Brands - Valley Art Group

Our Brands

Get to know our brands and their distinctive collections of gift products below. If you want to just browse a brand's catalog - you can click on the Catalog button in their info section, it will take you to our password protected Catalog page. (contact Jim for the password) If you would like to see the catalog and order online - click the Order Now button. (must be a registered user to order online)

Azerbaijani Socks

Beautiful. Meaningful Each slipper sock and item in the line is a celebration of Azerbaijani culture and artistry. Knitted with tradional patterns, each holds a special meaning in the designs. Creating jobs to help women provide for their families, knitters are fairly paid and work in a flexible enviroment in rural Azerbaijan.

Each hand knit item is made with the best available materials and goes through several quality control checks before it is sold. Every item is unique and beautiful--a true one of a kind.

Minimum Opening Order: $100
Minimum Reorder: $100
Shipping: 1 week if stock available in Minnesta warehouse, 4 -6 six weeks if shipped from Azerbainjan.

Cedar Crate Market

Cedar Crate Market brings you fun, sassy, and humorous candles, mugs, frames, ornaments, and key chains. Handmade in the USA with creative designs that fit any décor. FAIR WARNING: Not a brand that shies away from a curse word! Even if curse words don't fit your shop, this brand truly has something for everyone so don't pass this one up!

Minimum Opening Order: $140.00
Minimum Reorder: $140.00

Cottage Place Fire Pit Pokers

The ultimate tool (and Dad gift) for your backyard campfire!

Handcrafted in Cross Lake, Minnesota.
Made of forged steel with cedarwood handles.
Custom engraving on handle available, low minimums.
Also available: tongs for picking up logs, the “draft” hollow poker that you blow into to stoke the fire.
Custom Handle Minimum 6 pieces.

Minimum Opening Order: 12 units
Minimum Reorder: 6 units

Down to Earth Pottery

Down to Earth Pottery makes lovely pottery pieces with recycled glass in the base. No 2 pieces are the same. Down to Earth Pottery's little dishes have been shop favorites for many years. Made in Colorado.

Choose from:

little dishes
icon dishes
pillar dishes
artisan dishes

Minimum Opening Order: $180.00
Minimum Reorder: $180.00

Eangee Home Design

Eangee provides eco-friendly, fair trade home goods.

Fresh and unique lamps made with sustainably harvested leaves, non-toxic dyes and water-based finishes.
Indoor/Outdoor wall décor made with specific finishes to ensure each piece is durable and will stand up to the elements.
Made in the Philippines by artisans who are paid a living wage, have access to education and work under dignified and safe conditions.

Minimum Order: 1 item
Minimum Reorder: 1 item

Fired Up Tiles

Colorful tiles with dozens of designs to choose from, handcrafted by California artist Steven Nahabedian.

Popular designs include outlines of Minnesota and Wisconsin, Scandinavian themes, birch trees, dragonfly, moose, and more.
Made in USA.
Easy customization.
Options available: 6” x 6” tiles/trivet, coaster sets and wooden inlay boxes.

Minimum Opening Order: $150
Minimum Reorder: $150

Front Avenue Pottery

Front Avenue Pottery designs & creates fine crafted, high quality, decorative dinner & serving ware. Minnesota artist & potter, Mary Jo Schmith, works daily to produce inspired, functional fine craft for table, kitchen & home! Please talk to your rep about this line!

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Minimum Opening Order: $900
Minimum Reorder: $150

Kiss Me In The Garden

Kiss Me in the Garden is a unique line of skin care products that is made in small batches with ingredients that will improve the look and feel of your skin.

All Kiss Me In the Garden products are paraben-free, phthalate-free, earth friendly, and not tested on animals.

The founder pays special attention to fragrance, due to a fragrance allergy, and when she creates a fragrance, it is with that sensitivity in mind.

Minimum Opening Order: $250
Minimum Reorder: $150

Kitras Art Glass

Kitras Art Glass was built on the belief that one-of-a-kind art glass pieces with meaningful sentiments help open homes, relationships and community to celebrate the beauty of everyday moments.

Kitras Art Glass is Canada's largest hot glass studio. Your customers will be thrilled with these pieces, no two pieces are exactly the same.

Minimum Opening Order: $600
Minimum Reorder: $250

Mediterranean Concepts

Mediterranean Concepts brings you time honored traditions from Turkey and throughout the Mediterranean region.

Colorful mosaic lamps and chandeliers. The glass is cut and placed in each piece by hand and provide an rich light for any room.
Vibrant ceramic dishes ranging from trinket dishes to trays, cups, canisters and more.

All handmade in Turkey.

Minimum Opening Order: $100
Minimum Reorder: $100

Moksha Imports

Handcrafted chimes and more from India and Bali.

Chimes feature delicate hand cut designs, beautiful glass beads and hand tuned Nana bells at affordable prices
Bestselling chime categories: dragonflies, hummingbirds, dogs, cats, songbirds.
Also available: jewelry, ornaments, recycled paper gift bags, textiles, handblown glass and driftwood bowls, paper and foil garlands and much more!
Moksha works with a number of Indian charitable groups to give back to the artisans that make their products and their communities.

