Milagros

Yes, still unpacking. . . I thought I'd share a fun batch that we got out on the floor today.


We've sold milagros (little miracles) since we opened and also a few wooden items adorned with milagros. We always sold out almost as fast as we could get them on the shelf. On this trip we brought home (actually, had sent to the shop) a larger quantity of items. You can find frames, crosses, hearts, and boxes, as well as individual milagros, tin milagro ornaments, and a small number of sterling milagros. I've even put one cross up on the website.

For those unfamiliar with milagros, they are small metal charms that depict something in a life: a hand, an arm, a cow, a house, a heart, a person praying. etc. A person gives this token to a saint and asks for intervention. I keep a car in my wallet as a good luck token when I drive. Others use the charms in craft projects. Some knit them into a scarf or a hat. And then others cover items with the charms just like in the items pictured.

We also carry a book about milagros. Stop in the shop to see our wide selection of milagro art from Michoacan, Mexico.

Still Unpacking

When a truck comes in we focus on getting the items unpacked, checked into the system, and put out for display. It will take us about a month to get all of it done. Something as simple as posting a few lines to a blog gets very hard to do!

I'll show you a few of the items that are new and only available in the shop (at this time). We are showing a new style of mirror that's very fun. It's painted metal and the top and bottom design elements are separate, but easy to assemble.


We have a few sizes of copper mirrors. This one that's long and skinny is already popular.


We also have new furniture with copper panels. This coffee table has cabinet doors on both sides and a pass-through shelf. On it and under it you can see some of the copper sinks we are carrying. None of this is on the website at this point, but, you can always call and order anything you see here. It's not very "shippable" but we got it here, so, it can probably get to you, too. Or, stop in at Chiripa to see the new things as they get put out for display.


On the smaller side, we have new jewelry pieces from Citlali in Mexico. One pair of earrings is on the website, but we have many more styles of earrings and pendants in the shop. As I have time, I'll put more up.

The Truck Arrives

On May 2nd at 10:30 in the morning the truck arrived with the merchandise we had selected and purchased in February. Even the rain couldn't dampen my spirits.

The driver/unloader was very adept. He's been driving trucks for 25 years and really knew how to drive that dolly.

We filled the garage with 6 pallets.

We ripped into them searching for the work of those artists we were featuring that night for Madison's semi-annual Gallery Night. We needed to search through boxes filled with wadded up newsprint to find our treasures.
A big "Thank You" to the family and friends who stopped by to pitch in and help over the weekend.

In my next blog I'll begin to show you some of the beautiful pieces we acquired. I hope to put many of them up on the website as well. But, for now, unpacking and getting each piece into our computer system takes top priority. Until next time...