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Art of Giving from page GG23
Motivated by extensive
travel and human-relief
and Horse marionettes'
work, Flint native Timothy
rotating heads, hinged
Fitzgerald Young created
arms and legs and royal
Food for Thought. Among
regalia bring adventure
the company's sustainable,
to the playroom. $16.99
organic, fair-trade
each. Available at the
products: Blueberry-
Doll Hospital and Toy
Lavender Preserves, made
Soldier Shop, Berkley
from lavender grown in Food
(248-543-3115;
for Thought's own garden
and blueberries from a farm
in Allegan County. Savor
it with cheese, on pound
Melissa & Doug's hand-
crafted Prince, Princess
reallygreattoys.com ) or
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melissaanddoug.com .
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cake, over ice cream, or turn
a humble sandwich into a
masterpiece. $7.90. Available
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at Avalon Breads in Detroit,
Whole Foods stores, Plum
Markets, Nino Salvaggio,
Westborn Markets and
foodforthought.net .
This steel Peacock Bench
is handcrafted and hand-
painted by Durham, N.C.,
artisans Cricket Forge and
Don Drumm — who also
created the Butterfly Bench
in Birmingham's Shain
Park. $3,495. Available at
ArtLoft, Birmingham
(248-647-4007;
artloftonline.com ).
Royal Oak artisan Marsha
Filipiak — a.k.a. Made By
Marsha — creates lumi-
nous digital collage can-
vases by layering vintage
and current photos, along
with matchbox covers,
perfume-bottle labels, old
letters, vintage advertis-
ing and anything else
that strikes her fancy.
The result, as in Girl in
Window ($35), is a very
contemporary work of art
that beautifully alludes
to other times and
worlds. Available at the
Yellow Door Art Market,
Berkley (248-336-2038;
yellowdoorartmarket.
corn).
Handmade, fair-trade,
eco-friendly — and
gorgeous to boot — each of
Jenny Krauss' embroidered
belts is a one-of-a-kind
work made in Peru (and
Julia Roberts wears them in
Eat, Pray, Love). $70.
harrietandleo.com .
Karry Brook, a local morn
with an art background,
hand-silkscreens all the
tees and onesies, like
these from her Detroit
Baby line ($20), for her
company, Wee Revolution
— which can be found at
her shop, Goods, in the
Park Shelton, Detroit
(313-871-1466;
goodsdetroit.com ).
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November 18 • 2010