Eclectic gifts & home decor to invigorate your spirit and make a difference for our world.
SIS focuses on fairly traded products as well as those ’Made in the USA’. Our gift store is constantly changing since many of our items are one of a kind pieces that are handmade or crafted. You will find fair trade products from South Africa, India, Indonesia/Bali, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Boliva, Chile, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Israel/West Bank, Kenya, Nicaragua, Philippines, Swaziland, Thailand, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Colombia, Ecuador, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Nepal, - also including the United States - Native Harvest (Chippewa reservation/Northern Minnesota), Enterprising Kitchen (Chicago, Illinois), Women’s Bean Project (Denver, Colorado).
We also carry Mary Alice Hadley Pottery made in Louisville, Kentucky; Isabel Bloom figures made in the Quad Cities, USA; Brushkins (decorative animal figures and ornaments made from the fiber of the Buri palm tree) by Nature’s Accents; German Steinbach and KWO wooden Nutcrackers, figural Smokers, pyraminds, and ornaments; Sweetwater Organic Fair Trade Coffees; Equo Organic Tea and Coffee; highly collectible Telephone Wire Art plates and bowls from South Africa; Original art painted by Elephants in Thailand - abstracts & floral; Elephant Dung handmade paper products; Oil Drum art; Pillows and assorted fabric items from India; German and Polish ornaments - to name a few; Arpillera art from Peru, including wall hangings, Christmas tree skirts and Christmas stockings; African masks; Toys without batteries; as well as products from the Netherlands, Sweden and more!
For the holidays we offer a myriad of ornaments - fair trade, blown glass from Germany & Poland, carved gourd and Brushkins. We also stock Advent Calendars from Germany and a very unusual variety of Nativity scenes from various countries. Along with the Nutcrackers, Pyramids and figural smokers from Germany, we carry accessories to accompany them - including various sizes of pyramid candles and incense, as well as replacement parts for pyramids.
We would like to invite you to visit us and experience a shopping adventure amidst the talents of our world!