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Testimonials

'Love them and my customers love them too.'

Shop Africa Online

'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

Light up your Thanksgiving!

African Sky hand made and hand painted candle collection. Dinner tapers, pillar candles, cube candles, and votive candle 6-pack. Fair Trade.

African Sky Painted Candles

From $ 11.25
Desert Rose handmade and hand painted candle collection. Beautiful colors of the African desert; golden yellow, turquoise blue, browns, orange. - warm and stunning. Fair Trade home decor.

Desert Rose Painted Candles

From $ 11.25
Kapula firelighters in a brown kraft bag with window that shows product. Instructions are on back of bag. 12 cubes in a bag. Each cube burns 15 minutes. .

Kapula Firelighters - Ethically Made from Recycled Materials

From $ 10.00
Beautiful colors of Africa are painted on these hand made candles. The collection is available in tapers, pillar candles, cube candles and votive candles.

African Mineral Painted Candles

From $ 11.25
Klimt Candle Collection. Cream candles with touches of black, gold along with hints of blue, red, green, & turquoise make them a contemporary choice. The photo is a taper candle pair in pewter taper holders, 2" cube and 3" cube candles, 3x4 Pillar, 3x6 Pillar and 3x8 Pillar candles, with one 2" votive.

Klimt Painted Candles

From $ 11.25
Memphis Stripe candle collection. Handmade and hand painted with stripes of assorted colors, turquoise, golden yellow, burnt orange, purple, dark green, brown & beige. Fun! Fair Trade home decor.

Memphis Stripe Painted Candles

From $ 11.25
Safari Gold hand made and hand painted candle collection. Hues of brown painted in squares and stripes with gold and dark brown ethnic design painted on top. Fair Trade home decor.

Safari Gold Painted Candles

From $ 11.25
Glass candle coaster for pillar candles and cube candles. Photo shows blue coaster with a Henna Blue on white cube candle, white coaster with a Memphis Stripe pillar and black coaster with an Animal Print pillar.

Hand Crafted Glass Candle Coasters

$ 10.00
4" Shabbat tapers with Judaica design. Colorful dark blue, red, green, with touches of gold. Small Star of David hand painted on candles. Shipped in a pack of 4 with story card.

Shabbat Judaica Painted Candles

$ 16.50
Hamsa hand made and hand painted 4" shabbat candles. Blue & White candles with hamsa hand incorporated in to the design. Come in a pack of 4 candles. Fair Trade home decor.

Shabbat Hamsa Painted Candles

$ 16.50
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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 verified 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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