Hand knit arm warmers are made from Alpaca fibers in Peru. These measure 7".
Originally $38/ $22 (40% off!)
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
SOLD-Draped Chain Earrings
please make sure you have read the "rules" before you claim something
THESE ARE MY FAVORITE EARRINGS! I'm super sad to see them go, (they go with everything) but they are going to be phased out and as much as I love them I want to have new samples to bring to your Trunk Shows! Be advised all Noonday jewelry made with brass will oxidize (darken/tarnish) over time. The earrings you will receive have already tarnished and are gorgeous. They are a rich brass color now, not shiny gold. You get the idea...but let me know if you would like a pic.
3" long and made in India
Originally $34/ $22 (35% off!)
Ribbon earrings
Handmade by a fair trade artisan group in India that creates avenues of employment for the economically disadvantaged.
3.5" long. Composed of thread and brass. Brass will oxidize over time and tarnish with wear.
Originally $34/ $22 (35% off!)
Stone Dangle Earrings
Just over 3" long, stone 1/2" wide. Composed of brass and stone. Made in India.
Originally $32/ $19 (40% off!)
SOLD-Stacked Black Earrings
Each one of these beads is hand created by Jamie in a studio in Antigua, Guatemala. The beads are then hand-woven by a group of local women who receive a fair wage for their work.
Originally $24/ NOW $19
SOLD-Wola Noni bowls
These bowls come in a set of three and are perfect for your desk, window sill, side table, and more. Each bowl takes up to 4 hours to make by hand. They are created out of recycled magazine by a craft project in South Africa that focuses on the needs of HIV+ women and their children. Their services aim to ease the burden of HIV by enabling people living with the virus to respond positively and attain the skills to develop their own coping strategies. Small bowl approx 4-1/4" in diameter, medium bowl approx. 5" diameter; large bowl 6-3/4" in diameter.
For decorative purposed only, not food safe.
Originally $38/ $23 (40% off!)
Ipad cover
Our Noonday customers put a group of women through sewing school in Rwanda and this is part of their first collection. Thanks to their new skills and work opportunity, these women are able to create a more stabilized income for themselves and their families.
Fits all versons of iPad comfortable. Composed of dutch wax print and cotton. Padded on both sides with button loop closure.
Originally $24/ $14 (40% off!)
Banded Triangles Belt
Each belt is embroidered using ancient, heirloom quality techniques. The artisans are women in poverty stricken rural areas with very few employment opportunities. They usually work at home with their children playing nearby.
Composed of hand embroidered wool with a metal two-prong bucket. These belts use a variety of handmade embroidery and should be handled with care to prevent fraying. Please put them through belt looks gently to prolong use.
This belt is a size MEDIUM 40" long, 1.75" wide.
Cup Cozy
Hand knit alpaca cup cozy with hand carved wooden button. Wraps around any average size coffee cup to keep your coffee cozy and your hands from being too hot. Made in Peru.
Originally $24/ NOW $14 (40% off!)
Variated Diamonds Belt
Each belt is embroidered using ancient, heirloom quality techniques. The artisans are women in poverty stricken rural areas with very few employment opportunities. They usually work at home with their children playing nearby.
Composed of hand embroidered wool with a metal two-prong bucket. These belts use a variety of handmade embroidery and should be handled with care to prevent fraying. Please put them through belt looks gently to prolong use.
This belt is a size MEDIUM 40" long, 1.75" wide.
Pelotas Bracelet-Rose
This bracelet is made from sustainable seeds in Ecuador. It takes 3 months for the seed to turn into a bead! Elastic stretch.
Originally $15/ $9 (40% off!)
Escalera Bracelet (aqua)
This piece is hand crafted from Tagua and takes 3 months to go from seed to bead. Adjustable elastic.
Burnt Triangles Bracelet
This bracelet is hand carved and then embossed using an ancient burning technique in Peru. The wood is from the Valle del Palcazu region of Peru. Diameter 2.75" Design face - 2.5"x1". (I LOVE this bracelet and it was so comfortable, I'm going to miss it!)
Cozy Knitted Bangle
3" in diameter and hand knitted with hand spun alpaca fibers over a gourd bangle. Made in Peru. (I LOVED wearing this bracelet and will miss it a lot!)
SOLD-Zoe Necklace (Turquoise)
Each bead is handmade from paper and then string delicately with gold colored glass beads. Measures 15" to 18" in length with a loop closure. Handmade by African Style, a group that Noonday Collection helped launch in Uganda.
