All photos by Ellie Willard
All photos by Ellie Willard
“I’m really excited to put a face to my business,” says Madalyn Nault of Madalyn Nault Accessories. For her, Best Fest is a chance to have fun and let loose after being featured in PHOENIX magazine year after year. What can attendees expect from you at Best Fest? I’m bringing purses, wallets and various accessories. They are all made by me. They are fun designs and unique prints. What are you most looking forward to...
In our Meet Your Makers series, we chat with Valley creatives of all stripes about their origin stories, inspiration, process, and products, and why it's important to get to know your local makers.
“The biggest challenges through this pandemic have been shifting from in-person events to online sales and adjusting to a new way of sourcing materials,” says Madalyn Nault, a Phoenix designer who creates wallets and clutches using vinyl and upcycled fabric under her Madalyn Nault Accessories label. This spring, she reluctantly added a new product: face masks. “I found myself dwelling on the fact that if a skill I had was needed in an emergency, then...