Bought Beautifully & a Giveaway

I love doing posts about fun, creative things. Whether it’s home decor or art prints or fashion, I love to create things but I also love to shop for unique things to wear or make or decorate with. like a lot. But when I’m shopping for pretty things I don’t often look at HOW or WHERE these pretty things are made. And more than likely, many of the products found in our homes and our closets were produced in unsafe and substandard working conditions – or even worse – by child labor or slave labor. awful.

A few months ago I came across a company called Bought Beautifully. They’re an online company who sells products that are ethically made. They feature unique and beautifully crafted items which are also reasonably priced! They currently represent 36 different organizations from around the world – all of which follow their mission to inspire interactions that enrich lives, restore hope and empower people. I’ve teamed up with Bought Beautifully to get their message out and to show you the beautiful products they offer. And as a bonus – they’re offering a giveway of 3 of their products to one lucky greco design company reader! You can win a beautiful carved wood frame, a handmade wool headband from Peru, and a fabric collage bookmark that is truly a little piece of art.

The bookmark and headband are both from Threads of Hope. Threads of Hope began in 1999 as a part­ner­ship between 7 Peru­vian artists and 2 women from the states with the goal to empower peo­ple by break­ing the cycle of poverty. They do this by pro­vid­ing fair, con­sis­tent, and reli­able monthly income for the cre­ators of their prod­ucts. They sell these items in the states, and thanks to their expan­sive vol­un­teer coali­tion, they are able to pour 100% of the profit back into the com­mu­ni­ties through grants aimed at reduc­ing poverty. See more about Threads of Hope here.