Created out of the need for accessible and affordable physical space, Founder Jimmy Brower curates an outdoor retail marketplace experience, along side an incredible team, that brings together the ideals of the modern maker with the spirit of the traveling vagabond. Rooted in the Bay Area of Northern California, HEAD WEST provides an ‘in-real-life’ platform for new, emerging + established local brands and small businesses to have physical selling space multiple times per month at various neighborhood venues.
Who is Bestowe?
Bestowe’s mission is to support small-batch artisans and local communities by providing quality connections to gifts and the stories behind them. Our humble start begins with hosting artist craft shows and events in California! They made us what we are and established our relationships with our valued artist partners. Our mission is to offer curated gift boxes for one or custom gifts for hundreds that people actually want to keep with artisan products that people value and share. Our focus is on sustainability with usable, locally sourced items and working with partners that are ethically savvy and can as much as we do about lessoning our global impact.
Partnering Artisans
Alice is a natural dyer with an interest in sustainable and slow fashion. She hand dyes silks for your home and body using only plants, bugs, bark, seeds, nuts and any items found in nature – the way our ancestors dyed fibers thousands of years ago. Every piece she creates is dyed naturally and made with intent and an interest in beauty and longevity.
Efiya Asabi is the founder of IYOBA. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area as the eldest of two children. Her grandmother has been my greatest source of inspiration. Some of my earliest memories are of her grandmother tending to her garden and chickens and working around her yard. "I loved spending time with her because she was so kind and loving, and I was fascinated by her ability to create things with her hands. I guess you can say IYOBA is in my DNA. When I'm not concocting new formulas for our next bestseller, I am working with clients in my Transformational Health Coaching practice. I also enjoy spending time with my family, studying herbalism, hiking, yoga, travel, and good ol' wholesome fun."
SOMA Small Batch Goods began in San Francisco with a passion for candle making and creativity. Nellie, the maker and owner has always loved the ambience of candles, and how with just a small flame they can instantly transform any space into a memorable mood. With the goal of creating a brand that aligns with her values — simplistic, eco-friendly, nature inspired — and an intentional line that would embody scents of nature, nostalgia, and peaceful places, she created SOMA Small Batch Goods. Nellie’s small batch scents are diverse, unexpected, and yet familiar too. She hand pours all of her candles in San Francisco and you can find her at local artisan markets, craft fairs, and farmers markets with her husband and helper Charlie. She hopes her candles you bring warmth, light, and joy.
Anellabees was founded by Danielle and her daughter, Anella, with a mission to create honey-based candy using simple, high-quality ingredients. Inspired by their family's beekeeping roots in Colorado, they began crafting confections in 2017 with an old 1880s confectionary press. Made without preservatives, artificial flavors, gluten, soy, or corn syrup, Anellabees Honey Candies are sweetened naturally and sourced from U.S. beekeepers.
