Love.Travels.Imports.

Love comes in all shapes and sizes: Love of your family, love of country, love of travel, love of the touch of a beautiful piece of silk. One day, I saw love on the shelf at the museum shop: a Mielie Handmade bag from South Africa. A new passion was born. My name is Yvette Jenkins and I am the founder of Love Travels Imports: a Detroit Social Enterprise connecting artisans in underprivileged communities and their handmade accessories with fashionable and socially conscience consumers. My mission is bring a fair trade, handmade option to consumers who want to make a sustainable, ethical buying decisions based on colors, themes and supporting fair wages to artisans.

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world, largely women, participate in the artisan sector. Behind agriculture, artisan activity is the second largest employer and in the developing world, often the primary means of income.

Our goal is to make a positive difference in local and global communities; help artisans and their families improve the quality of their lives; and make a better world.

The T-Shirt design contains a short version of the word ARINZE definition. -ARINZE means: "Powerful and complete! You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it. You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way."

Please lend us your supportive hand and help us travel to the CapeTown, South Africa Design Indaba Expo. This will allow us the opportunity to continue to support others and make a worldly impact.