Fair Trade Accessories—Great New Eco-friendly Items

Our fair trade accessories online store has really grown with loads of new items for women and men. We've been searching long and hard and carefully selecting the best accessories items to add to our store. Items we think you'll feel will complement your fashion style and your commitment to ethical shopping. And we've been hooking up with really exciting third world artisans in Thailand and Uganda: Vance Kitria is from Thailand and Mend (love that name) is out of Uganda. Trendy and beautiful creations from great people.
Here's one of our new handbags, the Chelsea Handbag. This handbag is made from high-grade canvas with genuine leather trim. Removable leather strap and many other fine features. Very well priced too.




And here's a very cool Laptop Sleeve from Mend for a MacBook or comparable sized laptops that is perfect for men or women. Truly a very special gift choice for any occasion. This sleeve is made of 100% cotton duck canvas for the exterior and padded micro-suede in the interior.

Thanks for shopping with Shopping for a Change.

Support International Women's Day, March 9

Tomorrow, March 9, is International Women's Day, and I am personally celebrating this day by doing everything I can to help women who are financially disadvantaged here at home in the U.S. and all countries abroad. I recognize that many (if not most) women do not have the choices we enjoy—choices that come with where you're born and the opportunities provided or denied by those circumstances. If you're born in a village in a third world country your opportunities are very limited. When I started traveling to countries such as Peru in order to research my fair trade gifts I saw women of every age trying to earn money in any respectable way they could, from offering photo opportunities to selling their handmade wares. This is much of what International Women's Day is about: creating more opportunities, more choices for women in less fortunate circumstances than ours.

Here at Shopping for a Change much of my daily work and mission involves working for women of the international community who craft beautiful, trendy, eco-friendly products, and also helping nonprofits in the U.S. which address women's needs. Every day I and a few other volunteers who assist me search out fair trade accessories, fair trade jewelry, fair trade clothing, fair trade home decor to offer to our customers while giving back to the women (and to a far lesser degree, men) who craft these products. Soon, I will have a baby line of products.

Please join me in celebrating tomorrow by supporting women here in the U.S. and all points abroad. My fair trade marketplace is a wonderful way to directly help women abroad with limited opportunities and choices. Thank you.

Live everyday as if it is International Women's Day.

Happy New Year Sale Through January 23rd

First, I truly wish all of my readers a Happy and Abundant New Year, with health and wisdom also wished for all. Shopping for a Change®  is now coming into its third full year of offering high quality, finely designed and trendy fair trade products. It has been quite a journey so far, literally and figuratively, with many personal rewards and challenges.

To celebrate the arrival of 2013, I am holding a New Year Sale starting today, January 9th, running through January 23rd. That's two weeks of savings on fair trade accessories, fair trade jewelry and other very fine products.

All together, there are twenty-two products on sale, and some have been steeply marked down for clearance.

Here are a few examples:

Gracie Scarf
A delightful Pima Cotton scarf from Little Journeys. Hand knit and great for any season.

Zulugrass Single Strands
Eco-friendly and sustainable grass from Africa wedded to Czech glass beads strung on elastic—these strands can be worn 50 different ways, from necklaces, bracelets, belts, anklets, hair accessories and more. Huge range of colors.

Embroidered Leather Wristlet
From the very popular and chic Fredd & Basha designers, this wristlet purse is hand sewn and embroidered. Can double as a wallet and holds a surprising amount of items. Four colors to choose from


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