Our makers
Meet the independent American makers behind every product
Every item on Collective Shops is made by a small US business: a leatherworker in Texas, a woodworker in Kentucky, a dog bakery in Michigan. You check out once with us, and each order ships straight from the maker's workshop.
- 15independent makers
- 12US states
- Directshipped from each workshop
Leather goods
Wallets and belts cut, stitched and finished by hand.
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Made in USARecycled Firefighter
Wallets sewn from decommissioned fire hose and salvaged military boot leather.
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Mansfield, TXBull Sheath Leather
Hand-cut full-grain leather wallets and belts, made in Texas since 2017.
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Skaneateles, NYThe Local Branch
Top-grain belts and canvas goods, handmade in small batches by Blaine and Mackenzie.
Kitchen
Hardwood boards built one at a time, plus the wax that keeps them going.
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Sacramento, CAworkboots&glasses
Woodworker D'ondra makes hardwood cutting and serving boards by hand, one at a time.
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Danville, KYHarzo
End-grain Southern Yellow Pine butcher blocks, built one at a time by hand.
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Minster, OHRefine Kitchenware
American hardwood boards and the organic beeswax board wax that keeps them conditioned.
Tallow skincare
Grass-fed tallow balms with short, honest ingredient lists.
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OklahomaPure Good
Grass-fed tallow balms made by hand on a sixth-generation family ranch.
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Mooresville, NCGinger Lily Tallow
Small-batch whipped tallow from a makeup artist turned maker.
Candles
Hand-poured in small batches with soy and coconut wax.
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Austin, TXSlow North
Founded by Michelle Simmons in 2015. Soy candles hand-poured with essential oils.
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Nickelsville, VABlue Ridge Whispers
Coco-soy candles poured in the Appalachian mountains.
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Northampton, MASpill The Tea Sis Apothecary
Queer women-owned apothecary making hand-poured intention candles.
Dog treats
Small-batch treats with ingredients you can actually pronounce.
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Devault, PASniff and Shift
Single-ingredient freeze-dried treats like beef liver, made in small batches.
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Fletcher, NCBarkin Brew Bites
Crunchy treats baked by hand from upcycled local brewery grain.
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Decatur, GABig Daddy Biscuits
All-natural biscuits in grain and grain-free recipes, baked in small batches.
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Frankenmuth, MIDoodle Doo Bakery
A dog bakery making oven-baked treats, decorated cookies and birthday cakes.
How we choose makers
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Independent and US-based
Small businesses that make their products in the United States. No resellers, no mass-market brands.
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Proven by their own customers
Real, verifiable reviews from people who bought from them before we ever listed them.
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Materials we can explain
Clear ingredients, woods and leathers, and a process we can describe to you in plain words.
Not sure where to start?
Our most-gifted picks from these makers, all under $50.