Originally $48/ $29 (40% off!)
SOLD-Exploration Necklace
Handmade by Africa Style, the group that helped launch Noonday Collection.
27" long and created with handcrafted paper beads and seed beads.
Check out two wonderful men who make these necklaces!
originally $48/ $28 (40% off!)
Beza Charm Necklace
Leather and charms compliment one another in this necklace. This piece is handmade in Ethiopia using recycled nickel, copper, and bronze melted down from previous war weapons. Most of the artisans who created the pieces are HIV postitice and receive healthcare and literacy training in addition to job training. Designed by Raven + Lily.
Originally $84/ $50 (40% off!)
Originally $84/ $50 (40% off!)
Check out how this necklace is made!
Very Special Tote
This hand woven tote bag is created from organic cotton and natural dyes by a village of women in Laos. All raw materials to create the natural dyes are grown in their village. Each textile takes three days for the women to weave. L15 x H15 x W3 inches.
originally $124/ $62 (50% off!)
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Welcome to the Blog Train!
**Winner has been chosen! Congrats Heather Bardin!**
Welcome everyone!
As most of you know I have been involved with a company called Noonday Collection since April of 2012. I say "involved" because although I am selling beautiful handmade items it is so so so much more than that! It is sharing stories of our artisans and their triumphs over poverty through the work of their hands. It is telling women ways that they can be directly involved in changing the future of disadvantaged people around the world! YOU CAN DO SOMETHING!
This has been life changing for me this past year. I am reading Half the Sky and I watched the documentary recently. After seeing and reading about the harsh realities of women around the world I realized we can all DO SOMETHING.
Yes, even us little ol' American housewives with little kids in tow. All of us. We can make informed purchases that provide sustainable incomes, we can support non profits that work day in a day out to make a better life for the disadvantaged. We can do something and be a voice for change. HOW? How can you do that? How can we do that when we are raising small children, going to the grocery store, taking kids here and there, making dinner, etc.
First, we can be informed. That's huge. If you don't KNOW about female genital mutilation, sexual trafficking, modern slavery, rape, infant rape, AIDS, abuse you really aren't helping. How can you help, how can you do something about something you know nothing about?! It hurts to hear about these things, it will make you cry, it will break your heart, it will hurt. It needs to break your heart. "When I heard these things, I sat down and wept." Nehemiah 1:4 Read, watch, and listen.
Start by reading Half the Sky, start by watching the documentary. Join this facebook page too. Find someone who has lived through these things and seen them first hand.
I met a woman Malang, she is from South Sudan and she LIVED this stuff. She was smuggled out of the Sudan to Egypt in a duffle bag! Speaking to her changed my life. I'll blog about her in the future, she has an amazing story.
Once you hear these things you must act.
I know its really hard to travel overseas...my husband travels overseas for work all the time and I've yet to be able to go anywhere with him. Its hard, its expensive. One day I will go, one day. But, until then I will read, watch, and listen.
SHOP!
Yes, shop...and donate. Supporting the enterprise of people in poverty is HUGE. Malang told me first hand how she watched her mother knit and crochet to keep her family afloat because her father lost his job when he refused to convert to Islam. Without people to buy her mother's goods her parents couldn't feed their 7 sons and daughters.
You don't have to shop Noonday Collection. Although that would be great! You can shop...
AND GIVE!
There are tons of fabulous organizations doing fabulous work. Find one and help them.
If you would like to share stories in your home and be a part of this movement of DOING SOMETHING please contact me (my contact is at the bottom of my Noonday page). It would be a great privilege to bring a little bit of the 3rd world to your world so you can share with your friends how they can DO SOMETHING! Check out what it means to have a Trunk Show in your home. By the way...I am in Richmond, VA but, there are ambassadors all over the US...let me know and I can hook you up with one of them!
For my giveaway I will be awarding this super nice hard cover journal to a random commenter! To enter:
1. go "like" my facebook page
2. share my page or this blog post on FB
3. and comment on this post with a way that YOU can DO SOMETHING, or a way you have been doing something!
By the way the journal was made by these lovely ladies in Jaipur, India.
Winner will be chosen on January 13th by random number generator from the comments on this post. Enter away!!!
Next on the Noonday Blog Train will be Wynne Elder, check out her INSANELY AWESOME blog at www.elderadventures.blogspot.com
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mediterranean Necklace
SO SORRY THIS ITEM NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Mediterranean Sea Necklace-MARKED DOWN!
My necklace has a naturally darkened patina color on the chain.
$24 $29/originally $38
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