Handmade Clothing and Home Decor

  At Flourish, we curate products that are good for people, and good for the planet, through the use of sustainable materials and ethical production practices.  Sometimes, due to the nature of materials used or the final products being created, both of these values can be fulfilled by products made by machines.  When a product is made by hand, we award it the  handmade badge , to celebrate the unique benefits and importance of work done by hand. What the handmade badge means:  There are many different definitions of handmade, which vary to include a range of production processes from factory line assembly to home workshops. The Handmade badge on Flourish incorporates a wide range of associated terms that capture the different natures of work done by hand. Handcrafted  The definition of handcrafted from the Oxford Languages dictionary is “Made skillfully by hand”.  Through the skilled use of hands, tools, and machinery, materials are brought together to...

 Inside this universe of developing decisions, the choices to purchase clothing that is marked as eco-cognizant or economical are likewise expanding. Each buys you make matters, it leaves an effect in the world and its kin, so how might you settle on better decisions about your regular clothing? What are what to pay special mind to while choosing clothing that is produced using climate agreeable crude materials?  Data is power  Verify whether you are really getting a rundown of crude materials/eco-accommodating cycles or then again on the off chance that you went through 5 minutes perusing dubious and obscure cases about how this is an "all-normal" item. For example, consider the contrast between saying this thing is without synthetic versus this thing was hued utilizing sans azo colors. The case of something being "without synthetic" is frequently negligible if the maker can't give explicit subtleties of what is really being utilized to make something.  One gre...

  Plant-based natural fibers One of our favorite topics when it comes to sustainable products is a natural fiber. Natural fiber is a raw material that comes directly from plants, animals, or minerals, and can be used to create fabric or yarn for woven products.  There are many natural fiber examples that you are probably familiar with, and interact with on a daily basis, such as cotton, silk, linen, and wool, but there are countless others that are being used with increasing frequency, and many more are still being discovered.  Curious? Read on!  We are excited to share two of our favorite plant-based natural fibers that are being used to replace harmful synthetics. Hemp Fiber Hemp fiber is known as a bast fiber and is derived from the stalks of hemp plants.  It is grown in a variety of global locations, as it is resistant to colder temperatures than many other plants, yet thrives in more mild climates with enough rainfall to keep the soil continuously moist. In...