NYNOW
By Hayley Burns
We have been quite busy planning and organizing for NYNOW, a wholesale trade show featuring the newest in design focused products for home, lifestyle, and gifts. With access to hundreds of exhibitors, visitors (in the thousands) are given the opportunity to peruse endless exhibits ranging from personal care to fashion and home.
We are happy to announce that we will be representing eleven amazing made in the US + handmade brands this season. With the show coming up we want to introduce you to these awesome brands and their fantastic products! Come see them all in person at booth #7253.
Based in Knoxville, TN, Allie Biddle Stationary first started as a therapeutic hobby for Allie, a designer and artist, and quickly became a small, yet mighty brand. With emphasis on the creation of high quality, precious gifts and desk ware, Allie draws much of her inspiration from environmental mindfulness and human interaction. Incorporating Texan landscapes, a mix of patterns, and beautiful line work, Allie creates pieces that are sure to leave an warm impression upon whomever they are gifted or whatever space they will fill.
Amber E. Lea Porcelain Jewelry
Drawing inspiration from the colors of the high New Mexican desert, the simplicity of mid-century design, and the desire to create products that support an active lifestyle, Amber E Lea is a Southern-based brand that seamlessly blends contemporary vision and ceramic tradition. Artist and designer behind Amber E Lea, Amber, drew upon her passion to combine a love of fine art with fashion in both an innovative and ethical way. Offering a line of wonderfully beautiful and unique pieces, Amber E Lea brings art into the hustle and bustle of modern life. Check out her products here!
Bell Mountain Naturals Soap + Apothecary
Founded with a belief in the power of nature, Bell Mountain Naturals created a line of products that are simply uncomplicated and pure. Blending ingredients that will both complement and benefit your skin, each product strives to create and enjoyable, straightforward, and effective skincare experience. Excluding the use of palm, fillers, parabens, phthalates, petrochemicals, dyes, and artificial fragrances, Bell Mountain creates products using only ethically sourced and sustainably harvested ingredients. Truly a brand of its word, Bell Mountain provides you with products that will make you feel great about yourself and your footprint.
Although Claws Out is as they say, “just a nail polish company,” each bottle of lacquer paints a much larger and more impactful story. Founded upon feminist ideals, Claws Out is a line of polishes that will make you look and feel good. Each polish coordinates with a different cause and non-profit that receives a portion of the proceeds. Free of harmful chemicals and fish scales, the line has a commitment to ethically sourced ingredients. This women- owned business will undoubtedly empower you while your purchases empowers others.
Native Bear Paper, Gifts + Vibes
Founded in 2012, Native Bear creates every product with the intuitive human in mind; one who is creative, spiritually inquisitive, and requires beauty in order to thrive in the modern world. After much evolution, founder, Leela Hoehn, finally found the “Native Bear vibe” drawn from 1970s nostalgia, the fluidity of psyche rock poster art, earthiness, and a touch of magic. With products ranging from stationery, notebooks, planners, and home accessories, Native Bear can spread its vibe into any environment in a number of ways.
Neva Opet Leather Purses + Accessories
Founded on the belief of simplicity of design and excellent craftsmanship, Neva Opet is a line of small-batch, handcrafted bags and accessories. Curating an overall aesthetic which emphasizes subdued colors, shapes, and minimalism, owner and designer, Rachael, creates pieces designed to grow in character with age and wear. Drawing inspiration from family and a love of art history, Neva Opet is a brand with deep meaning that hopes to create products that create meaning for you.
With a commitment to the creation of handmade and ethically sourced products, One Story strives to create pieces that are contemporary, with a nod to a minimalist design and a little bit of whimsy. Featuring minimal shapes, lines, and silhouettes to emphasize the un-simplistic nature of each and every customer.
Saavie Studio Wood Home Goods, Gifts + Good Vibes
Designed and handmade in Denton, Texas, Saavie Studios aims to celebrate nature, and the spaces that people share through goods that spread happiness and boost confidence with modern, energy-filled designs. Offering a wide range of geometric, wooden air plants hangers and home furnishings, the brand strives to simplistically add life to homes.
Stone Harvest Metal Jewelry + Gifts
Inspired by the shores of the Pacific, Stone Harvest is a small, handcrafted jewelry label which creates, manufactures, and retails etched brass, copper and silver jewelry and home furnishings. Etched with finely rendered drawings, pieces show imagery inspired by sacred geometry and nature.
With emphasis upon the creation of craft adornment for modern sanctuary and human form, Wanderluxe has created a collection that joins a minimalist aesthetic with the rooted practice of bodily and spatial adornment. Handcrafted in Providence, RI, Wanderluxe creates pieces designed to enhance all spaces.
Zoet Bathlatier Candles + Apothecary
Handcrafted in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Zoet Bathlatier is an artisan candle and apothecary line with inspiration rooted in nature and culture. Committed to creating natural products, free of harsh preservatives and chemicals, Zoet Bathlatier desires to provide you with a sense of renewal and well-being within every product.
We so excited to represent these brands and, hopefully, connect with many more! If you have any questions regarding these brands (and more), feel free to contact us! We hope to see you there!