Heartful Village - News & Handmade Product Reviews

a handpicked collection of handmade buddha statues

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Whether hanging on a wall, resting on a tabletop, or nestled in a quiet garden spot, Buddha statues lend a sense of calm serenity. So I've pulled together this small collection of handmade Buddhas. They are diverse in size, style, and position. The smallest is four inches high, and the larges stands 20 inches. Four of them are handcarved wood and two are hand cast stone. All of them are lovely. You can click an image for details, or click here to see the whole collection.

a nice collection of handmade gifts for mother's day

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:53:10 +0000

I really like this collection of Mother's Day gifts from Etsy shops that was curated by Melissa de la Fuente. Her picks run the gamut of gift possibilites, with handmade jewelry, handmade shoes, artwork and lots more. Just click the image to read the article and get the links to loads of cool handmade products.

And check out Melissa's blog, Melissa Loves. There's also a link to it here on the Blog Roll.

all season, all figure clothing by lauren grossman

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Lauren Grossman designs soft and flowing all-season clothing that is flattering to every figure. Designed to be combined, you can create a wardrobe with just a few of her Planet Clothing pieces. Mixed and matched, layered, whatever, they'll take you from day to evening, casual to dressy. Click an image for details or click here to see the whole collection.

vivid squares of wall art by kara young

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:35:36 +0000

Kara Young creates stunning wall art built on a foundation of heavy handmade paper. Young's skillful and highly creative integration of paint, copper leafing, and found objects gives her works a sculptural quality with surface patinas that seem to bear the natural wear of age. You can click my handpicked selections below for details or click here to see the whole collection.

dori csengeri handmade embroidered earrings

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:41:56 +0000

Textile designer Dori Csengeri creates colorful and intricate jewelry that is entirely hand-sewn onto leather backings by experienced embroidery craftswomen. Some of her gorgeous earring designs are previewed below. Click an image for details, or shop more Dori Csengeri jewelry from this site.

colorful polymer clay jewelry by klara borbas

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:45:52 +0000

Klara Borbas is known for her stunning handmade black and white porcelain jewelry that hints of its origins in her elegant ceramic vessels. Borbas has lately been expressing herself in colorful polymer clay creations. A preview follows. You can click an image for details, or click here to see her whole collection.

fair trade jewelry by worldwide novica artisans

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:38:19 +0000

Talented Novica artisans live in creative communities all around the world. They're in South and Central America, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, and Africa. And many of those far flung artisans create beautiful jewelry. You can follow these links and images to Novica's collection of handmade fair trade jewelry from around the world.

Earrings	Bracelets	Necklaces
Beaded jewelry	Rings	Wrap bracelets
Men's jewelry	Bird jewelry	Natural flower jewelry

new shopping page for handmade home and garden

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:53:47 +0000

It is now way easier to find the home products you're looking for in Lookup^quick. That's because we now have a separate Home & Garden shopping page. So you can browse artwork and picture frames and garden decor and lighting and all the many other handmade home products there. There are so many cool products it's amazing, like this Golden Resting Buddha Statue from the Buddha Statues category. There are way too many categories for me to list them all here, so just click on over to Lookup^quick Home & Garden now and check them all out for yourself.

mayan calendars and replicas for 2012 and beyond

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:03:26 +0000

2012 has been the subject of much speculation in recent years because of supposed Mayan prophecies about endings and new beginnings and all sorts of other things. Wherever you are on all that, I'm sure you'll like the wonderful products curators at Novica have selected for its new Mayan Prophecies Collection. This collection contains lots of beautiful handmade fair trade art objects and jewelry. It's overflowing with Mayan Calendars, Nahuale Jewelry, Archaeological Replicas, Mayan Replicas, and more, by skilled fair trade artisans in Mexico and Central America. Click images or links to check out this wonderful collection of handmade products by Mayan artisans.

Mayan Calendars	Mayan Replicas	Archaeological Replicas

new shopping page for handmade bags and wallets

marina@heartfulvillage.com (Marina) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:46:31 +0000

There are so many bags and wallets available through the Lookup^quick shopping page that finding what you want was pretty difficult. Until now anyway, because Bags & Wallets is now a separate shopping page that lets you shop by style: Handbags, shoulder bags, tote bags, yoga mat bags, wallets, and much more can now be selected directly from the menu. You can also easily select and shop specific stores, such as Laga Handbags, or artists, such as Heather English. And you can shop by price. So click on over and check out the new Lookup^quick Bags & Wallets shopping page now.