Gifts With Humanity

Turquoise Ring Starting at $0.99 – Fanpage Auction

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:11:35 +0000

We're trying something new with these beautiful item. This is one of our best selling rings, however, this particular one has a diamond shaped turquoise stone in the middle and the others have half circles. So, we're going to do a fun little experiment on our Facebook fanpage. An open auction. We'll start the bidding at $0.99 with free shipping. To bid, simply write what you're willing to pay on our Facebook wall. There is only one, so if someone out bids you, you'll have to re-bid. Bidding will end at 12 noon EST on Tuesday September 7th.

Art Competition

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:41:19 +0000

Just finished submitting our art competition to several online art competition websites. The latest was ArtDeadline.com.

They have connected artists to opportunities since 1994. Help'n those artists get paid!

New Product from Kenya

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:57:47 +0000

We have just listed some great new product from an artisan group in Kenya that helps provide a future for artists living the the slums of Nairobi. The beautiful products are electroplated silver, hand shaped into stars and hearts and feet and everything else.

Paper Art

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:32:50 +0000

If you want to participate in our Fair Trade Art Competition and need a little inspiration do a quick Google image search for "Paper Art". Talk about wow! Also, do take a look at Peter Callesen's work.

Vote for the Next Give-a-Way

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:50:29 +0000

We're having a vote on the next Gifts With Humanity give-a-way should be
1) 5 Painted Metal Elephants
2) 2 Painted Metal Lions
3) 2 Painted Metal Warthogs
4) 1 Painted Metal Gazelle

Place your votes on our Facebook page or by commenting below and we'll work out how the give-a-way will work...

Featured in Lucky Magazine

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:21:06 +0000

Could we set the coffee down and take a moment to pat ourselves on the back with our callused hands? It will probably come as no surprise to anyone familiar with our Telephone Wire Bracelets, but for anyone else needing a style magazine to lend its expertise to their fair trade wardrobe, Lucky has stepped up and removed all obstinate objections to this style brilliance.

Almost certainly inspired by Diane von Furstenberg use of these bangles in her spring collection as seen in this video from the New York Fashion week, these bangles continue to inspire great bursts of color.

Photography by Michael Waring

Conserve India

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:21:06 +0000

Conserve India is a group we have recently started working with that takes trash off the ground and makes beautiful bags and wallets.

Here are some pictures of their interns playing with school children:

Facebook Give-a-Way

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:47:45 +0000

What do your friends do when they get 50 necklaces and 6 of them are different from the rest? Well we give those 6 necklaces away to our Facebook friends. If you want one of these heart-shaped amethyst bead necklaces, it couldn't be easier (AND CHEAPER) to get one. Be our friend or fan or whatever it is this week on Facebook and post on our wall "I WANT ONE!".

The first 6 folks get hooked up for free. After you post on the fan wall, we'll be in touch to get your address.

Oh, and if you want to know what the other 6 looked like, check'em out here.

Crazy Alien Invasion

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:07:39 +0000

Ok, I'll admit it. I do photoshop our jewelry images a little....BUT that's just because I'm not a good photographer. As you can see in this picture, for some reason one earring caught the light better than the other. Both look ok, but nobody wants earrings that are different colors...AND they are the same color, this was just a lighting problem with my photography skills.

So, the solution was to grab the one on the left and flip it over to create two identical earrings. However, when I did that...

a CRAZY ALIEN FACE JUMPED OUT AT ME!

These earrings will soon be for sale at Gifts With Humanity.com, but the alien is sold separately

Brand Spank’n New Fair Trade Products Out of Chile

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:33:08 +0000

Nothing like some new designs on old products. Take a look at what just got of the plane. And as always, we'd love to hear your feedback and comments!