Bridesmaids Gifts: Buy from Ten Thousand Villages!

Mother of the Bride, is your daughter looking for a dynamite gift idea for her bridesmaids? Why not suggest gifts from Ten Thousand Villages? In case you’re not familiar with them, Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade retailer who has been empowering and supporting fairly paid artisans in developing countries for more than seventy years.

Purchasing  bridesmaids gifts from Ten Thousand Villages will allow your sweet girl to be a double blessing—blessing her lovely bridesmaids with terrific gifts plus supporting hard-working, fairly paid artisans around the world.  Can’t beat that, huh?

Among the items that Ten Thousand Villages carry are jewelry, scarves, hats, purses, and other bags—all excellent ideas for bridesmaids gifts. If there is not a store in your daughter’s area, assure her that she can shop for these gifts online. On their website , the pictures of the individual items are large, and she will have no trouble selecting some beautiful gifts directly from the site.

And MOB, as you browse the site, I bet you will find something you’d like to have, too. Go ahead—be a double blessing!

*You might also like to read Polka Dot Nails for the Bridesmaids! and A Prayer for the Bridesmaids’ Luncheon.

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Ten Thousand Villages Gifts for the Bridesmaids

6220169247_b5597043c0_zMother of the Bride, is your daughter looking for a dynamite gift idea for her bridesmaids? Why not suggest gifts from Ten Thousand Villages? In case you’re not familiar with them, Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade retailer who has been empowering and supporting fairly paid artisans in developing countries for almost seventy years.

A few weeks ago, I suggested that your daughter might like to create a Ten Thousand Villages Gift Registry and allow the wedding guests to be a double blessing—blessing the happy couple with a terrific gift plus supporting hard-working, fairly paid artisans around the world. Purchasing her bridesmaids gifts from Ten Thousand Villages will allow your sweet girl to be a double blessing as well. Can’t beat that, huh?

Among the items that Ten Thousand Villages carry are jewelry, scarves, hats, purses, and other bags—all excellent ideas for bridesmaids gifts. If there is not a store in your daughter’s area, assure her that she can shop for these gifts online. On their website , the pictures of the individual items are large, and she will have no trouble selecting some beautiful gifts directly from the site.

And MOB, as you browse the site, I bet you will find something you’d like to have, too. Go ahead—be a double blessing!

*You might also like to read A Fair Trade Wedding Registry: Ten Thousand Villages and Polka Dot Nails for the Bridesmaids!

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*Flickr photo by Thien V, Creative Commons License

A Fair Trade Wedding Registry: Ten Thousand Villages

6220171175_948f7ee6ec_zMother of the Bride, would your happy couple like to support fair trade and help fairly paid artisans around the world? Suggest that they create a wedding registry with Ten Thousand Villages! Even if there is not a store in your region, they can create a registry online. Guests can then shop online and have gifts shipped to the address of their choice.

Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade retailer who has been empowering and supporting fairly paid artisans in developing countries for almost seventy years. They have numerous stores located around the nation and offer all kinds of items for the home, indoor and outdoor, as well as personal accessories like jewelry and scarves.

Creating a wedding registry with Ten Thousand Villages is a definite win-win. Not only will your daughter and future son-in-law give your guests an opportunity to bless the happy couple with a special gift, they will enable them to be a blessing to a hardworking artisan in another part of the world.

MOB, waste no time—encourage your bride and groom to register with this wonderful retailer now. They will get to do some good as they celebrate their marriage!

*Create the registry here: Ten Thousand Villages

*You might also like to read Ten Thousand Villages Gifts for the Bridesmaids and A Wedding Registry to Consider: Williams Sonoma!

*Flickr photo by Thien V, Creative Commons License