weird to love a vacuum?
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They've been doing the green cleaning thing right for a long time.
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Fair Trade Resources
Below are a few groups, visit Marigold Fair Trade for more links.-
Their mission is to harness economic power - the strength of consumers, investors and businesses - to create a socially just & environmentally sustainable society.
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The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.
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As an education and action resource center, Global Exchange is educating the U.S. public about critical global issues from a grassroots, citizen perspective.
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Site Credits
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VUELA is a local husband and wife team that offers stylish and refined, highly functional websites and design services. www.en-vuela.com.
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