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January 25, 2012
Made in Mill Valley
75- to 96-year-old knitters form the backbone of business
Daphne Campbell stopped knitting for her family when a grandchild made fun of her handmade gift. Now the purses, bags and clutches she knits for Sarah Oliver Handbags sell for hundreds of dollars at specialty boutiques around the country.
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October 14, 2010
Women's Initiative Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
Award Ceremony
Women’s Initiative is the nation’s largest microenterprise training and funding organization. For more than 20 years, we’ve provided training, funding and ongoing support to low-income women so they can start their own businesses and become economically self-sufficient. The women who go through our program not only significantly increase their income and assets, but also launch businesses, create jobs and stimulate the local economy.
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November 30, 2009
HANDMADE® AT NYIGF ACCEPTS ARTISANS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD
Jewelry and Other Wearable Products Well-Represented
By Newcomers
by Cathy Steel / Sandy Lee
Nearly 40 new craftspeople – from seven countries and 16 states – have been accepted to exhibit in the highly-selective juried Handmade® at the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®). The winter 2010 edition of Handmade, which features 575 designer-makers and production craft representatives, runs Saturday, January 30 through Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
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October 5, 2009
The 'Hand' in handbag
by Chris Christen
Residents at a seniors home in San Francisco’s Bay Area have a hand in making Sarah Oliver Handbags. The octogenerian knitters, who call themselves The Purlettes, were recruited by textile artist Sarah Oliver.
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September 2009
The Family Groove Mom on the Street
I’m getting back to work! It is not that I didn’t work this summer, because I did put in my share of hours. But to be honest, I also took advantage of the warm summer days and long evenings and enjoyed myself as much as possible with friends and family. I do feel guilty at times that I can set my own schedule, but that is one of the perks of owning your own business.
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September 24, 2009
Sarah Oliver Handbags at Gumps
by Amy Dowsett
Gumps is known best as the go-to place for exquisite stationery and fancy china in Union Square but they also carry fun and pretty accessories such as these handmade handbags by Sarah Oliver.
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November 07, 2007
Handbag designer found knitters at The Redwood
by Leslie Harlib
In early 2005, the Mill Valley resident and mother of two dreamed up and started making a line of fashion handbags. She shaped and knit them herself out of 100-percent wools that she washed in the washing machine to add a distinctive felted texture. She added unusual fittings such as vintage removable brooches and fringes of fluffy wool, and hand-sewed on each bag bamboo, beaded or antiqued metallic handles and feet.
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October 12, 2007
Pizzazz showcases boutiques, artisans
by Kellie B. Gormly
Some merchants who are participating also are happy to support the green causes of the show. Sarah Oliver -- owner of sarah oliver handbags in the San Francisco area -- will be selling her hand-knit wool bags in whimsical styles, costing between $162 and $390. Oliver, who hires women at a retirement home to knit the wool before she puts the details on the purses, is returning for her second year at Pizzazz.
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