Welcome to the Departments of Kos Katalog series! Click on that link to see all the departments written up as the series progresses.
Be sure to bookmark the ones with the products and services you need for business, school, home, family, holidays, celebrations, organizations, birthdays, & anniversaries, all year round!
At the end of today’s listings & links for the Food-Drink-Garden Dept, the House&Home Dept, and the Pet Dept —small&home-based businesses of kosaks and their families and very best friends— is info on how yours can be in the KOS KATALOGUE bigbook too!
Now, onward to the Katalogue department[s] of the day:
Food, Drink, and Garden
- Alsea Acre offers delicious Oregon goat cheese -- and you can get it by mail! Oregon Gal is the owner.
- Kitsap River makes very special jams -- such as chocolate blackberry, apricot vanilla, and apricot ginger marmalade. Jars are $10 + shipping. Message her for currently available flavors.
- Portiera Designs is kossack's theoriginalfeminazi's fine craft gallery/gift shop in Breckenridge, Colorado. Most of our merchandise is hand crafted by American and Canadian artists. We also have a few things that are manufactured in the US by factories that license artwork for reproduction on household items.
Household Sundries
- David M Bowman is a shop for patinaed brass metalwork -- candlesticks, Menorahs, vases, clocks, jewelry and more...this is a father/son family business. Household pieces are also available here and small gifts are here. Run by Kossacks rcbowman and dabug.
- Laughing Coyote Woodworks is fat old man's shop. He makes fireplace bellows and clocks, but over the years has built everything from a rocking alien creature to burial caskets to signs. He loves "oddball" projects.
- Mixed Media Studio, run by Kossack Poz, is a place to find gorgeous fused glass plates and bowls for your home.
- Native Twig Furniture is where you can find unique furniture with an elegant and organic design. With her help, sewaneepat's husband makes these beauties largely from wood from their property.
- New 2 You Vacuums, run by emeraldmaiden's hubby, is the place to go to have your vacuum serviced, rebuilt, or to find parts. He specializes in Kirby, Electrolux, Rainbow, Kenmore, and Tristar, with occasional forays into Riccar, Eureka, and Hoover machines. Don't throw that vacuum out, make it good as new! THIS IS OUR STORY
- Peregrine Spirit Heartworks is the place where Noor B offers placemats (quilted or woven), kitchen mitts, duvets, drapes and valences. Contact her at peregrine.spirit.heartworks@gmail.com for details and pricing. THIS IS OUR STORY
- Primeau's Purls offers handmade seasonal wreaths, fleece blankets, and knitted afghans for your home. Shop is run by Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN's housemate.
- Sassy Sisters Soap is where you can find lovely soaps as well as natural cleaning products. Run by Kossack celestina!
- Silver, Leaf & Earth is Kossack not a lamb's shop, carrying vintage stoneware and pottery among other lovely things.
- Winglion and/or Sara R will gladly make quilts for you -- or quilted tablerunners. A lap throw might be the perfect gift for an older relative. Contact them through Kos Mail. Or visit their website shop.
- Yankee Scents offers potpourri and scented oils to perfume your home, run by Kossack The Finite Times.
- Your Cable Store is the place for cables for all your electronic things! If your dog ate your cable, look here for a replacement! Shop is run by sweettp2063's second son.
- Diane Markin is the site lots of interesting things; frames, ornaments, things for the garden, made from colorful stained glass! Although the website says “wholesale”, she sells to individual Kossacks too! Run by mytrinkets.
- Portiera Designs is kossack's theoriginalfeminazi's fine craft gallery/gift shop in Breckenridge, Colorado. Most of our merchandise is hand crafted by American and Canadian artists. We also have a few things that are manufactured in the US by factories that license artwork for reproduction on household items.
Pet Department
- Creature Comforts is a pet sitting service in NW Indiana. Let Kossack HoosierDeb take care of your furbabies while you are away...
- David Woodward Gallery will produce a custom watercolor portrait of a pet from a photo. Talk about a unique and special gift! Kossack DavidW is the artist.
- Henry's Healthy Pets has natural foods for hamsters, rats, mice, flying squirrels, and all squirrel species. It is best quality. Site listed by Kossack deerskie.
- Pawsitive Vybe is a place for canine themed art, online training for dog sports such as Dog Frisbee, "Disc Dog Bed and Breakfast" for in person dog training over a weekend, and more! Kossack k9disc and wife are the proprietors.
- Peregrine Spirit Heartworks is the place where Noor B makes dog coats. Contact her at peregrine.spirit.heartworks@gmail.com for details and pricing. THIS IS OUR STORY
- Pootie Pads are small, catnip filled quilts for cats -- good for many behavioral issues and lots of fun for the cats. Made by Sara R and her sister, Ann. Aromatherapy for your feline friends! Pootie Pads are now available for dogs, too! THIS IS OUR STORY
- PupsnPixels on Etsy has assorted cross-stitch bookmarks, potholders, and they’ll make custom dog beds too! Run by Kossack elginblt, custom designs available on request!
- Sturdi Products manufactures products for traveling pets and their people. The site has been managed by Kossack Pendell for seven years, following a long nursing career.
asterkitty/ alexalev.com — big discounts & special sale on her glorious paintings to get her through a rough move.
elenacarlena offers gift certificates at her website & her Zazzle shop (see merchandise descrips.) and she & jan4insight & jtg all have t-shirts/ designs at TeePublic, the most recent ON SALE!
jan4insight —artwork and handcrafted gifts at her zibbit shop for living expenses for Jan and her diabetic pootie..
Sara R & Winglion’s wondrous pootie-pads, & lavender/thyme for woozles (for cats & dogs, our best buds).
snoopydawg — beautiful photography at 10% off to cover Charlies’ & Abby’s vet costs. Work here(m.a.u.) and here(f.a.a.) can go on cards, iPhone cases, tote bags… even shower curtains! I
Wings — NDN Silver wingssilverwork.com , Aji’s & Wings’ sole income source. Hover on Galleries, then on Silverwork or Photography or Other Artists for links to breathtaking work. Use Contact for email to commission or purchase.
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