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Rhonda + Elijah Wyman
ShareAnUmbrella (at) Gmail.com
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Share An Umbrella is a socially minded, fun organization made up
of artists and artisans who desire to care for people who are less
fortunate than themselves. At Share an Umbrella we seek to foster
artists who desire more for their craft than the simple adornment
of a place or person. This is why a portion of everything bought
through us is given to an honest and respectable charity. You arent
only supporting a hard working artist, but you are supporting someone
in greater need. Our hope is for our artists to create beautiful
things while making the world a more beautiful place. We provide
a market place for skilled, independent artists, handpicked for
the quality of their work as well as the kindness of their hearts.
SAU is made up of metalsmiths, musicians, painters, DIY artisans,
photographers, writers, and the like.
::About Share An Umbrellas gallery in Salem, MA ~ 2005::
The city of Salem MA, world famous for her legendary witch trials,
seeks to support and enrich the artistic community. Share An Umbrella
was chosen to assist in this task. This was a most fortunate and
exciting opportunity for our participants and us. SAU was granted
a store located in the heart of Salems busy downtown, surrounded
by shops, restaurants, office buildings and tourist attractions
from May15th thru November 15th 2005. In exchange for this wonderful
large space, we held loads of free workshops and performances by
independent musicians for the community. It was a great growing
opportunity for us and we hope to find similar oppotunities in the
future.
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Soon all to most of our literature will be printed on 100% recycled
paper, 80% of wich is post consumer waste. We use a company that
only uses water based inks.
SAU is an avid recylcer.
We strive to support other kinds of local business by not buying
from mega crazy places like wal-mart.
We try to buy local produce and products.
We are a music venue for harworking indpenedent musicians as well.
We really love good music.
We would love to open SAU shops all around the country, making an
accessible place for artists to sell teir work and people to buy
it. We hope to set up a trip for our contributing artists and loyal
customers to go out and physically help make the world a better
place by building homes for those in need. We have lots more ideas,
but we need to formulate them more before we share them with the
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Heck Yes! This is the most important part of Share An Umbrella!
We know that there are loads of people less fortunate than us. There
are many many many places where buying a felt hair clip seems like
absolute tripe! But we understand that due to our lucky and fortunate
circumstances we are able to make a living in a way we love, and
provide products for other fortunate people to love and enjoy. We
never want to take for granted how lucky we are, so giving back
seemed like a good way to head. Buy donating a portion of each sale,
our customers can support hardworking artists, and people in true
need. We recognize that there are different forms of need, so deciding
to support one was very draining, how do you say who needs more
than who? We made the decision to research charities that have a
heart for peoples in need of food, shelter, or clothing.
At the moment, we only accept major credit cards through Paypal,
and paypal accounts. Pay pal is fast, easy and secure. It is the
most used and secure source of online payment. If you don't have
a paypal account signing up literally only takes about 3 minutes.
If you prefer not to order online, you can email us what you would
like to order, and we will call you to gather your credit card
number and process it manually. Please Never Ever EVER email your
credit card details, emails are not secure and can easily be stolen.
We want you to get your new goodies quick, so we try our hardest
to process orders as soon as humanly possible after. Please allow
3-7 business days for us to get your package in the mail. Some
of our items are made to order so need a bit more time to be hand
crafted special for you, then mailed out.
Unless otherwise agreed upon, we will be shipping USPS Standard
Priority Mail. They say this means the package will arrive 2 days
from when it was mailed. Please remember that SAU is not responsible
for any items damaged during transit, or anything that doesn't
arrive when the postal people say it should.
Please keep in mind how crazy Holiday mailing can be! We are not
responsible for items not delivered when the post office said
they should be!
We are confident that you will looooove you new happy
goodie, but in the event that it wasn't exactly what you or the
person you gave it to envisioned, email us within 7 Days of receiving
your package and we will refund you the money less the shipping
as long as it is still unused and in perfect condition. Please
note that we are a consignment shop. This means we mail you info
on the maker of your new item, if their are any problems with
it in the future, we ask that you notify them directly.
We are! We have coined the phrase because we are never
in one set place for very long. We attend many craft and holiday
shows throughout New England and hopefully nationally very soon.
Its kind of like a traveling shop, but we thought "un-anchored"
sounded a bit more interesting.We also hold shows at various locations,
or will shack up in a likeminded location for a certain amount
of time.
SAU really and truly wants to support artists who are making the
commerce of their craft their profession. We think crafty businesses
on the side is super, but we really really really want people
to realize their dream and make making things their full time
job. We tend to lean towards artists who have proven that they
are taking things seriously, or are in the steps towards taking
things seriously. Nice and neat web site, product design and packaging
design are all aspects that draw us towards certain artists. We
are also starting to head in a environmentally friendly direction.
Artists who are trying to use post consumer product materials,
and all natural materials will be given priority in our selection
process. Its a good and fun habit to get into. But most importantly,
we take artists who really want their art to mean something more,
people who help others are great and they have a special place
in our hearts.
At the moment we are not taking new submissions. Sign the email
list and we will announce when we will be.
In the past (Nov 2005-April 2006) Epiphany Books was hosting "A
Piece of Share An Umbrella".
They were located at 9 Railroad Ave Beverly Ma 01915. Before that
we had our own little Brick & Mortar shop in Salem MA. They
are turning the market place we were located in called "Artist's
Row" into a parking lot, I mean, hey... who doesn't need
another parking lot, right?
At the moment, we run out of Cambridge, MA. Rhonda Wyman is ShopKeeper,
Founder, and and Artist of SAU, her husband Elijah helps keep
her sane, lift all the heavy stuff, gives occasional feet massages,
and helps her in an unbelievable way. Their cat, Puppy, has no
tail and cuddles with Rhonda whenever she needs a lil' extra lovin'.
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