Yum! Chocolate! December 05 2016, 0 Comments

We are so thrilled to have another fabulous artisan, handmade here in Georgia. Nicobella organics' absolutely delicious and super healthy chocolate goodies in our gift boxes! All of their products are vegan, soy free, gluten free, organic and fair trade in many flavors like peppermint, coconut, mocha and more.

We love Piper & Leaf! August 09 2016, 0 Comments

We are always thrilled to introduce new artisan products to our gift boxes! And we have a new one from Alabama... Piper & Leaf Artisan Teas. thehugbox™ gift boxes have these 4 delicious blends - Front Porch Special (great for iced tea), Healing Honeysuckle, Orchard Peach and Piper Mint Blues. Piper & Leaf incorporates herbs and fruits from their local farmers! We love handmade, all-natural products from artisans who give back too! Yay Piper & Leaf!

Paige McCauley Music in the Hug Box! August 09 2016, 0 Comments

We are so excited to add the talented singer, songwriter Paige McCauley's music in our gift boxes. Paige was a three time Georgia teen artist of the year finalist and is currently a semi-finalist, in the running to be Georgia Country Female Artist of the Year. 
Click here to listen to her now.

She debuts in our Sweet Home Georgia Hug Box. A sweet, peachy gift for college care packages, house-warming, birthdays and more. 

Featured Artisan Moms May 01 2015, 0 Comments

May is a special month. Spring is here, schools let out and Mom's Day is celebrated. We'd like to celebrate some of our hard-working, talented, artisan moms. We want to support them and their small businesses. Click on their links for more about them and their amazing artisan products.

Diana Meredith Designs is a mother who creates handmade coffee cozies (and more) with adorable heart, flowers and ribbons for awareness of breast cancer and pancreatic cancer. 

Candle Krazy is a mother and daughter team owned business, founded in 2008 in Pennsylvania. Their candles are made of 100% certifiable kosher soy vegetable wax, from soybeans grown by American farmers. They use cotton wicks, essential and high quality fragrance oils. All of their candle supplies are made in America. 

Ellajude Mother April and her husband are from Tennessee. Their beautiful jewelry is handcrafted with care and thought, in design, color and comfort. With every sale, they give back and support Casa de Amor, a ministry founded to reach out to children in need in the impoverished country of Bolivia. 

Nou•rish This mother and daughter team, with stores in Georgia and Florida, make each bar by hand. They are doing their part to keep the planet clean while reducing their carbon footprint–green company since the 1990’s–providing environmentally-friendly, non-toxic, and biodegradable products that are good for our bodies and the earth. They only package in recyclable, reusable and/or biodegradable containers.

Oh Little Rabbit New mommy Cara and her husband, from Oregon, have a wonderful story of teamwork, drawing every image, and printing each piece by hand using organic and recycled materials with nontoxic water based inks.

Balm & Co. is a sweet daughter and her mom in Maryland. They make products for mommas, papas and their new babies. They offer a variety of handmade goodies that are made fresh, in house and in small batches. Their balms are vegan, cruelty free and all natural for everyone in the family! 

Hugs and thanks MOMs!

Artisans in Pink Power March 18 2015, 0 Comments

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is October, and we would like to recognize a couple of the artisans who make products that bring support to find a cure.

Manda Bees and Diana Meredith Designs created handmade headbands and coffee cozies specifically for awareness of breast cancer. Click on their names for more information about their story and to see more of their handmade goodies. These are found in Pink Power Hug Box.