Spring Prep Mode

This week has been full Spring Collection prep mode.

Final product photography edits, getting to see the gorgeous photos that my team member Janelle Whitehead took of the new styles & uploading the new Spring styles with new descriptions for preorder for our wholesale boutiques. 

As I’ve been mindlessly editing, I’ve found myself feeling so grateful for YOU & for this community. There were moments last fall where I didn’t know if we would make it to Spring, but you carried us through.

Looking at our numbers for 2025, our expenses increased by 37% from the year before.

Our revenue increase by 54%!

That’s because you all showed up.

You purchased Tariff Funds, you shared on social media, you left a review, you came to Ethiopia with me (!), you bought a bag, you told a friend about us.

And while we’re still climbing uphill in Q1 to catch up on our missing fall production runs from the tannery closing in Ethiopia, I can so clearly see the path forward.

Our main artisan partners in Ethiopia have found a reliable & high quality tannery to partner with. They’re actually placing a big leather order for us next Monday!

We’re going to be in a great position as we launch our Spring Collection on March 12th.

In the meantime, I’ve got two asks of you:

1. if you know of a boutique in your area that you love & you think our handbags would be a good fit for them, can you reply to this email & let me know?

2. if you made a purchase last year, could you take a minute to leave a review? Having customer reviews, especially with so many new products from the fall makes a huge difference! Just scroll to the bottom of the product page (hint use the search bar in the top right corner to find your purchased item.)

Thankful for you!!