Kiva Store offers artisans a free platform to sell their work throughout the United States. Kiva Store artisans set their own prices and control their own businesses. You can learn more about Kiva's work, on About Kiva. WIN # 2 Children Benefit!Įach item purchased from Kiva Store will benefit Kiva's programmes that provide lifesaving nutrition, medicine, education, clean water, emergency relief and more to children in need. By skipping steps in the traditional supply chain, you can buy high quality items for less than the regular retail prices. Fund for Kiva partnered with NOVICA, who works directly with artists through their regional offices in Asia, Africa and Latin America, allowing purchases from Kiva Store to go directly from the artisans to fulfilling customer orders. Each of these intermediaries adds cost to the product, and that cost is passed on to the customer.
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Handmade goods from developing nations usually pass through a series of intermediaries before being purchased by retail consumers. Kiva Store offers triple win pricing, where YOU the consumer, Children from around the world, and Artisans all benefit. Since then, I have been crafting a variety of painted wood products, which sometimes I combine with fabrics." "One day, a friend of mine suggested painting on a piece of wood and the result was very nice. I never liked this kind of work, therefore at night I often did some paintings these became my private collection. Though my brother had promised to pay for my studies, I still had to work as a laborer, for he could not give me enough money. "After graduating from secondary school, instead of going to an art school I studied at a technical school (equal to senior high). Besides practicing extracurricular activities, I also took a part-time job finishing and adding color to art products after school until late afternoon. "At school, my drawing skill was above average.
My parents were farmers who could hardly invest in their children's studies. That is the day I was born in a remote village in Bali, the fourth of six children.
Itching for more options? You’ll want to peruse the gold bookends roundup, too, and maybe even peruse some dragon bookends (because why not?)."Tuesday, Octowas a happy day for I GustMade Sangging and his wife GustMade Endri. The dual purpose of these brass bookends shaped like books makes them especially neat. This set of brass book bookends are similar to the ones on my shelf. Grab this cat watching a mouse for $20-it’s a single bookend, but it’ll keep a nice stack held up.ĭid anyone else’s mind immediately go to Monopoly with these brass iron bookends? $53 for the set.Ĭat owners know this pose well. This set of bookends would look amazing with your fancy books between them. Your books will never forget how you feel about them. (And if you want more pineapple bookends, you’re in luck!) $43 each.Ī pair of perfect pineapples for your shelves. It might look simple, but a set of brass stoppers like this is super effective. If I didn’t already own a few sets of owl bookends, I’d snap up this one, too. Who says you can’t find unicorn bookends? $90 for the set. These brass fan bookends are so intricately decorated! $50 for the set.Ĭlocking in at 3 pounds, you really do only need one of these brass bear bookends to keep a pile of reads steady. $33 for the set.Ī pair of egret bookends for the birders out there. $40 for the set.įor the dog lovers out there, this set of Spaniel bookends is a winner. Your books deserve a little beach life, too, with these brass shell bookends. Plus, they hold up the really heavy piles with zero issue. I’ve got a set holding my books that are themselves big open books and I’ve never seen bookends like them. What I find especially appealing about brass bookends is that they’re often vintage and unique, so you won’t see the same bookends on every other person’s shelf. But sometimes you have to call in the big ones for heavy-duty book holding. They might be cute and perfect for a couple of books or for pure decoration (and no judgment-bookends are awesome and fine for aesthetic purposes only). Sometimes the little bookends simply won’t due. Follow her on Instagram All posts by Kelly Jensen Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. BestAlice 2 Pcs Rabbit Bookends, Bunny Book Ends for Shelves, Ceramic Animal Figurine Book Ends Stands Shelves, White Rabbit Home Decor £28.89 £ 28. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED.
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