Crossroads Trade

We've made a mighty move! Our new mailing address is: Crossroads Trade 4701 SW Admiral Way, #81 Seattle, WA 98116 Our phone number is still: 617-975-2001 Our products are on view at our w...

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This holiday season, our mantra is shop relaxed. Kate is opening her home for four open houses. Join us for unhurried shopping with free parking and hot cider. We'll be featuring our glori...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/11/our-holiday-open-houses-save-dates.html

We are delighted that many of our limited-edition Inuit art prints are now on our web site. These are prints Kate bought from the famed Holman Eskimo Cooperative and the artist's collective at ...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/10/our-inuit-art-prints-are-up.html

Town Day in Arlington, MA is a splendid aggregation of merchants, community organizations, food vendors, and musicians. The center of town is closed off and more than 200 booths line that secti...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/09/getting-ready-for-town-day.html

Alebrijes, fantastically shaped and colored animal figures, were born of a fever dream of a Mexico City artist in the 1930s. Sick and hallucinating about these figures, he recovered and fashioned...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/08/oaxacan-albrijes-come-to-life.html

Kate's in Mexico busy with several things: taking an intensive Spanish-language course, doing some scouting (she 's found one spectacular Oaxacan sculpture on a collector's special-request list),...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/08/kates-in-mexico.html

We want you to read this blog, of course, but we hope you are checking out our web site. We are posting new entries there nearly every day. Some are new arrivals, such as our stunning collectio...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/07/watch-our-other-space.html

In January, Southern Sudanese cast their votes for independence; the day has come! We join the rest of the world in welcoming the Republic of South Sudan , whose flag will be raised as the ...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/07/fair-traders-dilemma-and-republic-of.html

A beaded fair-trade lizard from Crossroads Trade I was in a Christmas Tree Shop recently, and saw some familiar things -- colorful metal geckos hanging on the walls, and beaded lizards walki...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/06/ethnic-looking-but-not-fair-trade.html

We've posted a separate blog entry with ideas for fair-trade gifts for wedding guests to bring. Wedding planners (whether professional, or members of the wedding party) can continue the theme of...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/06/wedding-planning-fair-trade-way.html

We're delighted to be featured in the Fair Trade Federation's Fair Trade Wedding Guide , which is full of ideas how wedding planners and wedding guests can add joy to the day. As the introduction...

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Our last porch sale was a great success -- so great we're going to do it again! This time, our focus will be on items made by mothers, perfect for Mother's Day. Back in the day of our brick-and...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/05/mothers-day-helpers-available.html

Kuna Yala, the homeland of the Kuna Indians (San Blas Islands) is an archipelago of 350 islands, give or take, on the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Kuna are famous for their molas, reverse-a...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/04/buying-molas-on-islands.html

At this writing, the snows of April have been replaced by the rains of April, giving us hope that the new life of spring is here to stay. Here at Crossroads Trade we offer some of the most tradi...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-tidings.html

Some time ago Kate noticed that the Kuna Indian mola-makers of the San Blas Islands of Panama gave up their craft when they reached middle age, passing the responsibility to younger women. "At f...

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I've been buying molas from the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands of Panama since 1999. I search out the best examples of this fascinating reverse-applique textile art. I've brought home many ...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2011/03/mola-traditions-mola-changes.html

  We’ve been hard at work repositioning Crossroads Trade as an all-web business. We have a completely redesigned, searchable web site , with new offerings added constantly. We also have a gro...

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Dear Fair Trade Friends, I'm writing to let you know about a mighty change at Crossroads Trade. After Christmas, we will be changing from a brick-and-mortar store to an on-line business! Our re...

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Our plan so far includes an in-store demonstration by Zimbabwe wire artist Bernard of his craft. Watch for details! If you have an interest in social entrepreneurship, human trafficking, sust...

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The heart of Valentine's Day is this: "you are special to me -- am I special to you?" We have many, many ways to say that. Chocolate we have discussed earlier --our fair-trade chocolate show...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2010/02/heart-of-valentines-day.html

Chocolate is a $13 billion business in the United States, yet consumers seldom know its real cost; 284,000 children work in as slaves or indentured servants in West African cocoa plantations.His...

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Crossroads Trade has bought wonderful, whimsical wares from a Haitian cooperative for eight years. Based in Port-au-Prince, the co-op provides employment to 400 artisans. (Each wage-earner in ...

http://crossroadstrade.blogspot.com/2010/01/no-news-yet-from-our-haitian-suppliers.html

Thank you, loyal customers and fair-trade fans, for your support in 2009. Your purchases made a difference in the lives of many.  LEBANESE EMBROIDERERS We're looking forward to a new year,...

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Ever since October of last year, customers have come into the shop with anxious faces. “How are you doing?” they ask, worried that another unique business might be leaving Coolidge Corner....

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