Shelter

What products are listed for this advertiser?

American Made Bloom Bag, American Made Crafting Bags, Made in the USA Mountain Bag, Made in America Pouches, and Made in the USA Purses.

SHELTER is a collective of generalists tending towards towards these specializations: design, craft, painting, leather work, sewing, cabin building, woodworking, drawing, walks in beautiful settings, alchemy, the art of listening, and more. We're adding to the list everyday.
SHELTER started in the spring of 2010 in the Mad River Valley of Vermont when we needed a bag to gather the wild edibles and mushrooms we'd been collecting. In autumn 2010, we moved from the Green Mountains to live in the mountains of western North Carolina.
We're here to offer you well-crafted, beautiful, and thoughtful designs that are elegant, rustic, and timeless.
Karie Reinertson earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts and has exhibited her paintings and illustrations in numerous shows in Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, and Portland, OR. Prior to SHELTER, she worked for an environmental design non-profit, was a design/build intern and chef for Yestermorrow Design/Build School, and traveled extensively internationally, volunteering for environmental education centers. She is currently designing and making handbags here in the US that focus on beautiful, quality and sustainable materials.
Robert Maddox is a trained architect, earning his Masters in Architecture. He worked for a sustainable design firm in Brooklyn, NY for four years before moving to Vermont to work with Yestermorrow Design/Build School. He is a designer/builder, and teaches a home design/build course in Vermont each summer.
Please follow our blog to learn more about the other incredible people who make up SHELTER. We like them a lot, and think you will too.
Please be in touch if you would like to use any of our content or images, as all text and photos are ? 2010-2013 // Karie Reinertson / SHELTER. The SHELTER logo and Shelter Protects You are TM 2011.


The following is a reply from Shelter to our question – "Are your products Made in America?"

How do you know the products you have listed are Made in the USA?
Before including products in our database we review the advertiser’s website and/or contact them to ascertain the origin of their products. Some advertisers sell both Made in USA products and foreign ones. Therefore we highly recommend you review FAQ 2.

We immediately investigate any complaints regarding deceptive Country of Origin claims. If we determine an advertiser's claim is not truthful we will immediately remove the product/s from our database and suspend our relationship with the Company making the claim.

To document your complaint, email us by using our Contact Us page. We can only respond to complaints that have been submitted in writing.

What does Made in USA mean?
There is no law requiring most products to be labeled Made In USA, or have any other disclosure about the amount of U.S. content. However, for job creation purposes (see our Big Secret tab), if you have a choice between an imported product and one with no country of origin on its label, choose the product without a country of origin over the imported one. This is true because the product without the country origin on its label has at least some American labor in its content and the imported one most likely does not.

Note: Imported products are required by law to country of origin on their label and products partially Made In USA do not. To answer this question completely reviewing our Labeling Tips 1, 2 & 3. These tips are accessible from scrolling to the bottom of our home page clicking Browse All Tips button.