Some updates from Three Stone Steps for the end of the year and the decade:

Starting early next year, the 10th to be exact, I’ll be on the road to meet with our existing fair trade producers in Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. I’ll also be on the lookout for great new unique, functional, and eco-friendly accessories. Please stay tuned. I think there will be great new items in store.

During that time, we will not be processing orders, so if you have your heart set on something, best to order it as soon as possible. We’ll be back to processing orders by the third week in February.

If I’m not updating this blog, please follow me on Twitter, @threestonesteps, or on www.threestonesteps.com’s Facebook fan page.

We’re thinking of beginning a dedicated travel blog–ok. I realize that I have trouble keeping this one updated, so I can’t imagine how I’ll deal with two of ‘em!– but will definitely let you know if that happens.

So, in the meantime, Happy New Year! I’ll be back here soon.

Here we are again. It’s time for holiday shopping. Of course, here at Three Stone Steps, we hope you shop online with us, but if you don’t, of course we hope you shop locally at places that carry sustainable and fair trade merchandise.

I wrote a little post about where to shop in your pajamas over on another site, where I’m the Baltimore Green Culture “Examiner.

As for Three Stone Steps, you still have about a week to shop and, if you’re in the U.S., get your items shipped in from USPS Priority Mail.

Let me know if you want something giftwrapped and what you’d like written on a gift card.