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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

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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