Hello and welcome to Calihoo! My name is Jill Moore and I'm Calihoo's founder. I'm just a Midwestern gal who loves her home but who also happens to LOVE the costal communities in California. The first time my toes hit that California sand and I took in the Pacific surf with all my senses, my heart sang "CALIHOO!" A love affair was born.
I travel to the coast with my husband and three children as often as possible. While vacations are priceless, I believe we can all make our own "Calihoo Moments" in our routine daily lives as well. With Calihoo, I've curated beautiful, quality pieces from talented artisans. Each piece brings that "Calihoo" feeling to my heart and I hope they will speak to you as well. Whether you're a fan of the Pacific Coast, or you're more a New Englander (that's a fabulous coast too!) or anywhere in between (the corn fields on my Grandparent's farm also ignite that Calihoo emotion within me.) I hope you'll find pieces here to cherish and spark that feeling of joy within yourself even on your Monday-ist of Mondays.
Handbags & Clutches
Beach Accessories
Artisans
Laura Stark Designs:
A jewelry studio creating adornment pieces for the modern woman using quality materials.
Saressa Designs:
Classic and modern design are beautifully balanced with each piece from Saressa Designs®. Self-taught designer, Rachel Hughes, creates a striking line of handcrafted jewelry that is trendsetting and timeless. Each Saressa Design piece is beautifully crafted combining a minimalist, elegant, rustic and soft statement. Each piece is hand crafted by Rachel in her Oregon-based studio.
Tribe Alive:
Tribe Alive empowers women around the world to find financial freedom through safe and meaningful employment at living wages. As a company, we measure success by impact, not profits. Our model is moving the fashion industry toward a more humane approach, where the Earth and the maker are valued equally to the customer.
Mashallah:
Designed by Mashallah Ghouleh and handcrafted by our team in Chicago, IL, each piece of MASHALLAH jewelry is informed by the geometric, metaphysical, and inherently spiritual characteristics of gemstones. These gemstones are woven together with recycled semi-precious metals that are derived from electronic waste taken out of landfills. This eco-friendly and socially conscious process allows us to design and create beautiful necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings without doing harm to the planet. We see jewelry as a wearable artistic medium intended to add depth and character to the canvas that is the human body. It is more than jewelry - MASHALLAH is a lifestyle.
Wildwood Oyster Co:
Wildwood Oyster Co. founder and designer, Becky Mckinnell, is inspired by Summer, Sea and Salt air. “I want everyone who loves the ocean as much as I do to have fashionable accessories that they can wear on their daily adventures, even when they can’t be on the water,” says Becky. We couldn’t agree more! The dock line for her handbags is sources from remnants and is manufactured in New England.
Rover & Kin:
Our mission is to bring you unique and quality artisan made goods while supporting sustainable development through fair trade. It's a simple business model that benefits both producers and conscious consumers. Collectively, the sum of our actions, however big and small, will dictate the future of our world.
David Aubrey:
David Aubrey lines vary from delicate, meticulously assembled jewelry of monochromatic hues to larger, more vibrant pieces. Some collections are themed, whether romantic, vintage, tribal, or art deco. Each piece is painstakingly crafted with an array of raw materials, including plated and oxidized brass and white metal, semi-precious stones, vintage glass beads, Indian handmade glass beads, acrylic, and carved bone. All pieces are handcrafted in the U.S. by skilled artisans.
Stone+Stick:
Minimalist modern designs, inspired by nature. Lightweight accessories built on a foundation of wood beads and brass elements. Based in Baxter, TN.
Nest Pretty Things:
Our Jewelry collection is inspired by art and textiles and our beautiful Vermont flower garden... we use a unique palette of colors and we strive to design and make quality jewelry that is affordable and makes you happy.
We work with a team of wonderful women in a beautiful studio in Burlington VT. We donate monthly to various causes that help women and children in need around the world.
Material Wit:
MATERIAL WIT offers unique minimalist jewelry designed and made by Jessie Morrow in her Orcas Island studio. Designer Jessie has created the new FOUND collection from inspiration gathered on the beaches of Orcas Island where MATERIAL WIT is based. Some of the pieces in the collection are cast from pebbles she discovered while walking along the water’s edge. Other designs, hand-forged in her East sound studio, speak to the movement of the shoreline where the water meets the land.
Melmax Designs:
Unique, handmade, MADE IN USA bags, clutches, wallets, clothing and jewelry. Formed in 2012 by Mellisa, a little after her son Max was born. Mellisa has always had a passion for creating, and pretty much making anything and everything. Tired of working on other people’s projects in a typical 9-5 job, this seemed like the perfect time to change direction and finally follow her own passion to create. the company has grown in leaps and bounds each year, and far surpassed Mellisa's expectations.
Bent by Courtney:
Courtney Johnsons’ namesake jewelry line, Bent by Courtney, is creative, contemporary & refined. Artisan vibes, specialized techniques & environmental elements narrate her rare aesthetic. Encapsulated by craft & passion, Bent by Courtney jewelry is bent to wear, meant to last.
The Handloom:
Apparel and home goods handcrafted with a blend of traditional Turkish culture and the Southern California sun. We are not lost souls; we are resilient travelers wandering in search of art in a preoccupied world. Handloom is a minimalist lifestyle brand, blending bohemian chic with oriental tradition. The Handloom strives to be the cultural bridge between the ancient ways of Turkey and free-spirited individuals in the U.S. It is the result of creative lifestyles coming together through fashion, design, nature and the outdoors. Now taking shape in Southern California, Handloom brings a classic panache intertwining beauty and heritage.
La Soucique Studio Metalsmithing:
My passion is in traditional hand-forging techniques and the use of found and recycled objects like seaglass with recycled and sustainable metals. Working in the smallest environmental footprint possible is paramount to me and I think that these materials demonstrate the true spirit of Sustainability! Each piece is fabricated in my coastal Florida, zero-waste studio and I emphasize that I use only beach or seaglass that has been naturally tumbled by the environment in which it was found, keeping the raw, organic shapes of our seaglass or ethical stones as unprocessed as possible.
