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Mini Soapstone Hearts

Our Price: $6.00

Soapstone mini heart size - about 1". Hand carved and painted, they're the perfect small "thank you" gift; or get a handful for decoration in a basket around your home or office. Decorate a table at a wedding reception or anniversary party. What a beautiful and meaningful shape the heart is! You'll love the soft, smooth feel of the soapstone surface.

Dragonfly Paperweight

Our Price: $7.50

A sleek and useful addition to any desk. Heavy black lacquered stone paperweight with inlaid dragonfly image made from cracked eggshells. approx 3 1/2 in. dia x 1 3/4 in. h

Snowflake Box

Our Price: $8.00

Round palewa stone box with an inlaid mother-of-pearl snowflake on the lid. 3 in. dia. x 1 1/4 in. h

Soapstone Heart with Heart Design

Our Price: $8.00

Not only does the soapstone heart shape say "I love you!", but the many hearts painted on it say it over and over (and under).

Choose from two sizes, Small (2"), or Large (4").
Choose from 3 great colors - Pink, Purple or Red.

Red Soapstone Heart with Speckles

Our Price: $8.00

What a beautiful and meaningful shape the heart is! You'll love the soft, smooth feel of the soapstone surface. Perfect to hold and use as a worry-stone, paperweight, make a collection and display in a basket.

Choose from Small (2"), or Large (4").

Lidded Heart Box

Our Price: $8.00

Papier-mâché box created from recycled newspapers, painted in intricate detail. Maple leaf design is a common symbol of the Kashmir region.

Small Mother and Child Seated - natural

Our Price: $10.00

1.5" w x 3.5" high. An amazing woman in Kenya, Pauline Ntombura, is the inspiration behind these wonderful soapstone products. Pauline grew up as the daughter of a tribal chief in the village of Kisii in southwest Kenya. Bucking the tradition that women stay in the home, Pauline obtained her education. Later she established a soapstone workshop which now employs more than 800 people (about 50% are women).

Colorwrap Magazine Heart Box

Our Price: $10.00

Artisans with the Mai Handicrafts of Viet Nam created this heart-shaped box out of recycled magazines. Perfect to hold jewelry and other trinkets. Colors may vary slightly. 4" L by 1.5" H.

Mai Handcrafts was started by two social workers who were concerned about improving the lives of street children and single mothers in Ho Chi Minh City and ethnic minorities in mountain villages. Building on the belief that social development is intricately tied to economic self-reliance, Mai Handcrafts reaches out to artisans in underserved areas providing marketing and training and returning some of the profits from the sales of handcrafts to fund social work projects.

Spright Sparrow Box

Our Price: $10.00

This handsome papier mâché bird is made in Sri Nagar, India. 4 in. l x 2 1/2 in. h

Spider Junkyard Critter

Our Price: $10.00

This spider metal critter is the product of the imagination and ingenuity of a Vietnamese engineer turned artisan. In his small, home-based business, salvaged metals are cleaned and crafted for your enjoyment. His designs are whimsical, and the prices practical. Reuse is better than recycle!

Vietnamese traditions value the reuse of materials. There's a large second-hand market. For example, near post offices are vendors who take previously used cardboard boxes who will make a box for you of whatever size you need.

Size: 1" high x 4 1/2" long x 4 1/2" wide

about us

Fair Trade Winds has two retail locations on the east coast and is thankful for all of its online customers from all over the country! As the first exclusively Fair Trade store in Bar Harbor, Maine and Fairfax, Virginia, we are a family-run business committed to helping alleviate global poverty and increase social responsibility through fair trade. The store seeks to empower consumers to become an integral part of a cooperative effort that benefits farmers, artisans, and the environment. If you are in the Washington, DC metro area, we welcome you to our Fairfax store. We are open Monday through Saturday 10:00 am-9:00 pm and Sunday 12:00 pm-6:00 pm, and located between University Drive and Chain Bridge Road, next to Panera Bread. Plenty of free parking.

Fairfax Old Town Plaza
10420 North Street
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-877-0577

In Bar Harbor, our winter store hours are Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 pm-6:00 pm. In the spring and summer, we are open Monday through Saturday 10:00 am-9:00 pm and Sunday 12:00 pm-6:00 pm, and will stay open later if Bar Harbor is still hopping! Customers say their vacation to Mt. Desert Island or Acadia National Park is not complete without a trip to our store.

119 Main Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Phone: 207-288-0056

Fair Trade Winds provides something a typical shopping experience doesn‘t – unique gifts with purpose. Shoppers can feel confident that a significant percentage of their purchase goes directly to the artisans and farmers who created it, all over the world. Purchasing Fair Trade certified products marks a distinguished path towards equality, sustainability, and positive change. This direct, non-discriminatory relationship eliminates the need for the underprivileged to rely on the government for their well-being. Craftsmen and farmers are given the opportunity to invest time and money into their talents, land, families, and community.

Are you in search of a specific Fair Trade item? Please email us at info@fairtradewinds.net and we would be happy to find it for you!

We would love for you to be our fan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairtradewinds and follow us on twitter.com @fairtradewinds for updates on new products, promotions, and event information. We also welcome you to shop from www.fairtradewinds.net or on eBay’s WorldofGood.com. Our seller page is: http://community.worldofgood.com/fairtradewinds495/.

what is fair trade?

Fair trade is a just, economically and environmentally sound global cooperative between artisans, traders, farmers, buyers, and consumers. By selling directly to buyers in North America, producers in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and other developing countries receive a reasonable living wage for their goods instead of a low, undeserving price.

Workers and their families not only benefit, but the profits are often reinvested in the community to improve health and education. Communities learn the advantage of grassroots development and environmental sustainability. Fair trade builds relationships and encourages gender equality among the producers; the products preserve traditions and cultures. This partnership eliminates government intervention and inflated consumer costs.

Fair Trade Winds provides an outlet for consumers to buy these handicrafts and unique products from a diverse group of artisans. We promote businesses and farming practices that are environmentally sustainable.