Where My Arizona Locals At?
Uncovering the best in Handmade and Small Business
Highlights:
I use vintage barn wood, it’s not an easy material to work with but provides so much character to my finished pieces.
Lafayette Avenue Ceramics' signature line is full of functional kitchen items in an array of nature-inspired colors. Best sellers include our Squeeze Cup, with its unique finger prints, and the Gold Cactus Mug which shows off our love of the Southwest.
Our signature style is snarky and funny and I would say our signature item is our coffee and cocktail stainless steel stirrers.
I think recycling and making everyday items from something unique like an old Skateboard deck is the coolest. The amazing designs and colors always make it amazing.
Our signature graphic is Super Camelback-- the design that started it all.
Benny, my husband, had become an avid regular on Camelback in the years since we moved to Phoenix in 2011.
For our anniversary the summer of 2017, I created the very first Super Camelback graphic by hand for him. The idea was a flash of inspiration one day, while I was greeting Ben coming home from his morning run.
I made the first template out of freezer paper, by hand. He began to wear the shirt on his Camelback sky runs. By April of 2018, we were having the first ones printed en masse and making our very first sales.
We now offer many variations of the Super Camelback graphic, as well as Super Piestewa, the Praying Monk Yin Yang, our Sandi the Camel icon and so many more on CamelbackCulture.com
When I first started my business I only used recycled wool, hence the first part of my business name "Wool". But I had a feeling that I would eventually branch out into other fibers, hence the "Spice" which includes everything else I work with. As I've evolved, the "Spice" is also all the extra things I do to my product and I often tell customers that I add spice to my work.
Our signature style is the reclaimed wood and distressed vintage decor look! Our style has definitely changed over 12 years to include a lot more of my sons cactus themed modern art, but everything is still painted on reclaimed wood canvases!
We are most well known for our shaving soaps. Our soaps are used with a brush and are made in a variety of different scents. We have a vegan base and a tallow-based soap, and both produce amazing results. People quickly came to love our soaps for the variety of scents we offer and for our creamy formula that helps you get the perfect shave.
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I try to make our business very sustainable. I don’t waste clay and I recycle shipping materials. Also I use vintage or found objects for patterns.