NOVICA Gift Certificate Giveaway!

I have one 75 dollar gift certificate to giveaway to one reader from the generous elves at NOVICA, a company that works in association with National Geographic to bring you handcrafted artisan products from all over the world.

About NOVICA:

Mission Statement:

We want to give artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true artistic talents and to spur their creativity. And, we want to provide you with access to unique, hard-to-find items at great values that only the Internet infrastructure can allow. At the deepest essence of our philosophy, we want to create a bridge between you and the many talented artisans across the globe. We want you to know about who you’re buying from. We want you to feel that attachment to the product and to the hands that created it.

In the spirit of the Internet, let us bring you together.

NOVICA. The World is Your Market.

Fair Trade and Compensation of Artisans:

The purpose of NOVICA is to create a revolutionary system through which the artists and artisans of the world can display their fine works to a global audience of prospective customers. NOVICA does not charge artists any fees for listing their items on the website. Furthermore, artists remain fully independent–they are free to raise their prices, lower their prices, or remove their items from our website. By cutting out the long strings of middlemen, NOVICA allows both consumers and artisans to get the most out of each and every transaction.

NOVICA also offers artisan loans!

For many years, Novica artisans have asked us if we could help them get loans so they could expand. We tried everything. We connected them with financial institutions. We introduced them to local banks. We even introduced them to microfinance institutions. But, unfortunately, most artisans could not obtain loans, and when they did, the interest rates were very high.

In the Novica spirit, we cut out all the financial middlemen and took the matter into our own hands!

We’re launching the first-ever microfinance website where customers can purchase products and lend money directly to artisans. And with no middlemen involved in the process, our Artisan Loans will carry 0% interest.

I ordered these gorgeous olive wood trays that are handmade in Peru and built to resemble the canoes of the Amazon river. I also did my Christmas shopping – but can’t show you what I bought because the recipients read my blog!

Novica offers corporate gifts, eco-friendly green gifts, and unique gifts as well as jewelry and apparel, home decor, gifts for animal lovers and paintings.

This Giveaway has ended! Thank you for entering!

The winner is Rose of What I Made Today! Congratulations and enjoy!

To enter visit one of the links above and tell me what you would like to buy if you won.

For Extra Entries (leave separate comments for each):

-tweet the giveaway

-like NOVICA on Facebook

-be a follower of my blog through Google or Networked Blogs

The giveaway will end Saturday, Dec. 11th at midnight!

*Even though NOVICA provided me with the gift certificate and the olive wood trays any opinion voiced here is my own.

Comments

queencake and titang says:

12/11/2010 at

love the stationery and the scarves. beautiful.!

Melissa says:

12/11/2010 at

This is a great giveaway you are having. My kids love anything to do with nature, and those trays you got could be so many things. But I think I would pick the copper and bronze vase called, Lion Fortress. It is stunning. I tweeted your contest, already follow you, and liked Novica on FB. My twee is at <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/melissasjewelryhttp://twitter.com/#!/melissasjewelry<br />Good luck to all of you who entered.

Kulsum says:

12/11/2010 at

Following you through google connect. Those are some wonderful things to have!

♥peachkins&he says:

12/10/2010 at

such a great giveaway!

Peggy says:

12/10/2010 at

Love a lot of the stuff they have to offer! They definitely have some very cute place mats for the dinner table!