Flavour Saviour is like a funky Alice in Wonderland. Set in a warehouse behind the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance in Little Haiti, it's the sort of place you just stumble into. There's not even a sign on the boutique's front door.

Inside the rabbit-hole-like space you'll find Servane Gaxotte doll necklaces, (which actually look like sophisticated French voodoo necklaces), ocean-blue Kenyan sarongs that can be transformed into summer scarves, simple silk dresses with tame prints and crocheted capes for little girls.

''Finding clothes, toys and gifts that are unique and stimulating is not so easy here,'' said co-owner Liesel Harivel, 34, who is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. ``I have three kids, so I am constantly on the lookout for items appealing to the different stages that they enter into.''

This explains the store's strong children's theme. Flavour Saviour carries adventurous, anti-video game items like Make Your Own Ukulele and Make Your Own Hishou Plane kits.

''It makes me realize that mainstream anything is quite boring and Flavour Saviour allows me the freedom to create beauty in other areas of my life,'' said co-owner Beth Becker, 44, a freelance stylist.

Children's clothes are Boho-adorable -- psychedelic gold and black boxer shorts, colorful Moroccan slippers, fuchsia petty skirts, superhero capes, and organic tees with cartoon prints.

While kids are looking at the venue's floral-printed notebooks, colored pencils and dominoes, women can find Sahara Desert-dreamy cotton dresses, Indian kimono-style dresses, trucker hats, Baroque necklaces, elegant silk blouses and Brickhouse cinnamon, cucumber and green tea glosses. There are also Laura Zindel ceramic bottles for perfume and olive oil. The shop's prices range from $5 to $250.

Becker and Harivel travel to markets in places like Morocco, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Japan, and Israel to purchase items for the store.

The self-described ''recovering thrift-shop junkies'' met 10 years ago at a prop shop in Miami Beach.

''Liesel's middle son, Drake, and my daughter, Stella, are exactly one week apart,'' said Becker, who is originally from New Orleans.

''Flaviour Saviour represents a connection,'' she added. ``A connection I hope we're all lucky enough to stumble into.''

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