Minimum Opening Order: $100
Minimum Reorder: $100

The Mug Experience

Color Changing Mugs Made In Central Minnesota! Choose from a large number of templates or build your own custom mug! The outer mug reveals full color imagery. Choose from hundreds of images.

10% Freight Cap in Five State Region
For State Mugs, Min. 12 Per design--might take a couple of weeks to ship
Story Line Mugs are stocked and can ship asap. Min. 3 Each
Custom: 36 Mugs, $25 One Time Set Up Fee (2-3 weeks turn around to create a custom mug)
Best to submit horizontal images if they want their picture on the mug.

Minimum Order: $300 (they are flexible on this)
Minimum Reorder: $100

Murphy's Naturals/Santa's Naturals

Maker of all natural, earth friendly products. Keep the mosquitos and insects at bay!

Mosquito Repellent Sticks, Incense Cones, Candles, Spray, Balm and Bite Relief Balm.
DEET free, sustainably sourced, plant based, made with essential oils.
For the holidays: Santa's Naturals Essential Oil and Soy/Beeswax Candles in a charming vintage tin.

Minimum Order: $250
Minimum Reorder: $250

Ozark Brands: Heartland Fragrance and McCall’s Candles

Now order both lines from Ozark Brands.

Heartland Fragrance: made right in the heart of the United States, products include the ever-popular ducks soaps, olive oil bars, colorful glycerin and loofah bars, and Epsom salt spa soaks.

Duck Soaps: Loved by kids of all ages, these irresistible soaps feature rubber ducks swimming happily in super-moisturizing glycerin soap. They are mild, kid-safe, and just plain fun! They float too!
Loofah Bars: Exfoliation is an absolute must for beautiful, healthy skin. No time for a daily spa scrub? Think again! We’ve made it easy by combining everyone’s favorite natural scrubber, the loofa, with colorful, super-moisturizing glycerin soap.
Olive Oil bars: The hand cut soaps are loaded with premium moisturizers like Olive, Coconut, and Avocado oils as well as rich Shea and Cocoa Butters.
Epsom Spa Soaks: Premium grade mineral Epsom salt enhanced with a therapeutic blended scent creates a relaxing spa experience at home. Epsom salt is known to help relieve aches and pains, promote relaxation, aid sleep and more.

Minimum Order and Reorder: $100

McCall’s Candles: highly scented quality candles in antique jars and tins with original artwork on the labels. Also, wax melts and diffusers. Over 50 different delicious fragrances like Apple Butter, Balsam Forest, Christmas Morning, Raspberry Lemon, and Sunrise Cinnamon Bun. Beautiful colors too. New Krackle Candles!

Minimum Order and Reorder: $200.00--17% Freight Cap

Paul's Metal Petals

Garden stakes and sculptures made from reclaimed silverware.

Handcrafted in Battle Lake, Minnesota.
Each piece is designed with a balance, so they move in the wind without falling off the stake.
Designs include Drunken Dragonflies, Tipsy Toads and Brew Birds.

Minimum Opening Order: $150
Minimum Reorder: $150

Skoy

Skoy provides ecoefficient products for good clean fun!

Skoy Cloth - absorbent, reusable, natural (cotton/wood-based cellulose) & biodegradable/compostable
Sky Scrub & holder - cotton/food grade non-toxic hardener, food scrapings don't get stuck, gentle on pans
Skoy towels - absorbent, quick dry, streak free, made from 100% recycled polyester, super soft

Minimum Opening Order: $170
Minimum Reorder: $170

Soak it Up! Swedish Dish Cloths

Soak it Up Cloths are your clever, durable, absorbent, eco-friendly cleaning companion.

1 Cloth = 15 rolls of paper towels. Lasts for 6 months or more!
Absorbs 20X its weight in liquid.
100% natural & compostable, made of 70% plant cellulose & 30% cotton and water-based ink.
Easy to sanitize on top rack in dishwasher, microwave, or washing machine.
Designed by a Minnesota Mom, made in Sweden.
Clever designs on bright backgrounds!

Minimum Opening Order: 36 pieces
Minimum Reorder: 36 pieces

Steller Handcrafted Goods

Made in Minnesota. Useful and beautiful, Scandinavian Designs. Textures and colors from recycled wool. Upcycling is key to their business, foraging for unique sweaters at thrift stores, garage sales, antique shops and more. The wool is given a second life and are handmade by real Minnesotans with extra detail and special add-ons on every piece. A wide range of product:

Mittens
Cashmere Wristwarmers and Scarves
Mini-Mitten Ornaments and Garlands
Dog collars
Sweater Purses
Elf Hats
Summer Bonnets
Lapel Pins
Sami-Inspired Booties
And, More!

Minimum Opening Order: $100
Minimum Reorder: $100

Tey-Art

Alpaca socks and accessories for men and women. Made in Peru. Founded in 2001, Tey-Art is committed to using natural, sustainable fibers and works only with factories and artisan co-ops that subscribe to Fair Trade principles.

Alpaca Socks have natural dyes and are warmer, lighter and less allergenic than wool. The ultimate luxury in the chilly North.
Also available: embroidered fleece-lined hats, scarves, hand warmers, glittens (glove-mittens), and belts.

Designs Marked "NEW" generally are available in July of 2022.

Minimum Opening Order: $50
Minimum Reorder: $50