1. Stash your stuff
Tote your laptop or notebook in this handmade turquoise shoulder bag adorned with patchwork flowers, $22.95.
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2. Charmed life
Apex jewelry designer Ivania Gutiérrez works with artisans in her native Chile to produce striking fused-glass pendants and charms. While colors and shapes are similar, no two pieces are exactly the same. Large square necklace, $30; earrings, $15.
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3. Glass is always greener
This Phoenician green glass pitcher is made from recycled glass in the West Bank, $69; silk paper flowers from Bangladesh, $6 each. tenthousandvillages.com/raleigh
1. Mood indigo
Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit, fair trade retailer offering handicrafts by artisans in more than 30 countries.
Place Gerbera daisies in this cobalt Egyptian vase for a striking focal point, $39.
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2. Fresh outlook
This handmade paper and dried-flower frame is made in the Philippines, $14. tenthousandvillages.com/raleigh
3. Stylish set
The Sea Collection uses sterling silver fittings in each coordinating piece. Round pendant necklace, $28; matching earrings with fixed hooks, $25.
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4. What’s on your wallet?
The young and young at heart will be charmed by these felted-wool coinpurses, $6.95 each. tibetanhimalayangifts.com
World on a string
The Tibetan Himalayan Gift Shop carries merchandise from artists and craftsmen throughout the Himalayan region. Resin bead and metal necklace, $23. tibetanhimalayangifts.com
WHERE TO SHOP
Chilean Charm Jewelry
(919) 348-0861
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Chilean Charm Jewelry is also available at Ten Thousand Villages
in Cary.
Ten Thousand Villages
Shoppes of Kildaire
1357 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary
(919) 377-2700
tenthousandvillages.com/raleigh
Tibetan Himalayan Gift Shop
746 East Chatham St., Suite B, Cary
(919) 388-3373
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