Thursday, July 24, 2014

TENTHOUSANDVILLAGES.COM

Get ready for handmade goods. This site is a nonprofit, fair trade organization that sells handmade items from people in poorer areas. There are 35 countries represented on this site and over 120 artisan groups. 



When was the last time you played a nice game of tic-tac-toe? Made out of stone, this brings me back to the last time my friends and I were bored in class. Handmade in Pakistan, Stone Pleasure Tic-Tac-Toe $29 ..





Look at this wooden dice box that contains six regular sized die. Handmade in India, Six-in-One Dice $20 ..





Check your coffee table .. are there rings on it from moist drinkware? These coasters are made from unrefined onyx in the city of Karachi in Pakistan. 






Now is your time to get earrings made out of fish scales. In Peru, they dry the fish scales and them dye them to look like flower petals for the appropriately named Sea Flower Earrings $18 ..








Have you already gotten a statement necklace? If not, invest. If yes, get another one !! Handmade in Kenya out of hammered brass and silver, this necklace is amazing. Modern Art Necklace $59 ..






                                                                  ~ Cici






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