Fairtrade Felt Decorations for Halloween
If you've popped into our beautiful Brighton store in the last couple of weeks you'll have no doubt noticed we've had a bit of seasonal makeover, embracing all things Autumn and celebrating what has to be my favourite festival of the year, Halloween.
A tradition whose origins trace back to an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain when bonfires were lit and costumes worn to ward off the threat of ghosts, the modern day Halloween provides a great excuse to decorate the house, celebrate all things spooky and of course eat at least half of the sweets the kids have collected out trick or treating!
The centrepiece of our (mildy) horrifying Halloween makeover is a giant twig tree, adorned with the most fabulous hanging decorations from Amica and Felt So Good. These are so easy to make at home and a lovely family activity. Simply forage some small, twisty branches from your garden or woodland, find a heavy bottomed vase or mason jar (weighted down with water, pebbles or marbles for stability) and decorate!
Our own decorations come courtesy of two really wonderful British brands - Bristol based Amica and Cheltenham based Felt So Good both of whom specialise in beautiful felt creations. Designed in England and handmade in Nepal, their products are crafted by incredibly skilled teams of needle felters, wet felters and embroiderers.
Both brands work extremely closely with their respective teams in Nepal and every worker is supported by fair wages and safe working conditions. The products themselves are ethically produced from 100% sheep's wool; a completely natural by-product that is biodegradable, sustainable and of course plastic free whilst the process, by its very nature, is both environmentally friendly and pollution free as the artisan methods of production used rely entirely on hand and not factories full of machines.
We have close to 50 felt hanging, garland and larger stand-alone decorations for Halloween - choose from pumpkins, bats, ghosts, big bad wolves, mummies, spiders, dracula and almost everything in-between!
Get your spook on with Amica and Felt So Good fairtrade, felt decorations - online and throughout in our boo-tiful Brighton store too.