We’re farmers, artisans, crafters and floral designers who are trying to make LOCAL come FIRST. Local arts, crafts, flowers, produce and gifts should be sustainable, and contribute to our local economy. We’re using a unique approach to support and increase awareness for local producers and artisans by establishing a cooperative marketing and sales model via this website. WE ARE LOCAL – as local as Larimer County gets! Our goals are to do business in a way that is ecologically sound and sustainable; financially local; and synergistic for each of us and the community.
Artisans
Read about the artisans, farmers, crafters and producers whose products are listed on our site
The Website Mission
The Lady Moon website is available for all Larimer County crafters, producers, artisans to list their own items. Items listed for purchase may be items we carry in our shop, or items reserved at the artisan’s worksite, in order to keep shop storage and wholesale costs at a minimum. When customers place an order, we pick up the item from our local crafter and pay them immediately. This reduces billing costs, paperwork and makes sure that artisans don’t wait to be paid. We do add a product charge to each item over what the artisan charges. This serves two purposes: 1. Our delivery isn’t competing with their own sales, and 2. To cover our own costs of picking up extra items. That way we can still keep our delivery charges affordable for the mountain communities.
Community Needs
The mountain community populations are rapidly changing since Covid due to many more buyers making their permanent homes here. However we still have the highest proportion of seniors than anywhere else in Larimer County. Increasing home prices have driven up property taxes, significantly impacting fixed income budgets. In the meanwhile, frailty, lack of public transportation, adult children moving away and many more contributors result in increasing isolation and loneliness for our seniors. Because the mountain community economies are also isolated from main tax bases, there aren’t many sources to pay for services, or even volunteers who have extra time.
Strengthening Mountain Community Economies
Money spent on our website goes directly back into our mountain communities, where we (the producers, crafters, artists, etc) spend our dollars. The end goal is to strengthen mountain community economies. By doing so, we’re better able to build and support new community service initiatives including health clinics, community centers, incubator retail and commercial kitchen spaces and more. Many of us already provide volunteer services, brainstorming, grant-writing support and professional services for free to try and benefit our community.
JOIN US!!
If you would like to list your products on our site, there are some things to keep in mind.
- Foods and Perishable Items are only accepted if they meet State Licensing Requirements (Cottage Foods Certification, Retail Foods Certification, etc – we can help you figure out how to get those.
- Artisans/producers are responsible for their own inventory management. We can set lead times of as many days notice as necessary so that we can meet orders as needed (for instance, baked goods, or charcuterie trays). For artwork, and unique items, we ask that you list items exclusively on the site. If a customer purchases that item, we need to keep our promise to fill the order.
- Items listed should be suitable for gift delivery (no larger than 30″ X 30″), and labeled/wrapped appropriately.
- Producers are responsible for their own tax obligations. We purchase items as a reseller, meaning there is no sales tax – that is passed on to the end customer by law.
- We reserve the right to refuse to list items for any reason (hard to imagine, but it could happen).
If you’d like to join us – please e-mail Faye at farmer@ladymoonfloral.com