Author: Grace & Fire

The Power of an Artisan Collection: More Than Just Fashion

The Power of an Artisan Collection: More Than Just Fashion

The Power of an Artisan Collection: More Than Just Fashion

In a world driven by fast trends, an artisan collection stands apart. Each piece tells a story of heritage, resilience, and creativity. At Grace & Fire, our designs are not just accessories — they are living testaments to the skill and dedication of the women who create them.

Ethical Consumerism and Why It Matters

Today’s shoppers are more conscious than ever, looking for brands that align with their values. Ethical consumerism isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a movement that allows us to use our purchasing power to uplift others. Every bag purchased from Grace & Fire directly supports mothers in rural Guatemala, ensuring they receive fair wages, safe working conditions, and opportunities for a sustainable future. We currently have 8 women in our Weaving Program in Rural Guatemala! 

The Women Behind the Weaving

Behind some of our bags is the heart and hands of Guatemalan women whose artistry is unmatched. Many of these Guatemalan women weavers learned their craft through generations, preserving cultural traditions while also adapting designs for modern life. Their work embodies resilience, dignity, and strength. A portion of all Grace & Fire Bags go towards including more women into our circle of weavers. 

The Beauty of Leather and Loom Bags

Our leather and loom bags blend timeless leather craftsmanship with the vibrant weavings of Guatemala. This unique combination results in pieces that are both functional and fashionable, celebrating the harmony of leather and weaving. Each bag is designed to be a companion for everyday life — strong, practical, and beautiful.

A Movement You Can Carry

Choosing artisan-made goods is more than a fashion choice; it’s a way to stand with women who deserve visibility and opportunity. When you carry a Grace & Fire bag, you’re not only investing in high-quality craftsmanship, you’re joining a movement that values people over profit and culture over convenience.

It’s A New Day

Everyday. Everyday is a new day.

We can start over. We can stay the same. We can progress.

Everyday is a choice on how we show up and how we react to our world and the people in it.

I am a person who believes in values and how we decide and determine our values and become aligned in those values in a way that prioritizes the way in which we conduct ourselves in our behavior is incredibly interesting to me.

For me, I value Integrity and Connection.

Integrity: To define that in fuller detail is to say that I desire to know everything about myself internally, I dig into the positive strengths and the most vulnerable weaknesses for the purpose of understanding my past and present because ultimately I am dedicated to planning my future. Our futures are never guaranteed, so please don’t mistake my desire to plan the future for trying to control the future.

Connection: The people around me, from my husband whom I’m closest to, to my children whom I love dearly, my family near and far, and the dear friends I’ve had since childhood to the friends I’ve made in recent years, connection to other humans is vital to me. My community is imperative to my livelihood. We raise children together, we share meals, we laugh and we cry together. I can’t tell you in words how much the people in my life are everything to me.

These top tier values have certainly not always been perfect and sometimes run challenges through my life. Always in a way that either force me to set boundaries within myself or with others. This life is nothing but a toss and turn of events and situations to work through. The balance and stability, from my perspective is always coming back and rooting in the pre determined values of my choosing.

Running through the emotions, becoming stagnant in what feels like a dead end, how we manage our stress through chaos, it is always possible over time to bring ourselves back to the core: gratitude.

We have a gift in this life and that, to me, is choice.

I work with women in Guatemala and I’ll tell you about that later but I see it in their eyes, the joy. Often times they are fighting for their lives, for their children’s lives, and still; joy. Its incredible. They’ve taught me so much about my own life.

I’d love to talk more about that and other stories of healing, thoughts based on science and true internal experiences that have no real explanation but some sort of worldly power and influence. Some call it God, to me I would call it that, but others have different names for the way the universe speaks to us at times. I find that I’m reached by other people, writers, researchers, storytellers.

I’m intrigued and also perplexed by the world. It would be fun to have a place to share write about that.

So, here I am.