I’ve always been a crafty DIYer, but I made my first foray into skin care products with organic diaper cream & a cloth wipe solution when I was pregnant with my first child in 2016. It became Sage & Thistle Handmade Goods because I wanted folks to immediately know that each & every product is thoughtfully made by hand. Sage & Thistle was an idea a dear friend and I had, pre-kids, back in Brooklyn NY as we were thinking about names for a fantasy coffee shop/whiskey bar! When it came time for my husband and I to name our fledgling body care company in 2018, we used that name because a) the whiskey bar seemed unrealistic at that point, lol, and b) it was the perfect fit: Sage is my favorite plant, and Thistle honours my husband’s Scottish heritage, so it was a great representation of each of us. Seeing as we haven’t seen each other in a while – because, ya know pandemic- I wanted to check in and see how everything is going! Enjoy getting to know this magical human: Tell me about the name ‘Sage & Thistle.’ How did you come up with the name? ~ MIKAEL, SAGE & THISTLEĪnd so, here’s my Q&A with Mikael. I began making bath salts, body scrubs, and eventually soaps with my husband, using real ingredients & plants from my organic urban garden, to give to family & friends as gifts. Now a mama myself, I am even more in awe of this unstoppable work ethic and total dedication to both her job and baby at the same time. I visited our Artisan Market area during the middle of the event and there was Mikael: hawking her wares to hundreds of beer drinking ladies with her weeks-old little baby wrapped in a sling and blanket against her chest. Also, can we talk about how she manages to make and sell her goods while mama-ing not 1, not 2, but 3 kiddies!? I’ll never forget our 6th Year Birthday Bevy back in February 2020 (aka the last event we’ve done pre-COVID *tear*). Everything feels so honest and pure, made with a ton of love. She makes EXCELLENT natural products that smell OUT OF THIS WORLD. We now sell her Sage & Thistle soaps (made of beer, naturally!) at our on-line merch shop (cheap plug: ), feature her soap as part of our Holiday Swag Pack Bundle and have had her soaps in 2 / 3 Beer Squad Mystery Boxes so far. I had a booth space left for her, so we signed her up and the rest is history. Mikael was just getting going on her handmade goods company – Sage & Thistle– and was inquiring about being an artisan vendor at our upcoming Lady Beer Fest. I met Mikael a couple years ago- I believe we were connected through our mutual friend Matt Gibson (formally of Nickelbrook and Royal Canadian Mead). I wanted to share with you the wonderful Mikael Walter-Campbell. Written by SOBDL co-founder, Erica Campbell
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