Tejidos Bukidnon booth at Kahimunan Mindanao Island Fair 2008 (WINNER Best Styled Booth, Furniture Category)

About two weeks ago we joined the trade fair at Cagayan de Oro City organized by the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry). My mom’s company, Tejidos Bukidnon, which specializes in natural, hand-woven floor coverings got invited to join APFTI(Advocate of Philippine Fair Trade, Inc.) last year. One of the organizations’ services (free) is product development and design. And their designer made us do furniture (as a result of assessing our available materials). All though we had around two months to do the prototypes in time for the show, we did all this in a week or so. It had been quite a ride the last two months for all of us, but we made good with our promise to support Fair Trade practices.

And the booth winning was a pleasant bonus and wonderful surprise!