We’re taking a few liberties here, because this is a blog, afterall, and Chi Chi Amor customers seem to care about things beyond our own personal worlds outside our homes…

If you read this, and you have a few bucks to spare, or share, or are a part of a big email list, or an organization who might be able to help, please think about passing this on, or donating to the 30,000+ victims of the cyclone that struck Burma last week. This organization has figured out a way to actually get the aid through the unwavering regime in Burma and to the actual people. Burma Lifeline.

One Love,
Chi Chi Amor

Dear Chi Chi Amor Customers…

Check out this very interesting article about recent archaeological findings that reveal the complexity and amazing quality of ancient Mayan textiles. Also note the references to NATURAL DYES! Ancient Mayan Tomb Yields Amazing Fabrics

We are soooooo excited to announce that in less than 3 weeks, our NEW NATURALLY DYED items will arrive from Guatemala. We will have dresses, shirts and cargo shorts in the most beautiful shades you have ever seen. Filomena, our amazingly talented natural dye producer (see above) from a little town on Lago Atitlan, makes her dyes from things like beets and ash, aloe vera, and sacatinta, (a plant native to Central America). Wait until you see this stuff. It’ll knock your socks off, probably right into a pail of natural dyes! ;) We bonded with Filomena from the second we met her. She’s from a town that has a creation legend that begins with the birth of twins. When she found out I (Shari) is the mother of twins, she started pulling things off of the walls of her in-home store, to give to us as gifts. She gave me two red scarfs to give to my twin boys and Danielle was the lucky recipient of a gorgeous woven textile.

The universe has amazing ways of bringing people together… Jeff, my (Shari’s) faithful brother and pal, introduced us to Lauren Davison, Founder of Organic Green Mommy. We hit it off immediately with Lauren and Organic Green Mommy and our paths could not have crossed at a better time. Chi Chi Amor is beyond honored to be featured on Organic Green Mommy. and we really hope that if you stumble upon this entry, that you take a moment to check out Lauren’s wonderful website, chock-full of highly valuable parenting information, really neat stuff for sale, and simple ways to be a greener and happier mommy (or daddy!)

This Saturday, May 3rd, from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. is Chi Chi Amor’s last market day of the season at the wonderful and chill St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market . We will start up again when the market resumes in the fall. If you have some free time on Saturday, and live in the Bay Area (the “other” Bay Area), then come out and visit us! It’s such a great market. You can do all of your local/organic fruit and veggie shopping and eat the best veggie burger you’ve ever had.

***If you come to our booth on Saturday and mention that you read our blog, we’ll give you a very special discount…***

Hope to see you there, this Saturday and/or next market season!