If you MUST shop for the holidays, this site is awesome...

[JSK]

www.thehungersite.com

Bought all my gifts there last year and fed the hungry too.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. I buy from that site as well as the sister sites. They have very nice stuff.

10,000 villages is also a wonderful little shop to look for gifts. I adore that store.

[norepubsin08]

2. CHRISTMAS IS EVIL

Just an excuse for corporate fat cats to part us with our money!!!

[CreekDog]

8. uh

Christmas has been around a lot longer than corporations. And you can use it for an opportunity to do good.

[JSK]

12. Another reason why this site is so perfect

Stick it to the corporate fascists, get some awesome stuff, and do some good at the same time.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. The AnimalRescue site is there too. I click on that every day..and buy stuff from them.

[PoiBoy]

4. Awesome site....!

Thanks for the link... I actually found the perfect gift for my honey on this site..!! I'm amazed and very stoked...! Again, thank you..!!

:hi:

[shanti]

5. k&r!

i've been looking for a website like this!

[Andy823]

6. k&r

I like it! My kids are checking things out as I write, and my daughter is adding things to her list from this site.

Thanks!

[JDPriestly]

7. Thanks. I like the glow in the dark hummingbird feeder for

an elderly person on my list. Perfect.

[Lochloosa]

9. Check out the Peruvian Sheepskin Slippers $29.95

My wife is going to love these.

[OneBlueSky]

10. here's another great shopping site . . .

sponsored by National Geographic . . . carries handmade products of all kinds by indigenous artists throughout the world . . . check it out . . .

NOVICA World Artists
http://www.novica.com/

here's a sample of what you can find . . .

Wood jewelry box, 'Peace Equals Harmony with Nature'

Your Price: $37.95


Roses bloom on a serene feminine face. The beautiful woman smiles seductively as a monarch butterfly poses briefly on the blossom. Gusti Ngurah Semarajaya sculpts the form from crocodile wood, painting the smooth features by hand. Lined in velvet, the box stores jewelry and keepsakes. Semarajaya's original design pleads the cause of the migratory insects whose sanctuaries are being destroyed around the world. Peace requires that people and nature live in harmony, the artisan's message.

Artist: Gusti Ngurah Semarajaya



"Tuesday, October 26, 1976 was a happy day for I GustMade Sangging and his wife GustMade Endri. That is the day I was born in a remote village in Bali, the fourth of six children. My parents were farmers who could hardly invest in their children's studies.

"At school, my drawing skill was above average. Besides practicing extracurricular activities, I also took a part-time job finishing and adding color to art products after school until late afternoon.

"After graduating from secondary school, instead of going to an art school I studied at a technical school (equal to senior high). 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. I never liked this kind of work, therefore at night I often did some paintings; these became my private collection.

"One day, a friend of mine suggested painting on a piece of wood and the result was very nice. Since then, I have been crafting a variety of painted wood products, which sometimes I combine with fabrics."

here's a larger photo of this work . . .



http://www.novica.com/

[Dinger]

11. Thanks For Posting this - Great Site!

:) :thumbsup:

[Greyskye]

13. I did most of my Christmas shopping for my wife there over the weekend

She gets some really nice stuff, and they get the funding for over 400 cups of food.

Win/Win.

[druidity33]

14. I like Etsy.

It's all handmade goods by real people. I myself have a shop there. You can find nearly anything on Etsy and the profits go straight to the crafter.

Making a living on Crafting is pretty close to hunger sometimes...

:shrug: