Handmade Cards

Starlit Night (from the Philippines)
Ten Thousand Villages

 

What's great about handmade cards is that each one is different, and each shows care and skill; in some cases one card can take a full day to create.  When you buy these cards, you are helping support the artists who made them.  Here are some ideas:

CEOLI (handpainted by disabled artists in Bolivia)

Nativity Scene
CEOLI

 

Paperworks Studio (created of paper handmade by Michigan residents with developmental disabilities)

Kipepeo Designs (crafted of handmade paper by women living in Kenya's Kibera slum)

Sahaya International (hand-embroidered by impoverished women in India)




Dove: Peace
Kipepeo Designs

The Douglas Center (collages created by Illinois residents with developmental disabilities)

Ten Thousand Villages and Ten Thousand Villages Canada (hand-crafted by low-income artisans in the Philippines, India, Kenya, Egypt, and other countries).  Ten Thousand Villages Canada's 2012 cards aren't up yet, but should be soon.

Made by Survivors offers cards made by women victims of slavery and other human rights abuses in India and other countries.  Their cards are usually up in October.

Falling Flakes
Paperworks Studios

Please let me know if you find more of these types of card sources.

Thanks -
Anne