Summer Markets July/August/September

  Distaff&Spindle will be set up at the following Market venues for Summer 2018: July 27 – Alleyways Market on Elgin Ave. in The Winnipeg Exchange District. This is a marvelous alleyway venue filled with creative makers and merchants curated by LuckyGirl Popup 4:00-10:00pm August 11 – Landmark Friendship Festival at the Park in Landmark,…

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Summer Sales

It’s summer in the City! Distaff&Spindle will be set up with baskets, tableware, tin-can bikes, hanging star ornaments, and drift-seed jewelry at these events: Winnipeg Night Market May 25+26 at the Forks Festival Field and Stage 5:00-11:00pm. I hear there will be DJ and dancing, food trucks, and many other vendors. 🙂 This is our…

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What do you use your basket for?

Weeks ago I posted a survey online inquiring as to what people use their raphia baskets/bags for. I was surprised to hear some uses I hadn’t thought of. What do YOU use your basket for? (Click on a photo to enter slideshow and view captions)

Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day from Distaff&Spindle To purchase please send me a direct message. Baskets are available for pick-up or hand-delivery in Winnipeg and surrounding areas only.  

What’s in Stock: February 2018

While we don’t have an online ‘shop’ per se, I have recently been invited to a few home-hosted-events with an assortment of stock in tow. Attendees can view the selection online, which i will continue to add to in the coming days. If you let me (or the host) know your preferences from the photos…

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December 2017 Basket Stock Sample

We’re gearing up for the first ‘official’ Christmas sale of the 2017 season in Landmark, Manitoba. See the ad at the bottom of this post for those details. We’ve got hundreds of baskets this time around, which means no limits on number of baskets you can purchase at a time, unlike previous sales where the…

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Upcoming Sale: December 9, 2017

400+ Baskets are snuggled up safely in our new house in Winnipeg. We are so thankful that they arrived in the container, along with our personal effects from Madagascar, a few weeks ago! No mold or damage to the baskets that we’ve seen so far. Praise! We are scheduled to be at the Landmark Country…

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Christmas Sale

I’m setting up shop one more time before departure in Lorette at their Christmas Craft Market which takes place: Saturday, December 5th starting at 10am until about 3 (i wont be there until three, i’m pretty sure, so come before then!) at the College Lorette Collegiate. Mostly I’m thrilled to get increased exposure for Distaff (and, more especially,…

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Tableware

The Distaff&Spindle 2015 stock is still on sale, out of my home at 142 2nd Street East. Please pass by to take a look at what we’ve got. It’s a great place to do some Christmas shopping, especially if you’re shopping for your wife!! 😉 Look for the ‘OPEN’ sign up in the window which…

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Sale Event 2015

Jewelry Table Distaff & Spindle hosted its 3rd bi-annual sale this last weekend. This year we hosted in a bigger venue with a larger audience and presentation. It was a lovely evening thanks mostly to all the help i received from a woman exceptionally skilled at staging stock and putting on a classy event! Basket…

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