Jewelry For Charity


Help Fund Breast Cancer Research While Making Your Bead Jewelry

Filed under: Jewelry For Charity - 01 Oct 2009

As a jewelry maker, bead-a-holic and woman blogger I’m going to help fight breast cancer by donating a portion of my commission from October to a national breast cancer awareness charity.

Pink Handcrafted Beaded Jewelry For Breast Cancer Awareness

Filed under: Handmade Jewelry,Jewelry For Charity - 08 Oct 2008

As you undoubtedly know October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and a lot of products, including handcrafted bead jewelry, are promoted to raise money for breast cancer research. Each October I try to find and present some of those beaders and jewelry companies that are offering unique or outstanding items that may be of interest to anyone who has an interest in jewelry, beading and fighting breast cancer. A couple years ago I presented a list of breast cancer awareness beading links and last year I found a story about children who were helping to fight …

Brighton Kazuri Bead Jewelry for Clean Water in Kenya

Filed under: Jewelry Beads,Jewelry For Charity - 14 Jul 2008

I love it when large companies dedicate some of their resources to helping the world with special campaigns, especially when it involves bead jewelry! From now until July 27th Brighton Collectibles stores all over the country will be selling bead jewelry made with real Kenyan Kazuri beads! This special sales campaign will help raise awareness and money for new clean water wells to be built in Kenya. Brighton hopes to raise over $250,000 from this month long bead jewelry sales campaign.

kazuri bead jewelryThe story of Kazuri beads is a fascinating …

What To Do With Old Gold, Beaded or Even Costume Jewelry

Filed under: Jewelry For Charity,Recycled Jewelry - 10 Apr 2008

Lately the skyrocketing price of gold has had a lot of my friends (myself included) raiding our old jewelry boxes for old gold and silver pieces that we no longer wear so that we can sell them for top dollar. Even if they don’t advertise the service many jewelry stores will take your old gold chains or jewelry, weigh them, and then give you cash on the spot for it!

Some of my old jewelry

Some of my old jewelry that I can …

Hand Made Bead Jewelry That’s For A Good Cause at Mercardo Global

Filed under: Handmade Jewelry,Jewelry For Charity - 21 Jan 2008

Bead Jewelry from Mercado Global

Bead Jewelry from Mercardo GlobalI was looking for a unique gift for a friend and I stumbled upon the Mercardo Global website which is filled with all sorts of amazing hand made crafts and jewelry! Mercardo Global is a non-profit organization that emphasizes free trade for the world’s economically poor and rural populations. They do this by selling the products, crafts and even bead jewelry made by people in disadvantaged countries at a fair price and return the …

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