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Charity of the Month: Twosome, Sock Co.

29 Tuesday Apr 2014

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Who doesn’t like cool socks?  This company is still starting up, and could use your help.  One great thing about Twosome is that’s it’s helping a local organization: the OC Rescue Mission.

You can read all about Twosome here, but the basic gist is that they have kind of a TOMS one-for-one campaign: for every pair of socks you buy, a pair gets donated to a homeless person.  The goal of the company is to help people more than by just giving them a pair of socks, but by helping them reintegrate into society.

So, give a little, get a little, and help out a stranger!  Oh by the way, the fundraising campaign only has 12 days left, so help spread the word!

harvey socks

Holiday Gift Guide 2013

06 Friday Dec 2013

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I’m linking my oldies but goodies at the end, plus including a few new favorites that I wouldn’t mind having myself!

I couldn't pick just one item!

I couldn’t pick just one item!

Holiday Guide 2013 #2

I would like to state that the above are my first adventures into the world of Photoshop.  Not the greatest, but not awful, right?  Although I do have to confess that the roundy cool one for Nena & Co. and The Root Collective was done by the hubby…I don’t have those kinds of skills yet (hence why the rest are not as pretty).

I was too lazy to make a cool Photoshop just for this, but I’m sure this will be a beautiful calendar for next year.  I plan on buying one for my office :)

Supports The Network in Solidarity With The People of Guatemala (phew, that's a long one).

Supports The Network in Solidarity With The People of Guatemala (phew, that’s a long one).

Another gift guide that I came across this year is from Home With the Boys.  The website is down right now but hopefully will be back up in the next day or so.  And of course, there’s always Nicholas Kristof’s guide from The New York Times.

And the oldies but goodies:

2011 Gift Guide (apparently I missed 2012…)

2010 Gift Guide and 2010 Update

Happy shopping!

Charity of the Month: The Catrinka Project

04 Friday Oct 2013

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The Catrinka Project started as a 10-month project, but quickly turned into something more permanent due to the positive feedback they received.

What they do: design and produce handbags in different countries.  Why are they in the Charity of the Month section of this blog?  The money you spend to purchase one of their handbags helps educate girls around the world, while also employing women who need the income:

Our country bags are all made by socially responsible artisan groups that are woman-owned, woman-managed, or that predominantly employ women.

Starting May 1st, we commit that at least 10% of the retail price of each bag will be donated to educate girls in the countries where we work. We are also working hard on innovative programs to make sure that we get the most impact for our investment

I think this is one of my favorites:

Beautiful iPad case

Beautiful iPad case designed in conjunction with artisans in Nepal.

You can check out the rest of their handbags here, or follow them on Facebook for updates and new products.

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