"Artisans Cooperative" Fundraiser

A Black woman wearing a denim shirt is carrying a bicycle down a set of stairs in an urban environment. The bicycle has a green paint job and honey leather wrapped handlebars.

Original, unique designs to help with lifting and carrying your bicycle

Lifetime leather bar wraps in five styles for every type of handlebar and bicycle

A woman bicycling on a bright summer day over a green lawn wearing suede fringe cowgirl boots and with a 6-pack of Anchor Steam beer connected to the top tube of her bicycle with a honey leather 6-pack frame cinch

Best-selling "commuter essentials" for making the daily commute easier

A dark brown leather round, barrel-shaped saddle bag with cedar wood sides mounted to the back of a brown leather Brooks saddle on a cream-and-brown painted bicycle

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Two people playing a game of travel cribbage on a wooden picnic table with a small leather and birch cribbage board

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

Two sets of travel dice on a dark brown leather table surface. Both sets show six dice coming out of a square brass tube. The dice are 7mm, smaller than standard. One has white dice and the other has black dice.

Play dice anywhere you go in a handcrafted brass keychain or necklace.

Two people playing dominoes using small, domino-sized playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks. The domino cards are double 12 with different colors for each number and hand-drawn.

Uniquely functional for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Close-up of a folding leather travel backgammon board mid-play on a weathered wood surface. A hand is reaching in and moving four game pieces (which are brass nails) between triangles, which are laser-engraved in the honey dyed leather. Accessories are visible, dice and doubling cube and peg storage

Our newest folding leather board and favorite game: Travel Backgammon!

A variety of handcrafted leather and wood handles on a sample board as seen from above and an angle

Leather handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, and 3 metal finishes

A white chest of drawers in a white and lilac baby nursery with three colors of leather Morrison bin pull handles, in Honey, Dark Brown, and Black

Strong yet soft, durable and sustainable, no-bumps and no-bruises

A white kitchen drawer under a gray countertop that has a natural tan colored leather handle with nickel hardware and an engraved label that says 'Silverware'

Add a label to handles and pulls for superior organization

Two cabinet doors swinging open towards each other with matching leather Lovejoy loop handles. The leather touches so the cabinets don't crash into each other, a solution for problem corners in kitchen design planning

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

A roll of natural leather on a white background

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Valerie and Geoff from Walnut Studiolo are standing on a pile of driftwood between two boulders on the North Oregon Coast beach near Manzanita, with mountains and grey sky in the background

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A long dark brown leather blueprint tube is shown on a long countertop being hand stitched together by Geoff, whose stitching hands are in the background

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Valerie and Geoff Franklin of Walnut Studiolo standing behind their bicycles on a grassy green lawn. Geoff is doffing his hat to Valerie and she is smiling, as a gesture of service.

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by admin
October 29, 2022
2 min read

UPDATED JULY 1, 2024.

Thank you for a successful fundraiser! Artisans Cooperative has now been fully formed, funded, launched. Walnut Studiolo customers contributed over $500! Check out the new marketplace: https://artisans.coop

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From 2022 - 2024, we ran a special fundraiser for Artisans Cooperative on our website through the sale of a special limited edition leather keychain and round-up tips during checkout.

About the Fundraiser Keychain

All net proceeds from the sale of this keychain will be donated to Artisans Cooperative, who is building us an online handmade marketplace for artisans: a co-op alternative to Etsy. This co-op will help artists and artisans of all kinds through democratic ownership and control over their prime selling place.

This fundraiser item is part of the Artisans Cooperative's "mutual aid" fundraiser: the co-op respects the cost of artist time and materials and only asks for net proceeds. We are very supportive of this co-op, but we are just one of many artisans creating a special fundraiser item.

We practice transparency in giving: donations will be demonstrated and updated on this blog post and in our social media and newsletter. Jump to Transparency in Giving.

Shopping Cart Tips for Artisans Cooperative

In our shopping cart, you will now see an option during checkout on the payment page to add a "tip" for Artisans Cooperative. Round up your order to the next dollar, donate a percentage of your order, or contribute any amount you like. 100% of your donation (less payment processing fees) will go to the co-op.

The charity round-up tool is not available with ShopPay. Please select the standard checkout option to donate.

*Add a “tip” for Artisans Cooperative on our checkout page.*

Mutual-Aid Fundraiser for Artisans Cooperative

Transparency in Giving

We will run our fundraiser similar to the way we ran the No Kid Hungry fundraiser and Voices for Children Ukraine fundraiser: in a spirit of openness and transparency. The fundraiser will run through the end of 2022 and we have a modest-but-achievable fundraising goal of $200 to help Artisans Cooperative. (Let's hope we exceed that goal!)

Follow along here on this blog post and on our social media and email newsletters as we try to reach our goal. We plan to update donations monthly and will provide a report on donations here.

Follow the progress of the co-op's fundraiser on their Ko-fi fundraiser page. The co-op is currently volunteer-run and operating on small donations. Donations pay for start-up expenses like domain hosting, email programs, incorporation documentation, legal advice, and start-up clinics.

Please consider additional support for Artisans Cooperative: join their newsletter, spread the word, or check out their "Patreon-style" digital rewards program. Learn more about Artisans Cooperative on their website, https://artisans.coop.