While scouring the interwebs for this week’s Handmade Monday designer, Meg pointed at my monitor and exclaimed, “That’s GORGEOUS!” So, this week’s pick is not only beautiful, it’s girlfriend-approved.
Ripegoods the brainchild of mother-daughter team Kathie and Lindsey Fieldman, who had the original concept in 2007. “What began as inspiration from a simple desire to share beautiful photographic images and to find varied applications for them grew into a mother daughter partnership and business venture. For over two years we honed our ideas and our skills to create our first collection, officially launching ripegoods in the spring of 2009.” The result is a line of well-curated items, all handmade and using locally sourced, recycled, and sustainable materials.
Beyond how beautiful the pieces are — and they are beautiful — the real story is the story of Kathie and Lindsey.
Kathie is stylist extraordinaire and mom. She manages all aspects of our displays for our design/craft and trunk shows, photographs product, and creates our unique packaging along with fresh design ideas for our new collections. Always the trendsetter, she is constantly scouting for new inspirations. Kathie is a self-taught jewelry designer, currently working with lots of leather, metal, and wirewrapping. With a background as a professional stylist, floral designer, and antique dealer (check out her bakelite colorway collections) ripegoods is an
exciting new venture.
Aside from the Ripegoods Etsy shop, you can connect with Kathie and Lindsey on Facebook and Twitter. Great to find another example of unique and creative handmade goods in the Boston area!
