Before we move on to talk about more of the new things that are wandering into LagoonaMagoo & Once Upon a Toy, we want to give some attention to a great little toy with a kid-can back-story.
A few years ago, 3rd grader (and child of one of PHD's founders) Savanna Groft was assigned a craft project at school-- crochet a round tablemat. It didn't come out quite the way her teacher had intended. By not adding enough stitches, her tablemat developed a small curled lip on it's outer edge. One day, on a lark, Chris Larsen, one of Savanna's friend's father and another of the founders, tossed it across a room. It sailed. Beautifully. Wonderfully. Amazingly. And the rest is history.
What might have looked like an error in Savanna's project was the beginning of a company that involves two families and several villages in Guatemala. Dedicated to fair trade practices, PHD is one of those companies the Happy Up stores are delighted to support and promote. You can read more about their philosophy and commitment to the Mayan women of Guatemala on their website.
So what does PHD stand for? er... ummmm... didja know they run a contest about that?
Toy Fair Finds pt. 3 on it's way soon!
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