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Testimonials

'I used the shabbat small candles for Yom Kippur—had 40 people for dinner and the candles were beautiful!'

Gayle K.

Kansas City, Missouri

'Since we started selling your candles our candle sales really picked up! I think our customers love the beauty of your hand-decorated fair trade candles and they love that you have such a big selection of designs.'

Susan C.

Mosaic Fair Trade Collection, Eugene, Oregon

'My wife loves these candles. I am impressed with how clean they burn and how nice they look.'

Richard F.

Miami, Florida

'The Kapula candles fit well in our museum shops. Our customers love the story of the women that make the candles, and the fact that each one is hand painted. The candles sell well all year.'

Laurie D.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

The mugs did arrive and in excellent condition! WE LOVE THEM! They are the most attractive mugs that we have in our cupboard... You can be sure we will be back again for something else! '

David and Darlene

I LOVE the handpainted candles!

JoAnne S.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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New Ceramics with Colorful Candles!

3 stacked ceramic oval serving bowls with Jasper Green base color with dots & stripes on top in colors of red, yellow, orange, & turquoise. Inside of one bowl is sweetly painted with red 'dot' flowers.

Ceramic Oval Serving Bowl

$ 80.00
Two ceramic serving platters with Jasper Green base color. Dots & Stripes painted on top in red, yellow, indigo blue, and orange. Just beautiful!

Ceramic Serving Platter

$ 96.00
2 Ceramic Serving Bowls with a base color of Indigo Blue. Dots & Stripes pattern on top in turquoise, yellow, orange & red. White inside.

Ceramic Serving Bowl

$ 120.00
4 VERY colorful coffee mugs; base colors of Jasper Green, Orange, Yellow & Indigo Blue. Topped with orange, yellow, green & red dots and stripes. White inside.

Ceramic Mug

$ 40.00
4 'nut' size ceramic bowls with yellow base color. Dots & Stripes painted on top in orange, jasper green & blue.

Ceramic Small Bowl

$ 34.00
Carousel Candle Collection are hand painted in an array of wonderful bright colors. Fun and cheerful. Dinner tapers, pillar candles, cube candles and votive candles. Fair trade handmade in South Africa.

Carousel Painted Candles

From $ 11.00
Henna white on blue candle collection. Henna designs painted on blue candles. Taper candles, pillar candles, cube candles, and votives. Fair Trade.

Henna White on Blue Painted Candles

From $ 11.00
Multicolor Ethnic candle collection is hand painted with colorful squares of yellow, blue, green, red and white with overlay ethnic designls, animal print, hastags, diamonds, etc. Fair Trade

Multi Color Ethnic Painted Candles

From $ 11.00
Henna Duck Egg handmade and hand poured candle collection has henna designs painted in white on bearutiful duck egg green candles. Dinner taper candle, pillar candles, cube candles, and 2" votive. Stunning Fair Trade home decor.

Henna Duck Egg Painted Candles

From $ 11.00
Pastel Hearts hand made and hand painted candle collection. Light blue, yellow , pink, badkgrounds with hearts painted in purple, red, pink, and white. Very fun and happy! Fair Trade home decor.

Pastel Hearts Painted Candles

From $ 11.00
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Cycle of Success.

We encourage entrepreneurial spirit by supporting artisan companies in South Africa.
This support translates into economic self-sufficiency that helps our artisans - most of whom are single mothers - care for themselves, their families, and contribute to their communities.
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Working together with our artisans to offer unique, high quality home decor items.
Thumbprint Artifacts is a proud to be a member of the Fair Trade Federation. We are fully committed to equitable and sustainable trading partnerships.
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Reducing our Carbon Footprint
We are joining the effort to create a sustainable future by supporting Grow Ahead and working in partnership with small farmer organizations to replant trees and conserve forest systems, therefore reducing our carbon footprint.
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